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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April the stars and stripes Page 11 coast to coast migrants found earning daily april i department of Justice said its investigation of migrant farm workers problems uncovered daily earnings a Tab ranged to 4 Raymond special agent assigned by attorney general Fred howler to probe alleged starvation and filth among seasonal farm said amazingly Large earnings were found in he san Joaquin Valley Cotton Belt last Mccarthy said average wages ranged from to a wis ii the i West Ttoe Justice department hoped to the agent what the migrants did with Tfir savings and Why Many of them Are now in the investigation shows the migrants Are penniless because of conditions Over which Twoey have no we will suggest a preliminary investigation showed Large families and unwise Thrift habits contributed to the Mccarthy some spend their Money m a Home or otters Over the bar and for other sources of amusement department of employment officials said there Are at least jobless farm workers in the san Joaquin Valley we depend on Relief Charity for their los Angeles to enter Senate race los april 1 Manachester publisher and of the lot Angeles daily said he will file As a candidate for the Senate i both the democratic and re publican Boddy Caid be decided enter the race Only because of the withdrawal of Sheridan Downey although for Many years i have steadfastly refused to enter poli i now feel that conditions both in the United states and abroad Are such As to leave me no Choice but to enter the Campaign where senator due to Baa been forced to Relin Quish said Bellhop loses boy returns april 1 Bell hop who Doest Trust got Back tote bundle of Green backs lie lost last and 10yearold David Sanders got s100 police returned the a Batch of and si00 to James who works at the fashionable ambassador East he identified it by Matching pieces of Papec which interlaced the Money he peeled off a Bill for David saw the Money lying in the Street on the North Huber read about the Money in then found his Bank Roll was today he said i still dont Trust Northwest airlines shows record profit april West has announced an Al time his net profit after for in its annual r e p o r t to Stock the airline Ijo Ted that in 1w8 the company was in Croil president and Gen eral said operating Rev tunes increased per cent last year to a total of the airline also announced acquisition of a Fleet of Boeing Strator Ulscas a wring nurse lifts stolen calves into truck by herself Hay april 1 up a 23yearold registered nurse admitted she hired teenagers to help her Rustle cattle but proved she needed no help in lifting calves  into a police Firth band admitted the theft of five calves and four cows in the past few police she and three 17yearold boys who said they were hired at each Are held at Santa Anita prison j detective Stanley said he asked a robust How she managed to gel the calves into a Lake be quoted her As then she j lifted him off the husbands death spurs Hunt for Mother of seven april 1 police have renewed efforts to find Elizabeth Mother of seven missing since last her died last week after a five year if Miami paper prints photo of flying Saucer april 1 photograph of what May be a Fly ing Saucer was published in the Miami daily news with a radio commentators opinion that the Fly ing Saucer is a very valuable military the photograph was submitted to the news by a woman and the commentators opinion was printed in a righted article by reporter Sill who mate a tour of investigation of the photograph was taken by Ethel she said she took it at 9 and that Gas lighted object she photographed coming in from the sea was not the first one she had car sickness held no claim to jobless insurance 1 persons who cant take jobs because get sick Riding in buses and cars Are not entitled to collect unemployment compensation in new the slate supreme court has the court said the compensation Law was aimed at involuntary in o the Tilting involved a Camden woman who lost a Job As a Home worker and turned Down her employers offer of factory work be cause she was allergic to vehicular tote Long count a Busy Man these Days is John chief Supply clerk for the 7th District in new who passes out forms and equipment for the 1950 census that got under Way april the empty boxes him held forms he used out to census army is presented 3d safety award by National Council april 1 the department of the army has received its third National safety Council award of Honor for distinguished service the top award in the Field of safety was presented to assistant Secretary of the army Archibald Alexander by Ned of president of the National safety Dearborn paid tribute to the army 33 per cent reduction in its worldwide motor vehicle fatality rate coupled with other Accident experience resulted in a combined average improvement of 19 per cent in All Accident Fields during on behalf of the Alex Ander said we will continue and we will intensify our efforts to keep to a minimum injuries which cause suf Fering to our men and anguish to their we Are stressing the necessity for aggressive Accident prevention measures in All army operations and and i am gratified that lieutenant general Brooks reports a ready personal interest in this safety Effort by All major com army assistant chief of responsible for super vision of safety activities through out the assured Alexander he and army safety director Parker Are vigorously pushing the Accident prevention potential dust bowl Laid  growing april 1 up Farmers in the potential dust bowl of southwestern Oklahoma yesterday blamed patriotism and shortsighted profiteering for the disaster which threatens acres of Prairie chief villain is the lowly Peanut which robs the soil of its peanuts Hove been a big crop since 1943 in Caddo North of now acres of Caddo county topsoil Are blowing away in the first major outbreak of wind erosion Here since Peanut planting was urged by the Federal government starting in 1943 and profits up to per acre per year were guaranteed by Price support the badly needed Peanut Oil during world War ii to replace vegetable Oil imports from Over Peanut growing was profitable and Patriot cd another sections of the South Western Plains intensive wheat cultivation is blamed for a series of dust storms which signal a crisis in the a six months drought in a vast area is the immediate cause of the soil wheat is the most important do county crop but it has not raided the top soil like the made Good Money an 82yearold who has tilled the same ground since said he started growing peanuts seven years i really made Good Money on he More than a Hundred dollars an they were needed for War and i deeded the lanes 160acre farm is being destroyed by the wind and he has hot been Able to Plant anything this he is growing Only Sand Row after Row of them along Fence rows and around the farm Navy officers May Wear insignia on raincoats april 1 naval officers May Wear Shoul Der straps and Metal rank in Signia on their Accord ing to a new ruling issued by Secretary of the Navy Francis p the new shoulder straps May attached to the Coats imme but will not be compulsory until july the Metal insignia will not be worn at All until that this applies to All Blue and Khaki raincoats and the Tan Avia Tion Winter working the Navy these Coats previously carried no indication of officer Vandenberg sees fighter pilots vie in gunnery meet Las april1 under the Eye of Gen Hoyt Van air Force chief of top fighter pilots yesterday put their ships through breathtaking Maneu vers in the highly competitive Sec Ond annual Vandenberg arrived thursday and wag on the firing line soon after Dawn to witness the ground Straf Hig Altitude and div bombing runs which help to determine the Best gunnery team in the air he was scheduled to return to Washington late in the As the involving 19 teams from All air Force fighter groups and the air National went into its Midway it was of Viou that last years scores would be decidedly that Means vast improvement has been made in the use of Jet fighter planes for support of ground troops and last year the gunnery meet was won by a team Hying world War ii f47 despite the efforts of Jet pilots flying f80 shoot ing stars and f84 Thunder shoplifter arrested rooms full of loot april 1 a slight Brunet who said she was an army majors wife was arrested on a charge of shoplifting four truckloads of merchandise department stores in three she was identified by the police As Mildred Ana she refused to name her the police said they acted on a tip and found Boutwe us Small apartment stacked High with record jewelry and wrist watches the merchandise was Worth several thousand Truman Plains visit to Benning key april 1 president Truman late next month will visit infantry and air Force bases in the South to see latest fighting machines and techniques in a spokesman said the president will visit april 21 and Eglin april at a huge infantry train ing the president will wit Ness a division a firepower demonstration with live ammunition and watch infantry troops work out demonstration tactical at Eglin the next the pres ident will watch the most up Odate planes in action in the and will inspect them at close Range on the the demonstrations which the president will see were scheduled for participants in the joint civilian orientation conference which runs from april 17 through april the orientation conferences Are held periodically to acquaint Busi labor and religious leaders with current problems of Truman will make from Washington at am april and after a Day at Benning will Fly to Eglin Field where he will spend the he will watch the demonstration at Eglin the next morning and Fly Back to on the mayor shot in fray april 1 Alcott was wounded and a su11 water Barber shotto death in the mayors Alcott was shot in the Temple As he sat at his he was taken to a Hospital and rushed into the operating police capt Graham Shirley said the Chris tried to commit suicide several weeks ago by his Throat with a apparently no one witnessed the Sylvia the mayors was in an outer the Secretary said Dixon walked through her office see mayor and she heard him can you do something for me i didst pay any attention to the rest of their but heard the words Blackwell and Ponca she she said she did riot know How Many shots she heard fire in Herald Plant los april 1 fire started in the press room of the los Angeles Herald and express but was put out before could spread to other sections of the evening newspapers Plant Cherry fete to be held phony blossoms april 1 ins the chamber of Cherry com Merce is wringing its but anyway the Washington Cherry Blossom festival is going on As scheduled this if they have to tie the blossoms on the uncooperative there Are too Many Queens selected and there is too much Money invested to postpone the usually held when the japanese Cherry Trees Bloom around the tidal a late Spring and a warm w i n the of the Trees bloomed in a blossoms ass b 1 but it will go with dances Ana Cere 1 but the blossoms will be  
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