European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse L May 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 armed forces stars fall in Congress Cut May 19 of falling stars appears about read to begin in the nations armed a member of the House armed services committee said he Lias been told that fourstar Mark Clark and Thomas Bandy soon will be reduced to that would drop two the House armed services policy subcommittee wants by to put five Star Ernest King and Chester Nimitz on in Active that would drop 10 More and there May be More to although it does not mean re Flection on the officers it is All tied up with a Law Congress passed last limiting the num 1ber of fourstar generals and admirals the various services can have after this july the army will Only be allowed to have it now has including five Star Gen Douglas Mac Arthur who is counted As one of the the others Are and Jacob Omar Courtney Hodges and Lucius the unnamed congressman indicated that Clark and Handy will each lose a Star meet the requirement of the new former Allied command in is now commanding the former Deputy chief of staff under Dwight commands the 4th As Tor the air it is in Good shape under the new in fact it can add a the Law allows it four fourstar it now has the my John Hoyt Vandeneng arid Carl but Spaatz is 3 guilty of trying to influence trial May 19 millionaire Oil Man William and two others were convicted in Federal court Here yester Day on charges of conspiring to in fluence a Federal former James Noe was acquitted of the same the jury returned its verdict after considering the Case for More than 72 convicted with Burton were former state Joe of and Marcel la of new state outlays jumped last year gop report asks slash in spending Cut called 1st step in fight against inflation May 19 Republican members of joint congressional economic committee yesterday called for a Cut in government spending As the first Neces sary round in the fight against in they accused president Truman of ignoring the effect to govern ment outlays As a contributing fac Tor to High the report was filed As the committees response to president Truman economic message to con Gress last the report was signed by seven of the eight Republican members of the joint Senate House commit the six democratic members of the committee submitted their own report accusing the re publican majority of taking negative attitude toward the presidents ant inflation recommend the substance of our conclusion is that the inflationary condition is due to our attempt to accomplish More than is possible at our present capacity for the report our first recommendation is that government expenditures be Taft against Law to ban communists new May 19 ins Robert Taft declared Las night that the Best weapon against communism is to Force the communists into the opposed outlawing their Taft also asserted that com could be fought Success fully by spreading democratic principles the Ohio a candidate for his party presidential Nomina was one of three speakers on the american broadcasting americas town meet Vassar gets new Dean 19 of Holyoke has been elected Dean of Vassar College to succeed Mil dred Thompson who retires july 3 after serving As Dean for 25 years Oberon College holds mock election Oberlin colleges 22nd quadrennial mock gop convention nominated Arthur As its Choice for the nations top the mock convention at the Ohio College is the oldest of its kind in the in 1860 the students nominated Abraham sailors kiss stirs Texas May 19 High school Beauty demanded an apology from a High school principal be cause he reprimanded her for kissing one of the judges when she won a local Beauty Claudette was named Bandera Cowbell in the she with cowbells chosen in other Texas cities will Fly the West Texas town of Bandera to participate in a Celebration she said she was so Happy about winning the contest that she kissed Chuck a disabled War one of the photographers took pictures of the kiss but miss Thornton said she thought no More about it until principal of her called her into his he told me the kiss was the most Dis Graceful thing he had Ever she imagine kissing a she quoted him As boys town plans rites boys 19 up the body of father Edward j Flanagan returned to the scene of his triumphs for youth yesterday the plane was met by hundreds of including 480 citizens o boys the Little City ithe priest founded to House father Flanagan boys established Over 30 years the boys town band stood silently in formation while his body was taken the plane a Marine corps guard of Honor stood the was taken to Omaha mortuary where it will remain unti it makes its last journey of 10 Miles to the Down memorial Chapel a boys double funeral services will be conducted Canada reports surplus May 19 minister Douglas Abbott reported last night a record government surplus of for the 19474f fiscal expenditures top previous year by 1 billion May 19 the Cost of state government jumped a record per cent last the census Bureau said state government expenditures in the fiscal year which ended june were higher than the previous the total was total state spending for both governmental and other activities reached last this figures out to per compared with in 1946 and in the Bureau per person the per person share of Federal last about Treasury figures the states laid1 out for construction work including for capital outlay last year was times As Large As in 1946 but the Bureau pointed out that Many states could not go1 ahead with improvements because of the percentage increase in spending was for which was per cent most of this went to state the Bureau state taxes also taxes and revenues totalled this was per Cen higher than the previous every state increased its taxes last year and ten states raised taxes by 30 per cent or Lanas minister admits mistake los May 19 the minister who mar ried film Star Lana Turner to Henry Bob tinplate Mil on Are announced today that Hewill stand As his own accuser at a trial under Church Law i was the victim of an unwitting said the Stuart retired minister who for Many years was pastor at Holly Wood presbyterian he is accused of not adhering to the presbyterian Church directory of worship by marrying the couple three Days after Topping was divorced by his actress Arline presbyteries criticized the Mclennan for officiating at the life in the chaplains Rescue woman Iii Harbor new May 19 army chaplains in route to Jay in an army boat rescued a woman who jumped or fell from a Staten j Island ferryboat in new York the heroic who lowered Small boat and pulled of Long from the water were Edward Martin and Albert Markin was Given first Aid at it Jay Hospital then was transferred to Bellevue hos after the arrival of her Hus Martin and Nichol were escort a French Piere i Hugues de to governors Island for a reception in his Honor at the time of the to Deport German spy i new May 19 38yearold Ger Man who was released last week front the Federal Cor a sectional institution at after six years imprisonment on an espionage will be re turned to Germany on the Marine due to leave Here May 26 for immigration and naturalization District Headquarters cupid laughs last May 19 a when James 14yearold Betty the neigh bars said the marriage last that was in now and Loveless Are making plans for their 64th wedding anniversary on love song1 Slayer jailed May 19 love song Slayer of a Roxbury was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to Bullock was on trial for strangling Virginia in her Bullocks counsel said the defend ant admitted that he choked Boberg when she Sang i dream of a sentimental Ballad he and Sis estranged wife had considered their farm King packs gun Les May 19 Herman 75yearold millionaire Farmer and philanthropist still has Faith in human but he armed himself today with a Blackjack and a Shotgun after thieves took from his he said the robbery would not Stop his plan to give away 42 farms valued at to relatives and he estimated he already has Given away almost Worth of boy robs new May 19 broadcast an alarm in 13 states for a 14yearold boy with his was believed to have left Home after taking More than which his waitress Mother had saved to put him through col they were looking for Gerald a High school and Joseph who were last seen on May the father is in a government pm blast panics May 19 thousands of panic stricken persons jammed Joplin streets last night As a violent explosion rocked the two men were the blast was caused by explosion of fumes in an empty gasoline tank truck seven blocks from the downtown1 business Joplin has a population of i gamblers win Las 19 three nonstop gamblers a phenomenal winning Streak and re ported they were ahead of Las vegas Roulette wheels in the last eight the relieving each other in continuous play since May Are Jack of new York Roy san and Albert of their play attracted some bystanders cashed in on the trios of consistently playing number one Spectator who began with in chips cashed in Taft backs new Star May 19 Robert Taft Ohio announced he favors the Bill to admit Hawaii As the 49th Bobby boxers face revolt May 19 ins a move to get slow sipping High school get out of drug stores was reported in Springfield to the Illinois pharmaceutical Harold wild of com Plain Edthe youths soft drink and it
