European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes june 194 Senate votes 3 billion for fighting Navy june 16 the Senate last night approved the appropriation to keep the worlds most formidable Navy Obady for action during the next the big Navy appropriation was passed by a voice vote with practically no the measure goes to joint conference committee adjustment of the Bill is designed to provide an Active fighting Leet of 763 ships and a Reserve Fleet of it includes Money to enable the Navy to Start work on its Euper aircraft House group approves alaskan defense project june 16 new  projects in Alaska and for stockpiling Strat Egic War materials were recommended yesterday by the House appropriations in appropriation below the amount president Truman had committee in Cash and in contract author Ity Lor the Purchase and stockpile Ling of critical and strategic National defense of a request for of army construction projects in in Cash and in contract author Ity for Navy Public works con including major installations in the aleutians and Pacific scene of coming National conventions Standard of Jersey leads Oil other leaders drop new june 16 Stock Market was highly irregular yesterday with strength in Oil shares an outstanding stand Ard of new Jersey led the oils with a jump of three and on half Points while gains of More than a Point were recorded in Texas and Ohio the majority of Industrial leaders with american can off More than a Point and fractional losses sustained in Westinghouse and Gen eral rails were mostly lower with Chesapeake and Ohio off fractionally to a new Dow Jones Industrial averages gained rails declined and utilities were off mass escape prevented june 16 insane patients attempted a mass at the state mental Hospital but were subdued with and fire Yarbrough work nears completion on and speakers stands in Philadelphia convention where the Republican National convention will spen this democrats will hold their convention in the seat auditorium july and Henry wallaces new party plans to move in july Southern democrats to anti Truman Campaign by the United press angry Southern democrats served notice that they mean business with their plan to contest president Truman nomination at the democratic National As Truman wound up his West past tour and started Fielding of made it Clear there would be no setup in Southern revolt against the president and his civil rights Wright and several other South Ern governors mapped their anti Truman strategy Between business sessions of the governors con Feren Ceat new Wright said plans Are being completed for a 15state Southern caucus in prior to the demo cratic National convention next to name a candidate other than Millard Caldwell said his Florida delegation would support Wright for the he said there is Strong feeling against Truman in his state because of his civil Slaughter Lamb prices jump to new highs june 16 lambs and Spring lambs sold at new Al time highs at the Chicago live Stock Market today and All live Stock prices Slaughter lambs on the Chicago Market were As much As 50 cents Spring lambs sold at from to the per Hundred and a Load of fed shorn a hundredweight for a new critical materials Drift to soviet official says june 16 satellite nations Are continuing to obtain critical materials from the by concealed trans actions in other testimony that the countries behind the Iron curtain Are Circum venting Export embargoes by re shipping from other nations was made Public yesterday by a House appropriations sub Lawrence a Commerce department expressed his belief that the satellite Are obtaining materials from by having them sent to Over seas areas that Are not under embargo and re shipping them behind the Iron curtain from the disclosed that the department is contemplating in creasing list of items under Export control licensing in order to halt the he said the list already has been increased from 400 to 550 and added we Are also concerned with this problem of transshipment and we have to go much beyond the 550 he reported that March most items licensed for to curtain countries have been consumer rather than heavy machinery or Trinan attacks gop As party of special interests june 16 president called the republicans the special interest boys and urged the election of a democratic administration in no the addressing a crowd in said the issues clearly and it is up to you to make up your mind whether you want the special privilege boys to run this or whether want the country to be in of peo Plew Hoare working for your in Truman said that at Tomb there is a bearing this epitaph Here lies Jack he done his Damn the president said this is the greatest epitaph he has Ever permanent Rise asked for Grove sin House Bill june 16 the promotion of Leslie Groves to the permanent rank of major general would be authorized under a Bill passed yesterday by the House and sent to the was in charge of the army Manhattan District which developed the atomic the Bill would put Groves on the retired list at of lieutenant but would give him the retired major general House oks statue of june 16 the House yesterday passed a Bill authorizing the erection of a Monu ment Here in Honor of Francis Scott who wrote the Star spangled the House sent the Bill to president of Aid cites air guard june 16 air Force chief of National guard and Reserve disclosed yester Day that two thirds of the air defense in the event of War will Bein the hands of the National of Kenneth National guard com and other guard officials outlined tiie program of the air guard at a meeting in the Pentagon building Mcconnell made no attempt to deprecate the importance of the regular air in offensive but he said the importance of the air National guard in the air defense plans of the United states is appreciated when one stops to realize that the air National guard com Prises two thirds of the defense fighter Force available to the air defense urges 65 million loan to june 16 no interest loan to the United nations to build its head quarters in new York City was recommended yesterday by the Senate foreign relations commit j unless the buildings Are con the committee there Isa possibility of losing the to the disadvantage of As Coal talks break Down from press dispatches june an Nual Coal crisis came into full Force yesterday with the breakdown Oil negotiations for a contract to keep the miners digging after july the mediately stepped into the dispute Cyrus head of the mediation and conciliation called a meeting of both sides for the soft Coal operators beat John Lewis to the punch and stole his walked out on announcing that talks been because they were getting they said it All the fault of the United min Ftp workers he  even talk terms without first getting his Royalty financed Union plan into the Southern Coal left the Hudson motors agree to 13gent hourly pay Rise june 16 Hudson motor car company and the United Auto Cio yesterday reached a third round wage agreement granting Hudson employees a Flat 13cent hourly pay boost in a the agreement provides Extension of the contract to 1950 but allows one reopening on the wage Issue by either party after june 15 of next the 13cent general increase is retroactive to depending of Rankan file rat 390 million deficit expected for postal chief states june 16 the Post office department will wind up about an red when it closes its books on current fiscal year ending june postmaster general Jesse Aldson gave this estimate tour inf testimony before the House appropriations committee on a request for More to finish out the Donaldson said americans Are expected to mail about pieces of mail this the departments income will be Only about leaving a deficit of big loss will be on second class newspapers and magazines because of the Low postal rates set by first class mail still showing a profit May not for Bradley honoured at Princeton june 16 up of staff Omar Brad Ley we actress Katherine Cornell received honorary doctor yesterday at Princeton largest commencement in overhaul voice broadcasts or go warn june 16 a congressional committee threat today to state departments voice of America overseas broadcasts unless they Are overhauled to present an accurate picture of american the warning included a report by a expenditures the group investigated that voice broadcasts to latin America labelled the if this is not the committee the Only alter native is to recommend an Amend ment or repeal of that portion of the Law authorizing these Teter National broadcasts by the govern it criticized the state depart ments alleged failure to supervise overseas broadcasts More its broadcasts to the com Mittee provided the soviet with propaganda your committee heard evidence indicating a Lack of care in the handling of these broadcasts and the inclusion therein previous material which serve a basis for propaganda against by soviet publicity it