European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                States by Jack Bell Washington a party control of the next con Gress remains highly unpredictable with the november elections Only a month on the basis of present some politicians say thai the  Are within striking distance of control the where the minority party now needs a gain of seven seats to take their same Dop Esters give the gop somewhat Jess Chance to win the House where it needs a net gain of 48 of which two in districts nor Mally represented by on the other there Are some who believe that the republicans reached the Peak of their Challenge about labor with their chances declining As Success in the korean conflict become apparent As matters now control of the Senate apparently will be decided in 17 key House control rests on the results in 146 doubtful with the majority of them lying in the same states where there Are hot Senate republicans Are concentrating fire on democratic senatorial races in in new Pennsylvania and since with two democratic senators and with a Democrat and a Republican each Are electing two a sweep for the republicans could give them a gain of eight in these areas if they held their own the democrats Are fighting hard to Knock off republicans in Colo and a democratic sweep in those holding ground give the party the sort of Senate control it had in Palmier new Deal Senate democrats now outnumber the republicans 54 to at one Point during the new Deal the gop Senate representation dwindled to 16 five which lie outside of the areas both parties regard As also could Supply some surprises in november and in determine Senate control if the election is very these include Oklahoma and where democratic Candi dates generally Are Given the Edge but where republicans Are backing their Hopes with Campaign Cash and the democrats Are exerting Sim Ilar efforts to unseat Republican senators in Oregon and in House Ohio apparently represents the biggest with 14 districts listed in the doubtful class in a merging of the strategic reports to both Headquarters Pennsylvania has 12 districts that might fio either democratic or new York and California 11 Illinois Missouri 7 and Wisconsin and Connecticut 6 including one statewide Congress race in in states which do not elect senators this Michigan and new Jersey each is listed with five doubtful districts and Massachusetts with in 12 of the 17 states where there Are hotly contested Senate warmly fought House also Are being elected in these include new okla Pennsylvania and wis because the governors race often leads off state ballots in which senatorial and congressional candidates Are Down the these purely state contests sometimes a meet results in the National manager of the Frankfurt military Post photo finishing shown demonstrating a negative Carrier lie invented that minimizes scratching of snapshots for Home folks Frankfort lab turns out thousands of photos each week taken by Neucom camera Enthus is by Howard staff writer tucked away in the Farben Plant at Hochst is a Little heralded but essential recorder of occupation the Frankfurt military Post photofinishing occupying space adjacent to the Ftp ice Cream the photo lab weekly develops and enlarges thousands of photos take by occupation personnel and left at the pcs in the Frankfurt area for the photo lab is not an enlarged ver Sion of the basement dark room maintained by Many camera it is a spacious workshop where some 30 German technicians develop and enlarge All types of films by a mass production system Laid out and devised by the Plant employing some Worth of american made t r a to b i is layout handles film through a five step process that begins with a receiving and checking thence to an Auto Matic and on to a Contact printing machine where an operator selects the proper exposure and Grade of then makes the Contact by press ing one of 10 the fifth and final step is done automatically by a machine with a photoelectric Between the con tact printing and experts sort out the Good who is an expert photog a considers his photofinishing lab As an important part of the occupation be he photographs of the very few ways occupation personnel Nave of recording their years spent in to that Trabbic has invented and patented a negative Carrier that eliminates scratches on photos and insists that his workers Ivear White gloves to insure that no fingerprints appear on the pointing to Large stack of rejected contacts and Trabbic noted that All photos finished at Laboratory Are carefully inspected to insure proper development both the standpoint of exposure and Type of printing paper the photo lab gives 48hour finishing service and 60 per cent of the film handled is a that Trabbic attributes to the popularity of the Leica Type camera among occupation All employees of the Laboratory who handle film Are required to Wear White gloves to ensure that no appear in the finished negatives or on the october 1950 contents articles snapshots for Home folks by Howard Kennedy a spot of America in old blighty by John peace Iff picture features Macarthur does it again in weekend in Luxembourg v wine i perpetuating the profile Vii regular features those United slates by Jack Al strictly Femina Bridge problems Book motes Viii vill in latest dec x dec i dec i this weeks cover i reminiscent of another triumphal return by that great general of tiie army Douglas is his weeks which1 shows the commander of United nations orces in Korea n a Mot orb oat off the uss Roches Ter heading for Island off t n c h o n during he successful landings that broke the Back of communist resistance in South Mae Arthurs most famous Previ Ous Landing was on his return to photo credits picture position top left right Middle photo by Norman Williams others by John peace Richard Acme Stan Ley Acme Norman Liams Acme in Irwin in reef by Kurt Meier stills by Republic pictures radio by National broadcasting co Xii Rollie 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