European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V by Louis Kramp the lure of american dollars is drawing manufacturers from Many parts of the world to the first International Trade to be held in Chicago from government Trade officials in Many nations Are urging business firms to they consider the fair a Quick and economical Way to enter the american Market and establish Dollar the businessmen seem to Al ready they have reserved Square feet for the fair will be patterned after the famous Trade fairs of Brussels and the entire Range of consumer and Industrial goods jul be of space reserved so 40 per cent a for finished consumer 10 per cent for 12 per cent for food 18 per cent for machinery and 5 per cent for chemicals and raw materials and 15 per cent for information and miscellaneous the fair will use about Square feet of exhibition space in Chicago Navy International Coli Seum and Arenath thirds of the space is allotted to foreign o reduce red tape and Speed i shipments of special legis lation is to be sought in Congress to ease the problems of foreign fair officials government experts in foreign Commerce and Tariff banking expert and interpreters will attend the fair to help foreign exhibitors and last december the Marshall plan countries established a european Trade fair sponsored by the Organiza Tion for european economic under its commissioner Frederic of the Board is coordinating exhibits from the Western european fair Headquarters in Chicago Are in the merchandise it is receiving reservations for space directly from individual business firms and from National bulk of reservations thus far have come from Western european possibly because they Are most familiar with fairs of the Brussels and Paris applications have also been received from Eastern latin America Africa and the near East has cabled for Between f and Square feet of m French Delegate to the Reec Trade fair said France will show both consumer and Industrial main emphasis will be on luxury he said the German National committee in Frankfurt has asked for Square feet of exhibition consumer goods will use Square feet Industrial supplies and chemical materials and equip ment the figures came from George Guelke of the Federal eco nomic administration in the Swiss office for development of Trade has reserved space for joint participation of the Swiss watch austrian firms have asked for Square feel to show leather goods Jersey sewing bicycles and italian Industry and craftsmanship will be represented in exhibits covering Lodovico general manager of the Institute nationals per ii Commercio is coordinating sex italian exhibits include accessories leather cosm Eljes smokers Tex Home furnishings and musical in l feature Section contents articles red Cross Field director Edward Wasniak interviews an airman with the red Cross at work its communications service Lints soldiers overseas with their loved ones at Home when a red Cross Field director sends a Cable to the states for a Serviceman who has troubles at a Swift moving communications system is put to work on both sides of the the Field director at left telephones the Cable to the red Cross communications Center in Nurnberg where it is Pat on army teletype to red Cross Headquarters in from Mere it goes in a matter of minutes to the soldiers Home town chapter Over a privately owned nationwide red Cross the chapter the required verification of the emergency from a doctor or other authority and shoots the report in Europe in red Cross sent and received nearly emergency and received Over 800 airmail letters a miss Pauline of con the communications Center in Nurnberg miss Pauline who super vises the Cross communications Center id prepares a Cable that is sent via army signal corps to red Cross Headquarters in Washington Gen George red Cross reads incoming messages at the communications Center in Chicago from where Eables Are relayed to Many local chanters throw about the at red Cross Headquarters in a worker sends the Field directors Cable to the troubled airmans Hometown chapter Over a bed Cross teletype the red Cross Ai work h the threat of russian snorkel by Hanson Baldwin til trusts resort in the by Ernie Reed v picture features dec photo contest winners Vivell baby first picture Xii photos by Lisbeth Back regular features report from America to strictly new wac uniforms Viii p Book by Arthur Noyes in Cooks by Sara x new dec x an program of the week x dec i crossword wishing this weeks cover the photograph on this weeks cover was chosen from among 13 prize winners in the Escom Pho to contest whose entries were sent to the us for judging in the armed forces contest the cover entitled summer by Douglass Aco of the engr dec com won second prize in category d in the Neucom contest other Price win Ning photographs including grand prize appear on pages i and vex of this feature photo credits picture position top Middle l left right Bottom 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