European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Worn engine cylinders Are re ground by precision machinery. Army photos in new engines from. Old lying quietly and inconspicuously just off Highway 29, on the Western oxi skirts of the Small Industrial town Bofsch Zaebisch Gemuend Germany is a group. Of 17 Brick and Concrete buildings which House a . Army ordnance Plant. Judg ing by its unimpressive exterior it is Hardtop imagine the role these buildings play in keeping . Forces and our Nat allies supplied with top flight motor transportation. The Schwa Ebisch Gemuend ordnance Plant is one of the largest engine and Power train rebuild factories in Europe employing More than 1,500 people and turning out some 25,000 rebuilt machines each year. Run Down engines from All Over the continent pour into the Factor for rebuilding and overhauling. Engines from american tanks trucks jeeps Anda Mored personnel carriers from French trucks from danish tractor trailers an from German armoured vehicles and half tracks Are sent each Day to Schwa Ebisch Gemuend. Working with remarkable efficiency an skill the factory is Able to strip Down these complicated engines Wash and Sand blast rust and grease from usable parts Regrind and re sleeve cylinders overhaul pistons rebalanced crankshafts r e f a c e valves Rebore and Rhone Cylinder blocks and set to work again clogged or worn out carburettors pumps distributors an generators. Many of these operations re quire careful precision and great skill yet for the past five years a rebuilt engine or Power train has rolled off the Assembly line every 1% minutes. The versatility of the Plant becomes apparent when the number of different sizes and makes that Are rebuilt is known. Among some of the lighter engines passing through the factory Are ton jeep engines ton Dodges 21/�-ton reos 5-ton Continental s used in tractor trailers an wreckers. Fageol bus engines Whites for half tracks and armoured vehicles Ford Light tank engines Cadillac models for heavy tanks. Waukesha for self propelled howitzers general motors engines for trucks and armoured personnel carriers. This wide Range of repairing ability makes it necessary for More than 48,000 individual parts to be kept on hand. There is also a machine shop in which parts no readily available can be made. The production line is a study in contrasts. At the Start of it parts Are dirty and Rusty. Each item is cleaned and inspected and As the engines go Down , precision machines take Over. Parts we re ground re bored or repaired As need Page 12 repaired crankshaft is rebalanced. De. Farther along  relating andr balancing take place. Engine blocks Are magnetically checked for flaws or cracks. Finally the engines Are assembled each part having been restored to like new condition. Next comes the final checkout. The rebuilt engines Are required to undergo 2j/2-hour tests at High speeds and in All gears. Unless they Are in perfect run Ning condition the engines Are not sent out but turned Back to a special Row of mechanics to determine the difficulty. Fit passes the 2l-hour test the practically new engine is painted packed and setback to work the Money saving value of a Plant of this Type is difficult to estimate. It is generally Felt that a rebuilt engine Cost the government 18 to 28 per cent of what a new one would Cost. A 2m.-ton truck for example can have its engine rebuilt for Only 23 per cent of what a new Deuce and a half engine would Cost. Savings to the government Are estimated to run into Mil Lions of dollars each year. Although its primary Mission is to re build and refurbish engines the Schwae Bish Gemuend Plant is an important Factor in the economic life of the Little City in which it is located. More than 5,000 local citizens depend up onut for their livelihood. Disappointed Kovarich at Eft thinks his Lead footed Long shot should be sent Back to the collective farm or better sold under the meat ration. Ten rubles on the daily double Utec and  Moscow horse players at the hippodrome await the Start of the Day s meet this handicapper says Don t play the hot fave a top he May sulk hmm a 5v,. By Walter t. Ridder North american newspaper Alliance editor s note the author Washington Bureau chief for the Ridder publications is currently reporting fro Russia. The losses he incurred at the hippodrome were not turned in on his expense account there i am standing in Moscow sred Square looking at the lengthy line of people waiting for a look see atthe Lenin Stalin mausoleum and All the while i am wondering who won the first at Belmont Park it is at this precise moment that i am accosted by a stranger who addresses me  Are you Wally the weeper whose re Pute As a horse player extends beyond the Continental limits 12 Miles of the unite states without thinking i reply the same and who do you favor in the sixth he makes sure that nobody is overhear ing and he whispers into my ear  who i ask incredulously for i do no recall having seen the form Chart on a Mot at Belmont or Aqueduct or even Saratoga. A Mot he reiterates out of Max Ashaby  i am to Tell the truth not familiar with these blood lines and i opine that the nag in question could not win a players race at  Are not discussing Charlestown he answers with some dignity. We Are Dis cussing Are we not the sixth at the Hippo drome today i do not wish to appear ignorant so Ido not confess i do not know where or what the hippodrome is. I am Ever conscious of my role As a representative of the United states people and i do not care to Hurt his feelings by suggesting that have never read of the hippodrome in the daily Telegraph. Instead i ask if the have a race track in the Vicinity. Of course he replies Duffily. We area civilized  he is kind enough to invite me to spend the afternoon at the Moscow track and naturally i accept the offer. As we Wal along red Square on the Way to a taxi i am trying to make conversation so i ask him which Are the big stables in Moscow. When he tells me there is Only one i feel must be More explicit in my questions. I Don t mean a big building i elucidate patiently. I mean who owns the horses him he answers and tosses his Headin the direction of the Kremlin. I do not entirely grasp his meaning but just to make sure i ask you mean one Man owns All the ponies who Are racing against each other in a manner of speaking he says,"yes." this gives me pause for thought. Finally i say Well if that s the Case there s no need for the old saliva stick is there and i give him a Hearty slap on the Back but he does not seem to appreciate the joke so i drop it. When we arrive at the hippodrome feel i am at Home again. They hand me a dope Sheet As i enter and i immediately Start trying to figure out the races with the help of touts and tipsters although the Job is not easy because i understand neither what they Are saying nor what am Reading. I finally Lay Down my 10 rubles on the daily double yet and Pyy Eek and take a look at the track which is Broad an dirt and looks to me to be fast i wander Over to the paddock and what i see do snot impress me but i am too polite to mention my observations to my Host who is telling his friends that he has with him the stars and stripes wednesday August 26, 1959 the stars and stripes a famous Ameri Kanski horse player but they Are too Busy with their calculations to pay me much heed. The horses Parade to the Post while the loudspeakers blare a March i do not read ily recognize and they try their Best to make believe the horses do not All belong to the same stable. There Are eight of them and the jockeys who ride european rather than american style sport Silks of differing colors although Why they do so i do not know. It is however a matter of no importance to me because Utec Breaks fast from the pole Heads the Field around the first turn in the Backstretch and breezes Home uneasy Winner which As you can imagine enhances my reputation among the Russi Ansas a horse player. As i watch the bettors Lay their fins on the second race i idly ask my Host who gets the take from the betting and he again tosses his head toward the Kremlin and says  you mean i ask in search of explanation that he owns the horses the bookies and the track yes he replies and before i can receive a Fuller explanation the second race is on. They Are not progressive enough to use starting Gates so the horses Mil around a wire which suddenly goes up and off they go although they do run in the right direction which is not always the Case at foreign tracks. It is not however Clear in which direct Tion May horse Pyy Eek is running for he is left at the Post and loses ground Stead ily thereafter. It is impossible for any thing with four legs even in a communist country to move so slowly but Pyy Eek comes in several Hundred meters off the Pace and my reputation among the rus sians As a horse player no longer stands so  i have the same idea that you would have and i suggest to my Friend that maybe if the same Guy owns the horses the stables the bookies and the track then perhaps do not mention such things he says with startling vigor. Indeed if i were you i would not even think such things. In this country who knows what you Are thinking i do not know who knows what i am thinking but i stuff away the thought an concentrate on my picks for the next races which i am sorry to Tell you do no measure up to my performance in the first so when i leave the track there Are Many russians who Are wondering How i made my reputation in the first  am not one who does not learn lessons from the defeat and in the taxi going downtown i in mulling Over the possibilities opened by what i have Learned during the  is no  i finally explain to my Host Why this Guy should have everything All to himself. Now if we could set up a rival track and have our own cookies and our own horses we could give this Guy and i toss my head in the direction of the Kremlin a run for his Money. But i am not Able to Finis my exposition. My Host looks at me in a Way which indicates i am not quite comme in Faut As we say Here on the  you mad he shouts and turns quickly to the taxi Driver. The latter slams on his brakes and my Host jumps out of the cab and disappears into the subway As if the cops were after him. Page 13