European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1953 military news Section Page 9 Cooks Best Book Survey shows 31 special troops of the 2sth inf div stationed in this area dont go in much for Boodan Thunder mys Jery if withdrawals from lie Leitheim Library offer any indication of Reading librarian Georgia Mershon indicated that on one Day recent a there were 450 withdrawals from tie Library assuming that the average Reader takes two books to the this Indi Cates 225 of Only 20 approximately 10 per cent of the were according to miss Mer the most popular books Are historical language and photography books and cookbooks the ratio of fiction and nonfiction is about 21 for the withdrawals Are influenced by the on Post classes end the number of dependents that use our miss Mer she Shis is the Best example of intelligent Reading habits i have seen in my Library concerts set in Leitheim 31 theres a european Carnegie Hall the Leitheim with a slight assist from directors at the Leitheim service dub have built a concert program Lor members of the 628th tank in the 28th recon on the an a Soldier and his the directors invite one talented Man each from the ranks of the Leip Heim troops to give a Solo performance of his own particular Hester Bell and Ann pro Gram have Lent their theatrical experience for the Crea Tion of a near professional product in addition to staging the actual they print publicize the and invite guests from major units within the As Well As the Leitheim an example of their toe first pvt Armond Harmoni Eist irom the 628th tank currently is touring the command with the 7th army entertainment Ord study aids praised by Gen Bolte 31 special it Gen Charles cd of the 7th visited the usar eur ordnance school Here recent Bolte said he was particularly impressed with the Many training aids and new and varied items of Ord Fiance equipment used in the schools technical training pro group plans aridity move in Munich Munich German american advisory Council has named a committee to set up a project under which soldiers in the area will be Able to visit their professional German under the a Soldier who a Brewer in the would visit a Munich brewery or a Soldier who was an electrician would visit an electrical apparatus on the committee Are Karl president of the upper Bavaria Board of Trade Karl Munich factory owner Hans president of the upper Bavaria chamber of Commerce and Industry it col George god Munich District civil affairs and it col Dwight Munich District special services 48 pm take to exams 31 forty eight master sergeants took dual tests for warrant officer com missions at Rhine main air base after a several week de capt Fred 60th troop Carrier Wing testing revealed that 31 members of his organization were tested in eight different career including air to air and fire 17 in 317th Wing according to it Russell 17 men of the 317th troop Carrier Wing were tested in the same career with the addition of construction and scheduled for the last week in the tests were delayed in an air Force wide shortage of e s t i n g if the aspirants pass the they will face an examination upon passing this last their names Are sent to Usan he where they compete with airmen from other commands for the openings offered this fire Field graders assigned to new posts it col Robert has assumed the duties of executive officer for the Usa eur Engineer school and Murnai photos photo i col Gubert Pedersen 36th Wing operations 721 students enrol n Berlin courses 31 at the Berlin come education Cen Ter have a total enrolment of 721 according to George chief educational the total includes 489 of duty 90 on duty students in typing and German 58 asic education students and 84 in University of Maryland most popular courses Are the German language classes with 187 students enrolled in the education Center and in the University of typing classes Are next with 138 six nation group holds discussions at club in Mainz 31 countries Are represented at the weekly International discussion groups held at the Mainz service meetings have been held for students at Mainz University and 2d army div personnel and de Pendents in the Mainz Stu dents from Ireland and India have met with soldiers and dependents to discuss topics of the purpose of the meetings is to compare government policies and social conditions of International Obliga and responsibilities of the other discussions dealt with comparison of educational stand Ards and Grade Levels of German and comparative governments and International it col Fred Jackson is new co of 1st lt2d inf at he was formerly with the 143d to in As executive staff changes be shifts 3 officers 31 special three Field Grade officers received new posts this week in a shuffle to replace two officers who have re turned to the col Louis port adj was moved up to port executive officer to replace col George r who has returned to the states to attend the armed forces staff College at maj James formerly has taken Over Jacksons maj Horace Locklin was named port ordnance succeeding col John who has returned to the other staff changes included 36ih fighter bomber it col Gilbert Pedersen was named Wing operations re placing maj Francis who rotated to the who was formerly stationed at Manston Raf flew c46 commandos Over the Hump in the theater during world War maj William who took part in the atomic bomb tests at last has taken Over his duties As base operations officer at the 36ths new Field at Norris also participated in the Ber Lin air maj Jimmie who served three years with the 93d bomb up in England during world War was named co of Del 31st air weather Giessen col Fred of the 764th medical assumed the duties of dental surgeon at the Giessen dental com maj Earl Advance Section is returning to the Burris took part in nine wartime campaigns and served in Korea before coming to command conference to review jul october news 31 armed forces talk report on is the subject distributed for unit command con Serences this the a regular quarterly news reviews world Everts from july i october a politically and economically this 1952 was an important the for the Schuman Kan for pooling the Coal and steel resources of and the Benelux nations was into the High created to administer the Schuman plan also voted to draft plan for uniting Europe Europe was making Prog Poliuc ally and its defense program was great Britain announced that its arms contributions to nato would have to be spread Over four years instead of France announced that because of its commitments in Indochina it would be unable to meet its rearmament goals without added help from the during this the soviet whose menacing actions Are largely responsible for the existence of held its 19th allusion in theory the con Gress is the chief policymaking body of the soviet Union and the communist most important action of the Congress was the Dis solution of the politburo and the these two groups were replaced by a presidium which will the functions of both and make for More centralized control Over the observers who think Georgi Malenkos will succeed Stalin found support for their theory in the important role played by Malenkos in the rising nationalism because of a rising of nationalism and ant foreign sentiment which opens the Way for communist the Middle East has become very important in the East West in the jul october Iran broke off negotiations in its dispute with Britain Over the Abadan Oil also during the summer a group of army officers headed by Gen Mohammed Naguib overthrew the government in Egypt and forced King Farouk to after making himself Naguib concentrated on ridding the government of corruption and began a land Reform his Force Ful leadership has not Given the communists any Chance to capitalize on the political and economic Situa Tion in other events and situations re viewed in the talk Are the racial tension in South the death of socialist Leader Kurt the deadlocked aus Trian treaty the situations in Korea and and the establishment a Mutual defense organization by new Zea and the it col Gerard formerly with the 37th transportation he transport is now co of the 28th transportation try 1hoto col Louis Jackson blk executive officer organized by yanks in Weinheim area 31 troop boy scouts of was organized in Weinheim recent the new troop meets in the Community Center every Friday the eight scouts and two explorers witnessed a first Aid demonstration by sgt Joseph Plum and sgt Dalton of Del 62d my Highway at one of their first scoutmaster for the new troop is maj Winfield of the Usa eur transportation assistant scoutmaster Are pfc Harry 3s2d my in and 2d it 7849th Orel Stock control maj o 37th transportation heavy transport is troop com Mittee Hac brownies present Cinderella before dads 31 special Heidelberg girl scouts and Brown ies presented a show at the january dads club meeting in the brownies and girl scouts Sang several songs the direction of he area come girl scout then troop 88 brownies presented their version of fire in Clam Gallas club soldering wooden beams caused damage in the Clam Gallas service club before the fire was authorities they said fire was traced to heat radiation escaping through defective Metal flooring in a fire
