European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 military news Section january Early contribution col Francis Bowlin co of the7811th turns Over donated by his unit on the first Day of the March of dimes drive to maj Lee fund chairman for the Frankfurt de photo March of dimes Campaign moves into High gear continued from Page i photographs of an meal tors o the Pohlman is Selling the books for and is turning the entire profit of on each Book Over to the Hac March o dimes last the sergeant put together 38 albums which he sold for and according to his profit amounted to which went to the March of Hanau Edwin c drive chairman in Hanau has started plans for an Ait polio with a meeting of All collecting he co of the 37th engr c in already has achieved a 100 per cent donation total no and pm clubs in the area Are making plans to Back the Campaign with a series o March of dimes Bingo and other the Hanau women club is planning a dance at the officers club on 31approximately 400 people arc expected to attend the Bene fit Darmstadt tentative goal of has been set by it Reinaldo fund chairman for the most of the 20 collecting agents already appointed in the area re port that substantial sums Are Al ready being contributed to the anti polio the Darmstadt women club will sponsor a party in the near future to swell the Campaign Wuerz bub Jack drive chairman for the is meeting with collecting officers from All units and organizations to set up plans for the More than has already been donated by units located in Giessen g i e s s e n women club has installed a 48statc collection Point for the March of dimes in the local on novel aspect of the Giessen led by it Albert Are two which indicate the Progress of the fund clubs and agencies in the area Are planning special m army come is big wheel Lodge plans a gambling night program Complete with Dice Roulette and other games of Gold is where you find it is the another the top will hold a county fair with Booths and a hillbilly proceeds from both programs will go to the National foundation for infantile Wiesbaden air it John Hynes was elected chairman for this years a con Pittee meeting was scheduled to Lay the groundwork for raising the much needed Verdun Post the Post will sponsor a March of dimes Ball on 31 in the affair will be open to the pub Lic and will include entertainment and an admission Price is one Dollar and one dime in addition to the proceeds from the auction and 10 per cent of the bar will be contributed to the polio 31st Ord medium Maint co the unit became the first in the he area come to contribute to the polio fundraising by donating s7sd army inf in contributions to the March of dimes Campaign total the funds were Given by the unit com Mander and his entire both commissioned and Berlin col signal Branch executive of has been appointed Liaison officer for the March of dimes he will be assisted by collecting officers in All staff branches and troop the 1953 Campaign got under Way it Gen George cd of forces in received a citation for outstanding service on the part of All personnel in the command during the 1952 the citation was signed by Basil president of the National foundation for infantile Bremerhaven port of pm activities for the March of dimes Here were announced by maj Thomas Campaign Bingo is scheduled for 3 and a Monte Carlo night will be held Jaa 31 at both the four or More and Casino a Bas netball twin Bill 24 at the Adio City gym will pit the be was against the 2d was wies and the 27th Canadian Brig against an Allstar be on a boxing tournament will be held at the be sports Hail it will feature 15 bouts by teams rom Munich Berlin Frankfurt District and boys scheduled for com z in 53 17 Spe new Bachelor officer quarters will be available to com z officers in according to an announcement by col Gary com z the announcement said that quarters throughout 16 com z posts and installations in the Orleans area base and and Vance sections will be ready by the end of at four accommodating 34 men be available by a total of quarters Are planned for the Orleans area come at la Maison la Chapelle and Foret in housing will be ready for 360 officers by next Winter with boys at Robert Verdun and spaces will be available to 475 officers in based by the of the Landes de in Croix la Roch Poitiers and Rochefort Are the scheduled Sites for the macs continued from Page 1 to of 14th army Cav talks with top cos 17 Raymond co of the 14th army Cav presided at a meeting of All regimental ser Geant majors and first sergeants the meeting was called o have the six stripers discuss heir problems with the customs and traditions of the standards of military a Matesy and and the problems that face the top cos subjects no the major teletype relay Cen Ter for the organization is responsible for the relaying of teletype Mes Sage traffic from Allaf bases in Germany As Well As teletype Mes sages to the England and still commanded by its charter commanding maj Charles the relay Center operates 24 hours the Center handles approximately words each with a great proportion destined for the a major part of the glob Corn the Wiesbaden relay Center is an important link in the Twoy Earold integrated system for worldwide of the 55th at chateau Roux is Aow being operated by the 1812th macs up at and the Lith at South Ruislip is being absorbed into the 1969th macs so at Bushey the change brings under macs operation All the major of tape relay stations outside the plus the Gateway station to All state Side of at Andrews air Force 109th engr c big helps build Gya warehouse 17 special men undergoing Carpenter train ing with the 109th engr c in have helped in the construction of trusses for the Heidelberg Pfaff Ungrund Gya area come col John Cassidy sent a letter of thanks to the battalion saying that its work had seeded up the 5pfaffengrund project since funds were not Avail Able for the labor to construct the whats in a name jobs Are the same 17 spec is in the Kitchen j and Toothaker is in he dental this is especially True at Wuerzburg municipal detach where pfc James Gar Lic is a Cook in the det 7so6th mess Ball and set Ray mond Toothaker is a dental technician assigned to the 24th med det Hac helps needy during 1952 continued from Page 1 in Hac for German welfare activities is but organizations other than employ welfare american women chaplains and spending More than three groups or units Are spend ing each and four groups Are spending each to support local charitable aside from Grants of Money and the usual assistance of food and american activities have included the construction of a new Wing at an the Clearing of More than 20 sports excavation of three swim Ming construction of 14 youth centers through the Gya substantial physical improvements at four orphanages and childrens Homes and cooperation in the creation of two childrens 28th div unit line co in Korea 17 special a line company fighting in Korea has been adopted Fay the men of co 112th inf 28th the tabbed operation has been launched by co c to befriend men in combat and to gain personal knowledge of an infantryman experiences under each Man in the company Lias written to the Man holding his car responding Job in co 279th inf 45th now in combat different As one Soldier said in his first letter to his counterpart in the i k n o w that actual com Bat differs greatly from training exercises no matter How realistic the in sure that your description of experiences under fire would be a great help to the understanding of my duties in every from company com Mander capt Robert Coats to the lowest ranking private is Tak ing part in the a package with letters from every co c sol Dier was recently sent off to As the answers come trick Ling each letter will be Dis cussed and of official praises Wiesbaden education Center 17 special the Camp Lindsey education Cen Ter of Wiesbaden military Post was commended for setting the Pace furthering the University of Maryland Extension program for All education centers in Europe during the past year by associate director of the University overseas in a letter to col Myles amp Prahl stated that the Lindsey Center averaged 538 registrations Peterm during the past seven and had a record High with the 580 course enrolments for the term ending total enrolment for the 117 University of Maryland centers in this theater is Camp Lind Seys enrolment is per cent of this in new enrolments in the current term Lindsey has or per cent of the the ate wide Crail sheim club opens 17 special the Crail sheim Cantonment enlisted mens newest in the opened the open ing featured a ribbon cutting with it Louis dub wielding the be Salvage saves continued Page j but some of the biggest single sales have resulted from tracking Down tips and an example is the recent excavation of scrap Metal near Navy Field in Marine having heard the wehrmacht had buried scrap probed the then decided he had hit upon a mall about 103 tons of scrap Metal were uncovered and sold for with recovery costs set at net profit was estimated at other tips have led him to sunken vessels and downed world War n during the be property disposal Point was rated Superior for each of its four inspections and Sonstein was officially com mended for Superior performance of 12th of planning move to Lan Stuhl confirmed from Page 2 recently completed moves to land Stuhl and Pitburg in the French zone Are the 86th and 36th fight Erb omber formerly based at Neu Biberg and fuels Hunfeld Bruck air bases in the 3funich some 300 families of head quarters officers and airmen will Transfer into the Lan Stuhl area from Wiesbaden and Munich As dependent quarters Are Tjie s6th Wing plans the Transfer of the first increment of its pendent families for Vii corps to Mark anniversary thursday continued from Page 1 november the corps sailed to England in october from the bloody beaches of nor Mandy across Europe through the Siegfried line to final Victory in the heart of Vii commanded by then maj Gen Lawton wrote a Brilliant chapter in five campaigns of world War units of in corps were the first to land in Normandy and in Little More than a month of the unit captured More than xxx next came the to break through and the pincers move ment against nazi troops that finally closed the Falaise corps units then moved across Cen trial bridging the Seine at Melun on Only six Days later the corps was into Belgium and then across the on 12 divisions assigned to the corps entered for the next four months its troops fought bloody Battles for Huertgen Forest and the Roer River the Battle of the bulge tested the defensive strength of the which succeeded in stabilizing the front on the Northern after a Brief first since the corps re turned to the line Early in Gebru attacking across the corps units finally captured co Logne on the unit crossed the Rhine on March by april the Ruhr pocket had been approximately enemy troops were caught in the on april the corps crossed the Weser River and prisoners be Gan streaming into pm cages at the rate of to a by april the corps had crossed the Mulde but was with drawn to await the All resistance in the units area had ended by april 23 and Contact was soon made with soviet