European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse                                December 1952 the stars and stripes Page 3 practice skiers warned emphasis placed on rules 27 la Gen Manton Usa eur today warned personnel of the command that commonsense safety on the ski slopes in Garmisch and Berchtesgaden is is important As safety on the in noting the Accident rate at the Usa eur recreation Eddy slated that All members of this command must place renewed emphasis on i realize the importance of off duty recreation and urge every member of this command to enjoy the facilities available at Garmise and but when commonsense safety factors Are ski slopes become As dangerous As crowded he he continued with the emphasis placed on safety by the profession Al staff members of the recreation areas is not each visitor to the ski centers must be con stantly aware of the importance of safety and practice it at All 55 Usa eur yanks injured yearly Eddys warning was prompted by reports indicating some 55 usar eur soldiers require medical treat ment each season for ski injuries at an average Cost of medical authorities pointed out Ihal most of the accidents causing these injuries Are most injuries causing hospitalization from skiing Are broken they in the Berchtesgaden area it is understood that Between 60 and 75 such accidents occur each medical officers noted that per Sonal interrogation of patients and discussion with ski instructors reveal that most such accidents Are in the Novice uninstructed groups attempting slopes or using ski lifts to Hills far beyond their it is they for a Soldier to have a serious injury in Ordinary skiing after completion of a recent course in the fundamentals of the sport and the safely precautions necessary to enjoy they declared that German ski instructors supervising the slopes have no authority to restrict their use by regardless of their inexperience or obvious physical f fatigued or the mans attitude is that he has rented his equipment and is entitled to use they it is easy to understand that when a Nan rents his skis for a he feels that additional charges by a subsidized recreational area Are the medical officers pointed he either cannot or will not pay for Basic lessons from a monthly salaried he also is less amenable to super vision and safety resort instructors emphasizing safety spokesmen for both Berchtesgaden and of Irmisch emphasized that a continuing program of ski instruction is being carried with special emphasis on in addition to the pre cautions Are emphasized through motion posters and a weekly skiing hazards observed on the slopes Are corrected on the spot by qualified German and american who patrol the ski areas to prevent accidents and Render Aid where a ticket system for be Gimners at Berchtesgaden makes instruction mandatory and a i Joarn to ski week is in the formative at Garmisch lift workers water for beginners and discourage them from attempt ing to ski in areas too dangerous j of Samm Nefy of fit 10 Hep Voi for difficult areas Are clearly Garmisch spokesmen equipment used at both recreation areas features latest safety devices and trained personnel Are on hand to give first Aid and evac uate officials at the Berchtesgaden recreation area said the ski safety and fir staid program is organized around the following four important Points and safety education and patrol and control of ski areas and first Aid and Rescue proper equipment curtails accidents proper equipment includes individual equipment worn by the skier and slope equipment installed at the ski a skier with improperly fitted inadequate bindings or warped or damaged skis runs a great risk of serious the Bra has purchased Large quantities of handmade tested Cable Spring safety binding and steel edged skis for women and boots Are fitted to each pair of skis by experts and issued slope equipment includes Uphill waxing equipment snack bars and restaurants skiing with an empty stomach real safety dressing lounges for rest Rescue sleds and fir staid newest lifts in stalled by the Bra were designed for optimum safety for All classes of a sled lift was erected for beginners and a chair lift for intermediate skiers at Bra ski and an Alpine bar lift was built for experts at Ropoc tows were set up at More gentle slopes at other skiers of All classes Are subjected to various forms of Educa Tion and training to obtain the highest degree of ski ski schools Are organized at All slopes for All learn to members of a Berchtesgaden recreation area ski patrol above give first Aid to an injured Hurt in an Accident which might have been prevented if hed obeyed rules posted at the nearby ski school photo ski week is being organized to afford beginners and intermediate skiers with the Opportunity for Complete ski safely signs Are posted at All critical safely paints Are on Walls of ski stalls and ski safety in formation is published regularly in the Bra weekly in the Berchtesgaden ski composed of Volunteer american was certified by the National ski patrol system of individual patrolmen Wear fir staid belts to be must Complete 48 hours of Standard and advanced fir staid Winter supplement first Avalanche Rescue and rescues led training and must pass the third class skiers test two classes have been con ducted by the Bra and the Berchtesgaden headed by Cap Peter presently has 44 duties of patrolmen Are to prevent accidents from occur ring and rendering proper and immediate first Aid to injured checking ski lifts and safety individual patrolmen on duty Wear fir staid belts containing med ical at the Summit of each slope a Rescue sled is kept containing band Ages and other fir staid equipment which is rushed to the scene of the ski completely equipped fir staid rooms Are set up at All ski ambulance service is available 24 hours a the Berchtesgaden dispensary is pre pared to handle Accident cases at any hour of the Day or Hospital cases Are rushed by ambulance to personnel arriving at special services or any of the six ski areas Are Given a copy of ski rules and safety famed us actor Dies 27 shakespearean actor who attained world renown at the be ginning of the died yester Day after a Long illness in the South end general he was Truman Calls Korea hardest decision in years As president press correspondent Ernest Vaccaro covered president Truman throughout his nearly eight years in the White thit Story is based on a personal one of a series president Truman giving to the new correspondents who have covered his activities Ever since he become by Ernest Vaccaro 27 Truman told me yesterday that decision he Ever had to make was to Send american troops into he said it involved the risk of a third world War and so was tougher even than the decision to drop atomic bombs on japanese cities in the president is convinced that the dispatch of american troops to Korea under United man5 Date May have saved the world from world War As if trying to sum up the other major Why he feels that history will credit his administration with he said cites production and we have got Here at Home an economic situation without equal in the history of the he cited a production rate of a a National income of and an employment total of per the president has not completed his plans for the has had Many one thing is uppermost in his he wants to talk with Tolfe boys and girls of High school and College age whenever he gets the Opp Ortu he wants to bring Home to them his belief that future peace rests on the preservation of the unas a going concern and that the peace Ful use of atomic Energy and other modern developments holds out the Promise of a tremendous future for All comments on election As for the november he considers that the defeat of the democratic party is just one round of a Battle Over principles that will be carried into future his feeling he would not say in so Many Adlai Stevenson defeat by Dwight Eisenhower stemmed primarily from three Glamor attached to the Republican candidate by virtue of his great War practice of what tru Man has called demagoguery by Eisenhower during the particularly his announcement of the trip he subsequently made to practice of what tru Man Calls character assassination by Joseph Mccarthy r and  change decisions he feels that such charges con Vince a lot of people the govern ment is overrun with communist sympathizers and corrupt Truman is not unaware of the criticism that has been tossed at him during his years in the White much of this criticism voiced Dur ing the Campaign is fresh on his but if he had to do it All Over he his major decisions would be the physical tests eased for medic draft 27 the armed services today lowered physical standards for medical officers called to duty by draft or the new order will result in reexamination of some Phy and veterinarians previously rejected for failure to meet physical twill allow acceptance of some who were turned Back because of defects of sight or Static arrested state of chronic or other a defense department spokesman said a medical Man taken under the new Standard will be assigned according to physical and ability of the the special Law allows the armed forces to draft dentists and veterinarians up to age age limit of regular draft is few medical me have been drafted but the Law serves As a persuader to get them to accept medical the defense department said standards were lowered for better use of available medical manpower without harming either the health of the individual or efficiency of tie rail stocks industrials Strong new 27 Stock Market was a mixed affair with strength in selected industrials and softness in rails the principal the closing prices Allied chemical Alt american can off american smelting off american Telephone up Anaconda Copper off Bethlehem steel off Chr a Ler up 2vi general electric Wal general motors unchanged International Harvester Oil International Nickel up Standard Oil trans Amerl tra unchanged steel up Westinghouse electric off Canadian Pacific Ott h Central off Penn Sylvania Railroad off it so tuft Ern Pacific off Bank of America 31 unchanged pan american air up Paramount pictures up Emerson electric up ill Wile shortens own life to Bear son los 27 Michael Emmanuel Garrett received his Chance for life by caesarean surgery which his Mother knew would shorten her own life if she Jean a pretty and her fourth son were reported in satisfactory condition at Angelus the Mother was Given a blood transfusion immediately after the Garrett is suffering from Hodgkins a cancerous Lymphatic ailment doctors will take her but her new son cried lustily at an hour Johnson and Patouillet said the pulse was just before she was wheeled out for the her husband Thomas kissed her hurry he i she then added but if i dont see you new year death least of worries doctors do not know just How much longer Garrett can if she recovers from the but they indicated that she has three months at the while awaiting the she was told its birth would shorten her she decided unhesitatingly to have if i can have my ill die she death is the least of my worries and so the family went ahead with its plans for a joyous Christ thursday Garrett Sang Christmas songs and played around the Christmas tree with and 18 just before she and her an aircraft left for the Hospital thursday night she said Good night to her children and told the friends who had spent the Holiday with her this was the Best Christmas