European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 29, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 officers get drawing of . Scum by Mark Kinkade staff writer Darmstadt Germany Darmstadt military police Are trying to find whoever secretly placed cop ies of an anti american drawing in the Home mail boxes of some of the Community s most senior offi cers during the Christmas holidays. The drawing shows an army carrying . Flags marching Over a Cliff and into a coffin labelled  at the Bottom of the drawing is a German inscription Der heu Tige a Schaum of today s  a resident of the Santa Barbara housing area near Cambrai Fritsch Cavern in Darmstadt said some Resi dents found the prints in their mailboxes under their doors or on their vehicle windshields during the holi Days.  " the resident said military police were called to patrol the housing area which is Home to the Darmstadt Community commander senior officers and other Community officials. The patrols canvassed the housing area for 24 hours the resident said but came up empty. There have been no More incidents since then. Community officials were unavailable for comment Friday. German police said they had not heard what happened in the housing area until the stars and stripes questioned them. A spokesman for the Darmstadt police said they will investigate the Case if the . Community files complaint. The drawing is an altered version of a Well known 1932 anti nazi print by German artist a Paul Weber called destiny. In the Weber print the casket bears a Swastika an the army marching Over the Cliff into the great casket carries Swastika banners Nof the american Flag. Weber s work could not be exhibited during the third Reich. But he enjoyed immense popularity in the 1960s and 70s in Germany. He died in 1980. Contributing to this report staff writer de Reavis in Darmstadt an anti-. Drawing above titled today s scum was distributed in a Darmstadt Germany housing area during the Christmas holidays. The drawing was based on a. Paul Weber s 1932 anti nazi drawing destiny below. Commissary workers held in thefts by Marian Hamilton. A Mediterranean bureaus a Naples Italy sixteen italians including 13 who worked at the Naples military commissary were arrested thursday by italian and . Authorities. They face charges of Black marketing and theft of merchandise including an estimated $10,000 to $15,000 in american goods . Officials said. The raid came after almost six months of surveil Lance said Dave Elwell assistant agent in charge of the naval criminal investigative service. The arrests of the 13 commissary workers an three Street vendors were made by italian National police known As Carabiniero assisted by . Agent from the acis Elwell said. All of the individuals arrested by the Carabiner confessed said Greg Scovel special agent in charge of acis and they identified the Vendor who were Selling the stolen  italian authorities Are in charge of the ongoing investigation and expect to make More arrests . Officials said our operation focused on the thefts from the commissary Elwell said. It the theft of commis sary goods was just one source for these  during the search of the vendors Sites in Naples an american agent also recovered la million lire about $6,470 believed to be Money made from the Sale of stolen goods officials said. The Money was stashed in a hollowed out loaf of bread. The stolen goods were being sold in downtown Naples and in the Vomero area on the outskirts of town investigators said. Items seized from vendors and the commissary workers included three automobiles that were being used to transport the stolen goods items from the commissary and duty free goods from the Nat base in the Naples suburb of Bagnoli. Vitamins Bayer aspirin and health and Beauty aids also were among the goods confiscated Elwell said. We found $3,500 Worth of Gillette Razo Blades alone he said. All of the items seized became property of the italian state including the cars Money and an Esti mated $10,000-$ 15,000 Worth of stolen american goods. The seized . Goods Are considered Evi Dence and Are not expected to be returned to the commissary or the nato base Elwell said. Scovel said that Anonymous tips to police Drew their attention to possible thefts at the commissary As Early As last summer. A plan to capture those suspected of the theft was conceived and developed by acis special agent Janet Miller Scovel said. The american Sand italians put it into operation in August 1993. The americans placed a camera focusing on health and Beauty aids in the commissary Ware House. While monitoring the goods Scovel said investigators documented almost 400 incidents of peo ple stashing commissary goods on their person. One method used in stealing the items include employees pulling up a Pant leg placing an article next to the skin Ana wrapping plastic wrap around the leg to hold the item in place Scovel said. On thursday 20 acis agents and 22 italian police officers monitored the camera. After witnessing the thefts they arrested 11 workers Scovel Saidi two More commissary night shift workers were arrested As they entered the base on their Way to work. Allied air forces chief to take Over 16th of Aviano a Italy secs in a move designed to enhance control and coordination of . And nato units the commander of Allied air forces Southern Europe will gain added responsibilities monday. Under the change it. Gen. Joseph w. Ashy who commands the nato air unit also will Lead the . 16th air Force. Ashy will succeed retiring maj. Gen. Ralph r. Rohatsch or. The shift reflects a growing emphasis on nato s Southern re Gion. Allied air forces Southern Europe is based in Naples and the 16th air Force is based Taviano a. An air commander with these dual duties has the flexibility of providing . Or nato authority in response to military contingencies in the Region said 1st it. Ash James Law an air Force spokesman at Aviano. As 16th air Force commander Ashy will have the added duty of commanding about 8,000 . Military and civilian personnel based at eight major and seven Remote units located throughout the Southern Region in Spain Italy Greece and Turkey. The 16th air Force is one of three numbered air forces that make up the . Air forces in Europe command. In his nato role Ashy is responsible for planning and employing All Alliance air forces in the Mediterranean area. The practice parallels the . Navy s command Structure in the Region Law said. Adm. Mike Boorda Heads . Naval forces Europe As Well As Allied forces Southern Europe. Rohatsch will retire March 1