Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1948, Tokyo, Japan Page two Pacific stars and stripes k oct. 1 new troops get College work f 9 new York sept. 30 up a Texas Cowboy now a Soldier in Japan never had finished his High school education before enlisting but now he s on his Way to a College was one of the educational Success stories told by mrs. Dorothy Porter Ison on her return from assignment wit the army education division in general Macarthur s head quarters. Mrs. Ison is Nev executive director of the House plan Assn. At the City College school of business and civic administration � she pointed out that while new troops Are hot now Eligi ble for the i Bill of right benefits extensive courses in the army make up for instance the men can take. Regular correspondence courses from major american universities and colleges. The army will pay half the Cost and the Soldier the said7he May also take inexpensive courses provided by the . Armed forces Institute. If he likes classroom instruction there Are scores of courses taught right on his Post. In Japan mrs. Ison said. Japanese was the most popu. Lar course closely followed by High school algebra. Lots of the boys joined the army to get out of going to school but you d be surprised How Many Are getting their High school education this Way mrs. Ison said she Felt like an Oracle while in japanese would ask such sweeping questions As what Are. Americans like at Home what do they like to do. Arid i d say Lookaround and see what they Are doing Here. Travelling an shopping for instance " japanese women she said usually regarded her with curiosity and fishing Waters open in Pacific Washington sept. 30 up the government announced today it is. Opening to commercial fishing the Waters of former japanese mandate islands in the Pacific. The islands the marshalls Carolines and the Marianas came under United states old soldiers elect Penland Gar Comdr. Grand rapids 30 up the six old soldiers attending the 82cencampment of the Grant army of the Republic today elected Theodore Penland 99 commander and voted to Hole their final gathering nex year. The Union army veterans of the War Between the states decided after much Delibera Tion to hold one More Encampment. The 1949 gathering will beheld in Indianapolis the firs week in August. Penland the new Comman Der is from Portland Ore. John grate 103 of Atwater Ohio was named senior vice trusteeship with United a j commander replacing pen tons approval in july 1946. J land. William Osborn 104 of although their land area combined is no greater than the state of Delaware. The sur rounding Waters cover an area As Large As the Continental United states. Announcing the new fishing policy the state department said these Waters contain Rich fishery resources particularly the department said several commercial fishing companies Are interested in starting fish Korea wolfs Grain collection program Seoul sept. 30 ins the South korean govern ? ment took emergency action yesterday1 to collect the Ripen ing Grain Harvest and thus x Avert a threatened hunger distress. President syn Man Rhee ordered the adoption of he Grain collection program which had been used by the United states military South Korea before it a turned that function Over to. The korean Republic. President Rhee signed the order because the National Assembly failed to Complete legislation on Grain collection after two weeks of debate. Big operations. said a fishing Industry May be built up in that area which eventually will pay a considerable part of administering the territory. Correspondents rap Burma censor Laws Rangoon sept 30 a american and British Cor respondents protested to the burmese authorities today against newly enforced censorship regulations which expose press cables to the possibility of delay. Under the regulations cables can be filed Only be tween 10 . And 6 . Fro monday through Friday and Between 10 . And 4 .saturdays and holidays. Burmese authorities replied that they would cooperate fully in speeding cables through censorship. The censorship was not announced to blackout news but to Safe guard the government against reports Likely to affect govern ment operation a spokesman said. Joplin mo., will be Junior Vic commander and Robert Rownd 103, Ripley ,chaplain. Rownd a the retiring commander was unable to at tend because of illness. John Adams jpnesboroirls., another of the former boys in Blue too ill to at tend was elected adjutant am quartermaster. Albert Wool son 101, Minneapolis will be chief of staff and Charle Schappel of Long Beach Calif patriotic instructor. The annual banquet Honor ing the Gar members will be held tonight. The United will play. Meanwhile corps band i five affiliate group s meeting in conjunction with the Encampment also elected officers. They include the women s Relief corp ladies of the Gar daughters of veterans sons o Union veterans and its auxiliary. Aussie carriers to get new equipment Canberra sept. 30 up the australian Navy predicted that its aircraft carriers soon would be equipped with pilotless planes and atomic rockets. The Navy minister a. , told the House of representatives that Australia would spend.300,000,000 Dol Lars on its Navy if Britain an the United states agreed to Aid it in Case of an Navy minister said Australia and new zealand have worked out a common defense plan. Capri is still tops unchanged like Paradise says writer i by Bob Considine. New York sept. 30 ins if you re looking for a quiet place in which to write the great american novel or balance your Check Book stay away from 5apri. The Only work you la do is Munch idly. On Lotus and wonder whatever became of the world. After 24 hours you eve Stop wondering. You Don t care. There Are a few countries China for instance which can absorb the most Savage in Vader and make him and his spawn a part of1 the uninterrupted life of the. Land. There Are even fewer earthly paradises capable of overcoming the assault and Battery of that most implacable invader the tourist. Capri is one. Tens of thousands of Amer ican airmen descended on this place Frim the time of its bored surrender to an Allied Greep which was so informal that John Steinbeck the Cor respondent composed the sur Render document until after be Day. This was their rest Home. Many their Tonneau Corn Home Here for his wound Mandof views the Bane sea self. He goes Home to Wonderlon he can overcome the indolence and self indulgence h Are the greatest obstacles o genuine jews Welcome the Days Eeling that they enable peo ple to begin a year with a heart cleansed of sin and reassured of the Loye and concern of god for his children. Wife stabbed Man suffers poisoning Vancouver b c., sept. 30 up a pretty chinese Mother was stabbed to death and her husband found in Cri tical condition following what police believe a murder and an attempted suicide. Mrs. Violet Shong 35, was Richmond va., will visit found bleeding of wounds Japan in november at general when her children returned j Macarthur s invitation an Home from school and was will attempt to make Contact rushed to a Hospital where with three women s clubs Ine died. Her husband was Japan which were members found unconscious and in Seri of the federation before thebus condition from poisoning War. Clouds gather around Belgium s government mexicans steal babies to sell by Godfrey Anderso Brussels sept. 30 a Clouds Are gathering on Belgium s political horizon around the coalition government of primer minister Paul Henri Spaak. An imminent reshuffling of the Cabinet is still the discussed topic in political circles. Although some hint at a general Cabinet crisis the general opinion seems to be that the skillful Spaak Willby a. Cari Kuppek tailor his administration to Mexico City sept. 30 meet the main objections of ins capital police have his critics been confronted with a new belgians have an acute re Racket and Are under orders Aliza Tion of the dangers of the _ to break it up although it dates current International situation and apparently few want Toback several centuries in it fundamentals. Beggars Are omnipresent in see the present coalition of socialists and social Chris Mexico especially around to haitians progressive catholics churches where they beg alms in the name of god relying on the Charity of the Church goers. Thrown out and replaced by another administration of the same Type. What Good would that do but the latest Racket is a they ask. We do not want to Senri Ionti which up Etc out go Ujj Jug France " one suggestion from social Syndicate which rent space inside the huge colonial Cathedral for sleeping eating i is circles which also see Sand begging to whole families at a time. Worst aspect of the matter according to Federal District police is the exploitation of tiny children. It is a traditional Prover that the child is Worth ten pesos a Day and two May be worth30 pesos. As a result there is scarcely a beggar in the capita without an infant in arms or a pair scarcely Able to walk trailing behind. So Well proven is the axiom of a child s Worth to begging that a plague of kidnapping has struck Mexico City. The kidnappers do not ask Ransom but sell the t
