European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Those by Kenneth Miller Washington up motorists worrying that they f May be squeezed by a War causal shortage of gasoline and tires were advised today not to fret it wont be nearly As bad As the last dont get the official prescription of the american automobile and government and Industry sources concurred that there will be no rationing at the consumer Short of in fallout but one thing seems almost certain car and tire prices Are on the Way up and where they will nobody for owners of the nations passenger Here is the Best estimate of Auto men and government authorities on what is in Prospect for the next year As result of the korean conflict and the rearmament program automobiles prices will Edge upward almost As much As this when they increased from 2 to 7 per Trade spokesmen pointed out that recent wage and pension Grants to labor work out at some s40 per rising steel costs also will boost the As it comprises 70 per cent of a cars production May be curtailed 10 to 15 per cent As result of the defense program but civilians still will get cars on a reduced basis even in event of major a drop in gasoline Quality probably will halt present move toward High com pression ratio now averaging to this May be reflected in retool ing Lor the 1952 out next automatic will continue to gasoline prices will be mostly steady be fore Federal and state slightly lower than a year now estimated to be Gallons for will be tapped for some to 50000 barrels a Day to be processed into High Quality aviation this will be scarcely noticeable for the average and there will be no shortage a according to most biggest controversy rages around what will happen when the defense Effort forces the lowering of gasoline octane to fuel Power or the Federal specifications Board said Gas As Low As 60dctane units could be employed with Good performance and Economy but some mileage would be an american Petroleum Institute spokesman said the anticipated Cut of one or two Points  Hurt engines a it might make them last he the octane rating is higher than necessary for 90 per cent american tires prices have increased More than 18 per cent in the past and a rubber manufacturers association representative said there is no reversal of this trend in Cost of rubber has More than tripled in the last 10 Cotton and labor prices also have gone there Are spot shortages of even though production bids fair to hit a record this the Scarcity resulted from korean War scar buying which gobbled up extra tires in two Industry spokesmen say there will be no need for rationing on the basis of these the Commerce department Dif it said replacement tires soon will get scarce even if inner tubes remain plentiful retreading also will be it claimed d feature Section portrait of the he Urbrock Bays he practically never catches Home life of a Hermit Odenwald Cave man9 raising a family Ora fruits and nuts in Hillside Home Adolf whose address is a Hillside Cave in the Odenwald mountains near has solved Many of the problems of modern life and made the lot of the Hermit a Happy for being a practising Hermit has never meant living alone and liking he has his wife and daughter living in his Well equipped Cave with the Odenwald a familiar figure along the started out As an but renounced his profession to return to this for in doffing All his clothes except a pair of shorts and abandoning forever the ministrations of the he jives in a three room including his Little Empire is fenced in and Hes even managed to carve out a window or two and fit a door to the Entrance of his Hill Side his wife and 13yearold born in the by the taken quite naturally to the instead of can Ning foods for the Ellerbrock dries them since the family diet consists entirely of fruits and she spends a Busy Ellerbrock Doest believe in eating anything of animal even milk or will allow no Salt or other spices to be used on his daughter is a healthy child who seems a much at Home in the branches of a fruit tree As on the she goes to hours walk each since her father Doest believe m and has no she depends on gifts of castoffs to keep her warm on the Only once have the authorities Ever troubled under the nazi regime he was very thoroughly but not even Hitler could Force him Back to the paths of Normal father Hermit and baby Hermit shown at Cave just after birth of the november 1950 contents articles what makes a Good Soldier by Charles Macdonald Home life of a legion of the damned by Harold Scarlett sports feature end of a baseball Era by Bob cons Dine drawing by Rollie Devendorf picture features let Freedom f dec bandstand regular features those United states i strictly Femina Vii Bridge problems vib Book notes women work latest dec films x dec showcase x this weeks cover French actress is the role of a spy for the tries to still doubts in the mind of Oskar playing role of a German who has volunteered to work for the in this scene from the 2flth Century Fox movie legion of the d a m n e filmed in cloister on the Rhine near wies the scene is Laid in a Convent near photo was made by Lisbeth staff photographer other photos on pages i and vib photo credits the Little girl she Ber meal in right off the the Happy Hermit family of the Oden window Cut through picture position top left a rights Middle staff photographer wig Bonn v by Jerry Waller except by by George Penn photos by Beth Jerry Waller and Herb Tolu zip by Poluzzi stills by Warner Brothers drawing Rolett the stars and St Obj