European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes May 1948 third of Al time record of on Rolls Washington Ore than on third of the nations population has received or is entitled to Federal veterans or dependency the veterans administration this total includes an Ell time High of living veterans of All their dependents and the dependents of deceased vet there Are living world it the veterans administration that june 30 they will comprise per of the nations the estimated population of vet Erans and dependent was set at by the by june 1955 this group will reach or percent of tie the a that Point the figure gradually will for the week readjustment allowance by veterans decreased from a year the a but veterans have exhausted their entire 52 up to allowance claims had been filed by of the world War it and had received or Are receiving since inception of the program in the govern ment has paid veterans for unemployment about of this was for i self employment i the readjustment allowance pro Gram expires at the end of veterans were receiving subsistence allowances Educa and training about were in including in were in ont Ejob and were in nonfarm training there were veterans and dependents drawing compensation or pensions at the end March at an estimated annual Cost of the number of cases is a reduction of the Peak reached in Active world War Al cases on the list came to a reduction from last Veteran reached a High on March but dropped to at the end of the february operating cos of hospitals was per patient per slightly higher than the 1947 year but below High of applications for Loans have tiny cd to decline for six months veterans business and farm Loans since the program the Loans have a face value and have been insured by a for 3 the a reported that the num1 Ber of National service life insurance policies in Force increased from As of slightly More than year ago to March Kil flying course popular with pupils new course for first and second Grade pupils has started in Kite f seventy two children launched their own kites which they had built themselves and painted suit their it develops the school authorities it also develops a sense of a possibility the teachers the pupils will be required to Dean up All Kite wreckage and snarled Veteran Benefit go on Sale at Yard cleared York first edition of is on Sale for a few cents less than a Square it is Nylon and the first of its like a rare or a great or like a great Art treasure manufacturers de scribe and sell each length with a numbered Regis Parchment the Price tag is not entirely set by the new firm makes to Pricel carpeting in any they figure the new pattern which introduced Nylon to floors Cost to in the Story of Progress in Clearing ground around 44th Street and East River drive in new York for the United nations is shown two smokestacks and part of one old building remap Rafter the rubble has been cleared away he next step will be excavations forthe planned better International Trade Core of foreign policy Washington of the Cornerstones of our for eign policy is better world Trade All the hear of our policy on Trad ing with other nations is the reciprocal Trade agreements that act now is the Center of a fight in with some re publicans leading the the act Means this we have some goods we want to sell abroad and other countries have goods they want to sell so it works agree to lower our tariffs on some goods of a foreign nation imported Here nation in turn agrees to lower its tariffs Uncertain items it imports from we have Trade agreements like that now with 41 con Gress Doest have anything to do with approving those the under the Powers the act gives the Are out this Way our governments foreign Trade experts think we can work some deals for better Trade with a various committees Are made up representatives of govern men departments which have an interest in foreign for example the Commerce and agriculture departments and the Tariff those committees investigate and Analyse whatever information they can group of people from spareribs is Model Pupil at Springfield school ins a Brown and White spotted Ter Rier named spareribs is one of the Model pupils at lies Grade school in spareribs has had a perfect attendance rec Ord for the past three Hes never the dog belongs to 8yearold Arthur who saved him from in a Well when the was a spareribs began his school career when Arthur confessed to teachers that his first Grade Marks were so Low because he missed his the rules were relaxed and the dog started to the departments listed above starts talking with representatives of the nation to work out when the agreements Are we lower our tariffs the specified the other country Lowers its history of act a democratic controlled Gress first passed this act in 1934 when world Trade was in bad has renewed the act four the last time it voted to keep the act going was in when ithe democrats still controlled the act then was extended an other three those three years Are now up and the act Dies june 12 unless Congress again Renews but now there Ufa Ili cans control traditionally have been for High Congress probably will the act another but republicans Are talking of Mak ing changes like these Congress have the right to approve or disapprove any agreements j a business j Man sue court if he can show Hes been injured by r the act secant do that president Truman has asked Congress to the act an other three one of the chief critics of the act is Gearhart Hes chairman of a House ways and Means that subcommittee has hearings for people and groups who Are for or against the act the members of the subcommittee have barred Newspaperman the Public from the before june 12 gear arts group will make to Congress on what it thinks should be done about the set disability rate Albany court of appeals has held that vet Erans claiming disability prefer ence on civil service lists Musit be rated at least 10 per Merit disk tabled by the veterans adminis two level scroll company describes it Billowy masses of White Nylon the stuff is dyed in vibrant color Gray and combinations thereof to make a in in continuity of flowing curves that seem never to and in depth of adds Clou like softness to firm advantages of Nylon underfoot Are about the same As on the the manufacturers it launders does not tempt Moths and ought to Wear the first of the new carpets turned up at the Premier showing after a Winter in the lobby a Florida hotel and one Sham it still looked the firm Nylon carpeting will see most of its use hotels Heaters and other Public spots Wool carpeting of its Quality lasts Long enough for say there probably will be some Nylon carpeting for medium purses one of these years May 1943 smash six italian invasion airfields in Pantelleria and May 1944 in the largest Dayan night attacks of the bombs Are dropped at the rate of five tons minute for 40 May 1945 Dwight moves from Rheims to his new Headquarters in May 1946 Manuel Roxas takes the oath As president of the May Evans of car sons raiders in million More on payrolls during april d employment Rose by one million in april to a total of the census Bureau re f unemployment declined about to the upswing in the number of jobs and the drop in were attributed to seasonal planting on the better weather and More outdoor in in the armed the number of jobs offering pay or a Chance of profit Back toward the 60 Mil lion which should be sur again there were military and civilian jobs in in most of the new work opportunities that opened up were on employment there Rose about to a total of last that was below april of last nonfarm increased by in april to a total of nearly 51 million which is close to the Al time High of last youth urged to hold Cash Cleveland new York banker has warned nations Young men not to buy any thing but instead put their Money into a savings later on therell be better things at lower Joseph Vic president of the manufacturers Trust of new York said in an this is no time to buy a an or even a Refrigeri Jator or this is a Good time to keep out of he Savov if you must Purchase a Rubanow pay Cash be prepared at least of 79 per cent Down without substantial the property Doest belong to Rand if you lose your of theres illness in the you lose All your Many boys who made a Loans already have their Money that Rubanow was Here to attend association of credit men i bumper wheat crop Washington fourth largest wheat crop in history forecast by she Agricula Ture department promising the hungry Large amounts of american flour in future the combined Winter and Spring wheat crop is expected to total4 3 the stars and stripes 173 May ims col William Summers Ken Zumwalt sports Jack Euls executive Maurice Kirkwoo i chief Bernard Mcguigan t news bureaus 2281322814 Stuttgart 8m0476518 846681816680 b47184 Bremerhaven 2228022202 Munich 481530 the european edition is published daily at for the 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