Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Hit thousands of acres of farm land in Western Lei Messee and Southeast Louisiana were flooded this week As the Waters of the Mississippi spilled Over its Banks at several some acres of were under scores of families were evacuated from the area without the Mississippi was feet above the flood stage at Mem while a break in a lower Mississippi levee 30 Miles Southeast of sent Many families f scurrying for no other weak spots had developed in the main levees along the the flood Strain was eased when army engineers opened the Bonnet Carre diverting flood Waters into Lake the opening of go of the 350 Bays of the spillway was expected to keep the River under 20 feet new where it had already reached two feet above flood there was also flood Clanger in Southern Missouri and Northwest Tennessee at Wappapello the Reservoir is now near spillway and there is no Way of con trolling Tho flow in event of heavy March Compromise puts new set of Teeth in manpower Bill Washington breaking the impasse on some form of National a Compromise manpower frill giving War mobilize1 James authority to regulate employment throughout the fines and jail sentences to up his has been approved by a joint House Senate the Compromise went before the House on monday arid squeezed through by a seven vote it is to be taken up by the Senate president Roosevelt then appealed to asserting that failure to pass the Bill would hamper the successful conduct of the the president said that the Man Power situation is still he added that in the coining Days there will be a great temptation for workers to leave War removed from the new measure the House voted work or fight or provision giving local draft boards authority t6 order workers from Job to Job with penalties of severe fines and jail for this House approved program had the support of the president and his military the Basic element of the new Compromise Bill is a manpower Byrnes would have authority 10 set up employment Ceil Ings for any Plant or Industry to regulate the hiring and rehiring of workers regardless of age or he could also freeze employees in any Industry if he deems it Necess both employees and employers would subject to oneyear jail sentences or fines for Wil Ful draft Law extended the House unanimously parsed and sent to Senate legislation sex draft Law another year beyond May no restrictive amendments were it had been anticipated that a restriction would be Addend on the policy of putting teenage inductees into combat after Only five months of training if but assist ant chief of staff in charge of had told military committee members that the use of teenagers had probably averted a stalemate in the draft of nurses action of the draft of nurses seeded along this week As the Sena it military committee approved the House passed amended the Bill to make married nurse also heros parents meet Ballad composer 7 is i of t f 7 j i f the parents of the Fate Rodger Clyde infantryman who was immortalized infantry Rodger Here meet the composer of the air for the first time in new York also present was the Soldier who signed the affidavit on which Youngs recommendation for the infantry medal of Honor was left to right Walter Rigby of Green principal eyewitness to Youngs death in action and Nicholas parents of the and Frank composer of the Ballad and author of other popular wartime song hits swell As Praise the lord and pass the what do you do in the infantry and in my Laguardia lays aside Bugle As Gotham if is adopt curfew new York with the new York Public spurning mayor la Guardias hour of tolerance and agreeing to abide the National Midnight the Little Flower was left out on a limb this week in the uproar which had turned into a Teapot last a had shoved War manpower chief Byrnes Midnight curfew up to giving night spots hour of repercussions were immediate and City and legislators from other states arid Capitol joined in a scathing chorus against his Vio lation of the Byrnes quickly declared that Laguardius action was without official Sanction but added regret full that there was nothing he could do president Roosevelt up held Byrnes and the curfew then the army issued a nationwide order requiring that military personnel vacate All night spots by 12 in new maps were on hand at the lowest Gin Mills to Tho Stork club to see that every one from privates to generals com a Day the Navy fell in Byrnes vote of Confidence next happening in the series of came when leading night cars and hotels in new York voted to ignore the mayors extra hour and string along with the rest of the Laguardia did not relinquish but he did go on the in a nationwide to defend declaring that his Only reasons for extending the mid night curfew was to make it work enforceable and he said the earlier hour had created a Rise in criminal activities and unlawful practices such As occurred under iwo photo spearheads 7th War Bond drive Washington the famous and stirring photograph of marines raising old glory on top of mount Jwo has been selected As the official Symbol of the seventh War loan Treasury officials stated that tie photograph will to More widely displayed than any other picture in the picture was taken by Joe an a who followed the heroic band of marines up the slopes of mount Suribachi while fierce fighting another Factor Laguardia cited was that it could not be enforced bars and cafes could stay open until 4 legally under the state License he proposed a which was quickly killed in the state making it a violation of state Law to keep nightclubs and taverns open after Midnight for the Sale of a few Days Federal War agencies stepped into the muddled situation with a system of sanctions designed to indirect Observance of the wac area directors report a curfew wac will give the establishment a Man Power priority rating of which Means that the spot is entitled to no employers except maintenance 2 upon a second wac will certify the Case to web which will decide if any critical War materials such As Oil and Gas Are being if web can deny the establish ment Fyt Foft the e Coal mines became a definite possibility Tow tempts by the to jetted mine Wor facets their contract negotiation deadlock fail Moy the present expires to March vow my v Vijuk March approximately by Lummous Coar Tion cast ballots on whether they to strike for Loha contract ump president John Lewis Spra tur another Ati prise by asking the government to take a strike vote Imo Hir the in tons Anthracite miners on birr april this in a 30r c Dav notice of a hard Coal strike a threat and was made by Lewis lust 24 hours before the similar poll was to be taken among soft Coal Ickes makes plea in an Effort to stall the pending soft Coal of the Inte rior Ickes called upon operators and miners to extend their present contract for one he suggested that the new which is yet to be could be retroactive to april the Coal operators immediately agreed to extend the contract but rejected Ickes proposal that new contract be stated that it had not yet decided whether or not to follow Ickes plea was in the form of a letter to the joint contract con Ference which has tried futilely for three weeks to draft a new con tract suitable to both the employ ers and in order that we May have a Bare minimum of Coal which will enable us to fight the it is absolutely essential there should not be the slight est interruption of full production of it is unthinkable that there should be any suspension of Coal production at this movie strike continues on the other strike Holly movie studio craftsmen continued their which stemmed from a jurisdictional dispute concerning which Union should have bargaining rights Over 70 set de actors and actresses voted to disregard picket lines return to leaving the mechanics on their despite a web backs work the Union president stated flatly that the motion picture strike would continue until tory is for the Bell tolls the great White fathers Midnight curfew even tolls for the redmen of the Cayuse and Walla Walla when april tribal dances Are the Tom Toms Are to be silenced at 12 first vet training graduate ready to help in rehabilitation of other disabled veterans of world War ii is Maurice Horm Midas Pion of above on armed Holder of the purple heart and presidential he was in the first group to receive diplomas from Paul president of american University at where the five months service officer training program was the program is sponsored by the disabled american and veterans jury Ding Don san wives a Bakers in Ion matrimonial Van he h 10t accused her of when 8he to become a Ather As each wife bared the details fun Van Wie sat blandly ignoring the angry Glace saints Timony of Mes Fame Van Wie a jury of nine men and three women deliberated for ten min returned with a verdict of guilty on three counts of Actu takes stand inst nurse draft e mini toy the to tonal Christian Temperance Union As a vehicle for the enslavement or the asserting that the army has not yet made out a Case for induction of said s 2atioil 8urvto As a Viltee nation that enslaves its because no nation rises than the Deate of Ite it would in our Jedi to a i r Ata a tic w ment be most unfortunate for most unfortunate for the of thousand nurses to break the unwritten Law against conscription of women representative Rog ers coupled an a peal for Quick Senate passage of the nurse draft with a demand for the creation of a permanent nurse corps for veterans youth confesses to 17 killings Little Hall a 24yearold self confessed Hitchhike told police this week that he had killed More Ithan 17 most of whose names he does not first arrested on six charges of the youth is now under question ing by the who Are at tempting to Clear up the additional 11 police chief Martin theres no question but what Hall has killed More than six per sons to whose slayings he Confes sed last iwo keys come Home los Angeles the Stowell hotel received another of lost keys through the affixed to the tag was a strip of adhesive on which was printed found on iwo Jima March 1945 by million for Valley Washington the president asked Congress for a appropriation to prepare plans for the Missouri river1 Valley under the Interior dept