European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 29, 1959 fhe stars and St types Figi v Ocean sounds taped by Navy for sonar men Washington special High Fidelity tape recordings acoustic histories of the Navy s submarine Hunter killer squadrons on the High seas Are being used in a new training device for sonar opera tors. The tapes installed at naval training schools at key West Fla Mand san Diego calif., Are designed to help sonar operators distinguish the difference Between false Sig nals and Tell tale blips of actual submarines the Navy said Here. Obstacles confuse dubbed the sonar operators tar get classification Trainer system the new equipment is linked Side by Side with actual sounding de vices allowing trainees to Monitor All the situations they might encounter at sea. In addition to schools of fish which can cast an electric Shadow on sonar scapes the Navy pointed out there Are Many other obstacles which tend to produce a confusing picture for the sonar operator. These include underwater Mountain peaks sunken wrecks and even masses of floating sea Weed. Electronic pulse using principles similar to radar sonar sends out an electronic  the return Echo and measuring the elapsed time from transmission to reception permits operators to detect the presence of undersea or surface vessels in the area. Developed under a $1.5 million contract from the naval training devices Center port Washington n.y., the sonar Trainer was perfected in cooperation with the International Telephone and Tele graph laboratories Nutley . Hercules tops distance goal Marietta a. Up an air Force test Crew piloted a new Long Range Lockheed Hercules Prophet transport from Hickam air Force base Honolulu to Dobbins fab near Here. Flying at stratospheric Heights the plane made the 4,610-Mfle non Stop flight in 13 hours 15 minutes. Built at Lockheed s Marietta Plant the aircraft was undergoing a test of its distance Range. It was designed to Fly 4,000 Miles non Stop but its performance was bet Ter than expected. The new Hercules piloted by a Crew from the air Force research and development test Center at Edwards fab calif., and the Tacti Cal air come at s e w a r t fab tenn., flew at Heights of seven Miles above the  f. E. Cole of Edwards fab aircraft commander said the plane made the trip without any trouble. British to features of Little leagues Bushy Park England is Britain was taken out to the Ball game via television. The British network presented a Hull hour show from the . Air Force Huso Here featuring two Little league teams in action. The youngsters played several innings then demonstrated pitching and batting1. Explaining the subtleties of the , National game was in fax Joseph Tyni Hul of the 28th weather so who is president of the Bushy Park Little league Assn. Assisting him in the to Rou Tine were 1st it Charles e. Dunna/10 Henry Drammis anyone for Cricket command changes new co takes Over at pm signal school Jayne Mansfield puts a Little zing into a game of Cricket during a Charity match at Bushy Park air base England. The enthusiastic convert to the game is a/2c Michael Stirewalt an air policeman stationed at Bushy Park. Air Force photo former filipino guerrilla repays debt to . Army by Henry b. Kraft staff writer Munich is when 1st it Perry a. Degracia was 15 years old he was a guerrilla fighter in the Philippines. Today he is in the .army, repaying a debt. Degracia of the 28th inf said at the outbreak of world War ii hundreds of thousands of americans came to liberate us from the japanese. Many of them gave their blood and their lives for the cause of Freedom. I am serving in the . Army now As an expression of personal gratitude. If they had not come i might have been dead along time  in 1943-44 Degracia then Only 15, saw the Able bodied men. In his town disappear into the Hills to be come guerrilla fighters. He decided to do something for the cause arid became a guerrilla messenger. I thought it was necessary forme to do this in order to do my share said Degracia. Armed with a pistol he continued his dangerous work making As Many As three or four trips daily. Then one Day hews captured. I was on my Way to deliver a message but before reaching my destination. Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared on both sides of the Road the boy was carrying a gun pos session of which meant death. He managed to throw it away without being observed but he was taken prisoner and questioned. I told them nothing said de Gracia. The next morning i found the guards were gone. So i sneaked out of the Garrison when the Gate was opened for a  after the War Degracia was employed by the . As a fire fighter new Hanau arc official Hanau Germany special Jerry l. Pennington has arrived Here from an assignment at Goose Bay Labrador to assume duties As assistant american red Cross Field director succeeding Sally Mandel who has returned to the . On Guam and Okinawa. He s been in the army since 1953. Degracia Rose from private. To sergeant first class in 11 months and then was graduated from officer candidate school. Leng Gries Germany special col c. A. Holmes Eubanks has assumed command of the . Army quartermaster signal school Europe _ before coming to the school Eubanks was professor of military science and tactics at Tennessee poly technical Institute Cooksville,tenn., for four years. A Retreat Parade was conduct Din his Honor Here after which the colonel and his wife entertained coast guard sets Academy overseas test London is examinations for admission to the . Coast guard Academy at new London conn., will be held at selected cities in Europe on feb. 22, 1960, according to an announcement by the coast guard office Here. The examinations will be held at coast guard offices in London Antwerp Athens Bremen Naples and Copenhagen. Coast guard Academy appoint ments Are made solely on the basis of the candidate s standing in the annual nationwide competitive examination. There Are no congressional appointments or geographic quotas. The announcement Points out that thorough preparation in High school affords the Best Chanc of receiving an appointment to the Academy. Scholastic requirements include two High school units of algebra one unit of plane geometry three units of English plus seven additional units in mathematics English science social studies or language and two units in other optional subjects. The coast guard also recommends that male High school Stu dents or graduates interested i trying for admission to the Academy study physics chemistry trigonometry and solid geometry. Applications must be submitted by Jan. 10, 1960, and should be forwarded directly to the com mandant . Coast guard hq., Washington 25, d.c., according to officials Here. 1st it Perry a. Degracia ,. Expression of gratitude Toul m sgt wins Limerick contest Toul France special m sgt Richard m. Standard of the installations so at Toul Rosie res Aii base won a $25 . Savings Bond for submitting the Best Limerick among 40 entrants in a contest to improve Sale of government series savings Bonds among 50th tac tical fighter Wing personnel. His Limerick there was a Young Man named Ted never gambled but bought bands instead. Now his service is Over he s living in Clover and this by just using his dead. Airmen Aid 17 Wjk Blind Lakenheath England is there Are a Bunch of scavengers at this ." air Force base. It s for a Good cause though. Cig Aret packs Candy and gum wrappers milk bottle Caps and any thing that contains tin foil is collected for the 910th combat support top s operations Squadron project. Proceeds of the tin foil sales Are used to Purchase seeing Eye dogs for Blind children. The tin foil is separated from the paper in the Vil Lage of Lakenheath and is sent to the guide dogs for the Blind Assn. The project originated a year ago and a/2c Edward Goodson now serving in the states was instrumental in getting things going., among those Active now Are a/2c Stephan i. Bigas a/1c James a. Turner a/3c James l. Tindell a/1c Gerald Greer and a/1c Kenneth Roberts. Quite a lot of people on base save tin foil said Bigas. We get sacks of it. One time i came Back to my room and found my bed absolutely covered with tin foil that air policemen had  the officers and their ladies at Thelen Guries officers open mess. Stuttgart Post it col Charles e. Coates formerly pro Fessor of military science and tactics with the Roth unit at Washington and Lee University in1 Lexington va., has been appointed head of the s4 Section of this postin Germany. Advance Section it co Herbert meeting formerly with the judge advocate division at com z he in Orleans France has been appointed staff judge advocate for this Section with Headquarters at Verdun. It col Elon l. Hiller recent graduate of the army in formation school at it. Slocum n.y., is the new information offi cer for acl Sec. 70801 h installations Salt col Francis r. Whatley formerly Engineer at Wiesbaden air base has taken command of this squad Ron at Ramstein Germany succeeding it col Elsey Harris temporary commander who has re turned to his former position As inspector for 7030th support up. 21 general Hospital it col Eileen w. Brady formerly chief of the assignment Section at the army nurse corps personnel division in the office of the surgeon general in Washington is the new chief of the nursing service at this Hospital in the army medical Cen Ter at Lan Stuhl Germany. She succeeds it col Helen m. Abram Oska who has returned to the . For a new assignment. Berlin come it col Georgea. Bone formerly chief of enlisted personnel in the office of the Deputy chief of staff for personnel in Washington has been name Deputy co of the 6th inf s 3d Battle up. He succeeded it co Wilbur e. Lage who has returned to the . 5531 engr in it col. Arthurs. Grace jr., formerly chief of the construction operation Section of the com z office of engineers has assumed command of this battalion in France succeeding it col Harold a. Gould who has been appointed s4 officer for Orleans area come. Army develops Neil rabies test it. Sam Houston Tex. Up army scientists Here announced they have a new Way of detecting rabies that is 100 times faster than old  Charles j. Farinacci co of the 4th army medical Laboratory Here said the new method is called. Fluorescent antibody detection. He said it was tested recently Ona clog that bit two Elpaso per sons and took Only 7 hours to con firm the dog had rabies. Under the old method of inoculation White mice and later inspecting their body fluids under a Microscope it takes some 30 Days to confirm rabies he said. Farinacci said that the new method is also More accurate. It requires a Microscope equipped with a special High pressure Mer Cury vapor Ultra Violet Light. The army Lub is one of the first in the nation to use the equipment for rabies detection. A do warder to head 8th naval District Washington special Raij Calm Frederick b. Warder has been named to succeed rear adm Walter g. Schindler As Comman Dant of the 8th naval District the Navy announced. Schindler commandant since August 1957, will retire this fall warder now is commander sub Marine Force Atlantic fleets