European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 43 Navy wives Hunt vainly for quarters 6 wives of 43 wounded Navy veterans today searched fruitlessly for new living quarters in this crowded Central new York area in an Effort to remain near their husbands who Are patients at the Sampson naval the veterans families have been notified by the Navy that their present Lawrent Barrack apartments adjacent to the Hospital were included in a portion of the now defunct Sampson naval training station which has been turned Over to the state of new York for the establishment of Sampson the living quarters Are being readied for occupancy by faculty members and administrative personnel of the College which is expected to open in it was reported the Navy had appealed to the state to allow the veterans families to continue occupying the apartments until the College but the state had offered no the wives and families of the wounded men appealed to James Mead for Aid in the crisis which is threatening to Send them Back to their Homes in scattered parts of the in their plea to the women said that worry Over enforced separation from their families might hinder the veterans 2 Long strikes still linger on 6 two of the longest strikes in the nations history dragged on yester Day almost forgotten by everyone but the the the and Farmers who need new born in the postwar strike wave last Hie two walkouts have disrupted production of farm equipment in plants throughout the Middle West and have made Idle about the companies affected Are Allis Chalmers manufacturing and Case the unions involved Are the United automobile workers Cio and the United ment workers both struck to support demands for 30 per cent wage the two strikes have Cost workers More than in doing their bit in food shortage wives of Washington officials help out the food preservation program by Canning peaches at the Community Canning cent eras a move to help the world Man tests 76 Days in plea to Aid starving in Europe los 6 Baxter Hast had a bite to eat for 75 he said today he int sure his self imposed which he wont break until he ends his 100th will be Worth the Effort unless it brings in More Mony to feed starving so his refusal to eat has prompted the people of the United states to turn Over to buy for the of i dont know How much Money Ive moved people to give organized but unless i hear about More than the that already been sent my in not sure it will be Worth Baxter announces fast to wife it was May 22 at about 8 when a 41yearold retired pushed Back his dinner plate and announced to his a real estate that he want going to eat another bit for 100 Baxter got a local Bank to agree to hold any contributions he might get and to designate an organization to disburse the he also sought a sponsor to help him get More and while he has promises of a sponsor to help he still Hast got the first seven Days hardest the first seven Days fasting were the from the standpoint of he since i dont have any appetite at the end of 15 he had lost 27vs pounds and had Cut Down on they dont taste so Good any he after fort nine Days he cabled Lloyds of London Bett Irig his life against any amount of Money that he would Complete the Lloyds turned him saying it was an insurance not a betting vet wants b29 for Home but Agency says no san Anthony Moliskey is another Veteran with a housing problem and he had a probable solution until the War assets administration threw a crimp into the who formerly served with the 334th army applied to the waa for a super for Tress he wanted it for a Home at waa officials told him that b29 fuselages had not yet been declared car factories make in july for record 6 car and truck factories of the United states set a new production record for the postwar period with a total output injury of according to the Trade paper Auto motive the highest previous single months production since before the War was vehicles manufactured in april this july production was made of passenger cars and commercial it brings aggregate output thus far this year to units of which Are passenger production in the first seven months of 1941 totalled units of which were passenger Bradley hits Racket in vet Job training 6 administrator Omar Bradley warned that the ont Ejob training program Tor veterans threatens a National scandal involving millions in Federal he said that reports of irregularities have reached his office recently but that even without these it is apparent that something is from the unscrupulous persons lost no time in taking Adan Senate seats contested in six primaries Tage of veterans training on the Bradley told members of the United Spanish War veterans at then National Encampment the Dis honest employer and the unthinking Veteran have already infected the program in Many something is he when it takes three years to learn to be a Stock clerk in one state and three months in another and when training establishments lower the beginning wage of its trainees by an amount equal to their subsistence he said both employers and vet Erans were resorting to trick prac one garage owner in a Southern he Low ered the wage of a Mechanic from 5 to As soon As the Veteran applied for training to become a the employer that the subsistence allowance would More than make up the program oversold overzealous government agencies have aggravated the situation by using High pressure methods to sell the training program to Bradley said Congress has passed legislation tightening controls Over the program but added that he will recommend further changes if he said action must be taken by both state and Federal governments because of split responsibility under education pro visions of the i Bui of under the state boards certify establishments As qualified to give ont Ejob training and supervises the the a Grants a reviews the course submitted and pays subsistence allow a month to single ans and to those with chemists rap draft policy army pays for blooded Colt 6 army is still buying horses and paying As much As for a although horse cavalry has been abolished As a separate Mili tary col Fred chief of the army remount said the purchases were authorized by Congress and added that the Deal was profitable both to the government and the remount service paid this amount for a Colt with the blood line of noted whose blood is much sought after by Western horse breeders on whom the army relies for its emergency cavalry Hamilton sex current War department appropriations include for buying Breeding 6 american chemical society charged yesterday that selective service occupational deferment policies will result in a shattering effect on reconversion and technical develop ments in in a letter to Lewis the society Alden said the recently announced deferment procedure de feats the intent of Congress in repeals that provision of the selective service act which recognizes that much of modern Industry is dependent on new scientific developments for its existence and on technical men for operating Emery objected to procedure under which occupational defer ments would be limited to men deemed indispensable and irreplaceable to the National since no individual can be described in such terms with this in effect eliminates All he he urged Hershey the policy so that key whose experience and responsibilities establish them As be considered eligible for under conditions which provide for an impartial evaluation of the need for their services in the maintenance of the National safety and by United press senatorial seats Are at stake in six primary elections to be held today in new Virginia and West Vir but the political spotlight will focussed on the fifth Missouri District where president Truman has injected himself into the race for the democratic nomination be tween Roger Slaughter and Enos who is backed by the Cio political action committee and the chief Jerome who is backed by most of the railroads is the third Man in the Frank who succeeded Truman in the is run Ning for renomination in a fou Way his opponents Are Marvin Casteel and Robert both of and James Patrick of Kansas Byrd faces opposition the other Senate seats at stake Are in Virginia where Veteran Harry Byrd is challenged for renomination by Martin mond lawyer backed by the and in West Virginia where Harley Kilgore is running for re nomination with the backing of the his opponent is Buhl former state purchasing the principal contest in Kansas involves Harry tary of War under the late Franklin who is running for the democratic gubernatorial Nomina Woodring is favouring repeal of the states 65yearold dry he is opposed by Fred an ardent Newell another prohibit and Worden a former county Baruch wins award for atom report new 6 directors of Freedom House announced yesterday that Bernard Baruch has been selected forthe annual Freedom award for his ser vices in the worlds quest Tor the in announcing the award to be formally presented in said it conveyed the enthusiasm of the Board for his re port to the United National atomic Energy previous winners have been Dwight former undersecretary of state simmer Wells and Walter news paper Kay Johnson ghost divorce los 6 a ghost wife role had no Appeal to Kay stage and screen who was granted an uncontested divorce from film director John Cromwell she testified that As far As my Hus band was i was a ghost by Chester Gould outweighe4 3 to 1 Lithe Sally gazes upward at the Bam that outweighs her 3 to Sally weighs Only 20 the Ham is from the farm of Josh Home of Rocky Chicago Tribune Dick Tracy weve got to Gett Home Wev just got its the fourth of july those Are just fire crackers there coming hear those shots he put two slugs in me i cant its no Luul