European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april 1948 new draft Bill sent to House would give forces men by 1950 april 21 a newly revised draft designed to bring the armed forces up to a strength of men by 1950 was formally introduced in the House chairman Walter Andrews of the arms services committee offered the measure under which inductions of men through 25 for two year hitches begin automatically 90 Days after the act becomes Andrews Bill differs in several major respects from the informal draft on which his committee has been holding manpower figures for the Navy and Marine corps Are raised slightly to keep those services More nearly in balance with the sex 70group air Force which the Bill asks More the Bill would provide More men than the original and More than Are now in the earlier Bill called for a de Laye action draft that would have gone into effect Only after pres ident Truman certified that Volun tary enlistments were falling Short of military manpower the revised version eliminates a clause which would have Given All volunteers and draftees for the next two years and All present members of the armed forces the full Educa Home buying and other War time benefits of the i Bill of the new Bill tightens up draft exemptions for members of the National guard and organized re serve corps by providing that no Man of draft age can gain exemption by joining those components after the Bill becomes senator says armed forces made Flop of unification april 21 Wayne Morse yester Day described the armed services unification Law As a Flop and called on Congress to abolish inde pendent departments for the Navy and air he told the Senate that the armed forces have made a grand record of utter confusion in their proposals for strengthening National Morse is a member of the Senate armed services they have failed miserably to give an integrated he youngster rescued from mud Hole americans will not obey says Norman Thomas april 21 Norman Thomas predicted yester Day that Many conscientious americans will disobey a peacetime draft Law if one is several times socialist candidate for told the House armed services committee 1 dont endorse civil but i dont think it will be limited to objections on the color Many conscientious americans will follow a civil disobedience pro divorces his Bride to wed her Mother los april 21 38yearold steel worker had his marriage annulled so he can marry his Jose Negrete was granted the annulment from Petra Martinez on his complaint that she had refused to live with him As his he testified he would marry Catalina who he testified is the Mother of his Negrete and Ruiz said they will obtain their marriage application at the earliest of he and Bis former wife were married in Teny Earold Billy Kidd found himself stuck Waist deep in mud while playing in Lake front Park in two Chicago policemen finally rescued him but had a difficult time trying to keep from getting stuck Senate overrides Truman veto on news Vendor Bill april 21 Senate overrode president Truman veto and put into Law yesterday a Bill to exclude some news paper and Magazine Sellers from the social Security the vote was 77 to or 21 votes More than the two thirds it was the second such Rebuff for the chief executive in less than a the last one was passage of the income tax Cut 5bill which Truman also German title for Dixie lady taboo in april 21 the lady from Dixie who married a German Prince found out yester Day that titles Are taboo in this you cant even keep them for a Middle Elizabeth Rogers of married Prince Christian of Hesse in the 54year old Princess returned to new York and resumed her she asked the District court Here to permit her to Call herself Eliza Beth Princess judge Dickinson Letts said the Constitution wont allow Shes just Plain Elizabeth Mother of largest family in who who is honoured new april 21 Helen Gartside of Spring Mother of the largest family listed in who who a Danied the american Mother of the who has 10 children ranging in age from 17 to 35 years was selected Mother of the year by the american mothers com Mittee of the Golden Rule found the House voted 307 to 28 last wednesday to upset the presidents objection to the news Vendor Truman protested it would open the social Security program attack arid slow in sponsors intimated that the Bill affects fewer than Street Corner news vendors in these vendors have not been covered by old age insurance and unemployment the legis lation was introduced after a Cali fornia judge held they Are legally entitled to it does not apply to newsboys or they Are already exempt from the social Security use German says House unit april 21 House committee suggested yester Day a greater use of German steel production for european recovery to prevent a serious Drain on our the suggestions were made in a review of the world steel situation wherein the committee concluded that steel As a whole is now in a tight position domestically and barring a Sharp protracted recession will remain so during the two years ending july the committee said the utmost Effort should be made to increase the use of German steel in Western european recovery but exports to nonparticipating especially in the soviet should be h e German steel output should be raised at the fastest pos sible increase in German steel production should be used for the Erp nations or for German con sumption where it would hasten German economic radio Jackpot won new april 21 up Reginald Winston won the Jackpot on the american broadcasting Stop the music program by correctly identifying the mystery tune As vision of who said he had been married for 15 works for the veterans land values reach level of 1920 Peak april 21 the agriculture department said yesterday that the current land Boom has reached the level of the 1920 Peak and actually has sur passed it in 32 the department reported that land values went up seven per cent in the year ended last March 1 and now stands at 105 per cent of the 193539 this compares with a 15 per cent Rise in the previous 12 it was the smallest yearly increase since an acre the latest Dollar and cents Esti mate for average land values across nation was an acre in applying the Index percentage increases since that the aver age value today would be an agriculture officials said the Index would give a More accurate especially in comparing current values with those in they pointed out that since the Post world War i period there has been a tremendous increase in the amount of Low value grazing land which tends to pull Down the National Navy to buy persian Oil april 21 the Navy said today it will buy nearly barrels of Oil and gasoline from the persian Gulf for delivery in the second half of it added tha negotiations Are under Way for an additional 000 barrel the Navy said the contract was signed with Cal Tex Oil products for delivery from persian Gulf the Cal Tex is a subsidiary of the Standard Oil of California and Texas Grain shipments set april 21 the agriculture department announced emergency Export allocations of tons of tons of flour and other commodities to Italy and for me Pandora just too excited system of 2 College boys wins at Roulette again Las april 21 up two College youths monday cashed in their chips and estimated they had won about an hour during 73 hours of play at but the winnings of Albert of and Roy of san were far lower than the estimated they won last year in playing their secret for their first hours Here they played number nine at the Golden Nugget but they rested for six hours saturday night after a run of bad Luck during which they lost 146 consecutive returning Hibbs and Walford switched to split bets on Zero and number one for a while and then began playing six num Bers at a time before the baby Chimp of the Philadelphia is very Happy and who could blame her i her birthday and she beams with Delight As she looks at her birthday cake and stuffed animal toys Given to her by the personnel of the the poor simple did not partake of the with the the 100 doctor said that the excitement of the party was too much for