European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military news Section february 1953 Bra starts ski school for novices r Berchtesgaden recreation area has instituted a series of ski courses for beginners who want a comprehensive course learning to the first five Day course Given this week and a additional courses will be Given week beginning Moh 9 school is designed to teach of Viec skiers the Basic principles develop their skiing ability to where they can safely traverse the higher lift serviced slopes of most ski includes lectures on ski equipment and ski first Snow conditions Tad the classes will be taught Wax care of equipment and the of various lifts and ski Manship training will pro Gress from simple walking on through kick Snow plow stops and Side Stem turns and Stem the school is to All Usa eur and Ufa personnel find their the fee of jw50 charged each person taking the course will include transportation and Complete ski further information May be obtained from the Berchtesgaden recreational services shape choose Queen 31 special Brunet work Teg at supreme he Allied Powers Europe was choose miss shape 1953 by a panel of military police men on duty at the Nanette of wind was selected from scores of entries representing most of the 14 member countries at to qualify entries submitted by the Neh in the company had to be army dependents or connected with shape in some Capa City and had to be seen around the Headquarters by military police men on miss Blanchette was officially crowned at a unit party ver Sailles on the second anniversary of the company activation in Cpl Joseph Dander crowned the the panel decided that her on Page 1 Nanette March of dimes fund swells Campaign enters final week foreign coins collected by Vii corps s t u to g a r 31 of d i m e s chairmen at Vii corps have started a new kind of Campaign they Hope will spread to other units in troops of the corps Are be ing urged to contribute their furlough Coin collections to the fundraising drive which aids polio so far German austrian French British greek turkish Karus and italian lire have been turned in for the March of these contributions Are in Addi 31 special Cpl Robert of the 555th engr c poured a Mountain of pfennig on a table in his room just before leaving for the and instructed his friends to give the Money to the March of 1 saved these pfennig for a going Home Pettingale told his maybe this Money will help some youngster recover from so that he can have a More important going Home the Mound of coins came to nearly Tion to military scrip being do the counting and exchanging of the foreign coins for currency is being handled by col j o s e p h on Page 4 12th of launches Story Competition 31 initial competitions in the second annual air Force Short Story con test Are scheduled to get under Way in Europe preliminary contests will be held at installation and command Joan command said the 12th of will conduct the German Austria area this includes All air Force personnel on Active duty in the scandinavian bases have been instructed to hold installation level select and Forward to the 12th of the second and third place and to award appropriate prizes to their stories entered by personnel not located at an air Force base cont on Page 3 217 supervisors trained at Giessen depot in 52 31 the Giessen pm depot manage ment training course trained 217 supervisors during Frank management training of the school is an full time affair and embrace Organiza supervision and human rela work work measurement and perform Ance s he area come wac volunteers take Down record requests for fans March of dimes Platter requests Are played in return for fund taking requests Are left to pfc Evelyn sgt Helen Cpl Virginia Skoczelas and sgt Lucille photo an plays tune requests to increase contributions 31 through the facilities of the Amer ican forces personnel throughout Usa eur can take advantage of a Remote control Jukebox until at engineers help Regensburg build water system 31 residents of this bavarian City will have their new water system in stalled and working much sooner than they had thanks to the efforts of the Munich military District Public information office the Regensburg City water installing new water became stymied on Eis Buckel where 35 Large Trees blocked their they did not have equipment necessary to remove the Trees so they requested military capt Robert Regens Burg detachment Engineer dispatched a truck mounted Crane to the site and within an hour and a half the Trees were removed and work was Able to the same time support a worthy listeners May Telephone their musical requests to an pledge Money to the March of dime and then sit Back to enjoy the music they wish to lovers of and outmoded tunes will find that an has stolen a March on them when they pledge their Money for a Hardt Oget there Are More than 160 separate versions of stardust on file it 28 recordings of sentimental More than 800 Bing Crosby and Over 900 pc Stafford by pledging Money to the March of donors can hear the classic Judy Garland Bob Hope Bing Crosby recording of Good night or perhaps a listener would like to hear a 1932 presenta Tion by the rhythm boys and the Paul Whiteman made when an unknown Singer named Bing Crosby was with the of ii ova about a recording of i dont know with Der single and Laurn Bacall soldiers who have served in will remember China Sammy Kayes version of Page 1 drive against polio gains 31 the tabulation of contributions in the 1953 Usa eur March of dimes i Campaign was swelled by i More than this As the anti polio drive moved closer to the 5 throughout France and North Africa military units and individuals were adding their dollars and dimes to the growing Cash total to be turned Over to the National foundation for infantile paralysis to help finance the Light against the dread reports of Campaign activities from scattered military installations include sort hex area donations by americans during the past week to the March of dimes fund have raised the total to and 788 contribution totals by area Are on Page col 4 3d of plans new us show 31 3d announced that the 1953 base level versions of stairway to the stars will get underway soon to select acts for the spotlight re View of a Road show which will tour All 3d of and 7th air div bases in base level competitions will be held next month to select two winners from each base for entry in area seven areas have been sea and Kirknewton will compete Here 3 for area the acts selected Here will com Pete with winners from other areas at Bushey Park March and a final Competition to select participants in the review will be held at Bushey Park March eligible Are All military person dependents Over 17 years of and Daf who must agree to waive rotation for a 38 Day judging will be made on stage technical and entertainment zone nurses Mark 52d birthday of corps 31 army nurses throughout usar eur will observe the 52d anniversary of the army nurse corps monday in their usual Man administering to the sick and and in other members of the corps will be performing the tasks which have earned it the respect of fighting men around the Aid to wounded the selfless endeavours of All our from those on the staffs of the Large Usa eur medical centers to the nurse working in some isolated station in Germany or have been an inspiration to All of declared it Gen Manton Usa eur in a message to it col Agnes Usa eur chief Eddy noted that members of the corps contribute to the army readiness to meet any emergency by their constant study and prac Tice of Good nursing not Only in but in the Field As they insure the maximum efficiency of our enlisted medical technicians by serving As their teachers in classrooms and by providing them sound ont Ejob these accomplishments Are but a Small part of the great contribution which the army nurses have made to the excellent record of the medical service of this More than women have served in the corps since it was founded on As part of the army medical depart Peak strength during world War i was but the figure Rose to in the last it was pot until june that members of the corps received relative army rank and were authorized to Wear insignia of in they attained temporary full commissioned stat us and in april were granted permanent