Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Of i it i ii.1 building for lit Brandt greets West German president Theodor Heuss in divided City. Keystone cont. From up. Jim Youthful qualities. Endless banquets receptions and conferences Are making them selves shown. His Waist line is expanding and he Hus taken to Chain smoking cig areas. His wife rut a Blue eyed norwegian Beauty he met in Stockholm in 1942 when both were refugees from the nazis is worried about him. He s Able to come Home Early Only about one night a week she says. Forme it s not so bad we see each other at various diplomatic functions. But it s bad for the children. They Don t see him All  Brandt has two sons Peter 10, and Lars 7. People mrs. Brandt says Are always asking them if they want to be politicians like their papa. But they answer no it would be bad for our children we would never Sec them to which mrs. Brandt adds with a laugh i guess they must have overheard me talking. Actually Peter wants to be a archaeologist and Lars a film photographer. When Peter was younger he Al ways said he wanted to be an Indian. He has since decided that would be too com  it was Hitler indirectly who brought the Brandts together. Brandt son of a Luebeck labourer adjoined a socialist youth movement when he was 17. In 1933, the nazis took Over Germany and begun persecuting socialists so Brandt fled to Norway. When the nazi invaded Norway Brandt fled to Stock Holm where his wife to be Hud also taken Refuge. We met in 1942 at the Home of some other norwegian refugees mrs. Brandt recalls. It was t love at first sight. Weddin t fall in love until 1944. More i will not Tell  1948, after Brandt had returned to Germany she came to Berlin and they were  came Back to Germany As a norwegian journalist. After covering the Nurnberg War crimes trials for scandi Navian newspapers he became a press attache at the norwegian military Mission in West Berlin. In 1947, he decided to 12 enter Germany s political life so he gave up his norwegian citizenship which he acquired during his exile and became Agerman citizen again. From then on his Rise was rapid. First he was appointed one of West Berlin s delegates to the West German parliament and then in 1950 he became a member of the West Berlin City parliament. In 1957 after scholarly mayor Otto Suhr died West Berlin s socialist party was almost torn apart by a Battle As to who should succeed him. Franz Neumann Long time chairman of the party s Berlin Branch and a doctrinaire socialist desperately wanted the Job. But the younger More flexible Brandt figured it was just the Job for himself an the Battle was on. The Battle was so heated that some of Brandt s opponent dug into his past and came up with a charge 6f treason. They said he wore the norwegian army uniform and fought against his German Colin Drymen. Brandt denies the charge. Head mits wearing the uniform but says he used it Only to escape capture by the nazi Gestapo which hunted for German exiles when Norway surrendered in 1940. Brandt s opponents also dredged up the fact that his real name was Herbert Karl Frahm. He dropped this name during his exile and adopted his present name. After All the charges were Flung the votes were counted and Brandt was the Winner. And it was t Long before he con Vinced his party that he should be its Berlin chairman thus leaving a Bitte Neumann completely out in the cold. One reason for the Neumann eclipse Isth fact that Neumann has Clung stubbornly to the old socialist theories about state ownership of Industry. Brandt is More flexible and acknowledges the value of having business in private hands. Asked what language is spoken in the Brandt household Brandt replied when i m talking with my wife we mostly speak norwegian but when we retaking to the kids we use German. They answer us in German except when we take them to Norway. There they Answerus in  and Brandt on his tour is giving his answers on the Berlin crisis in English. Army engineers in Sicily Navy Chapel nears completion at Simonella. Italians Are Woking under army engineers supervision. Army photos amount to $2.7 million. Fabled it. Etna As backdrop. -.-,-.-. ,.hollow tile Walls Are used in housing project. Hays left and Bullard Are supervising Sicily construction work. The stars and stripes saturday february 14, 1959 in the Foothills of towering , Sicily s historic Active Volcano the . Army corps of engineers is today adding another link to a growing Chain of overseas installations being built by the corps for the defense of the free  contractors employing skilled and Semi skilled labor from the Mainland of Italy and the Island of Sicily will com plete this year Barracks Bachelor office quarters administrative buildings a theater Chapel housing and miscellaneous facilities for use of the . Navy operating in the Mediterranean area. Completion of the project will give the . 6th Fleet Avital Arm of the North Atlantic treaty organization another base from which to strike should aggression come. Administration of construction operations which Are taking place in the rolling lands of the Simonella area of Sicily is under a resident office manned by Amer ican military and civilian personnel of the . Army Engineer District Southern commanded by col Joe a. Clema of hum Boldt neb. Five american engineers headed by resident Engineer Ernest m. Hays Are finding themselves in the same position As Many other engineers of the corps in the Pas few years banded together in a Small for eign Community but nevertheless a Community that is Friendly colourful and with Many interests. For 1st it Robert b. Bullard a Denver native the stares of the local populace created by his unique position As the . Army officer in the 9,925 Square Miles of Sicily have after seven months become  according to Bullard the Early inconvenience of living without .medical pm and commissary privilege have been offset by being Given the most re warding Type of work an Engineer officer could Ever ask  Parent Agency of the Simonella residency is the Southern Engineer District 525 air Miles away in Livorno Italy. Livorno or leghorn the main port of entry for american troops into Italy since world War ii also serves As Headquarters for the Mediterranean Engineer division commanded by Brig Gen William r. Shuler army s 1936 football Captain. Leghorn is also Home of the logistical command of the operations Southern european task Force. Under Clema the Southern District directs construction operations in six com tries bordering the Mediterranean on the three continents of Europe Asia and Afri Ca. Twenty eight Active construction con tracts Are under Way in an area equal inside to that of the .  interest to future inhabitants of the Sicily installation Are the 122 commo Dity houses currently under construction. Designed with Sicily s sunny climate i mind Hays described the quarters As very adequate and comfortable for personnel who will come to Simonella in the future. Like other houses currently being built in the Mediterranean area the dwellings Are financed through funds generated by the Sale of surplus . Agricultural products. The first 44 apartments Are schedule for completion in july with the remainder to be completed to november. Life for the incoming Navy inhabitants. Will be much the same As that of the americans presently staffing the residency office with one exception. With completion this Spring of the new Hospital and dental the stars and stripes clinic the new snack bar commissary and ship s store future inhabitants will be a Leto supplement locally procured necessities. At present the residency staff lives strictly off the local Economy. Although heavier than usual rainfall Early last year delayed construction in the Early stages most of the facilities for enlisted and Bachelor officer housing and administration buildings of the base will be completed toys Spring. A Cactus lined Asphalt paved Highway connects the project site with Catania 400,000 inhabitant the second largest City on the Island. Across 10 Miles of picturesque sicilian Countryside Hays and his staff commute each Day to their Home sin Catania s skyscraper a 17-Story apart ment building in the heart of the City. In contrast to Bullard who is currently enjoying his first tour of duty with a construction District Hays has 28 years of construction experience behind him. For bul lard the Opportunity to assist Hays and add to actual Field experience gathered in Korea and in the . Is counted As extremely  a native of Sherman tex., Hays worked for several years in South America on construction of runways and taxiways late moving to saudi Arabia with the arabian american Oil co. He has been living an working in Italy since 1952. Americans at Simonella will have full View of the slopes of Etna which Are covered with Snow six months of the Yea Rand during that time offer skiing to the Hearty. The reaches around Simonella Are steeped with historic ruins. In addition there is a greek theater roman Amphitheater and the Palazzo Bis Cari which offer samples of baroque Art and Catania also boasts a Fine Beach. Northeast of Catania where Etna s lava poured into the ionic sea is the Cyclops Riviera which starts at the port of Ulysses Tognina and ends at Santa Maria la Scala near Aci Reale. The famous ruins of Sira Cusa Are 54 Miles to the South of Catania. As has been the Case in almost All Over seas areas Supply has been one of the main problems for the builders at Sigo Nella. Although design called for the use of local materials As much As possible Al material with the exception of Cement aggregate and Clay tile must be brought in from Northern Italy or other european7 sources. Mechanical items Are extremely scarce in Sicily. Design engineers for the Sicily site we Reable to Cut costs by specifying use of pre cast roof and floor systems making use of locally manufactured tile and reinforcing steel. This construction method which takes the place of reinforced Concrete slabs in Light construction has proved a time Saver. Use has also been made of Lav quarried from Etna. According to Ciema a recent contract awarded to a Rome firm brought the con tract value of projects under Way at Sigo Nella to $2.7 million. Of interest to the local populace arounds Gonella and Catania As in All construction areas was the announcement recent Yin the local press that approximately 350 persons would be employed by the project at the height of construction. Work of the Southern District is indicative of the corps of engineers construct. Tion prof ram around the world. Page 13