European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 1953 newsletter sent Boston servicemen by Joe Mcbride g staff correspondent Newy ofek from South and surrounding communities who Are serving in Usa eur can keep up with Hometown gossip if they drop a line to a local Boston businessman who sends out a weekly the newsletter is similar to one edited by a new York news rape Nan recording events in the Story appeared recently in the stars and stripes and the Queens newsletter circulation the editor of the South Boston newsletter is a successful Bill spends his spare time digging up news items and on sunday he prepares a stench and mimeograph Over letters Are mailed to servicemen stationed from Korea to Flanagan 885 second South he is anxious to increase his european and recently paid a visit to the new York office of the stars and stripes to discuss his Jettjr 850swords and has format a newspaper Flanagan week hell enough to fill the letter but when he completes it he usually finds thai he has Many items to Flanagan has turned out Over 100 weekly he has enlisted the Aid of everyone in the Community in his project and recently the mayor gave him permission to leave several batches of his letter at each of the Lour firehouses in South parents and friends can pick them up there and mail them to whatever spare time he has Flanagan devotes to Hiss Campaign for stamp free let ters and packages to servicemen his dream a Little closer realization the Day when a Bill was filed in the legislature asking Congress to pass legislation for mail to be sent free to servicemen John Mccormack has promised to give the matter his attention when Conr Gress mums the word Anth mums Are produced on an As Semb Lyline basis in a factory trays of plants move Belt through Thi various with Light and fertilizer rigidly controlled to correspond to the growing the factory turns out Bunches of Flowers a week no soil is reaching for the stars a 4yearold Toi reaches updo touch Safmon Fafone the 200inch hafe worlds largest Telescope reveals new planet data Washington the vast magnifying Power of the worlds largest Telescope has pulled the Moon so close to the National geographic society that lunar Fea Tures no larger than washing Pentagon building Are clearly i the to society has put Jon display the first publicly released Pho r Tohir agent backs Coronation prices to knew York an american travel agent Here has denied that prices for hotel rooms i London and seats on the icon Parade route will he in though admitting that Rop Msj will to 300 per cent higher than he declared that the British Are hot trying to gouge anyone they merely Are trying to accommodate people and Are making things a Little More expensive than Normal in keeping the dignity and rarity of the there riot trying to commercialize h in any to graphs of planets and the Moon taken by the 200inch Hale Tele scope on it the which circles the Earth at an average distance of some is brought More than Miles nearer in the the photos of liars strengthen scientific be Lief that the planet supports a primitive form of Plant on Mars visible in one photograph of Mars were White areas at the possibly fog above layers of another Martian Pic Ture shows Large dark areas that May be As they vary in color from Blu Green in the planets Spring to Brown in the Preel Jen note affords in brackets i 1 Are not expressed the words in parentheses help explain the German but Are not necessary in words on single quotation Marks Are word Forward Doch int a Broen Sie Doch Mit uns n site Susa men Wir Gehen Alle Zug Gerne Danke wer wer is Das Doh Mitt ones commen Zih Doh Mitt Unis Alle sub Ammeh Viher Gehen Tsu Hvammen Gerne Zehr Dangle Vehr Isadass intensifier with do come with us All together Well All gladly wed love to f very thank you who who is that editors note the Dahy German lessons taken Iron the c course in spoken German prepared by the editorial staff armed forces Institute scientists believe this Tion is a primitive something like which Gro upon and tree trunks on i the Earth and Are capable of thrive my v Uva j appears As a Moo like Crescent with Only a part of its illuminated by the atmosphere contains a Dirge amounts of Carbon essential to and in addition appears to carry ammonia and nitrous oxide laughing Blind and deaf girl overcomes Handicap Helen Siefert came Back to Nebraska to show her Home state How she had overcome the double Handicap of being Blind and since friends began to finance her schooling 18 years miss now 1 has gone on to become one of the nations out standing Blind deaf years ago five years ago today former chief of naval operations adm Chester Nimitz writes in final report that the Navy is now in Complete control of the ten years ago today the 78th Congress opens in Washington and Sam Kay Burn is reelected speaker of the bag address Aff letters to b bag the stars and Apo include name and address Nanys Are deleted on Doe to space tetters May be Cut for providing such editing does not alter the meaning of use cruise Price explained in a recent edition of the and stripes there was an in the furlough facts feature which stated that a 21day cruise to six countries was being offered for first class and second does this Price cover Allex or just the expenses of travel would appreciate More in formation on this editors note the dream cruise of the mentioned in the stars and stripes furlough facts is being offered by the cruise Section of Austria Auersperg Strasse Telephone 71263 or to information made available by austrian touring the prices quoted include transportation and As Well As land ing but not departures were set for every month in booking deadlines Are one month before departure and a Deposit is required at time of further information can be obtained by writing or calling Austria firing demonstration the stars and stripes recently published a picture of rocket launcher firing Demontra the loader of the weapon is supposedly part of an expert gun Ner one of the first rules a person going through Basic training learns is not to place the hand behind the rocket launcher when Load ing and never to grasp the fins of the rocket 7 should straighten out this Roan loading the or someday hell be missing a Reader editors note whether right or the camera tells the in this particular Case the rocket was loaded As shown in the picture even though it was not with no Cabin space several weeks ago the stars and stripes published an article discussed the possibility of personnel returning to the states aboard the is United states on a space Avail Able basis during the of tourist no information is available at this naval Eastern on the matter and the personnel officer claims he has to authority to authorize such since i expect to return to the in late i would appreciate any information you May be Able to furnish on the editors the trans advises that the present contract entered into Between the government and the United states lines does not provide for Cabin space aboard the is America or the is United states for personnel re turning to the marriage applications i have been trying to get mar ried since 1950 but obstacles have stood to Ttoe such As the Truman return to the states and loss of some of the i would Uke to know How a marriage could be accomplished such As the one mentioned in a recent associated press published in the stars and which stated that a Baltimore court had annulled the marriage of a former Soldier to a German National who had tricked him into marrying her he was into i f i would age the facts on German nationals editors f note marriage be tween citizens an German is governed by provi Sions set Forth to Neucom circular which is currently the Only authority for such mar data sought for unit history in an Effort to compile an up Iodate unit history of the 403d engr base it is necessary to secure additional background information about the original or Parent organization which was the 1198th engr base depot records indicate that the h98ih was activated 15 sept 1943 at Camp moved to Granite and shipped from there overseas where it arrived in april the unit landed at Normandy and also took part i the Northern France Cam it was inactivated f april 1946 at it any readers of the stars and stripes were formerly connected with the 1198th engr base depot up in any we would like to hear from them in regard to their knowledge of world War n information officer 403d engr base depot Apo army the stars and stripes 261 editor chief managing editor editor january 1353 to col Henry Hechter Zumwalt Jacle Ellis general manager chief of distribution business manager maj Warren sch finer Louis Brown a Mealing directory of news bureaus and circulation offices William u Nathan 846681 Raymond Espen Omer Meh Jerry 253 ring twice 5368 ext 16 536 Ernie 15543 Sam Uel j3801 William Robert la Rochelle William j la Walllce Dennis ext we Llara g 4s663 Art Fiur j Albert Fernand u Monchamp 5801 Theodore 93296 John Chlup r53067 Norbert the it Irolean edition a put shed Day at Ger for the armed forces under toe auspices of the armed forces information and education Frankfurt the stars and Apo Man to the new York office should be sent to was Nigton Street this is an unofficial publication of the armed forces in reentered As second class matter at the Post office at new under the act of March