Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                September 1944 stars and East of stateside gis recommends vet body Chicago members of the veterans of foreign wars met in the Windy City last for their National Encampment and evolved a Resolution calling for a peacetime army of at least vow members also endorsed extra pay for men in combat zones on the same basis As the 50 per cent extra on base pay Given to men for flying and concerning the recommended that sol Diers be Given a discharge priority with special preference to those who fought in men who never left the states were placed by the at the Bottom of the Philip chief of and Harry Truman democratic of finest spoke at the speaking of the Veteran in relation to said that discharged its have discovered already that labor for leads in Gallup to new York the political election Survey shows that presi Dent Roosevelt is leading the race for the presidency in 2r states with 2hg electoral Collero Voles while Dewoy leads in 20 states with a total of 245 electoral the Gallup poll was based on the cur rent sentiment among civilians the George of the american Institute of Public Opi pointed out that the Survey does not constitute a prediction of Tho november outcome although Roosevelt gives him at present 20 More votes than Necess Ary for according to the a geographical breakdown reveals that Weys greatest strength lies in the agricultural West Grid Midwest with Nebraska and Kansas leading As gop unions have protected heir Job Security and wage rates while Tley Murray endorsed an accrued seniority system of employment for veterans rather than absolute seniority asserting that the latter would not actually Bene fit the discharged he said if veterans were Given absolute be situation would set tie Veteran against the Industrial Veteran against the worker and against the the proposal drawn up by the vow labor committee Gascon Grunt with Murray they would have a gis seniority during his period of ser exactly As if he were on his pre army Tim fun also stated that Vete rans will be the potent fac tor1 in postwar political Het their lie is to continue the government in the Man Ner for which we Iare caught in the Wash Denver battered by Hail stones Denver a violent Hail storm struck Denver and Vicinity last inflicting1 damage estimated at and Leav incr Hail Sto nes piled up As deep As inches in some at the same premature Cool weather descended on the Enst and South which was recently suffering from a prolonged Lieari Chilly temperatures prevailed from Arkansas to Boston with Low readings of 59 in North geor 53 in Boston and 52 in Des monies and production Boa Wilson resigns trolleys crash Headon two trolleys crashed into each other last week when a confusion of orders sent the two trolleys racing to Ward each other on a single one Motorman killed persons were All parties will get even break in political Static Washington ans Climax ing a mix up of political Misander the we announced this week that the various parties will be Given time on shortwave radio facilities for broadcasting political to overseas troops through september and eligible for overseas shortwave radio time Are All qualified parties that have a candidate for presi Dent and Are so designated in six or More under this regu the Republic socialist and so Ciali Salabor parties this announcement ended a squabble which stemmed from a request by the socialist party for shortwave radio broadcast to overseas the socialist asked for time equal to that taken by president Roosevelt Dur ing his broadcast from and based their request on grounds that the presidents speech was political in thus entitling other parties equal radio time under the existing the immediately agreed to the request by the socialist change of eight hours the we rescinded its permission with the announcement that president Roosevelt made upon his return from Hawaii and the Aleu was not a political acting of War John Mccloy said the department had reconsidered its earlier this brought a storm of protest from socialist Leader Norman Tho Mas and Republican officials who claimed that the White House was responsible for the reversal of National of the gop immediately renewed a request that Thomas Dewey be Given radio time equal to that of the Browneil said it was Plain that army officials considered the address political until the mysterious other More Laid the blame squarely on the White Lovely monogrammed hotel towels Are going to disappear from go Barracks bags if army authorities pick up the Bright idea of a Looie up at fort this military Sleuth conducted a Shakedown of cd Wash at the Post laundry and came up with a roomful of practically every hotel in the country was represented in the Pat an employee of Tacoma hotel squats among the All of which will be returned to their Acme student slays Friend dumps body into Hudson new murky Waters of the Hudson River this week gave up body of 33yearold David son of a socially prominent Louis and opened a fantastic store of homicide unequalled Here since the loner Gan the bound and stabbed body of the victim was found after in Cien 19 year old Colum Bia had Given him self up to the to Lucien Carr lice and led detectives to the buried his victims he where Carr made his confession accompanied by his lawyer and was held for 21 hours without a since August Santa Means Xmas for pow red Cross boxes of Christmas goodies Are already on their Way to american prisoners of War from Philadelphia Post food packaging which has already sent More than boxes to yanks in War Santa is taking a package from William of whose husband is a War prisoner in at right is Basil National red Cross press police were at first walked by the absence of a body or a particle of evidence corroborating his after completing his amazing re Carr became amazingly Calm arid peacefully read ing poetry most of his first night in student at Columbia Carr was taking a Liberal arts course at Columbia and was described by Nicholas associate Dean of the As a Superior Iii was for Merly a teacher of English and physical education at Washington University in where he first made the acquaintance of the authorities said Kam Merer was a who had recently earned his living by help ing a Story was that he had known Kammeron several years in Louis and that several times during their acquaintance Kam Hinerer had made improper advances to but that he had always rebuffed the older scout knife murder weapon Carr continued his acquaintance with and on monday the two were sitting on a Grassy Bank of Riverside drive enjoying a breath of morning according to when Kammeron once Niovi made an offensive pro Carr said lie rejected it indignantly and a fight Carr pulled out his Hoy scout a relic of his and stabbed Hammerer twice in the he grips philosophy text in court not knowing whether the older Man was dead or and unaware of whether anyone had seen Carr said he quickly gather ered stones and stuffed in Hammerer pockets and inside his clothing and then pushed the body into Tho Swift flowing unable to make up his mind what to Carr eventually confided in his who communicated with a Carr appeared at the District attorneys office and gave himself Carr seemed lackadaisical As he was arraigned in homicide court and he clasped a copy of a i a philosophic works by As charges were presented Acra inst he is being held without sension behind scenes in the War production Board was  with the scheduled departure of chairman Donald for Nina on a special Mission and the resignation of Charlestn a letter to president Roose Wilson stated that his Resig nation was prompted by unfair attacks against him by members of Donald Nelsons personal there has teen renewed1 circulation in the press and Over the radio of stories to the effect that because of my former As president of general electric i am opposed to i need not Tell you that i favor reconversion and have approved and set in operation Many Steps which have already affected reconversion to a Large degree i am opposed to any interference with War production As its necessities Are presented to me toy the com mandarin chief and the joint chiefs of wrote Nelson rec Ritly won an internal fight within web to Start the nations Industry Back towards the production of civilian goods a move he asserted is necessary to Cushion the economic Shock when the War president Roosevelt accepted Wilsons resignation reluctantly and said he had previously hoped the discord in web would Dis he revealed later that he did not know whether Lor not Nelson would resume his duties As Board chair Man upon his return from president Roosevelt Danied Julius 36yearold naval to serve As acting chair Man until Nelsons who was released from Sfer vice to take Over the formerly headed to and is credited with rectifying the National shortage which threatened defense production in Bank puts padlock on Gotham Church new York pedestrians were exposed to a strange drama last week when the congregation of the Church of a  religious was virtually tossed into the with All its pos As its mortgage was fore closed by the a Church including the communion was removed to the Paul pastor of the Church for 35 told his flock that Church would continue in a nearby the Church of strangers Origi Nal place of worship paid for by the late Commodore Cornelius the mortgage was foreclosed by the Greenwich Savig Bank and effected by the said Mansfield concerning the ousting i offered them the pulpit and suggested they take it to the Greenwich savings Bank and open it seizure ends miners strike an eight week wild cat walkout of miners of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company was broken this week the government seized the mines and properties of the the move was taken to end the strike which started june 29 and has Cost half a million tons in Anthracite the government took a backs work Resolution was approved by the striking thus climaxing the Long Washington distribution of a government pamphlet for War veterans entitled your right and your benefits has