European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1950 the stars and stripes Page 5 during tied show at Spring crowds Jam a Street in Leipzig above for the annual Spring the soviet zones biggest a fair building is at the upper Center Eastern German president Wilhelm Pieck left and Premier Otto Grotewohl escorted by the fair served As a huge sounding Board for propaganda glorifying gleaming lights give a festive appearance to the exhibition Hall of the user lower special attraction was this latest Model russian which closely resembles the 1946 Model of a Well known leading displays included porcelain and sport visitors bombarded with communist propaganda by Dwight Schear staff correspondent March 17 Eastern Germany biggest the annual Leipzig Spring Drew thousands of visitors to this Flag raped City last rows of gleaming Industrial products All parts of Germany and Many parts of Eastern Europe were shown in the cites 14 fair but officials stressed that what they were actually attempting to display to the outside world was a picture of Prosperity and Progress in the German democratic re pub International Spring fairs have been held in Leipzig since the Early since the russians have used the traditional event As a great propaganda Spe Cial emphasis was placed on the had that this years fair was the first since the establishment of the East German keynote of the big Industrial was Eastern Germany Inte Gration into toe vast soviet con trolled trading Deputy pre Mier Hermann in the official opening put it this Way the Market from Brest Tovik to Shanghai is open for special world fair visitors moved in a special world which bad no connection with the life of the ragged residents of visitors were isolated from the regular of the oily by a special fair separate restaurants in most separate housing a commode food and including rus Sian Champagne and were lavishly spread in special russian i tourist restaurants set up for persons who possessed Only the Legal currency of the soviet the East could not enter these although the mass gaiety usually associated with a Spring fair was Leipziger thronged the Flag strewn streets at night and watched the window Dis plays of fancy cakes and other bakery foods Drew crowds of on among persons attending the fair were a number of buyers from Western most of these because Trade is confined within the limits of specific East West agreements and subject to fluctuations caused by soviet trans port restrictions on came Only for the Sake of establishing or maintaining political propaganda Sweden sent 262 the scandinavian area is traditionally the Leipzig fairs biggest foreign the Peoples Democrat of were heavily rep and a smattering of visitors were present from Distant Points such As the Switzer Italy and although most were on a prac tical business they were bombarded continuously by Polit ical sound trucks in the streets Day and night extolled the Virtues of the soviet Union and the German democratic scores of huge banners and Bill boards displayed slogans of the so vie sponsored National Leipzig mayor Max Opitz set the tone for propaganda in his Welcom ing address to fair we dont celebrate the birth Opitz of american monopoly we celebrate stains such an at Handy revisits 2dairdivunits March 17 the second time within a Gen Thomas commander in visited units of the 2d air following his visit to division Headquarters and the 86th fighter bomber March Handy arrived by rail at Furstenfeld Bruck air Home of the 36th fighter bomber As the 36th fighter bomber Wing presented full Handy was officially greeted by Brig Gen Thomas 2d air and col Richard 36lh Wing the general was briefed1 on the tactical Mission of the 36th fighter bomber wings its Organiza Tion watched an aircraft interceptor Mission in which the jets of the 36th attacked f47s of the 86th to show the flying and technical prof ency of the 2d air Industrial products exhibited in 14 Halls Titue is understandable because we Call a Friend a and the German democratic Republic has become a great friends ladies and1 come and see our fair for yourself and form your own the picture of the German democratic re visitors found difficulty i actually purchasing goods on Dis Many of the they were were not yet in mass the entire production of others has been completely contracted for by Russia and East european distribution of East German goods is dominated by soviet trading jewelry leading displays included Tex leather sport articles and for which Saxony is these produced almost entirely for were largely of High without doubt the leading at traction of the fair was the glittering Pavilion housing russian More than persons flocked to the soviet exhibition on the opening Day of the Stream lined Tuttos copies of 1946 radio and television toys and household goods were featured in the soviet none was for Gen Vassily soviet control commissioner for who visited the soviet exhibition said its purpose was to teach Ger Man workers about the technical advances of the soviet few soviet soldiers were in Evi Dence on Leipzig smartly uniformed German including Many were East German president Wilhelm Pieck and Premier Otto Grotewohl escorted by a swarm of motorcycle some government officials were driven about the City in Chrysler and american correspondents making the two and a half hour drive Down the autobahn from Leipzig to Berlin encountered no a fair pass and a passport were the Only documents and processing on the outskirts of Leipzig was concluded speedily by polite police of curl of Napoleons son Sells for 800 schillings March 17 Blond curl of the Duke of Reich son of Napoleon Bona Parte and austrian Princess Maria was auctioned off Here for 800 the which was Given to the Dukes Tutor in a leather Case in was one of Many items auctioned off that once belonged to the French Emper ors Only legitimate an austrian collector was High Axuk Soldier tells of deaths in Buchenwald March 17 British member of the German occupation Force after world War i testified before a German court How he had to make coffins for jewish corpses in the infamous Buchenwald concentration he was Cecil Sinee had lived with his German wife in South of now in the British of Ger he told tie court he was arrested by the Gestapo a few Days after the War began for listening to a British he spent the whole War in the concentration Camps of Buchenwald and during his imprisonment in by j7ay told the he once saw 25 jews shot he said As Camp he had to make the coffins for Jay said he also four or five times jews and other Camp inmates being Hung up for hours at a time by their the briton is one of 700 wit Nesses in the largest German trial against a former nazi overseer in by Schenwald concentration the Heinrich is accused of cruelty to concentration Camp Reserve training unit meets March 17 Furstenfeld Ruck detachment of the 8901ss air Reserve training unit met tues Day with col Richard 36th fighter bomber Wing As guest army utilize specialists March 17 special in order to meet increased tech Nical demands of modern military the army department has modified the officers career guid Ance plan so that More effective use May be made of the talents of officers possessing certain specialist the new policy is designed to encourage officers of the combat arms to Transfer to an appropriate technical if the officers wish to Transfer to pursue a tech Nical subject in which they have specialized beyond the needs of their officers who have specialized in Fields having no counterpart in any Branch of As the More professional phases of Public business manage or comptrollers remain in their respective military these officers will be and their assignments coordinated so As to make of their special service schools the army emphasized that this will affect relatively few who will be allowed to receive repetitive assignments permitting to use their specially during some period of their such assignments would not pre Judice opportunities of these offi cers for maintaining Branch Quali or for being considered for attendance at top level service schools As they reach senior details of the plan for specialists Are included in change 2 to the army department technical manual 20805 career management for army Soldier jailed for assault March 17 special pvt Kenneth of the med ambulance was tried by special court martial Here for at tempting to strike Heinrich gut a end for being drunk act disorderly in the Vicin Ity of Murphy ludwigs on March he was sentenced to six months confinement at hard labor and forfeiture of a month for the same