European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes september 1950 business in the defense orders Spur Lioom in business by Phillips new 18 faster Pace in the National rearmament program added Power to the business Boom last record breaking civilian Trade combined with the accelerated flow of defense orders to nudge Industrial production close to capacity in some Rass and found Quick reflection in numerous other phases of the National econ the Stock mar Ket hit a new fou year retail Trade was steady to higher Phillips in the final week before credit curbs go into effect in an Effort to halt inflationary a Fresl spun in Forward buying placed an additional Strain on the already shaky Price Structure and a wide variety of goods were again marked the labor picture was one of con fusion and unrest As agitation for new wage boosts to meet the Stead ily rising Cost of living mounted on All Many firms made settlements with out wailing for demands from workers and there were numerous indications the flexible wage pattern set in the automobile Industry this Bummer would find wide Applina Many wage increases on percentage basis the National foremen Institute an analysis of current labor disputes disclosed most new con tracts provided for Cash wage hikes Between 6 and 10 cents an with additional considerations re lating to the Cost of living along the line of the general motors the pm contract provides a cent a hour increase for every per cent Rise in the Cost of an interesting sidelight in the current labor the Institute is that Many wage boosts Are on a percentage basis rather than a cents Eshour this is to the higher rated and More skilled the a private research organization that Sells reports on labor conditions to promises of Christmas bonuses were being inserted in newly signed labor contracts with in creasing the nations 5rst cautious Steps in the rearmament program began to take on meaning in business and As Many firms received orders to go ahead with production of planes and other War effect on eco Mony stirs speculation the biggest trick in the whole program will be to up a fighting machine without knocking the props from under a bustling civilian Economy that had attained a rec or breaking Pace even before some economists believe it can be done without too much of a Basing their argument on our enormous productive others Are they believe four destroyers taken from Mothballs san 18 destroyers have rejoined the Active Fleet after the first mass reactivation of Navy ships since the out break of the korean the destroyers All saw world War ii service in the Pacific before being put in the Mothball they Are the Sproston and that if something is not done to halt the Rise in prices of everything needed in both the civilian econ omy and the rearmament it will be almost impossible to avoid fallout government controls on manpower and a Sharp rebound in automobile output and steel production and a new record High in crude Oil output provided triple highlights on the Industrial Chart last another Rise in business Loans by Banks featured the financial Side of the reacting quickly to Broad hints from Washington that the Industry had better get More steel to fac tories engaged in War work or else the government would step into the the steel Industry pushed its productive capacity to the virtual limit last week and kept an army of experts watching vigilantly to find a Way to come up with steel Mills operate at of capacity Mill scheduled operations at per cent of capacity and output was estimated at net this compared with an operating rate of 98 per cent in the labor Day week and tonnage of a year ago Mills worked at a leisurely per cent of capacity and produced steel output in the first eight months this year reached an Al time this Brilliant average of tons a achieved in spite of a strike in the Coal Fields that kept production managers on Edge for More than a month Early in the year and saw operations sink to per cent for the week of March 6 because of the Lack of automobile production snapped Back to in the and Canada from the labor Day weeks output a year ago the total was reports from de indicate the car makers expect if any setup in demand for new result of the new credit crude Oil kept up the recent dizzy Las weeks aver age barrels a Day was a new Highland compared with in the preceding period a year electric output nears record Mark engineering contracts closed last week com pared with in the pre Vious period and a year electric Power output at kilowatt hours was within a whisper of the output of in the and compared with a year a hefty increase in business Loans by Banks was the largest any week since May and was the 15th consecutive weekly this that commission Fann ers and others Are buying ahead and storing up the things they process or use in an Effort to hedge As much As they can against in the latest Rise sent the total Busi Ness Loans of Banks outstanding to compared with in the previous period and a year the Stock Market scored its Best gain since the week of july running roughshod Over opposition and tacking on More than the quoted value of listed rails were top heavy favourites seconded by steels and a late spurt for the television and radio Soldier owes his life to Bible in pocket 18 a a Bible carried into Battle in Korea by army Cpl Douglas Cook is credited with saving his of grand is at the naval Hospital he was wounded on the Masan front a machine gun Bullet Tore through his he carried the Bible in his trouser a Bullet penetrated Halfway through the Hospital authorities said that if the Bible had not been in the the Bullet would have entered Cooks kidney and prob ably killed jets 6bomb Washington in exercise 18 this capital was attacked several times saturday by enemy bomber planes but the Man in the Street didst know the attacks by b45 Jet bombers were made to test the Battle efficiency of the 35th aaa Brig from nearby which has set up a ring of air defences around the District of the two week exercise is known As operation once targets Are the operation becomes virtually Auto guns Are swung into Posi Tion by Han operated but when they Are close to the necessary automatic gadgets handle everything except the passing of the guns Are directed by data from which is mixed by machine with such other data As barometric pressure and wind i the radar figures Are used by the machine to give the necessary direction and father finds time costs Money 18 Ebner sch rocks objection to Day Light saving time Cost him the Farmer paid the Fine after he was charged with refusing to his four children to school on time for two weeks i will not Send my children to school on anything but gods he said at a hear in before a Justice of the it was brought out that Schruck sent his children to school an hour late and ordered them to remain an hour he said he would Appeal to Somerset Oklahoma Tornado hurts 5 18 five persons were injured by a Tornado three Miles North of but one was Hurt As the twister Tore a path through the town Truman ousts Denham As counsel for Norb sept 18 Truman fired Robert Denham yesterday As general counsel of the National labor relations abruptly ending a Long harsh feud Between Denham and the five Board asked for Denhams resignation and accepted it on the ground that the differences were so deep seated that Denham lawyers Guild called red by House probes sept 18 the House Una Merican activities committee has labelled the National lawyers Guild the Legal bulwark of the communist it recommended that the organization be put on the Justice departments subversive the House committee further urged that the group be required to Register As the agent of a foreign j it proposed that Guild members be barred from Federal jobs and suggested that the american bar consider the question of whether or not membership in the j Guild is compatible with admission to the Guild president replies Thomas president old the called the House comi mittens report another typical demonstration of the fantastic methods and distortions which have earned that committee j the disrespect of most thoughtful the Emerson said in a has referred to no policy or act of the Guild which not wholly consistent with the guilds vigorous support for democratic and Oij every Effort to further the cause of peace devoutly desired by As j As evidence of its View of the guilds the committee its Legal defense of including espionage agents its Figert against legislation aimed at curbing the communists its attacks on government agencies seeking Toj expose or prosecute the com and its promulgation of communist party the guilds National Are in Washington it has in 13 cities across the nation and claims a membership of i and the Board were unlikely restore harmonious relations in their administration of the Taft Hartley act Robert Taft coauthor of that quickly called the presidents action an other surrender to the Cio political action Taft issued a statement in Ohio where he is campaigning for re he said the president last week attended a secret meet ing of the labor and no doubt this is the an 64year old Louis born Republican with an unusual career As and army has been under fire from Union leaders Ever since he was appointed by Truman three years ago Taf Hartley Law Taft said the president in attempting to nullify the Taf Hartley Law passed in it was this Law which created the office of general counsel with in dependent Powers to prosecute unions and employers for unfair labor in his letter to said the situation be tween Denham and the Board is largely due to the fact that the Taf Hartley act itself creates an administratively unworkable a which invites confusion and he it is my so Long As this two head de arrangement remains in the to try to make it by his action the president now has finally ruled in favor of Board chairman Paul Herzog and his fellow members in their extraordinary feud with Denham Over policies and Denham and the Board did not interpret the Taf Hartley act demos nominate Asylum inmate 18 up Marquette voters have Learned they nominated a state Hospital inmate As democratic candidate for county Edward of who beat Stephen of by 423 votes in last tuesdays Pri was committed Berry state Hospital As insane last july after his arrest for accosting and soliciting a child for immoral Pur the problem of what do in the november election has been turned Over to state attorney general Stephen accusers balk at proving red charges against Gypsy new sept 18 users of Gypsy Rose Lee have Side stepped trying to Back up their charges linking her with comm and miss Lee says the accusers Are the striptease dancer called the situation am i just to be left High and dry she i am the victim of and every one of them is a now everybody is trying to pass the Buck and forget what can i do in american Legionnaire Edward damage said he would not seek to substantiate his statement Lee reportedly a close associate of he said his information was based on red a Booklet published by former Fri agent Theodore Kirk Patrick which lists 150 radio figures with alleged pro communist con damage said it was up to red channels to clarify the in new Kirkpatrick said he did not plan to offer further Doc head of the Illinois legions anti subversive had wired the american broadcasting asking what it to do about a new program in which miss Lee will Abc promptly wired Back asking if he had any Freedom corps j urged for army sept is Upha Henry Mas Ujj proposed a Volunteer Freedom corps of noncitizens in the the All single would be limited to foreign j lodges Bill introduced yesterday also would increase from to the number of aliens May be accepted for service in regular Mike Conner Dies at a Mississippi governor 18 aph Martin Sennett Mike 59 year old former governor of died Conner was speaker of the Mississippi House of representative from 1916 until and the governor of Mississippi from 193234 he was Southeastern conf Renot commissioner of athletics Iron 1940 to to i worker killed in blast i sept 18 Ujj Kettle of chemicals exploded at the Rohm and Haas plastics kill ing Tony and sending 30 persons to hospitals with ies or illness caused by j k