European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes july steal est coast longshoremen sign new pact ship Bosses still planning August tie up san july 18 representatives of the waterfront employers association and Cio longshoremen signed a new con tract covering wages and working conditions at West coast the contract is effective until sept 30 but May be reopened after july 31 by either it was signed by Frank Foisie for the employ ers and Harry Bridges for the practical effect of the contract was the setting tip of arbitration machinery to handle the rising wave of disputes on the Pacific coast Nathan acting for Secretary of labor Lewis presided at the protracted August 1 strike slated there was no expectation that the contract signing would head off the strike of Dock and walkf1 Bosses scheduled for or that it would affect the vote being taken by the main body of longshoremen for a possible Coastwise strike on during the nights discussions the waterfront employers association declared longshoremen have Al read accomplished a virtual coastal san Francisco remains the Only port Outwith the signing of the con tract an impartial chairman for the Toast waterfront will be named by the contract provides for a new yorkers seek rest autos from All Over new York converge on the Holland Tunnel on these hot summer thousands head for the seashore and the scrapping eyed for Normandi spies seeking atomic Rankin claims july 18 rep John Rankin declared to the House of representatives yesterday that there were spies in the atomic Plant at Oak he added that investigators for the House of representatives com Mittee on Una Merican activities were on the in a bitter denunciation of pending legislation to create a civilian commission for atomic Energy Rankin said the u should serve notice on the world that it is going to keep this the Best Way to do he is to kill legislation and leave control of the atom bomb to the Mill Sish Oremen and warehousemen Union As part of the committee for maritime Unity car ried on in Washington in the present longshore wage is condemned vet will die today or july 18 Frances onetime luxurious line Normandie May end her history o a scrap a spokesman of the maritime commission said that president Truman had been asked to Grant permission for the vessel to be broken negotiations Between France and the United states regarding payment for the which caught and was later salvaged to relieve the scrap Metal shortage during the Are still several Hundred other ships May also be made available for musician is cleared a Pine of the District Mcfarland last Chance for he rejected his attorney s plea for a mental the counsel sought a delay in the1 execution on grounds that an examination would prove Youthful Slayer insane Pine Rankin is a member of the House of representatives committee for Una Merican Andrew chairman 01 the House military affairs com declared the bomb should be outlawed As a but said that until such time As the nations of the world agree to such a ban the should retain the secret of the goats which died at Bikini to get memorial honors july 18 goats which died in bikinis atom blast will be honoured in a memorial service Complete with a the lowering of the Flag to and the blowing of the san Fernando Valley Goat sponsoring the saved 200 animals owned by its members from the test by a protest to Washington that they were pure bred Ordinary goats from elsewhere were exp s scribe gets Fellowship july 18 a Champ hog caller Fred of was elected Champion hog caller at the annual hog raisers ii was his third straight 5 persons die in Iowa flood retailers join buyers fight to Cut prices new july 18 retailers joined Consumers in the fight for lower prices today while Congress delayed action on new controls and wholesale prices continued to a number of new York meat dealers and some elsewhere refused to pay wholesale prices with the curious result that there was plenty of meat but Little or none to eat half a million Cio Union Mem Bers Are expected to participate with several consumer groups in staging two hour demonstrations in the five principal shopping districts of new Congress pushed the opa Bill aside while it considered unrelated fights Over women rights and the Price of and Alben Barkley that attempts to agree on a Compromise measure to replace controls which expired july 1 were unlikely to be resumed before the cios United Auto Mobile workers Union reported Art enthusiastic response to the unions we Klong ban on meat despite the cattle in Chicago set a new record Selling at 26 dollars and 25 cents per hundredweight july 18 torrential Rains measuring More than seven inches at Many Points forced Rivers and streams Over their Banks in South Central Iowa yester Day and caused at least five the Des Moines River Rose More than 11 feet in 24 hours and was expected to Rise another three feet deluge carried flooded and away some y by was sign tend to die for murdering Dorothy Young from Chippewa Filer he raped her on a lonely pro Santory by roto1086 River judge defers sentence of 2 income tax evaders new july in and Wallace restaurant employees Cuilty to being lung income tax evasion conspiracy of seduction charge los july 18 aph seduction charges against Walter trombonist in Bob Crosby ban were dismissed yester Day on a motion by District attorney Fred who told the court Patricia Bensons accuser has a psychopathic personality and is a pathological Howser stated in a letter to the court that the denied in a juvenile court hearing that she had been intimate with the trombonist and declared she made the charges in the Hope of inducing Benson s wife to divorce him and i would have a Chance to marry police records show the girl twice attempted suicide after making the charges against formerly a Mem Ber of the editorial staff of the Rome edition of the stars and stripes and currently a reporter for the san Francisco is one of 14 Newspaperman to be awarded a Nieman Fellowship at in the which includes four j veterans Ana is won judge Harold Kennedy As placed them on probation by definitely deferring the two employed testified for the gov Ern ment against owner the restaurant i m i Moon four combat Corre the first negro to receive the Fletcher mar City editor and Pacific War correspondent for the Louisville the Fellowship affords working newspapermen the Opportunity for a years unrestricted study while on leave from their papers according to a official of the Nieman the amount of each fellow ship equals each individuals postal workers pay delayed pending new Bills passage july 18 approximately Post office employees will have Togo without their pay checks until Congress passes the pending Treasury Post office appropriation Jesse first assistant postmaster general said last the checks were due to go out to some employees with Othen to get their pay in the next Dav or Courtw of Kewi Syndicate closed and halted trains throughout much of the two couples drowned when their car plunged into a flooded Creek after a Bridge had been washed away and a Railroad Section fore Man was killed when the Auto Mobile in which he was Riding on n emergency Call struck a wises wife spurns award from British new july 18 Stephen wife of rabbi and founder of the women division of the american jewish has declined an honorary award of the order of the British she said the reason deep unhappiness Over the conduct of the British mandatory government with respect the jewish people of mrs Wise was offered the award byword Inverchapel for her manage inn Reece assails Truman for rising living costs new july 18 Carroll chairman of the Republican National charged the Truman administration with marxism and said it was directly responsible for High prices Britain draws 1st loan credit july 18 John Secretary of the announced that War 000 000 will be placed to Britain s credit today As the first Advance on the British the funds will come from the United states Treasury balance or More than and win be made available to Britain through the Federal Reserve Bank in new the sum of was Britain within a few dependents Sau for Pacific san july 18 the army transport David Shanks will sail f or o k i n a w a and Manila carrying approximately 488 principally officers wives and children and War department the wife of one army noncommissioned officer is the Only an enlisted Man s family Baylor Verc ment of a jewish Congress sponsored housing service for thousands of British servicemen during the the wises Are in route to Paris today to attend the special meeting of the jewish Agency for requested by hours of the Loans being Petrillo files motion to dismiss Lea act charges july 18 tourneys for James filed a motion in court to dismiss criminal information charging the president of the american federation of musicians Al with violating the Lea attorneys for Petrillo contended the Lea sometimes referred to As than Dipetrillo violates 80 routed by Ohio hotel fire six persons suffer cuts mount july 18 Early morning fire yester Day routed 80 guests from the Curtis hotel in the Center of the by Willard that a pest Kroon owes his o006h a6ajn its a thim6 Moom gave you the Money to pay Hina yesterday How much you think of must mean a lot to you Vaudois it know what this Meams to ye5s1o t Means loom is to be tb3ribuy an6j2y Limos out i lost his ten i dollars Veste Day to no a thousand times shed make me mope trouble business first reports said All escaped without serious six guests suffered Burns and cuts fleeing the 75yearold but Hospital attendants said none was believed critically the fire was confined to two top and was brought under control after a two hour flight by local firemen assisted by firefighters from nearby Newark and the hotels night John said he had run through hallways shouting and believed All of the guests managed to most of the occupants made their Way to safety through smoke filled the others jumped from lower Story and some Slid to safety Down tie together bed