European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 27, 1959 the stars and stripes Page Staple language beats bombast expert coaches Safe in f Plain approach by Don Walter staff writer Paris is r you be got to boil the fat out of your language if you expect those letters to be read and  that s How or. Everett Alldredge expert on effective writing now in Europe  write clearer plainer letters explains the reason for his correspondence management , who developed a course of instruction in letter writing for the general services administration s record manage ment division said Here that the army Navy and several air Force commands already have adopted the program with excellent results. The 10-hour course now being inaugurated by Safe is an outgrowth of recommendations by the second Hoover com Mission with which Alldredge served. This panel found that the 1.2 billion letters written annually by Federal agencies Cost some $1 billion. If the writers had written they agreed rather than interposed no objection or that they ate rather than consumed or that they lived rather than were domicile the Cost of those letters could have been trimmed by $75 million annually said Alldredge. Federal agencies have forgotten the Short Anglo Saxon words he believes. The commission in seeking to Cut government costs it the extensive consideration to letter writing. It found sentences an paragraphs too Long too Many unfamiliar words and needless technical and Legal terms that draw a Blank with most  cited cases of elderly people who wrote to inquire about social Security benefits Only to be baffled by the return letters to the extent it was often necessary to take them to lawyers to have the an Swers  the first place Alldredge said the persons responsible for answering these letters should have pictured the person son the receiving end they should have replied in Plain straight Forward terms. The veterans administration used to be one of the worst offenders in getting out complicated letters. Now its answers Are models of sincerity and simplicity. Alldredge said the a cooperates wholeheartedly with the correspondence pro  Lincoln was famous for his direct and clearly stated letters he said. Unfortunately few government officials or employees in the letter writing business have followed his example. The backlog of Long winded pompous and usually tediously technical official letters has increased to 10-fold since 1912, that year the Taft commission was shocked to discover that one letter a week was being written for every Federal  and reports Are a necessity Alldredge said. The written word is the principal Means of  the air Force he said writes about 200, 000 letters a Day of which Safe s share is about. 1,500. Man hours and Money Canso saved by improved writing techniques thai help clarify understanding and expedite . Industry discovered this fact years ago and now saves millions of dollars with Clear concise letters the expert declared. Following the Hoover commission s re port to the White House directives went out to every Federal Agency to organize adequate programs to eliminate  Alldredge said the strategic air come also has adopted the program which is a classroom course for letter writers and their supervisors taught by textbook slides and lectures. It stresses the importance of Plain writ ing and attempts to Correct 17 of the most common faults in Federal letters. Ross awarded dec for role in balloon test Washington special cmdr Malcolm d. Ross Navy balloonist who ascended to an Altitude of 80, 000.-Ieet for an unofficial world endurance record was awarded the distinguished flying Cross Here. James h. Wakelin assistant Secretary of the Navy for research and development presented the medal to Ross for his part in the Navy s operation strato lab in july of last year and praised him for his outstanding professional skill courage and inspiring of  command Pilot the citation accompanying the decoration hailed Ross for extra Ordinary achievement in Aerial flight As command Pilot of the two Man Navy balloon and Gondola that stayed in the stratosphere More than 34% hours. Testing aloft a new Type sealed environment in the Gondola the citation read commander Ross removed his helmet and oxygen mask at pressure altitudes rang ing from 79,500 to 82,000 feet thereby risking instant death in the event of  expert on Arrow Power shows How Canadian Cpl Ormond an Quot an Ojibwa Indian from Sarnia Ontario shows a German lad How to shoot with a Bow and Arrow. An Quot a member of the 2d in Queen s own rifles was a special guest of the Westphalia tribe along with Grena Diers John Goodwill fort que Apelle sask., and Maurice Anderson Reg Ina sask. Goodwill is Sioux and Anderson a Cree. Canadian army army shooter wins Perry Hifle classic Camp Perry Ohio special the army took the coveted National trophy individual Rifle championship As sgt Charles d. Davis of it. Lauderdale fla., with a score of 249-26 out of a possible 250, led the Field of More than 2,150 competitors in the department of the army sponsored service Rifle i classic. Shooting against the finest civilian and service riflemen in the nation army shooters swept the i first five places As they demonstrated their Mastery of the infantryman s Basic weapon the service  sgt Floyd w. Frazier of free Union va., and a member of the army Rifle team was second with 248-25. Second it Willis l. Powell of Guthrie okla., and the army learn was third with 248-22, and sgt Milton Nagrone of Honolulu Hawaii and the 25th inf div Casein fourth also with 248-22. The tie was broken by counting the is in the last string of shots at 600  Ronald Turner of Bigelow ark., and the army Rifle team was fifth with 248-21. Mystery shrouds wreck of . Plane in Canada Campbell River . A wreckage of a . Neptune bomber and skeletons of its 11 occupants has been found on a Mountainside near this Vancouver Island com  was believed to have crashed in 1951.a Royal Canadian air Force Strauss winds up 6th Fleet visit Washington special West Germany s minister of defense Franz Josef Strauss wound up a three Day visit with the Ith Leetin the Mediterranean during which he received a briefing on anti submarine warfare from vice adm. E. Ekstrom 6th Fleet com Mander the Navy announced to accompanying Strauss on his Fleet visit was vice acini Fried Rich huge chief of the West Ger Man naval forces. The pair witnessed a demonstration of he i the Fleet s striking Power and we retrieved on submarine defense tech  is scheduled to urn the Goth Fleet Helm Over to vie adm George w. Anderson next month and head for his new assignment As commander naval air fort is Pacific Fleet search party made the report in averse radio message from the 4,000 foot level on mount Mccreight. The ground party from Comox Craf base went to the area after jul w. H. Glover an airman stationed at the base reported seeing the wreckage while fishing at Roberts Lake. The search party said the plane appeared from documents at the scene to have crashed in 1951. Re ports show a Neptune disappeared in the area in 1948 but no such plane was reported missing in 1951. Identity rending Craf officials said positive identification would not be possible until the searchers returned to co mox. Another . Neptune was Dis covered wrecked on the same Mountain in september 1951, Anci was identified As one reported missing a year earlier with 11 per sons aboard. Only nine persons were believed aboard the plane which disappeared in 1948. Pm Honor graduate bad Kreuz Nach Germany special pfc Warren a. Rybak he co 20th trans in was chosen As Honor graduate of the pm Sig Nal school radio teletype opera tors course at Lindgr Les Germany silent intruder stirs Wethersfield airmen Wethersfield England is it was Surprise Surprise at the 3d air Force base  operations personnel used to watching f100 jets whine in for landings had occasion to blink. Coasting leisurely above the 20th tactical fighter whig runway was a  Pilot John Moulster of the London gliding club was off course and made a forced Landing  in the Day the English Man s truck arrived and the glider was disassembled and taken away. V corps Sharpshooter Back from Ohio meet Frankfurt special m sgt John Martin one of the army s top pistol marksmen has just re turned to v corps from the . Where he competed in the nation Al Small arms matches held at Camp Perry Ohio. A member of the Usa eur team Martin has been a Marks Man for 19 years of his army career winning 800 medals and 100 trophies during his service. Martin has a collection of six Usan unit in Britain helping to insure smooth visit for Ike Bovingdon England is the 7531st air base so Here will be one of the . Air Force unit working behind the scenes to in sure a smooth operating visit to Britain by president Eisenhower. Last week Squadron aircraft transported members of the pres ident s staff to Scotland for and Vance preparations for his visit with Queen Elizabeth. Squadron personnel expect to be involved in further missions for staff members during the visit. The Squadron commanded by it col Howard c. Agne jr., has a Topnotch safety record. Since january. 1956, its c47shave flown More than 50,000 hours without an  the past \8 months. 2t.04c. Hours and 25,003 landings been logged. Other Squadron Mission maintaining flying proficiency for approximately 300 pilots and Navi gators in the London area two air evacuation missions per week two aircraft equipped for search and Rescue work and support for 3d air Force. Bovingdon is one of the few bases in Britain that is jointly used by the Usan and Royal air Force. Handguns two shotguns and two rifles. He prefers the .38-Cal. Re Volver. He also fires the .22-Cal. Automatic and the army .45-Cal. Pistol in Competition. His Choice for big game Hunting however is the 30-06 Rifle and his Small game favorite is the automatic Shotgun. The v corps Ace has served in Europe and the far East and has found time to Hunt wherever he has been stationed. In Korea he hunted pheasant in Germany Deer and in Alabama doves. A qualified expert with the my Rifle carbine and .45-Cal. Auto Matic handgun under the army system he holds master s class rating from the National Rifle Assn and has won a leg toward the army s distinguished Marks Man award. In addition he is a qualified instructor with the Era. While stationed at it. Carson colo., with the 40th arty of he competed As a member of the car son and 5th army pistol teams. To won four medals in the Mas Ter s class at the National pistol moot at Perry while a member of the Carson  native of Avant okla., mar tin saw action in Italy during world War ii As an infantry Pla Toon sergeant. He now is mess sergeant of the 40th up consolidated mess