European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes March Clarke lauds Small units in 4dragoon by win fanning staff correspondent 2d co Stab brigade Field March 10 exercise was the finest training Man Euver i have seen since com ing Brig Gen Bruce 3d co Stab declared at the opening of a two Andah Althour critique of dra Goon Bere Clarke declared he had seen magnificent Small unit action at platoon and company he again stressed the object of Dragoon As having been Small unit to which the exercise combat situation was always the who acted As Over All director of the two sided War said it was his first Opportunity to work with the 3d army Gav combat team in the warm weather prevented a full of Winter Clarke lean say we were Able to create a situation which i be Eeve similar to what might been countered in actual Clarke praised the Umpire control conducted by a 1st inf div team using a system of Telephone operation which worked out very Well communications better although there were some Dif the Overall communications picture was described As much improved by Clarke and by it col Carey brigade the colonel capt William aggressor s2 did a truly remarkable it was revealed the cd radio a talons were never out of operation the but com Manders failed to full advantage of this capt Charles brigade signal pointed out he said there was too much chitchat on the voice Cir chief Umpire capt Joseph be cited co 1st and 2tl As having displayed especially Good tactical found March discipline but maintenance left much to be gasoline resupply was not too theum Pire pointed blackout discipline was he de it col Donald aggressor commander of the 2d 6th army told the assembled officers he had nothing but Praise for the action supplied by the 2d air diet through aircraft of the 36th fighter bomber up at planes in 19 minutes he said in one instance he had air planes overhead Lorai nutes after requesting their col Franklin co of the forces commented the fast Tempo of maj Eugene brigade s4 maintenance constituted no problem on he said 46 vehicles were evacuated from the combat area during the entire there were 35 casualties serious enough to require evacuation to Field Mccloy vows probe of we Denali fiction March 10 do Hijra commissioner for Ger Many John Mccloy said today that the Denali fiction situation in the state of Wurtemberg Baden is being investigates to the Ful lest extent Mccloy described As utter nonsense press reports appear ing Here that the so called Wurt to Embre Denali fiction scandal was not being investigated As intensely As it might say farces continued from Page 1 pensive in Check Long enough for effective reinforcements to arrive is a matter on which both withheld Handy recalled that during the last forces per formed what was considered by experts at the time As military wartime Deputy chief of staff to Gen George said some military experts thought the taking of Guadalcanal from the japanese an impossibility at the time we planned it but we did cites North Africa i remember also the Landing in North Africa was considered to have a 5050 Chance of we carried that i dont consider the defense of West Europe whether or not the tidal wave of a fully mounted soviet offensive could be held Back in the event of such an there is Little doubt that the available army and air Force in Germany would be used in the that forces in Germany will fight if matter How inferior their Madu Clear by he said the air Force is prepared for instant action in Case of an told that there was concern in some quarters in Western Europe in the event of sudden outbreak of defensive policy might Call for a strategic withdrawal from the to be followed by a later liberation Cannon said do you mean they think we Are going to turn Taal and run the answer is definitely we Are not going to desert our the United states if committed under the North Atlantic treaty to assist our allies and we shall do so to the Best of our at the same Cannon ridiculed communist propaganda charges that the is threatening world he said we Are not preparing to state War with our entire aim is to avoid its hard to get Over to some people that the United states Doest want War and has no in Tention of starting but the fact the role of the american armed forces in As is purely Best mess March 10 the title regimental Best mess of the week has been Given to he 3d legion toys presented to care for distribution Edward of National chaplain of american presents a toy Symbol of the tide of to Finley chief of care Mission in look1 ing Walter commander of Pennsylvania american legion from left and Herman National Public relations commissioner of american million collected in the will be Given to european Araby Berlin ceremony to open tide of toys distribution has 2 pistols March 10 a self styled belgian physician was ordered held for trial in District court on charges of Ille Gally practising and pos Sessing two pistols and 85 rounds of judge Marye set bail of Marks for Werner von whom German police said is a belgian 16 previous convictions in France and Belgium on fraud and theft until two months Van Hee gave inoculations and shots to employees and passengers of the Kim dutch airlines the airlines office manager but the company severed All connections with the medic German police testified Van Hee applied to them for a certificate of and investigation and House search resulted in discovery of two and loaded pistols and the ammunition in Van Hees March 1c distribution of gifts sent to Europe under the american tide of toys collection program will open with a ceremony in Berlin on it was announced by the organization handling overseas delivery of the Ralph director of the Hico office of Public has accepted an invitation to take part in the initial others who have been asked to participate include maj Gen Max Well Berlin com Mander col Ber Lin military Post Ernst Berlin lord mayor and the British and French commandants in maj Gen Geoffrey Bourne and maj Gen Jean Maneval the ceremony will be held at 2 pm in the Casino am with the first of 25 ions of toys being Given to approximately 300 orphans and hospitalized children in four american legion who arrived in Frankfurt recently to help plan distribution of the will take part in the Berlin which will feature a special program of childrens entertainment by a Marionette show and a fifty tons of toys for German and do children of the zone have arrived at a main River wharf in Frankfurt Token distribution of the which were shipped from Rotterdam aboard a Barge bearing tide of toys streamers and will be held tuesday and wednesday in the Frankfurt area with army and Frankfurt City officials Par us Athold Spring games March 10 Cise Spring Field exercise of zone will get under Way March 14 with a review of All zone troops at the Camp Mccauley this will be followed by movement into the Zoa Holt Gen Geoffrey in the reviewing stand As zone units go As will maj Gen Paul with Brig Gen Morrill Deputy zone As commander of troops will assemble at Mccauley March the exercise will permit personnel to operate in the Field under simulated combat the 4th recon with attached will play the part of a the command of it col Harold Lindst Rora in both phases of the two part Friendly forces will be handed by Marston in the phase will revert to control of director Headquarters in the second included iritis group will be the 350th inf 510thfa in with the nth a in the 70th engr Sleith Sig and the 572d spec a to release Marks to West Germany March 10 Robert exp administrator for Western declared thursday upon returning from Washington that he was confident Congress would substantially follow1 economic cooperation administrator Paul hoffmans recommendations for 195051 Erp he revealed that Eca will soon release approximately Marks in counterpart funds to finance West Germany and Berlin reconstruction he said plans for the release of Marks of the total already Are in the Hanes flew to Washington to testify before congressional committees holding on Hoff mans Hoffman has aked for Western Germany in the next fiscal Hanes reported the congressional attitude toward Germany and continued German assistance very kindly and although he said he was closely questioned on reports of resurgent nazi victim stage March March 10 f carrying i and White banners and chanting workers marched on bavarian legislature thursday demanded restitution for their firings during the nazi Ernst state Mellory said the a arcs were strongly under leftist cordons of armed police lined route of March through Munitic streets and 100 husky blocked the Entrance to the tag building overlooking the while the throng remained k Park facing the they heard speeches and a delegation entered land tag and conferred for an with Georg per fid of the legislative with they dems jobs and better Stang he would their fore the Only one incident occurred ing the demonstrator recognized a had beaten him while he interned at Dachau concent a Camp near the accused was jostled by the permitted to police did no ret gets 6 Mon for striking no March 10 Soldier of he and he Mobile surgical found guilty by a s p e c i Al martial of striking an no being drunk and disorderly ret John Abrams was tended to a bad conduct forfeiture of per month months and six ment at hard i the incident occurred Diers first sergeant Abrams room to investigate awakened him him to come to the dts Pei a blood alcohol test to if be was while being Abrams struck life sergeant in the he three previous Ethi an new Joi pc