European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                November 1950 the stars and stripes Page if of new service club in Nurnberg mirrors affixed to supporting pillars and be stage backdrop give the feeling of added to the spacious lounge above in the an i opened Merell Barracks service club to club director Ger Trude Merriwetter stands by As Brig Gen George smythe second from 1st inf div assistant and col Bryan Evans Deputy out the opening Day below Are the Well comfortable Library the modern Craft shop Center and the up Odate act photos West state on Bonn i 16 to big West German states vote sunday in elections that will St sentiment toward German re Ament for Western More than voters in and Wurttemberge Baden will new the ingest zone will vote state have been buried in 1 campaigning As candidates Ham red the a Ger contribution to a european and other National problems r this reason Allied and German Ili tical observers consider the actions As the first real test of German feeling about partic option in european refugees face test elections also will test the Jit ical influence of the millions from the East in Barla and Wurttemberge Baden they waging ambitious campaigns to est control of the state Parlia its from the old he main issues in the three Are West German Partt Cipa in a european army and the ids erg airman fees in jeep crash Landsberg air in sergeant attached to j 7030th he support up was lied when the privately owned he was driving ran off the Down a 10foot embankment crashed into a which took place was discovered at j am the time of the cadent was not immediately airmans name was withheld tiding notification of votes called rearmament economic and financial policies of the Federal government headed by Chancellor Konrad on these issues the major parties Square off this Way the righting Christian democrats Adenauer party contend that the defense Issue is pressing they say no time should be lost in forming a German contingent for a european defense system on a basis of equal rights with other Western the socialists Are using the Chris Tian democrats policy on rearmament As a springboard to attack the Federal the socialists maintain that the danger of soviet attack is not imminent enough to warrant Hasty demobilization at the expense of improving social con they argue that communism can Only be stopped by improving the living conditions of the working Bonn to seek Cut in Coal exports 16 West German government will seek to relieve its internal Coal shortage by asking the Allied High commission for a reduction in Coal Export quotas Bonn economics minister Ludwig Erhard disclosed in a bundestag in rejecting a social democratic party Contention that the West German government was responsible for the current Short said the government would inform the High commission that present quotas for shipment of Coal to other countries Are not Bear about 25 per cent of West German hard Coal production is earmarked for former yes Aid gets suspended term by win fanning staff correspondent 1c former chief of the Neucom Exchange service surplus property Branch was found guilty of breach of Trust and directed to pay an Fine by a Hico court Here Roy arrested last was also Given a 21 month suspended sentence after the today trial before judge Labre who had allegedly set up a Dummy corporation through he sold yes was originally charged with fraud and breach of contract As Well As the on he was found he pleaded not guilty to the Sec Ond two charges and prosecutor William Canfield moved that these counts be dropped specific Al according to evidence at the Mctavish had formed the Kaiser pen urn at near to which he sold Marks Worth of yes electrical equipment for he had hired two former German employees of yes at Marks a month each to pose As j owners of the bogus in sus pending the 21month jail ordered Mctavish to quit Germany within 30 he also directed the payment to yes to be confiscated by the and the electrical equipment to be re turned to the Exchange new commission 16 sgt Edward of the Oberammergau intelligence Nas been sworn in As a second Lieuten ant in the spa Boss tells views on jews Dusseldorf 16 Kurt Leader of West Germany social charged in an interview published Here that All German reactionaries would always be Antis e m i t i whether they admit it or in the interview published by the jewish weekly Schumacher added that germans dont think much about the jews the memory of the Gigantic in justices done to the jews has been greatly dimmed in Germany by daily and by injustices since done to the germans them he even the average member of the Bonn parliament does not worry much about jewish and has a Cool and passive attitude to Ward jewish he Schumacher that the jews need not fear German demilitarization because there Are few jews that animosity against them could no longer be the social democratic Leader also said that because of their experiences in jews were understandably in danger of immediately misinterpreting every stupid word and tactless deed As belligerent antisemitism on the part of the majority of he added that any improvement in relations Between jews and Ger mans would always be in direct proportion to the strength and in fluence of the humane and demo cratic and that Means the socialist and Union postal officers meet 16 special officers assigned to the 2d at postal so met at Safe he to discuss administration end operations problems of the an to make plans for handling Christ Mas amp units put n deposits personnel assigned to Wurzburg military Post units Laid away a total of in Soldier deposits for the month f according to information released by it George savings and insurance of icer for this amount represented an in Rease of Over the total saved he previous and averaged approximately for each de he co of the 7805th sued All units in deposits with or an average of slightly More Han for each of the 52 men who made the total amount of was deposited by approximately 15 per ent of the possible depositors As signed to of the largest separate battalions on Frankfurt military the 24th to in and the 709th my so exceeded the Post average of 93 per cent in overage for National service life insurance in Post author ies Selling Worth of new policies in the 24th to in a ached a coverage of per cent if its entire personnel Only eight men Are the insurance Taff includes two Childress and Sec Roosevelt the 709th also reached per cent Selling if new policies in Only eight maps Are the in Urance staff includes 1st it Vincent York and sgt Harold Gen John 1st inf congratulated the 3d 261h inf in a letter of commendation for its splendid record in soldiers de posits from 1 to sept special reference was made in the letter to the accomplishment of co k which has had 100 per cent participation for the past nine the battalion is commanded by it col Norman by Down pay ment on the future was deposited in Soldier deposits by Cpl Melville he 1st 6th army a regular depositor for Over five Mello said the interest earned is a very Liberal allowance and it Soldier deposits is the Best custodian in the a Bank that will never fail in sol Dier deposits by constabulary troopers reached a record per cent in capt my constabulary finance the previous High was per cent in last a total of was deposited Foi average of More than per enlisted companies of the 2d army Cav regt achieved 100 per cent participation in Soldier deposits during they Are cos d and tank 2d in he co g and tank 3d the regimental average for the month in service insurance was per cent Olch courses taken by 700 Law trainees nov 16 More than 700 Young Legal trainees have participated in Hico Spon sorted courses m Hesse to Stanley Legar Jefe los division Olch Hesser the courses were started in 1948 and include an average participation of 39 trainees the future hessian lawmakers Are offered lec Tures by outstanding German and american experts on Legal 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