European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes monday october 23, 1967 by George Eberl staff writer women s purses these clays seem to come in three sizes big bigger and biggest. For which All travelling families should be everlastingly grateful. Almost everybody has had the experience of yelping Here s this or where s that and to hear the woman of the House reply look in my to watch a woman emptying her handbag i approximately like observing a dozen circus clowns climbing from a tiny car you re sure it is physically impossible to stuff so much into so Small a space. It is generally believed by men that All women purses Are bulging grab bags of baubles bangles beads and miscellaneous trivia a clutter of cosmetic garbage whose Only value would have been for buying Manhattan Island from the May be partial truth in this conviction but male Bias overlooks the Virtues of having a Handy Dandy catch All when on a trip. A travel in woman is easy to spot she invariably possesses a forearm As developed As that of a Tennis player a by product of lugging around he Gargantuan handbag. As for the purse the table of contents is begin with there Are the customary items geared to appeasing women s vanity the cosmetic frosting on natural cheesecake i.e., lipstick Mirror face Cream hand lotion hair net and , in the interest of children in the family the farsighted Mother will find a vacant Corner in which to stuff a couple of emergency comic books a few Dinky toys to help break up brawls in the rear sea of the family Auto vials of allergy Medicine for offspring with Hay fever or would take care of one Normal suitcase. Then there Are the paraphernalia Peculiar to family junkets travellers checks in addition to the regular Check Book in Case you trip on a stray Cavern during your journey and Loose change suitable for operating restrooms in a half dozen countries. One recent trip found a wife sorting through her Wallet another by the Way and dredging up among the vagrant paper clips some coins from the ., Germany Austria Switzerland Italy and Greece plus Rolls of film iodine dental floss dental Flossa sewing repair kit one earring the other was lost in rom aspirins vitamins a curative for what is known in polite company As Montezuma revenge a tiny flashlight a language dictionary and of yes t go away there s More. Cigarettes lighter and or matches Stamps Driver s License address Book kleenex an absolute essential sunglasses and Case old Bills new Bills keys As Well As any boat plane train or bus tickets required to keep going. It is Little wonder that lady tourists tend to walk listed. Efs s new addition indoor Bonoratt foot or r by John Krueger staff writer the clothes lines have hit the rail at the european Exchange system warehouse in Giessen Germany. The rail is a $150,000 Monorail system installed this year to Speed up sorting and storing. The savings on manpower alone have been two level automatic conveyor system covers the full 20,000 Square feet of the warehouse that distribute clothing in Germany and Italy. Trolliet capable of carrying 300-Pound loads of clothes Are mane Vered along the lines by Means of an automatic dispatch dial a couple of knobs and Send the Racks of hanging fashion Wear slowly but surely marching tothe appropriate receiving Section. Meanwhile receivers Are working on the other end recording receipt of the items. Also working on that end Are Quality control checkers who make random samplings of each order. Before the automation of the warehouse patterned after a Chain store system employees had to push the Racks around the 41,000 Square feet of floor Are 260 trolleys on the electrically powered line. The 4-foot-Long trolleys move toward destination sat the rate of 30 feet per minute. Each trolley can hold up to 260 commander of the yes depot the Center for Europe is col. Jeff t. Holman with it. Col. V. As his assistant for systems maj. T. J. Kegel Man for maintenance capt. Steve Simms for Ware housing and Paul Dillon a civilian for operations. It was George Kepler chief of soft line textiles operations who studied the Monorail system in the United states for time and manpower saving involved is vividly illustrated by the truck loading procedure. It can no be done in less than 10 minutes whereas it used to take four Monorail lines Are connected directly with a similar framework in the yes delivery trucks. Wherein used to take three to four people to do such loading now Only one Man is needed to push the trolley aboard. Each truck holds 12 loaded trolleys with an average of 40 to 50 garments carried on each. One push of the Button by Wallace Zich clothing warehouse manager at Giessen and somewhere a trolley starts moving. Quality control personnel must work fast to keep up with trolley loads of clothing rolling into the receiving stations. photos by Guenter Schuettler
