European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes May Frid water Power seen key to West defense Washington to Well has told the House that adequate National defense requires full and fast development of Pacific North West hydroelectric we Are neglecting the very foundation of our strategic Posi he Power required for resources and Industrial he recommended that Congress provide Money to Speed up construction of Mcnary dam so that generators could produce Power by he proposed planning Foster Creek and hungry horse dam construction so that they would be Power producing by 1953 and in he Snake River Power development and Extension of Bonneville Power Fea Tures should be i am not presenting these facts Only As a sales talk for the Pacific Stockman cites Russ efforts he called attention to the importance of electricity in the development of metals industries and in the conservation of dwindling Oil Stockman said he recently saw news dispatches indicating rus Sia was starting work on a hydroelectric development on the Volga Russia already has such a project on the Dnieper All of this adds up to the fact that Russia is building for the time that her scientists have solved the practical details of producing atomic Stock Man he told the House it seemed to him the was repeating a pre world War ii we should have these Power As soon As possible if we Are to secure the needed military strength and if we Are to build this strength at the least Cost in medics report on fever cure san Francisco successful treatment for und ulant fever was reported to the Amer ican College of physicians during its annual convention in san a new involving the combined rather than separate use of streptomycin and sul Fadia was described by Wesley Spirik of the University of min Nesotas medical the pro Fessor told his colleagues that the method has affected apparent cures of und ulant fever in 16 out of 17 cases treated at his univer years May 1943 British and French troops enter Bizerte and Tunis As Axis escape barges Are smashed by May 1944 Buch Restas hit again As Italy based bombers renew their on sought on Balkans communications May 1945 a premature Celebration of be Day so keeps throughout the May 1946 the big four Council restores Transylvania to May 1947 Mary Hallaren becomes the director of the tax pennies and dimes in Golden flood by Theodore Koslove International news service financial authority new York pennies and dimes of the lowly sales tax poured in so heavily during last years spending splurge that it became the largest single producer of state tax revenues in the in a total of was swept into state coffers by this Means last providing nearly 40 per cent of the total collections in the 23 states levying this this information was brought to Light by tax a private research organization which probed into the state tax situation and wound up with a 99page report entitled recent trends major state state governments played no favourites in seeking out Likely sources of with 14 separate including the sales Levy providing 94 per cent of state tax revenues in 1947 state tax collectors in nearly half of the nations 48 states were rubbing their hands with glee at the growing receipts provided by a  among parimutuel the Survey showed that 20 states received tax revenues in excess of last represent ing a Cut of the vast sums poured into the parimutuel betting machines at the race eight states accounted for 90 per cent of the aggregate collections from this they were new Rhode new Illinois and the parimutuel tax was especially lucrative for Rhode Island where it became the primary source of Revenue in producing More than 29 per cent of total tax other important beneficiaries were new where the tax accounted for nearly 18 per cent of total tax and where it produced is per cent of total tax state governments have invoked an even dozen other tax levies to Rake in revenues into the various state they include taxes on corporation individual motor vehicle alcoholic beverage insurance death and Public corporations in general and Severance natural resources re to give some idea of How state taxes have grown since the Survey pointed out that the 1947 revenues were up 58 per cent from those six years in actual 1947 state tax receipts totalled As compared with in the Survey noted that one of the most significant changes in the past six years has been in the position of the so called it is recalled that in 1941 Mississippi collected per Cap Ita in while one of the so called wealthy was collecting per by this situation had changed tothe extent that next Cut was collecting per while Mississippi was taking in per Survey indicates surplus of european manpower London will have a surplus of some workers in excess of require according to a report of the recent Rome manpower con Ference of the committee of european economic it predicted considerable Avail abilities of which Europe is unable to and warned that Italy in particular is facing a serious Pohlem with a minimum of available the report urged All extra eur rope an governments to revive considerable overseas immigration so far As shipping facilities permit to avoid masses of unemployed workers continuing to act As a Brake on the program of european economic recon particularly in the conference convened by Italy earlier this at the re quest of the to Survey the present manpower was attended by representatives from most of the Marshall Aid the Denmark and Turkey were represented by observers the report said that since the end of the european coun tries suffering from manpower shortages have introduced More than displaced persons and France bends the list with including former prisoners of followed by Britain with Belgium and Switzerland with for the current year the needs of the european immigration u s t r i the nether 14 science expeditions to visit Greenland Copenhagen expeditions comprising More than 200 scientists will go to the danish Arctic Colony of Green land this ten of the Are danish and the biggest is the Pear land with 75 danish scientists headed by count Eigil this expedition has two ships and three big air planes at their b bag address All letters to b bag 7744th stars Ami stripes Apo s in clude name and address names Are deleted on due to space letters May he Cut for provided such editing does not alter of the wanted negro editors to visit Verdun Kaseane in Giessen i noticed that when the several editors were touring the s none came near Verdun or even if their purpose was to ascertain the conditions of negro troops in this this should have been the first place to was it tha they we rent informed of this or was it that someone did want them to know the conditions really existing and the Low morale of the average negro Soldier Here Ive been in Giessen one year and what i hear now is precisely the identical thing i heard the first week i arrived Here in this morbid place they Call Verdun every efforts being Mads to beautify the to provide recreational of to lower the cd it is obvious to everyone even remotely concerned that if the morale of any regardless of strength or is kept at Par something should be done immediately to adjust or obliterate the conditions of that immediate go editors note a copy of the above with signature was referred to the assistant chief of european com for his answer follows in accordance with established Neucom the negro news paper editors who recently toured the occupation zones were permitted to select their own since their time was they elected to tour negro installations and troop units at Berlin and they were Able to make a thorough study of living recreation facilities and slate of training of negro the remits of this study will undoubtedly be reflected in articles in their publications in the United states and in a formal joint report they will make to the department of the they could have visited Giessen far they elected to do j recently the Neucom adviser on negro colonel Marcus visited and inspected the Verdun Kaseane in the commanding also sent a representative to inspect Kaseane on april at that time inspector general was inspecting the Wetzlar Post and a team from his office was in the Verdun Kaseane the result of these inspections showed that the club in the Kaseane is no 10 being redecorated and offers recreational facilities company Day room equipment and furnishing is up to Standard a Bowling Alley is being established a theater and Chapel is almost and service club for the whole Kaseane will be established in Toffi very near the pot Exchange formerly operated in the Kaseane temporarily closed because of abuses perpetrated by members of the there is a plan drawn up by the Kaseane commander for Thel beautifying of the planting of gardens and so this work will be effective and More appreciated if done Frei members of the Garrison the same to a of All recreational they Are Only appreciated and fully used if there is wholehearted cooperation i their establishment and maintenance by the members of the command and if everyone participates in these an activity of this kind which paid for and established As a result of someone else labor and Effort is never fully appreciated or used by the personnel for whom it is the first sentence in the second paragraph of Giessen gis letter is at variance with the facts since there is visible evidence in the Barracks themselves and in the work actually being done on various of duty facilities in the Verdun Kaseane that a great Deal has been done in the past year to improve this installation and bring it in line with the commander chiefs policy troop recreational facilities in the Kas Ernes i i 91 death Roriz Impi Clay in Mer Stres base t Kab was and Clay to base peal fact vol in hop Chat tiny in you Loso the Thos legs All Sci k Ealic Lead a i Den exp Garl h Hen after Arn k Jan ing Kal o b treated Cotton is wrinkle proof new York new pro Cess which can make Cotton fabrics almost As wrinkle proof As the finest worsted has been announced by the american Cyan amid crease resistant Cottons rested with the super set resin process Are expected be available in some resort clothes next Winter and in fairly Good Quantity by the summer of fonts Igei germs eliminate chlorine taste Chicago which atom now put chlorine in drinking water a to kill germs were advised to Cost put germs in drinking water Torresi kill the taste of j t two Public Ftp health serve fax ice chemists the american had chemical society that the chlorine a taste in some water supplies is Leat due to Small traces of carbolic they said recent tons showed certain microbes the acid and remove completely v the offensive taste of the Era fire lat 153 May William Summers managing Ken Zumwalt sports Jack Ellis executive manager Kirkwood chief of Bernard Mcguigan news bureaus Frankfurt 2281322814 Stuttgart 9310476516 846681 846680 b 47184 48146 Wiesbaden 8341 383j8100 222ho22202 481530 the european edition is published daily at for the occupation forces under the auspices of the troop information and education division Frankfurt the and correspondence should be addressed to 7744th stars and stripes Apo matl to the new yer pc office should be sent to 641 Washington this is not an official publication of the reentered As second class matter at the Fos Ohice at new under the act of March e Emo Tod t Hal Daj Yot 1 Jonic b50 uni Ber Fie