European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. February 20, 1950 the stars and stripes pages occupation briefs p c 0 i i a in Arr de a to of it. Att Ife Tor Bat re n is of i Campaign Frankfurt. Feb. 19 special beginning March 1. The chaplains of Rhine main air base will begin three month religious . This Campaign will sup port the air Force wide character guidance program now in effect it is the chaplains Hope thae Hurch attendance will be Doublet As a result of this Campaign. Leading the Campaign at Rhine main Are chaplains maj Henri a Hamel Catholic. Capt John Grube protestant capt Albert h Lirt Vernann protestant and Cap Thomas j. Hopping Catholic. The Rhine acir. Protestant Choi recently supported Grube in five recordings of Vesper services to rebroadcast Over an. The first was broadcast is the first time a Chapel choir has Ever participated in a radio broadcast of this nature in the european command. The 17-Memberchoir was directed by mrs. Harry ver a Rhine main officer s wife of so deactivated Wiesbaden feb. 19 special the 7498th composite so at fur Tenfel Bruek air base has been deactivated Safe he has announced. While the 7493th, commanded fault col Clyde Swanson since june w-19. Was activated As such march25, 1sh9, it stands in direct line of descent from the renowned 45thtsc a con so of world War ii Anc he famed Dawn patrols of world War i the rb26 photographic r e c o i Squadron was activated 10 month Sago after the 45lh underwent a series of re designations and was discontinued in name its personnel and equipment being transferred to the 749�th. Jobless plan in effect Frankfurt feb. 19 is the German Federal railway sys tem has moved to put the West German government s new unemployment Relief program into effect by starting to hire 100,000 Tempo Rary labourers for maintenance orders came from the Bun Desbah head office i nearby Offenbach As the state owned Railroad system began to draw on the 200,000,000-Mark credit announced last week by West Ger Man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The temporary workers will be tired for Only eight to 10 railroads Are expected to a orb 5 per cent of the approximately 2.000,000 unemployed in the Western zone the new work program to part of the 3,400,000,000-Mark plan to combat unemployment announced by Adenauer in the bundestag Las week � warning on civvies Wiesbaden feb. 19 special Ait Force personnel have been cautioned against unauthorized wearing of civilian clothing in Aletter from Usas. The letter said that numerous incidents of violations have been reported and that in addition to its which local Safe authorities be to prevent further violations air Force agents have been instructed to report the names of detected offenders to the appropriate commanders Safe regulation 55-45 prescribes a proper authorization for Theof civilian clothing. Fafe returns 191g Emigrant to Frankfurt Reserve officers sought Frankfurt feb. 19 a number of Reserve officers desired for Active duty training connection with the Neucom Post exercise March 16-23, by Howard staff correspondent Frankfurt. Feb. 19 is the full turn of the wheel of Fate has landed Rudolph Frey 67, a German american Back in Frank Furt just where he was 40 years ago. Frey still Hopes to get Back tothe ., where he spent 35 years before the sky caved in on main 1944, it was Only then that he discovered fee was still a German nation Al after All and not an american citizen As he had believed for 20 years. From september 1946 to january of this year he suffered what he claims is the ultimate indignity confinement in the soviet zone Sachsenhause concentration Camp. Ready to Start Over but the White haired widower is ready to Start All Over again and no hard feelings he told the Sta Sand stripes it was just 40 years ago that i visited Frankfurt before leaving Hamburg on my Way to America he . Officials headed by or. James r. Newman land commissioner for Hasse Are attempting to verify Frey s claim that he was deported from the Back to German in 1946, while his Appeal was still pending before immigration authorities. Deported in 116by his own account he spent 39 years in los Angeles after emigrating from Germany married an american girl worked As a Cook and thought he became a Cit Izen in 1922. Then Fate lowered the 1944 Immigration authorities classified him As an unregistered enemy alien. He said he had t registered because he considered himself a citizen. Immigration authorities mad their Contention stick and deported Frey Back to Bremen in 1946.having no German identification papers Frey was told by Bremen municipal authorities to produce records of his birth. This meant a trip to the soviet zone town Brandenburg. Not Only had the War destroy Call the town records bul the rus sians picked Frey up for question ing. Confined by soviets and like a fool. I told them had just come from the British zone Frey said. The russians promptly locked the elderly exile in Sachsenhause. What i went through and what saw others go through i Don t want to talk about he was horrible Frey was one of thousands turned Loose from soviet zone imprison ment by Holiday amnesties. Hear Rived with a refugee transport inthe West German government s Camp at Giessen Jan. 16. All i want to do is get Back tothe .," Frey said As he departed for another refugee Camp at Karls Ruhe. I have Hopes lift work earns award col Basil h. Perry co. Frankfort military Post presents the commendation ribbon to 1st it James v. John Coo of the 83d to co hey far his work in support of it Berlin air lift. Army photo a Frankfurt military Post announce ment said. Officers volunteering for this training should be versed in the conduct of cps or have a writing background for employment with historical division or be staff officers Wittfo experience in operations and planning the announce ment said. Applications should be submitted so the senior army instructor orc he Ftp Apo 757, not later than feb. 23. Additional information May be obtained by calling Frank Furt military 7490.# Active duty release Wiesbaden feb. 19 special Safe he was designated As final authority in a message from .air Force he to approve or Dis sap prove applies ions of officers for re if from Active duty and overseas separation to accept civilian positions with a Government Agency n the Zones of Germany an Austria. Ai9 such applications must Bead in accordance with of regulation 36-22, and applicants must waive their right to return transportation to the uj3. Under existing army and air Force regulations. Subsequent movement to the u.3. Will be governed by the rules an regulations of the Agency by which employed. 150,000 Safe Miles Wetzlar. Feb. 19 special military police it the Wetzlar military Post Highway patrol recently completed a seven month period of 900 patrols totalling 150,900 Miles with Only one minor Accident a slightly dented fender. It Joseph t. Lenoir commands the unit. Farm jobs for hessians Wiesbaden feb. 19 special five Hundred hessians Are being Given the Opportunity to work on farms in Luxembourg next summer it was revealed Here by Glenn Gar rett Hico labor affairs chief for Hesse. Through an agreement Between Luxembourg and the High commission a Luxembourg recruit ing Mission will select volunteers for the program. Members of the Mission believe they will be a Leto fill the entire quota from Hesse since Many Young hessians have already Volute red through local labor offices. Only bachelors without dependents wih be considered for the Pforr a Garrett said. Accepted volunteers will be Given individual contracts and will enjoy the same privileges As other foreigners re siding in the duchy. Center Marks first year Heidelberg feb. 19 special birthday greetings were exchanged by special services personnel this week As the Center Here celebrated its first anniversary at the stall Halle rebuilt since the fire which gutted the site of the former stardust club. Expelled problem told Frankfurt feb. 19 is millions without a Home a pamphlet report on the Espelie problem in Germany will be made available to German Reader through bookshops in Alt three Western zones the Institute of Public affairs announced. Millions without a Home contains a Complete bibliography of books on the expelled problem Aswell As a study of the sociological and psychological aspects of the question. Carrying the mail Wiesbaden feb. 19 special some 1,427,575 pounds of mail were flown to the states during 1943 bythe 1602d transport Wing military air transport service according to figures released Here. The total included air mail parcel Post registered official and first class mail Peak month was november whencl21s and c54s carried 211,070 pounds to the Terminus a Westover air Force base mass. Lowest month was August with 63,152 pounds flown by Mats planes of the 1639th air base sat Rhine main air base air mail accounted for 58,489 pounds of the total with parcel Post weighing the most103,466 pounds. American to give concerts Frankfurt feb. 19 is american Soprano Mary Maddox will present a series of nine concerts at America houses in the Zone of Germany for 30 series opened in Bremen Satur Day. She will be accompanied by German pianist Franz Spelz. The remainder of her schedule follows Coburg feb. 22 Giessen feb. 24 Wetzlar feb. 27 marburg March 3 Ulm March 7 Mannheim March 9 Stuttgart March 14 and Regensburg March 16. Catholic official visits Frankfurt feb. 19 is msgr. Raymond a. Mcgowan of Washington d.c., director of the department of social action National Catholic welfare conference has arrived in Frankfurt for week s visit. He will Confer with Hico officials and visit a number of German cities where he will meet Ith Trade Union and Church leaders. East German says people oppose reds Frankfurt feb. 19 up atop East German communist now anti co inform told the yugoslav people thai because of russian interference the majority of East germans were against the communist regime Wolfgang Leonhardt who Cameto Yugoslavia in March 1949, desert ing his Post As a teacher at the East German Karl Marx party College Analysed the East German political situation in an article for thirty a foreign policy Magazine which was broadcast by the Yugo slav Agency Tan Jug and monitored Here. Leonhartt said there were cer Tain positive achievements in Eastern Germany including land Reform nationalization of Industry educational Reform and the merger of the Socia. Democratic and communist parties but that this new and promising beginning had been spoiled by soviet actions. Preparation called Light one mistake he said was insufficient ideological preparation for the socialist communist merger inthe Spring of 1946. Everybody was allowed to Joan the party without being previous by put to a serious test Leonhard reported Anil All these errors led to a lessening of the influence of the socialist Unity he also flayed the russian Dis mantling policy which inflicted political damage because machinery which was to be transported to the soviet Union often stood through out the Winter on big squares or near factories and railway stations uncovered so that German worker got the impression that dismantling was intended to inflict damage on Germany s Economy and not to make compensation to Peoples who suffered most from Hitler Ite new dismantling wave Early in 1947, the supreme com Mander of soviet occupation troops a Germany Marsha Soko Kovsky made an official statement on termination of dismantling but shortly afterwards a new wave of Disman Ling began in the most important towns of the Eastern zone. Besides. His. Soviet representatives Verj often declared to workers after Dis mantling that they were free to Start work again. However after the workers their enterprises with their own efforts they were often again dismantled. Another example of Una cent promises was Molotov s official state meat that repatriation of All Ger Man prisoners of War in the soviet Union would be completed by 31, 1948." worst of All Leonhardt said was he russian View that the socialist Unity communist party in East Germany was an instrument which n All matters is unconditionally subordinate to them and whose most important duty is to serve asking of mediator Between Tho soviet occupation forces and the German bostonian is named assistant to Bowie Frankfurt feb. 19 Sis appointment of Conrad w Ober Dorfer Boston attorney and former Law professor As assistant to Rob Ert it. Bowie Hico general coun Sel has been announced. Oberdorfer was born and educated in Germany receiving Bis degree in German Law in 1931 and his doctor s degree in 1933 he emigrated to the In March 1934, and studied at North Western Law school receiving Hill. Band at Harvard Law school where he received an la. M
