European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes january 195 Lodge asks Fri to Check yanks in in new 27 api Henry Cabot new chief Delegate to the United a wrote to Fri director Edgar Hoover yesterday asking for an Fri investigation of All lodges subordinates and of an american employees in the this goes far beyond the executive order issued by former presi Dent hairy so Truman in the last Days of is v Truman order called Only for an Fri investigation of High ranking american in and for Aroutine civil service Check of the in All j ordered by president Lodge said the investigation was ordered by president making his first appearance As chief the former Massachusetts senator said he had handed Secretary general Trygve lie a notifying him of the new presidents he said lie had indicated he would co operate Lodge told the news Confer ence he thought the Fri checks would be a reassurance to the american people about their Fel Low citizens in those jobs and said the were aimed Pri Marily at finding bad Security 23 promoted to it col 27 special the promotion of seven lieutenant colonels and 16 majors to the temporary ranks of colonel and lieutenant was announced today by usar eur the seven1 colonels have Date of rank from they Are Robert 7950th 4amag Westoo 7th army he James Sittu Sig construction in Jack 382d my in Donald 7150th Neucom up William Van Headquarters area come Nathaniel 7th army the 16 new lieutenant colonels have Date of rank from they Are John 1st inf div George com z Avsec King Northern area come Joseph 406th engr construction in Robert 7824th Sci James 7966th he up 7966th he up Joseph Stuttgart District Francis 7950th Jamal Howard 83d engr construction in Earle Mel 311th engr construction up John 43d army inf in Harold 26th inf regt Jacob army recon but Edwin usar eur he Willsun 7841st Ord procurement briton in pedal boat crosses Channel Cap Griz 27 British m a i n e commando yesterday beached his life pedal boat Here after a trip across the English Channel that took about 24 p do had aimed for Calais and said he hoped to arrive there about he put in at Cap gris place for Channel it was considered Likely he had been carried there by the Channel cur do Peaire was making the trip to advertise the 18foot with floats on either Side of the open the Craft normally is used by closed bodies of the operator pumps similar to those of a which drive a paddle at the rear of the Craft ache sons off to Carrilean 27 Secretary of state and Dean Acheson have left the capital on the Start of a two month Vaca Tion in the ceremonies to Hani Mats 1o9 too 27 aircraft of the military air transport services Atlantic division to make a transatlantic crossing since win arrive at Rhine main air base thursday afternoon amid special a will leave Westover fab tomorrow with it Gen Joseph Mats and maj Gen James Atlantic division cd seeing it the Crew and 35 passengers a Fol y 7 c a xt1 Iff t receive souvenir cards and the 30th air transport so of the 1600th at headed by capt Harry others Are capt Frederick 1st Pilot 1st it 2d Pilot 1st it Eugene navigator s sgt William Engineer John Allen and Stephen radio operators arid sgt Ruth Bloom and a Tharo flight the figure includes both East and for the two year but excludes the Atlantic division flights to Greenland and the great est proportion of the transatlantic flights have been West Overto Rhine main although Many terminate in Africa or the us and some depart from Dover rather than other divisions Mats Continental with at Kelly and a jumping off base at Brookley also flies Atlantic Cross the third Mats division is the which operates the korean to s t Europe bound Tran Ocean traffic is turned around at Rhine this includes servicing and performing necessary maintenance on the aircraft As Well As the unloading and loading of passengers and this function was performed by the no extinct 1629th support so until last the new s6th at so takes care of the Turri arounds As Well As operating scheduled c54 flights from Rhine main to Africa and the it col John Neal commands the Brig Gen Wentworth Goss is cd of the Parent the 1602d at Wing at col Patton named to Usa eur Post 27 col Thomas world War ii commander of the 156th go in has been named chief of the preventive Medicine Usa eur medical it was announced Here Patton arrived in Heidelberg last week from the where he was 3d army chief of preventive medi he succeeds col Robert Cal who returned to the last month for a new assignment with the 2d a of Patton is a graduate of the Louis univer sity school of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Italy sets Alpine Maneu vers 27 a tridentine Alpine Brig will hold Winter ski Maneu vers 28 in the mountains near South of the Brenner big order for overhaul 27 special Safe has signed off shot e procurement contract with a British firm for overhauling a sub Stantial number of c47 Dakota planes Pratt and Whitney i the contract was awarded to Fields aircraft it is the largest aircraft maintenance assignment awarded to any euro Pean company and the first of this Type to a British the contract will be administered by the newly established London procurement Field office under it col Frank Genetti of work at 3 Sites the c47 airframes will be Over hauled at Tollerton Nottingham engines and propellers at Croydon and aircraft instruments at the British firm obtained the in Competition with bids from the nether Switzerland and other British the military services placed Worth of offshore procurement contracts with firms of North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion countries during the 1952 fiscal orders for goods and services for the 1953 fiscal year amount to scrapped Thuringia reported hit by rabies wave 27 out break of rabies is sweeping the soviet zone state of according to reports received soviet zone authorities ordered out special Peoples police patrols to shoot cats and More than 600 As Well As foxes and Rab bits stricken with the the areas of Suhl and Erfurt were said to have been declared rabies quarantine yank officer accused in fatal korean beating 27 it James Gaff Bas been charged with unpremeditated murder and unlawful entry in connection with the fatal beating of a korean civilian in Suwon the 8th army Goff was arrested with three enlisted men after the incident in a korean officials said the three enlisted men would not be charged at this since they were acting under the orders of the lieutenant who was a Security Frankfurt employees remove maximum Speed signs the nose delimit Law for German motorists takes effect expecting cars at be told to Check on pickup 27 special Usa eur he has urged personnel whose private autos were delivered to the new York Poe or other ports last november or de Cember for shipment to Bremer Haven to Contact the area command or Headquarters they Are assigned to for information on the pickup time of their the Usa eur transportation division reminded those expecting cars of the need to furnish dec 319 notification of Perma nent station address to Bremer and dec form 22 notification of military Post address to their local transportation personnel stationed in France must also furnish one copy of dec form 22 to the 7703d major Apo in addition to one form 319 to Bremerhaven and one form 22 to the local transportation Neucom manual 551 provides try status for individuals travel ing to Bremerhaven to get their Road conditions 27 special military police reported that As of noon today roads were icy at Augsburg Snow covered at Berlin Snow packed at the Brenner pass and Garmisch Snow packed and icy in spots at Munich Snow covered and icy at Nurnberg wet and icy in spots at Frankfurt and Wuerzburg dry at Wiesbaden and and wet and icy at hospitalization firm cites varied claims 27 special examples of some of the types of claims paid last year to Usa eur civilian employees holding policies in the voluntary group hospitalization plan were listed today by the insuring the bulk of the policies now in Force expire this 3l employees must renew before that Date if they desire to keep their insurance in effect without a break and avoid a 10morith waiting period for single membership in the group plan costs per year and family memberships Here Are some examples of the types of claims paid to Usa eur civilian personnel a policyholder released from a Hospital last july after being hospitalized 40 Days with infectious hepatitis a liver inflammation received the company draft for 1c Days in German Hospital 9 a payment of was made to a policyholder who was hospitalized with acute appendicitis for three weeks last october in a German another policyholder was handed a draft for in full settlement of his hospitalization Bill for pneumonia the Day following his release from the the daughter of a civilian employee had to be taken to a Hospital in for surgery while on the claim was submitted on 7 and payment was made the amount of on other claims were paid to civil Ian employees who were hospitalized after accidents or sudden ill Nesses in Italy and the company said these examples Are but a few of the types of claims handled from the time the insurance program went into effect last l reentry bar faced by alien dependents continued from Page 1 seas runs longer than two years in the Case of uniformed and since Many civilians frequently extend their original two year con Pentagon officials feared that families affected by the m6 Carran act would become seriously snarled in immigration red tape if proper Steps were not taken in should the reentry period expire the alien dependents could not re turn to the without undergoing the immigration process again from in Usa eur he stated today that an estimate of the number of persons affected by this ruling was not immediately it is anticipated that detailed instructions for personnel of this command will be issued As soon As most seriously affected among military families concerned would be those whose Tours of duty Are about to end but whose dependent reentry permits Are about to expire and May not be renewed under the Mccarran emergency Extension to avoid a Complete shutdown of such the Justice depart ment has announced it will gnat a 90day emergency Extension beyond the two year maximum be allow aliens affected to get Back into the those who fail to apply for Extension within the 90day period May apply to the nearest consulate for a returning the act provides that the applicant must appear in person at the consulate and must take a physical examination which May be administered Only by i state department the Cost of the the travel and All other costs must be borne by the applicant or his Pentagon officials estimated that this Cost could run Between and and would probably take about 60 Days to the adjutant generals ofte pointed out that the Mccarran act continues the previous Law which Grants immediate naturalization to Al applicants in the sponsors Are employed abroad by the under these now known As Section 319 of Public Law the defense department is encouraging dependents of military personnel to apply for citizenship prior to shipment Pentagon step at the Pentagon it was said that no estimate could be made at present of the number of who would be affected by the re Striction placed on but All commands have been requested to notify the agas soon As possible of their local particularly in regard to those win must seek reentry under the first 90day Extension which expire March although it could not be mined yet what provision armed forces will make for Fht return of affected it a assumed that the requested Samy was to provide information to tie transportation corps and other concerned military sections for what Ever action May become 33 autos looted in Frankfurt this month 27 More than 100 including american have burglarized Here since the first it the police j officials said the loot in each for stance ranged Between they indicated thieves broke into Only those where they were assured of a they warned that Moi Otiss should not leave valuables in at least not in open