European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Fog the stars and stripes Friday August 28, 1959 Canadian pilots Lead second flight of teams in nato gunnery meet Cazaux France special Royal Canadian air Force pilots Are setting the Pace for the second flight of Jet fighter teams competing in the two week International air to air gunnery meet which ends Here saturday. The eight team Aerial gunnery Competition being conducted into separate week Long brackets Naco plans fire safety week in oct. Frankfurt special All Post fire units of Northern area com Mand will feature fire fighting demonstrations during fire prevention week oct. 4-10, delegates to the quarterly conference of a com fire chiefs and fire marshal decided Here. In addition Effort will be made to make the command s Combina Tion fire fighting demonstration and fire department Rodeo the largest of its kind held in Ger Many officials reported. During the conference maj j. , Mannheim Post Engineer extended an invitation on behalf Oft col j. O. Ross Heidelberg Post co to the delegates to hold the demonstration in Mannheim. Scheduled to begin the Day s activities is a Parade through Mann Heim of army air Force Canad Anair Force and German fire fight ing equipment. The Rodeo and demonstration will be opened by a formal raising of . And West German flags and playing of the two National anthems by bands of each nation. Competition slate the Rodeo will feature Competition among the various Post fir departments to determine which team can solve problems involving fire fighting techniques the fastest. Awards will be presented to the winners of the various events. Each Post has stated that it will participate in the Rodeo Naco officials said. The fire fighting demonstration will consist of five or six acts including fire extinguishing by the latest methods How fires Are caused by carelessness and negligence and the latest developments in life saving equipment. Displays of the most modern models of fire fighting equipment will round out the Day s activities. Dignitaries from , the various posts and the German City and fire department services will be invited to attend the event. Navy men at pole take to air again Washington special air Craft permanently based at the . Navy Polar outpost at Mcmurdo sound have taken to the so a after three months of in activity accompanying Antarctica Slong wintry night. It cmdr John k. Allison detachment commander and machinist mate 1/c James c. Eblen made the initial flight to kick of the Aerial portion of the Navy s operation deep freeze in. The inaugural flight of the 1959 60 reason had been delayed Sev eral times due to High winds and the malfunction of instruments inthe extreme cold the Navy said but Allison and Eblen finally took off with temperatures on the icy runway Reading 55 degrees below the French air Force base near Cazaux is sponsored by theato command of Allied air forces Central Europe. The teams winding up the meet Are the nato assigned Canadian and . Air Force entries and National teams from the French air Force air defense come and the British Royal air Force fighter come. The Competition for the Guyne Mer trophy donated by the French firm of Marcel assault and named for France s world War i figh Terace capt Georges Guynemer was to wind up Friday. A trophy offered by Safe will go to the second place the four teams from Britain Belgium France and the Royal Netherlands air Force which completed firing last week an Ranato assigned team based in Ger Many has the High score thus individual scorer of those who have finished the six nation Competition is a belgian Pilot adjutant Andre Delvaux. Canada 58 Winner the Canadian team went considerably out in front in live and gun camera shooting for the Sec Ond bracket Lead. Canada was last year s Champion. In second place is the Raf fighter come entry with the Usan team third and the French air defense team fourth in the firing Over a Range some seven Miles off France s Atlantic High scoring . Pilot to Date is 1st it David r. Scott of Sanantonio tex., assigned to Safe s 32d fighter interceptor so of the 36th Wing based at Oesterberg the Netherlands. The americans Are flying f100super Sabre jets the canadians Sabre i aircraft the British Hawker Hunters and the French mystery jets. The Guynemer trophy presenta Tion will be made saturday by the . Air Force s Gen Leon , Holder of the medal of Honor who is Deputy for air Token Lauris Norstad supreme com Mander Allied Powers in Europe. Army helps quench villagers1 thirst soldiers from the 20th trans in 8th inf div fill water buckets for mrs. Elsa Schrug of Eben Burg Germany As town officials Konrad Schu Macher left and Heinrich Schlich thank the Mentor coming to the Village s assistance during the protracted August dry spell. Army photo Baut Holder Post-8th inf div answer pleas troops Rush water As Wells run dry Frankfurt special . Army rushed to the assistance of two neighbouring Rhineland communities caught in a water Short age during the protracted August dry spell. In one crisis Good planning and cooperation by officials at North Ern area come s Baum older Post and the water commission of Idar Oberstein prevented the Community of 15,000 from suffering a major shortage. Severe Lack of rain for the past months caused the German City s Wells to dry up for the first time in 50 years. The 8th inf div similarly responded to a Call for help from the Village of Edenburg near . The Community s water Reservoir was empty. Defensive driving urged Over labor Day weekend Frankfurt special by practising a few rules of Road Courtesy and defensive driving military personnel and their de Pendents can help avoid turning this coming labor Day weekend from a time of recreation to wreck creation the Northern area come safety office has cautioned personnel of the command. Past experience indicates that courteous driving is contagious the office said. Let s Hope it turns into an As for driving defensively i you knew exactly what every other Driver would do then you would need to practice it but the trouble is that you Don t. You Don t know labor Day Bible meet slated in Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany special servicemen and their dependents from Germany France and eng land will meet Here for a Conven Tion sponsored by the assemblies of god at the Berean Bible schooling nearby Erz Hausen. The convention is scheduled to begin Friday sept. 4 and continue through sept 7. The program includes devotional and inspirational services Bible study and discus Biong whether or not he can see or hear very Well if he is irritated an that is making him drive recklessly whether or not he Ever look before entering an intersection or if he has a habit of stopping abruptly. The Only Way to drive when you consider these Circum stances is the following rules were listed to help guarantee a Holiday unspoiled by tragedy Park off the Highway. Keep within a Safe driving Speed. Pass other cars Only when there is sufficient Clear Dis Tance ahead. Signal traffic behind when turning. Look the situation Over before you pull away fro the curb. Yield the right of Way when conditions warrant. Start to your destination in plenty of time so you won t have to hurry. Don t chisel or Bull your Way into another Driver s Lane on four Lane drives or when passing. Observe the traffic signs signals and Road Mark Ings. Avoid that mud puddle. Re Spect the rights of others especially children pedestrians and by cyclists. Simple rules Aren t they the statement observed. So simple that no one should have any trouble following them let s try to this labor Day this was the second time this summer that the Village s water Supply ran out and the 8th was asked to lend a hand. Previously during Europe s heat wave the water trailers of the division filled the depleted Reservoir of the historic Village. At Idar Oberstein mayor hoi Berg contacted it col Richard , Post commander and. Explained the plight of the town with the result that the 5th missile Brig promptly went into action to haul water to the town in military tankers. The people carried the water Offin buckets pans and bottles but it soon was obvious that other measures would have to be taken. Post Engineer technicians and the preventive Medicine officer i cooperation with the local water works commission had earlier surveyed the water Supply system in the area. This study disclosed that a connection could be made to the army water lines supplying German an american troops and their families in or near the Strassburg and Litzburg caverns. In less than 24 hours Baum Holder technicians had the tie inmate with 200,000 Gallons of water a Day pouring into the Idar Ober Stein lines for duration of the shortage. The Edenburg mayor s second plea to the 8th div when his Vil Lage faced a shortage once More was answered with a seven truck Convoy of water trailers to relieve the situation. Official thanks army for Forest fire Aid Karlsruhe Germany Spe Cial a letter of Bee received by col Richard l. Pooley Karlsruhe Post co from forester Burckhardt of the Baden forestry department for army assistance in combating Forest fires during the area s recent drouth. On behalf of the forestry of fice of Karlsruhe Hardt i wish to express my Heartfelt thanks to you for the extremely valuable assistance rendered by you during the Forest fire on aug. 10, by placing a helicopter and troop with equipment at our disposal the letter read in helicopter furnished by the 555 engr up was used to spitfires before they had the Opp Portu nity to grow Large in size and to direct fire fighters to the scene of the Blaze. American personnel helped local fire fighting units extinguish five blazes during the latter part of july and August. Dispatched to the town by 8thinf div trains Drivers commanded by 2d it Donald j. Padden 8thqm co hauled water for 12 hours from a Well three Miles under difficult conditions Over Steep Hills Padden s detail delivered 25,000 Gallons of water enough to Supply the Community for two weeks to the Edenburg Reservoir. Navy., army Pool cargo ships for on loading tests at sea tit a Cut. Washington special the army and Navy have joined forces to conduct a series of tests in the Chesapeake Bay to determine the feasibility of transferring military vehicles at sea it was announced Here. Using new Roll on Roll off shipping techniques the five Day sea tests will bring together the 499-foot vehicle cargo Carrie Comet of the Navy s military sea transportation service and the army transportation corps new338-foot shallow draft Beach Craft the it col John u. D. two vessels will test a new concept for speeding Beach supplies to combat areas where no port facilities exist. Wheeled and tracked vehicles will be driven aboard Roll on Roll off vessels in the ., transferred at sea and then rolled off again at their beachhead destination. In the Chesapeake Bay test vehicles loaded aboard the come twill move with Drivers and Crews on to the Flat top deck of the Page by Means of a bridging the special ram vessels Sterns. Theoretically the Page the would proceed to the Beach lower its Bow ramp and the vehicle would Roll of ready for combat j
