European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 17, 1959 the stars and stripes propaganda scheme is warrant officer procurement troop information topic discontinued by . Air Forte Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial _ Black propaganda an enemy designed Campaign to instill doubt and criticism of american policy will be discussed in troop information periods  think the discussions will be among the most interesting we be Eyer had a troop information officer at Usa eur he stated we plan to Tell about the constant in higher level of education urged by sets Trieste Italy up the third annual convention of the association of regular army sergeants wound up its second work ing Day by passing 10 resolutions. The convention resolved that presidents of the Barracks scattered around the world form organize and maintain educational committees to cooperate with the proper organizations on military establishments to obtain a higher educational  group extended its thanks to Gen c. D. Eddleman Susareu commander in chief and to other persons who have backed the As  resolutions provided for setting up hospitality committees plans for developing savings insurance and Benefit assistance funds some 600 sergeants from All Over the world Are attending the convention. Rewarding and often crude communist attempts to undermine morale with leaflets that a six year old american boy would  among the leaflets to be Dis cussed is one being currently circulated urging american troops to encourage . Agreement with Russia to avoid possibility of War. The pamphlet offers this suggested Selling Price for the agree ment abandonment of Berlin. Other leaflets and propaganda attempts will likewise be dealt with at length. Types of propaganda a id method of delivery vary. Also signatures of the alleged circulator vary the spokesman said. \ an example is the recent Leaf let crude and amateurish printed on cheap half sheets of paper and signed by an alleged executive committee american military personnel in Europe against War. As usual the organization distributing these purports to be something it in to the spokesman pointed out. The fact that it is a cover is obvious in the phrases  sentence reads we Appeal to All military personnel irregardless of their political beliefs another reads we Are not cow Washington is the air Force has announced that it will discontinue its warrant officer procurement indefinitely but will re Tain the 4,474 warrant officers currently in  action has been Long expected Here since the air Force earlier had cancelled its procure ment requirements for warrant officers pending completion of a study of the Overall warrant pro  air Force move followed by French general visits 505th inf Ards however we refuse to be Everest honors Rifle marksmen Wiesbaden Cial air Force Germany Spe Rifle marksmen both military and dependent were honoured Here by Gen f. F. Everest Safe commander in chief. He presented members of the Wiesbaden air base Junior Rifle club the Safe commander in chief Junior marksmanship trophy and individual Rifle medals. Accepting the trophy and medals were Steve Dumont and Susie Reihley team members and Cap Milo Bresley club instructor. Steve 16, is the son of it col and mrs. H. J. Dumont and Susie,15, is the daughter of t sgt and mrs. H. E. Reichley. The marksmanship trophy was won by the Wiesbaden fab Junior Rifle club in matches held at Var ious bases throughout the com Mand. The trophy will be retained pawns in the hands of those who do not value our lives it concludes in Large Type we Are Strong enough not to fear coming Forward in the open if that becomes necessary the first leaflets were found in a bundle in a Heilbronn housing area a month ago. They had been tossed from a  few Days later the first mailed copies were received. The daily rate has been .10 to 15 since then. Overall distribution has been  while the envelopes Are addressed to or. A they carry a Correct address underneath. It is obvious a phone Book has been used an official said since the last names of most people receiving them begins with either a or  have been mailed from Nurnberg Hof Bayreuth and  Here attach Little significance to the leaflets but have asked personnel receiving them to turn both the leaflet and envelop Over to their units. / .Armyhorn a Gas Ever a month the Navy announcement hat it would phase out its War ant officer program by natural attrition starting this year. The army and marines however reportedly will retain the warrant officer  of new warrant officers in the . Air Force will discontinued for an indefinite period but the warrant officer Cate. Ory will not be eliminated an air Force spokesman emphasized. Warrant officers currently on duty will be classified and assigned to fill company Grade officer Posi , air Force said the decision to halt the input of warrants Fol Lowed studies which showed in Gen eral that the new senior master sergeant and chief master sergeant ranks overlap the warrant officer rades with respect to pay responsibility and Type of assign  is no current require ment to continue the warrant officer program As it presently exists the air Force said. How Ever the warrant officer category will be retained since there maybe future requirements which can not now be  Only effect the new ruling will have on warrant officers currently in uniform is that their responsibilities and types of assign ment will be upgraded. All con tracts and obligations under existing Law will be kept and no loss of promotion Opportunity will re sult the air Force noted. The m56 scorpion tank is explained to French army Gen Maurice Gazin left by col Lamar a. Welch co of the 1st an Battle up 505th inf. Gazin commander of the 2d French corps at Koblenz Germany was accompanied by 35 French officers just returned from Algeria during his visit to the Mainz Germany training area. Army assigned to shape Washington special air Force it col Robert o. Henke has left his position at the defense atomic support Agency he for a new assignment at supreme head quarters of Allied Powers in army units Aid germans during water shortage Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial a water shortage the result of record High temperatures and Lack of rain a has been eased through efforts of . Army  water trailers pipelines and filtering stations were used to bring much needed water to a number of parched German towns and american housing  s an old american custom to help your neighbor and that s what we tried to do is How one Soldier described this  Waldenberg s water pump at Wiesbaden fab for one year. I Europe. _ failed to function on july 9 the 3d inf div gets 3 wins in Driver meet Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial the 3d inf div Drivers took Over the second Day spotlight in the v corps Driver proficiency contest Here As three men drove their Way into first place in their vehicle classes. Sp4 Gordon e. Kooistra of the3d div s 38th inf scored a first plus a Bonus Victory As he drove his jeep with trailer flawlessly to earn All of the possible 315 Points in the seven station driving phase of the test. Jle totalled a grand444 out of 485 possible for Overall  Day s testing included Park ing backing and driving through a series of read problems to deter mine Driver proficiency. Also scoring a first was sp4 Emmett l. Cook 3d inf div who topped a Lothers in the meet driving his three Quarter ton truck to a i total of 462, just 23 Points shy of the possible High. Pro Carl e. Powers 3d inf div was first in the 21/t-ton truck Competition with 433 Points while the 8th inf div s sp4 Ronald e. Eroh piled up 448 Points to take honors in the five ton truck class. The Sedan portion of the meet was taken earlier by sp4 Gerald  of the 3d army div. With five of the six scheduled vehicle categories completed each of the competing units have men among the first three winners  class who will go to 7th army and Usa eur Driver contests. The 8th div leads All others with eight men among the top three  3d inf div has placed four men the 3d army div two and v corps one. Eighth  rounding out second and third places include pfc Paul e. Bauer 422, and pfc Arvin p. Nylaan 428, driving jeep with trailer pfc Elmer l Mayo,446, and pfc Frank g. Klinger 444, three Quarter ton truck pfc Ger Ald j. Skater 430, and pfc William a. Lyons 428, 2vl-ton truck. In the five ton truck class 8th div pfc William f. Gobel was second with 446, while pfc Carl j. Klemp jr., 3d army div held Down third with 442. The v corps contest is being hosted by the 35th trans  the Driver testing ground Here three minds digest and pre pare More than 4,000 figures that show the winners in the running corps Driver proficiency contest. For pfc John j. Mcelroy Sec Leo Carrol and pvt Cornelius Comstock the work is easy As each is a former accountant capable of Jug gling columns of four digit num Bers with Oase but inside their statistical Van sits an adding machine. It is in constant use. When asked Why automation was needed in such seemingly capable shop one Man described the device As an added Burden we know Pur totals Are Correct. It s the machine that needs  Lith army Cav regt moved in to help. Company f and the 1st in furnished the town with 6,000 Gal ions the first Day and 1,500 the following four Days. Another Vii corps unit the 168th Engineer by has been sup plying a German youth Camp in Degginger with 2,500 Gallons of water daily singe july 11. Contaminated and dry Well brought 7th army support come Aid to the town of Wilthel Misfeld. A fire contaminated one of the town s two Wells several weeks ago and the other went dry during the heat wave. A water Purifica Tion team from the Lith Engineer up has been treating 45,000 Gal Lons a Day from the contaminated Wells. Headquarters co. Of the 8th inf div and the 2d evacuation hos Pital and units from Sembach air base worked As a team to provide 21,000 Gallons of water to Eben Burg after the town s water level dropped drastically. Another 8th div unit the 505th inf together with v corps 39th arty up have furnished the Mainz Hospital with. ,20,000 Gallons of water. V corps 40th arty up has been supplying Ingelheim with Waterford the past week while combat come c of the 3d army div hauled More than 3,500 Gallons to Assenheim for distribution to the townspeople. Some 160 men from the 3d army div s combat come a Laid a five mile pipeline from the Ayers Ca sern Reservoir to the Butzbach Reservoir where division engineers set up and manned a filtering Star Tion. 1,000th officer in new plan Washington is maj Gen r. W. Colglazier jr., the army t new Deputy chief of staff for Logis tics welcomed the one thousandth member into the ranks of the logistics officer program. The occasion was marked by special ceremony in the Pentagon in which Colglazier presented a letter of acceptance to it col Wal lace Pardue As maj Gen George e. Martin chief of the officers assign ment Branch of the adjutant Gen eral s office stood by. Officially launched in 1956 to improve the system of developing and assigning logistics managers to army organizations the logistics officer program involved the screening of thousands and to Jpn Sands of military records to arrive at its present status. Of the 1,000 officers from Tellini al services combat arms and administrative service currently enrolled in the program s ranks some 300 Are considered to be fully qualified logisticians. All Are senior officers with Twenty or More years service with the Grade of colonel and Are senior service school graduates. These men maintain their qualification in their Basic army Branch and Are considered eligible for repetitive assignments in the logistics Field subject to Overall requirements of the army. Army names Lipscomb North Atlantic Engineer Washington special Brig Gen Thomas h. Lipscomb Engineer of the 8th . Army Seoul,.ko Rea hits been appointed North at lactic division Engineer Newyork effective in August Secre tary of the army Wilber m. Brucker has announced.1 Lipscomb succeeds Briggen Renshaw who has been assigned us assistant chief of army Engi neers for Nii Illary construction Washington