European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes May retired officers face pension checkup april 30 retired army and Navy officers face new physical checkups under a congressional plan to revamp Mil Itaev pension a House armed services subcommittee recommended this move today As the first step toward correcting the armed forces retirement the headed by Charles Elston Ohio began its study last december after a Senate committees investigation Bennett Meyers former air Force purchasing of who had been retired with a disability later was convicted o persuading a business associate to lie to the Senate committee about their wartime business he sentenced to a 20month to five year prison action demanded Public criticism of physical retirements has become so intense that a serious reflection has been cast on the integrity of the military we consider it imperative that affirmative action be there appears to be Only one possible and that is a re examination of those who have been physically the committee said that of about officers retired for disabilities Between and approximately obviously were physically for the remaining the com Mittee recommended new if these show their health has improved since being the officers either of would return to Active duty or be dropped from the pension the report no fraud found it added that information gained from 12 Public hearings and from answers to questionnaires to retired officers produced no evidence of the committee made these suggestions for correcting present retirement practices it is questionable whether a disability is the officer should be retired conditionally for five years and take periodic physical officer still rated unfit for military service after the five year period should be retired without further but an officer fit for service should return to Active income tax exemption on disability pensions should be abolished except for those granted for combat army agrees to tour of German Art april 30 the army bowed to congressional demands today and agreed to Send 150 German Art masterpieces on a tour of the the tour will begin Early next at the metropolitan museum of Art in new dates for the rest of the tour will be announced some members of Congress pro tested when the army announced last month that the paintings would be returned to Germany when the exhibit closed at the National Art gallery it ended last sunday after five and on half weeks Dur ing which persons trooped through the gallery to look at the chairman Chan Gurney of the armed services prevailed upon army Secretary Kenneth Royall to let other cities see the fifty two of the most fragile Wil be sent Back to Germany in Abou two during the a smal admission will be the proceeds will go to the German childrens Benefit the paintings will be under super vision of National Art museum experts and will be guarded by the army during the the paint Igi Nally Hung in a museum in were discovered in a German Salt mine by american they were brought to Thi country for Daylight saving time approved for capita april 30 president Truman yesterday signed legislation authorizing the nations capital to go on Daylight saving time this the District commissioners Al ready had said they would put the advanced time into effect at 2 sunday if Truman Start of diet Leah Horn right and Hose Ahne Grillo Start a week of a Semi starvation diet in the Broadwood hotel with Glass of powdered milk and of fourteen youngsters from Philadelphia schools Are faking the diet for a week to dramatize the crusade for which opens a fund Campaign no Ringling says French actress Martine Carol Shell see the circus from press dispatches new april 24yearold French film told when she left that she was on her Way to the to marry John Ringling of the circus but when the is America arrived Here Martine told newsmen that she didst intend to marry North after asked whether she will see she replied ill see the it is now playing in new miss Carol said she had come to the for three months to learn English so that she might play in English language films made in it is reported that she has had several offers to play in Hollywood teenage Brooklyn boys coax teacher with Rifle new april 30 Brooklyn school boys con Essed to police thursday night hey raked the Home of pretty lond school teacher Margaret with Rifle fire n order to frighten her into giving their ringleader a passing Grade n the mathematics Anthony admitted he enlisted the Aid of four of his friends in the escapade because in was afraid he would not be Ible to pass the wednesday a half hour after a Telephone Call warned the Young Eacher she would soon be pushing up daisies if she did not pass All Ler students in thursdays he boys drove by her House in a Tolen automobile and poured a fusillade of 35 bullets through the front window of the Jokiel Durso told police he prevailed upon a 12yearold Friend to Telephone the Jokiel Home threaten no miss the youngster guided his voice to sound like that of a then Durso said stole an collected four of his friends and a number of rifles stolen from a Coney Island shooting gallery and made the raid on the Jokiel miss Jokiel gave her midterm exams thursday under guard of policeman Durso admitted he got an Honor mathematics student to take his exam for Ega buys streptomycin for Relief in Austria april 30 the economic cooperation administration announced yesterday it has authorized Purchase of Grams of streptomycin Lor where there is urgent need for the new the drug will be flown by army said that the plane bearing the emergency ship ment would leave s t Louis Hoffman oks Dollar credit in Aid setup april 30 european recovery chief Paul Hoffman announced that private european business firms will be authorized to draw directly on Banks to finance recovery in a press statement policies to be followed under he economic cooperation administration procurement Hoff Man said private business firms in participating countries will be Able to finance specific purchases within the Ega approved program through credits extended by commercial Banks on the basis of letters of commitment issued by Hoffman pointed out such private purchasers will be permitted use of these dollars credits Only upon equivalent pay ments in their own currencies to their respective governments or Central hoffmans statement on the method by which local currency funds will be established was believed to be the first detailed explanation of this phase of the pro Gram since Ega was he did not explain what controls will be placed on expenditure of these funds participating he said this phase of the problem is still under and emphasized the majority of the procurement will be handled to the greatest to sible extent through private Trade because reestablishment of Normal Trade relations is Essen tial to world Lapel stars ready june 1 new april 30 1 the army announced yesterday that general distribution of Gold i Star Lapel buttons to next of Kino i All world War ii dead will june next of Kin of deceased army and air Force personnel should apply to the adjutant Washington on forms that will be available about june coast guard and Marine applications should be made the Bureau of naval per Navy washing the buttons will be issued free of entitled to buttons Are widows or Brothers and Sisters or children of any Man or woman who died while in the armed services during the a few Token presentations of buttons will be made at memorial Day May pm employees get 90day probation new april 30 newspaper pm disclosed yesterday the terms of an agreement signed by the newspaper Guild in Tion with the Sale of the paper to Hartley Crum and Joseph the agreement provides that All employees be dismissed with full Severance and vacation pay on april the last Day of publication under the ownership of Marshall on May All employees May resume work under the new management for a probationary period of three a Mark Hanna gets 5 years april 30 Mark Hanna socialite scion of a wealthy Cleveland was sentenced to five years imprisonment on each of two counts of
