European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes proposed Bill aids claims of dependents May 8 Senate armed services committee said they expected within week to finish drafting legislation which will mean Money saved or Money gained to dependents of some Harry Byrd has completed hearings on the which would Amend the War claims act of sources said the amendment would be aimed to clarify the act in the following ways to clarify transportation would be made to read so that there would be no question that dependents of servicemen in interned or hospitalized More than 30days Are entitled to transportation to an authorized Point of their the decision which threatens to Force the Federal government to demand reimbursement of such transportation Money Al ready paid to dependents of service men not on strictly military assign ments at the time they were injured or the act retroactive to Spur Industry gains by Phillips new May b Ness and Industry were sustained at very High Levels last with exceptional strength and vitality again shown by autos and building settlement of the Chrysler strike was both a morale and business despite the acrimonious note on which the prolonged struggle it provided a much needed Shoi in the Arm to sagging manage labor relations because it left the country without a major Industrial Phillips at least for the for the first time in the end of the dispute Wil add when you pay your grocery Bill or indulge in a shopping spree at the department heavy govern ment expenditures for materials needed in the armament stockpiling and foreign Are tagged for the blame by these food especially still More Power in business sources said the defense depart ment had been forced to turn Down some including some from filipino because the present Law took effect in 1942 after the Philippines Grant to face trial in plot los May 8 John Henry an aircraft Engi has been ordered to face trial on charges he attempted to murder his family and others by placing a time bomb on an he was ordered held for trial in Superior court under Bond after a preliminary hearing in municipal court he is to be arraigned in Superior court May there were 16 persons aboard the United airlines plane when a suitcase containing an alarm clock mechanism and tire tube filled with gasoline was discovered before the scheduled Takeoff for san Diego april Betty the defendants who first announced that she would stand by her Hus later said she would seek a yesterday she testified her husband had asked her to take out flight insurance for herself and their two frogs to jump on Gold bricks Angels Calaveras May 8 fashioned from Rich Gold Ore from the Royal have Laid on main but Cindy live of ifs part of the preparation for Angels Camps jumping jul to be held May the idea to commemorate the 1854 reputation of this Mountain mining known then As the Auto maker goes into the Market place for steel and the wide Assort ment of materials used in the Assembly of its line of payroll restorations bolster sagging Trade a third and equally powerful element is the restoration to pay Rolls of some workers with weekly earnings of More than this Money will quickly its Way into the spending Tor consumer bolster nonet steady Trade in numerous cities and towns where Chrysler and its dealer and suppliers do the powerful United Auto work ers Cio and general largest unit in the automobile already Are writing the next chapter in the 1350 Story of labor relations in the motorcar analysis expect it will produce fireworks before it is completed on or before May the Day the current contract pm is making More diesel mechanical ice air Condi toning equipment and household appliances than Ever it also is making More Money than Ever be its total executive payroll and bonuses Are at a record with record payrolls to record profits made in 1st Quarter of year net profit in 1949 was record in the first Quarter of this year the company made a net profit of a record for any with All these facts to go it is a Good bet the unions demands will be both As to wages and no wage for new what it will of is another since pm demonstrated beyond any doubt it was no Tenderfoot during a 113day another round of Price hikes in Lead and gasoline and steel scrap kept the inflationary Bigles of the nations Economy in the spot Light again this week there is wide disagreement about reasons be have stiffened considerably in re cent weeks the associated press Index of 35 important wholesale commodities advanced last Friday Toa new High for the year at with the 1926 average As a week before it stood at a month ago at and a year ago at business indices show extreme steadiness major business indices displayed extreme steadiness at or Cloie to recent peaks last to the Spring the steel operating at when the big per cent of was Down Only on tenth of a Point and at was Only a Shade under the airtime High of in the preceding a year ago the operating rate was the tonnage automobile output of units was a Little below the preceding but at a highly Gratifying level in View of the absence of Chrysler from with the addition of the Chrysler Odds favor a record High total num Ber of cars and trucks to Roll off the Assembly All available evidence indicates there still is Large unsatisfied backlog of demand for new cars and a Survey last week showed the secondhand Market was Active and prices on an upward building activity set a sizzling Pace again in both the Home and Industrial heavy engineering awards totalled 000 compared with in the preceding week and a year construction work shows 20 per cent gain the Commerce department announced that building wort so far this year added up to total 20 per cent above out lays an the comparable period a year spending for new dwell Ings in the first four months was 50 per cent ahead of the com parable period a year showing improvement last week were freight car loadings and elec tric Power while minor declines were registered for paper and paperboard output and soft there was Little change in business failures and retail the Stock Market was an up an Down with the ups Outlook business leaders say May 8 Twenty one leading business men polled by the United press have indicated that they Are More optimistic Over the business Outlook than they were a year a distributed among members of the Board of directors of the chamber of Commerce at their annual meeting last showed half of them blame Ris ing unemployment on readjust ments resulting from shifts in de Mand for consumer goods after the postwar backlog of orders was no recession see a major business downturn in the were almost evenly divided on future unemployment although two predicted a Sharp Rise in the next few of Tine in believe the government should not invoke emergency measures to provide jobs until unemployment reaches the unemployment has averaged in the first three months of this one replied that first Quarter sales this year were below eleven said they expected net earnings of their Compa Nies this year to exceed those of last emerging the Wictor in the averages by a disclosure by a major manufacturer that he looked for a letdown in television set sales this summer brought a rash of Selling in that dynamic group of stocks after months of spectacular performance on the with streets Are paved has to a Hind these markups at a time when Competition is terrific in some lines of some think they Are Mere off shoots of lengthy others say inflation is coming Douglas urges Marine commander be on joint chiefs May 8 Paul Douglas has proposed establishment of the Marine corps As a combat Organiza Tion and urged inclusion of the head of the marines on the joint chiefs of himself a Marine private who emerged from world War ii As a lieutenant made the suggestions in a speech before the Marine corps Reserve officers lauding the corps Dou Glas declared that the strength of the service be increased j to 6 per cent of the combined strength of the other military would boost Force he would boost the number of marines to the Force on duty last Douglas said he Felt that the present strength which sets the size of the corps at 20 per cent of the was not Suffi he declared if the marines Are to be but to a i Point where you can feel it More acid newest of jets May 8 air Force is equipping late Modet fighters with new automatic devices which will track enemy bombers Trou pfc night skies or bad shoot them and then bring Pilot Home for a officials said this whole family of robots is Beinin installed in new it receptors to meet problems posed by the development of Faithf Speed and atomic it so Flag Sdee ii of lumbers elves defending Foj faters less time to to meet and he enormous destructive Power of the atom makes it More important than Ever to destroy bombers before they reach toe Mccarthy probe assailed by Keiman May 8 state department Counselor George Kennan said abuse and derision heaped on men in Public life May drive the More sensitive and gifted people out of government speaking ii Joseph Mccarthy Home said the Republican senators Type of investigation does irreparable harm to the even though it May uncover someone who is the margin or safety Ith which our country moves the world today is not great enough to permit us to be reckless and wasteful with the talents and idealism of those people we depend on for the generalship of our peacetime he combat organization they must be 6 per cent of the strength of the other and i think the commandant of the Marine corps should be a member of the joint chiefs of under the present setup the Marine corps is represented on the top level military strategy Board by adm Forrest chief of naval teacher charged in student swindle new May 8 teacher to a private school has been arrested for allegedly defrauding nearly e dozen prospective medical and dental students of George teacher and assistant director of Brooklyn was charged with grand larceny for allegedly taking Cash fees to get aspiring doctors into Suim Van denied the charges and said his was bad publicity for the the Kings county assistant District attorneys office said about 12 prospective students who had been a from j wilderness