European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military news Section january 1953 polio drive moves into High gear 17 1953 usar eur Campaign on behalf of the March of dimes moved into High gear this As reports of contributions from units in the command began arriving at Central collecting answering a request from it Gen Manton us a eur for support of the v personnel deep to equal last years record of the 1953 Campaign will end funds collected in the drive will be turned Over to the National foundation for infantile 17 when Earl Aldridge he was gunning to make his company tops in the 43d inf div March of dimes he want co of co 17 3d lot put up a sign on the pistol Range announcing that he would spot any opponent 30 Points in a pistol he was willing to Wager any thin from 23 cents to that no one could top him and gave 81 by the end of the the Captain had won which he immediately turned Over to tiie March paralysis to help finance its search for a cure to the dread disease and for emergency Relief to polio unit reports on Esmy Campaign activities included 65th machine records Sidney Pohlman is making scrapbooks covering the years activity of he area come the Large books contain on Page i Trust mail tops 17 More than pounds of mail out during the Holiday mailing period 1 to the years end by the Trust army Post during the three month the lineman Apo team handled sacks of outgoing parcel sacks of firs class mail and 363 pouches of air a total of pieces of air mail and firs class parcels was dispatched the the incoming mail processed by the Post office totalled sacks of mail and 387 airmail 12th of sets move to Lan Stuhl preparing for defense against aggression Vii corps troops from the 43cl div practice Winter leaders of the which observes the second anniversary of its reactivation include left to right Briff Gen Hammond chief of staff maj Gen James and Brig Gen Guy corps arty transfers wings West of Rhine 17 of he will move to Lan Stuhl in the French zone Safe has the projected move of the 12th whose Headquarters has been in Wiesbaden i for the past two will be completed within six i the t r an s f e r of tha major command will Complete consolidation of the 12th of in tac tical West of the i a natural fortification in the event of since the 12tn air Force is a tactical command on the Contin said maj Gen Truman Safe chief of strategic change of location was an maj Gen Dean 12th Vii corps to celebrate second anniversary of postwar reactivation next thursday macs adds relay units h a helps needy 17 special americans in he area come Are assisting some needy Ger mans on a year round basis in old Peoples Gya and col Everett hag Gya officer said in a summary of Aid in his yearned report Reniker stated that troop units Are sponsor ing an estimated children Usa eur staff divisions Are help ing another and clubs and other voluntary groups Are assist ing an estimated 950 in approximately other persons received assistance at Christmas but not throughout the of troop unit units Are helping youth centers nine Are aiding orphanages and Chil rens Homes five Are directly sup porting youth and three units Are assisting summer three clubs and other voluntary groups Are assisting orphanages and childrens Homes Hospi tals for tuberculosis patients two old Peoples and one Divi an apprentice total expenditure by americans on Page 4 17 troops of Vii corps will observe the second anniversary of the units reactivation next reactivated at on Vii corps serves As the administrative link Between the 7th army and the 28th and 43d inf and 2d and 6th army Cav and other attached or assigned since arriving in Germany late in the corps has been preparing itself for its primary direction of troops in there was a seventh corps in the civil and Spanish wars but the roman numeral Vii corps was first organized in France during world War the corps took part in the Advance into Germany in the final months of 1918 and occupied areas in Luxem Bourg and Germany until its deactivation on May there was a partial activation of the corps in october 1933 and a Complete activation of the head quarters at in on Page 3 17 special the last two major air Force global communications glob com tape relay stations outside the have been absorbed into the worldwide airways and air communications the 1807th macs Wing has taken Over the 54th communications so at Wiesbaden and the Lith communications so at South the 1807th also took control of a smaller relay the 55th communications at the three squadrons formerly were operated by the which will an Independent Squadron of the was activated with a primary Mission of operate on Page 3 22d Honor units 17 3d 22d inf and the 2d have been named the Honor company and battalion in regimen Tal Competition for col David 22d presented the two organizations with engraved be saves in Salvage in 17 Spe disposal and Sal wage operations in Bremerhaven port of embarkation during 1952 saved taxpayers More than according to 1st it Jack son be property disposal of total 1952 sales of Salvage and scrap items in be brought in he estimated that pounds of reclaimed rags issued to port agencies and troop units were valued at thus raising to the 1952 savings effected in the command through property disposal i n c on e from local sales accounted for the balance of accrued from sales of be scrap Metal through the Usa eur property disposal serv ice in grass to air planes the savings were effected with overhead and operational costs of slightly less than Selling usually on a As where is be has profit ably disposed of scrap ranging from an air plane to sunken the bulk of local sales were on Kerns such As scrap Wood and used Oil and other included condemned old shoes and tent age and All ferrous and nonferrous met als were sold through Usa eur As required by most of this material was sold to nato thus aiding in the de sense buildup of Western no sales Are permitted to Iron curtain countries and Security checks Are made on All bidders to insure that or Transfer of vital scrap material will be made to communist most of the material is reported or turned in to the be junk Yard through regular on Page s Naples radio Center started by nato 17 Striction of a modern radio communications Center has begun a few Miles North of Naples for use by the nato he to be completed in the late trans mitting and receiving stations will be utilized by Allied Southern Allied naval Southern and Allied air Southern contracts for the construction of the two stations have been Given to neapolitan building the transmitter station at Nicola will Cost approximately while the receiving facility will Cost about the property upon which the Center is being constructed is under control of the italian government and has been made available to the Southern Europe nato command of adm Robert com mandarin chief of most of the acreage was farm land and nato officials Here said the farm ing will not be interfered of emphasized the fact that the move will give us More Elbow room for the defensive air Battle and support of the ground the Strother is dependent a Good Deal on the weather for the next several months and How it will affect As essential facilities become he pointed the 12th of will move in staff agencies and support two Jet wings of the 12th which on Page 5 store opened in Karlsruhe 17 special the newest and most modern quartermaster sales commissary in he area come was officially opened last week in maj Gen William Usa eur chief Cut the ribbon across the Entrance to the building and presented the key to 1st it Adrian commissary sales also present were col William Hac quartermaster col Jesse assistant area and it col Ewing assistant Karlsruhe us Tox Phily catches yank with Arrow Down 17 British and americans Puzzle one another with their a recent questionnaire at Allied air forces Central Europe asked officers to Check favorite or Favourite a britishers went 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