European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 draft threat1 spurs Many army recruits april 15 personnel experts saw indications i recruitment figures today that i Joje threat of a new draft is spurring i i army recruiting last month jumped Over february to a March total of Navy enlist ments Rose from in february to in hit top in january j to official explanation was suggested the but personnel sources thought they might be attributed to the administrations request for a temporary j revival of selective i army recruiting in february Toj tales in the army and air Force combined signed up the March total for both army and air Force ibis year was the air Force quota was a Little More than army and air Force recruiting reached its highest level in before president Truman selective service when were signed there usually is seasonal uptrend in recruiting in it was faces trial son plan to open inn near family Home Hyde april 15 Eleanor Roosevelt and her intend opening an inn a few Miles North of Poughkeepsie and a Short distance from the old Roosevelt it was Learned they intend to remodel an White which will then have 22 double the inn will be Able to serve 100 dinners at 8 it has previously been used is a h is All part of our five year Elliott Roosevelt explained As he outlined plans to develop the and its surround ing farms into a major agricultural my Mother and i bought 842 acres from my fathers estate last and we Are going ahead As fast As we Xor Man Griffin two indicted Inalien fraud april 15 two former one of whom resigned Only last were indicted by a special Federal grand jury yesterday on charges of issuing fraudulent Docu ments which enabled alien chinese to obtain the government charged Escom missioners Norman and Howard used their official seals to help chinese who were illegally in this country to leave and return to the like american five other persons also were indicted by the grand jury which began investigating passport frauds in the Eastern Pennsylvania District april at the request of at Torney general Tom million in foods a  Truman asks approval of 1948 Erp budget april 15 up president Truman yesterday asked Congress to appropriate to finance the european recovery program Dur ing the first he sent the House speaker a supplementary estimate for the 1948 fiscal Congress previously appropriated in Stopgap Aid for use until the Erp program gets Roth to get six weeks of of april 15 the air Force announced yesterday it will train Roth students from colleges and universities at nine bases for six weeks during june and the trainees do classroom work and Fly As passengers on missions of tactical the trainees will be stationed at Fields near san Texas Ohio and Vandenberg confirmed As chief of air Force april 15 the Senate yesterday confirmed the appointment of Hoyt Van Denberg As chief of staff of the air also confirmed was the appoint ment of Herschel Johnson As ambassador to the Senate received and immediately confirmed the appoint ment of Warren Francis Sayre and Philip Jessup Asun representatives for the special ses Sion opening divorce suit delays Lanas wedding april 15 Hollywood sources said the Way will be Clear this week for actress Lana Turner to make preparations for her marriage to Bob tinplate Topping reportedly has obtained a settlement from Arline judge for miss judge was expected to sign this settlement in new the is scheduled to take place in los Angeles three Days after miss judge obtains her Connecticut com seeker holes up hollows his Sedro april 15 Bilecki used the woodpeckers technique to beat the housing the 54yearold polish a former Cook in Seattle restau hewed a Home in a Cedar stump with five months of spare time labor and has lived in it for 22 a cat is his Only i the 10foot High by 7foot thick stump offers Bilecki what he was reeking in a Home a Good Solitude and Low initial Cost and a Builtin slab bunk is his bed my his chair a converted milk can is his the stumps heavy tides Are Cut by two windows and Bilecki keeps a Garden he explained Here i dont pay any its a Good idea if you happen to find a big enough House group oks red curb april 15 plan to require registration with the government of the communist party and All its members was approved by the House committee on Una Merican activities yester Karl Mundt told reporters the committee agreed unanimously to Amend a Bill designed to curb reds by including the party registration the Bill provided Only for registration of communist front the committee still has to approve additional sections of the Bill before sending it to the House floor for a Stock list lower in Active trading new 15 stocks closed irregularly lower yesterday As earlier gains in air Craft shares were scaled before the final sales were More rising to shares from the Small buying movement in aircraft reflected indications of an impending speedup in government spending for the air Douglas closed at up 1 re Public up up 4lvi unchanged and 12vs up elsewhere Central Railroad of new Jersey common was up House overrides veto on social Security Bill april 15 the House administered a stinging defeat to president Truman yester Day As it voted to override his veto of a Bill exempting newspaper vendors from Federal social Security the vote was 307 to More votes than the two thirds majority required to override a veto april 15 the government yesterday Al located an additional in food supplies to five Western european Paul european recovery program said that the of various will go to the Netherlands and six cargoes of to France and one to the Netherlands Are in route or loading at Texas Hoffman this the second announced by raises to the amount of american funds spent to get the Marshall plan France tops list France so far has been allocated the biggest with Long tons of wheat valued at total supplies allocated to other countries Are Austria pounds of Long tons of horse tons of pounds of wheat tons of mixed tons of dried to Tal is valued at Netherlands Long tons of wheat at Greece Long tons of pounds of wheat Long tons of dried skimmed 985 Long tons of evaporated 984 Long tons of canned Italy Long tons of wheat costing Hoffman said allocations for the of the 11 countries plus Western Germany would be announced Best admits he hoped for nazi Victory april 15 foreign correspondent Robert Best admitted under Cross examination at his treason trial yesterday that in a sense he wanted Germany to defeat the under relentless questioning by government Best also told the Federal court jury that he was an admirer of Adolf Hitler and he was a citizen at the time of his propaganda broadcasts Over the German shortwave meant As warning Best earlier contended the Broad Oasis were a Means of warning the americans of Che peril of communism and he would broadcast again to anyone who would listen to his Best also admitted he participated in several round table broadcasts with William England lord Haw Haw who was hanged for but he denied he Ever intended to com Mit treason his defense Council asked be fore resting the did you intend to betray your country certainly the idea never occurred to Best it is believed judge Francis Ford would deliver the charge and give the Case to the jury on bests 52nd cuban release to be noted april 15 president Truman will address a joint session of Congress next Mon Day in ceremonies commemorating he 50th anniversary of Cubas liberation from Spanish the White House the Magazine of their very own Jack and Jill is designed especially for youngsters not yet old enough to packed with Reading bedtime its also full of ideas for keeping All Small children Happy and dont fail to buy it every at stars and stripes Newsstands