European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes january 1953 special maps Aid forces in fight on flu 24 special decision to Fly the huge cargo of vaccine to Rhine main air base wednesday from the was reached mutually by the surgeons general of the air Force and army after study of worldwide influenza maps maintained in it was Dis closed by Brig Gen William Safe air these maintained in the offices of both surgeons show an accurate up Odate Pic Ture of the spread and severity of flu attacks wherever armed forces Are whenever a military doctor Dis or even suspects the presence of flu among his special report is wired to his surgeon general in Washington and a Marker is pinned to the map to indicate the flu new year brought increase in cases did not begin to show the Sharp increase which is recognized As a danger signal until the Christmas sporadic cases had appeared earlier in England and Continental but it was not until the turn of the year that the local incidence rate climbed to the Point at which the decision was made to use the flu vaccine developed during world War the virus which is making Many soldiers and sailors miser Able for the three to five Days that they have the flu is a relatively mild Strain unlikely to produce fatalities but capable of temporarily disabling Large masses of who sees no cause for alarm in the flu situation in the Safe said that the flu outbreak Here should recede and show marked improvement in from seven to 10 Days after the mass treatment of military personnel in Continental Europe and the United kingdom with newly arrived influenza attack pattern studied medical authorities All Over the both military and con stantly follow closely the patterns of attack and isolate the viruses to make sure that the killer flu virus which in 1918 and 1919 killed persons 000 in the not appear again without in the event the killer which has not been isolated and identified by does show up modern medical authorities will immediately attempt to develop an immunizing vac c i n e against governors at inauguration Ball and Earl Warren of California left and and James Byrnes of South Carolina As they arrived at a presidential inauguration Ball in photos by Grandy pm cake Sale to help March of dimes fund Frankfurt 24 Rhine main airmen and their guests will have a Chance to treat them Eeves to prizewinning cakes tues Day evening and at the same time help in the fight against the Gateway service club will sponsor a cake contest after which the entries will be Cut and sold for the b e n e f it of the March of affair will begin at 8 pm at the cakes for the contest will be entered by Rhine main mess Franceno planning to devalue finance chief says 24 a finance minister Maurice Bourges Maunoury today denied was any intention of devaluing the French franc and said the govern ment solemnly promises to maintain the value of the inside Thi country As Well As he made the statement to the National Assembly apparently in reply to devaluation rumours tha have been circulating for the Pas 48 hours and which he said Havi been credited in the French As Wel As foreign the minister spoke during debate on the budget for War veterans of he said that in any marking Down of the franc the veterans would be the first with this in he asserted the government must firmly commit itself in the first instance to maintain monetary group sentenced in Korea front trial 24 army revealed today that 87 men and one officer of the 65th mainly of puerto been convicted by a court martial for refusing to go into action last october on the Central korean front against the chinese sentences ranging from six months to 10 years in prison with hard labor have been the regiment has since been re trained and has performed fire sweeps Colosimos 24 swept what once was Colosimos known As the Birthplace of the Capone Seaman to head 30th a up 24 special col Jonathan assistant Deputy chief of staff for since december has been named to command the Soth a Usa eur announced he succeeds col James who has been reassigned to the Usa eur inspector general Divi Seaman will leave for his new assignment his successor Here will be announced next Seaman served on the faculty of the army War leaven before coming to j Usa eur in september during world War he served in the South Pacific and european he commanded the 4th a in in the South Pacific from april 1942 to August 1943 and served with the 6th army up in Europe from september 1944 to August taking part in the Ardenne Alsace and Central Europe after the Seaman was on the head quarters staff of the army ground in the he is a graduate of the military class of falters court will hear 2 by Campbell Sanders staff correspondent 24 the trial of it col Fred adjourned indefinitely late Las night in order to obtain new Evi Dence and Call two witnesses at tin request of the lineman Genera court the court martial of the Axchie of construction for the Heidelberg military Post will be resumed at the desire of col Henry Burgess court Burgess asked that Otto wife of a Mannheim be recalled to testify on conflicting testimony and that the wife of Mannheim contractor Josef Karle be called to testify for the first Burgess also asked that records be produced to establish the whereabouts of Walters during sept 2 and it was expected that the trial would be resumed next airmen to get tests in career Fields 24 tuesday will Mark the third Cycle of proficiency testing As 168 airmen Jather at Rhine main air to be tested in 16 different career capt Fred 60th to Wing classification and assignment announced that 101 men torn his organization will be tested at the Gateway gardens dependent school at 1 buses will leave the pm area at conducting their session in building the 317th to whig will test 67 to be eligible for the supervisory 7 an airman must have the skilled level Aasc and be serving n the Grade of staff in Hose career Fields that do not have tolled Only three Levels Are required for for the killed candidates must 3e an airman second class or higher and possess a Semi skilled level 3 Aasc or have performed duty in the desired Aasc for 90 ship aground in blizzard 24 escue operations began today off be East coast of Newfoundland to ree a crippled norwegian freighter riven aground in the seasons worst Berlin student shot in scuffle with cop at american Billet 24 Theo logical student recently released from a mental Hospital was Shol and seriously injured after he Triec to enter an american Home Anc scuffled with a policeman who was called to the the incident took place at 6 pm yesterday at an apartment shared by two Young american women employed in the Headquarters Alice daughter of the director of hic ogs Berlin ele and Betty daughter of the former com Mander in had stopped in for a visit and were present during the Hico officials explained the incident at a press conference to a Hico spokesman said the Oswin was apparently attempting to pay a Call at the Home of an american Arthur of the american Church of who lives next door to the two the misses Schmertz and Margery there was no one at Siebens so the stranger went next door and asked permission to Tell Ephone and wait for the neighbor to the girls went to their automobile and he followed coming Back to the the two called the police and by this time a patrol Walter noticed the Neukirch attacked Fricke seizing his tried to beat the policeman who then pulled his pistol and shot Caesar chief of the Public safety said of Neukirch was inflamed by some wild he made no attempt to molest the girls but had tried to stay with them and even enter their car As they attempted to noisy Welcome Siven new Italy liner new 24 Andrea Pride of the italian merchant arrived Here on her Maiden transatlantic voyage yesterday and received the traditional noisy Harbor Welcome from other Harbor and tugs warped her into a pier 100 Ards South of the Queen ust before the Cun Arder sailed for Europe with prime minister win ton Churchill and his reds closing More stores on Berlin line by Nathan Margolin staff correspondent 24 zone police yesterday took another step toward isolating Berlin by ordering All stores on the Border at Teltow to go out of West Berlin police a sign was posted on the Ete vate train station at Teltow announcing that As of 1 it would be Teltow Borders the sector of this is the second suburb bordering the area where stores on the dividing line have been ordered to go out of Busi the other place was Klein Mach where the elevated train Sta Tion also was red stores closed even soviet zone sponsored co operative to stores were ordered closed in the Teltow for some unexplained Accord ing to West Berlin Only Barber shops were allowed to stay after the Klei Machnow was May of whom worked in East Berlin fac had to walk Miles through a Woods to the next station at Tel now they will have to go to work in a roundabout Way that will Detour via soviet zone tory and enter East Berlin with out running through any of the Western Western observers said they expect the communist authorities to Seal the East zone off from West Berlin with a no mans Bonn refugee air lift to Cut West Berlin Load 24 Konrad Adenauer announced yesterday that thousands of refugees from communist purges will be evacuated by air lift from West Berlin to Western in a meeting at Bonn with West berlins mayor Ernst Ade Nauer agreed to put the air lift into operation As fast As possible to Lieve the eve growing pressure on the former Adenauer assurances to Reuter appeared to heal a rift which has been growing the two flee red Rule for 4th straight Day than refugees from communist Rule fled to West Berlin yesterday or the fourth straight Day to set a new monthly fugitive record with eight Days remaining in the month the refugee total parsed the the previous record High was set in  promoted to Iselt 24 Ion of 2d it Horace sincere to first lieutenant was announced to Day at Berlin come a member of the 6th inf was detained in the soviet zone for 31 Days following his seizure Sincore later told authorities in had been kidnapped from the sector while on his Way to his com Anys bivouac East zone communists charged he had violated he soviet zone Boundary near tre Rienecker Bridge in the Usa eur fatal accidents motor vehicles Rains alls weapons rown legs other totals As of 1953 12 1952