European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It april 9, 153 the stars and stripes Page 9 staff changes. Ii in 3d army div receive View posts v bad Kreuz Nach apr 8 spec lad six staff changes were announced recently by 2d army div he. Tit coi Robe b. Crayton co of the 57th medium to in was Das executive officer it combat  Crayton served in Africa and Europe during world War moving to the 7th Amy g3 Section is it col Albert e. Seifert Tive officer of combat come � Seifert is a West Point graduate served with the 14th army div Europe during a Pratt War is a graduate of the general staff  Selfert is it col John rhe Naii goal Point buys solid fuel for every . Unit in Germany Heidelberg april 8 special of the huge amounts of Coal re moved from the Ruhr Valley each year Usa eur Engineer division s rheingau Coal Point sees that the army gets the  rheingau Coal Point is responsible for purchasing Coal for every Usa eur installation in Western Germany and Berlin. Dur ing the Berlin air lift in late 1948 and Early 1949, every bit of Coal Vised by the Berlin Mil Post was sacked a project requiring Treen 1st Asle an a in Johnstone assistant g3. John a entered ure army with. The inf Rev Ohio National Iby the end of world War he was co of a 145tli battalion. Maj. William d. Void executive seer of the leaders. School i for the school s commandant maj Willis f. Mcdonald exec officer of tie 12tn-armd inf will become head of the Corn id maintenance inspection team acing maj Arthur a. Olson is moving to the g3 Section. 4m int div maj Peter s. Les has been assigned As co of Olseth engr  44-year-old major served the american military advisory group in Greece from a 1952 to March 1953 As chief raining officer of the medical Sec Tiki Scoles saw combat As the 7th Cav regimental surgeon and medi Cal co co. From his experiences in Korea he wrote an article called anecdotes of a combat medic for the military surgeon monthly army Magazine. Wheelus Field major car Rol d. Briscoe has been named to replace it col John c. Summers As comptroller of the 1603d air transport  Summers is leaving for a Post with the management analysis division of the comptroller s office in Usan in Washington. He has Lien Wing comptroller since August 1351. Briscoe has been the Deputy comptroller since his arrival in 1952. Summers served with the 8th in England during world War in after the War he attended the cd m m a n d and general staff school and was later assigned to the air Force Institute of tech Jjo logy at Wright Patterson fab Ohio. He remained there until com Ping to wheelus in 1950. Briscoe also served with the 8th fax during world War in after Titar Fous stateside assignments he transferred to wheelus Field. W h e e 1 a s Field authorities also bounced the appointment of a base Exchange officer to re a j Chester c. Fogleman has been assigned to s Post Ith he of european Exchange Bordeaux France. E new base Exchange officer is Frank w. Gurney who has Exchange officer at Westwer mass., for the past two years ing the War he served in Al tex., Camp Davis n. C., and Trozal Panama. In 1946 he was a n s f e r r e d to Hickam Field Vii where he was assigned Rasof officer and remained there unt january 1950 when he was sent Westover. He came to Tripoli december. Members of 32d  in us build Furj Isnow chapels during spare time. I  Mildenhall England april 8 special Ashen officials of the 32d , stationed in eng land a re compiling a unit his tory recently they decided to in clude something about the Bri Gade s religious activities. Consult ing the four brigade chaplains and their staffs the officials discovered that spiritual life plays a much greater part in the lives of Amer ican servicemen than anyone had  Lakenheath where the 60th aaa in is located chaplain Robert g. Alexander said that services of All denominations for both army and air Force personnel were being conducted in air Force chapels. " since these chapels were far from the perimeter track near the gun sections it was. Obvious that the men on duty there needed a Chapel of their own. It col Wil Liam d. Ward co of the 60th, designated a Laing hut to be used As a Chapel and soldiers volunteered to put the building in order. The perimeter Chapel was dedicated on sept. 5, -1952. A monthly Competition is now held Between batteries of the 60th for the Best Chapel attendance the Friendly rivalry for a Small brass Cross award has increased Chapel attendance almost 300 per cent officials say. When the battalion mos de to upper hey Ford a Large. Percen age of battalion personnel were As signed to an area known As site 3. There was no Chapel there so another Laing hut was set aside. Sec Lamar a. Everson of Btry d. And pfc Kenneth w. Kirchoff he 3try, designed and built an altar and Rostrum As Well As enough jews to accommodate 100 people. Others painted the furniture and Walls. The Chapel was officially opened on the unit s organization Day last Jan. 15. Built in week when chaplain maj Harry c. Hand was assigned to the 92d aaa in at Brize Norton soldiers there did t wait for a building to be assigned for use As a Chapel. They built one in one week s time. They re finishing the pews now the building is appropriately called our  soldiers of the 39th aaa in donated More than $400 in Cash to Supply drapes altar accessories and Fine Woodwork for their Chapel said chaplain capt Cleetis c. Clemens. Twelve soldiers volunteered to finish the wooden benches. Theater used at Langham Camp on the Northsea site of an Anglo american firing Range a theater was being used for Chapel services. The men stationed there purchased a por table altar a piano and built a pulpit stand. Maj George Sylvester Comman Dant of the 32d  arty school at Brigstock said that Stu dents varnished chair and floors and built a confessional in a build ing designated As a Chapel. Soldiers airmen and British civilians witness the baptism of american servicemen in the River Lark Isleham England. Chaplain capt John Bryden conducts the rites. Army photo International party in Vienna Vienna april 8 special International month a program sponsored by the Clam Gallas service club will be climaxed april 11 with an International  French British and Amer ican soldiers will be feted to a full Day of entertainment. Beginning at 1 pm will be a tour of the International sector of Vienna at 2 pm French and British sol Diers will compete for the inter National City Ping Pong Champion ship. Dancing a Monte Carlo pro Gram and a floor show will Beji Eldin the evening followed by an International night club tour to begin at 9 30  from the Monte Cailo program will be donated to a viennese settlement House sup ported by the american children s Friendship  month s activities already have featured a British night and French night. American entertainers provided a show for an american weekend. Megi sgt kisses capt -. They re Kin Olnhausen april s a s in sgt James a. Dodd of to. Inf regt kissed a Captain i front of the Frankfurt Bohnhof Tabody called the maps the Cap did t mind at All. She had t her brother in Law since 1346. At Mary Dodd is an officer in army. Area transportation and is married to. Dodd s maj fre Dodd. The sergeant and the major have not seen each other since coincidence brought them together for two minutes on a Pusan Landing Field in 1950. " stationed in Korea sgt Dodd was one of five Ameri can soldiers stationed in Pusan at the outbreak of the korean War whose Job was to manage the Pusan Airport. Two Days after the shoot ing started a Light reconnaissance plane piloted by maj Dodd landed at the Field with the news that the 19th inf regt was on the Way. Sgt Dodd who had no idea that his brother was in the plane walked Over to give the Pilot some mail to take Back to Japan. The Brothers were Able to spend Only two minutes together before the plane had to take off again. Be cuts Bills with phone relays Bremerhaven april 8 Spe Cial installation of special relays to prevent unauthorized Telephone Calls is saving be an estimated 21,000 Marks a year according to the port signal  col Albert l. Strohn port signal officer said the relays prevent unauthorized Calls from military phones to Deutsche Post numbers. Strohn said the number of Calls dropped 24,000 in the first two months the system was used. S52d medical Del Mark first year in France Fontenet France april 8 Spe Cial the 522d medical det recently celebrated the first anniversary of its arrival in France. The unit landed at la pallice on March 8, 1952, and soon afterwards was sen to Fontenet to operate the Fontenet ordnance depot dispensary two huge cakes were baked by mrs. Jean Schroeder wife of detachment commander 1st it car Schroeder. The unit was activated at Madi Gan army Hosp., Tacoma. Fous amounts of time and. Effort. Besides testing the Quality of Coal and Coke from the Ruhr and briquettes from the Cologne Brown Oal Fields the rheingau unit builds Uge stockpiles during the summer months to decrease pressure of theoal Fields during the Winter de  the army wants the Best course in Fidel sampling was set up at a Heinaru. To Dale 101 Stu tents have qualified to test the 1 types of fuel the army purchases rom 40 Coal  . Civilians and 77 Ger Man employees operate the Coaling tation. Their diversified jobs Range rom analysis of fuel types to operating the overhead Bridge cranes and clerking in the Yard s offices. The rheingau Coal Point has the id Vantage of one of the finest in and harbours in Central Europe. It s also located close to the Rhine River and an excellent network of anal simplifying shipping prob  s stockpile becomes a Gold pile in the Winter months. Since rail shipping costs to South Ern Germany Are much less costly rom rheingau than from the Ruhr thousands of dollars arc saved annually by purchasing Coal in sum Mer and having it shipped to Rhein a by water. Stockpile Hazard stockpiles develop into a Hazard of since there is a danger of Spon Anekua combustion when pile temperatures climb to 160 degrees fahrenheit or above. Consequently thermometers Are placed in each bituminous Coal pile and overhead cranes move the pile should the readings climb to the danger Point of 160  of the Ina s important operations is the Coal sampling proc Ess. Samples Are taken from Stor age areas rail cars and barges the pieces crushed and packed in 6-Pound  containers Are then sent to the Hanau chemical Laboratory for analysis. If the British Thermal unit Content varies More that 2% per cent the Coal dealer is notified to adjust his Price to compensate for the lesser fuel value. 109th regt men get Field mess training Gablinger april 8 special mess personnel of the 109th in regt were shown the proper Way to set up a Field mess in demonstrations conducted Here recently. Under the direction of it col Joseph r. Caton regimental executive officer two Messing Sites were set up. The poor mess site was constructed by co e. Scattered about the area were meat cleavers Butch or knives pots pans and garbage. Afler Mesa personnel visited the poor site they inspected the co demonstration to observe the proper Way to set up a Field mess. Mess personnel were later flown Over the demonstration area 10th fid Hosp phones out 3 hours Cable Cut biter Zberg april Spe Cial All Telephone facilities of the la fid Hosp Here were Cut recently when an employee of Agerman contractor inadvertently sawed through the Telephone lines leading to the Hospital. The Cable was severed during Road construction operations near the  Workman said be thought the line was an unused Cable leading to a nearby banker. Telephone service was. Restored after three boars. L