European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 19131 Bernards give up Alpine role furious alsatian chosen for Rescue work Yurich and blizzards have roared through the High Alps this Winter with traditional but the most time honoured figure of the snows and thrilling Mountain the great Bernard dog has by a More mod Ern the now called the Avalanche since shortly before world War the Bernard has been forced to give Way to his More adept Al satian the change came in when Ferdinand a Swiss dog experimented with air Dales and other he found that alsatian were Best adapted to this task because they were Strong and protected against the cold by thick but had Short hairs of their legs and toes which did not collect ice and to impede their move Schmutz has since become i of the Swiss army Avalanche dog service and now commands a corps of 100 Well trained four egged rescuers with their equally Well trained for instant serv ice these All alsatian with Bernard going to the dogs the exception of a few samoyeds Are stationed All Over the Alps and can be rushed to the scene of a catastrophe by ski lift or the results have been regard1 Edas so excellent that the Avalanche dog service is to be expanded and the alsatian will take Over the role of the Bernard on an even bigger congressman again asks voting machine for House Washington annual attempt to get electrical voting machines installed in the House of representatives has been launched by Karl Lecompte Buthe very hopeful that could convince his fellow Law makers to Stop wasting time on Rol Call a half hour or More is required for a Rol Call vote by the 435 House some advocates of the machines claim a month of time in every congressional session could be saved by use of electrical voting systems in both Bouse and Twenty one state Legislatures now use but Congress has never Given them serious Lecompte said Many Congress men probably will protest that voting machines would Force them to stay on the House floor More of the time so As not to miss a vote of the voice Roll Call is so slow there is plenty of time for absent members to get onto the driving students get free drinks England in class is the latest addition to the curriculum at Bristol we Are trying to discover the effect of Small doses of alcohol on skill and who mixes the he said students taking part in the experiments will drive a stationary automobile while scenes Are flashed on a screen after taking their the drinks will be disguised and not every Glass will contain hard Francais b a in father 9 a of father with breath passing into nose and through Mouth e e in let 6 a of hat with breath going into nose eur Ujj of they plus lips rounded eur the French eur sound with going into nose a u in Cut 1 be in beet i tip of Tongue against upper front Teeth Finy in Canyon o o in cloth 6 in go 6 Awot with breath sent into nose of of in 0roup should come from the Back of the Mouth in so in show u Between Ott in group and of machine a too in water y y of yes of Paulette do you need shirts Henry French shirts Are top i dont like Polet sri the manager the customer is ways Henry thank youre very Al la Ilia a sri Mersl Paulette Vous Fauvil Des chemises Henri l e s chemises fran cases sont trop Jene Les Aime Lele client a to Joura Henry Vous etes tres editors note the French lessons Are taken from the Basic in spoken French prepared by the editorial staff of armed forces Institute monastery keeps Only 15 dogs the Bernards Back to the Middle they were bred by the Benedictine monks who arrived at the great Ber Nard pass in southwestern Switz Erland with Charlemagne troops and built a monastery with the Advent the 20th More modern methods of travel reduced the work of the the once great Ken Nels at the monastery now hold Only 15 whose 20 to 30 pups yearly Are sold to dog All Over the a few years before world War one of the fearing that the March of eliminated the Bernards usefulness in left with a selected pair of the great dogs for Tibet and the worlds highest hoping they would find a new future in the permanent snows of the Hima has been heard of either the Monk or dogs since their arrival at the roof of the they May have been killed by hostile tribesmen in the heart of or possibly met death among the very snows in which they aimed to foreign boats at show catch fancy of yanks new York up lower costs coupled with technical knowhow and design to suit tastes of boat minded americans Are paying Dollar dividends to foreign according to exhibitors at the 43d National motor boat show dutch and Canadian boat builders Are featuring 16 different ranging from a nine foot Sailboat made by Fairey of to a 55foot Cruiser Selling at a dutch biggest boat in the show was the sleek 55foot Cruiser it was built by John de of the one of 30 pleasure Craft being constructed in Holland for american attracted by the lower costs of foreign from 20 to 30 per cent below prices despite extra shipping charges to an Atlantic Border mistake claimed in Texas a s to up the biggest state in the Union owes part of its size to the 1858 mistake of a Surveyor who mapped some of the Texas new Mexico Border without Ever Leav ing his according to a Young Texas the state Hopes to get Rich from a Survey of West which he made after studying land records for two he said he found the Texas Mexico Border was 16 Miles the error being in Texas and he also found 991 acres of unclaimed land within sight of Van just egging her on Mcnickle believes York can rightly be called the egg Center of the she purchased a dozen eggs from a poultry House Here of the first ten nine had double Yolks and one had conducted by John net Yeb carnival time in Basel Means that a citizen of any stature May drape himself in mask and accost anyone in Public and loudly announce exactly what he thinks or knows about the its an extra a enchanting Cus Tom that dates from the 13th it requires All participants to cavort and re sort to every known degree of Good natured it be gins at 4 am 23 with the Din supplied by 28 drum clubs in bizarre and carrying elaborately decorated essential and traditional flour soup and onion served at All at Dawn the drummers return to their but emerge again at pm to Parade until when the masked balls after which prizes Are awarded for the most humorous or riving in Basel about pm foil dinner and j the entire second Day is spent in merrymaking at the Basel the group leaves Basel on the third Day at hotel arrangements for one Daj in Basel can be made for which includes four Mealio and phone Munich 20619 Karlsruhe 30355 for further i trans world airlines will inaugurate direct flights from new York to in 3 and will Bethe Only airline serving that Independent Dominion which is Rich in rabbet and Tea and noted As a resort is land of the Middle and far East to is also carnival time on the sunny French a nine Day deluxe bus tour leaves Frankfurt and returns the Price is includes first class full Board and All sightseeing Mexcur Here Are the highlights Germany Black Lugano then for a Stop in Milan and a peek at Leonardo Davinci last on to Pavia and then to san remo on the italian Riviera a visit to Monte Menton and Nice for the Mardi gras sightseeing at Grasse and Cannes followed by watching the traditional Battle of the Flowers and the end of the carnival then on to Berne and Back to phone Hainzl travel organization at Frankfurt 92545 for full Partick artistic ladies must appear in mask and costume or not at tradition demands that at Tention be paid to originality and none to the next two Days Are filled with More parades and revelry during which groups of fantastically attired citizenry make the rounds of Public houses singing special versions of schnitzel a carnival tour to arranged by Swiss leave Center lasts three Days and costs depending on Choice of and is it leaves Frank Heidelberg and Karlsruhe a 4 Winter sports weekend in presented by Swiss hotel will be repeated 58 because of the popularity it has enjoyed in it features Winter sports of ones butter drum especially invited pretty Swiss hours of Winter fairyland Sleigh rides and trips by Cogwheel railway to the highest Alpine peaks to please the nature lovers and photo the Al inclusive Price for the Swiss trip is from the door of the service officers and civilians Are also buses will leave at Midnight 5 from the flaming Heidelberg Mannheim Frankfurt h u t i e r and Hanau and the Neucom the stars and stripes of 278 january 1953 col Henry Richter managing editor Ken Zumwalt sports Eula general Warren Scheffner Chelot distr Lution Louis Brown business Mealing directory of a Rob bureaus and circulation offices Wulliam 7946 Nathan 84tfsl circulation Raymond Espen Omer Richard 253 ring e v s r o o 5366 ext 16 Iron Laton ext Ernie 75543 Samuel r a v 1 c William Kaiser Slauf Robert la Rochelle William la Paulice Dennis William 49663 Arthur Albert Fernand Monchamp 32 sal2bh 5801 Theodore 33296 John Philip 297ia r53067 Norbert the european edition is pulls Ned daily at Ger for the armed forces under the auspices of the armed forces information and education Tel Frankfurt the stars and Apo mall to the new York office should of sent to 641 Washington this is an unofficial publication of the armed forces in reentered As second Iasa matter at the Post office at new York under the act of March