European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1948 the stars and stripes Page s before the clippers and after you see now you at left is Roy 2yearold son of a Memphis in girls clothes before Bis first after a Quick dip and a Quick Roy at right looks like the he life in the drop in divorce rate Laid stability new june 16 divorce rate took a deep dive r in the first in 15 years because the Peak of breakdowns of marriages had passed and couples were settling Down to stable peace time v that Isth explanation Given by the family service which has just completed a Survey of family service agencies the f the association said the divorces in the last year represented a drop of per cent from the Al time Peak of in the rate is still higher than in per higher than to 1940 and about 200 per cent larger than that prior to world War sonic flight is Nice feeling linguistic needs stressed june 16 Jacob commander of the army Field said yes that colleges and universities could make a contribution to National Security by placing More on foreign language he said american troops in any future War would be far better equipped to Deal with their foreign allies As Well As captured prisoners and the civilians of conquered in they had a working knowledge of to reign baby survives storm june 16 a boy less than two weeks old was treated today for exposure suffered when he Lay overnight on a Creek Bank in a apparently the Cole survivor of a truck Accident that took the lives of the of Bis the bodies of the Childs and were recovered from the Mountain on Sale now you guide to Happy motoring in Germany the stars and 32 pages of text and pictures by staff writers and camera plus a new High Way map and a list of zone Gas stations keep a copy in your car Send several copies Home t5at All Mother of 24 builds Home june 16 38 year old expectant for the 24th appeared at the cites hospital1 Here seeking Relief from a acquired while digging a Well and building a Ethel whose eldest living child was born when she Lis said the housing problem had been with her nearly All her Ever time i another she the folks we rent us i just got tired of the whole thing and decided to buy a lot and build House miss Paris loves Boston june 16 Paris of 194t Feu in love with Boston despite a joust with the crowds in the shopping Kay thought the City was the shopping District was else the they she miss Trevil and her Hus Ray of an Exa Merican Soldier she while he was serving visiting the French week expo Stiop dam town sold for june 16 a the town a dam was sold at auction today for the successful bidder was Henry David said he was representing a group of Philadelphia business the Tennessee Valley authority built the town in 193354 to House personnel working on nearby nor Ris the property sold included acres of 342 dwelling several commercial a two Story fire and numerous other 2 held in opium plot new june 16 Federal grand indicted two seamen yesterday on charges of attempting to smuggle six pounds of crude Worth into the they were Joseph of and Carl of 1 june 16 Charles americas first supersonic said that Fly ing at and beyond the Speed of sound was a Nice feeling and that he would like to describe the experience in but if i id get my head looped if you have a you dont Tell anybody where it he told a news the flier was flanked by Hoyt air Force chief of Hugh dry director of the National advisory committee for aer9nautics and Stephens Leor air Force Public relations As he they were there to see that he gave out no secrets about his his tory no flights through the sonic Barrier beginning last at maroc air Force the smiling Little Captain from is an 8th of Pilot is War Ace asked whether he knew whence went through the sonic and whether he knew what his air Speed he said he had a pretty Good idea because he could calculate from these Are a which gives the per cent of the of sound that a plane is and an Alij sound travels 760 Mph at i sea level and drops off to Mph at All Yeager could say otherwise about his it was look at in still id sure like to Tell you everything but that the Way it air medals awarded Yeager received from air Secre tary Stuart Symington earlier yesterday the Mackay trophy for awarded annually for the most meritorious air Force and another Oak Leaf Cluster for his distinguished air medals were awarded to four other xs1 supersonic pilots posthumously to Howard of and to Herbert of both Naca test of and Gustav of mar both air Force Yeager described a typical flight this Way the plane is so Small that his Knees Are level with his shoulders and arms straight out to the control fitting so compactly gives Pilot great the plane is hauled fastened under a b29 at Yeager climbs into the xs1 via a he wears crash helmet and the routine flying the b29 climbs to the xs1 is pressurized and is dropped on a count of 10 seconds by the b29 he ended the description except to say that when he reached sonic Speed it was a Nice feeling to know that he had done what men had been aiming throughout Aero nautical he said All the fuel is exhausted on the other Side of the sonic bar Rier and for a dead stick Landing on the Cali fornia air glides at Mph both acceleration and deceleration Are he the plane glides at about 300 to 400 Tho Landing gear is lowered at 200 feet and the plane hits the runway at 160 exceedingly High land ing it two to Miles before coming to a Yeager was asked if he had turned the plane supersonic Speed but All he would reply was you gotta keep the Field in he was asked 1f noticed any difference Between the action of the plane at the Speed of sound and one and a half times the Speed of but he refused to fall for he said i dont flood Waters Roll out to sea june is the Columbia Rivers third and final major flood Crest rolled out to sea leaving in its known dead and a Trail of army engineers that danger to lower Columbia River communities had not dissolved with the passing of the cleanup repair and replace ment work business and loss of seeded crops presented a tremendous problem to the persons who Felt the full Force of the permanent housing asked for flood victims Jane 16 four senators from the Pacific Northwest yesterday introduced legislation to provide permanent housing for victims of the Columbia River it would establish a loan fund to be used at the discretion of housing administrator Ray mond Foley for permanent hous ing Loans to Public and private Beer for the hair Victor Beauty parlor pours some Beer on of a Esther Vito uses 12 kegs of Beer a week in his he bears out information he supplied to a voice of America broadcast advising russian women to pretty up by pouring Beer on their Mississippi court eases race Lew in property Case june 16 the Mississippi supreme court has ruled Giat a married to a negro woman in Chicago can in Herit her Mississippi property de spite the states segregation in Mississippi the marriage of a negro to a White person is noting that the couple after marriage in Chicago had not lived in the court said the Manifest and recognized purpose of this statute prohibiting intermarriage of Whites and negroes was to prevent persons of negro and White blood from living to Gether in this state in the relation ship of husband and in so the court reversed and remanded the decision of Chancellor of Hinds the suit had been filed in the Hinds county court by James a half brother of Pearl Mitchell and 6y other relatives of a they sought to establish themselves As heirs to her property Esti mated at a Cross suit was filed by Alexik a White Man who con tended he was the sole heir of Miller on the basis of his marriage to her in Chicago in july previous suits cited by Taylor lawyers new june 16 tourneys for Myron Taylor presidential envoy to the said the paternity suit filed against Tay Lor by Eunice Walterman of without in a statement released the attorneys said claim that Tay or was the father of Walter Man has been pending about four adding that mra Walterman asserted her an earlier suit in District new the according to the state entered a final judgment in Taylors favor on Walterman then appealed to the circuit court of appeals n new York that on May unanimously sustained he judgment of the District the lawyers f Nesli dividend delayed year june 16 the world War ii veterans entitled to National service life insurance dividends will have to wait at least a year to the veterans administration said they May have to wait even the Agency unless Congress puts up enough Money to hire additional the a Haa asked additional funds of to handle the paper work involved in the refund payments if employees Are the a it will take a full year to prepare the dividends on the policies on which Over payment shave been made by Soma although the number of policies now in effect la about the a said some veterans who dropped their insurance Are entitled to refunds for the length of time they carried it service organizations began an immediate clamor for action by the Congress and the budget the american legion urged Congress to provide the requested funds at a emphasized that should not attempt to apply for refunds the Agency said no system Haa been set up under which the refunds Are to be and no forms Blind veterans Send gifts to sightless germans june 16 to a group of Blind Worth of care packages will be sent to Blind German War John of new blinded by nazi gunfire near and pfc Walter of blinded by nazi gunfire in listened while the Check for care packages was presented As a gift from and a group of other Blind sex boy hero sues Railroad june 16 school safety patrol boy who suffered the loss of a leg in pushing a four year old from a trains path sued the Belt Railroad for the boy a in school