European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes May 1950 three majors win Story contest 2 special winners in the finals of the array wide Story sponsored by the special services Divi office of the adjutant Gen have been announced by the department of the a of the winners Are stationed either in the or the far the top three awards went to maj Franklin of who is assigned to the communication armoured maj Gordon of g2 2d George and maj Melvin b of 5th each of the three winners will be Given and have his Story published in nine other Short stories submitted for the along with those of the three top will be published by Rynehart and of new royalties from the Book will be divided among the selected writers of the other stories Selec Ted by the judges to be included in the Book include capt Laurence Critchell of Beverly far East cd maj Grace of logistics Divi Sion at the Washington sgt William of win col Edward of Ryukyu cd capt Thomas of 9th inf Cpl Debra of Fitzsimons capt James of far East cd 1st it Jerome of army fin1 Aitch St and 1st Clifton of Long Branch signal Monmouth judges of the Short Story Contes included Amy of the Book of the month club and the saturday review of literature Harry Hansena Book review editor o the new York world Telegram and Sun Herschel editor of the annual Henry award stories Khok fiction editor of col Liers and Clifton Fadiman of the Book of the month the Short Story promoted through the army libraries was initiated by the special services division to stimulate creative writ ing among personnel during their of duty approximately 500 stories we resubmitted at installation and command Heuss assails nationalists As cowards May 2 noisy German nationalists Are merely whistling in the dark to keep up their West German presi Dent Theodor Heuss said in a May Day Heuss said German which be did not Casio Nally showed its face but it was nothing More than cowardice in the face of loud months he would not name these loud voiced because he did no want them to imagine he thought them As interesting As did some foreign the president claimed that aggressive and nationalistic tendencies Are by no Means a German Spe in history there was jingoism and Monsieur Chauvin was a French he warned the German people that the question of nationalism was not to be put aside col Wyres son receives West Point appointment May 2 Douglas 17yearold Coa of col and Douglas has received a presidential appointment to the military Academy at West it has been he will report to the Academy july the appointee is a senior at Hei Delberg dependent High he was born in where his now constabulary Provost was then stationed with 16th inf regt 14 cel Dooriss who Bas been As executive the 1st itch inf photo vet travels Miles to obtain citizenship May 2 took Miles of travel and a couple of Hundred but m sgt Kenneth of Frank Furt military posts 314th army no longer needs to worry whether he is an american Settel now knows he is a can prove it with documents from the Federal court in where he received his certificate april Back in Settel was the Soldier after 18 years of army discovered he still was not an american though army records mistakenly said he he was still a polish National when be applied to the consulate Here for papers to take his German Fiancee and their month old baby to the the whole Story finally came out when setters polish born who emigrated to the in 1926 and became citizens them wrote they never had taken any Steps to Naturalize their in order to help Settel out of his red Cross officials in Frank Furt arranged for Settel to get a 30day furlough and Fly to new he started proceedings in the Newark Federal court april monday he was Back in Frank knocking on the door of consulate Miles and several Hundred dollars but a genuine american citizen at Tenor win meistersinger May 2 25yearold German music representing Rhine main air won the Euco wide meistersinger held at the Nurnberg opera House defeating nine other singers representing Neucom the Heinz will receive a scholarship for his Victory in the centuries old singing contest revived by the Nurnberg 5 gis sentenced in Gast Fagus Brawl May 2 five soldiers of co 2d army have been convicted in a court martial Here of destroying private and disorderly conduct at a Gasthaus in near last it was an convicted and sentenced to one year in with fines of for 12 months and reduction to Grade of were pics Earl Hugh Paul and pets James Deischer and Thomas pfc Ellery and pfc Winfred Smithson were according to the a group of soldiers had been badly Caten up by germans at the tavern the raid 12 was by another group of soldiers who apparently sought to Square a charges still Are pending against seven or eight the Case is subject to 3 military Post German youth activities second a schol was won by Lotte German customs men sink mine with rifles May 2 special l German customs Cruiser Sank an activated mine by Rifle fire Sun Day morning when the mine was sighted close to the Mouth of the Weser a British minesweeper was Dis patched to pick up the it was the first activated mine seen n the area in Over a 505 pcs reach Hof May bundled five former German prisoners of War from Russia and Oland have arrived at the Hof Meschendorf it was a Soprano from third place Helene an Alto representing was Given 500marh seven additional ranging from a radio to 50 were Given other contestants selected from 36 planning for the contest began last year when the idea was conceived by maj Mark Nurnberg military Post Gya Munich renovates depot Walti Groom May 2 special the ticket office and the waiting room for and Alnico personnel at the main Bohnhof have been redecorated and redesigned to accommodate More the action was planned by it col Frederic map transportation the snack bar was condensed to make room for 48 additional a new Section is being planned by Mann to Combine the waiting baggage and Check snack bar and ticket this is expected to be started in honoured Reginald East am munition inspector at Landsberg air a presented the air forces highest award for civilian service by col Ralph 85th Supply Erding air East was honoured for perfecting system of renovation and storage for Small and photo of courses to begin May 8 at Augsburg Post May 2 the first University of Maryland courses in Augsburg military Post will open May 8 at the army education Center in Reese Barracks Stephen Post educational has Butler reminded Allen isted army department civilians and dependents Here that the two week registration period for courses will close in addition to German and French classes previously the Augsburg Center will also offer a course in Butler two periods if the number of enrolments in any one of the three courses War classes will be held both at Reese Barracks and Sheridan a Serne education centers according to instruction n each subject will be Given in two 100minute periods a total of 64 hours of Classwork Dur no the entire which will end in students will e required to Complete two hours of prepared written Homework for each classroom the courses will include three midterm examinations and a three hour final hours May be provided for students who have excuses from their commanding officers for class room work Butler Berlin Auto show set to counter East rally May 2 French and italian autos will be at a show in West Berlin on it has been three companies will also Send the show was arranged As a counter attraction to the communist you til rally May 2729 in East East keds March to Border May 2 of soviet zone germans began May Day activities saturday night by marching up to the zone Bor they carried lighted torches and Sang communist they shouted slogans such As Down with zonal and Liberty for All and Sang old Hitler youth songs with new but they made no attempt to pass a zonal Border Barrier across the Road on which they a army jeep filled with soldiers and equipped with a machine gun was stationed on the Road about 15 Yards inside the there were about 800 mostly from 10 to 20 years of Ursone germans watched the demonstration there was no when the demonstration soviet March extended their hands across the Barrier in an apparent gesture of but there was of Vogeler plans to see Acheson in us May 2 Lucille wife of the Amer ican businessman imprisoned in Robert Sandl yesterday Ahe will Fly to London May 9 to see Secretary of slate Dean Acheson to ask it he can help free her Vogeler said she had no definite appointment with who is going to London for three Power she said she will go to washing ton if Acheson fails to help her to bring additional pressure on the communist dominated Budapest re Gime which sentenced Vogeler to Long prison term following his confession to espionage Vogeler was a top official for International Telephone Telegraph in Mccloy lauds orphan visits May 2 War orphan Exchange project sponsored by the Ladiet auxiliary of the veterans of foreign wars was commended yesterday by High commissioner John Mccloy As an Aid to our cultural Exchange youth can play a responsible Rota in building a cultural Bridge be tween Europe and Mccloy declared after meeting George Van an 18yearold american War orphan from grand who arrived in Frankfurt yesterday from where he spent several weeks living with a German Van Loon was accompanied by Donat National president of the vow ladies Auxin who went on to Brussels to select a belgian War orphan to go to the Van Loon will remain in Germany until May he scheduled to live at the youth activities bad and youth leadership training Cen ters in Wurttemberge Baden and a before Van Loon departs from a German War orphan will be selected to visit the five other american War orphans visiting five other european coun in each of the countries War orphan will be chosen to visit the to learn tee american Way of life at first press club reopens at Wiesbaden May 2 the Wiesbaden press Center Baa reopened and been combined with the old Hesse club and located at Alexandra in wies it was announced Here by Paul new custodian of the merged the famed press Center again will be served in the re decorated dining room and lounge the merger also will see the City gathering spot of the press in addition to the cock Tai lounge and the outdoor Terrace the former membership and Board of governors of the wies Baden press Cesier will continue to with Tony Rhoades under the name of Wiesbaden press As an Aid to visiting Friedrch shaken fair opens May 21ap an International Trade fair has opened this City bordering a Lake More than 450 exhibitors from Switzerland and Germany Are Tak ing part in the which a to j May
