European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By James j Strebig Washington you read a lot about the b36 and other fighting but do you know about americas peaceful air Force it is planes Strong and serves a dozen or More government the planes Range from Little two seat ships to giant their armament May be Spray fire fir staid food stretchers for sick and or Dro Pable life the biggest Job they do is simply trans they serve the special needs off agencies where airline service is not the governments nonmilitary air Fleet is scattered among the atomic Energy commission Aeck the depart merits of agriculture Interior Treasury and such Independent agencies As the Federal Security Agency aeronautics Board cab and Tennessee Valley authority to the dec uses five air planes for patrol of restricted and to fight the Tva uses eight planes for Aerial control of malaria Breeding spots and Power line the Public health under the has four planes for epidemic control work such As Aerial distribution of insecticides the cab uses planes to Rush Accident investigators to crash for travel and for Check ing flight procedures and air navigation the agriculture department has More than 40 air planes for its studies of control of crop and Forest for flying smoke jumpers parachutists to fight fires in Remote Woodland areas and for patrol of the Interior department uses about 40 mostly in enforcing fish and game for fishery research and wild animal however it also uses planes to inspect Power to Survey areas for new and for geophysical exploration and one of its planes is owned by the Alaska a department an important mercy Job is done by air through the coast which has 50 planes and expects to double the number a third of its Fleet is All Are available for rescuing Accident survivors helping people in Remote areas in need of supplies or and chasing the Justice department uses its planes to patrol the nations Borders against illegal and to ferry immigration inspectors to emergency some of the outstanding advances in aviation technique Are tested in flight by planes based at the three great Labora tories of the National advisory commit tee for aeronautics the department of with its global has but two one assigned to the civil air attache in the other to the air attache in Rio de the state department makes considerable use of big transports operated by the military air transport service Mats to carry its own High officials and to ranking guests from other the largest element in the unarmed air with some 700 performs a transport service for All branches of the another military Branch with civil Type planes is the army Engineer which uses Small Craft for inspection these male customers who constitute a Large part of the Launderette sit Reading while attendants do the customers do not run machines Germany first launderette9 the first automatic serve your self laundry in Germany has opened in featuring 15 Bendix coi operated washing machines guaranteed to turn out an average laundry for two persons in just on the Basic principle you can sell it to the bavarian you can sell it any where in Western the is a show window operation aimed at display Riethe Wash method to businessmen interested in opening similar laundries in other parts of the country according to a spokesman for the local agent of the american Tele Coin co it is hoped families now doing their Wash at Home will be the main customers of the new system we do not want to take customers away from the regular he declared prices at the Launderette will be roughly the same As those of Standard laundry three Marks for nine in the immediate future Only Flat work can be ironed on the with other articles re turned to the waiting slightly Damp ready for Home a Complete service will be offered at a later it was stated passersby crowd around plate windows to the laundry machines work sponsors Hope to interest businessmen from other parts of Germany in Hopes they will open similar Here an attendant helps put soiled laundry belonging to a male customer in the new Bendix extra soap is used to erase the tattletale Gray of War feature Section contents articles the of Franco German schools for soldiers an report i cold War Side show in Paris by Howard Katzander drawings by Rollie picture features Launderette in Munich the voice of sleep travellers Check replaces Gold Bullion and bandits Jet tester regular features report from America strictly Femina office girl Chic Bridge column by Josephine Culbertson Book notes by Arthur Noyes the area Are Cooks tour by Sara new dec fans program of the week crossword Puzzle wishing Well this weeks cover Henry staff photographer of i stars and made today not picture of pfc William Knettel left a Cpl Harold both of i Engineer Confal of the army it cation Center i so Many of Haj both men i studying throw la the army Vuk cation pro Graf which Offe countless jets to Soldi i when meet virtually demand for 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