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Publication: London Stars and Stripes Saturday, February 17, 1945

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   London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Page 4 the stars and stripes 1945 life in Liose United states reconversion blueprint put in the works again 16 Mobilizer James Byrnes has ordered a new standby plan prepared for the reconversion of Industry to civilian United press reported Byrnes order directed web chief Krug to work out by 23 a new blueprint to guide reconversion when military needs eventually Slacken Krug immediately ordered a special staff to work on a project behind closed plan known to be almost up it was emphasized that the decision to get the reconversion plan ready did not mean the government expected an Early end to the european the plan was being prepared now so there would Beno delay in starting reconversion when the War in Europe does the up the plan is not expected to be announced for some time because officials do not want the purpose capital ramblings Lewis chief of selective told Congress that the number of Federal workers deferred from the draft now was twice the 1943 at the same Thomas assistant chief of reported that five eighths of the army manpower now was the House to proceed with considering the George which would divorce the reconstruction finance corporation from the Commerce legislation designed to make irreplaceable farm regard less of How badly the army May want was introduced by Millard Tydings far state legislators have complained that draft boards were taking necessary farm labor on the theory that the need of the armed forces for Young men had become Paramount despite Tydings earlier amendment to the selective service Law giving them Protection Down the Hatch 16 took a special ruling from the maritime when the Victory ship named for Kentucky launched today it was christened with a bottle of Bourbon instead of the traditional the request to use Bourbon had come from the younger women club of John Lewis peace fails 16 Al executive Council closed its midwinter session yesterday announcing that negotiations for the re affiliation of John Lewis United mine workers had president William Green said Lewis demand that the ump be represented on the executive Council which apparently  be the All have the none has the Butts new and his Uncle seemed to have the solution today for ending the cigarette shortage in a Edward of the smaller tobacco manufacturers of declared that the situation could be solved if government manpower and crop restrictions were he were the two Basic reasons for the the Wall Street journal proved by figures that smokers them selves could remove the quoting it calculated the search for cigarettes occupies a daily average of 15 minutes for each of american in terms of Man hours that a full Days working time for persons or Man hours a tobacco factories could solve the shortage with Man hours of work so get yourself a Job at the nearest tobacco if the smokes Trade were taken out of the hands of elevator operators and truck Drivers who bootlegged cigarettes the Way bottles of Gin used to be bootlegged during there be cigarettes for Daniel of the new York opa he said his office was moving to accomplish just they buttoned her four foot girl who said you cant go around with Only buttons in your pockets has been arrested in connection with a series of taxicab with four male accomplices she was charged with sticking up hankies with a throwing them into snowdrifts and taking off with their Cash and prayers for the living 16 turning from mass held for her Richard reported killed in the South Pacific on Suehr found a letter he had a month she notified the adjutant generals office in which Dis covered the error and said Suehr was still piloting a hot air 16 Okay for a tenant to save precious but theres a Philip a real estate argued in the tenant had been drilling holes in the floor just above the Kitchen the judge ordered the tenant to they like it 16 our first marriage Cere Mony was so much stationed near and his wife decided to hold another on their first a judge ruled it was so his Deputy even issued another time off 16 ans Charles Miller in circuit court yesterday suspended a Oneto five year prison sentence imposed upon Ben Jamin convicted last week of a 40yearold murder hard to get 16 took a but wat Arnold finally found a female clerk for his office who neither smokes nor the girl is Frances of coast is Low 16 inspectors checking on out autos reported that one Motorist claimed that he got As far As 160 Miles from on his a then coasted the rest of the motorists who know the Road said it was impose fashion note secret guides b29s Over target new 16 automatic device which in mid flight con stantly pinpoints the position of a plane on a map has been guiding planes to targets in Japan and Germany for several it was disclosed the air position indicator was described by the Bendix aviation which developed it As a closely guarded secret of b29 raids on it registers throughout the flight the distance travelled and the direction in which the plane is its Longitude and calculation made by the device ordinarily would take hours of work by a navigator with Star sighting sex a chronometer and other equip Charles Vic president of under combat he danger of miscalculation is an Ever present mental Hazard to even the Best of navigators and pilots because of unpredictable now installed in other heavy bombers As Well As b29s and in Carrie based Navy the known As is the first of its kind to be compact enough for aircraft the new robot brain is about the size of a quart milk it picks up facts As the plane one is of wind Force which depends on and changes with the planes the brain changes this pressure into and moment by moment shows How far the plane has the other fact is the planes a magnetized Triangle picks up the planes direction by the Angle at which a Triangle cuts through the earths invisible lines of magnetic when the plane its latitude and Longitude Are set in the which then draws lines of flight there is one of the is not Felt by this this Drift is determined by the Pilot As Long As the plane is in sight of ground or when flying the Pilot has to guess about planes Rock Tokyo continued from Page 1 a continuous air pounding to smash its plane the Navy also was moving to wind up the Philippines a Washington spokesman confirming previous enemy reports that a surface including two had bombarded Corre at the Entrance of Manila at the same time that army bombers had dropped 112 tons on the in were Tokyo reports that about 100 Carrier planes had struck at Northern in where the last blazing pocket of resistance was being steadily it was disclosed that captured documents showed the japs had honed to make the Battle for the City the turning Point in the Luzon but the expecting an attack from the South and from Manila were knocked off balance by thrusts from the North and a communique adding that Jap plane losses included 420 Cam ured intact on Luzon Russia continued from Page 1 Camp Edward Pappy a mess shows How the Well dressed old timer should Wear his his ribbons and other and he has plenty of buried maybe Green Cove 16 Mobley has received permission from the City Council to tear up part of the sidewalk in front of the City Hall after claiming that pirates once buried in Gold the Council asked Mobley to up a Bond to guarantee the Mother asks pet die for killing child los 16 Mother of Marguerite the 21monthold baby whose neck was broken by a jealous demanded the animals execution today and said she would insist upon being present at the Gas Woof was my but she killed my baby and i want her put to said the Dracia i dont want another tragedy like to commenting on the Arthur editor of the american Kennel said that children and dogs can share the same Home in safety but parents should share their attention with both to forestall canine he said that even gentle pets May resent children whose introduction into the Home follows that of the 6 planes 8 marines die san 16 Reuter Marine corps fliers were killed yesterday when six planes collided during Maneu vers conducted in bad Hansell trains Wing 16 Haywood former commander of the 21st bomb group b29s on yesterday assumed command of a training Wing but the germans reported that he was reinforcing his columns for a continuation of the drive toward Stettin and the marshal Rokos Sovsky also was aiming toward the Danzig area of the Baltic while his right in conjunction with Cherniachovs keys lightened their vice around the germans trapped in East far behind the front lines the Battle for Breslau appeared to be entering its final stage and nazi commentator von Hammer said the silesian capital was being attacked from All the nazi imposition of martial Law behind the front lines was considered one of the most drastic of a series of measures recently taken to bolster sagging it not Only applied to the Eastern front but to the Western front As the ruling called for the creation of military courts empowered to hand out death sentences to anyone for cowardice As the nazis demanded Devotion to the utmost from every individual these courts will be established immediately in areas threatened by the this would cover most of the third including with the exception of Bavaria and Wuertenberg in the South and Mechlenburg in the rescuer on a Rescue could use one too a Short while ago it was sometimes packed now its Mil plenty deep and Here an m32 tank retriever bogs Down in the stuff going to the Rescue of a tank in the mire of walked out of the air to safety Jerries paid him no so he kept right on walking by Paul Green stars and stripes staff writer on the army dazed airman told a simple and a strange after parachuting into unfamiliar he walked along a passed one Soldier and then three others and kept on walking to he was an the soldiers were All Douglas Ryan was his name and he came from a Little town in Wisconsin called he was a Ruddy 24 years and this had been his first Mission Over something went wrong with his probably due to and the Penman Crew bailed Ryan came Down alone somewhere in the he a harnessed himself from his Felt himself to make sure he was he won dered where he hero in same boat to his ears came the sound of he recalled from a movie hed seen that the hero was in the same predicament and had been saved by walking toward the he began to do the he knew he was shaken probably in a sem Shock he was dressed in a dark Green flying and had no Down the Trail came the clump of toward him strode an armed member of the Volk Grenadier neither one stopped nor gave any sign of no word was after passing each looked Back Over their shoulders for a puzzled each kept on didst realize his spot possibly Ryan was so dazed that he didst realize the spot he was but the germans behaviour was per haps ryans dark Green suit seemed like a German there were Many different types of German units in this sector and perhaps the Jerry thought he was one of the maybe the German was confused because he was walking unhesitatingly toward the Ameri can lines and not coming from that the american walked Down the near the Bottom he saw ahead of him in a Trench three germans in camouflage suits and helmets with a machine he ignored them and splashed Over a Creek in front no bullets whistled by him and nothing the airman reached american lines where he told his Story in a voice of wonder As if he could hardly believe it Jerry Laid a trap but found no takers with the 9th 16 Reuter Twenty ninth tactical air command planes escaped a German trap this out for enemy they saw three trucks moving Down a Highway through a dropping Down to they noticed Foxholes dug at intervals along the As they dived to strafe the truck Drivers stopped their vehicles and jumped for the three anti aircraft guns not previously reported in the area opened the pilots realized the trick in and none of the planes was shot Down or labor wants no nazi slaves establishment in after the Complete liquidation of All nazi Organiza of a democratic labor Novemea supervised by International labor a urged yesterday by the world Trade Union conference meeting in in a Resolution outlining its toward coming peace tit conference demanded that labor stain Ards be worked with Allied Labort which will Guarante against German workers degenerate a into slave also urged by the conference us implementation of the Crimea declarant by ate by United nations control of All if Germany heavy its transmutation and banking measures must be the Tion to bring to Justice All w criminals and for the Reha Militaria through utilization of German info trial and other of All countries the germans have devastated and meanwhile in president of the american Fredett Tion of which is not Partick Palti in the London conference because i the presence of the russian Delegate issued a Call to the International feat Tion of Trade in which the sians Are not to meet info if Green urged the meeting to Uri and strengthen 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