European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday match if says Hico equipped lavishly for top men Al tells Hoase group of Ham slicers. Glassware Washington March 20 a House subcommittee investigating charges of a lavish building spree by the of f ice of the  High commissioner for Germany yester Day heard testimony that luxury Homes for top american officials had special glassware for water Beer c h a m p a g n a to e k t a i 1 a liqueurs and three different types of wine. " ? Ellis chief investigator of the general accounting office testified a $16,750,000 housing project at Bonn and the bad Godesberg area was found to be  he said investigations raised certain doubts Over the legality of the projects inasmuch As con Gressional approval was neither sought nor  ,. The $927,000 House Ellis told a subcommittee of the House government operations committee that the Hico office used funds in a special account under control of the state depart meat. He said the project included 458 apartment units costing $21,000 each five separate houses ranging in Cost from $115,000 to $227,000, rehabilitation of an old Castle for the ambassador at a Cost of $239, 000 and a Community Center Cost ing $3,700,000. He cited a Hico report indicating costs of so cents per cubic foot. That was t too bad he added but the trouble is too Many  Ellis said four bedroom apart ments contained 2,500 Square feet of floor space and living rooms in houses ran 500 to 600 Square feet. Large rooms those Are very Large rooms he commented. Furnishings included anything any housewife could Ever need Ellis said including such things As a dozen each of water glasses Beer glasses Chanan Agne glasses liqueur  item that intrigued me was the listing of three Ham slicers. I Don t understand that said Ellis. All in All he added it was in  Glenn Wolfe executive 4ircc-Orof the Hico office testified that $3,000,000,000 american Aid to Ger Many had generated about 11,500, 000,000 Marks to Jerman counter part funds., 4 most of that has been spent by the German government in rebuild ing Industry Wolfe said. James Riddleberger chief of Ger Man affairs in the state depart ment told the committee the . Stands to come out very Well financially on this  resale value High he said the buildings have a Good resale value once the Ger Man treaties Are ratified and the . Pulls out he also said it would be possible for the Bonn project to be converted promptly into an embassy with All the needed e m p 1 o y e s housed the added the Bonn accommodations Are in line with what the embassy staff had before world War in " " Wolfe said he has already been approached by German government officials and  of other embassies to let them know whenever there Are any vacancies. He added a rental scale is now being worked out against the Day apartments and houses can be re leased by the americans. Tentatively he said the apart ments will rent from $125 to $166 month. Promotions week the is Washington Bureau Washington March Force Headquarters is expected to announce next week details of forthcoming temporary promotions to colonel lieutenant colonel major and Captain. The initial group of Advance ments May be made during the first week in april. Next week s announcement will report the schedule of promotions for the remainder of the fiscal years for officers Soho have been selected by the major of com mands.  of officials have not disclosed How Many promotions Are to tie made but analysis of available statistics shows there Are numerous  ceiling on capt 1st it the legislation which repealed the Davis amendment permits the of to have june 30 a total of 4,351 colonels 8,602 lieutenant colonels and 21,454 majors. There is no ceiling on promotions to Captain and first  of Jan. 31, the of had approximately 4,000 colonels 8,000 lieutenant colonels and 19,000 majors. There were 36,000 captains 32,000 first lieutenants and 23,000 second lieutenants. It has been announced previously that in addition to the forthcoming vacancies about 3,000 Reserve officers Are slated to leave Active duty april. 1 because they declined to accept permanent re serve assignments. Most of these probably will be in Captain and lieutenant rank it is reported but some hold higher grades. Some reservists face recall in the next three months How Ever the of will recall some Volunteer Reserve officers to Active duty. From inactive status but probably not As Many As will be leaving the service. The of said earlier that it would not release the full list of selections made by the major com mands until actual promotion cow be made to fill existing vacancies but there is a possibility now in View of the favourable con Gressional action on the Davis amendment that eligibility list swill be released. Jelke vice Case figure guilty May gel 3 or. New York March 20 Ray Russell Davioni 34, unemployed press agent and Jelke vice ease figure pleaded guilty to Liv ing off proceeds of. Prostitution the earnings  Pat Ward. Sentencing was set for april 17, when he could get the maximum of three years in prison. Jelke is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow. Costa of housing not paid by ., witness says Washington March 20 executives for fees ranging from $20 to $1,000 a night. Open to press Public Kaplan said the press and Public would not be barred from the trial As was the Case when Minot f. Mickey Jelke was  in a new York court for running a similar prostitution ring. Howard former husband of actress Diana Barrymore is charged with transporting a red haired Tel Evision actress from California to new York for immoral purposes. He and Jelke Are close friends Kaplan said. Witnesses at the How Ward trial will include some of the same Call girls who testified against Jelke.30 witnesses subpoenaed Kaplan said 30 witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify for the government including several a. Tors producers and agents from Hollywood. Their names will not be disclosed in Advance because Idon t want innocent people to he come involved in the Case he said. The government charges that Howard pocketed More than $5,000 in four months from fees turned Over to him by girls who plied their Trade in Central Park. Hotels overlooking Ike favors of Academy Washington March 20 cup president Eisenhower said to news conference today he in lives the air Force should Haw an Academy to match the Arnor s West Point and the Navy s att Napolis. Chairman Dewey Short a it Ftp of the House armed services con Mittee introduced a Bill in january to set up an of Academy. Us Bill similar to legislation first pro posed before Congress in 1949, was sponsored by the defense depart ment. The location of an Academy car not been decided so far As is publicly known. In March 1951 an of selection Board announced that set in possible permanent Sites for 98academy were under consideration. They Are Camp be ale near Marysville Calif. A site near Colo Rado Springs Colo. A site Nett Madison ind. A site near Char Lofft . Randolph Field to. Andrw Sites near Grapevine and in Gray son county  23 Navy men end 2-Montli underwater test for atomic stub wirw7 t Riv Movw in Marrh on Trio act Man to. Non his head pc Rorwille. Ind. Of the Navy med portend said Duff Ner but Mnew lond on conn., March 20 upyt Twenty three human Guinea pigs emerged yesterday from a submarine in which they had been sealed for two months and agreed that what they missed most were women and . Most of them said they would t want to do it again. Navy officials said they were very Happy with the results of operation hideout the atomic age Experiment to learn what would happen to the minds and bodies of men confined for the Long periods it is believed an atomic powered submarine could remain submerged. The first Man to pop his head out when the Hatch was opened at 2 pm yesterday was torpedo Man s mate 1/c Roy e. ,30, of Roosevelt Calif. But he got no glimpse of sunlight. He came out in pouring rain Good to see Daylight How do you feel asked cmdr Gerald j. Duffner who supervised the Experiment. Fine sir la Shear answered. It s Good to see Daylight  behind him obviously anxious to get out pushed 22 njord sailors who had t seen the sky in 60 Days. I m very very glad to get out said it cmdr r. E. Faucett 36, of Perryvale ical corps. He was the Only officer aboard the sub the  had Dock. The greatest problem was morale said Faucett the Job of try ing to keep everybody Happy. We had our usual differences that had to be straightened out but. On the whole everybody was  the Navy wanted to learn the reaction of human beings exposed to a High concentration of Carbon dioxide in sealed quarters for Long periods of time. The answers were top  Navy is very Happy with the test results and what they portend said Duff Ner but would not elaborate except to Sty j Only the Navy Learned it a favourable for men to stay in a atomic submarine for two Montia i d never go Back in James e. Bates 18, of mich., one of the two Lviv we. Pc i " it  in the Experiment. Bat food was  Richard n. Bola rid 20, City Iowa said being cooped in Here for was just like being in Jaal the men spent their fre watching television the radio playing games ing. " s