European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1950 the stars and stripes Page 5 High commissioner and his staff members High commissioner for Germany John Mccoy is shown with members of his front left to right maj Gen Maxwell Berlin commander capt Charles land commissioner for Bremen James land commissioner for Hesse James director of political affairs maj Gen George Deputy High commissioner Mccoy Teti Jemin assistant High commissioner Robert director of economic affairs and chief of Eca special Mission for Western Germany Ralph director of Public affairs maj Gen Charles land commissioner for and Clarence acting land commissioner for Hack left to right Gert assistant for German Liaison Glenn director of administration Benjamin director of intelligence Chester general counsel it cot Alan special assistant to the High commissioner James executive Secretary Harvey director of labor affairs Mai Gen James military Security Board col Gordon Field and Guy chief of the displaced populations photo Maneu vers stir memory Field March 19 the constabulary newsroom has re turned to the Rhineland Pfalz Region on exercise Al most five years to the Day that he fought his Way through this Scenic area of Pine Forest and red Sand Stone with a Field artillery As Williams remembers our outfit was the Only extra 105mm outfit in the xxx corps of the 3d army and we were usually attached to one infantry division or another to reinforce the fire Power of their organic after Kaiserslautern the Bat attached to the 80th inf received orders to Advance East on Highway 37 to bad hit the Road about 0200 Williams and found the route lighted like a roman Candle with the fires of burning wehrmacht wreckage blocked Road Williams Learned that the route had been piled so High with the wreckage of German columns smashed by air strikes that bulldozers had been called in to sweep the Road Clear for the Williams main recollection of the Advance is a fabulous the commanding an artillery was jumped by a party of 29 who took a major and an enlisted Man prisoner after an Exchange of revolver who spoke a Little Ger took the German Leader As Williams tells the following ensued Boje told the German youre sur if you dont want to get you better surrender to us and Well see you get Good treat the sergeant went Back to his men and after an excited con Ference 28 of the germans surren dered to the yank the last German took saying he lived nearby and wanted to get Back to work on his farm the Field Headquarters area is still littered with Battle Sham Rock troops have turned up potato unexploded wrecked tanks and artillery Gas masks and and wrecked allies studying Ruhr changes March 19 advisers of the Allied High com Mission have opened discussions of draft proposals for reorganization of Ruhr Coal and steel this was announced after a Dis Cussion of the problem of Ruhr ownership by the commission useful Progress was a communique and the study will be continued at the next meet ing of the the commission said in its com Munique it has begun a study of proposals by use Allied military Security Board for a Law prevent ing German rearmament in the Field of Industrial High commissioner John Mccoy and French High com missioner Andre Franco Sponcel joined in congratulating British High Gen sir Brian Robertson on his appointment As  of the British Middle East land effective in the commission also Law validating Dis place persons marriages within Germany Between 1945 and even though marriages May not have conformed to German a Law formally repeal ing All restrictions on German political a tax on illegal Crossings March 19 illegal Crossings of the zone Border totalled during january the lowest monthly number Ever the Hico Public safety Branch the average number of illegal Border Crossings during 1849 was per Frankfurt to fete Start of housing project March 19 official groundbreaking ceremonies will be held at pm tuesday for hic ogs construction project on 426 units of apartment housing for its Frank Furt maj Gen George Dep Uty High will turn the first shovel Ful of Earth in the presence of Frank Furt lord mayor Walter it was announced by Glenn Hico administration the ceremony will be held on a site West of Hansa Alice and North of Plieninger work on the project already has been started by four Ger Man lottery fan loses is place Ducat March 19 a German sports fan in Hanau has threatened Legal action to recover the first prize he claims he last week by picking the winners in the football Pool operated by a Mannheim Willi an employee of the Hanau signal says he holds a German Post office Money order receipt showing he forwarded three Marks with his correctly marked ballot prior to the Pool deadline March but the Mannheim office of the Syndicate said langs ballot be and no payoff has been Post office officials Are tracing the letter and Money order to deter mine whether it was delivered if the fault lies with the officials have indicated they will be glad to refund langs three hip backing arc drive the Halfway Mark in the red Cross Campaign in Heidelberg military 90 per cent of the units reporting have topped 100 per almost every unit in the Post has requested membership cards and most units expect 100 per cent Mem of the units which have the following show 100 per cent membership 44th labor super vision det b 7747th Mary Security up 594th transportation traffic regt det com 7809th Sci hip s4 Section in Section and comptrollers to the 1950 red Cross Campaign Here is according to statistics obtained from capt finance Campaign managers were urged to renew efforts to Contact everyone personally in order that 100 per cent participation May be it is hoped that the Eoal May be reached at the pay tables the last week of the top French officers receive briefing on Shamrock Field March 19 Gen Auguste French forces in and a group of High French of were Given a special Brief ing Here on the Progress of exer Cise Guillaume was greeted by Gen Thomas Neucom com mandarin chief maj Gen d ground and maj Gen Frank Shamrock Deputy chief of Guillaume told the com i am Happy to Welcome you to the French May your Man Euver be a great he expressed particular interest in the operations of the very High frequency radio which is subdivided into administrative and intelligence tour Headquarters following the Guillaume and his party were taken on a tour of Whites Headquarters the briefing also was attended by maj Gen Withers former constabulary commander who now commands the infantry training Center at it the Headquarters Here was organized by expanding Normal constabulary while furnishing Field head quarters for the 1st and 2d co Stab brigades Are operating with combat team Organiza and the 3darmd Cav regt is functioning As a regimental combat Fritzlar installations inspected by Handy March 19 Gen Thomas Neucom visited depend ent Homes and Bachelor officers quarters during his inspection tour of Fritzlar the Genera and his party also inspected a 14th army Cav the Post and other  nazi set free March 19 special Mathias who was sentenced to death As a War criminal five years walked out of Landsberg prison Here Iree the Neucom War crimes modification Board had recommended that Krein and Gen Thomas Neucom com approved the rec a general military commission at Ahrweiler sentenced Krein to death june for falling to prevent the killing of an american flier who had parachuted from a disabled the death sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by the reviewing three persons were tried and executed the in reviewing Kreins the Board decided that the nearly five y ears already served War ii sufficient punishment germans in 51 March 19 the state department plans to bring about germans to the stotes in 1951 As of a Campaign to sell democracy in West Congress is being asked to designate for this out of the budget for american occupation expenses in West Germany for the fiscal year beginning july the visitors will be Mosul officials of West German Republic and Union students and Agri Legal and health about West germans will have visited the during the year ending this july 1 to observe american democracy first the Cost of bringing them Over is Sli buy More than state department officials Sam they feel that an additional for next year is Well world spend because it will help to Correct misinform Kiuon spread by russian propaganda about limit boosted on dec visits March 19 special individuals living outside of Ger Many May visit occupation personnel for fio Days if they obtain invitation travel orders issued by such visits were limited to 30  ration cards will be authorized for visitors with invitational but they Are not entitled to commissary privileges or to billeting outside of family Type quarters furnished by their occupation personnel May apply Lor the invitational orders through the military Post or air installation where they the sponsor must agree to provide housing in his own family Type quarters or arrange with some other family occupying government housing to provide lodging for the no transient or hotel by Setrag will be assigned to the visitor and no additional commissary privileges will be granted the sponsor for his guest invitational travel orders issued by Neucom can be used by the prospective visitor to obtain a military entry permit for British dismantle red papers presses March 19 British officials dismantled the presses of a banned German communist acting on a British court they removed the printing various movable parts and an electric British authorities had banned publication of the die after charging that it had attempted to incite the Ger Man population against Allied Dis mantling of German but the same presses were soon turn ing out another communist news die 5 communist youths sentenced in Berlin March 19 communist free Germany ufos have been sentenced to months imprisonment and pay ment of trial costs by a West Ber Lin a were under they were charged with violating Allied and Lawa by pasting leaflets of the communist National front on West Berlin three other under 18 years of will stand trial in a juvenile court