European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes May Konc go vote seen Little worry to politicians volts on target Washington a politicians dont have to worry very much about the Soldier vote this it will be Only a fraction of the armed forces ballots cast in the last presidential elec Tion and Only a drop in the bucket of perhaps votes to be cast next a Survey indicated that on the single basis of voting fewer than 60 per cent of the men and women in the air Force and Marine corps will be eligible to few gis vote experience shows that nowhere near the total eligible do in there were ballot applications from service people and this presumably represented less than half of those old enough to of the total who Only actually marked and mailed their in the 1944 presidential there was a Law providing that every person if at Home would be eligible to vote in presidential and congressional elec Toad the right to do the same voting by Absentee this provision no longer now a Serviceman May vote by Absentee ballot Only if the Laws of his state permit such ballot of 33 states which so far have reported to the three do not allow Absentee voting for any new Law passed when the wartime ballot Law new legislation was enacted intended to encourage Soldier under the armed forces Are Given two general responsibilities make available to All potential voters Absentee ballot where the Laws of their Home states publish As fast As it is received from the secretaries of each on Vot ing procedure and offices for which elections Are the names of candidates Are not sent those appear ballots sent in answer to the armed forces provide a Standard application with Blanks calling for number of years resident in the state and the voting if these applications must be witnessed by a commissioned or non commissioned officer not below the rank of t sergeant or Petty Navy gives tests to new helicopter Washington Navy is testing a new helicopter designed for Rescue and observation work battleships and the department said the new Craft is the built by the Sikorsky division of United air Craft at it will carry five has a top Speed of 110 a maximum Range of 330 Miles at a cruising Speed of 90 and a service ceiling of it weighs pounds fully this want Germany a Sophomore at Phillips came from the Library and discovered1 he had a Flat his spare was so he walked in the morn ing he found a Jack under an Axle and a wheel he left with the when he returned to the the Jack was gone and the tire had Ben repaired and seated at the steering Westinghouse Engineer John Clark the hard that you Are Safe from Thunderbolt while inside a steel topped in a downpour of to simulate rainstorm volts of tailor made lightning bombard the car and pass harmlessly to the although voltage of the car and his own body Rose to about Clark Felt no that because there was no difference in the voltage across his body to produce whereas a person touching the car from outside would have been in danger to the difference in voltage produced in his hams told reports due Hochst Samuel Amateur radio reminds All amateurs that lists of equipment in use in Amateur negative re if stations Are should be submitted to the chief signal officer the following operators licenses expire in May 1948 d4aav Constatine Savas d4abx Daniel Papp d4ajp 2nd radio radio club d4ake Dorsey Bull b4aow Robert Conner d4arn William Blanton d4asz William Thompson d4ave John Hermann d4awd Samuel Seiberling d4awe Robert Quenstedt d4awh Harold Potter d4awi Jean Seymour d4awj Robert Winters d4awl Nicholas Buonaugurio d4awn Harry Rimbach d4awo Mccallum years May 1943 the government seized control of Coal mines As walk out on May 1944 Ernie Pyle is awarded the pulitzer prize for his front line re May 1945 taxi troops surrender in Italy and give up most of Ber Lin Falls to the russians May 1946 the Coal causes a general embargo on he country Railroad freight and reduced Pas Senger m 1917 great Britain asks that jews be Given a Legal voice in the in debate on cutting Erp figures Washington Harp cuts in Petroleum and steel under Erp have been ordered by the an analysis conserve these strategic the reduced Oil allotments to Marshall plan countries by to As and steel by tons less than the amounts scheduled about three months Paul Erp admin informed the House appropriations committee of these decreases for the first 15 months of the Oil for Germany an analysis showed the planned to increase Grain ship ments by cuban sugar by tons and other foods by most substantial increase in food shipments was for Amer Ica occupied Austria and Ern Oil for these coun tries was while it was slashed for other hardest hit by the Oil Cut were Luxem the nether lands and government Oil experts said they reviewed available Petro Leum in the Western hemisphere and decided there was not enough to fill earlier the continuing acute shortage of steel in the was the reason for the slash in allot ments of finished and crude officials were de pending upon added steel Tion in Western Europe to offset countries suffering reductions were Switzerland and buyer Power seen lowest since 1942 Washington Sumer purchasing Power to is less than at any time since according to new statistics compiled by the presidents Council of economic climbing prices in the first three months of 1948 not Only wiped out an actual gain in per capita income after but sent the purchasing Power of that income reeling the figures Are a part of the councils new monthly Booklet called economic few booklets printed the monthly volume of eco nomic facts is not for general copies of the first Issue went to the desks of about 100 top administration the report showed that per capita Dollar income in the first three months of 1948 indicated an annual rate of or higher than last but the catch is that while income went prices went up even hence real purchasing Power suffered a net for in terms of what a Dollar would buy in the first half of the indicated 1948 per capita income after taxes was or less than in using a consumer Index that figures the first half 1947 equalling the study showed that prices advanced from for the entire year of 1947 to in the first three months of this spend save less the report also says there Are signs that the rate of spending and saving is slow ing the february Index of All commodities was compared to in the same 1947 while there was a drop in food All other commodities farm which fell in began rising again in civilian employment is still the fact that More new persons looking for jobs increased unemployment to in that was slightly higher than last three thousand More Snew Homes were started in february than in the same month last although the new starts were below National income in the first Quarter was an increase Over the previous Quad but this was due largely to higher sea lion takes a seat san sea lion who lives near the san fran Cisco Beach has moved the White Collar he did it simply by stick ing his head through a floating toilet the b address All letters to b Bagi 7744th stars and stripes f t Apo include Stripe and Are delete due to space Liml Taf letters May be Cut for Public Cir provided such editing does i alter the meaning of the wants citizenship my problem May confront f a Small percentage of the f re sonnet stationed in i believe it is Worth ice i have been in the approximately 40 months and fed not been Able to take my her become a while in the it was my to be constantly on the move figalan one Camp to the next and i but papers were left in new Orl Ejel since my arrival ii the econ january i by n been told on several occasional Contact either the Legal officer Vic the personnel officer at the vie a Ous bases where i was station now each time my talks with officers resulted in a dimmer Jess look towards Ever receiving Mienl citizenship because feared me to the company ordeal room where in turn i was to wait until called to take oath together with several Osouna members of my i am still i Fritz t editors note prior to Cember 1946 members armed forces could become ural Zed citizens of the o states under the title Iii of the nationality of As amended by title of the second War Powers he and Public Law 270 by taking the citizens Ftp in this information obtained from Stein disclosed that his comma ing officer was directed turn to Paris in june again was directed to Send to to Frankfurt in december take the oath required for Citi Zher but in both instances Stiglic was on leave and could Noj yith a representative of the Al Iowa icon consulate that at of present time no procedure Eai whereby persons May acts to United states citizenship thro Jem naturalization in this commoner the writer May be ural Zed immediately upon to the by making plication through his command we officer under the Section of the act of As act provides for the expedite1 naturalization of members of armed forces with three or years of honorable 01 bulgarians build City said a new Industrial City built on the Banks of the Maril River in Bulgaria will be c it is being in by bulgarian youth and is petted to have a population in 10 re t h e j to r a n d str1p e 143 May 1948 f i editor chief William managing Ken Zuev Rall sports Ellist y j executive Maurice Kirkwood chief of Mcguiganjr news bureaus Frankfurt 2281322814 846681 846680 b 47184j 2228022202 Wiesbaden 8341 Munich 481520 the european edition is published daily at for the occupation forces under the auspices of thes troop information and education division st0rs and correspondence be addressed to 7744th stars and stripes Apo Mali to the York office should be sent to 641 this is not an official publication of the reentered As second class matter at the Poston face b at new under the act of March the do