European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. February 14,1950 the stars and stripes Page in the zones Stuttgart sets dec a exhibit Sti to baht. Feb. 23 is a massive Eca pit trial exam pm Wei to of 70 tons will go Oil display Here fir three weeks beginning March 9.the display tells in elaborate dcl.r.1 the Story of Erp in the 17 participating countries. The exhibit so intricate that it requires three weeks to set up. Will be housed in a specially designed prefabricated building being assembled on a site adjoining the Graf  hotel. Robert m. Hanes. Chief of the Eca special Mission to Germany and chief of Hico s office of economic affairs is expected to Lake a i in opening ceremonies. The exhibit has played to Capac Ity throngs in Frankfurt and , where German author us requested that it be held Over. Benelux nations Neucom discuss Auto travel policies Heidelberg feb. 23 special policies on travel by private car in Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg were discussed at a recent conference in Brussels at tended by representatives of Neucom. The american Graves registration command and the Bene Lux countries one Issue discussed was the belief by Benelux authorities that cars owned by occupation personnel had been brought into their countries and sold illegally since records fail to show that the cars re crossed the  was explained that although transit forms Are issued for Lehi Des not covered by a Camel de passage some owners fail to return toe transit form to customs guards when leaving the country. Thus records fail to show their departure the Neucom Provost marshal stressed the importance of return ing transit forms when leaving any foreign country. Usan issues warning on private business w1ksbaden, feb. 23 special i Safe military and civilian personnel were warned against repro wanting private persons or corporations in seeking contracts or other actions from the air Force a letter from Usan to Safe he pointed out that such action May constitute violation of fed eral criminal  of personnel have reason to believe that private parties Are being represented by . Govern ment personnel that fact should be reported to higher authority.  Stab band judged tops in hillbilly music contest Augsburg feb. 23 special the Happy hour boys a six piece band from the 2d army Cav won first place and $70 in the hillbilly category of the constabulary wide Talent show at Stuttgart. The band won second place in the Talent show Here Jan. 20 to select Flie 2d Cav representatives for the constabulary Competition. Members of the band Are pics Lotus Cline Richard Nye Donald Sullivan Bonnie thornton., Richard Harvey and Willard nations. Outbreak of Chicken pox reported in Wiesbaden Wiesbaden feb. 23 special 5 quicken pox is prevalent among j children in Wiesbaden medical for cities revealed As they an i bounced instructions for sus i petted cases. P children suspected of having thicken pox Are requested to be top out of school until they May a checked by a medical officer at ice Hospital. \ parents Are asked not to bring to the Hospital during the at Wiesbaden chaplains9 luncheon maj Gen Roy h. Parker third from left. Army chief of chaplains attends a luncheon in Wiesbaden for Safe chaplains. Is photo Normal dependent clinic hours from 1 to 3 pm to avoid possibility of exposing other children. The hour of 4-5 pm has been set aside especially for confirming diagnoses. It was pointed out that All such contagious diseases of a mild Nar Ture Are treated at Home. Only cases with complications Are hospitalized of unit to award prizes for safety suggestions Wiesbaden feb. 23 special the ground safety suggestion contest will begin next wednesday and continue for a minimum of six successive weeks according to the 7100th he support Wing ground safety Section. Prize Money totalling $15 will be awarded weekly to the winners. Five suggestions will be chosen each week during the six week period. The contest is open to All military personnel of the Wiesbaden military Post except those employed As safety technicians ground safety officers  on a permanent basis. To be eligible for awards suggestions must pertain to Accident prevention and apply to the Post. Contest entries should be Given to the ground safety officer or ground safety representative. Wiesbaden Art exhibit closes this month Wiesbaden feb. 23 special Germany s priceless collection of paintings which was sent to the . For safekeeping and viewed by an estimated 2,500,000 americans will close its showing at the wies Baden museum this month. The 202 paintings which were found cached in German Salt mines by . Combat troops toured 16 . Cities and earned 1300,000, which was spent for the Aid of needy German children. The 965,000 visitors who saw the paintings at the National talk by in Washington d. C., established a record for thai museum. While in Wiesbaden the exhibition attracted 70,000 visitors. Of this number 25,000 were school Chil Dren and 2,800 Art students. The masterpieces Are under the Custodianship of the hessian state government. Neu Biberg families to get household items repaired Neu Biberg feb. 23 special embarking on a Campaign to put household equipment in condition capt Robert l. Clement Neu Biberg air base dependent Supply officer stated yesterday that a sumo 100,000 Marks has been allocated for that purpose. The actual work Wilt be per formed by the 86th Maint so repair shop contracting German labor As Well As air Force technicians under the supervision of Squadron maintenance cos. The program will be coordinated by m sgt Matthew s. Skypek. According to Clement All household items of Neu Biberg personnel including furniture and electrical appliances will be in first class shape within the very near future Clearing up All Back logs of work orders presently on file in the dependent Supply office. Maps say hit run suspect admits he Felt crash Jolt Frankfurt feb. 23 is Frederick Mialky Driver of a diesel truck which allegedly left the scene of a fatal Accident last Friday on the autobahn near Frankfurt has confessed he Felt a Jolt at the time of the Accident according to maps credited with apprehending him Cpl Edward k u 1 i k and pfc Eugene m a u t h a a co 709th my so in arrested Mialky and his assistant Rudolph Soppart of Hamburg when they stopped to investigate a diesel truck with two trailers being towed through Down town Frankfurt by a German wrecker. The Frankfurt District of the . Highway patrol started an extensive search for the truck immediately after the Accident. The German Driver of an army staff car died in the Accident and three British employees of the army were injured. War crimes prisoner Dies in Munich Hospital Augsburg feb. 23  Walter Richter a German serving a 10-year sentence at the lands Berg War crimes prison died at the Munich University Hospital Augsburg military Post authorities said. Richter had been admitted to the Hospital As an open tuberculosis cae. Richter was convicted of Violat ing Germany s unconditional sur Render by engaging in and continuing military activity in China against the . And its allies. German girl tells Story of slavery in Russia in the factories and Fields of the Bleak ural mountains dividing Siberia from european Russia an army of women is toiling As stares. One of the rare eyewitness accounts of these slaves of the user is presented herewith by else Kohnke 20-year-old German girl who three years As a forced labourer in the urals in the following article. Miss Kohnke who recently fled to West Germany tells of her arrest and shipment to Russia to work i a stave of the communists by Etse Kohnke Munich feb. 23 ins three of Back breaking toil As a slave worker began for me March 24, 1945, when two russian soldiers knocked at my door. Most of the 1,000-Odd residents of our Little Village of Schenwar Ling had fled West. Our family was among the few to stay behind. Scho Warling is 12 Miles Southwest of Danzig the russians through an inter Preter asked my age. I said i was 15, and they ordered me to accompany them. I kicked and screamed when they grabbed me. They jabbed a Rifle in my ribs and i had no Choice. From Scho Warling i was taken to Rosenberg in East Prussia where i joined 15 other German girls and women. The youngest was 14, the oldest 55. We walked All Day and slept in a cold cellar at night. During the night five women were taken from the cellar and raped. The russian soldiers told us they had been allowed to return Home. In the morning we were marched Ega memo leak officially traced to German sources Frankfurt feb. 23 is leakage of information regarding an Ega memorandum on which Al lied High commission and German government officials conferred feb. 16 was officially traced to German sources a commission statement said. Appearance of the memorandum in the press ahead of the meeting touched off heated discussions re Garding responsibility. The official High commission statement regarding the incident said various statements have been made concerning the memorandum recently furnished to the German Federal government regarding its present economic program. So As to remove any doubts As to the status of this memorandum it can be stated that the memorandum was prepared by the economic advisers to the three Allied High commissioners. It was officially forwarded to certain ministers of the German Federal government to the Chancel Lor and to the president of the Bank Deutscher Lander in Advance of the meeting Between them and the High commission feb. 16. It was intended to be and was used As the basis for discussion of the German economic situation at the aforementioned meeting. From the Allied standpoint it was not intended at least during the period of discussion that this memorandum be published. It is now quite Clear that its appearance in the press derived from German rather than Allied  motorists get 24-hour service yes stations on autobahn main roads Nurnberg feb. 23 special round the clock service  the Neucom Motorist is now provided by bus at one or More gasoline stations in each military Post and at All autobahn stations on a 24-hour 7-Day schedule. In addition stations located on main class a highways Are operated on this same schedule where the need is indicated. All other stations Are open seven Days a week from 8 am to 8 pm daily except for those installations doing 3 relatively Small volume of business. These Small stations Are operated from 12 noon to 8 pm six Days a week. Commanders of posts and major commands May at their discretion fix operating hours for local stations that vary from the general Rule. Yes discourages however any operating schedule Elow the Afore rent Onod Niin mum for Small stations. To a collection Point near Danzig. There must have been 1,800 of us mostly German women. All of us wondered what our Fate would be none dared guess. Two Days later we were on a three Day forced March Over Muddy roads in cold Damp weather. At a dismal Railroad siding we were herded into Box cars like so Many head of cattle for our trip to the soviet Union. There were 40 women in my car. For 18 Days we received one meal daily moldy foul smelling bread and watery soup. The russian guards would beat us if we so much As asked for water. The stench in Side the car was unbearable. Moat of us suffered from dysentery. When we arrived in the ural mountains 197 had died of starvation and exposure during the journey. Our group was led to the City of capias where we were imprisoned in a barbed wire enclosure. I and 99 other women were quartered in a room 20 by 12 feet. We slept on wooden Beds without blankets. There must have been about 1,300 women and 400 men All told in the enclosure. Three times a Day we were fed the same meal of sour soup and stale bread for breakfast dinner and supper. This was barely sufficient to keep us Strong enough for our work leveling land and laying Railroad tracks. We worked seven Days a week from 5 am until 7 pm with a five minute rest every two hours. Deatha almost daily there were deaths from starvation and beatings almost daily. The dead and dying were removed to a tent and were later thrown into common Graves dug by German prisoners of War. I personally saw men buried alive. Once four male prisoners tried to escape. Two of them were shot and killed the other two beaten beyond recognition. Among the women there was never any thought of escape. None of us could speak russian and the Prospect of the Long trip Back to Germany seemed insurmountable. One Day a russian army officer came to our Barracks and told us that 200 of our number including myself had been selected for repatriation to Germany. It sounded too Good to be True. For three Days we Rode in Box cars receiving no food at All guarded by seven russian army women armed with rifles and Bandolier of ammunition and Clad in tattered uniforms. We soon Learned the truth. We had been transferred to sap it a ural factory City. 105 begin course in air movement Nurnberg feb. 23 special the second phase of air transport ability training for All Neucom combat units began Here when 10 cos and 35 officers from the 1st in div and . Constabulary started1 a five Day course designed to qualify them As instructors Tor their individual units. The 40-hour course is divided into 20 hours at conferences and demonstrations and 20 hours of tract fatal work. The students will be Given practice in loading and lashing motorized equipment using c82s from the 61st to Carrier Wing. The 20-hour conference period includes practice in computing the weight of aircraft loads and an exercise in preparing a unit for air movement