European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 jury probes Philadelphia graft scandal june 10 an 18member grand jury today began an investigation of two municipal offices where shortages of Public funds were the investigation was ordered by judge Raymond Macneille follow ing disclosure of tax thefts which May reach the the cites worst in embarrassed gop officials on the eve of the two National political con the investigation was ordered at the request of receiver of taxes Frank Marshall and supplies and purchases director Charles both of whom refused to submit resignations demanded by administration the embezzlement were Dis in suicide note left by the thief of the amusement tax Divi later a special audit of Grake Lotfi office revealed further that fire inspectors accepted bribes resulted in a shakeup and an investigation of the fire marshals House votes rail pensions june 10 the House unanimously has passed a Bill to increase pensions of the nations retired Railroad workers by 20 per the measure now goes to the Senate where approval is the Bill substitutes for the present Flat 3 per cent tax on employers As sliding scale of contributions based on the amount of Money in the Railroad unemployment insurance it would go Back up to 3 per cent if the fund should fall below police question worker found at Reuther Home june 10 yesterday questioned Charles Kur an Assembly line worker at the main Dodge Plant who was arrested while shining a flashlight at the Home of Walter Cio United Auto workers presi Reuther is convalescing at his Northwest Detroit Bungalow from Shotgun wounds inflicted from am Bush april 20 by a still unidentified who fired through a kit Chen unarmed when arrested by a police detail on the Reuther front gave an involved explanation for appearing at the Reuther Home at 11 Harry of the special investigation Equaw Leader applies for unemployment pay june 10 former United Auto workers Cio has filed for unemployment compensation with the Michigan unemployment compensation commis it was disclosed Addes held the Union Post from 1936 until his defeat at the Conven Tion last november in the right Wing sweep of Law president Wal Ter Addes salary was a year As Grain swamps Texas town june 10 of tvs feels of valued at an estimated Are lying on roped off streets Here because the three Grain elevators in town Are already John editor and pub Lisher of the weekly Star said the trucks were lined up for a mile waiting to unload More film lands 1 father Gregory voted the outstanding father of 1948 in the motion picture w shown with his wife and the selection was announced by the National fathers Day life in the Hata Aib family faces deportation june 10 the widow and three children of a Bataan death March survivor today faced possible deportation because the Veteran died while trying to prove he was an american the Soldier was he was born the son of a Soldier on March the said her served in the army for 21 he was buried in a cemetery Hartman said she and the children were allowed to enter the from the Philippines on a visitors when hartmans health he applied for a passport to take his family Back to its native but the government told him that to get a passport he would have prove he was a squared Circle loses Edge in court los june 10 its official you cant Square a mathematicians generally have agreed on that for but it took municipal judge Arthur Guerin to hand Down a Legal ruling Carl 25yearold mathematics instructor at California Institute of lost his suit for which he claimed was offered in a Magazine advertisement for the first person who could Square a double a cube and Tri sect an Angle with a Compass and Savitt said he had done them but he got a different answer when he tried to repeat the Circle squaring in he said moisture in the air had changed the size of the judge Calls burglar disgrace to profession 10 Marshall Hung his head As judge Henry Obrien him for being a disgrace to his profession Johnson was convicted of stealing a dozen bottles of scotch whisky a he left behind his his wife picture and his social Security his sentence was 18 months to three years in the Mother jailed for chaining children jute 10 Lilias 38yearold Mother of six was held yesterday after police found two of her children chained to a stairway in their Crawford county prosecutor Leo Scanlon said he planned to file charges of brutal treatment of children against the Mother told officers she chained the 11 and to prevent them from Joyce barred As Singer her shorts too scanty june to drum majorette was out of her shorts were too school officials so Joyce Eigner was barred from singing at commencement exercises Mother Jaycees difficulty dates Back to the memorial Day Parade when she marched in a no regulation she wore shorts instead of the shorts were her own Halfway to the knee and atom driven s in 2 years seen june 10 Congress life the curtain on the nations atomic program yesterday to disclose that Many radically new weapons Are in Prospect and that atom production in four years is expected to Rise far beyond present the information was contained in testimony by chairman David of the atomic Energy and other age and was released by the House appropriations com detailed disclosures concerning the atom program included Lilienthal believes atomic warfare May within 10 the air Force is spend ing a year at Oak to find to Fly planes with atomic driven warships Are expected a thin two to five a Gigantic research project entering around the University of Rochester is under Way to find a medical antidote for deadly radio Active atomic produced electricity May be expected for special purposes within five to 10 years and in Quantity within 10 to 26 fan dancer will enter sanitarium for rest 10 Faith who keeps her age secret but claims to be the Origina fan said today she plans to enter a Rockford she said she needed rest and jots of after her allegedly humiliating experience with her carnival she filed a few Days ago for damages against John head of a whom she charged with breaking her contract and with scattering on the Bradley asks rearmament to end fears june 10 Omar army chief of last night called on Industry get ready to rearm the in a speech before the american ordnance he called for weapons we must have to halt the growing fear of said that failure to rearm could interpreted by other nations As weakening our for that he if lullabies Are to be piped from Europe Between the rumble and Drums of then the Amer ican people must be prepared to discern whether these lullabies mean a change in Tempo in reality a change of the joint chiefs of he have a plan that could be put immediate action were we at tacked he added that the ready soon for the munitions Board to proceed with its Industrial mobilization the first time since world War he the army May be in the1 Market for quantities of new equipment during the coming fiscal High officers okd by Senate i june 10 the Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Tracy Brooklyn to be Secretary of the it also approved the nomination of Henry of to be an assistant attorney the promotions of 30 High ranking army officers to permanent Star grades also were confirmed in the after Midnight hours of the overtime promoted to the permanent rank of major general were Lewis and temporary Junius Harold Eugene Frederick Orvil Earl Lyman Bob Charles John de Forest and Arthur v promoted to permanent brigadier general were temporary Edwin Clayton Patrick Tim John Glenn Leon Laurence Joseph Roger Samuel Truman and Francis Griswold and William Richard James Joseph Smith and William wife asks decree from colonel june 10 Lilian Fredendall is seek ing a divorce from Lloyd in an action which also names the defendants Lloyd cd of the 2nd army at the Superior court suit declared Fredendall is holding in Bonds Given him by the plaintiff in Trust for her two it asserted tasked recently for the said he did not have who is in was charged with ruling hits Standard Oil los june 10 Standard oils exclusive marketing contracts with some inde pendent service stations in the West have been ruled District Leon Yankwich held such agreements to in restrain of Trade under Sher Man and Clayton