European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday february 9, 1950 further Nesli dividends predicted Washington feb. 8 a there s another big dividend on world War ii veterans life insurance coming up next year. It won t be nearly As Large Ashe $2,600,000,000 payment now be no distributed but it will run into millions. The veterans administration has informed Congress it plans to. Pay out about 65 per cent of the new Pecia dividend in the first six me nth of 3951, and the rest before inn end of that year. Thereafter said h. W. Breining a s insurance administrator the National service life insurance program probably will Start paying dividends annually in the year when a surplus is available. We have no idea of fee amount that will be available for tile 1951dividend payment Breining said. We won t have until we determine our mortality experience for the years involved and the size of the reserves that must be set up to cover the Many contingencies. Top insurance Talent we have the help on this of a actuarial advisory committee made up of some of the top insurance Talent in the the current $2,800,000,000 dividends from a surplus that developed during the first eight years of the program from 1940 through the 1948 anniversary Date of each of the 20,000,000 policies issued to16,500,000 world War ii veterans. The forthcoming special dividend Breining said will cover three pol icy years through the 1951 anniversary Date of each policy. The current dividend pc being paid Ronall policies that were in Force three months or longer Breining said 1951 payments prob ably will be made Only on policies in Force for a year or longer. Twill however cover policies that lapsed in the three years As Wellas those still in Force he said. Overpayment to veterans under Laws administered by the a willbe deducted from those checks As they Are from the current dividend Breining said. Not subject to tax a cannot deduct overpayment made by the armed services or other Federal agencies however nor can it withhold amounts owed by veterans in income taxes. Dividend payments Are not subject to income tax or to attachment for private debts. The government is currently Roll ing out refund checks far faster than the top Speed goal set when deliveries began three weeks ago. Treasury officials said their mechanized mass production system had attained an average daily rate of 250,000 checks or More against 200,000 goal set at the Start they reported 3,615,076 Check with a Cash value of $641,871,184 making the average More thans177had been turned out when the tally was made on operation through monday. While the major part of the operation was scheduled to Windup before june 30, a considerable Speed up was in Prospect if the present Pace could be held. 4lay Down law9 now to user Howley urges Draper suggests Quick talks for peace pact Detroit feb. 8 up Brig Gen Frank l. Howley former . of Berlin said that now that we be got a head Start on the a bomb we should Lay Down the Law to Russia. We should sit Down with the russians not As diplomats but a soldiers he said in a speech before the Detroit economic club. We should do now what we failed to do after the first Berlin blockade. Howley said the . Failed to demand a guarantee against future incidents after the air lift broke russian closing of rail and Highway lines. Now while we have the jump he said we should make them give us concessions in Berlin and con Cessions in the rest of the won t Start a War she can t win so now that we be Goethe a born we should Lay Down the with the a bomb we can accomplish what we failed when we broke up the first blockade. He said the Success of the air if would have forced Russia to guar Antee free Access in and out Oberlin if we d had the guts to demand Russia would not have provoked War then he said. She won t new York feb. 8 up maj Gen William h. Draper former under Secretary of state for occupied areas and presently vice presi Dent of the investment banking fir of Dillon read and co., has urged the . To Call for a peace con Ference now with Japan. Addressing the foreign policyassn., Draper said in a prepared speech our own american role has Beena proud one indeed. To a very Large degree we fought and won the Pacific War. Since surrender to a very Large degree we fought and paid for and nearly won the peace. Le1 us now Call a peace conference an finish the he said Japan wants foreign in vestment but above All she wants and is prepared for american engineering american techniques and american Industrial Only after a peace treaty when she again is her own master can she bargain effectively and in heroin right for american and other foreign skills and machines an Patent rights she so badly needs and first toy shipment leaves for Europe Philadelphia feb. 8 up the first shipment of 3,000,000 toys gathered by the american legion for underprivileged children of Europe left for Rotterdam yesterday aboard the freighter american de fender. Collected at 17,000 posts through out the country for the legion s tide of toys Campaign the initial boat Load of nearly 1,000,000 toys is destined for children in Holland Austria Berlin and Western Ger Many. Another 2,000,000 toys will be shipped later to France Italy great Britain Greece and Norway. Al executive Council Calls for excise tax end Miami Beach Feo. 8 a the executive Council of the Al has called for immediate repeal of wartime excise taxes. The Council said they Are Stran gling business and employment and failure by Congress to repeal them is a broach of Faith with the american when we have the a bomb perfected. But we be got to act while we have the advantage. There probably won t be any counterpunch in the next War it the first blow will win Jane Frohman Able to walk again Topeka kan., feb. 8 a Jane Frohman whose legs were crippled in an air crash off Lisbon eight years ago is walking again her press agent Budd Ganoss 1945, miss Frohman hobbling on crutches after 18 operations made an 8.000-mile tour of Europe in which she gave 90 concerts to300,000 troops. Ganoss said the Singer has had another seven operations on he legs. She can walk a reasonably Long distance now by herself and plans to return to work soon headed. Lutheran Leader Dies Blair neb feb. 8 up or. Veils Christian Carlsen 65, pres Dent of the United evangelical lutheran Church of America since1925, died of a heart ailment at his Home Here. Where Driver cheated death Fortune smiled on John Fortune of Alexandria a who walked away from the wreckage of this moving Van after it smashed through Bridge guard rail and somersault a to the ground. Acme churches censors ask ban on Ingrid Bergman film Hollywood feb. 8 a a swelling protest against the inter National love affair Bergman and Roberto of Ingri Rossellini which an Alabama ministerial group charged tends to glorify adultery stormed at the Gates of Hollywood today. Catholic and protestant churches censorship boards even a legislator in Texas called on Heaters to Bathe film Stromboli which sparked the Romance. The Birmingham ala., protestant ministers assn., voted to ask the state to ban All films in which miss Bergman appeared or hos Selling directed. To Memphis tenn., the censor said All her films would be barred Hore if officials ruled such action Legal. Rep. H. E. Blunt of big Spring Tex. F introduced a Resolution in the legislature to ban Stromboli in Texas. The Resolution censured Hollywood for exploiting the movie and planning to release it the ice Cream soda does to court Reading pa., feb. 8 a a 25-cent ice Cream soda has gone to court Here. The Sweet dish is he main ingredient and the cause of a $22,500 damage suit filed in 3erks county court by Harry a Specter of new York City. On the defense Are a Reading restaurant owner and his wife Var. And mrs. Leroy Reber the couple who served the soda to Specter. Specter claims he purchased a chocolate ice Cream soda which lacked sufficient ice Cream a fracas resulted. Specter was jailed the fined now he s sueing for injuries suffered to his reputation and for being taken to City Hall in a patrol the soda was advertised to con Tain two dips of ice Cream. But Specter alleges it had no More ice Cream than would fill a Flat same Day of the illicit Bergman and Rossellini have announced they will be married As soon As she is divorced from Lindstrom. She has filed suit in Mexico and expects a decree about feb. 15. Ohio seeks Bathe Ohio state Board of movie censors sought to ban "Stromboli."dr. Clyde Hissong state director of education arid Ohio s chief movie censor asked attorney general Herbert Duffy if the Board could rescind approval already Given the picture in Chicago a salvation army official said several radio spot announcement recordings featuring miss Bergman have been withdraw from Chicago stations. He said the fund raising record Ings were made 18 months ago in Hollywood and at that time i would have been difficult to find anyone with a better character Tia Ingrid in one of the recordings. Mis Bergman cited tie Case of a father less boy aided by the salvation army ministerial Alliance the Albuquerque n. M., ministerial Alliance called on citizens to Boycott Siro Riboli because of what it called Glare Riding and sensational izing of in Abilene Tex., the Board of censors asked exhibitors not to show City Iowa catholics were asked to pass up the film by Bish Pjoseph Muller because of what be called conjugal Federal Board oks parole for Pelley Washington feb. 8 a pre Dawn fire swept through the three Story Montana hotel Here killing five persons. Authorities blamed an Oil Burner dead were John Powell and Delano Gray son members of the Browning High school basketball team Charles Cameron about 74,Eureka Farmer William Peterson. Of Eureka great Northern railway employee and de la France about 64, Hole clerk. Sex Detroit mayor die Detroit feb. 8 up John c. Lodge former mayor of Detroit and Veteran of nearly 50 years in Public life died of pneumonia Here. He was 83
