European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 5 1945 the stars and stripes 3 world War ii vets take Lead in vow National elections Chicago oct 4 War ii veterans made it bid today to begin Tat inc Over the leadership Wanna buy a ship Joe of the veterans of of feign wars at least one candidate among the younger men at the 4fth National Encampment was openly out for the Post of Junior vote commander a traditional stepping Stone to the Post of commander in chief of the organization he was Edward Neumor 30 a native of Mitchell s d and a news Paperman wit the new York suns Washington Bureau he served two years in the Pacific and was retired for disability after being wounded by Shell fragments on a Central Pacific Isle Nellor was a lieutenant in military intelligence corps from informal caucuses among the world War ii delegates came word that there might be other youngsters As candidates for the Post of Junior vice commander a convention spokesman said two or three candidates among world War i men also might go to the election Post with voting due to Morrow the retiring commander in chief Jean a Brunner of new Yorior said world War n veterans in vow outnumber overseas veterans of All previous wars three to one a spokesman said the figure was about out of a total membership of More than world War n veterans Are functioning now As officers in hundreds of vow posts and in state depart ments and Brunner predicted in a convention speech yesterday that from the recent War would be members within five years i also predict that world War ii veterans will be in the majority among the National officers who will preside at our National Encampment two years Brun Ner said the next voyage of the Normandie once the fastest liner afloat probably will be to the scrap pile the onetime Pride of the French merchant Fleet has been declared surplus property by the nary and turned Over to the u s maritime commission for disposal most experts think that the most practical thing to do with the resurrected liner which caught fire and Sank in the North River in 1942 will be to scrap it for Metal and parts the ship has lain almost forgotten at the Columbia Street pier in Brooklyn since january 1944 Acme photo conversion of s s Europa to troop ship seen blocked new York oct 4 interests Are blocking conversion of the big German liner Europa into a troop transport and there is a Strong possibility that the Swift prize ship May be saved for Early use As a Premier american transatlantic passenger ship the new York times reported yesterday George Home maritime editor of the times said that plans to convert the Europa into transport for men had been definitely dropped he said a More moderate conversion to carry Between and troops was being planned with out having to tear apart the Rich Interior shipping men said privately that Radical alteration of the Europa would be regrettable they explained that if the liner was pre pared for carrying troops by dec 1 it would most probably make no More than five round trips be fore the end of March when Home said the redeployment schedule should be cleared up they said they could not see How the liner for commercial Trade could be justified for the transportation of Only men speaking As an official representative of the maritime Industry Frank j Taylor president of the american merchant Marine Institute told the times it would be a sad and costly mistake if the Europa underwent extensive Altera Tion at this time it should be kept in mind that elaborate alteration now will Only be wasted when it becomes necessary to change the red tape in vow Cut Bradley says Chicago oct 4 eral Omar n Bradley veterans administrator said today he had taken Steps to Cut red tape simplify forms and make our services easy to modernizing procedures of the veterans administration also will be a part of the Job of a newly created division of organization planning and coordination he said in an address prepared for the opening session of the veterans of foreign wars 46th National Encampment spokesmen said the delegates represented More than Amit lion veterans general Bradley former com Mander of the 12th army group in Europe said that when he came into the veterans administration he found it was geared to serve 4 million veterans on a peacetime Europa Back to a passenger liner the Europa should be trans formed immediately into a troop ship with a minimum change to her Interior in this Way she Wil be Able to do a full share As a troop ship and when this Job is done she can be quickly and economically restored As a passenger liner the largest flying the Ameri can basis and threatened to choke on 15 million As Steps in decentralization of administration general Bradley said that 13 Branch offices had been authorized at strategic Points through out the nation general Bradley also said he was establishing the division of pub Lic relations on a level where it will be informed on administrative i have instructed managers throughout the country that we have no secrets to be added 16yearolder admits of 21 sergeant fatally beaten in new York Myca of o Gold fails crowd new York oct 4 ans that Gold mine in the sky above Rockefeller Plaza ran out of pay dirt today the phantom philanthropist who each Day since last july has been throwing from eight to ten dollars in change from an upper Story of the inter National building failed at the usual lunch hour time to come across with a single Copper five police officers were on tax help proposed for All servicemen Washington oct 4 ans plans to help servicemen and veterans with their income taxes were suggested yesterday senator Olin d Johnston s introduced a Bill to give or refund All income taxes for servicemen from dec 7 1941 until the War is officially ended the american legion urged Congress to pass legislation which would cancel All Delin quent income taxes owed by members of the armed services the legion proposal would affect enlisted men and Junior commissioned officers below the rank of major tax reduction plans exceed original goal Washington oct 4 ans appeared yesterday to be going considerably beyond the administrations five billion Dollar tax Cut recommendation the House ways and Means Bui giving Truman reorganizing Power stirs House debate Washington oct 4 ans a scrap began today in the House Over How much government reorganization Power should be Given to president Truman most democrats rallied behind a Bill which would allow him unless Congress objected within 60 Days to reshuffle or abolish ail Federal bureaus except four these Are the Federal Trade commission interstate Commerce commission securities and Exchange commission and general accounting office however a group of republicans moved to add at least eight More agencies to the exempted list civil service commission Federal communications commission fed eral Deposit insurance Corpora Tion Federal Power commission Marit inv commission National mediation Board Railroad retire ment Board Tariff commission and possibly veterans administration leaders of both parties agree that the Clinef executive should be 8iven streamlining authority the committee yesterday approved a plan for a reduction next year of almost a half billion dollars More than the amount proposed by Secretary of the Treasury Fred m Vinson and there Are indications that it might go beyond repeal of the 95percent excess profits Cor Nev Over now portion v in son taxes also suggested by More Carter Manasco of the House expenditures committee which drafted legislation exempting four agencies said he be Kansas City oct 4 William Warren Stales 5year old school boy Cou he wrecked two Santa be near Turner Friday night according to Dwight Brantley Spe Cial agent in charge of Fri of lice in Kansas City states a Wyandotte youth was charged before u s commissioner p w Croker with wilfully derailing and wrecking trains engaged in interstate com Merce by removing he is being held in default of dollars bail states told Brantley that he had applied to the Railroad for employ ment As a track worker and had been rejected following a physical examination the Railroad estimated the dam age to its equipment at approximately dollars w York oct 4 40 year old army sergeant fort j Dix n was found bludgeoned to death today in a room at the Myca j Xvi i f k Sloane House with a bloodstainedm111 1 111 Bible on the Pillow where his head rested the victim sgt Malick Vassaf registered at the hotel yesterday with another Soldier who said he was sgt James Post of Waterfield n police said a maid attempting to enter their hand to keep a tolerant Eye on the several score of faithful who had gathered expectantly in the rain nothing doing today postponed on account of wet police told the crowd confidentially those who pro fess to know say he is a radio executive and has gone to Holly Wood for a few weeks lived that we can pass the Mea sure pretty much As representative Charles a Hal Leek chairman of a gop legislative policy committee listed the eight additional agencies which republicans would exempt and said these agencies Are creatures of Congress and should not be subject to executive St Lawrence works backed by Truman Washington oct 4 ans president Truman calling the St Lawrence Seaway one of the great constructive projects of the world asked Congress yesterday for speedy enactment of legislation permitting an immediate Start in a message to the legislators or Truman said that the opening of the great lakes to Ocean Navi gation and the development of 000 hydroelectric horsepower As the project envisions would 1 furnish lucrative employment to Many thousands 2 make it pos sible to utilize War expanded fac tories and shipping facilities in development of International eco nomic cooperation and enlargement of world Commerce 3 increase consumption of electricity which new York oct 4 ans will mean More jobs More income general Jacob l Devers command and a higher Standard of living Der of the u s army ground he backed up this argument with forces said last night civilians had the assertion that the timely devel better forget about being kind and Ozment of the Tennessee Columbia condescending to returning Veter Jand the Rivers in Central Valley ans and get on their toes to j California shortened the War by it was understood a reported that chairman Robert l Doughton had asked his tax staff for figures on the effects cuts i in present corporation surtax rates Vinson who made no reference to surtax rates said the repeal of the wartime excess profits Levy would Cut the corporation tax Bill by million next year the administration won one major Point As the committee voted to relieve 12 million persons in the Low income brackets from in come taxes after this year however the committee brushed aside Vinsons proposal for out right repeal of the three percent Normal tax instead it adopted the Republican sponsored Compromise keeping the Normal tax but pro Viding a More Liberal basis of exemptions for dependents this plan also reduces individual surtax rates by four percent in graduated brackets each of the Devers claims vets make Good civilians keep Pace with them general Devers said the men who conquered the enemy not alone through Force of arms but equally by the intellect and the have stood on their own j five Short years ago but actually feet in the service and will con1 surpassed twice Over would have been he said Many years and saved countless american without the Power from these Rivers the goal of air planes a year considered fantastic Only Tine to do so in civilian life speaking at a dinner of the Wel fare Council of new York City he said some observers View with alarm the return of such specialized fighting troops As commandos or rangers predicting they will father a crime wave i would say they have been so intelligently conditioned that to i buy a farm and raise chickens will be just As natural a reaction on release from the he said Btl a Man in i l nor could we have developed the atomic bomb As Early As we did without the Large blocks of Power we used from the Tennessee and Columbia Northampton oct eager to Complete his Spanish Ansi when Meredith Stiles major in preparation for a career room at 11 am was told the room i sauntered into his Spanish class was occupied two hours later when j Smith College yesterday every she received no answer to her Knock she entered and found ves says body police believe a fire nozzle in the room had been used As Slorion her l went up and every Book went Down and with Good reason for Mere Dith is the first male student in the murder weapon honors for Marine Washington oct 4 ans for personally annihilating an entire japanese gun Crew on i w o Jima Marine pvt Franklin e Sig Ler will receive the medal of Honor dior recently after two and a half Friday from president in the army air forces he the 74year history of oldest women College it took a War to get him in but now Hes the envy of his College fraternity Brothers As he attends two classes daily on a Cam pus with girls Blond handsome and 23 Mere Dith returned to Amherst As a sen at his Alma mater was on sabbatical leave a Friend jokingly suggested he traffic death toll rises in u s Affer Vajday Chicago oct 4 ans two weeks after Vajday the nations traffic death toll Rose 26 percent Over the same period year the National safety Council recently the toil in August was 430 bringing uie eight month total to in 375 cities with populations Over the toll jumped 57 per cent the Council blamed the big August increase on three More travel unrestrained Victory celebrations in the larger cities and the driving of War worn cars on War worn go to Smith which is Only a few roads at at from Amherst he liked tires Over War worn Speed too fast for y Drivers a bit War idea and so did the school authorities they an exceptionally Stiles a considered him serious minded native of Buenos Aires worn Road program okd Washington oct 4 ans who now lives in Falls n the House unanimously passed a says at first in Felt like a Guy who j Resolution authorizing showed i for a formal dance in i dollars Lor a Highway work program his but the girls finally decided he was All Dunn the present fiscal year and sent the Resolution to the
