European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse V a & Page 8 the stars and stripessa�urc�6y, August 15, 1959 nut i till i army moves to gut Down increasing Regii tests for i overseas duty waivers Washington is the army has acted to Cut Down in creasing requests of servicemen for exemption from overseas duty because of approaching retirement St. Was reported in the August is sue of the army personnel letter the article declared approaching retirement will not be considered justification for exemption from overseas service unless an individual has 19 or More years service and makes an irrevocable air unit Cooks to get tips on Paris cuisine Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial airmen of the -6911th radio up Mobile already boasting one Jef the Best rated mess Halls in the air Force now Are looking for Ward to the tasty products of French cuisine. The two Cooks responsible for the mess Hall s ratinga/1c Wil Jie Hunter Phoenix ariz., and a/2c Theodore Scott Philadelphia will watch French chefs in action during a visit to world famed Maxim s in Paris from aug. 17-28.the decision to Send the two air men to parts was made after the 6911th s mess Hall was judged the test in air Force Security service units a rating which qualifies it to compete for the 1959 Hennesse trophy. The trophy is awarded annually. To the Best mess Hall in the air mess Halls competing against the 6911th for the Hennes sey trophy is the 7030th food service so at Ramstein air base judged the Best mess Hail in Safe. Robin Steps out helped along by Cut Rita t. Gregory 4% Yea old Robin daughter of capt and mrs. F. A. Marine tries out new leg braces at the 34th general Hospital at a Chapelle Mesmin prance Robin fell victim to infantile paralysis at the age of four months. Army photo application to retire at 20 years. Increasing numbers of requests have been received in recent months for Relief of certain enlisted personnel from Levy for overseas service because they have completed 18 or More years service and will therefore be eligible for retirement before comp Teloh of the overseas tour the army re ported. Many approach retirement the problem has become Burden some in recent months officials said because Many of the upper Grade enlisted men entered the army during Between. 1940 and 1944 and Are nearing 20 years service. To preclude the submission of fruitless requests the army stated revised regulations will per Mit submission of an application for retirement when an individual is alerted for overseas service and has 19 or More years service. The application must be for retirement upon completion of 20years service and will be irrevocable. This commitment will mean the applicant has less than 12 months remaining service. Army develops flight control Rig fitting All planes Washington a the army signal corps has announced the development of aviation s first air Craft flight control system that can be used with All types of prepared announcement issued jointly with Sperry Phoenix co., of Phoenix ariz., said the system operating automatically provides precise control of any Type of army aircraft helicopters air planes or High performance Pilot less , it has been Neces sary to redesign the automatic flight controls for each new Type of aircraft. The new system eliminates that requirement. Beats barriers the Sperry Phoenix co., said the new equipment surmount technical barriers that have existed since 1912 when Lawrence Sperry developed the first automatic system provides a set of Universal electronic building blocks that can be installed unvarying combinations to achieve any desired degree of automatic control in flight. The use of such components in Stead of the customary individually tailored equipment making re design and modification unnecessary May produce savings of Mil Lions of dollars the announcement said. Half Cost Sperry said the Universal system could be produced at about half the Cost of the most advanced systems now in use. However the equipment is still in the experimental army s signal research and development laboratories at , n.j., and Sperry have been working on the project forbore than three years. The army said it soon would put the equipment through a comprehensive test program in four types of helicopters and three types of Light air planes. 26th inf birthday Bap Kreuz Nach Germany special the 26th inf under command of col Benjamin m Davis celebrates its 58th anniversary this month new commander army revises rules on fund solicitations maj Gen Horace m. Wade of general at i Vauasseur gets 2d Star no masseur Morocco special the new commander of the 4310th air div Here has received his Sec Ond Star. Maj Gen Horace m. Wade was promoted after assuming his new duties from maj Gen William e. Eubank -"jr., who now is Deputy commander of strategic air come s 2d air Force at Barksdale air Force base la. A native of Magnolia Ark Wade ame to no masseur from Sac he where he had been personnel di1 Rector since june 1955. Prior to hat he attended the National War College during world War ii Wade served i Java India and the Middle East As a bomber Squadron commander. Pentagon duty Back in the ., he served As tactical inspector at 2d air Force he and later moved to the Penta gon where he was on the War department s staff. His career highlights include graduation from the armed forces staff College assignment with the 5th strategic reconnaissance Wing at Mountain Home air Force base Idaho aft service As commander of the 301st bomber Wing a Barksdale where he converted the unit from b29 to b47 led the first b47 bomber Wing to deploy to Sac bases in North Africa in february 1954. Washington is the army has announced it is Chang ing its regulations covering on the Job solicitation of funds by such organizations As the Community Chest and the american red Cross to insure that All contributions by servicemen represent f True voluntary revision was made in response to a report from Bertha s. Top Drivers in Usa eur to vie in test Kaiserslautern Germany is the top 62 Drivers in Usa eur will Roll into town monday for the Start of the five Day Usa eur Driver proficiency contest. Competing in Lour categories will be the command s Best vehicle jockeys in Germany France and Italy. The contest. Is being hosted by the Northern area come. At stake Are team trophies and individual awards in each of the four events Sedan jeep with trailer 2-ton truck and five ton truck tractor with Semi trailer v the command scoring the most Points in each event will take Home the cup. Individual prizes will include wrist watches for first and second places and cameras for the third and fourth place finishers eight commands Drivers will compete under the colors of 7th army com a South Ern european task Force v corps Vii corps Naco Southern area come and Berlin come. The grand finals will be Hel Friday. Viewing will be the four Drivers with the most Points inthe preliminaries which will in clude driving proficiency a writ ten exam knowledge of vehicle maintenance and personal appear Ance. As a final test of Driver skill each contestant As required to Back his vehicle up a ramp to simulate loading it aboard an aircraft. A Naco spokesman pointed out that the contest is limited to military Drivers who have not had a chargeable traffic Accident or violated a traffic Law or Regula Tion while operating a military or private vehicle during the past 12 months. And Kris under Secretary of health education and welfare in her capacity As head of the president s committee of raising funds Wili inthe government. The army has revised a 600-29 to cover the autumn solicitation drives. The changes sought by miss Adkins aim at enforcing the two Basic tenets of the Federal policy which provide for voluntary giving and privacy of individual donations unless the individual him self chooses to reveal his gift primarily the changes refer to use of a solicitation envelope As a Means of collecting contributions in support of the United funds the Community Chest and the american red Cross miss Adkins report stated. In the past it has been the practice to mandatorily distribute on the Job a special Type of solicitation envelope to each person with spaces on the outside for their name department or Agency and geographical location of his department or Agency. Under the revised procedure no envelope will be mandatorily distributed nor will they be made available by the soliciting Volun tary agencies the report explained. The revisions came As the result of an extensive study by the. Com Mittee which surveyed the attitudes of personnel of 280 Federal establishments located in approximately 100 metropolitan areas inthe Ulm service club gets army award Stuttgart Germany special the Terrace service club of Ulm has received a department of the army certificate of accomplish ment for its operation service club project. The club which won the usar eur category i phase of opera Tion service club had its scrap Book sent to the department of the army. The program for which the Ulm club was cited was its living Calendar display. Each month photograph of a club activity Dur ing the month was taken and put up As part of the monthly Calendar. At the end of the year All the photographs were compiled an put into one souvenir Calendar and distributed to the troops. Berliner nears dream to Fly in Usan Columbus Ohio up Uwe Thorsten Scobel As a lad of 9 during the latter part of world War ii used to huddle under a steel plate on the roof of an apart ment in Berlin Air Force planes bomb the German capital. He dreamed some Day of be coming a flyer himself. Today he is Well on his Way to becoming a Pilot in the Air Force. For a while it appeared that Uwe would need to wait a year to do the thing he wants most Fly a plane for the air , sen. J. Glenn Beall r my came to his Rescue and now he is at Lockbourne air Force history repeats itself in Devens downpour it. Devens mass. A Dur ing world War ii Soldiers entered Saa Bruecken in the Wake of a heavy artillery barrage. With the occupation forces was pvt William Sircovitch. He saw a German boy Gunter Kunkel 11,clinging with fear to his Mother. The Soldier handed the boy chocolate bar arid Young Gunter s fear vanished. Fifteen years later the men of the 402d civil affairs co. Of the National guard were at their annual two week summer Camp at it. Devens they were caught in a heavy rainstorm during Field Drill and took shelter. A sergeant went from Man to Man distributing Candy bars. One recipient Soldier Gunter Kunkel looked up at the donor in Surprise. Were you Ever in Saa Brueck in he asked the sergeant. Yes replied sgt William Sirco Vitch. How did you know you gave me a Candy bar there15 years until that time the two who had been in the unit with each other for some time had never recognized each other base near this City. Scobel still had a year to wait before becoming an american citizen. Beall introduced a Bill Cut Ting the waiting period from five years to four for him. The special Bill passed the sen ate july 8. On aug. 2 Scobel be came the first of the second group of. The air Force Reserve officer training corps to report for sum Mer training at Lockbourne. He is group commander of the cadets now on the the War Uwe s Mother married army maj Kenneth hardly who was transferred to Japan where Uwe completed High school the major was then transferred to the. Pentagon where he serve with the counter intelligence corps and Uwe enrolled at the University of he was not a naturalized citizen Scobel had to pay his Way through the second two years of froth even buying his own uni forms. He was graduated from the University last june1 6.he will be commissioned a Sec Ond lieutenant when his trainings completed and Hopes to Start Pilot training at once
