European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is v i the stars and stripes thursday a Fluit 27, general does pushups in no masseur mud Marathon everyone joins act in fund drive to masseur Morocco Spe Cial perspiration flowed and Money poured in As All of Nous eur base got behind the local air Force radio service station i its 36-hour radio Marathon 1n support of the air Force Aid society fund drive. Under the motto anything for a Buck regular and part time announcers were thrown into the swimming Pool mowed lawns auctioned dogs Sang danced roller skated had cakes thrown in their faces. With some pledges still out standing the station has collected $931.60, with the total expected to reach the $1,000 Mark. During the Marathon the Sta Tion received 1,353 Telephone Calls from individuals requesting anything from a favorite record to 10 Phish  in Exchange for a contribution. The station played 454 recordings averaging about 13 per hour. Apr staffers s sgt Gray Parker s sgt Bud Grimes and a/2c t. V. Tronsdal made 14 personal appearances and per formed numerous chores including Impromptu songs and dances and collected $335 for their efforts. Maj Gen Horace m. Wade 4310th air div commander did 18 pushups at $1 each and washed his staff car in Exchange for a $10 contribution from his Driver. S sgt Sam a c k e r m a n per formed More than 1,200 setups during the Marathon at the rate of 5 for $1 or 40 for $5. At Lone Point he did 90 setups for a $41 contribution. He is the physical training instructor at the base gym. Col Charles e. Englehart hos Pital commander and several other unit commanders Here sup ported the mad Marathon by serving breakfast in bed for a contribution to the drive. In addition to the breakfast in bed routine Many first sergeants and commanders volunteered to make the Beds and sweep the rooms of any airman who donated to the afro drive. In addition to the afro staff 30 volunteers served at the Sta Tion during the 36-hour period assisting in the Marathon. Station manager t sgt Ernest h. Croy remained on duty throughout the entire period of the Marathon. Gruenther schedules tour of Europe arc facilities Stuttgart Germany special Gen Alfred m. Gruenther ret president of the american red Cross will arrive in Paris sept. 1to begin a two week inspection trip of red Cross Field installations i Europe it was announced Here. He is also expected to attend meeting later of the Board of governors of the league of red Cross societies in Athens  of the visit of the for Mer supreme Allied commander in Europe is to observe red Crossfield services and discuss their effectiveness with commanders and troop  will visit installations Gen Alfred m. Gruenther macs cos meet in Paris Paris special Twenty one noncommissioned officers representing All units of the european african Middle Eastern airways and air communications service macs area have begun an eight Day meeting at the Powers hotel Here to discuss a variety of prob lems. Some 150 items Are on the Agenda dealing with personnel and organization As Well As problems of navigation communications and air traffic control. The topics have been collected from the various commanders no advisory councils set up to seek out trouble spots covering an area from Prestwick Scotland to Dhah ran saudis Arabia. The group will Forward its recommendations to air Force he in Washington for consideration presiding Over the meeting is mag to r. St Kouis chairman of the no advisory Council a teams us at Wiesbaden Germany. N England France and Germany. He has recently returned from a similar visit to troops and red Cross facilities in the far East. Following his arrival m Paris Gruenther will visit the Devreux Fauville air Force base and its arc recreation Center. He will then travel to England sept. 2 for meetings with personnel of the 3dair Force the 7th air div and Sev eral other of units. To visit the Hague on sept. 8 he will arrive at the plague for inauguration of the new blood transfusion service Labora Ory of the Netherlands red  next Day he will travel to Bonn where a meeting with Ger Man red Cross leaders has been scheduled. Next he will travel to Heidelberg for a conference with Gen a. D. Eddleman Usa eur commander in chief plus meetings with Redcross volunteers and career staff at two military hospitals in Heidel Berg and Wiesbaden. In Berchtesgaden he will address volunteers and staff workers at the arc area staff conference. From there he will visit Vii corps he followed by conferences at v Cor Sand Northern area command he at Frankfurt. Moves on to Athens on sept. 16 he will visit the army s Advance Section he at ver Dun France and the new arc recreation Center there. He will be in Athens from sept. 22-30 for meetings of the Board of Gover nors of the league of red Cross societies representing 82 member nations. He plans to return to . After the league meetings. Gruenther took Over the Helm of the american National red Crosson Jan. 1, 1957 upon retirement from the army after 38 years serv ice. Since then he has trav Ledmore than 165,000 Miles observing and reviewing arc work with the armed forces. Gruenther has two sons both army majors one of whom Mai Richard l. Gruenther recently rotated to the . After serving in the g4 Section at Usa eur he. Cutoff Date is set for col consideration Heidelberg Germany is dec. 15, 1950, is the cutoff Date for officers eligible for consideration for temporary promotion to Colone on the army promotion list a Usa eur spokesman said. The list of officers eligible is announced in a circular 684-62 and is now being distributed in Thefield. For promotion to a Obnel on the chaplain promotion list the eligibility Date includes dec 31 in. . Officer gets off duty kicks9 in soccer squad Berlin special an Ameri an army lieutenant with Berlin omd s Helmstedt det As autobahn operations officer gets his kicks of duty playing on a German soc or team. First it Walter j. Nagorski who As helped the Helmstedt sports Lub in the lower Saxony 2d Ama eur league to a 2-1-1 record by coring at least one goal a match Ever played the sport except in Europe. Born in Poland Nagorski left at he age of 16 with his parents Zoettle in the states where he con entreated on wrestling and tracks a student at East High school and Gannon College in Erie a. No language trouble since arriving in Germany. In .957, however he played soccer Vith another German team the Bunde Spost sports club at Kiel and also was playing manager of he 385th my in squad. A language major at Gannon the lieutenant has no trouble getting along with his teammates because he Speaks German and polish fluently and has a fair knowledge of russian As Well. Pentagon official visits Usa eur assistant Secretary of the army for logistics Courtney Johnson is greeted at Heidelberg Germany by Gen c. D. Eddleman usar eur commander in chief As the official arrives for a month s inspection tour of army logistical activities in Germany France and Italy. " army photo of goal Only top men planner tells students Washington special the air Force today is in a buyer Market for manpower and is look ing for More highly qualified air men with greater skills according to maj Gen Elvin s. Ligon jr., director of personnel planning at Usan he. Back in world War ii we required about 40 per cent technicians and 60 per cent helpers. This trend has reversed today we need about 60 per cent tech Nical personnel and 40 per cent helpers and support  addressing students of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware Ohio Ligon emphasized that Theair Force is not confronted with a recruiting problem. We have Many More applications for open nos than there Are openings  we Are not much concerned about recruiting numbers of people for the air Force he explained actually we get Many More applicants than we need to fill our quotas what we Are concerned with is getting the kind of people who will satisfy our  highly selective the air Force is seeking Quality personnel whom we can retain Foran air Force career the general added. We Don t take anyone who comes along. We Are highly Selec Tive and take Only those who measure up to our  today we must work with smaller Force but we must ask each Man to do More and to Bemore proficient Ligon declared. Each person in the air Force Hasa bigger Job he has to be More highly qualified and we expect More from  with highly Complex equipment coming into the air Force inventory in increasing Quantity he said we have to recruit skilled personnel capable of absorbing much More additional training than Ever before soccer playing army 1st to Walter a nag Rokl Centero Berlin cowl s herniated to pet bounces the Ball off his Chest to the head of � German teammate to an evening practice session of the Helm Stoat sports club army photo 83d army band director Heidelberg Germany Spe cad two Frederick w. Boots former bandmaster of the 427tharmy band in Kaiserslautern has been appointed director of usar eur s official 33d army band Here replacing two b i i e g. Cook who takes Over the Post a director of All army bands to Europe.