European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Those states a by Ruth Greiner Washington up t first glance it could be any government department in any Washington you still dont need a pass to get by the guards at the Long lines of Federal workers still queue up at Coffee counters morning and Al be minute past quilting there is a Rush for but it int just any government de the vast Gen eral Headquarters of the armed forces and the work place of military personnel and Here and there along its Miles of corridors and offices on senses a new note of in a soundproof room on the third floor intermittently through the Day and night lights Flash on two the words this is Washington on one this is Tokyo on the this is the Icleon room where the military and civilian executives Here talk to Gen Douglas Macarthur and his staff in the conversations actually notes scribbled of the participants and handed to teletype operators trans Mission Are sent instantaneously by radio the reason for projecting the messages on screens at both ends of the circuit is that this permits several per sons to see them at some conversations find Gen Omar of the joint chiefs of seated before the Tel econ but much of the time Bradley i chiefs of the Oliree armed services meet in a private conference room inside the labyrinth of another Wing in the the chiefs Wing is perhaps the most restricted area in the sided defense the Confer ence room the most secret place it has bulletproof windows and a one Way peephole through which5 the chiefs can look output outsiders cant see there int even a Telephone Lin necessary messages Are relayed by one h of the guards a huge map of Korea fills half of one 1 maps of and the far East fill the rest of the Wall a blackboard tells where each of the chiefs is at every moment he is away from the across the Kall is the secret Nap where cartographers Are on constant duty to turn in min whatever new map the chiefs Call a1 communications Center next door keeps the chiefs posted on minutely Ini Nute reports from Tokyo and the whole Wing is barred off by ceased photoelectric and by authorized credentials that How it always has been since the Pentagon was built in world War Al the sign restricted always has been common at the such units As intelligence and the research and development Board always have been closed to All Bui specially authorized now More restricted signs Are going and this warning has been posted in rest rooms and restaurants discussion of classified material in reception rooms and Public places is dangerous the word is becoming As familiar As inthe world War ii the joint chiefs Geta 9 am briefing after the Early morning Tel econ  gets a briefing then new reporters get a for major who eats a leisurely lunch under a striped the a another grabs a Hasty v Ean Wlch at his while thousands of offices Godard at quitting lights in late into the night v1u j74 feature Section Entrance to the  the finest army run hotel in the pcs finest army hotel i i the berchtcsgadenei1 Hof undergoes a face lifting to prepare it for an expected Winkler season August 1950 contents articles pcs finest Hotek j the University i r of Maryland in the dec by Albert s Burchard it Gen Manton Eddy 7 by Phil Bucknell Power v  u5 by 2 f l j j picture stories the army finest dec the Berchtesgaden or is being Given a thoroughgoing face have been the grounds newly the swimming Pool repainted and the Silver there is new new China and a new Rug the dining room it is the first extensive replacement of furnishings since the army took the hotel Over from the nazi party at the wars the Berchtesgaden or Hof was built in after popularized Berchtesgaden As a nazi the party took Over the and in 1939 remodeler it maj Gen Maxwell com an occasional accepted Field marshal Albert Kesselring surrender of Southern German forces in the hotels dining the hotel takes in the main building and two one of which was former Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel summer Home and the other the onetime Home of Martin hitlers Dep hotel records list Heinrich Joseph Goebbels and Robert Ley As regular Field marshal Erwin Rommel checked in for five weeks of leave after finally throwing in the Towel in North the Berchtesgaden or Hof s manager is a 27yearold ohioan who started out to be an aeronautical Engineer and wound up the War with a solid background As a foot slogging Don cur tis has been in the hotel business for Over two years he like sit so Well he plans on making a career of Curtis attended Texas and University at where belonged to Delta Tau Delta Curtis signed up As an aviation then Learned he was color he turned up with thv92d recon 12th army and later transferred to the 81st recon 1st army where he was sergeant major 1 f Curtis served at Berchtesgaden for two years As assistant general manager under maj Austin Meyer before being the Berchtesgaden or Hof on his new Job Curtis has a Knack Foru keeping his superiors Busy passing along to him letters of commen Dation from customers ranging from generals to James Curtis harbours aspirations 4o do graduate work in the Lausanne hotels school and then take Over a hotel in his Home town of he operates from a Basen tent office cluttered with gadgets of the hotel he wades serenely through a steady flow of Telephone Calls from guests in various stages of elation or to a who addressed him As Curtis promised fallout Effort to find a replacement for the officers lost Cap and the in room 317 received Assurance that the note staff would be alerted for a missing personal j Curtis says he thrives on this of Ive never worked such Long but i love he i j Zephyr diner r v r t Lowdown i on i a highbrow a Page from Korea t1 Viz regular features to fuse United states Pentagon today by Greiner strictly Demiria f Tif p m Cook s tour Sara i s f t latest eco movies an the showcase this i f the photo graph on this was chosen Rea 1 u the of on pases Vul atomic new people Phil what 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