European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A v ".m. ,.i\ . Us a  q 10 9 5 m q j 4 a q 7 6 5 4 West east4 2 464 v 10 9532 a q j 8 7 6 -a98652 k 10 7 j 3 South a k j 8 3. F k 4 of k 10, 9 8 2the-bidding West North East southpaws i � 19 i a pass 2 o pass 3 o 1 3 v 44 pass 4 nt5 o k pass 5 6 a pass 6 4 pass pass die pass pass pass opening Lead Deuce of 4 West had to exhibit a daring defense against his opponents vulnerable slam contract today after his mild mental lapse Dur ing the bidding. North opened with one club and East Over called mildly with one heart. South bid a Spade and West with the intention of launching a Surprise attack late in the Day. Refrained from enter ing the auction. This involved no real risk for it was quite apparent that the o p pos Iti o n was heavily loaded with the Black suits and that some highly enter prising contract would eventually be reached North raised to two Spade and South 4 time to ask for aces and West under the mistaken impression that East would he on Lea against an eventual Spade con tract bid five clubs to designate his void. North passed. East bid five hearts and South cognizant of the impending Rufi abandoned the higher ranking Spade con tract in favor of six clubs. North however persisted of six Spades for with West on Tead he Rea soned rather loosely that the club Ruff was not immediately available. West doubled and All hand passed. He was willing to speculate on East s Possession of the King of diamonds As part of the values for his Overall and led the Deuce of diamonds East put up the King and Surprise att  the trick1 did not prevent him from retry nip a club. Copyright 1009. The Chicago Tribune the stars and stripes of it Ltd Tot to Goitom Thi stars and strip. Apo 175, . Forces in. Cacido Mew Narf arid Row mum a Fol to of Oltorf Ami Tot confidential on to quod. Itt tort Mao of come Anim for publication prove did Tuch do no a food nor Aller Iho moaning of Tho original. Missed proficiency test our Moss 232.6 and 297.7 were scheduled for proficiency testing in january 232.6 and March 297.7. In both cases we were on orders and in route to our present assignments during the periods for these tests. There Are no regulations Avail Able at our Headquarters and no one knows anything pertaining tour chances of qualifying for proficiency pay. Are we left out if not what should we do names withheld editor s note Usa eur he replies As follows no provisions currently exist for make up mos proficiency testing. This matter is under study by department of the army and any change to this policy will receive wide dissemination. Section h of Usa eur memo 611-205-1 dated oct. 15, 58, covers the mos proficiency testing pro Gram and announces the policy of department of the army to test each mos annually. The writer should therefore be offered the Opportunity to compete for proficiency pay during Calendar year 1960. Age of film sold in pm a recent b. Bag answer to Aletter on Cost of film in pcs was interesting and amusing. It bears out my observations of the past 2% years perfectly. In the . Koda Chrome can be purchased with an expiration Date of at least 12 15 months but i have yet to find pm Kodachrome dated More than eight months with the usual being three to five months. It appears the pm May be receiving film from Eastman which is too old to be sold to distributors or retailers in the . I have frequently found symptoms of deterioration in the pm film which results in transparencies being off color. If the annoyed Shutterbug wishes to assure himself of first Quality film i strongly recommend he Purchase from reliable stateside mail order firm or buy on the Economy. Neither of these sources has Ever produced off color results As mentioned above to my knowledge. Maj George c. Valentine editor s note the follow ing reply was received from the Usi. Army european Exchange system Kodak shipments at checked periodically by the buyer in new York and again in Europe. Recent checks show that Kodak shipments have an expiration Date of 12 to 15 months from the time they leave the factory. Taking into consideration the three to four months Supply time from new York to bus stores throughout Europe and the Neces sity for Large stocks film sales can never be predicted accurately because of changing weather condition bus film stocks Are still considerably below that age limit and he is bus policy always to reduce the Price of All film one month prior to the expiration Date while a customer will buy younger him at higher prices on the Economy As Long As the stamped age limit is valid there is no difference in film. The manufacturer sets a maximum age limit on films and leaves plenty of room for error exhaustive tests show that so Long As the film is within this limit it is unaffected. The manufacturers of All Colo films list heat humidity Light and retention of film after exposure As being More important factors than age in causing color distortion. This distortion is most prevalent when photographers leave packages of film in direct sunlight in hot automobiles or in warm rooms that Are either too dry or too wet one of the most important fac tors i color distortion is keeping exposed film for a Long time be fore processing. Once the film is exposed the Light factors which Are working on the film have a Chance to penetrate through the chemical layers which make up color Filoni. All of these factors can be borne by any reputable finishing Laboratory. For further details see Kodak data Book volume iii Section cip4, storage of  enlistment Extension As an so sgt Aasc 30380. Pm pay with a six year enlist ment ending in november 1959, i was informed today that i would not be Able to re enlist for 91 Days after being separated in the . This would involve loss of a Stripe after completing over18 years of service. The loss of a Stripe can be circumvented by extending for a year or re enlisting overseas. The Only catch Here is that i will have to spend one More year in Germany have served two years so far and am on a concurrent overseas tour from Canada which is undesirable. It would involve the loss of two months nay from accrued leave and loss of travel pay Home. The other alternative is per haps attachment 1 to afm 39-9will be amended some Day to in clude eight level skills. At present the Only Aasc listed in the above reference is 30352h with shred outs supposedly deleted from All records. This is my fifth overseas duly station and the Only reason i volunteered for this assignment was that i might be permitted to spend my last two years in the states. Is there no Way out or is my information misleading Robert h. Cockreham so sgt Usan editor s note Safe a replies As follows airman is required to re enlist or extend his enlistment in order to have sufficient service retail ability to com plete the prescribed Oversea tour with dependent s. K he declines he is required to 8ign a state ment to this effect and he will be ineligible to enlist or re enlisting the Usan for 91 Days. Head quarters Usan message of pm 2a 167228, March 26, 1959, which was disseminated by Headquarters usage message Emdpa-3 139966, apra a 1959 contains in formation covering this policy. Airman May extend his enlist ment for the required1 period and then cancel his Extension on in us Treut per chapter 5, afm 39-9, at time of original discharge Date  before Extension if he desires to re enlist upon ets for his own position providing he is otherwise eligible under afm 39-9. This will prevent monetary loss. I. Reminder readers Are reminded that Al letters to the b bag must be signed in order to receive recognition. Att correspondence to this department is confidential names will be deleted in publication i  Friday july 17, 1959