European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                T h 0 s e states by Charles White special writer ve7mghtpatterson air Force v base is probably one of the most important places on Earth extending for Miles along both sides of a double Lane autobahn East of bulling a spread out combination of airfields and related installations that add up to make air Materiel command am in army alphabet the thing that makes it so important is that Here at Dayton they handle Al most everything having to do with every kind of aircraft flying for the at and whatever is made for or used by the air Force passes through it be a big new super duper bomber or the insignia on a Bombardier they do everything in the Way of experimentation and test using some amazing Buck Rogers paraphernalia to do it this correspond ent even saw an old beat up German looking rather lonesome and pleasingly Safe in front of one of the huge every nut and Bolt on every gun every heating every radio instrument is laboriously worked tested and proved at this focus Point for Uncle Sams military the As they Call it is curiously like an Ordinary like National Cash Register com Pany in front of the police head quarters where every visitor must Reg theres a typical chamber of com Merce be a fair share giver to your Community Chest thousands of automobiles belonging to workers Are parked in the there were about civilians and Mil itary Here in they near the main Entrance to one area is a big Frame building with a Long sign on the civilian workers in cities out number those in but things have been getting More military since Korea nobody gets in without a it would take you a week and More to really get around this immense base to see what they one official put it in words that per haps explain we Fly the Damn things until there he they do a lot More than just Fly fight ers and bombers and for one they break pm at one i saw ships with Lead weights on their where experts were making sure that Strain and stress specifications were absolutely right the theory is that an air plane has got to be Able to stand More than the strains then we they you  after a visit to Why it took from 1941 to 1949 to put the swept Back b47 bomber into action or Why from two to five years May be a minimum for development of a single gun on fight ing that gun for in would have to go through an elaborate checking and Cross checking following a series of Steps from analysis of the exact requirements in Washington Down to the final buying the testing after working like this the entire Industrial Power of the is funnelled through this collective brain at with winning aircraft the these people work hard every and they know their leaving you almost wonder if its All you Haven any doubts about the Quality if our and you feel proud of these fellow americans who Are doing the learning to handle farm machinery is one of the most important tasks of the 4h program in Austria where the Farmers still do most of their work entirely by Austria joins 4ii movement i j1 r i Kcal and Ufa introduce Young Peoples clubs to help coed try train its youth for the farm by Ernie staff writer thanks to the americans on sorted 4h austrian girls and living in communities where centuries old farming methods Are rapidly learning the techniques of modern scientific the 4h movement in Austria began in the Spring of 1949 when the first clubs were organized in the zone with the help of the Ega special Mission and the forces in the program was a Success from the very outset and spread rapidly throughout this Little country of some a Little More than a year there Are More than 700 austrian 4h located in All parts of the including the soviet a total m b e r s h i p of More than Ufa and Ega officials feel that the 4h project already has started to make an important contribution to the future of the the modern farming Learned through 4h Are enabling austrian agriculture to fulfil its important role in helping to meet the food demands of the All Over the boys and girls have adopted the 4h idea with Enthus several 4h clubs Are located in tyrolean villages where the youngsters sincerely believe that the 4h idea is one of the most successful innovations to be introduced in their hamlets in wearing their traditional Alpine cos the youngsters usually assemble in the Village schoolhouse to discuss their latest problems and they Greet each other with the familiar tyrolean salutation of Gruess like their greeting their language would be strange to american farm a Micir discussion on gardens and Canning projects would in Many things about the Little groups in the tyrolean schoolhouses would seem familiar to american farm in addition to the dividends reaped by austrian agriculture through the acquiring of modern farming the 4h clubs have served to create a better understanding and to further the Friend ship among the youths of the two last taking advantage of seasonal austrian 4h girls and boys decided they would like to Swap stories and agricultural projects with american club in tiny snowbound Alpine villages they painstakingly Laboured Over letters describing their Homes and 4h later these letters were sent to the by american agricultural officers and this Spring the first answers came Back from the now one of the great events in Many of these picturesque austrian villages is the arrival of 4h mail from such states As North Iowa and needlework and knitting has Long been the pastime of austrian girls now the 4h modelled after that in the gives them a new incentive of feature Section August 1950 contents articles Austria joins 4h movement by Ernie Reed ack ack sharpshooters on the Baltic by Omer Anderson from Rotterdam to Manila by Kate Salter ii in via my x to Xii Viii picture stories Charleston Neucom bakeries Korea front Florida fish follies Cowboy comics knockout by Johnny Neumyer regular features those United states by Charles White strictly Femina i i t Cook s tour by Sara x11 latest dec movies x an program of the week x i i this weeks Cove the Young men passing the ammunition in the Best Bitte Schon Danke Schon cover Art members of the 552d aaa a normally based at Karlsruhe they were caught on a Nind s u m m or firing Mission at put of on the Baltic Almos View the russian by Jerry s chief photog a 1 Biff this deserted stretch of their Gons facing out to the Tackack men pm make As much Racket As they photo credits picture position top a Middle right left by Jerry by Waller Acme Amny by Anav 20th Century Fox studio stills 1 Columbia broadcasting system by Morrisey the stars and