European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday november 17, 1958 Higgins takes Over As Naco Deputy co Frankfurt special col Gregory l. Higgins Frankfurt. Post commanding officer since my 8, has assumed duties As Deputy co and chief of staff of Northern area come Here. Lie succeeds col Joe f. Surratt present Naco co.3d inf div col William p. Yarborough co of this division s 7th inf at Aschaffenbur Ger Many has b e c n transferred to ludwigs Burg for duty with the Brucker Calls strength was to keep peace it. Monmouth ii . Up army Secretary Wither m. Brucker urged America to be so Strong that no evil Force will dare risk War again As he paid tribute tothe first signal corps Soldier killed in world War i. Brucker was among 250 veterans of the Rainbow division who Gath ered it it. Monmouth to commemorate the death of pvt Wilbur p. Wilkerson 40 years ago. Wilkerson 19, was killed in 1918 As one of the soldiers in the 117thsignal in. He was buried at Crox merc  placed a Wreath in Hon or of  a Brief address Brucker hailed the Noble spirit which refuses to let us forget. Our Job is to be so Strong that no evil Force will dare risk War  draft rejects up by w pet. Washington a the army s rate of rejection for selective service registrants has in creased about 10 per cent As a re sult of High standards made effect live last August. However there has been no in crease in the draft Calls which Are running about 11,000 a month. Whether the impending Cut Back of 30,000 More Mon by the army will affect the Calls could not be determined. Many enlist draft Calls represent Only a fraction of the Young men of draft age19 through 25who enter the armed forces the reserves and the National guard. Many enlist. The rejection rate of registrants has risen from about 35 per Cento about 45 per cent As a result of the higher  include a new test for a variety of skills for All youths who make a Low score in their first tests. 794, h Usa eur Liaison up. Tentative command of the 7th has been taken Over by it col Robert l. Dickerson executive officer. Bracone general depot col Miles b. Chatfield has retired from military service after serving As co of this depot in franc since sept. 1, 1957. Frankfurt Post it col . Carter former executive officer has assumed command of this  col Charles p. Kroposky former is has been appointed boards claims courts and fund officer. A tool Willlim c. Marcum former s2-s3, has been named special services officer. 7tii army 1iq it col Georgem. Cooley chief of the personnel actions division and Deputy in the adjutant general Section at this Headquarters in a shingon Ger Many bus been transferred to the Brooke army medical Center att. San Houston Tex. 10tii air Force it col John l. Stewart formerly with the air Craft control and warning Section in the directorate of operations . Air Force he in Washington has been named commander of the h7 Ithac a so at Ben dorm Spain. 52iitii fighter interceptors it. Col John h. Pedigo is the new commander of this Squadron at Ramstein Germany succeeding it col William p. Brierly who has been transferred to the directorate of operations of the 8gth fighter interceptor wing.40tii arty it. Col William t. Hatter formerly with the com Mand and general staff school at it. Leavenworth kan., is the new commander of the 4 the arty s 2d missile in at Wei Bruecken Ger Many. 321 surgical Hospital a tool David e. Macquigg formerly chief of the Anaesthetic Section at the 2d general Hospital at land Stuhl has assumed command of this Hospital at , Ger Many. Walleit Iidro Post it co Victor b. Fox former chief of the operations Section in the office of the comptroller at Usa eur he has taken Over command of this Post in Germany. Army helps set up War cemetery statue Kaiserslautern plaque awarded to trans div Kaiserslautern Germany special the transportation Divi Sion won the Kaiserslautern Gen eral depot s safety plaque for the month of october. Vehicles of the unit traveled72.9s3 Miles without an Accident during the month. Since july the division Lias compiled n total of247.892 Miles without a mishap. An army Crane lifts the great Mourner a Htut tie by Berlin sculptor Kiiu Knudson to. Its Pedestal at a new world War ii cemetery at bad Naii Heim Germany As Knutton supervises setting it up. More than 400 War victims from eight nations Are buried at bad Naii Heim. The cemetery was to be dedicated in special rites sunday Ger Many s National Day of mourning. A photo contract awarded to build Nike zeus launcher in . Washington up the army has announced awarding a $1,570,000 contract for the construction of launching Assembly and storage facilities for its anti missile missile. The contract went to c.  and co. Of Elpaso Tex. The facilities will be built at the while Sands missile Range in new Mexico. The army s antimissile missile designed to shoot Down Russia s 5,000-mile intercontinental rockets has been designated the Nike zeus. Navy oks $79 million for skyhawk air plane Washington is a con tract for More than $79 million has been awarded Douglas aircraft co s Al Segundo calif., division for production of a4d2n skyhawk air Craft the Navy announced  contract is for the third ver Sion of the a4d, the Navy s lightest attack plane. Navy and Marine units will use the Nev weapon. The a4d2n is a single place Low Wing plane of aluminium Alloy de signed to operate from All sizes of carriers and from Short Landing Fields. 2 plans tested to boost Bond sales Frankfurt special North Ern area come has been selected As a test site for two plans de signed to increase department of the army civilian participation in vets Dine on Tab paid 50 years ago new York up More than 200 National guard veterans had a Hearty dinner Here paid for 60 year a ago by a former commanding officer. The veterans of the 171st inf regt ate in the armory at Park Avenue and 84th St. At a me Morial dinner for col Henry p. Martin who commanded the regi ment in the civil War. Martin left $10,000 in Trust on his death in 1006 to finance the yearly dinners for the veterans association. The . Savings Bond program. The first plan Calls for o Speed pin the delivery of Bonds to a civilians and the second makes provision for a payroll deduction plan for purchasing a savings Bondin three instalments. Both plans Are expected to be implemented Usa eur wide pending results of the test period officials said. The first plan according to maj r. B. Mcintire Naco finance officer Calls for the delivery of the savings Bonds to the individuals at the time of delivery of the paycheck from which the pay Deduc Tion was made. 3 to 4-month lag current procedure in Susareu requires that pay deductions for sayings Bonds be forwarded to the finance Center in the . Which serves As the Bond issuing Agency for overseas commands. This results in a three to four month lag be tween payroll deduction and the receipt of the Bond by the individual. The three pay period payroll deduction plan will eliminate the requirement called for in current procedures that the minimum deduction each pay period be equal to the full Purchase Price of Abond. 7th army performers to sing on German to Vaihinger. Germany special thirty selected Soldier performer from 7th army units will be Fea tured in an hour Long variety show America sings this Way also on the German National television net work nov. 22 at 5 30 pm. The show to be telecast from the Baden Baden studios of the South West German network will include Early american music negro spirituals As Well As jazz and Rock n Roll. Setae sgt meets pvt he adopted Long ago Vicenza Italy special m sgt Lee r. Trevathan though the face was familiar when he traded glances with another South Ern Europe task Force Soldier working in the same building Here. The other Soldier pvt Thoma Madarasz quickly recalled How Trevathan had temporarily adopted him 11 years ago i Augsburg Germany. Visitors to Madrid cautioned to lock their automobiles Madrid is visitors tothe Madrid area should be particularly careful about Locking their cars and taking valuables out of their cars when leaving them unattended officials Here warn. Many american privately owned cars have been broken into during recent weeks by unknown  air Force officials said that personnel observing suspicious persons loitering around parking areas or actually observing persons in the act of entering cars Are to Call Spanish police and the air police and keep the person under surveil Lance until arrival of authorize police. Under no circumstances will personnel Endeavor to physically subdue or otherwise take the Law into their own hands unless under the visual direction of Spanish  Chiron Sec cited for help in fire Chiron France special Sec Hardy d. Moore of det b of the army general depot Here was awarded a certificate of achieve ment for his part in putting out a fire in the depot s commissary building. At a Retreat ceremony col Philips. Galanti depot co read a citation which credited Moore with saving the army thousands of dollars. The incident occurred on july 2 when Moore heard a fire whistle and saw smoke billowing from the commissary building. At that time Madarasz then 13, was a displaced person from Hun Ary. During the Winter of 1947-48, Trevathan then with the 557th Ord co took the boy into his Home and provided him with food shelter and clothing. Bringing Trevathan up to Date on what had happened to him since Madarasz told How he had returned to Hungary and become a Freedom fighter in the 1956 Revo Lution. As the revolt was being crushed Madarasz fled to the West and won passage to the ., where he joined the army in 1957. He is now assigned to the 574thquartermaster co while his for Mer Benefactor has an office afew doors away with the Supply and maintenance company. Miss Recruiter sue Boucher 18, of Joliet iii., was chosen miss Chica Goland Marine Recruiter by recruiters at Chicago and 18 surrounding towns. Up photo