European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fage $ the stars and stripes saturday february 18, 19jo Cio Public workers next on purge list Washington feb. 17 a the Cio s purge of left Wing unions charged with following every twist and Tuin and Zig and Zag of com Fri unit policy was aimed yesterday at the United Public workers an organization of government employees. The Cio executive Board consisting of the Heads of All Cio unions voted earlier to toes out three unions the mine Mill and smelter workers the United office professional workers and the food tobacco and agricultural workers. Their membership totals Aboul 80,000. The United Public workers Union has 30,000. Action on the Public workers headed by Abram Flaxer was sex Pec de to be a Mere formality. The Board was handed a report of a special committee which investigated the charges of adherence to pro communist policy on the part of the Flaxer Union. It recommended ouster As had the reports of committees which looked into similar charges against the other three unions. With the expulsion of the Public workers the Cio will have amputated half of tiie unions it lists As left Wing once a powerful influence in the Cio. Two unions the United electrical workers and farm equipment workers were fired out of the Cio at its Cleveland Conven Tion in november. Six More unions face the a. They Are Harry Bridges longshoremen and warehousemen s Union the Marine Cooks and Stew wards the fishermen and Allied workers american communications assn., United furniture work ers and fur and leather workers. . Output near 49 High Washington feb. 17 up Secretary of fee treas tiry John w. Snyder said that . Industrial production Rose in january close to the highest level of 1949, despite strikes in the Coal Industry and one Large automobile company. In View of the upward trend he saw no serious concern at this time about unemployment figures of about 4,000,000. Other sources have said Itiat this was a seasonal situation due partly to the Winter Lull in farm activities Snyder said like preliminary Index of Industrial production prepared by the Federal Reserve Board was 182 in january compared with 179 in december and 184 in March. The Index is based on a noon of 100 for average production in prewar 1935-39. Unemployment in areas bad As during depression Washington feb. 17 up the Bureau of employment Secu Rity has advised Congress unemployment in some parts of the country is As bad As in the depth of the depression. Director Robert Goodwin yester a asked the House appropriations committee for $875,000,000 to help states which May bankrupt their unemployment insurance funds. He said the worst regions Ara new England the Coal area of Pennsylvania and a few spot in Michigan. Rep. Frank b. Keefer wis Aid the Best Relief for Rhode Island would be a repeal of the jewelry excise taxes which he said have had a devastating effect on manufacturers of jewelry. He said he was also worried about the full Impact of the japanese textile imports. . Money at $26.9 billion Washington feb. 17 up the Treasury department reported the amount of Money in circulations of Jan. 31 was equal to $178.62 for every Man woman and child in the nation. The total was 126,339,917,841 Bead. Quick Magazino Auto Industry producing at record rate new York feb. 17 up the Auto Industry in now producing at a record rate and expects Good business for the first half of 1950. As a matter of fact production is so High that dealers at a convention in Atlantic City said they faced  automotive news this week re ported that the Industry is producing at a rate 25 per cent greater than last year 785,494 cars and trucks having been built thus far this year compared with 628,008 last year. Capacity 30�/ Idle the startling thing is that the Industry s capacity is 30 per cent Idle. The Chrysler corp. Is in the midst of a strike Wahidi has Cost More than 100,000 units of production and Kaiser Frazer and Willys Overland Are Idle for Model changes. On Trifi other hand. General motors big gun of the Industry and Ford Studebaker and Nash have been increasing production daily. Industry expects to produce 3,Floo, 000 unite in the first six months of 1950, and with production booming in what is normally a Slack season dealers due wondering whether they can sell them All. Serious problem most serious problem of the Industry according to statements made at tiie convention is Auto Mobile  newspapers everywhere advertise new cars for Sale at below list prices not by the regular authorized dealers but by dealers in used  some dealers exhibit in their i showrooms As Many As eight or nine different models. Where Tiey get these cars they admit is an open secret. Legitimate dealers pressed to maintain quotas or anxious to unload surplus stocks deliver cars at discounts to non franchised dealers who Promise to sell them in another area. Army service Wooten to get new a uniforms new York feb. 17 is the department of the army yesterday announced adoption of completely new Eummer and Winter uniforms for women of the army nurse corps the women s army corps and the women s medical specialist corps. The new uniforms will be introduced to officials of the depart ments of defense army Navy and air Force and to news representatives fashion authorities and other guests by designer Hattie Carnegie a leading american fashion creator at governor s Island new York feb. 23. Based on a reduction in the num Ber of separate items of wearing apparel required in the new design the new summer and Winter uni forms will Cost less than the Type worn by army women since 1942. Change Over from the present uniform will be gradual. Initially the new items will be authorized Only for off duty Wear. Complete change Over will be accomplished As soon As present uniform stocks Are exhausted. The new uniforms Are expected to be available from commercial sources by Early 1951 for service women who wish to Purchase them for optional off duty Wear. The new designs Are the result of months of research and review of fabrics colors and designs by a com Mittee of civilian experts who recommended miss Carnegie and worked together with her and the army quartermaster general korean Aid Bill signed Washington feb. 17 up president Truman has signed into Law a 370,500,000 economic Aid Bil for the South korean Republic and chinese nationalist Formosa both threatened by communist expansion. Authorities identify 40 Tornado victims including 5 airmen Shreveport la., feb. 17 up authorities have identified 40 known dead including five airmen As victims of the series of tornadoes that twisted through Louisiana. Texas Southern Arkansas and ten Nessee last weekend killed at Slack air Force depot la pfc William e. Oliveira 22, of Honolulu pfc Herbert l. Casper 20, of Chicago pfc William a Dalton 21, of Carnation Wash. Cpl William j. Henderson of Englewood n. J. Cpl William e. Rutledge 23, of Jonesville la. Killed elsewhere Tommy Blackwell ii of Bossier City la. William Mckinney 40, killed near Slack depot Arthurl Frazier 5, killed near Slack depot or. And mrs. Sam Smith 87 and of Bie Siville Parish la. Elaine Smith 10, of Bienville Parish Prentiss Little 4, of Minden la. Cecelia Sullivan 65, of Bienville Parish Dotty Joe Knotts 18, of Bienville Parish mrs. Lemon Burton 17, of Minden mrs. Joltn Bell 70, of Minden Velma loud of Bienville Parish. R. L. Angle of Slivo la. Caria Angle 9, of Slivo child of Lilly d. Young 3, of grf end Cane la. Louis Howard of grand Cane Ivory l. Allen 2, of grand Cane or. And mrs. Wilson Carroll 34 and 27, of Hurricane Hill Tenn., and their children Patricia 10, Rufus 8, Bettyjo 6, Little 4, Joyce Ann 2, and Bonnie Jeaa 1 mrs. Laura Grayson of Haslam Tex. Mrs. Will Eastridge of has Lam mrs. Busier Fultz of Shelby county . A c. May Field of Haslam Linwood Windsor 6 months old and Shirly Windsor 8, of Angelina county Tex. Dick Windsor of Angelina county Tex. Mrs. Ella Dodson 101, of Laporte Tex., and Alice Wright 56, of Hurricane Hilj Tenn. Involved in special stamp deals Harold f. Ambrose left former special assistant to postmaster general Jesse m. Donaldson resigned by request after investigations revealed Ambrose was involved in special stamp deals Worth an estimated $600,000. Among those named by Donaldson As caught in Ambrose s scheme was Joe Adonis right of new Tork. So far no Haj Gea have been filed against Ambrose Acme son wins seat of rep. Bates Haverhill mass., feb. 17 an immigration official told con Gress the Security of the . In jeopardized by refugees approved by the displaced Persona commis Sion As calculated  Al Nanza Tripp. Chief of the immigration service Mission for do in Europe said the commission has taken such a risk in about 125,009 cases. He told a Senate subcommittee investigating alleged irregularities in do administration Thia happens because the commission approves Dps before the Provost marshal office and the Berlin document Cen Ter Complete their Security Check. Save time the commission tried to save from four to six weeks by following such a procedure he explained. It Trust he added that Security reports will catch up with the doubtful Refuge before they sail for the . Tripp said he had seen thousand of doubtful Casee who probably did not come legally under the do Law but who were passed for entry anyway. 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