European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 11, 1950 the stars and stripes pages up e n t it in in r. He pm but o crib to us Ith fete if Zaltan App . Re Raj cat fus tort to Esne up Leati pow to t fee be. Ega release of funds will Aid refugees Washington feb. 20 cup inn economic cooperation admin Tratton has reported that refugees from communist nations now living in Germany will Benefit from the release of Marshall plan counter part funds for housing and farm reconstruction projects. It said qualified refugees will be permitted to obtain land through Purchase or lease of family sized of Cru and in Industrial centers new apartment filings will be made available to  Eca said the working capacity of the Refu Ece population estimated at ,000.000 workers had been Crip pled by Lack of housing. It said about 80,000,000 Marks had been allocated from counterpart funds for the Start of the building program expected to produce 900,000 new family Type dwellings annually. This program was expected to employ an additional 100,000 workers in the building track this year. Eca reported 123,500,000 Marks were being released to Aid several  German Farmers in the reconstruction of farm buildings rebuilding sea Walls and dikes and modernizing Dairy plants. It said the counterpart funds also will be used for reforestation improvement of the fishing Fleet and repair of food p processing plants. A total of 60,000,000 Marks was released recently for these programs. So to Mark unit Day Weiden feb. 20 special the Isth co Stab so will celebrate its. Unit Day feb. 28 in the Osborn Kaseane Here with Brig Gen Bruce c. Clarke cd 2d co Stab Brig As guest of Honor. Events of the Day will Start with an escort to the colors at 9 am. After that there will be 15 contests Between troops of the Squadron with $200 in prizes. The troop winning the most events will be awarded an appropriate plaque and a one Day Holiday. The contests will inc kide Bazooka firing Drill squads Drivers con tests mechanics contests weapons con Tea 15, radio operators contests and contests Between weapons experts of he Squadron. It Kincaid decorated Kitzinger feb. 20 special first it James h Kincaid former character guidance officer at the Kii Ringen training Center has been awarded the army commendation ribbon for meritorious service from july 5. 1mb to december 18, it9, while serving Here he was uie first person to be Given such an Jward for services at the Center. Dazzled East youths ordered Back Home Berlin of a. M is according to reports in Tihe West Berlin press to old song about How you Gonna keep pm Down on the farm after they be seem pane could Well Hiu Strate the troubles of the soviet zone free German Loutfi adj organization. The British licensed Telegram has reported that the adj Central com Mittee Lias ordered its youth construction brigades brought into visit continue to cemeteries for yank dead Heidelberg feb. 20 special visitors May enter by of the 10 permanent . World War ii cemeteries in France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and eng land although construction work is going on in most of them. The cemetery superintendent should be contacted for assistance. Persons planning visits also May Contact the american Batile monuments commission or the Amer ican Graves registration cd be fore their visits although it is not required. These agencies will Render a possible assistance. Nine of the cemeteries have been transferred to the Battle Monu ments commission with offices at 20 Rue Quentin Bauchard Paris. They Are the cemeteries at dra Duignan spinal St. Avoid St. James and St. Laurent in France Henri Chapelle Belgium Cam Bridge England Hamm Luxem Bourg and Margrate Holland. The cemetery at Neuville near Liege Belgium remains under arc care. The organization s address is Apo 757. Additionally there Are two cemeteries in Italy at Florence and Nettuno and one at Carthage Tuni Sia. These cemeteries Are super Vised by the Battle monuments commission Rome care of the . Embassy. The soviet sector of Berlin from the soviet zone last month to re turn to the hinterlands. The committee reportedly complained anal the communist youth from the country spent their evenings in Berlin s Western sectors instead of attending political Edu cation courses in the soviet sector. A committee spokesman was re ported to have stated that the youth lacked a secure attitude and could not stay out of the Hitler rocket bases rebuilt Yugo say Belgrade feb. 20 a the yugoslav newspaper Rad has asserted that soviet authorities in Eastern Germany Are rebuilding Hitler s rocket bases hear the Mouth of be Oder. The paper oficial Organ of the state Trade unions said that so Viet authorities have marked off a prohibited 2one of 80 Square kilo meters around the rocket base and have been Busy broadening Landing strips at the Airport on Peene Munde for experimental work in pilotless land guided projectiles. Property confiscation Berlin feb. 20 is the East German government has announced that the property of soviet zone residents who have left the zone without permission since May 1945 will be confiscated if the owners do not a turn immediately. Western sectors. They had been sent to Berlin from All parts of the soviet zone to make preparations for the Mam Moth communist youth rally Here May 28. The preparations will now be made exclusively by the Berlin adj the Telegram reported. Bald germans compete for finest Pale title Beelin feb. 20 up More than 500 Bald headed germans have enrolled in Competition to select a r it a n y s finest  the contest was sponsored by a German motion picture com Pany which seeks 250 Bald men for a film scene showing an International convention of Bald headed men seeking a hair growing remedy. The boldest actor will receive � prize of 1,000 Marks and tile of Germany s finest  East officials reported opposing March on Berlin Berlin feb. 20 up the anti communist newspaper Telegram said High people s police leaders were refusing to support the March into West Berlin planned by 500,000 communist youths during the latter part of May. The British licensed newspaper said Walter Ulbricht East German Deputy Premier and communist party politburo member would Fly to Moscow this week to discuss the May 27-30 youth meeting and report on political and economic develop ments in the soviet zone. Youth March on Berlin reported cancelled Berlin feb. 20 a the Brit ish zone radio said that the communist free German youth adj had cancelled plans to invade the Allied sectors of Berlin in May. The radio said the adj executive Council feared that Young East Ger mans would be ideologically affected by seeing the higher living Standard in West Berlin. The radio gave no source for its information. America houses to teach English for . Visits Wiesbaden feb. 20 special America houses of Hesse Are arranging specific courses to prepare German students ant experts for Exchange visits to America it was revealed Here by Paul g. Lutzeier . Information Center chief Olch Hesse. The English language course offered by the centers will concentrate on american pronunciation use of idioms and current phrases. Some centers Are also preparing glossaries of technical terminology necessary for students and experts. Politics held bar to unions for catholics Frankfurt feb. 20 some Catholic workers in West Germany hesitate to join unions lest they be used for political purposes Raymond m c g o w a a director of the social activities department of the National Catholic welfare conference in Washington said. These workers feel that some times the unions Are being used by social democrats socialists to serve the purposes of the social democratic party despite the non political nature of the unions he said. V Mcgowan who is touring West Germany for one week said the present unified labor movement can succeed if 1"the social Democrat leaders show restraint in wielding the great Power they hold so that the unions will be an economic rather than a political  2"non-social democratic people join the labor movement and taken Active  Ribbentrop China stolen from Plant Munich feb. 20 a so two boxes of China Ware ordered by former nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop As a present for the Pope in 1944 have been stolen from the Biedermann China fact Oil at Hohenberg egg. The two table services valued at More than 10,000 Marks each had been stored at the factory after the Swift Advance of Allied troops prevented delivery of the present to the Vatican a German police report Here stated. Each set consisted of 306 pieces forming a Complete service for 24 persons the report revealed. Gallagher at Garmisch Garmisch feb. 20 special Brig Gen Philip e. Gallagher Neucom director of posts wound up a four Day command inspection of Post installations Here this week daring which he visible cd almost every facility maintained by the. Post and the recreational Center. Sex is colonel testifies he s proud of past by win fanning staff correspondent Munich feb. 20 is Max Sollmann former is colonel now on trial before a Denali fiction court her As Leader of the nazi child kidnapping organization be Bens born said he believed Ger Many would win the War right up until May 1945. He said he still will stand for my National socialist past of which 1 am  but was nevertheless always fighting against nazi tyranny the former is Man id the organization which engineered the kidnapping of selected foreign Chil Dren for be romanization under Foster parents in German Homes. Leben born also assert edly cared for illegitimate children born to German mothers. Tells of kidnapped poles Roul Paulsen. Stateless a Mem Ber of the Iro children s search service testified he had found 60 kidnapped polish children in a Home at Aachen. He said 49 had been identified. In Many cases the Chil Dren s identification cards carried the statement can be included in a German family he declared. Paulsen said Many of the children were kept for about one year in. A Lebens Torix orphanage before being sent to selected families. The youngsters once adopted lost All connection with their Ida Tives and were issued false birth certificates in most cases it had been previously revealed. Several witnesses testified Soll Mann had aided political Pere cuties and had ordered humane treatment for Dachau concentration Camp prisoners working for be Bens born. They said he had defied a Gestapo order to place a Fenc around the workers Barrack at he main Leben born processing Center Here. 2d group finishes mechanics course Kitzinger feb. 20 special fhe second group of students from the 1st inf div to attend a six week apprentice mechanics course at the Kitzinger training Center to Over come a shortage of trained mechanics in the division has been graduated Here. Col Henry a Newton Tramine Center co addressed the graduating class and presented certificates to .5 students. Honor students were Phi John j. Backensto of the 1st recon co and pvt Russel a Sharp of the 1st pm co both of whom had an aver age of 86.6, and pfc Robert b. Crawford of he co 2d in 26th of regt with 86.5. Eye adds a taste of France and Roadside diners As new services two innovations for personnel in the Frankfort area which Havo been added o other yes installations include a French shop in the Frankfurt pm and a Roadside diner. The diner right is a converted railway car and. La located next to the in Totaan Gas station at the Frankfurt turnoff. Left customers visit the French shops a Pooloa