European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 military news Section december 1952 new Way to remove casts Robert Les Bareilles right demonstrates his new cast removal method for brie Gen Ernest Bixby com z based and medical photo better work methods two French civilians get awards for efficiency ideas la 27 French civilians of the com z base Section received Cash awards for efficiency the first made to French employees in com were presented by Brig Gen Ernest based Robert of the 319th Sta received francs for a method of removing plaster casts from instead of the usual surgical shears or High Speed Desbazeilles devised a sort of can wires Are placed Lengthwise along the limb when the cast is to remove the a key is placed on the protruding end of the wire and rolled Down the Oast to Cut it open like opening a sardine Jean neylans received francs for a method of doubling the life of a tractor or Bulldozer driveshaft instead of discarding a Shaft when the bearing surfaces Wear neylans turns the Shaft around and it functions like a new 16 suggestions accepted 27 a total of and Marks will be saved during the coming year As a result of 16 employee suggestions accepted by the District efficiency awards committee at Wuerzburg during More idea were suggested Dur ing november than any other month in in All 40 plans were submitted to the eight Man com Mittee during the thanksgiving More than Marks was divided Between 12 German tetters of appreciation went to i three others and letters of commendation were presented to three american the greatest and come from on idea submitted by 1st it Frank Corradino and 2d it Gordon both of the District Quarter their suggestion concerned a for flatworm Kroner operations at the the other commendation went to maj Robert also of the quartermaster he recommended the rehabilitation of helmet liners and webbing by dry i02d inf Cpl is real George of All trades 27 when members of so 102d inf say let George do they probably mean Cpl George mar been an notary teacher and an and just to ail in his free he once attended four schools while matriculating at Columbia he studied at the Greenwich Village school of Learned chinese at the new York school of Asiatic and studied journalism at Harvard University during the invented Bas Mobile he will probably be Best known for his one the Bass this which is designed to relieve the aching bodies of musicians who lug around the Large Bass Al ready has been patented and its manufacture will begin the Carrier is and since it is fitted with Springs and will transport the instrument without Marcus is co owner and editor of the a literary Maga Zine which is published by the Duppee press in base Ball players Luke Larry Doby and Jackie Robinson relied on him for much of their secretarial musician Marcus is adept at the and and has played professionally on All four he was named musician of the month Fay the wandering girls social club of new army As a he has Lent his to the producing and directing numerous prior to his induction into the service Marcus contributed Many news paper articles to the Tampa bul in his spare he taught High school mathematics and worked As an accountant in he is a notary Public and has put Bis Seal on the papers of five newly married Marcus also wrote obituary Marcus has seen a great Deal of the agent for new York he visited 42 he has been in Mexico the and in Europe As a Orleans troops complaints on decline area come troops most be at least that what the statistics indicate with the num Ber of complaints to the inspector general dropping1 from 27 in october to 2 in it col in of the attributed the drop to us new policy of visiting Mac units and discussing problems with the 11 Munich employees win Cash Munich 27 eleven employees of the Munich military District received Cash awards from maj Gen Kenneth cd of the Southern area for efficiency the suggestions ranged from using Cata logs of German made supplies in the Engineer office it entering prices Octif shipping documents so that the Price can be at the time of yank receives 27 special one american and nine austrian civilian employees of the Salzburg military Post received Cash awards recently for suggestions saving the army time and the Ruth personnel technician in the Tesfa cil Vilian personnel was awarded the nine austrians received an equivalent amount in the presented at a Brief ceremony at the Salz Burg regional ordnance were made by it col James Post do presented to 5 Rhine main workers 2t German employees of Rhine main air base received Cash awards recently for work simplification and improvement ideas submitted to base Paul of the 60th was awarded 143 Marks for improving sharpening devices for a joint award of 50 Marks each was Given to Ernest mauler and Albert of the sanitation depart for improving the time schedule trash and collecting another Aio Rudolf received 350 Marks for reducing Walls for Low pressure steam Karlheinz Gaubatz the base fire department received 42 Marks for designing Standard fire sgt awarded medal for Wii action 27 Spe Charles of he 3d 18th inf was recently awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious service in the Pacific during world War Caputo a bar gunner with the 1st Gav div at the the medal was presented by it col Robert 3d in capt wins decoration for Korea service 27 meritorious service in Korea earned a Bronze Star for capt Thomas co of co c in the 4th inf dive 40th to cording to notification which reached battalion Parr served in Korea in the 6th to and the 19th inf com z oks 1st class for duty rail travel 27 class rail transportation has been when for individual personnel travelling a duty status in com z or Between France and com z he personnel must occupy space furnished when first class accommodations Are not sgt Sletter to Magazine floods mail 27 results from a letter to the editor can be varied and according to sgt Charles Dodson of the Stuttgart District Public in formation some time ago Dodson traded watches with a German at a guest House and acquired an unusual wrist watch bearing the inscription presented to 1st Turner As a Mark of appreciation from men of b c thinking the watch might be a treasured Possession of a Veteran of War Dodson wrote to the British army Magazine Soldier in an Effort to locate the original owner or his i Haven heard one word from anyone connected with the watch but youd be amazed at the response on other subjects from All Over the far Flung said letters continue to come in from not Only British s u b j e c t Sobut belgian and who want old newspapers and mag discussion groups wanting information about America and letters asking if Dodson is acquainted with uncles in the the and by far the most said come from lonely ladies looking for links Post raises for 27 a total of was contributed in the Linz military Post Community Chest fund most of the Cooney was raised through a raffle the first prize was won by Charles dug forces in an award of was presented to 1st u Budd co 501st my stockade on behalf of his organization for making the larg est company level contribution to the the composed of two officers and 14 enlisted turned Over to the cant Joseph Al so Hollenberger was chairman of the drive and capt William Noble was custodian of the both officers Are members of the 7604th he and so 524th my in activated to serve com z area 27 524th my in has been activated in com it col Robert com z Provost members of the battalion will serve throughout com z install pvt gets word fro Home on an record bad 3t special a an answer and a Short trip to an in Frank Furt gave pvt Dominic Cataggio word from Home in a few via the magic of Carnaggio is a 2d pm in his parents made a recording for the Way Back Home show at a radio station in when an featured Carnaggio wag on three Day his buddies told him of the broadcast when he re turned and encouraged him to write asking to hear the Ash replied by inviting the private to their studios any time be was in of accepted he not Only heard hit family but walked out of the studio with a personal record of the when the 2d army dive Over radio pvt de heard of the it contacted Carnaggio and arranged for him to make a tape recording to be sent Back to so his folks Way Back Home could hear Boa a sets return to2dcavbn 27 m sets James Orcutt and Robert two veterans of the 24 2d army Cav Are Back in their old assignments after a years tour of duty in the Orcutt originally came to the regiment in september and served with the 2d battalion till december when he returned to the states and was assigned to the 1st army div at desiring to serve with the the sergeant turned to the regiment where he if holding Down his old Job As Bat Talion operations sergeant deems came into the 2d in March and served with the 2d Bat Talion until april 195l he returned to the states and wag assigned to the armoured it deems recently returned to the Bat Talion to take his previous Post ail 1st sergeant of he com z civilian Wina High army award 27 Spe of the com 2 logistics recently became the first com z depart ment of the army civilian employee to win the civilian outstanding performance award a plans analyst in the install tons Branch of the Heller won the nomination for the award after his recent Survey of French properties offered for array depot in the Heller was praised for his diplomacy and interest in carrying out huf from Heller Bat been a a civilian for six Yean Frankfurt club director r 27 special Sec Charles he assumed charge of the Frankfurt athletic in his new 3arrison will be promotion of competitive semite hotel court 27 William scout executive or the Usa eur Council of the boy scouts of was guest speaker at a court of Honor night held by troop 27 Here accompanied by it col Loetz District scout Hoffman gave an address on the of approximately 75 and friends watched As members received Billy James Ray and Jihn Neises were advanced to second highest rank Thomas party and Ard Wright became Star its