European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse The Ivanof s got their first look at an air plane at the modern Athens Airport. Vonos moving again. Is and looked on fulled splintered Post on tin Assi Art led guards j recce. Waving a hailing in gees i hey Are seeking a \ today i Here is a new Niki Border Post Sedan is in an Salonika whore in final run. Since Luly he Ivanovs have been jiving in the allies suburb of Marousi. Under the sponsorship of he . A scarce program they have been occupying a Small House ill a Community of other in scapes. Their rent $1 3 per month and the Basic necessities of daily life.1 have been provided by Cox s office who has seen to their needs and handled the multitude of administrative affairs necessary for them to be granted passports and the visa necessary for a new life in America. When the Ivanola family entered Greece last april they wore ragged clothes had no food and less than $2 Between them. Today they All Wear new clothing provided by , eat regularly and have managed to put aside a Little Cash for a new Start. Traiko Ivanof now 50, Hopes to find work As a Driver or Mechanic the Only trades he knows. Lioubin would like to find employment in mechanical or electrical work and the two youngest Damian and Konsul Anline want to continue their schooling. If 1 can enter the . Army Liouben said i know that 1 will gel valuable train ing in Many things. If i am called in the lira it i will be very Happy to serve my new coun i mis lather kid nol do duly in world War ii bin Sas a conscript in the bulgarian a my in i he first War. Since being in Athens the Ivanovs have slaved very near to their Home in Marousi building whal Lillie furniture the have and bleeping on cols provided by Usk. In one room they have four cots Wilh i to fifth in their Small Kitchen. When they go to Hie Airport it will be for their first plane ride. Cox who has been connected with the Escapee program for several years said More than 3,000 escapees have been handled by the Athens office since the pro Gram was started in 1952. We have settled people in More than 20 countries outside the Iron curtain. The Ivanovs Are an excellent family and typical of the vast number of people be Hind the Iron curtain who strongly oppose communism and its Way of life. This family he added is a Sood demonstration of Freedom seeking people s determination to escape from a life of Bismarck by Ernie Weatherall staff writer on the estate of chateau mercy Home of the 1st Canadian air division at met France there Are a string of Hunters once called the Bismarck they were built by Germany after the Franco prussian War in 1870 but waited until 1944 to hear a shot fired in anger. After the prussian troops crushed the forces of Nepolean Iii the often changed Borders of Alsace Lorraine became German territory. To protect Metz against a pos sible French attack Bismarck ordered bunkers and fortifications built. During world War i the Kaiser s armies did most of their fighting in trenches a few Hundred Miles away to the West so the Bismarck line bunkers were used Only As ammunition storehouses. In 1919, Alsace Lorraine became French territory again. The bunkers still in Good condition were facing the wrong Way. After the famed Maginot line was built the bunkers on the Bismarck line were renovated so they would be a secondary defense in Case the Maginot was breached. During the Blitz on the Low countries in 1940, taxi tanks outflanked the Maginot line. In the years of occupation that Fol Lowed the old Gorman bunkers were used for storage. Came the Spring of 1944 and Allied air forces were flying missions round the clock to soften up taxi communication lines before i tvs o american fighter planes passing Over i lie area spotted activity on the ground. Swooping Low they saw ammunition be ing transferred from a truck into a Bunker. As they opened fire one of their shells touched off a bomb at the Entrance to the Bunker. This set off a Chain re action in the ammunition stored in two Miles of underground tunnels. So tremendous was the blast hat one of the fighter planes was knocked out of the sky. As the very Earth seemed to explode stones and debris rained on Metz five Miles away. Chateau mercy was peppered with Small pieces of Concrete. One ton blocks were scattered Over a mile area. A chunk of a Concrete Bunker weighing Spiik two tons landed on a German truck crushing it into the ground. The rusted remains of the vehicle can still be seen under the Boulder. Where the two Miles of tunnels had blown up All that remains today is a 50 foot Canyon. Part of the area has filled in and is called Crater Lake by the re Fairmen. / after the War demolition exerts tried to blow up what remained of the old Bis Marck line. They finally gave up after cracking a few Walls. When Canada set up their 1st Craf Ajr div Headquarters near my the old German bunkers at l de jury were renovated and used a ii As Supply warehouses of course. Crater Lake Marks spot of terrific world War ii explosion. German army truck can still be seen pinned under a huge Boulder tossed by the blast. Happy Escapee on. Visit to the ancient acropolis in Athens. Is photo �. Bismarck line Bunker built shortly after the Franco prussian War a faced both East and wet w the stars and strips _. Bickers shows card trick to a/3c Peter Ladd left and a/3c Marvin Callaway. The wizard of Ben Gueriri by Paul Spiers staff writer stories about magicians Are Boutas inevitable As death and taxes. However there s something uncommon about the hocus pocus of Ashley . The corps of engineers inspector at Ben Gueriri a Morocco say he owes his life to his i Ardry. While the 62-year-old native of South Ampton England observes that As soon As people know you do conjuring tricks they never believe a word you say Hie following Story by the former British army major is accepted by people at Beng Erir As on the level during world Wai 11, i was command ing the 91 h army Field Survey depot. We were responsible for maps and that sort of tiling for the sort of Shadow arms we had in the desert. One night we Nero drive Sinai desert in route to Cairo. Did t see a soul seem to be anybody around for 100 Miles. We were carrying valuable chronometers. My Driver departed from the Road and we wound up in the desert. Vehicle badly damaged. In a few minutes desert people began to swarm around. They came out of no where. They were big and fierce looking people and if they d known about the equipment Well we would t have had much of a Chance. So i began to perform magic. Did t have much by Way of props. But i Man. Rred to keep them entertained for three hours with Sticks and stones and such things As pulling Money out of their hair. Across the from Aleppo Syria round. Did t when the Dawn came up another vehicle came along and we continued on our Way. Yes i d say magic saved my Driver s and my Bickers who is former president of the associated wizards of the South eng Landis an honorary member of the Ben Gueriri officers wives club in recognition of his spellbinding. This Christmas season hell probably perform for several groups on i lie base. As a Mailer of fact he says i m the past 20 scars 1 Don t suppose i be Ever had a Christmas among the places he has in Erl aimed Are prisons Blind inst it us inns and menial Insil ill ions. One appearance at an Vas a Oil of i shocker. The rope i i ii k he was doing apparently gave an inmate ideas. Rope. Kickers. Ban in. Do i now the inmate jumped Bickers from be Hind and started to choke him. At this Point Bickers put aside magic and resorted to an old fashioned com Mando trick. He ducked Down and Alley of opel the inmate Over his shoulder. His favorite audience is one of professional magicians because if i do some thing Clever they appreciate it. It s fun to deceive Bickers plans to write a Book about his experiences. I be met lots of famous people. For example i spent a week together with Houdini. I be known lots better magicians than Houdini but nobody was better from the publicity Ashley c. Bickers has used his hocus pocus to Good advantage. Tuo a november 18, 1958 the stars and stripes Page 13
