European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1948 the stars and stripes Page j Javy revises grades for pm coxswain out March 15 the Navy has streamlined its system of ranking enlisted men even the 111yearold title of ships Cook was tossed the general overhaul of the sys tem will merge 198 present ratings into 77 general service ratings under 12 general under the new the ships took becomes a the carpenters mate and Painter Are now damage control men butlers will be signalman will be and water tenders will become i the rating of first used in will be permanently re placed by the rating of Boatswain third the effective april also standardizes rate abbreviations which used to Range from Boatswain construction Bat Boatswain second class to fc2 second in the future All rate abbreviations will be composed of Only two with the suffix c for a chief Petty off or numerals designating other grades of Petty the new rating will simplify administrative the Navy and permit rapid advancement in tune of an 12 rating groups the 12 rating groups Are precision administrative arid Cler engineering and dental and the changes affect Only regular Navy personnel and Volunteer reservists on Active duty All other naval reservists retain Emer gency service bigger crops sought in March 15 the agriculture department yester Day called on Plant More acres to crops than they did last year when production was a hear record the department announced final production goals for most major drops and estimated the total would require this is acres smaller than the tentative goal announced last the revision was made on recommendation of state Domestic and foreign food de mands require keeping output of most crops at High wartime the department it state reports indicated a recognition on the part of Farmers that the land is being pushed too census Bureau sees population increase March 15 forecast that the popu lation of the will increase by to during the next 27 years was made in a report by the census Bureau published the figure was based on an annual net immigration of peo a medium decrease in the death rate and a drop in the High wartime birth without any net the report predicted the Popula Tion would reach in the same period and gain Only another million by the end of the the White Popula Tion would reach in 37 years time and drop to in 52 year taxing problem thanks gets lost March 15 75yearold West who said he found on a sidewalk last May told last night How he had hunted almost a year to find the second Cousin of John Nance said the Money was in an unmarked Brown envelope and was made up of several pack Ages big each package wrapped in a he found it on the sidewalk in front of the Post he Garner said he advertised with out then on March a Man walked up to the Garner Resi Dence in he was Chunky about he was right smartly not he said to in Karl of and Ive been in formed youve found some i think its Money i then he tells me All about that about the envelope and How the big Bills were rolled up inside the Little i knew he was the right i was absolutely con Vinced he was the Man who lost the i didst ask any More got the Money and brought it to i figure i spent on Hie ads and my labor is Worth 15 cents so just make it an even he wanted to give me a Reward but i said a11 my life Ive been honest and honorable too near the end the Trail now to he seemed right pleased to have his Money we Shook hands then and he walked out of the door and Down the Haven seen or heard of him Karl Gring had not been located in Dallas last he is unlisted in the City or Telephone the Bis p goes to the Bottom the uss her sea valves two hours begins to Settle to her grave in the Pacific near thirty minutes later the battleship the Navy ordered her sunk because Cost repairing and lowing the radioactive ship from the area of the Bikini atom bomb would have been far in excess of any scrap the stateside March 15 income tax deadline had left Jack master of ceremonies on radios juvenile very unhappy after puzzling for hours at his desk above and succeeding Only in burying himself in Barry starts All Over again in the annual american headache race life in the Michael offered Job As Tutor of Connie new March 15 Job of teaching a comedian How to act like a King has been offered former King of it was announced v producer Hunt said he asked the former now in the to serve As technical adviser teach comedian Willie Howard How to act like a Blue blood for the sum of a i in the musical Howard will play the role of a deposed King who accepts employment in Stromberg sent the offer to Michaels Secretary and expects a reply guard steals March 15 crowded department store was robbed of in checks and Cash saturday by a Young Man who posed As a guard for an armoured in the familiar uniform of the Money thief used the elevator to reach the fourth of loft Cashiers scrawled a receipt for the Daniels Fishers department store Money and calmly shoppers and including the cashier handed Over the were unaware of the theft until 15 min utes later when the regular Mes Senger called for the weekend Bank 2 children die in fire March 15 children were burned to death yesterday when fire destroyed private Home and the three Story Westminster the dead were identified As Peggy and her their and Law rence saved the lives of three other children before flames blocked further Rescue pastor named in suit c March 15 a Cleveland Mission who allegedly hugged and kissed his Tambourine girl solicitor in pub was named defendant in a alienation suit filed in Cuya hoga county common pleas the suit was brought by Ridy against Arnold president of the St Clair 68 saved in Columbus Blaze March 15 ins approximately 68 guests of the 100 year old Goodale hotel in the heart of Columbus were safely evacuated from their rooms yesterday As a fire of undetermined origin swept the structures fourth floor and nearly every piece of firefight ing equipment in the City was called out and the main traffic artery was rerouted for two hours before the Blaze was Exna i slave sentenced los March 15 up a former prisoner of the nazis said that life imprisonment in America for murder would be like Anglo of said he took part in the Hollywood Holdup murder for which he was sentenced because he was hungry and could not get a tender was born in but his Mother took him Back to Greece when hews a he fought with the greek underground and East tired by meat workers accept offer of mediation March 15 United packing House workers Oday accepted a government offer to arbitrate their wages dispute if the offer was also accepted by the major meat packers by Midnight i More than workers Are involved in the the Union said if the packers the strike schedule for Midnight tonight be immediately one of three major Swift and rejected the offer saying it had reached agree ment with 40 percent of its employees who Are Al Union the Cio Union said it would not strike if the major Grant a 9cent hourly wage in crease and agree to arbitrate the additional 20ceht wage increase demanded by the Crask blamed on grew Lack Kansas March 15 an official of the airlines depart ment of the american communications association Cio yester Day that the dc4 Airliner which crashed Friday in Alaska May not have had a navigator or a flight radio officer on duty at the Milt Vic president of the said that Wayne listed As navigator on the May have been a passenger and not on duty As a Crew seniors volunteered statement said it the general policy of the Northwest airlines company to Deadhead its navigators and flight officers Between an chorale and the states on the flight from Shanghai to Worsley was chairman of a navigator flight radio officers Union committee meeting in several weeks this was to have been his last flight before joint strike action was to be used in a final attempt to Force safety measures suggested by the senior military Aid Power urged in Congress March 15 two House republicans have pro posed that Congress give its a Proval in Advance to military Aid for free nations threatened by communist Richard Nixon and Charles Kersten Wisl introduced a Resolution through they Congress could give solemn warning that the will Back up its words Witlek the Resolution would authorize military Aid for free nations or groups of nations when deemed necessary to protect world and the Security of the 200 Auto workers end protest strike Over Reda March 15 200 members of the United Auto workers who have refused to work with communists atthe Briggs manufacturing agreed to return to work today and let Union Settle their the men walked off their jobs three successive Days As protest against the employment of thre0 men who