European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F951 military news Section pm get based plans us yanks join British Community activities More classes la French 17 r Frenchi conversation american soldiers in Cobb 2 base Section soon will be or tester according to r based senior educational approximately 400 soldiers Are learning to speak Oshana Hopes to increase enrol ment to the which last 10 to 12 on teaching Stu dents to speak there Are no Educ Stiral classes meet twice a in on hour sessions and Are taught by locally French a Caisa said a student should be Able to carry on a simple Conversa Tion at the end of the i charts and phonograph rec ords Are used in the As Aisne famished Boshans pointed out that students w31 get a Good Deal of in France if they learn the taking our course the Soldier wih feel Jess of stranger in a foreign he trill prorate Friendly relations with out for a Lack of misunderstanding of the customs of others is one of the principal causes of misunderstand ing Between he Allied Gen lands depot 17 of brigade Guil Latone de chief of the French armed Petroleum lauded the work of pm and employees at the Munich quartermaster depots class in area after touring the huge Petroleum installation last de Labarriere made a six Day tour of us Reub Petroleum depots m escorted by col Charles of the Mili tary assistance the French general was accompanied on Bis Munich tour by col Maurice co of the am very Happy to be Able to these installations of the de Labarriere i have received a very gracious reception Here at Labarriere will leave for the to tour Petroleum installations there 2dbn of 109th regt tests proficiency 17 the men the 2d lq9th worked under conditions As nearly like actual combat As it is pos sible to make them when they underwent pros Jenev testing recent As each Soldier went from phase to phase of the 10station test is was constantly under enemy records and a Loudspeaker the sound of overhead artillery and the Roar of incoming As Well As the chatter of machine gun and Small arms american spending helps English Economy editors Fott this is the record in series of articles Dpi americans ifs iced in tace us end their by Don Walter Szafir correspondent South 17 buy British Bat you can always pick them out on the Street by the Way the clothes Are was one englishwoman description of americans stationed in she had no ii feeling against she liked she had Many american 17 special airmen stationed at bases near Here and their wives have been invited by the new Market and districts arts league to participate in its series of con plays and the next program 5i will be the Cambridge University debating her appraisal of americans in England is probably representative of the average britons a tirade regarding the As the americans have gone More americans and dependents stationed in England crowd a currency Exchange office at South Ruislip to Purchase British thar purchases have Given the British Economy a shot in the Dases than Halfway in developing Good i ice relations Between of personnel and British there Are Seldom any complaints that the americans have come into the country to take occasionally there Are complaints about the of occupying England and there is an element of the British press which is Quick on the trigger to criticise the Community policy As its most important step to Ward strengthening the ties Between britons and americans in the of has urged its personnel and their dependents to become part of the facilities which Are taken for granted by the dependents in Ger Many Are at a minimum in where they Are provided it is usually because the influx of americans using the same facilities would inconvenience the the americans have been a shot in the Arm to statistics on the amount spent annually in Britain Are one guess is about a cur Renc Exchange office on one base said that its daily Exchange of Dol Lars to pounds was around to become a part of the com americans have had to make some adjustment in their habits and on the what the British Call american in formality has been agreeable to the British still laugh at 6 Jearolds coming to school in cow boy outfits slow British Pace probably the chief complaint heard from americans is that the English Pace is too it takes too Long to get things they too much red tape and too much in you find americans belonging to Golf clubs and attending rotary a co at one base said that the four chaplains serving there officiated at services in English churches on alternate americans Are in big demand As after dinner speak among the dependent encourages activity in South on the american and Raf personnel use the same pm and officers Hare never been alarmed about Anglo american relations Here or anywhere in the said Brig Gen Robert cd of the 59th air depot Wing at Oliver was referring to the first reported by the British in Manchester involving of police and British the disturbances received wide pub Bat of officials deny that the incident was typical of Angle american Ocler disturbances according to wire service Dis there were attacks on the air police by what was thought to be an organized 20 Miles from was placed of limits for two according to the incident took place in a Manchester air police making their rounds checked on the pub and were attacked by hurler begins training Early 17 special it May be a Little Early for Spring Bat not for pvt Raymond of he 112th despite the heavy snowfall King has been loosening up his pitching Arm daily in order the get into shape for the Corning baseball before entering the army the hurler was pitching for the Lima Ohio Phillies in the Ohio Indiana the Lima nine is a farm team of the Phila Delphia although he feels out of Condi Tion after a years Layoff King is Row slowly getting Back into shape for action this after his discharge he plans a comeback into organi2ed 1 pcs Essa wins Hoth Khaki if i if 17 essay submitted by Cpl Michael soon Nefy of co 110th inf has been chosen one which test explains the spirit of the regi treat in fee units Khaki con test Kelly has since in his Kelly defined Khaki As that spirit which made the Devotion of american soldiers from Cummins to Mitsuyama to Manado to not Only the strength of the regiment but of America the four soldiers mentioned by Kelly Are All the Cpl Marvin co is of Anglo German ancestry pfc Fred Erick co is of Portu Guese descent pvt Charles Mitsu Yama is from and Cpl James Knudsen has danish ances the latter two Are from he Kelly pointed out that regardless of whether an american could Trace the beginning of his nationality Back generations ago to the May or Only a few years Back to Ellis was of no because both came to America for essentially the same share the american reality of the Good life and the american dream of a better in Kelly wrote that Khaki Bill is Only the name Given by one regiment to a spirit that is shared by All who have become in alienable by virtue of the fact and fulfilment of their american Citi few incidents mar general picture of Goodwill tour answered that it was possible to take immediate delivery on most Small British the following the English gave top play to a Story which related while britons were Suu having difficulty baying new these same cars wore available for Ameri the Story failed to men lion that All of these cars had been allotted to the Export quota to be sold for dollars and could not have been purchased by britons girls who congregate near the bases have Given the of some but they have not been a serious the Boutrs Are no problem at All at the bases in Remote areas where adjacent housing is non London Piccadilly commandos have caused some women have been known to form gangs and attack unwary 17 Edna Leigh and two sixth Grade american school Nancy Boaz and Betty recently attended us it could have happened anywhere j school for girls a Nitro that you have Oliver i nations Day program along Witk photo by grand did not matter that the air police were he said that study of the incident had been made the ban was Oliver said that it was regrettable on a command wide the harmonious relationship of Ameri cans and British did not receive More he cited numerous occasions on which the of had cooperated in British Community when new City officials were elected at nearby he the Burtonwood base sponsored a mayors Day daring which the newly elected officials were guests at the train wreck Aid at other bases there were Sisa Ilar accounts of Anglo american Friend britons still recall the of of medical teams last fall after the rail crash near British health officials sent special messages of gratitude to the 150 doctors and medical orderlies who rushed to the Aid of the injured n britons worst train wreck in when an of Pilot stayed with his flaming Jet to guide it Over a London suburb when he could have escaped and saved his own most British newspapers were lavish in their the highly competitive newspaper Field in London and some other English cities causes some papers to present distorted news take the Case of the newspaper reporter from Bury be visited of units with a group of other newspapermen on an of Section does it take Long at your pm for delivery of an English car he wanted to the of officer in charge of the Pitburg service club named for 17 2c Victor of the 35th motor vehicle so at bit Burg air won a Cash Prirca for submitting the winning name for the new special services club on the the winning name was sky water in Honor of the 36th fighter bomber wings precision flying which returned to the states last a six Man judging headed by col Lorea 36th air base up chose the name from among the 176 sub the schools English the there were invited by the school to take part in the program which included m talk of Friendship by it is in the that the lasting Anglo american friendships both British and americana live and think alike and follow a common that is Why the British Are Eagar to promote joint Community a that is Why British women invite american women to after noon Tea and the american women do the and that Why of has tried to make fit into the pattern of British Lite to the greatest possible r Bow