European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July the stars and stripes Minnesota gop primary to test Stassen strength Thye opposed to in opponent july 7 three senators come up for renomination in the West next week with Minnesota Republican primary today providing one of the most significant tests of the the three Are Henrik ship Stead Hugh Mitchell and Abe Murdock i the latter has no j but Minnesota 65j year old opponent of United j faces one of the toughest fights of i his career in trying for a fifth the described by politicians As is important for its bearing on the 1948 presidential Edward who is after Shipstead has the support of Harold thrice governor and a Navy both Are Strong advocates of a major role for America in International backed loser Stassen is an All but avowed candidate now for the Republican presidential but his friends concede that a Shipstead Victory might Force Stassen to give up any Hope for the 1948 just As a Wisconsin primary defeat forced Wendell Willkie to retire from the 1944 presidential Stassen is not a candidate in it is and Shipstead is making much of that but Stassens formal announcement Sev eral months ago backing for the senator ship and Luther Youngdahl for governor All but put him in the contests in Stassen lost prestige when backed losing candidate Dwight Griswold in the Nebraska june 11 senatorial which Republican incumbent Hugh Butler won Stassens friends now say he must make a better showing As a candidate sponsor in his Home state if he is to get Midwest backing in the 1948 presidential nominating de Lacy race hot a former is meeting opposition in the demo cratic contest in washing ton state from Russel state and Sam of Harry retired mayor of was Given an Edge by state politicians Over Parkhurst Douglass for the Republican the senatorial failed to attract As much attention in Washington As that for Congress in the 1st Seattle District there democratic Hugh de Lacy is opposed by Howard radio and Joseph who publishes an entertainment de Lacys opponents have attacked what they Call his pro russian James Roosevelt is backing de Lacy As a Follower of new Deal Roosevelt Anna Roosevelt a news paper favors wife use plane in search for Home july 7 Bud Al Bahrt went House inn tiny by unable to find it an infantry and Bis wife took off in two seater plane and circled the scattering announcements of their search for a Bahrt said he already received one first airborne cattle these airborne Guernsey Are setting an historic precedent in flying their trip from to will cat the usual transport time by 50 agricultural experts May find in air transport the solution to the months of rest needed for cattle to recover from the Rigours of sea lawyers Guild asks to probe Bilbo election if tic i Serra Council opens 5 at Geneva july 7 fifth session of the Urra Council is to be held at Geneva beginning originally the meeting was slated for but was transferred to Geneiva so it would not conflict with the conference of 21 nations at july 7 for Federal investigation of the recent democratic primary in Mississippi the National lawyers Guild asserted that Theodore Bilbo created an atmosphere of terror which induced a vast majority of qualified negro voters to refrain from registering and in a Resolution adopted at the groups annual the Guild that Bilbo revolting exhibition Stamps him As unfit hold the High office of senator of the United Bilbo the Resolution was marked by his inflammatory appeals for White supremacy and his exhortations to White people of Mississippi to utilize any Means to keep negroes from exercising their constitutional right these invitations were accompanied by wholesale incidents of intimidator acts and assaults against negro Truman frees woman boss9 Kansas july 7 Frances who received a three year sentence for her role in the 1936 Kansas City vote frauds perpetrated by members of the Pendergast political received a presidential Frank chief assistant election said her name had been restored to election Rolls As a qualified voter after a Pardon signed by president Truman was presented to the election former democratic Boss of the old 12th said she had received the presidential Pardon some tune a Federal grand jury exposed the vote frauds in the 1936 and imprisonment soon followed for Many Pendergast precinct with the removal of about ghost voters from the the Pendergast machine was ousted from City Hall in the 1940 Olin West to head Ama san july 7 Olin West of was named president elect of the american medical association to take office in has served 24 years As general manager of opa renewal menaced by split in party july democratic split threatened to Block revival of meat Price controls in any opa renewal Bill the Senate May pass next with republicans massing behind minority whip Kenneth Wherry told a reporter that he was satisfied at least a dozen Senate democrats would also support his proposal to Cut meat and poultry off the list of controlled products if opa is Abe Murdock Dutah if any such action is finally sustained by Congress and the Bill sent to the president in that he expects it to be Dairy prices zoom after death of opa new july 7 wives in Many sections of the City paid More Money today for butter and the Price of milk jumped two to three cents a quart in new new Jersey and the Philadelphia milk prices Are expected up in where dairymen claimed they Are losing a total of a butter prices in new York and Chicago wholesale markets were up 13 to 14 cents a Richmond stores Are getting 55 cents a Pound for 41 for smoked 69 for loin and Lamb 44 for frankfurters and 55 cents for consumer prices held fairly steady in a number of notably but in others Price in creases were ranging As High As 50 per cent in and higher in Barrow Pusher on world trek Farmers fear rain and Pray for boxcars july 1 Sands of bushels of wheat Lay piled on the ground throughout the Grain Belt today As Farmers cast worried looks fearful that the would come before Railroad with the Harvest 80 per cent com the Boxcar shortage is grow ing More critical each country elevators have been full for and at Many Points operators Are closing them As a result Winter wheat crop is being dumped on the in Wallace along Colorado bushels have been dumped in the around in Church Yards and on school few at Kansas executive Secretary of the trans Missouri Kansas shippers said that the Winter wheat Harvest began without any Boxcar the railroads have Only freight cars and loadings Are running from up every week he there int a Railroad in our area that has on hand enough cars to handle its share of the Harvest while country elevators there was plenty of storage space at Large not More than bushels have been stored at Kansas which has a capacity of 2nd Grain fire stirs Indiana july f a the second Grain elevator fire in Ndiaga in two Days destroyed the Carthage Grain elevator and the few York Central freight depot at near the loss was estimated unofficially at fire earlier destroyed the Hunter town Grain and lumber ele Vator at near fort with an estimated loss of to Santa be railway officials warned of rumours that an organized Effort would be made to damage stored wheat in the but the xes Sivility of arson was discounted n both Indiana both elevators contained Small quantities of the wheat Harvest is just beginning in these acting under color of the Law by private 47yearold former Montana Larry was including j striding along at four Miles an hour by Public officials today on the first leg of his wheel three gop congressmen repudiate Smith help july 7 three Wisconsin Republican con Gressmen who received an endorse ment from Gerald Smith on saturday repudiated his support in in the position of the fellow who got commented Lawrence i didst want but i got it i to repudiate it with All the vehemence i and Barro pushing Jaunt around the a 12year wearing a red Flasher on his coat tails to warn night Hightower started Over the Cascade mountains toward Seattle steering his 55pound White painted wheelbarrow contain ing a radio receiving set and per Sonal his mile itinerary goes from Seattle to san where he will Board a boat for he plans to Island hop to the Asiatic then push along to Portu Gal to take a ship to new Coffee Price increased july 7 the government announced a Forth coming Coffee Price increase of three to four cents per Pound for con Sumers and an immediate increase of two cents per Pound in importers ceiling Price on Green Blind dog on Hitchhike trip july 7 Blind youths and a seeing Eye dog who Are hitchhiking to Omaha were Given an assist by Joliet police and the Peter Mccarthy police identified the two As Charles of grand and Darwin of police were called after Joliet residents noticed the group along the the two said they were on the Way to Omaha to attend a radio engineering the Peter Mccarthy Mission furnished bus tickets to Omaha for the army major and wife missing 26 Days kidnapping is feared july 7 a mystery developed Over the whereabouts and safety of an army major and his wife who vanished Terry and the pirates by Courtesy of Syndicate by Milton Caniff Anna have the to wo8lp few be oba6ow Ohio pc before hos5anp Obj Cochi after leaving Toronto 23 Days a Telephone Call Friday night informed relatives they were in trouble somewhere near and led to the conjecture that they might be held by Jurika was known to have several thousand dollars in Cash when he left his san fran Cisco Bank said he wired for to be sent to him in care of the main Western Union office in the major was evasive in his replies to questions when he called Junkas Schroe she said her daughters voice was not and she  answer she said her Daugh Ter and Soninlaw talked As if they were under Jurika served with distinction with the philippine guerillas during the his Mother was beheaded by the japanese while in an internment