European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Meet the governor by Virginia Macpherson a Merican soldiers overseas Are screaming for entertainment but they re a Little fed up with the movie Queens Hollywood s been sending Over the boys nowadays Don t want just any old Glamor Gal. What they want most we discovered on a two week tour Otoc copied Germany is Star who act  they Haven t been getting too Many of  of the big name ladies from Holly Wood pick the wrong times to go elegant they not Only High hat the enlisted men they give the brass a bedtime with demands for fancy rooms Chrome lined bathrooms and special equipment for their shows. Some trousers take what s available with a smile Admix with the boys but too Many Don t. Golly what do they expect Over Here the Waldorf Astoria one officer asked. We bombed the be Livin daylights out of Berlin and Frankfurt and Munich. The hotels got hit too. We be fixed up a few of them but they re still not  tops on the i Gripe list is the Waysome of the glamorous ladies fro never never land hold themselves aloof at army  Many of pm act like they re not even Here an air Force Captain , beef when we ask them to pose for pictures they leave Early they just won t  one bigwig Gal who shall be nameless Here spent All her time Between shows in her room with a bottle. Another refuse to give a performance until the soldiers built her a special Shell on the stage to project her voice into the top Balcony. A third cancelled a Hospital show at thelast minute because she wanted to get some shopping  than once a flock of Hollywood personalities promised to give perform ances and never showed up at All. The people who unbind with the boys Are the ones who go Over big Here girls like Lois Andrews and Patricia  Public information officer explained. The Guys think they re  Andrews and miss Medina were part of the Universal International Jun Ket for the world premiere in Wiesbaden of  they showed up for Ever party the air Force tossed and Many an evening they joined the soldiers i around the piano singing until 5 or or. As Boss Over 11 pc 4 towns i fas his hands full a stars and stripes report the military Post is the House keeper for the  functions and responsibilities Are endless and its headaches severe. Prob ably never have so Many americans owed so Many comforts to so few As do occupation personnel to the military Post commanders and their Small staffs. The . Zone is divided into 11 Mil itary posts Augsburg Berlin Bremer Haven Frankfurt Heidelberg Munich Stuttgart Wetzlar Garni Isch Nurnberg and Wurzburg and one air Force Post Wiesbaden. Compared with i usage the term Mil itary Post is a Misnomer. Unlike the i where the military Post is confined to a Brig Gen Philip  particular town or Small area Euco military posts encompass a tremendous area. For occupation personnel the military Post is the nearest administrative equiv Alent to a  state and As such each Post tends to take on a personality reflecting its geographic characteristic Sand occupation activities. Military Post functions and activities in certain respects exert a More direct influence on the occupation than do High level decisions taken at Headquarters. Post commanders and their staffs work at the shirt sleeve level with German officials. They administer Gya program Sand supervise do Camps. In Berlin the military Post frequently finds itself operating within the sphere of inter National relations. Some posts engage in Large scale specialized operations. Bremerhaven is the occupation s passenger agent and freight handler and Garni Isch operates the occupation s  military Post Housek eps for an occupation personnel of 68,500. Heidel Berg operates 145 different types of instal lations. Nurnberg the greatest Euco troop Center operates nine sub posts within its far Flung  Man who rides Herd Over the Mil itary posts is Brig Gen Philip e. Gallagher Neucom director of posts. Gallagher drops in on every Post a least twice a year for a Garret to base ment checkup. He claims to have trotted up the stairs of every installation in Neucom at least half the time he is on the Road. I he Gallagher love children an the general Wasa worked out a scheme to allow others to share in this affection through a medium called  when on his inspections the general spots an officer in hands in pocket posture he taps the officer for a Quarter which goes into pocket Money this fund to which the general adds generously is used by the Gallagher to defray the costs of annual Christmas and easter parties for German children at two churches and an orphanage near their  general who possesses a sprightly sense of humor keeps an Eye and ear cocked for humorous situations As he makes his  favorite concerns a Cook at a trucking company mess installation. Gallagher recalls that he found the mess Hall in gleaming condition but the Kitchen wanting in be reral respects. On his Way out the general says he told tie Cook your mess Hall is in Fine shape but the Kitchen is  Cook obviously delighted grinned from ear to ear and replied than you general thank you and Well try to keep it that  in his rounds Gallagher often is surprised by the Businesslike Jayyoung recruits take hold of their jobs. Some of them he finds Are Shoul Dering considerable responsibility. At Hersfeldt in the Wetzlar Post for example he found a Youthful private first class bossing a sub depot Engineer instal lation employing a Large Crew of Ger Man help and doing an excellent Job. Gallagher is widely respected through out the reaches of his Domain for his photographic Eye and card file  an officer and enlisted Man has found to his discomfiture that the general is wont to ask right off about the correction of a fault which he discerned on an inspection six months  he swings around Neucom Gal. Lager acts As the eyes and ears of Lutgen Clarence r. Huebner cd . Army Europe with whom Gallagher has Bee associated since 1918. Gallagher says he screens every deficiency and complaint with a three sided Mirror troops Post and Neucom be fore rendering a judgment. Brig Gen Philip e. Gallagher spends much of his time As Neucom director of military posts making inspections to see that All 1 shipshape in his far Flung realm. Here he is shown on an inspection of the Munich commissary s refrigerator. Contents articles ii ii meet the governor Boss of 11 dec towns a Siars & stripes report Germany nears a scientific landmark a a fars & stripes report Luxembourg s Little army by Omer Anderson. In big league baseball comes to Germany by Phil Taylor. V the so photos of new cars Story by Joe Mcbride. I Vii picture stories critics Choice Best films of 49 regular features report from America by Virginia Macpherson fridly Femina miracles with a crocheting Needle. Cook s tour by Sara Book reviews Viii in in new dec films x an program of the week i crossword Puzzle. A a wishing Well i a Lincoln sketch by Rollie Devendorf. -. Xii this week s cover i the feature Section s Valentine Cove represents the combined efforts of an Unsung publicity photographer for Columbia Pic Tures inc. And the artistic efforts of Rollie Devendorf is chief artist. The photograph taken from the files labelled cheese cake is that of Evelyn k e y e who will be remembered Sot \ her roles in the Jolson Story and to or. Soft touch among others. And a Jov Cly Valentine she makes in any Man s Date Book of holidays j i photo credits picture position to top a Middle left a right a Bottom. I Columbia pictures inc., Art work by Rollie ii army photos Iii is photos by Curvan in american and National league publicity photos is a photos by Poluzzi Al Vii to. Acre my general motors by Ford motors to Hudson motors a Chrysler corp. To Ford or Chrysler pm by Ford Viii a photos from this is crocheting copyright Macmillan others in a to Power Pressburger by Rio to United artists corp. My in or Jagm i to Abc a Acme Xii \ drawing by Rollie. The stars and stripes