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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, April 4, 1953

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday april 4, of a three new Are offices " _ at com z bases � Heidelberg april 3 special Miree new army emergency Relief offices have been opened in France bringing the Tola now operating in to Sabeur to Nice. The new offices set up to serve. Com a Are in Orleans la Rochelle rid Verdun Ter offices in Ger Many Are in Heidelberg Frankfurt v staff changes " col Wilkon Dii moves to Post div Heideb Efig april 3 special lit col William c. Wilkinson jr., member of the Usa eur g3 plans Branch since last january has been. Assigned to the 43d inf i in. He will assure his new duties next week. Wilkinson served for 3 years with tie office of strategic serv ices in t he China Burma India theater during world War in Dur ing this time he took part in guerrilla activity ii Burma and China prior to. Helping plot Gier Rilla raids r against. Japanese held Thailand Malaya and Sumatra. He was an instructor at the co Minand and general staff c61 Leavenworth Kan prior Munich Stuttgart Nurnberg an Kaiserslautern two Willard f. Wyman com Mand Are Branch chief said the opening of. Section offices for Ber Lin Bremerhaven and the 32d aaa Brig in England is planned for the near future. Gained to head 4he. Three sections in France Are capt James f. Couture at Orleans maj Lyle w. Edgar at a to Chelie and capt i3oris n. Wuu Ainson at yer duty. " Wyman Sald during the " three months Are offices have been operating it Usa eur joans or Grants totalling More than $22,080have been to Trade to. 127 soldiers in the Cora Road Are is set up to administer direct financial Aid to military personnel and their families in cases of emergency not handled by the Redcross the Loans or outright Grants Are made through the Section office sin Usa eur applications for assistance should be made to the appropriate Are officer or through an american Redcross representative who will for scouts Dye eggs for de children Ward it 4o the corned Are officer con films to cab Niseng t Usa eur last no Mats judge advocate Beas sighed to 12th of tubes a Washington Bureau. Washington april 3 col James k. Kneussl who has been justas judge advocate for the Mili " tary air transport service Here has been reassigned to the 12thaf in Germany. .,.-,he will be succeeded by col Bernard a. Smith formerly with the Board of review at Usan  Knessi r and. Smith remembers Jot the bar of the , supreme 169th fax regt wins 43d div Kifle meet Munich april a special the 166th inf regt win the 43d inf div Small bore Rifle meet at Jense Barracks behind the 371 score Fay pvt Charlack Matsubara. Matsubara string As Anceli Man brought his team out of the 365 Point Hole a beat the 103d regt run Crup in the tourney. Matsubara who comes fro Hawaii said that he has had very Little experience with the .22-Calrifle used in the tournament. He is an expert with the my. Augsburg april 3 special the ,43din t j in became one i Tai last stops on a worldwide Ipox movie tone shooting tour. Shots were Takeh at flak Cavern and at Sheridan Cavern for a forthcoming color film depicting the army in All its far Flung stations. A three Man camera Crew headed by Joseph Kenas and accompanied by Gap James Altiery of the e pc apartment of the army Public in formation department. Has filmed army activities Iff Korea and the Pacific Turkey and Italy. The tour began last september. ,. After taking shots at Divisio Headquarters the cameramen moved to Sheridan Cavern where they caught Btry a 963d a in leaving the Cavern in tactical order for a. Field problem. Btry b was again filmed in route to the Field. In the afternoon the Crew shot the 1st in lq2d inf Regj in Bat Talion formation. A 1 1 i e r i e said that though also for Public consumption the. Movie will prove valuable in informing the troops on the global scope. Of Fth army s Mission. Heidelberg masons to meet Heidelberg april 3 special a meeting of the Alt. Heidelberg masonic club will be held april 8 at $ pm in the ballroom of the Europa hotel. All master masons in the Heidelberg area Are invited. Boy and Girt scouts Dye eggs for an easter egg Hunt for the children of the Goeppinger area do Camp. Scouts Are left to tight Carl Mann Judy Ziegler Sid Alexander Sarah Wetherill Sharon Leibovitz and. Tom Pearson. Airs Edward Byrne rear left. Girl scout director Ana Cpl Robert n. Pratt. 38th div boy scout director supervise. V " army photo easier Parade plan service april 3 special easter Sunrise Servides will Climax the Heiy wee if religious program of ser Gemen and their families in tie Naples area activity chaplain m. J. Bouterse will con suit Driy services scheduled for 5 30 am on the pier alongside the  Adirondack. Music win be supplied by the support activity band under the direction of . Navy chief . Temple and the protestant Chapel choir directed by Sosio Manzo american student at the san Carlo opera. Chaplain d. J. N. Wanstall pastor of the Naples Church of Christ will deliver the easter message. The singing of two High masses sunday Grill close a holy week of special services for Catholic personnel. Here to assist . Navy chaplain j. J. Macinnes with devotions and confessions during holy week " Are three american priests from Rome. Holiday Jinx strikes airman for third time font a i Neble a , april 3 special you can t run away from a Jinxi discovered a/1cjack Fincher who has tried to elude an easter Hoodoo for three years and failed each time. In 1951 the Oklahoma airman spent his first air Force easter in a it Sam Houston tex., Kitchen up. Last year he had migrated to the 4sth fighter bomber Wing at Samee troops build theater from boxes by. Don Walter staff ,e&poi3ext Orleans France aprils a sol Soldier sin the Samec Are wanted i Jaq vie theater so they built one out of boxes t j. It s so simple As that tie com & Rooss Havno entertainment at a a on Aie Iribas a few months ago so they  did crates and stray pieces of lumber and buil t the theater in their spare now they five a 120-seat theater with regular mov i schedules. It is always crowded with dependents As Well As soldiers. A new 16-mm projector has been installed. The Samec area is near Orleans. Men of the 432d pm Salvage det the 62d pm laundry Dot the kt9th pm reclamation maintenance det toe 102d bakery Jet and five other units Are stationed Here. Recently tace headquarter a Samec Soldier smiles from the Box office of the theater men of the area built from boxes an scrap lumber a is Footo building was the Only permanent Structure on the base. Everything else including the mess was housed indents a mess Hall Large enough for 200 men was built first and. In much the same manner a a the theater with Odds and ends the pkg 9&x24 foot building,.went up on Only a 4ay acid a ham.1.-.1". ,.- to Sec William Jackson was largely responsible for the Quick construes Tion. He supervised the jobs he also adopted the theater As his special project and has plans for. Future improvements on the building. Jackson was. In charge of the construction of a third building As Well a storage room also built of boxes. The mess Hall will be replaced soon by a prefab. Then the build ing the men built will become a Day room. La. But he could t he was charge of Alexandria get away quarters on easter. This week the Holiday Jinx caught up with him again. He s slated for duty clerk easter Sun Day at he Allied air forces Cen trial Europe Here. " Augsburg a to plans egg Hunt on sunday Augsburg april 3 special dependent children of the Augsburg area were invited to the Augsburg a to s second annual easter egg Hunt at 2 pm sunday at the Augsburg officers qui. Mrs. David g. Atteberry com Mittee chairman requested that All children under the age of 6 be accompanied by an adult. In Case of rain the event will be held on monday at z pm. Bible students scouts to fete German kids Stuttgart. April 3 dressed in their neatest of uniforms with White helmets scarfs and shoelaces men from the Catholic men s club of Cook Barracks stood guard in goes Pingen Catholic churches during the easter holy Days from 8 am thursday until mid night Spray two men each stood at Parade jest during the Exposi Tion of the blessed sacrament in St Mary s churches. Honor certificate Buedingen april 3 special sgt Joe j. Starek he Btry 517th arid a in recently received a certificate of achievement from maj Gen Bruce c. Clarke cd 1starmd div it. Hood Tex the certificate was awarded to Star Elk. For the part he played in setting up the 1st army div Sig Nal school. " Stuttgart holds singing j contest finals j Stuttgart april 3 special Stuttgart area singing contest Fuaau were held recently in the Cro a roads special services club tact of nine prize winners five Wen from 7th army units four from ck28th inf div. Winners in each class were of Lucius Teaque goes Pegen jew popular soloist pfc Jack " 5lh go classical an Sical soloist Cpl a inf regt hillbilly and Folk soloist a quartet led by Donald e. Goodrich chaplains Tion 7th army Barbershop and the rhythm aces 447th Tryc co open ensemble. Also smitty s Smokey Miho shots 112th inf regt both open ensemble and spiritual semble the 7th army directed by pvt Harold med records Section hq.7tl battalion chorus and Shecho rapiers 28th in div by Sec David Goodale chorus. Presented As a stages contest featured pfc Lou and aria Guild As Masl mistress of ceremonies and by the 28th div dance band prizes were awarded by i 3. Colman Stuttgart Diss to tement officer. All Wir have recordings of their admitted to Nurnberg Usa eur finals to be h r Ufa Sig 12 years Salzburg april 3 the 63d Sig operations but rated the 12th anniversary Elij activation recently with p it at the Camp . Following an i n v o Ca t i chaplain capt Austino the . Forces Austria Laina office it col Bob executive officer told the signalman your oulstaadia1 Ord is a Good one and Waitl accomplished much of Whf Luffa signal okie u proof you for a Job Well done Tine your Fine achieved Glover was accompanied reviewing stand by it Oal l f. Foster battalion co participating in then he co wire operation a Ca message cent Erand the 238th Sig const was supplied by the 149h& band after the review dressed the troops. A Batheon was yield at the c Cott mess and two soft Effie concluded the Day s in a i n it is p t to u Ai m Tav i 1m Wjk g. To Coa tic me Tat Fei Sei Metio Ter pc pie Tea Inghil Sava i Mit line Kama i 8 yank kids f join safety i Mildenhall special eight youths were sworn in a l of tace Mildenhall jul patrol in a special base Headquarters Hethe patrol will be a eur vis children tra school bus from to tile dependents Sci roof a at meetings each youths learn safety practice drills under vision of m sgt Thoma Mildenhall ground Salej i the patrol was Thel. M. Thomas. Mander. All the b patrol belts an they win promotions titled to Wear special Jet  
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