Plaque bearing names of responsible persons connected with building of Casa Carioca. Inscription on wall opposite entrance to terraces.

Mr. James Lynch, Manager of Casa Carioca night club. Formerly manager of another Recreational Center Hotel Mr. Lynch was selected prior to the reopening of the club.

Lt. Ivan "Pinky" Ely, Producer of the floor shows for the Casa Carioca. Lt. Ely has been associated with the Ice Stadium and shows since the winter of 1946.

Captain Stacey B. Hulse (left) and Mr. John Goodman, staff members of the Winterland Ice Stadium, immediately adjacent to the Casa Carioca.

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The Casa Carioca and Winterland Ice Stadium are situated in such an advantageous spot that the background of the Zugspitze Mountain Group looks like a scenic backdrop on the stage of some theater.

"The largest track in the world" is the appropriate term for the extension to the rear of the Casa Carioca which supports the movable roof when it is retracted on warm evenings.

**THEO LAHS:** 32 years old. Home town, Berlin. Blonde hair, blue eyes, Weight: 143 lbs, Height: 5 feet, 10 inches. Started skating in 1929 and joined show in March 1946. Berlin Champion 1938. German gold medalist ice dancing champion for three years. Instructed ice and roller skating 1936-41.

**MARGOT ELFERT:** 17 years old. Home town, Berlin. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Weight: 119 lbs, Height: 5 feet, 7½ inches. Started skating in 1938 and joined show in December 1945.

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IDA MARTIN: 22 years old.
Home town, Munich. Blonde
hair, blue eyes. Weight: 117
lbs, Height: 5 feet 5¼ inches
Started skating in 1931 and
joined show in October 1946.

ERIKA DIENER: 19 years old. Home town, Nurnberg. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Weight: 128 lbs, Height: 5 feet 7¼ inches.
Started skating in 1936 and joined show in November 1945.

INGE DORN: 18 years old. Home town, Munich. Brown hair, brown eyes. Weight: 138 lbs, Height: 5 feet 3¼ inches.
Started skating in 1943 and joined show in November 1945.

ERIKA REISER: 16 years old. Home town, Garmisch. Brown hair, brown eyes. Weight: 128 lbs, Height: 5 feet 7¼ inches.
Started skating in 1939 and joined show in November 1945.

MARIA MAURER: 16 years old. Native of Garmisch Partenkirchen. Black hair, brown eyes. Weight: 110 lbs, Height: 5 feet, 4 inches.
Started skating in 1936, and joined show in Nov. 1946.

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CASA CARIOCA, the Spanish-style, open-air nightclub, is the only outdoor night club of its kind in the European Command, and the Garmisch Recreational Center has built this elaborate Spanish villa, complete with courtyard, dance floor, ice rink, and roof for the benefit of vacationists to this resort paradise.

When the demand for entertainment increased in volume as more visitors came to Garmisch, the Garmisch Engineering Section, under the direction of Mr. (then Major) Frank Gammache dreamed up the luxurious Casa Carioca, and carried its plans through, breaking the first ground for the club on April 15, 1946.

Casa Carioca boasts features that would make even New York's gay 52nd Street blush with shame. All floor shows will be skating specialties on ice, under the direction of Walter Hofer, top-notch performer in the show.

The club is completely Spanish throughout, even though it nestles in the shadow of the towering Bavarian Alps, topped by Germany's highest peak, the Zugspitze, and bordered by the "photogenic" Alspitze, at the foot of which lies the lovely resort hotel, Kreuzeckhaus.

Architecturally the dance floor resembles a Spanish courtyard, with patrons' tables housed on three levels, in what appears to be the facades of six differently-constructed, differently-shaded Spanish buildings. To assure a perfect view of the floor show and the mountains, all tables have been terraced in a horseshoe shape. The outer portion of the horseshoe roof is covered with bright red Spanish-type tiles. Further adding to the Latin flavor are the numerous colonnades, frescos, porticos, and miniature campaniles.

Architects and engineers for the club performed construction miracles, for all the materials used come from the ruins of the Nazi war machine.

The Spanish design originated by Mr. Gammache came about to coincide as closely as possible to the traditional Bavarian architecture which is so colorful and predominant in this resort center. Hence the designing in the Casa Carioca, and the unique style of the Spanish buildings. The basic idea of such a courtyard was borrowed from the Mexicans, as well as the

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Spanish. In Juarez, Mexico, the big sporting events consist of bull-fighting arenas, similar to "Casa Carioca's" design, where patrons sit back in the various balconies, looking down into the arena, or courtyard for the all-important sport of the day. Here the sport is skating and dancing to the music of Andre and his Budapest Band.

To assure a perfect view of the floor shows, and the mountains, all tables have been terraced in a horse-shoe shape. The horseshoe shaped portion of the outer roof is covered with bright red Spanish-type tiles, while the main, arena shaped roof gives a full view of the firmament to the Carioca's patrons. Further adding to the Latin flavor are the numerous colonnades, frescos, porticos and miniature campaniles.

During the construction of the club itself (which was built prior to the new movable roof) materials used were a constructive engineer's nightmare as far as their availability was concerned.

An old SS Kasserne on the outskirts of Garmisch proved the initial hunting grounds for material when one of the barracks had to be torn down for security purposes. From this dilapidated frame, came thousands of bricks that have now moulded the shape of the night club. Over 127,000 bricks went into the main form of the building. Where those bricks now house the ETs magnificent outdoor club, once stood the Nazi's premature dreams of an elaborate ice skating rink.

Thousands of tons of supplies went into this fantastic building, including 160 tons of cement, 1 1/2 tons of nails, 250 cubic meters of wood, and five railroad cars of steel girders. The latter were salvaged from an old airplane hanger in Einring, near Bad Reichenhall. The steel was shipped to a factory in Wurtzberg, there it was finished and shipped back to Garmisch by rail, where the initial phase of construction was completed under the most adverse weather conditions.

The Casa Carioca boasts two of the most outstanding features in the world: the movable dance floor, and the movable roof.

The idea of the dance floor came from State-side from the New Yorker Hotel, though it outdoes anything the world can supply, in that its dimensions are far greater than any engineering project ever undertaken along

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these lines. The floor is 45 feet, 11 inches long, and 32 feet, 10 inches
wide. Miricle that it is, a three horsepower motor pulls the 72 tons of
steel and wood that compose the dance floor, withdrawing it under the
main body of the building in two and a half minutes, revealing a lavishly
patterned sheet of ice, preparatory for the ice show. A salvaged winch from
an Army six-ton "prime mover" supplies the finishing touches to this
mastery of engineering.

The ice rink is insulated with 1 1/2 inches of cork, and below that,
cushioned by seven feet of high-silica sand compressed by air hammers.
These feats of engineering make it possible to maintain ice in the club
even though the temperature is 78 degress Farenheit which is comparable
to a mid-August day in Seattle.

The Casa Carioca originally opened on August 17, 1946, and after a month of operation it became apparent that the chilly evenings of Autumn were not satisfactory to club patrons.

Under verbal authority of Lt. General Geoffery Keyes, the Engi-
neering Section of the Garmisch Recreational Center began plans on a
roof for the Spanish club, a ore that would outdo any sort of transparent
roofs that other clubs might have, either here or at home.

The finished product produced a movable roof, 85 feet, 4 inches long, and 80 feet, 5 inches wide, which, in three minutes, driven by a three and one-half horsepower motor, could move 120 tons of glass and steel, to completely enclose the courtyard if threatening weather prevailed, or open the balconies to a balmy evening if the occasion presented itself. This roof, the largest movable roof in the world, is the latest feature of the ECS lavishly designed Casa Carioca.

The entire club had to be remodeled as a result of the installation of
the roof, due to steel girders being driven six feet into the ground near the
base of the club itself. The glass for the roof also came from old airplane
hangers, and was shipped to Garmisch in February of this year. Prior to
this time, concrete construction work began in November, 1946, whereas the
steel girders were reinforced with concrete coverings, affording the roof a
track of combined steel and concrete to ride back on when the courtyard was
opened to sunshine. The intricate web of gears used in moving the massive

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roof, were salvaged from old diesel locomotives. The entire idea of the sliding roof, after approval had been granted, came from Leon and Eddy's night club in New York City. The work on the new roof began October 25, 1946, and was completed shortly before the grand opening of the club April 12, 1947.

The architecture of the entire Casa Carioca was elaborately planned, even down to the most minor detail. A good example of this, (though by far not a minor detail at all) is the design of the great front doors of the Carioca. The design originally came from the Rodrigo Castle near the city of Tiudad in Spain, and has been reproduced to exactness in adding the Spanish flavor throughout the open-air club.

Refrigerator pipes and valves, woven in an intricate pattern to insure the best of ice conditions came from the Nazi-conceived plan of the speed skating rink, which was to have been constructed on the site where the Casa Carioca now stands. The same compressors which were used for the main rinks of the Winterland Ice Stadium are being employed in the Casa Carioca.

In the club itself, the alluminum tubing, which was used in the construction of all chairs, was salvaged from discarded material in an old Messerschmidt plant.

All the hinges, locks, light fixtures, and fittings are hand made by Garmisch employed labor, from nothing more than salvaged materials. The only materials used through the German economy program were the cement for the supports of the movable roof, and a small portion of bricks that shape the framework of the club.

The entire club is electrically heated by auxiliary Hydro generators, which are available to supplement power distribution for Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Mr. Gammache, Chief of the Garmisch Engineering Section estimated that the entire cost of the night club, including the entire remodeling and addition of the roof, and all labor was slightly less than 26,000.00 Dollars. This unbelievable figure was brought about by clever planning and utilization of salvage materials which cut the cost of construction more than 50%.

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Estimates once quoted the cost of the movable roof alone at 70,000.00 Dollars.

The large parking lot, adjacent to the Casa Carioca and Winterland Ice Stadium will accomodate upward of 1,000 vehicles.

The Carioca employs a staff of 43 people to care for the immediate needs of all patrons.

The present schedule calls for a fournight week, with one matinee program per week. On Wednesday and Saturday nights the club will be open for Officers, and on Friday and Sunday evenings for enlisted men. Also on Sunday afternoons the club will be opened to enlisted men. Hours of operation are 2000 to 2400 on all nights except Saturdays, when the hours will be 2100 to 0100. The matinee schedule on Sunday afternoons is 1400 to 1700.

The ice shows consist of 16 performers, with additional specialty acts, that is, vocalists and soloists to be supplied by ice performers and band members. The ice show will consist of one performance per night, from 2200 to 2230, and on Sunday afternoon from 1530 to 1600.

The music is supplied by one of the ETs top dance and swing orchestras, "Andre, and his Budapest Band", with very special arrangements by Fritz FRIDL.

The maximum capacity of the Casa Carioca is estimated at 500, and a cover charge of 50 cents has been posted on all patrons, regardless of status. The club is open to members of the Armed Forces, WD Civilian, and all Allied personnel.

Plans are already under way to install a new marble dance floor, in the present luxurious club, further adding to the entertainment, and recreation of Garmisch's guests.

Indeed the Casa Carioca is a masterpiece of designing, and its intricate scheme of construction, its courtyards, balconies, entertainment, refreshments, and service have all been carried out to insure that you, the guests of the Garmisch Recreational Center, will enjoy yourselves to the fullest extent.

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Distinguished Guests

Lieut. Gen. CLARENCE R. HUEBNER, U.S.A.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief, EUCOM.

Maj. Gen. FRANK W. MILBURN, U. S. A.
CG 1st Division and 1st Military District.

Maj. Gen. ROBERT L. WALSH, U. S. A.
Office Chief of Staff EUCOM.

Col. ROBERT A. SCHOW, G. S. C.
Deputy Director of Intelligence, EUCOM.

Program

Arrival of Distinguished Guests

March . . . . . . 1st Division Band

CWO . . . Homer A. Tampke, Leader

Invocation . . . Chaplain J. S. Boozer

Remarks Command. Col. J. E. Raymond, Inf.

Address . Lieut. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner,
Commanding General, Ground and Service
Forces, EUCOM

Departure of Distinguished Guests

INTERMISSION

Orientation of Students Lt. Col. J. D. Strong, C.E.,
in charge

INFORMATION REGARDING ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY
CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT

The attached Certificate of Eligibility and Entitlement for educational benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 is temporarily issued for one year of education or training. A Certificate for your full entitlement cannot be issued to you at this time for the reason checked below.

A. (X) Since you apparently pursued a course of education which is deductible from your total period of entitlement under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, this office has requested documentary evidence from the appropriate Service Department in order to determine your period of active service. If, upon receipt of the documentary evidence requested, an adjustment in your period of entitlement is indicated, same will be accomplished by this office.

B. ( ) Information regarding your service is incomplete. This office has requested documentary evidence from the appropriate Service Department in order to determine your period of active service. If, upon receipt of the documentary evidence requested, an adjustment in your period of entitlement is indicated, same will be accomplished by this office.

C. ( ) You did not furnish this office with a certified or photostatic copy of your discharge certificate or release from active duty.

D. ( ) You did not furnish this office with a certified or photostatic copy of your discharge certificate as an enlisted man.

E. ( ) When you enter training, kindly furnish this office with a copy of your terminal leave orders.

F. ( )

If either paragraph C or D is checked, kindly forward necessary documents so that you may receive your full period of entitlement.

NK 7-172

March 1947 (Revised)

NOTE

In order to prevent the returning veteran from undertaking
study at Harvard before he is ready to do so, the University
asks all ex-servicemen to secure the approval of the Hygiene
Department before registration. After admission a physical exam-
ination is required of all entering Harvard students.

Since it is difficult in many cases for admission candidates
to come to Cambridge for a personal interview with the University
physician, the Hygiene Department is providing this blank, on
which the applicant may submit the necessary confidential information.

If you will fill out this form and seal it in an envelope
addressed to the Hygiene Department it will be delivered sealed
to the University physician, who will naturally consider any in-
formation given on this questionnaire as strictly confidential.

Auswanderung
nach britischen Dominien und Kolonien

Anmeldungen zur Einwanderung nach britischen Dominien und Kolonien sind NICHT an das Konsulat zu richten.

Es besteht derzeit keinerlei organisierter Plan für Einwanderungen nach irgendeinem britischen Territorium.

In außergewöhnlichen Fällen mögen sich Gesuchsteller an folgende Ämter wenden:

**KANADA:**
Consular Section, Canadian Military Mission, Berlin, Johannesburgerstraße 40, B. A. O. R.

**AUSTRALIEN:**
The Political Secretary, Australian Military Mission, Berlin, B. A. O. R.

**SÜD-AFRIKA:**
Passport Control Officer, South African Military Mission, Commonwealth House, Berlin, B. A. O. R.

**GROSSBRITANNIEN und andere britische Gebiete:**
British Passport Control Office, York House, Berlin, B. A. O. R.

BRITISCHES KONSULAT
München

N.0176 4.47. 1000

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CIC's Wings

General McNarney display
kind of good sense in stripping the
Intelligence Corps in Germany of most of
police powers.

During the war and in the early post-war
days, the kind of job the CIC did was essential.
Operating without insignia and sometimes dis-
guised as civilians, its operatives were privileged
to imprisonment any one who bore the least re-
semblance to a spy, and kept him in jail without
the formality of a charge for as long as seemed
expedient.

The need for that kind of ruthlessness has
diminished with the passing months and the
gradual evolution of an effectual military gov-
ernment. Continued beyond the time of its
need, it would become, in the eyes of the civil-
lians of Germany, a form of terrorism too closely
akin to the Nazi technique.

McNarney's order drastically curtailing the
scope of the CIC's operations and bringing it
under control of the Military government, closes
the door on possible abuse of authority while
it brings the police phase of Occupation Project
more nearly into line with the principles of
democracy.

—From the San Francisco Chronicle.

UNESCO

(Continued from Page 1)

from their nations money for a
$3,000,000 revolving fund which will
serve UNESCO as continuous work-
ing capital.

No Funds After Dec. 31

As appropriations will probably
take several months, and the
French government, now paying for
UNESCO, will stop paying the bills
December 31, UNESCO is counting
on the United Nations to lend it
$1,000,000. Dr. Huxley said Wednes-
day UNESCO had still received no
answer on this request.

Another primary job ahead of
UNESCO is selecting its perma-
nent staff. So far, Dr. Huxley, who
will serve for two years, is the
only UNESCO staff member not
hired on a temporary basis. He
announced that tenure for the pro-
visional secretariat has been ex-
tended to the end of February.

The major portion of the Amer-
ican delegation, headed by William
Benton, Assistant Secretary of
State, left Paris Wednesday for
London, and from there will depart
for the United States this week
aboard the liner America.

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