European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse R n i it i Ieie be in id is o the ill to it ugly Iai a rth led and too Ion in a omes sunday february 26, 1950 the stars and stripes Page 5 Austria housing plan approved by Ufa by Ernie Reed staff correspondent Vienna feb. 25 ssh Ufa has agreed to a housing construction program to Start within the next few weeks in the . Zone of Austria calculated to provide important economic benefits for the country it was announced. The project is to be financed from a blocked Schilling account which accrued to the austrian government through sales of . Army stocks by tiie austrians. The stocks had been furnished to the austrian government by Ufa from to 1948. The building program will in effect convert what is now a non interest bearing Frozen account into a capital asset of major importance title to which will be retained by Austria. The program is expected to pro vide an important Channel for employment of austrian labor and will afford a Market for goods and services of the austrian building trades and Allied industries. It is estimated the project will release 53,000,000 schillings to the Austria Economy. The schedule Calls for a total of approximately 20 units each con Taining 12 to 18 apartments to be completed some time this year. It is planned for the present to move american families into the units As they Are completed in order to offset crowded conditions caused by the movement in the past year of several . Command elements from Vienna to the .zone. At the time of the Transfer a substantial number of properties were turned Back to the austrians in Vienna without a comparable number being requisitioned in the zone. Construction will make it unnecessary to lease additional hous ing from the austrian Economy and possibly make it feasible to Relin Quish some properties now under lease. The buildings will be of fire proof permanent Type construction the apartments will have modern Kitchen and bathroom facilities and will be designed to Best fit the needs of the average Austria family. The project conforms to the Over All austrian National housing plan and is in line with a statement made Jast weekend by Chancellor Leopold Figl in which he declared he is seeking funds to finance building. Remodelling pushed to ease housing for Rhine main staff Frankfurt feb. 25 special while Rhine main air base s Long Range housing problem is being solved by construction of new apartments the More immediate needs Are being met by remodelling in the Atterberry Betts area of Frankfurt. In the Atterberry belts area 45 apartments in three Complete build Ings Are being readied for air Force personnel and their families. In the belts area three buildings contain ing 12 two bedroom apartments and eight three bedroom units Are being remodeler. One building in the Hospital area will provide 14 two bedroom units while a building on Marbach Weg will contain 12 one bedroom apartments. Of correspondent arrives Wiesbaden feb. 25 special miss Charlotte Knight correspond ent for air Force Magazine has arrived at Safe he to begin a month s visit of Safe bases and installations. Following her visit Here she is scheduled to visit far East of he in Japan. Dial Day your guide to Good listening in the dec German tots Eind new Homes in . Tive German children including three orphans re welcomed at new York International Airport after arriving by plane from Hamburg. In foreground Are mrs. Artther Storn left of Staten Island n.y., and her two children Ingoborg 7, and Renate 8 orphans Michael Selke 6, and Gunther 5, who have been adopted by a Pennsylvania couple. In the rear is the other homeless child Karen mor Ornsen 6, and her Ancle Paul s. Mommsen of River Edge . In Fitz ii it up Bayreuth Bremen 10,600 w350 Frankfurt 10,000 w 661 pc 499 Merlin 350 w 1,120 pc 211 m by m re n 350 w i,50o pc 200 Nurnberg 350 w 1,500 pc 200 m Salzburg 1,000 w 1,1rld news Moo sign qtt.,1630 spotlight on sports bin tuesdaybdn0600 his and Shine 0900 morning of Fiso would news serenadew3 Elise and Shine 0930 red Harper oy15 world news 0945 Persona album 0730 Garry Moore 1000 world new Moo Ufa Bullet Ninoos time Lor music 0805 today american 0815 bin break fast club 0630 Jack berch0845 morning melodies 1030 repeat performance i jive1115 solitary Singer 1130 along the Danube a notes at h 00 am radio Chapel with a protestant service from Bremerhaven. At 2 00 pm the Hollywood bowl symphony orchestra directed by Serge Koussevitsky offers compositions by Van Beethoven and Sibelius. At 5 00 this is Europe telling of the Eca activities in Belgium. At 6 05 or. President the first in a new series highlight ing Little known personal incidents in the lives of the presidents of these United slates. At 7 00 Fred Allen and his guest col stoop Nagle. And at 10 00 the great classic by Emily Bronte Luther Long Heights starring Montgomery Clift. By Dwight Schear staff correspondent Berlin feb. 25 is the head of the music department of soviet controlled radio Berlin has been ired because the station broadcast .00 much american jazz and too Many modern classical works by non soviet composers. An article in the Taglicht Rund Schau official soviet German Lan newspaper said the dismissed music director Goldschmidt a Swiss permitted the broadcasting of unbelievably wild dancing music n the style of the terrible Amer can jazz or the article signed by two rus sians also complained that the station often carried the works of the German american composer Paul Hii Demith who is an enthusiastic adherent of the people s enemy formalism in musical transmissions in Honor of the soviet Union have been avoided with the exception of a few concerts and songs played repetitious by the Mundschau stated. Modern russian composers have been completely ignored although everyone knows that the latter Are the world leaders in this Field. The Rich musical compositions of the people s democracies have also been the article declared that since Goldschmidt became music director in May 1948, the music of radio Berlin has become More and More americanized the Mundschau disclosed that 500 persons Are employed in radio Berlin s music department and complained that few of these people seem to know their Job including one Niebeling who car ried the title of specialist for rus Sian his appointment the Mundschau said must have been an German railways to sell tickets for All Points Frankfurt feb. 25 is one of the few remaining restrictions on West German railway operations will be removed March 1, the Allied High commission announced thursday in its Industry report. Effective that Date German rail ways will sell directly tickets to Points outside Germany for Marks. Since the occupation ticket sales have been restricted to Points with in Germany. The commission noted that unlimited Sale of travel tickets would enable the German railway system to participate fully in the 1950 tour is season expected to establish a postwar record. The commission also disclosed that effective july 1, Germany will participate in a 25 per cent reduction in Telegraph rates in Accord Ance with decisions reached at the International telecommunication convention in. Paris last year. Tax expert to visit Vienna Vienna feb. 25 is an in come tax expert from the Bureau of internal Revenue will visit Vienna next week to help Ufa personnel with their income tax prob lems Ufa announced. He is Milo Turner who has been touring army installations in Europe under an arrangement Between the depart ment of the army and Bureau of internal Revenue to answer ques ions on income tax matters. Gen Parker urges initiative by soldiers in Kitzinger speech k1tzwgen, feb. 25 special no Soldier can truly succeed with out volunteering for jobs in Addi Tion to his other duties maj Gen Roy h. Parker army chief of chaplains told More than 800 Kitz Ingen training Center personnel during his visit Here. Parker whose subject was in addition to his other duties traced the Rise of recently retired it Gen Courtney h. Hodges from private to lieutenant general. Promotions Are won by con stantly putting in just a Little bit More than the Job Calls for Par Ker said. He was accompanied by Brig Gen Lewis c. Beebe cd Wurzburg military Post it col John o. Woods chaplain Frank Furt military Post and maj Robert s. Thornton amp chaplain. Parker was welcomed to Etc by col Henry c. Newton Etc co col Maurice c. Bigelow co Kitzinger sub Post col Henry w. Holt co 7720th replacement depot mar Burg and it col Louis j. Beasley Etc chaplain. Parker was Given military honors upon his arrival at Etc by the Center s Honor guard and the 31st army band. Shortening prices go up new York feb. 25 up the manufacturers of two leading vegetable shortenings Crisco and Spry increased prices one cent a Pound. Pm plan saves $14.5 million since 1947 Heidelberg feb. 25 special T american taxpayers have been saved nearly $15,000,000 since 1947 through a pm corps program to eliminate waste. A reclamation program started by maj Gen George a. H o r k a Neucom chief quartermaster has already saved $14,540,368. Repair instead of replacement has yielded dividends in items ranging from army clothing to heavy duty equipment. Clothing supplies and equipment whose replacement would have Cost More than 816,000,000, were repaired and reissued for less than 52,000,000. The pm rec Lama on depot at marburg last year reclaimed and returned to service material valued at 47,720,000, this installation which is responsible Lor the re pair of clothing equipage office equipment household refrigerators and special purpose vehicles has reclaimed More than 120,000,000 Worth of equipment since its activation in 1947. At the materials handling equip ment rebuild shops at the Giessen pm depot 608 major items of equipment with an original Cost of Between ,000 and $10,000 were rebuilt during 1949, this includes such items As cranes tractors and Fork lifts. A total of 1,354 warehouse Trail ers hand trucks and conveyors were repaired. A new program begun last year was for the repair of refrigeration equipment. In addition to the 448 household refrigerators rebuilt at the marburg depot 162,011 cubic feet of refrigeration valued at $708, 679 was processed and installed in Neucom commissaries and messes. A project to rebuild refrigeration Van units started in Frankfurt in february 1949, ended the year by saving $42,000. Gya to hold soap Box race Heidelberg feb. 25 special a soap Box Derby for German boys will be sponsored again trois year by Gya Neucom announced thurs Day. Preliminary races win be held on or before june 15, and the Neucom finals will be held in Stuttgart july 2. Any German or do boy Between 11 and 15 living in the u. S. Zone who builds his own racer according t 1950 rules of the ail american soap Box Derby is eligible to com dete in this year s Derby. Rule books and entry Blanks in 3erman will be available Marsh 1 rom Gya officers Kreis youth committees and land resident officers. Prizes will be awarded to winners of the Kreis sub Post Post and Neucom final races. Last year approximately 15,000 German boys participated in More Toan 400 races throughout the u. S. Zone. The 1949 Champion was Ekkehardt Kornmesser 13, of Keh theim who took 22 preliminary races before winning the Neucom finals Kex Lunich. Army of veterinarians attend Giessen Parley Heidelberg feb. 25 special veterinarians representing army and air Force commands in the . Zone of Germany Austria and England attended a two Day con Ference at the Giessen Quarter master depot visiting officers showed particular interest in depot subsistence Stor age and re cooperage activities. Official Host was depot veterinarian it col Roy a. Resseguie. Guest speakers included col j. L. Hart Man Neucom chief veterinarian. \
