European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday april Gainous russians cause traffic Jam a of 1/ a lit i la trailing after visiting -., editors americans spend 7 hours in pole Boncler town pc Bufea Ere Al s t g a member of pc group of Ameri can nemets titty radio Skrec Ortw o visit to of reunion and Arr fed tact hrs in be Jim. Simon Siresi Dent and general manager of the Vaney daily news at Tarentum a i Eugene Simon or the associated press -. In route to s cow Oberlin a in this sixth. Year of the cold War the appearance of a group of american press and. Tadio representatives in Brest Litovsky caused a. Sensa two ,. ,.,. We had a seven hour Stopover in this twin City situated on the russian polish Border. After arriving in Brest the so Viet half of the City we obtained a guide who could speak a Little English hired three wartime cabs Ana started but to see the sights. The real fun started when we left the cabs after having cruised the entire town and began tour tog the business District on foot increasing y huge crowds Fol Lowed us everywhere we went extremely curious and generously sprinkled with Good nature. Our visit was unexpected an unplanned it resulted from our having been granted a permit to travel rather freely by train from Moscow Dawn through Belo rus a now across satellite Poland and soon into the soviet zone of Germany on the Road to Berlin. Guile gets loss t. The Bre Stites just naturally and without any self conscious Ness wanted to stand and stare atus. Everywhere we went traffic was stopped. The curious crowds got so Large we could scarcely get out of a store or move Down the Street. By this time our Young lady guide. V had turned up Nissing evidently be occasion had become too. Much for her. Thus we were without even the link of language but that in no Way hampered our at one Point we happened to connect up with. A Middle aged woman who could speak a Little. German of which i have a smattering too. She cheerfully advised us not to feel badly in americ because everything would be All right when the revolution am not sure we quite appreciated her solicitude about our virtually everyone in our party had a camera and we were Takin pictures like typically camera Happy american tourists. I thought we might be stretching our Luck too far for police and Soldier were everywhere. However not once did _ i or to my knowledge any member of our group experience any interference from tha military. ? except for its a o d b 1 e s to n a streets Brest might remind you of %r=3 sprawling town in the Middle West years ago i saw no new buildings. There was some Evi Dence of War destruction. Of on display in store windows Isaw stainless steel and aluminium cooking u utensils one refrigerator of. Soviet make bolts of varied co thy Ordinary dresses about which 1 know Little toys and. Vow qualify shoes Many shoes of All types were on Sale. Trying to be As objective a possible i judged they were of a Quality that could not compare favourably with medium or per haps even lower priced shoes i american the wearing apparel i have observed in Russia i believe that shoes were less up to american standards than anything else. But this does not apply to the very practical and typical russian boots hich. Are worn by Many seemed of excellent Quality and very durable. I hesitate to quote comparative prices because the official Exchange rate of 4 rubles to $1 is purely arbitrary and actually Mears Little in internal Price comparisons. There Are obviously so Many other factors such As stand Ard of living habits and needs taxes and other things that Mustbe weighed in to achieve a True ratio of comparison. Nevertheless i believe it is fair to say that Many items on Sale in Brest Are priced considerably higher than their counterparts in the . As to food i did not have much Opportunity to obtain detailed in formation. But it was obvious there was a big demand for what was on Sale. This seemed to be varied the ugh not in great quantify. Takeoff delayed when our scheduled departure from Brest happened to be delayed three hours i used the time for a Little Experiment. The station was Only a la minute walk from town so i returned alone tothe business District to see what would happen if an obvious for eight strolled by himself with camera Slung around his neck. The huge crowds of our previous visit had dispersed but even one stranger looking in windows an taking pictures caused a real stir. More police and soldiers were evident in Brest than in almost any place we have visited i Europe with perhaps the exception of Belgrade. Consequently purposely strolled past soldiers per Fen note words to brackets Ere not expressed in the German. Words i parentheses i help to Cypin the German but Are not necessary in English words id single quotation Marks Are word for word equivalents. Pro Monat Der pro Wien ii Feo Iffet is pro eth fill ? Uffia Freig Das Mark Mit eau Ich Ziehe razor pro Monatt pin Fatsich fr0h-Sitqck Dass Wokf Stieb Kiark Mitt Fruh shtick. Ich Tuffie. Ai Morgen Skahn Ich Tsi Emorgen Ain. Per month How much does it Costner month fifty. Breakfast fifty Marks with. Breakfast i move in tomorrow Fine 111 move i tomorrow. One gets Chance for unguarded stroll and policemen to see what would editor s Kots the daily German lessons Are Token from he a in course in spoken German prepared by the editorial staff of v ljb8lauon, Albert w. Singer. T34s6 Paesi i fir curation. Fernard u 326. Sil Buku of Isodore &. Kadd Stattgast new Bureau Ernie retd 9-js36. Climi Italoa. Dual Arviet isg45. Triks1e circulation circulation Norbert pert 211-19. Tiie euro Cau Koj Aldu b pubs Tak Dally Atman lot ecu us. Afraid forces n a e i me auspice of forces information act eau anon dial slow Sahel b. T9-53, the stars and stripes. Apo 175, . Army. Mall Sork office of Souid be sent to 64 Washington Street , Pobi Lauon of the armed forces Loea As second class Natter sept 23, 1947. At the under the act of March 3l is7sl Char Cigar i Tina editor s a ote .4 copy of this Tetter. Kith signature a Lutei was or carded to the finance division he Usa eur who or nisus the following information in answer to the letter a paragraph 4154t join travel regulation governs the computation Jol distance upon separation from the service release from act Jfe duty placement on the temporary disability retired list or retirement a sub paragraphs 5b and 8b to paragraph 4154 str which Art pertinent in cited Case Are 5 to Points in the United states separated a travel not to be performed. Distance will be computed to the place selected or authorised in accordance with therefrom the port of debarkation specified in sub paragraph 80. "8 ports of embarkation and debarkation. For of a travel not to be performed. The ports of embarkation. Debarkation for the purpose of sub paragraphs 5b and 6b will be specified below whether the location outside the United states sea or otherwise. Of the ports specified the one which involves amount of land travel in the United states will be used. Of j a Ween the locations overseas Are East of 100 degrees we Longitude but West of Ico degrees East Longitude roughly the Crift 1 bean area the azores Africa and Europe new York n.y., and wee Orleans la \ " 2 when the locations Are West of 100 degrees West but East of 100 degrees East Longitude roughly Alaska and East Seattle Wash san Francisco Calif., and Wilmington accordingly the distance for which travel allowance would to properly payable in the. Case would be the official distance new Orleans la., to los Angeles Calif. Or 1,978 Mijes. The regulation As currently written has Ben in effect 1 dec. 1951." indefinite enlistments and discharges i have completed three and one half years on an indefinite list ment. Can i request resignation from the army while stationed a t command i would like to get information concerning submitting application for discharge from the service. K i completed three years of sen ice on an indefinite1 feb. 1953, and i am stationed in Europe. Do i have to serve another year Here before i can submit an application. In Case i must serve Only three years on an indefinite ends ferment can i make application for discharge now since i have completed that length of service on my present enlistment til please give me the latest information and changes on a 61s3r my unit personnel Section informs me that i must serve years before i can request to be have served a tour of duty to Korea. Have the been changed or has there been a Cut in extensions for knot veterans ?
