European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Marti 1949 males rated average family finds a week Tough going poor credits if still free Chicago males Are the worst credit risks in instalment buying and if nagged husbands rate Best despite the fact that have More Opportunity to get themselves into financial those were the conclusions reached by a Survey made at the University of figures compiled from More than in the files of a mail order store showed married men As tops in the Field of com Mercial single girls were rated As the next Best unmarried males ran a poor a graduate sociology conducted the the mall order according to used credit Selling by mail a trial period of six months to test the average per sons Linn said three factors make one person a better credit risk than another a set of attitudes which leads to payment of Bills through better economic controlled and moral the capacity to pay As measured by economic the fear of Legal action if the Bill a according to radio termed anti Russ Aid los Angeles up former assistant Secre tary of estimated today that by 1950 the will be Able to Pierce the Iron curtain by broadcasting to russian wave radio broadcasting can reach people throughout the have no ready Access to other kinds of communication and not Only in Russia but in the and reach them directly and instantaneously without Benton a town Hall he said that on 738 i High frequency t r a n s m i 11 e r s around the Globe were sending More program hours a week across National about radio sets outside the were capable receiving the he 4 radio Tower to be tallest new announced that the tallest manmade Structure in the a radio for station will be built i in Des the Empire state x which at present holds the Louise wife o the average american is waiting for prices to come Down to the Fevel of the weekly salary earned by her she is shown in the Kitchen of their average third floor walkup apartment in new feeding her 2weekold while her husband makes lunch for the Bureau of labor statistics picked Decker As the wife of the average american she has three Truman plans Missouri talk Washington Truman made tentative plans to speak at the University of mis Souri May 5 during the univer Sites annual journalism the t e n t a u v e arrangements were discussed with the president by Dean Frank Mott of the University school of in behalf of the University and the Missouri state press ass Cia Mott invited the president to attends memorial service Hon Oring the late it William last president of the association a famous editor and an old Friend of the White House Secretary Charles Ross said Truman Coull not definitely whether he could make the trip but promised to give the invitation sympathetic 1 Ross said that if the president goes to he will speak on May journalism week extends from May 3 May Teet Taler making visits to see bar lights of Angeles City Council has a member at 28 says he never has tasted and it Given him authority to make the rounds of the los Angeles bars to find out if there Well councilman Kenneth Hahn will be accompanied by the City health George Uhl and a police officer carrying a Light report Back to the Council on whether it should adopt an ordinance requiring bars to install brighter Texas to get warship w a s Hin to Navy announced 34year old battleship uss Texas Veteran of two world will be towed from to san where she will become a permanent histor ical the battleship will leave Norfolk March 15 and arrive at san Jacinto april negroes get hitch Choice Washington department of the army has announced a new program for the enlistment of specially qualified negroes for dirty specified units of the army ground forces and technical those eligible men Witri prior military service who have completed High school or have been awarded a decoration for the Bronze Star medal or the army commendation ribbon they must attain score of is or higher on the Standard army All other applicants attain a Standard score of 17 or better on the same test vacancies Are open Only to men now in civilian life and the period of enlistment will be for four or five enlistments will continue until March 27 fixes definite weekly quotas Lor All army areas in the a of assignments open within the army areas to those who the b bag address All letters to b bag Edi to4tb stars and stripes Apo include name and address names Are deleted on due to space letters May be cat for provided snob editing does alter the meaning of the queries Price of lamp i am sending you the cardboard Bottom of a table lamp which i purchased in the bad nauheim on the Label the printed Price reads but this Price was marked out and a higher Price i paid the higher i were Home and saw this kind of business i would take my business but Over Here would be called keeping within the i must submit myself the this please Check this Label and see if i paid the right Price for the if i kindly advise yes to do a better Job of erasing the old Price when they put higher ones into editors note the above with signature was referred to the chief of Escom special services for his answer follows a Check on the Neucom Exchange systems merchandise cat Alog shows the lamp in question was correctly priced at yes Cata logs Are in every Post Exchange where All customers May refer to them at any time regard ing the Selling Price of any a Price tag teas put on the lamp bythe italian Nanu that was in incorrect Price appeared on the same Price causing Cus Tomer dislikes Uncle henrys recipes this morning i got up Bright and swept and mopped my stood reveille and was re ally Ina Good after eating what passes for Chow on this base returned to my billets and helped clean up the after that minor task was completed i returned to my room and turned on the radio expecting to sit Back and enjoy some Good for the few minutes i had left before going to the Only English speaking Tiona could get was Kofa Austria and Over that network came Uncle Henry or some other character giving his idea on How Apple dumplings should be what dont understand is Why they put that program on the air when All the dependents should already know How to make Apple dumplings or reasonable we gis Rotny reason for knowing this for have supposedly Well trained Cooks to prepare the Chow we Why dont they put Uncle Henry on the air during another period when we poor Nona plenum Plin cooking gis Are at work hours blog base laughs Selling Best in atom age Doston Labatch who earned a lofty Dun Bradstreet rating with exploding Cigar ets and itching says the is on a Giggle everyone wants to everybody wants to the life of the he All the old tricks and practical jokes Are get Ting Back in people Are doing anything for a the hot foot is enjoying Boom tog he a Gray haired gent with the profile of a Jot Jawed shakespearean has a con recant thumb on the nations he arts Rod peddling tricks on sidewalks of new York 30 years since then his business has outgrown two people dont want the Subtle he there going in for the old things with a whistle and perfume that smells like night under a Bombay that sort of he Are Stock ing up on water glasses that leak and packages of chewing gum with Builtin artificial big feet Are re hot he the Best customers Are sales politicians and business he Ive supplied a lot of stuff to actor Raymond Massey end to John son of the late p r s t j e n right he said theres an acute stench bomb they used to be manufactured in Germany and i guess the factories got maybe the Marshall plan will get them in production i Hope there very much in what seemed funny to grand dad gets a Guffaw from the Small Fry of the atom he jokes dont change like Wom he a few new ones come but dont the most popular Are the same old numbers that had pm falling out of their buggies and chuckling into Mustache cups 75 Sears 86 March 1348 editor chief William Summers executive editor f Kelly managing editor Ken Zumwalt sports Jack Ellis 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