Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1945, Cairo, Egypt Sons were and three 1ft fun and fire historic Edgewood the first major Accident there since the Start of the an army Board inquiry is the which station Headquarters of the army chemical warfare service shortly after 3 it occurred in a building filled with civilian workers assembling and loading two Pound igniter hand this and an adjacent building were devastated by the explosion and flames which turned for several hours before brought under Only of the badly burned by have been eighteen of the injured were confined to the station hos thirty four Otheir were treated and returned to All were Jas mask Protection an John Mcpher chief of the production Divi Sion said he heard a terrific explosion and saw a great Ball of flame shoot into the followed by a pillar of White Gas masks Lent effective Aid to persons braving flames and recurrent explosions to pass out the unexploded phosphorus bombs in buckets and extricate the Ca there was Little confusion and tales of personal heroism were Annapolis course Lotter tru Man has approved the return in june to a full fou year course at the naval Academy at Anna the present War shortened course is three Mush Manga Ria Henna 1 t r i of Toay june j945 colossi believe it or its night Liere Butcher Morris wer Bowsky and his daughter Irene explaining to their regular customers Treyve got not even one so stiff is the meat shortage in certain Back ans ram delayed Spring but it May be a record crop and cold t i i v ther have delayed soil preparation and Spring planting throughout the Middle West but present prospects indicate a record Croo of Winter wheat and bumper yields of most other Farmers will probably Long re member the 1945 planting season by one they practically sprouted web rubber boots were not Only stylish but a Hodges blows up biggest Atlanta storm since a wow Courtney Hod army came Home to his native Georgia to the of thousands who lined the streets to witness the biggest Cele bration in this City since the pre Miere of gone with the met by scores of bombers and the huge transport planes brought Hodges party Here from new York landed at an Larmy air they were greeted by governor Ellis City and military the in 40 wound along peach tree Street As the folks went ticker tape poured from windows of downtown buildings and the City finally found a use for its air raid As the screeching joined the Roar of planes As the cars moved along Crews of two fired machine guns loaded with to the crowds enjoy remember me Aska wife Hodges was Given a tremendous ovation at the hotel where a recep Tion was pressing through the he walked past his wife and didst hear her remember me then someone nudged your and they pushed through the crowd to pm the party included 24 enlisted All of whom Are eligible for and seven generals Walton 20th corps commander of the third Lewis Comman Der of the first Allied airborne army Samuel Ander 9th air Force bomber com Mander Troy eighth corps commander Flora 79th commander Ewart Advance Section communications zone commander third armoured commander and Herbert by assistant chief of just a wives of the High military offi Chersi did just what thousands of i wives and sweethearts in this country would have done after Long separation from their they they yelled and they ran into the arms of their loved smearing their faces with some of the officers were Paci fic bound and said they were anxious to pit their experience against the Hodges himself this is but its just a pause for men of the first there can be no real rest until we give the final blow to the first flight soon Horace having lived 36 about ready to try his Hopp copter equipped with a two 20honepower it weighs about 60 has a Caa certificate of aircraft and Pentecost is pretty confident that when he tries it Kem be Able of boy Agu eans photo this Clearing skies and rising temperatures relieved the Monotony of Nasty Wea ther and Farmers resumed operations in drying Iowa has about half its Corn expects no reduction in acreage due to second Only to Iowa in Corn product had 75 of its crop planted by this weeks As compared to 5 a week in Corn Rains have built up a Reserve of subsoil moisture that is expected to be valuable Dur ing the summer wheat Prospect Good reports from the principal win Ter wheat states in the Southwest indicated damage from floods and drought but a heavy yield is sex the governments most re cent report estimated that a bumper crop of bushels will be Winter wheat is generally in Good condition and in some sections of Kansas and the Outlook is Rye and Early sown Barley Are relatively oat crops in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys have suffered deterioration due to cold and excessive with the exception of isolated examples of drought Flo Rida and parts of Louisiana the prolonged wet weather caused widespread damage to the nations truck in the the planting of Cotton and tobacco was seriously Large scale replanting of Cotton May be necessary in geor Gia and Virginia because of and in Northern Louisiana because of dry congressmen scrap Over pay boost Washington Taber of new ranking Republican on the House appropriations commit emerged with a Cut lip from the office of chairman Missouri this Tabers exodus and injury resulted from a heated discussion of legislative while Cannon refused to Taber gave reporters his version of the when the 65year old Cannon allegedly leaned for Ward and clipped Taber in the Taber grabbed him of the wrists and held him Over a Couch until he cooled the tussle stemmed from a Dis Cussion Over a newly passed Bill by which House members voted them selves annually in tax free expense Taber was bitterly opposed to the Bill and urged Pas Sage of a straight 15 pay the Senate had refused o vote its own members the Semense Money and almost stopped the House War production is look gravely toward headaches of but both labor and management Are geared to take it in it is prepared the Wam peace changeover because 6f two main the blueprint for the future is Industrial Large and have peacetime production plans ready for action when men and material Are freed from wartime the Ford company alone plans to employ More men for postwar production than the Peak used in War automobile and parts manufacturers have already obtained prior Ity for Worth of construction and Plant equipment and the Industry has official Sanction to make cars this year if it can obtain on the other the Industry faces the unemployment phase of Philadelphia receives letter from Adolf Hitler Bear ing the great Seal of the German Reich and the name of Adolf hit Ler in the upper righthand was delivered to a startled House Joseph this she didst know what to the was not from an erstwhile it was from her Joseph who had picked up the stationery in hitlers private apartment in mar Nell explained that the apartment is now being used As an officers we i 5 them Over the Automo iia e this will prow the helping he conversion once and did in War production gee As he celebrated the duty of his Soldier sentenced to two labor for punching toners of War in Hast the its a cirt Hollywood Hedy Lamarr gave birth to a baby girl weighing pounds at the Cedars of Leba non Hospital it is the first child of miss Lamarr and husband John who were married two years Joseph and Hes Lan for nary the elder Joe Hepting congratulations of neighbors Grin and Worcester police officer who helped get the protest to the w saw the cancellation of further a help other boys Iri acting Only made known at was Day cancelled for the 23yearolc him Tio duty and honorable within a Short Tfirn in ton Terson nanuin411v Navta Nuvil personally iwas 4fai 4 love casts its gentle it being up Rose that whimsical Little Man Daniel cupid to infiltrate the news of the Home front m All of its was in the Blo Mingin being hashed Over in the House of fading in Dawn the West Virginia Republic threw a dash of icy h2o on the question of service men bring in Home foreign Ellis expressed Hope that the government wont go out of its Way to encourage such Opin ing that too often such choices Are later let our boys get away from the Strain and drama of War and Thev will want a girl just like the girl who married dear old according to the Romance situation was no better in As the Flynn front Nora Eddington who moved in with her father and announced last March that she in tended to divorce Errol moved into Flynn Hilltop mansion and said she had changed her neither Errol nor his wife would comment further on their future plans but Flynn Stepmother in Margaret Eddington admitted the two will talk it Over and see what they can work out of their marital Over in cupid received somewhat of another Box in the jaw when Marlene Pollock sought annulment of marriage to Emil saying that when her first husband was killed in action in 1944 she was so shocked that she didst realize she had married again until two months after the Pollock filed a suit in Superior stating that she mar ried Paul Pollock in 1943 and he was kitted in Germany a Joe shortly Ahe married wons during a lapse it according to the suggested that Ehe Nivea Rigato Tor relationship and to discovered she had married she had regarded him me rely As an the suit set and Waukee fun from brighter with the love Light at least still Betty Lou Bride of four went on a hunger Eartte in Waukegan declaring she will not eat until reunited with her 36yearhjld Harold employee of a Waukegan Auto body being held in the same Dice and Bride were jailed on complaints of Betty Lous Mother who charged Betty Lou with Delin Quency and Dice with contributing to the delinquency of a they eloped May Betty Lou giving her age As i love him and As Long As then keep me in jail i wont she Capone alumnus makes old time exit Chicago gang War flamed anew this week As Shotgun assail ants ended the Long crime career of James red Dap per alumnus of the old Capone Fawcett was shot in a South Side he had left wife table to Telephone a Booth when lurking gunmen thrust a double barrelled Shotgun through the rear door and fired be one charge hit face tvs killing him Ped through the taverns clock and sent patrons into the identify the
