European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fog 8 Thi stars and stripes thursday August 20, 1959 dependent enrolment to jump 7,000 critical classroom shortage confronts Usa eur schools by Ernie weath Baix staff writer Berchtesgaden Germany is Usa eur s dependent school system faces a critical Short age of classrooms this fall Accord to John l. Steele director of the system. There also Are More than 100 sub Standard classrooms Steele said some so Small there s no room for the teacher s desk. And Usa eur schools Are expecting 7,000 More pupils to in Roll this fall than last year with a first Grade enrolment forecast Ashe largest in the school system s history. Small classrooms Are expensive he declared because Jeche smaller it s almost school time again and Diane Zielinsky daughter of  and mrs. Alphonso a. Zielinsky is preparing for classes at Munich american school with an Eye test Given by sp4 Bernard b. Murdough of 3d Field Hospital. Diane s sister Margaret and her Mother watch the test which is part of the physical examination Given to children prior to the Start of school. Army photo the classroom the fewer students can be accommodated and themore teachers Are  in order to meet the growing shortage basement rooms libraries music rooms and teachers lounges in schools have been used for class room space. School annexes have been set up at american youth activities clubs. Headquarters buildings and at other locations. Converted dormitories in Kaiserslautern we have taken Over old dormitories and converted them into classrooms Steele said. We also have 12 pre fabricated buildings being used for the same  with the exception of the school at orly Field in France no per manent double sessions Are expected for the semester that starts next month. But there May be a few temporary split sessions in schools where construction work won t be finished in time for the opening. Where High schools Are becom ing overcrowded we Are moving the Junior High school seventh and eighth grades Back to the elementary schools Steele continued. In some cases however this will be impossible because of overcrowding of " the  no teacher shortage about 50 prefabricated building shave  to take care of the Pupil overflow and More Are expected As the present rate of enrolment climbs Steele noted. Steele said there would be no teacher shortage in Usa eur for the Corning year because about 900 of the 1,000 new teachers needed for the 1959-60 academic session have been signed up and the remaining .100 will be filled from the ranks of european teachers As Well As teachers hired locally or american military dependents who can  v corps pfc takes prelim in Usa eur jeep tests Kaiserslautern Germany special pfc Paul e. Bauer of v corps drove his jeep and trailer to a first place finish in the preliminary round of the 1959 usar eur Driver proficiency contest Here. He scored a total of 472.5 Points out of a possible 485. Davis in line for 2d award Heidelberg Germany is the army incentive awards boar has selected a Usa eur civilian employee to receive a second $1,000award for his suggestion to revise the army filing system it was announced Here. He the Gardiner Davis jr., a department of the army civilian As signed to the Usa eur adjutant general division. He will receive the award sept. 17 at the Secre tary of the army s annual awards ceremony in the Pentagon. Davis suggestion already has earned him $1,000 in the usar eur program. The new filing sys tem has been adopted in usar eur and is now being installed throughout the army. A comptroller spokesman said Pavis system makes it easier to dispose of Over age files and will gave thousands of hours of work. He said the award Davis will receive is the largest sum anyone in Usa eur has received from the army sp4 Myron d. Frost com z representative took second place inthe jeep with trailer Competition with a score of 471. He was Fol Lowed by sgt Lionel a. Lewis of Northern area come and sp4 Paula. Maag of 7th army support come who both scored 461.5. Sp4 Elmer Boulet of com a moved from behind. To win the preliminary Competition in the Sedan class with a total score of 477.5 Points out of a possible 485. Boulet displaced sp4 Kemp , of Vii corps who took  Ond with 472. Lynn was the earlier Leader in the actual driving tests but lost ground in the written exam and Oral quiz for equipment defects. Pfc Ismael l. Carrasco of Naco placed third in the Sedan contest with 458 Points. In the 2%-ton truck Competition pfc Leonard h. Dillon com a drove Home first with 474.5 Points. Sp4 Gerald j. Skahen v corps was second with 448, pfc James Lawlor Southern european task Force was third with 446.5, and pfc Carl e. Powers v corps was fourth with 444. Gen Smith visits air cent Fontainebleau Fra ice Spe Cial Gen Frederic h. Smith jr., newly appointed Safe com Mander in chief and commander of nato s 4th Allied tactical air Force has made his first official visit to Allied air forces Central Europe he air cent Here More grief Falls on Charlie Brown Frankfurt up life in the army is hazardous for Crow. At least that s the opinion of Charlie Brown Crow Mascot of the 23d engr in. While roaming around the bar racks., Charlie was stepped on by one of the soldiers. His right leg was broken. Charlie was Given immediate first Aid treatment by the sol Diers a band Aid and two Popsicle Sticks were used to splint his leg. According to army spokesmen Charlie is improving and is now Able to Fly a Little but for his own Sake he will be taken to a German veterinarian this wee for a checkup. Marksmen from 7 nations Complete practice firing for Friday s Leclerc match Rammelburg Germany Spe Cial marksmen of seven nations wound up their practice firing Here wednesday As they prepared for Friday s nato prix Leclerc Small arms championship matches. Practice scores were the mos closely guarded secret around the area. The match directors advise Only individual teams about their own scores and no one else. And there has been no comparing of scores among teams. The 21st info pistol team which won the Usa eur level of the International contest with 258 army lists rules on Italy car exports Heidelberg Germany is Usa eur he has advised military personnel stationed in Germany that they must make special arrangements to Export cars from Italy. Personnel in Germany Are not authorized to obtain Southern european task Force a plates for vehicles purchased in Italy it was pointed out. Germany based troops have two choices depending on where the car is made. May get be plates if manufactured and sold i Italy the purchaser May obtain be tourist plates from the Auto Mobile club of Italy. The vehicle must be exported within 90 Days. Those who buy a car not made in Italy must either bring License plates with them or transport the car out of Italy As merchandise on a common Carrier. Usa eur said the most practical and inexpensive Way to Export a newly acquired vehicle of other than italian manufacture is to obtain License plates and temporary Usa eur registration from a local registrar in Germany. The License plates should be Luton As soon As the car is accepted from the dealer. Permanent registration when the individual returns this station in Germany a spokes Man said he May obtain a per manent Usa eur registration after the car passes the require mechanical inspection. A temporary registration re quires the motor number body number and color of the car. The spokesman said this information usually is available from the manufacturer in Advance. The Export procedures Are listed in Usa eur memo 643-30-25. It does not apply to members of the . Armed forces stationed i France. Of flying safety officers slate 59 Parley sept. 14-18 Washington is More than 500 air Force officers including some 50 generals will meet at Riverside calif., sept. 14 to 18 for the 1959 worldwide Fly ing safety conference. Maj Gen Joseph d. Caldara air Force Deputy inspector general for safety said the conference will bring together for the first time air commanders and flying safety officers from . Bases around the world. Gen Curtis e. Lemay vice chief of staff and the Man who devel oped the air Force s new concept of safety combining ground flying missile and nuclear safety in one program is scheduled to deliver the keynote address. Caldara who directs the consolidated program said the 1959conclave also will be the first in which Accident prevention techniques will be discussed in connection with air ground nuclear and missile operations. Details of the air Force s Accident prevention program for1960 will be ironed out at the March air Force base conference. Other speakers at the Parley in clude it Gen Elmer j. Rogers jr., air Force inspector general and Brig Gen Walter e. Arnold director of flight safety research. Points scored 259 in practice ses Sions tuesday. Pfc Norman Briggs scored 130 to Lead the Competition while 1st it Carmin Negaard was second with 129. The 21st inf is representing the . In the Day Long Competition Friday in which military teams from Britain Canada the nether lands Germany Belgium and France will also participate. 1 different Range the Range Here is different from the one used in the Usa eur matches. Unlike the primarily Flat ranges the american marksmen Are used to this one is a shaped built across a Gully and with Grassy firing lanes. Americans competing in Friday s contest say they like the grass be cause it gives them a better foot ing than Sand on their runs be tween firing exercises and also cuts Down on Glare. Each time a Man fires however he shoots from an 8-by-8-foot Sand pit. The americans Are used to firing from Sand but some of the other teams Are worried about the Sand clogging their weapons. Laid out in meters the Range is Laid out in meters a Point that has confused Cana Dian British and american Marks men a trifle. The German infantry school near Here is Host to this year s Competition won last year by the . It Gen Gerhard Matzky cd of the German i corps will open the firing for record contest Friday morning. Others expected to be on hand include Gen c. D. Eddleman Usa eur comm Antler in chief Lutgen f. W. Farrell 7th army cult Gen Gordon b. Rogers Vii corps cult Gen Paul d. Adams a corps cd and maj Gen Ralph c. Cooper 24th div cd whose troops Are competing in the con test. Stuttgart picks squads for Saco matches Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial the Stuttgart Post Rifle and pistol squads have been selected for the Southern area come i Munich in september. The nine Man pistol squad is captained by it col William g. Walters of Post he and includes it col Robert f. Galer m sgt Woodrow a. Whitley and sp7 Lyle Bliss who was the leading shot in the Post matches. The team is now practising at Thebo Eslingen Range. The Post Rifle squad consists of11 fires and team Captain capt Clarence g. Barrens sp5 Nathan Iel Mcclendon  William Espino and pfc Herbert e. Purchase who took the first three places in the Post matches last month Are the three leading men on the squad at this Point. Also on the squad Are sp5 Curry. Johnson and sgt Harry Randell both members of last year s Rifle team which finished a close second to Munich in the Saco matches. Allied sailors train in . Charleston . Up More than 500 sailors from five for eign navies will be in training simultaneously at the naval base Here during the next four weeks. The sailors from Germany nor Way Spain Turkey and Iran will be learning american ship handling methods and  former . Ships will be formally transferred to these for eign countries in ceremonies herein september and october