Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1944, Cairo, Egypt States ar6 mounting Mage As torrential Rains measuring As As fire inches within 48 hours have left five dead and homeless in Missouri Kansas the death of three Kansas if has been reported two were killed by the Rivers Frig and Little Arkansas Are still Dan serous Lehigh but dwindling rain fall Hope for some Relief along the Small Large areas of Missouri and Are still last reports indicated that levees Are holding satisfactorily at Kansas City the Missouri was described As it foot and a half above flood the Mississippi has hot yet reached a danger Point in the Louis area but weather men predicted no setup in the steady rain the farm Belt in Kansas is har dest hit by was swept by a seven Inch rain fall which the big and Little Arkansas Rivers beyond their Banks and by City virtually rail service was abandoned most in Many homeless victims of the flood Are school Sot v v of t Refuge in army aids Rescue work in arty amphibious rushed from Camji Phillips to in Rescue other teat Crews were at work near Emporia where the Rampa Ging Neosho River marooned several Marion was isolated Early in the it was predicted that everywhere Between Wichita and the Oklahoma Jine would be flooded except Arkansas if Rains not an official report was unobtainable at but the Marais de Gynes River was believed to be flowing eight feet above its 30foot flood in Peiling Many the extent of damage Between Louis and Kansas City is compared in the flood of last red Cross workers helped remove More than 200 persons from their Homes along Blue River and at tempted to get food to persons marooned in a War in the the third Spring snowstorm in 10 Days left a Blan of White throughout Colorado and Northern new slow ing traffic and delaying the ing of sugar beets acid bother Black markets draining Gas reserves that Black Market operations Are serious was this week when the director of gasoline rationing made a direct Appeal to Congress for help in Black Market racketeers a similar attack was made on liquor Shad Gas director for told Congress that the Black Market May soon Force a reduction in civilian gasoline he asserted that operations Are Al ready dangerous and if allowed to grow will become a serious threat to the whole War he estimated that the illegal Sale of some bringing 50 cents is drawing off two and a half Mil lion Gallons of gasoline polier urged the tightening of state and municipal Laws As an enforcement in new the whole liquor business was criticized to its face by attorney Tom c dark who appeared before the National beverage Clark Asser Ted the liquor manufacturers Are guilty of widespread violation of Price ceiling Are engaged in false Labelling and Black Market oper aged Catholic prelate Dies Boston churchmen and civic leaders throughout the nation Are mourning the death of Cardinal Oconn Ell from bronchial pneuma the 814yearold spiritual head of one million catholics of the Boston archdiocese was Dean of the Catholic Hierarchy in Ameri his body was in state in his Brighton Home throughout the week and interment will follow requiem mass Cardinal Ocorn Ells death leaves Only three cardinals in the West Ern hemisphere and one in the Cardinal Arch Bisbon of archbishop amleto apostolic Delegate to Washington and personal representative of the will celebrate the pontifical requiem mass prior to the 45 lend lease approved House has passed legislation extending presidential authority to make lend lease agreements for another year after june under congressional dragnet put for Chicago mobsters Chicago Cook county and Chicago police Are com Bihar the City and adjacent area in a wide spread manhunt for Matt brother of the famous in connection with the murder of James when police found Evi Dence that Larkin was shot in Matt Capones Matt promptly and conveniently a search is in Progress for Wally a bartender in tavern who also pulled a disappearing Larkins the latest in Chicago new gang War for control of the vice occurred last his body was found plugged neatly Between the eyes and stuffed into a Westside the corpse1 was a former horse Trainer and old time gang Ster of the Al Capone freighter strikes ferry in a soupy fog that blanketed the Patapsco a freighter sliced into the Side of a ferryboat and injured 28 men and one they were shipyard the while entering the struck the ferry port Side and slowed 15 feet into its Reachi Iio pop a found Back to the Wall a wel1 baling men from Here is Fry Circle throwing everything Tottey have at the poor wive i Trout who will in be Tinling in nazi plotters mouthpiece whole fails to prevent washing Hon the sedition trial against 30 persons which began last week bogged Down soon after opening with the continued absence of one of the forfeiting his Edward smythe was nabbed 40 Miles from Tho Canadian Fri agents said he was apparently planning to masquerade As a vacationing when the first obstacle in the trial was a second hitch was thrown into the defense maintained that the trial was not proceeding according to Law and appealed to the Cir Cuit court of then a motion was male to disqualify Justice Edward Richer on grounds of pre the court of declined to intervene in the trial and pointed out that actual court procedure is subject to review in the Case of the motion against Justice Eicher was and the trial itself was postponed until monday the selection of the jury As the second week of the nations greatest sedition trial wore on one fact seemed certain that the defense attorneys were crying everything possible to prevent the actual trial of their Are alleged to have shared in a nazi plot to establish a nazi government in the to have circulated rumours designed to under mine the Faith of the american people in the their government and arouse members of the armed for Ces to insubordination and on the Brink thirty miraculously escaped death or serious injury when this san Francisco bound bus washed against a Guan rail of the last Bay Bridge approach after sides wiping the crib on the left Side of Hie then across three lanes into the opposite the bus drove part Way through Hie rail and came to rest As it u shown in the the front wheels dangling Over the approach and its Side smashed none of the was International parachutist literally jumps out of his shoes after Dang Ling feet Down from an Down air plane which a fledgling flyer was Edward Vallish Slid out of his plunged pulled1 his ripcord and floated to Earth with this har rowing Story to Tell Vallish was instructing Cadet Paul Jenkins from the front cock pit of the training plane by the Cord on his microphone Sud Denly became entangled with his safety Belt and opened the Vallish instantly flipped the canopy it closed in time to catch not Vallish but his feet dangling head he wriggled from his shoes and fell the Cadet landed the plane War Ace Idaho the third rank ing Ace in Duane is reported missing in a the 22yearold fighter Pilot had 21 planes to his credit when he went on his last Mission and was reputedly the third ranking Ace in Chicago Earl Warren of California has been appointed temporary chairman and Keynoter of the Republican National con Tention opens in Chicago june a All is spruced up and poised Lor a wild Welcome and Celebration when its local Charles Winner of the or returns to his in the cites been for a week Whilo rumours cure ram with the band ready action and the mayor to spearhead the Welcome mayor Scully said a Welcome speech on the tip of my Tongue All week and the cites Busi Ness will be in a mess if to Doest show up Kelly was granted a trip Home after receiving his award for heroism forces plea for labor act fails Washington despite a joint request Tor a National labor draft last the House military affairs committee turned a cold shoulder and its chairman said briefly we have spoken and we meant what we adding that Euch a proposal could not reach the House without the committees stamp of the armed forces re quest warned that most of the men drafted this win have to be taken from vital Indus tries must find replacements in some step in they stressed the need of a nationwide Leor draft to keep War plants talk of a postwar draft popped up again when Secretary of Navy Frank Knox urged the adoption of a permanent military conscription so that the can attack Power or combination of Powers that threatens its future he said that the initiation of such a program now would permit newly trained Young men to re place War weary veterans As occupation the War is according to Baruch Sives million new York bernar4 has donated medicines to Aid wounde4 can Baruel president Roosevelt chief adv buy More War Bono
