European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of need a Febo Twy 21, 1959 stars and stripes Page 11 i the zones have self service Nurnberg feb. 20 special there Are More than 25 self service grocery departments operating in yes shopping centers and Community stores throughout tile one the Neucom Exchange system has  units were tried experimentally by yes with a few unite in 1948, and expanded till they reached their present number. Customer reaction has been so favourable that the yes plans to install More self service units wherever possible. Hico attorneys to meet with Bowie in Frankfurt Frankfurt feb. 20 is Robert r. Bowie newly appointed general counsel for Hico and  division chiefs will meet with District attorneys from the  and their deputies in Frank Furt March 2 and 3.the annual conference of District attorneys according to Worth , Hico chief attorney will discuss Hico policies relat ing 10 prosecution procedures and do Laws affecting the courts. Army seeking lost vehicle  killed in mishap Frankfurt feb. 20 is army investigators have enlisted the assistance of occupation person Nel in locating the private Auto Mobile of a Hico official who was killed in an autobahn traffic Accident nov. 28.they know that the official Witold p. Izdebsky left  car in a German garage about nov. 20 to be repaired then left for Paris. On the Day of  return to Germany be was killed in the crash of an official Hico car near Monta Baur. Thus far . Investigators said to one has come Forward to report the missing car which Hico officials Are seeking to return to the victim s widow the car a 1947 Gray Chevrolet in army for indefinite period the first was to re enlist for an indefinite period in Ufa Are worn in to Camp Truscott Austria. The Are assigned to the 769m wac det Salzburg and each hag completed five years of army thrice. They Are left to right sift Frances m. Verra Alameda Calif. See Lois r. Fuller Downers Grove hi., and sgt Dolores Coughlin Pittsburgh. Army photo her c 06349, and motor number Eam 300,166. Investigators May be contacted by telephoning Frankfurt military 6134. Three Safe was officers nominated for promotion Wiesbaden feb. 20 special three Safe was officers were included in the list of regular was whose names have been submitted to the Senate for permanent promotions by president Truman officers nominated for promotion Wiki present temporary grades Are capt Anna l. Briggs 712flth air base up to permanent Grade of major maj Virginia a Gary 7100th he support Wing to permanent Grade of Captain and 1st it Viola m. Peschel 7020th in Siu to permanent Grade of Captain. Destitute student plans Sale of blood to finance suit Vienna feb. 20 is a destitute 26-year-old Vienna University medical student is planning to sell some of  blood to have a suit of clothes made from a care Woolen suiting  Aichberger the student was recently called into the Dean s office and notified that an Anonymous american had donated a care package to .johann, who was captured in Italy by the British in the last War and Dan bears the 1949 License num later sent to the . 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I will get 110 schillings a pint. Pm about 230 schillings i can get a tailor to make me a  Gentian Fords available for ., Allied buyers Cologne feb. 20 is Ger Man manufactured Fords Are now available for Sale in dollars tallied personnel in Western Ger Many officials at the Plant Here announced. # models of the Ford Taurus Are on display in showrooms in most major West German cities and immediate delivery is guaranteed. The Taurus a four seater two door Model comes in Black Blue dark Green and Gray. Prices at the factory in Cologne Are $3,040 for the deluxe Model j990 for the Standard Model. Berlin phones connected to almost All world to ills Berlin feb. .20 a so West Berlin residents will shortly be Able to Telephone to almost anywhere in the world following a wide expansion of Deutsche Post services . Communications officials announced. Already linked by phone with All of Europe and with North and South America the Berlin Deutsche Post has now been authorized by Allied authorities to extend its services to Australia Ceylon India Kenya Malta new zealand Paki Stan Union of South Africa South West Africa Tanganyika Uganda Korea Newfoundland the Philip Pines Spain and its possessions and Gibraltar. Two soldiers get jail for clothing theft Frankfurt feb. 20 is an army court has convicted two . Soldiers on charges of stealing army clothing drawn for a company of polish guards last  to five years at hard labor forfeiture of All pay and a dishonourable discharge was sgt John a. La Douceur of the 18th labor supervision co. Ait accomplice pfc Edward , of the 508th labor supervision co was sentenced to three years at hard labor total forfeiture of pay and a dishonourable discharge. Wetzlar reduces Cost of laundry pickup Giessen feb. 2fl special a new Wetzlar military Post laundry service which will save �5,000 monthly and Stop an appreciable amount o f Wear and tear on 56 army vehicles has gone into operation. It col Philip b. Melody Post quartermaster recently instituted the system. Rather than let about 60 vehicles be diverted from units to pick up and deliver organizational laundry and dry cleaning Fous Semi vans have been allocated to do the Job and about 2,500 Miles per week Are saved. German worker eats Well saves Little by Peter Webb Dusseldorf feb. 20 cup somewhere in the vast tangle network of Tramway lines that link the closely grouped cities of the Ruhr there May be a Streetcar called desire but there is no record of it in transport Headquarters in Dusseldorf. Nor is it known to 97-year-old Matthias Komann a Dusseldorf ram Driver with whom i have been living for the last 24 hours. In the Small working class suburb of Himme Geist where the Kamanns have to their four room company owned Flat it is  whether one person in a Hundred has heard of the Broadway . Yet this too is a record of a journey into a world that is far removed from the glittering shop fronts of the fashionable main Street. ,. It is the record of 24 hours in the life of a German Workingman. Short Stocky Matthias Kamanns has been working for the Rhein Bahn Tramway company for 37 years. In eight years when he will be 65, he will retire on a pension amounting to 75 per cent of  salary and  grateful employers will give  a Gold watch to remind  of the thousands of hours spent in their service. Overcrowded Flat he is not poor because he works for a Well run Public corporation \ that looks after its employees an insures them a reasonable Standard of life. Neither is he Rich and he has never seen the inside of a night club. Today he lives in a Small poorly furnished and overcrowded Flat that be was Given in 1939. Because it is owned by the company the rent is comparatively Low. In a Way the Flat forme part of Bis salary which is Lew also. Five other persons share the Flat with  including  wife and their youngest son Franz who in unable to work because of a War time Bullet through the lungs. His eldest son who has a wife and child is also living with them be cause it a impossible to find other accommodation. The Kitchen is Al ways crowded and privacy in some thing almost unknown. The family has not had a Holiday in the real sense of the word since 1941 Matthias who is a keen Amateur musician he plays the drum in a local band finds  Holiday coincide with local carnivals and festivals when the band is in demand. He is paid two Marks an hour for this part time work which he also regards As  Hobby. His wife visits the local movie once a month. There is no such thing As a saturday night out budget breakdown As we sat together Over a break fast of ersatz Coffee Black bread Margarine and Marmel Ade Kamanns told me what it is like to live i present Day Germany. Together we took the family s life apart this is the Kamanns family budget monthly wages 316 Marks. Taxes including 1.80 Marks per month for a special Aid to Berlin tax unemployment and sickness benefits funeral club and pension contribution61 Marks. Kora Anns income tax in exceptionally Low because of i disable son who is completely dependent on  father s earnings. Rent 49 Marks Gas and electric Ity 15 Marks Coal 15 food for three persons 160 newspapers 3-20 cigarette Beer and entertainment 10 clothes savings etc., three Marks. This last is sometimes in creased by Money that Matthias earns As a musician in off duty hours1. After lunch a Rich meat Stew potatoes and beets i went shop Ping with mrs. Kamanns in. The Small Well stocked shops which Are clustered at the end of the Road. Carefully and with almost exasperating slowness she selected the Best that her Money could buy. Every pfennig Wai counted and placed to the Best advantage. Here is what we brought Back four Large pork chops More than the average family in England would get in a week even it such things were available for two Marks a Pound 10 eggs at 20 pfennig each one Pound of Margarine two pm s of milk a Basket Ful of Vesh vegetables and two loaves of Blackeye bread. That evening Kamanns who had spent the afternoon at rehearsal with the band sat Down  a Well cooked meal of pork chops Fried eggs Fried potatoes and Sahid afterwards there was coffees to ersatz but Flavoured in Honor of my visit with a sprinkling of real Coffee which is one of the greater luxuries in Germany today spend More for food there i Little doubt in my mind after my 24-hour visit that the Ger Man Workingman today is eating far better than  counterpart i England for the simple reason that he is spending the greater part obis income on food. In True Ger Man fashion he is putting a Large part at  earnings into Bis stomach Ven if it Means going without clothes entertainment or much needed household goods. He has stripped luxury from  life and is concentrating on what he considers the  in that email Street did 1 discover a German who was Willingto spend  Money on racing drink ing or Cigar ets. He does not take holidays away from Home because they axe too expensive. He Sta sat Home cultivates  Garden car like Kamanns does other work that will bring extra Money Kite the House. He is Ravine very Little but a not buy clothes or other House hold necessities until the prices come Down. And the get mans really believe they will come Down. Prices still High this is Bow Kimanne put it the other things will come later. After to twee terrible years Tia Fol Lowed ims we Are really living Well i Trink the government could do More for the workers. Price Are still far too High est Chitry clothes which Are beyond the reach of most working class families. But i must t complain. Tiie carnival season is her and i Hope to make Good Money playing in the band. Perhaps even enough to buy some thing for my  the West German re Publ seems to be settling Down to live beyond its income Ito people Are still among the most Thrifty and hard working in the world. M there is Little pleasure in their lives they do not appear to miss it 13 austrian experts visiting states Vienna feb. 20 is thirteen austrian experts in various professional Fields have left Vienna for60-to-90-Day visits in the ., Ufa he has announced the la men and two women in this group bring to 27 the number of austrians sent to the . This year under the Ufa visiting experts program members of the group which includes four educators two lawyers three social workers a physician a police official tie manager of cooperative and a playwright will be under the general sponsorship of american organizations during their stay in the . Nurnberg masons meet Nurnberg. Feb. 20 special fifty three masons in the Nurnberg area were made charter members at the first two meetings of the Square and Compass club. Charter membership is of closed but All master masons ars urged to attend the next meeting March 6 at the dependents club