European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday february 10, 1950 i illegal Cigar ets confiscated on Mats planes Frankfurt feb. 19 is four known instances within the last month of cig Aret smuggling on Mats planes arriving at Rhine main air base from Wes Over air Force base mass., were disclosed yesterday by Safe he in wies  of or Navy personnel have been formally charged with responsibility for the smuggling and no charges Are in , a full report on the four incidents has been submitted by Safe to Mats he at West Over Safe he  customs unit inspectors checking the cargoes of arriving Mats planes have confiscated 226 Cartons of Cigar ets included in the transport cargoes the Safe announcement  positive evidence has been obtained the Safe statement Aid of any individual being con necked with the  Safe statement indicated that the flight Crews of a four planes involved denied knowledge of the  of tie planes from which eiga rets were confiscated was i charge of a Navy Crew Safe he said. 33 pet of cars fail inspection Munich feb. 18 special about one third of All cars submit Ted to the safety inspection team Here in the first 10 Days were rejected for defects making the unsafe the Munich military Post transportation office announced these included Many vehicles examined at Turnau and bad Tolz  of civilian vehicles cannot obtain new License plates from the Provost marshal s motor registration office Here unless approval of the safety inspection team is secured first. Old plates will be invalid after March 31. Of 1,815 cars checked 490, or 32.5 per cent were found to be  were reminded that the safety inspection team examines All vehicle Munich applying Forat Mcgraw licenses Ink a s e r n e wednesday through saturday from8 30 am to 5 pm on mondays and tuesdays the team operates in sub Post motor pools. Otto Grotewohl returns from Moscow a of Berlin feb. 19 a communist prime minister Otto Grote Wohl returned in a russian plane to the East German Republic lat Friday from a six week rest cure in  prime minister target of re mors of attempted suicide or liquidation was formally greeted Ata Berlin Airfield by soviet Ambas Sador g.  Pushkin and the three Deputy prune ministers. Gen Parker opens new Chapel col Basil h. Perry co Frankfurt military Post presents the key to the new Chapel in the Atterbury Betta area to maj Gen Roy h. Parker chief of army chaplains. Looking on is it col a w. Youns Post Engineer. Is photo by Boyd photo winners chosen at Heidelberg Post Heidelberg feb. 19 special Heidelberg military Post winners in the 1950 Neucom photography contest have been announced. The winning entries have been sent to Nurnberg for Competition in the Neucom finals where judging will take place Between feb. 25 and March 10the contest serving Ashe elimination for the second an Nual interservice photography con test which will be held in washing ton in May. The grand prize of $20 was Wonky 1st it Robert m. Lewis 130th Sta. Hoed who submitted an entry entitled  wins � first places More than one prize could not be awarded to those who had sub melted no re than one winning , some of Tine honorable men Lions were awarded prizes. Two first places were won by Cpl Lloyd w. Probasco of the 7809th Sci i categories a and b. For focusing in category a Probasco won $10. His entry evening in old Heidelberg,1 won first place in Cai Teerry a Bueno Raize could be awarded. Second prize of j5 in category was won by Cpl Joseph Orono also � the 7809iib. Sci. Third prize of $3 was won by sgt Albert p. Andrews of a co 7774tti Sig  prize of $2 was won by sgt Gen Gomez named chief of East zone secret police Berlin feb. 19 Lap the appointment of Wilhelm Zaisser administer of state Security in the russian zone Republic was announced Friday. Zaisser commands the 45,000 Mili tary trainees to the people  a laser s state Security ministry Wilt control a secret police network rivalling Heinrich Himmler s be Tapo in the nazi Era. For 18 months Zaisser has been drilling preparedness units of theto become proves people s police signal soldiers. Thai unite stationed in Barracks throughout the soviet zone stud both military science and communism and Are instructed by rus Sian As Well As German combat veterans. Zaisser became an International mystery in the Spanish Oivi War. Sent to Madrid from Moscow readopted the alias Gen Gomez and was linked with the adventures of International brigades. Western Allied intelligence sources say Zaisser is a soviet Cit Izen and has lived mostly in Russia sine world War i when he was a German army officer. Kendred a. Taylor 7968tb or augmentation det in category a Paul Burlingame a civilian from 4th med lab won first prize and second place. Second prize and third place were won by pfc Nicholas a. Trasatto of a co,7888th up tips. Fourth place was taken by Burn game. The two honorable mentions in category b were awarded third and fourth prizes. They were capt a. A Swanson s2, Humpy and Mary m. Hill pm division  category a Lewis was in first place and the grand prize Winner second prize was won by Peter p. Van Der hoi Iven of the entertain ment Section hmm. Third place was also taken by Lewis Charles , of the dependents school took fourth place and third prize fourth prize was won by the honorable mention entry of Marym. Esgain of the Neucom a Divi Sion Van Der Hoven also won a honorable mention in this category. First prize in category d was won by Douglas t. Acosta civilian. Second place also was taken by Acosta. Second prize and third place were won by 1st it Stephen Binion he and so co 7774th sign third prize and fourth place were taken by 1st it Walter , 7809th Sci. The honorable mention entry which won fourth rift was that of sgt Harry. G. Perkins b co 7888th up tips the Heidelberg military Post contest was under the supervision of Bonnie j. Gillette manual arts supervisor. Judges were Cpl Wel Lington o. Harriss Sig corps photo lab Cpl Frank g. Simonson by Public information office Hanns Lossen professional German photographer and Don Bartlett son of. Bartlett civilian with the pm division Neucom. Wac promoted to major Munich feb. 19 special capt Margaret h. Wharton of Santa Fen. M., assistant is at Munich military Post has been promote to the rank of major. She was on the first promotion list for. Wac West Point for of urged by Board Washington feb. 19 a the . Needs a separate air Academy organized along West Point and Annapolis lines a Board of experts her reported to Secretary of defense Louis a.  service Academy Board was headed by president Robert l. Starns of the University of Colorado. Gen Dwight d. Eisenhower was vice chair Man of the group that included top educators and military Ronen. Officers who were the regular army. Integrated into the experts rejected All suggestions to unify military education in one institution that would provide officers for All service branches. They urged the teaching of unification concepts however from the first Day a Man enters a Servic Academy. Temporary site suggested the Board said nothing about where the air Academy should be located. But it recommended that the school be started at a Tempo Rary site if necessary As soon As Congress authorizes it and vote Money Lor its operation. An air Force Board is now Silt ing 195 air Academy site bids received from All parts of the country. The report recommended that the military services draw at least 50 per cent of their officers from the three academies but urged that a substantial portion be selected from civilian schools. 4 to 10 candidates the experts warned against allow ing the service academies to become purely technical schools. They wan the cadets taught the arts and sciences and Given an academic background comparable to that of graduates of our leading  the Board recommended a method of Cadet candidate selection that would modify the rights tradition ally exercised by congressmen. It urged that the academies have the final word about men selected. Bridges says accusers lied san Francisco feb. Is up Harry Bridges has said that govern ment witnesses lied like hell when they described him As a communist. They should be prosecuted for per jury instead of him he added. Government prosecutor f. Joseph Donahue questioned him about his beliefs on a variety of subjects. At one Point Donahue asked Bridges if he thought anyone was putting the screws on him. You mean you Bridges asked i m bearing up under it much of the questioning concerned the testimony of George Huson Losangeles Newspaperman who Testi fied for the government. Bridges contends that Wilson testified under pressure Wilson had Aid Bridges met with others in the governor hotel some time Between 1942 and 1944. He de scribed it As a communist faction meeting. Bridges said the meeting referred to was actually a meeting at the Headquarters of the inter National longshoremen s and warehousemen s Union ayoung Ensign who was plotting the course for the battleship Missouri when she ran aground Jan. 17 Lold a naval inquiry Board that senior officers interrupted him so often he could t do his Job. E. A Harris 23, Che big mos assistant navigator said it was Bis second attempt to plot a mov ing ship s course. Harris said Che plotting Wentsao Ottily until a minute or two before Tow to ploughed into thimble Shoals. Then he said senior officers came into the Chart House and began asking questions. At the same time he said Bear ing reports started coming so fast he could not keep up with  said he was unable exactly to fix the ship s position from the bearings and got Only a wide  witnesses told the Board a ship s charts carried conflicting information on the number and location of buoys marking a acoustic Range it Hampton roads. A bomb does t worry industrialist 90 Philadelphia feb. 19 up a prominent industrialist and philanthropist noted his 80th birthday anniversary with no worries about the world s future despite the atomic and Hydrogen bombs. We Are on the Road to Bette things said Samuel s. Fels who at his age still actively beads one of the nation s big soap companies. Thave no fear about the atomic bomb and the Hydrogen bomb because the human family is growing year in  of the co of at m cd h isl Bis in of w�1 u a v it v. C a. N e u n b n c a s