European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Waving the Flag United press International patriotism is in style again with made in Iho   becoming the buzzword in television commercials for everything from Beer to clothing and while new York City May have captured the world s attention during its fourth of july Celebration of the renovated statue of Liberty Washington still has the patriotic vacation Market cornered every summer thousands of americans and foreigners Loo Brave the sweltering Washington heat to see the sights of the nation s capital from the Whilo House and the Washington Monument to the smithsonian exhibits and Capitol Hill but there is another Way to experience history without leaving Homo standing in line or suffering from heatstroke. You can Wale to your senator or representative and request an american Flag that has been flown Over the Capitol the flags Are not tree but considering that you receive your Choice of a 3-by-5-foot or a 5-by-8-foot Flag Complete with a document certifying that it was flown Over the Capitol it s a bargain. William Raines the administration assistant in the office of the Arch Riecl of the Capitol said people can request that a Flag be town for a special occasion like a birthday or Holiday the Date and the person s name Are included on the certificate that is suitable for framing. Right now we be flown 43.000 flags already this year and we won t have any trouble breaking 90,000," Raines said the record was set in 1984 when 97,000 flags were flown on request. It normally takes about three weeks or More to receive a Flag but some seasons Are busier than others. Christmas and Independence Day Are the two busiest limes Raines said with 3,000 requests for this past july 4th alone unfortunately not All the july 4 Flag requests could be honoured this year he said. No it was not a question of manpower his office ran 10,000 flags up and Down the Capitol s flagpoles on july 4, up photo she s a grand old Flag she s a High flying  la in again in America Here s a Flag dealer. 1976. During the Bicentennial. It s just that the House and Senate stationery stores that Supply the hags ran out of the most popular variety the 3-by-5-foot Nylon Flag that at $7.50 is the least expensive. Both stationery stores expect shipments soon to replenish their stocks that also include a 3 by-5-fool Cotton Flag for $8, a 5-by-8-foot Nylon Flag for $ 17.50 and a 5-by 8 foot Cotton hag Tor $18 25. Interested persons can Call or write their representative or senator. A Check for the appropriate amount made out to the keeper of the stationery must accompany the request along with information about the Date the Flag should be flown and the person or group to whom it will be presented. But to be Frank there Are flags and there Are flags. There Are huge 8-by-12-foot flags that Fly from morning until evening Over the East and West fronts of the Capitol and Over the wings of the House and Senate when they Are in session. The smaller request flags have a briefer moment of glory if you blink you might miss it. The maintenance Crew of the architect of the Capitol s office go up to the roof each Day and run the request flags up to the top of one of three Flag poles let them pause there for a moment and bring them Down again. They Are then sent to the hag office for certification and then mailed to the constituent. Raines said that on july 4.1976, during the Bicentennial 18 additional flagpoles were installed and the Crew worked from Midnight until late in the morning running 10,000 flags up and Down the Flag poles. If you want one of the official flags that regularly Fly Over the Capitol you can ask your member of Congress about that too. They Are free but there is a two year waiting list for those hags that Are Given away when they Are considered too worn to Fly Over the Capitol. Book focuses on loss of american secrets by de Reavis staff writer of Agoston 6 Book Blunder is the Story of How americans passed top secrets to the soviet Union at the end of world War ii. Agoston a specialist on Germany spent More than 10 years As Bureau chief and diplomatic correspondent in Bonn for the old International news service ins. Blunder describes How during the last Days of the third Reich the Swift Advance of the Allied forces the americans in particular caused Many German super secrets to fall into their hands. These so called super secrets were scientific projects programmed by the government for the creation and control of the greater Reich the nazis hoped to realize. According to Agoston these secrets were the blueprints for a Technocracy far advanced of anything the rest of the world had conceived. The key figure in this planning was Hitler s trusted aide is Gen. Hans Kammler. The 42-year-old Kammler was one of two princes of the wafted  the other was Wilhelm Voss a 49 year old Engineer. Agoston writes that the Public knew very Little of these men but they were famous in the inner Circle called the new aristocracy of nazi society. Agoston describes Voss As a prominent cosmopolitan top industrialist and president of the Skoda armament works in German run Czechoslovakia. Kammler was a rabidly nationalistic career officer characterized by an awful seriousness and a rival to Albert Speer Hitler s architect and armaments minister. Among other things Kammler was in charge of the v-2 rocket attacks on London and commanded the entire missile production and development program which included the pioneers of space travel rocketry. He built the world s first Bombproof underground aircraft and missile factory Sites. Agoston conjectures that had is Leader Heinrich Himmler Kammler s Mentor succeeded in building of the Independent is economic Empire he envisioned Kammler would have been the logical Choice to command a Force of 14 million slave labourers. The Skoda works under Voss was of Central importance to Many of the projects Kammler oversaw. Thus the paths of the two men crossed on numerous occasions. As the War Drew to its inevitable end Voss panicked at the thought that the secrets would fall into the hands of the soviets but was powerless to do anything about it. Agoston describes How the americans passed on this wealth of technological information to the soviets total unaware of its significance. The author contends that this Blunder provided the red army an invaluable boost to its military research. The full scope of this Blunder has not yet been completely estimated As Washington hinders All attempts to probe the embarrassing tale Agoston maintains. The Book ends with the great mystery in this tale of blunders. What happened to Kammler who disappeared on the eve of Hitler s suicide did Kammler take with him the secrets that Voss feared would fall into soviet hands and if he did where East or West or into an unknown grave Blunder How the . Cave away nazi super secrets to the russians published by Dodd Mead is on Sale at stars and stripes bookstores for $15.95. 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