European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Omer Anderson staff the port celebrate third major Neucom operates occupation units of be c put Mission port see Unity and the Gateway the dec and to Home encompasses nearly 200 Square coinciding with the boundaries of the Bremen the command takes in Post and Hico virtually All troops Are now concentrated in with Hico functions similarly centralized in the be Story can be nut shelled into in the command processed incoming occupation personnel and a bound passengers on army processed Dps through Bremer Haven aboard Iro leased army trans ports for resettlement in the handled tons of cargo destined for the occupation including and loaded 79 115 tons of outbound moved pieces of outbound household goods and received pieces of inbound the port handled pieces of incoming excluding household and of z i bound a total of automobiles owned by occupation personnel were shipped to Bremerhaven from the i and shipped from be to the Al incidental intelligence some dogs were shipped Home by occupation personnel from bpm and a total of 415 a Boatload of teachers and school officials arrive in Bremerhaven inset is Brig Gen Charles shipped in from the while canine statistics tend to demonstrate that dog ownership quadrupled in feline fanciers exhibited a contrary in the year there were 13 cats shipped in j and Only nine shipped this vast volume of freight and Pas Senger traffic was moved by 303 cargo 97 tankers and 217 be statistics add up to the simple fact that every ton of seaborne occupation cargo and nearly every member of the occupation forces touches at Bremer aside from acting As the freight handler and passenger agent for the be has rolled up some enviable records As a military for it is the top Neucom command in Soldier de whereas last june Only 3 per cent of be troopers were salting away Money in the now per cent have fallen into an even 83 per cent of be personnel hold i insurance and the be Accident rate in december dropped to compared with the Neucom average of despite an in creased Miles of be driving in observers express admiration the is military and 15 German personnel ears Here one of the aulos is in at the be processing Center handle 40 to being from an army for the manner in which be has con trived to Cater to its guests with a hotel mans solicitude while easing them aboard or ship on the double Many a dependent will recall with a twinge of reaching a Neucom station or returning to the the cozy Comfort of the Stag whi6h Host closely resembles a modern apartment a few of its conveniences a Laun where families can Wash and Iron a childrens play and an infants dining room for formula i never had it so is a familiar mothers lament after Leav ing processing at the troops aging area has been streamlined from Days to a mat Ter of troops Are fed in a consolidated mess at Marine Barracks which Neucom food service inspectors rate As one of Euc oms top pets Are embraced with similar Solic they Are Given shots just like their then to condition them for the Rigours of  Kennel life on a transports they go through an acclimatize no in the first step pets Are placed in indoor kennels heated to room tempera they Are taken outdoors for two four hours and so on until finally they Are moved outside to Wash ship Linen be operates a the prewar North German Lloyd which turns put pieces a Economy is Beerfe Tisbie the pm classification has on hand of equip ranging Field rang and unclaimed it has had As brass but tons on tap at onetime probably thie my spot in Euc pm where me Iribas of three armed go4stguard rub regular Dufy Bremerhaven Isi a advanced whence the captured Aii air Force visit processes Deperr sonnet and expedites Ai a Lone after1 department the Piti shies Teere Tion facilities in there Are three pm radio Windy Corners and the spot club the Bremen country open to with a nine Hole Golf course swimming Pool and Tennis courts two officer the Casino and the club 99 two first three grader the and the and three movies in Bremerhaven and one in Bremerhaven is conceded to have the Lus Hiest Duck Hunting on the a recent shooting party included Gen Thomas Neucom commander and it Gens Clarence and John k As an incidental achievement be has put one of Euc oms most successful suggestion award headed by it col s4 executive the committee recently distributed Marks in with a population of is Europe largest fishing port last year tons of herring and other fish were landed by Bremerhaven fishing boats and tons imported from the scandinavian prewar Pri Marily a passenger terminus for the crack North German Lloyd Bremen and the whose name literally Means port of Bre was developed by land Bremen As a hedge of the Weser it was might cripple Bremen maritime bees commanding general is Brig Gen Charles a combat Veteran who received his Star at Omaha graduated West Point in arrived at Bremerhaven last june 21 to take command from col Hugh May his previous assignment was that of assistant divisional commander of the 82d an he served As regimental commander with the 8th inf div during the Canham is widely respected As a com Mander who insists that the officers and men under his command keep themselves in Peak physical since taking Over at be he has inaugurated a phys Ica conditioning program stressing intramural sports and overnight although1 Canham Cari Well be proud t1 the smooth functioning of his despite its his subordinates say he most dearly loves duty As a combat one of the generals aides summed if i Ever get into a shooting War again and in a tight give me Gen Canham for a of the stars and stripes