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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, October 19, 1950

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes october 19sq own in tank Power so army tests army demonstrated tons of firepower to prove its for tank warfare anywhere in the maj Gen Edward Mac or commander of the army huge proving oper Nied a Small radio device that sent a tank scuttling Over rough aiming and firing its guns at the same the Siag Frd for members of the american ordnance was coupled with statements by experts that the is prepared to build More and better tanks than any other models Pijot models of the new tanks were not shown for Security but ordnance experts said the largest of them win have a gun considerably larger than the 122mm Cannon on russian Joseph Stalin if the exhibition included soviet antitank guns and but they were pronounced inferior to comparable the 122mm Cannon was but the Pfann tank was not machinery demonstrated included a 25ton truck trailer capable of carrying 100 tons at 45 a general Patton tank is Only half a Load for this largest motor Carrier Ever packed reviewing stands witnessed the firing of live ammunition from the army largest including a the army also demonstrated with Frozen guns that artillery is operable in temperatures As Low As 70 degrees below multicoloured effect new York ins Home painters can now get a Multi effect a single coat of enamel the first multicolour finish which makes it possible to apply two or More colors in a single coat has just been introduced on the the evenly distributed colors produce a broke surface As on peppered Wall the finish is now available in 16 color and More will be some Standard combinations Are Browband Light Blue dark and Acheson relaxes by Felling tending Garden on Maryland farm by Jane bad Washington Are a lot of troubles in the arid some people blame Many of them 0n Secretary of state Dean Acheson once told me her husband held up under All the Secretary of state Dean Acheson and Acheson spend spare time on their farm near Sandy souvenir collectors to get fragments of White House collectors Are going to get those leftover historic fragments of the White House after no More talk about digging a Hole in the ground and burying the surplus Wood and Brick still scarred by the 1814 fire set by the but dont write for your Sou Venir it May be months be fore the commission in charge of renovating the presidents 150 year old mansion works out de tails of its plan to distribute to the Public a half million items of when the time you should be Able to get your frag ment just for the asking and a nominal handling the commission believes it has die Strasse Bahn Hall Estelle an Der Ecke die und die Strasse Bahn Hal Estelle i s t a Druben an Der Danke Bitte spa Fiergang Der Durch die Wir Jet Einen spa Fiergang Durch die Stadt Din Sutra Essen Bahn Halte Ann Delfi Ecke dih lint dih Sutra Essen Baynha Hestelle is Drohen Ann Dehr Dangle Bitte Shpats Irgang Dehr Durch dih Viher Vollen yeast Linen Shpats Irrgang Durch dih Statt the streetcars top at the form 3 of dih Corner and tie Street car Stop is Over there at the thanks a lot thanks youre quite Welcome please walk through the lets take we to make a now through want walk the editors note the daily German lessons Are taken from the Basic course in spoken German prepared by the editorial of the armed forces Institute hit on a system to thwart racketeers who might try to Start a phony souvenir the items will be handed out Only upon written and each person will be asked to certify he will not resell his historic hems some of the bigger and More historic such As will go to the harassed which at one time considered burying settled on the souvenir scheme Only after canvassing members of remains of the mansion mean time have been guarded the repair Job is progressing on a schedule that should permit president Truman to move Back in soon after what he will have is a new built inside the Truman is keeping close watch on the he stops by Early in the morn ing on the Way to work in the adjoining West office no questions the president reads blueprints like an but he generally Joist like any sidewalk he Doest interrupt with to the White House is a sad raw scaffolding Mars the stately the Only part of the mansion left in cranes lumber across the Back a Bole has been gouged out of the front Lawn to make room for a new Zircon i toning pneumatic drills dinner the air All but there was never a complaint from a month or so ago workmen were pouring Concrete for the under the Foreman ordered a halt at the hour he knew a Cabinet meeting was the interruption didst last Truman is a Man who knows you  Stop in the Middle of a Concrete problems of state by spending what spare time he had at their farm in nearby Here he relates by chopping necessary Trees or tending his Flower he is particularly proud of his Gladioli and Chrys he keeps huge Bou Quets of them on his desk at the state department Back in where he has to Cope with the problems of the world and spar his he has developed his own philos when risked How he stood up under All the criticism he he said i think of the who said to her Friend Afao was burdened with seemingly problems my we just have to be Philosoph ical about dont think about them j he loves to Tell the Story of the Early Pioneer in the he thinks this mor generally reflects the spirit of an american under the Man had been scalped and left for dead by indians who had attacked and Mas sacred his the Man managed to crawl Back on hands and Knees the eight Miles to a he had bad no food or water for two Days As they administered to his needs the men at the Garrison exclaimed their astonishment Over the fact he was still thay were even More astounded when they saw an Arrow sticking out of his How could he possibly still live want wound terrifically painful it did i Hurt gasped the except when i i years the indonesian nationalist radio at Java proclaims holy War against the japanese and col Paul National commander of the american Calls National and Community housing programs a fail ure because of greed and selfish Boston gives a heros Welcome to the Crew of the coast guard Cutter Bibb upon its return with 69 survivors of the flying boat Bermuda sky rescued in mid Atlantic during a violent 1948 the in Security by unanimous orders an immediate and effective ceasefire in the Negev area of Southern the first session of the 81st con Gress adjourns sine after sit Ting for 290 the longest peacetime session in 27 truckers spot Best diners new York can give any Highway diner in the the acid test for Good food merely by going in and ordering a cup of you can Tell whether the wait Ress who serves you is a goodhearted Type of girl by ask ing her three questions her the name of her favorite movie actor and she wears this valuable information comes from the country Foremost truck those Brawny knights of the Road who drive the 10ton trailers Whir an Inch of your family Sonne 100 of the country most experienced wheel men were in new York for the 17th annual truck sponsored by the american trucking Highway giants the men take ther favorite Highway Gianis through a series of Maneu vers Xhai most Drivers  do with an Here Are some typical stunts there called on to perform take a 10ton semitrailer through a in which the i Ruefo must Zigzag Between Oil Drums set 12 feel apart Park in a spate be tween two other trucks with exactly six inches clearance drive a straight line through a double Row of rubber balls perched on pegs Rushing up 10 the finish line and stopping within six inches of a Chalk line drawn on the pave they do it All the time at but 80 per cent of the Drivers com Peting this year admit that they get As jittery As a nearsighted woman Driver when it comes their turn to go through the elimination 240pound Batter last a 240pound Driver from Montana became so worked up that when he finished be Stum bled from his cab with tears pour ing Down his face and buried his head on his wife when there not bracing their courage for test runs in the Raa the Drivers compare notes on the Best places to eat along the nations almost to a they said you can rely on a place that serves you a Good cup of by Jent Gesoff summed up general opinion this look to see if theres lip stick on the then lift up a spoonful of the Coffee to see if its then just taste if the joint passes that Jentges you can order any thing1 in the place and know you wont die of Tomaine an hour Kelly of said the Onet Rothree test for waitresses is but that a truck Driver has to figure on Ting punched sometimes Over question the stars stripes e m isso october  it col Henry j managing editor Ken Zur Walt sports editor Phil Taylor executive manager Maurice Kerf Wood chief of distribution Louis h Brown news bureaus Franf court 1088 ext Darmstadt Berlin w668i b4s6so Vienna Brenner Haven zumil363 mantes 1m the european edition is published Dally at for the occupation under the auspices of tuft aimed forces information and education Neucom Frankfurt the stars and Darmstadt correspondence should toe addressed to the stars and stripes 115 mall to the new Yorac office should be sent to s4j Washington this to not an official publication of the armed reentered As second class matter sept 12 1947 at the Post office at new under the act of March t  
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