European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 military news Section february 1953 Waco workers awarded 14 do Hosp suggestions adopted to gut Light Bills 31 Spe Cial Western area come paid Marks to German employees during 1952 for suggestions which increased the efficiency of the com the awards average 200 Marks for each new prize winners just announced received the awards included Willi of the Kaiserslautern area engineers received 500 Marks for his plan to consolidate the duties of six emergency clerks with the duties of six fire clerks in three it was estimated that this will effect a saving of Marks a Hans employee of the quartermaster was awarded 500 Marks for his improvement of property Issue and turn3n slip which suited in an estimated saving of Marks Walter of received 350 Marks Sugges Tion resulting in the installation of automatic switches on electric motors of sewage pumping the motors formerly were switched and off by by the substitution of automatic Man hours Are expected to be saved Hans ordnance won 42 Marks for inventing a Battery lifting device which not Only saves 200 Man hours a but which also eliminates the possibility of serious Max s c h w e r d t n e District was awarded 42 Marks rearrange ment of the work distribution Chart in his Section to eliminate one Posi Tion and save Man hours a the 50th radio controlled Aerial target unit at East attaches cloth target to miniature radio controlled a gunners shoot at cloth strip instead of costly miniature photo diced accordingly by Hospital utilities scrap lumber left Over from building operations on the Neil Hospital to tip has been carefully collected and used in repair 2 Light saving plans adopted at 97th go is the 97th go announced two major Money saving plans in the lighting Wong Herbert utilities discovered that Ade quate lighting could be obtained by using 100watt instead of the Soomwati globes presently in further investigation of the hospitals Interior lighting resulted in a reduction in the use of fluorescent daily bulletins also Are being issued regarding the opening of windows to reduce inside where windows Are found the heat of the room will be re four receive awards for com z suggestions 31 Spe com z he a a civilian and a French civilian were presented efficiency awards for time and Money saving sgt William Mullins was Given a certificate for his suggestions on improving door stops and door checks and attaching sinks to Walls with expansion sleeves and Long sgt John Grillo won his Certilia Cate award for suggesting that in and out signs be painted on All nontransparent swinging doors in the Morris a won for suggesting safety improve ments in exterior doors of ground floors of Cavern he suggested that All doors be made to swing out rather Toljan Jehan de la Char Lonny became the first French employee of com z he to win an award when he was presented francs for his suggestion of erecting a bulletin Board to Post notices to French Nurnberg m sgt cited for phone Cord idea 31 special m sgt assigned to the Nurnberg District signal received a department of the army award certificate and a three Day pass for his proposal that switch Board cords be protected against Wear and tear by a plastic tubing the idea will save Marks Albert of the transportation was cited for de signing portable wooden containers to be used for the movement of supplies within the District the idea will save an estimated Man hours Ernst German proposed discontinuance of contractual rewinding of electric motors and establishment of a local rewind shop which would be operated by District some Marks annually Are expected to be saved Asa seven win citations at Giessen pm depot 31 certificates or letters of commendation have been awarded to seven officers and pm of the Gies sen pm depot system for employee suggestions and work simplification included in the group was one Soldier from the Mannheim pm cold Cpl Gerald others were it Clarence two Jessie m sets Ken Neth drown and Jacob and Sec Wesley l air of the Giessen pm and Wong Armond 7856th pm Rand d Munich 2 pm Given commendations 31 first u Jack of det 7833d and Sec John Burke and m sgt George both members of the Engineer Munich have been com mended for suggestions Ivsich will result in the annual saving of and Howell received his commendation for his suggestion to rear Range offices and equipment which would result in the saving of 940 Man hours Vej u a i to two Racks to carry weapons have been devised by men of co 109th 28th Cpl George Pelletier and pfc Frank Warriner left display rocket launcher rack made from scrap at 1st Pelletier and sgt Charles Sullivan examine rack Tor carrying recoilless photos Burke suggested that transportation be coordinated with the duty hours of Engineer which would save Marks Kress suggestion was to consolidate the message Center and the master Register in one resulting in Gorman Man hours being saved every worker Given 500 Marks at nah Bollenbach depot 31 Spe award of 500 Marks was presented to Karl Ger Man employee of the depot facilities nah Bollenbach pm for a work simplification Sugges Tion which will result in a saving of approximately Marks a German revises system of parts control cards 31 Cash award was presented to Kon Rad German employee at the Usa eur signal for suggestion of a new system of parts control the cards Are used in the Supply Section for the control of component parts of major items which Are turned in for fair Wear and and similar it was estimated that Eichhorn idea will result in an annual Sav ing of approximately 3 Straubing suggestions to save do St three employees of the Strat tiny detachment Engineer Section received awards for submitting la Bor saving adoption of the suggestions will result in an annual saving of nearly Marks to the gov French employee wins at Capri eur 31 first work simplify cation award presented at the Capri eur Ord depot went to Georges French civilian w h o received francs who works under the supervision of Blaine chief ammunition proposed the relocation of a tool shed in the storage total savings to the were computed at Wong in us devises skills locator file upper 31 it comes to finding a Man in his unit with a certain Wong car Roll Abbott can do it in Short of Btry 4th aaa has designed and built a multiple locator file of enlisted the printed and notched by a commercial contain information pertaining to individuals who May fall into one or More Cate classroom briefs 43 germans graduate at engr school 31 Usa eur Engineer school recently graduated 253 including 43 German the germans completed the Post Engineer Foreman and safety Engineer military courses included Crane and Carpen heavy mine War fare Utility combat Engineer no and mines and bo6by trap Honor students included pvt Jack co 485th engr c in Sec Kenneth co 1402d engr c and pvt Albert co 17th army engr my pvt tops course for Highway patrolmen 31 Spe Charles of the 572d my topped a class of 22 Stu dents in the Highway patrolmen course at the Usa eur Intelli gence and military police school col Charles school com addressed graduated 147 receive diplomas at Ufa no Academy 31 Gen George cd at forces in told 147 graduates of the Ufa no acad Emy that nothing will take place of Good the class was the a total of students have completed the eight week sgt Tovias of co 796th my was named top Honor 24 signal students end radio operator course 31 special Twenty four enlisted men completed the radio operator course at the Usa eur signal school and received their diplomas in a Cere Mony pvt Howard of he and he Vii corps led the academic transport grads hear regulating group co 31 remember the dignity of a non commissioned officer remember that the no is the Keystone of the it col Frederick co of the transportation traffic regulating told 50 Farad rates of the Usa eur transportation school the including three Mutual defense assistance program map students from the danish finished the five week course for transportation m sgt Raleigh of he and he 29th transportation truck was top Honor student supper weather