Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Sunday May 13, 1945 the stars and stripes v Page j7 news from Home Many . Joes have magic discharge �?~85�?T by William it. Spear stars and stripes uj5. Bureau record ii. S. Winter food crop is seen Dobbin cots an a Juri seize phony meat Points Washington May 12 ans a Birkett Williams opa regional administrator in Cleveland Ohio reported to the House Pood com mite yesterday the seizure of 50,000 counterfeit red Points. He said five Cleveland meat dealers held the phony  has jail it wants to rent Leonardtown mde a May 12 a it a St. Mary a county jail has a Nice new eighty thousand Dollar fireproof jail for rent since county commissioners refused to accept the eighteen Hundred Dollar yearly rental. Meanwhile prisoners Are housed in the 171-year-old jail which has been condemned by grand junes and Federal inspectors but costs nothing in rent. Federal works administration built the new jail commissioners claim they settled for one Dollar a year rent when the building was proposed. Of inspector goal solution Hollywood May 12 ans a Patrick j. Brennan 43. Was tenting j near but not on the old campy ground after his wife a divorce i proceedings had evicted him from a their Home. Brennan obeyed a Superior court order to leave his Home then pitch i de s tent on a neighbor s Lawn in the Shadow of his own front porch. Relatives and friends furnished him a bed table Bureau and of or ing equipment army truck in its upper fuselage Section and can also accommodate two such trucks on the main deck along with other equipment. Personnel or cargo May be carried in the two lower compartments of the double decked plane. He never heard of rationing James Manetas who eats a Pound of frankfurters and two eggs for breakfast every Day has just observed his 100th birthday. James who hails from Stamford conn., says his formula for longevity is four meals a Day. He must have a pretty Good Butcher. The weather thus far this May has been cold and Rainy Ever much of the United states. Light Snow fell in several new York cities including Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Binghamton and Elk Mira and also in Michigan and Western lows a hrs it ranged in it to Throo and a half inches at Sioux City Iowa. A group of veterans held a dance last night at Chin Leeds Broadway night club. The news Angle in this item is that All the vets had lost a leg in the War. Despite artificial limbs they danced and danced Well and they had a Fine time. The affair was Given by the disabled american veterans in connection with a National fund raising drive. Radio announcers will of airways. Quot great Scott with baath of Washington s a wac is us exception. He s interviewing Dey Bey with bridle while Mew Tana a Lim with hat Leeks in. And what wrong with interviewing a horse but just As Long As the horse a sent object sought probe Washington May 12 ans a sen. Wiliam longer . The Senate yesterday that air Force inspectors have Quot hoped and prayed for a congressional investigation of conditions in the Buffalo . Plant of Curtiss Wright corp. As proof he read a letter written april 23 and signed by a Saaf floor inspectors Quot if a congressional investigation were started in this factory and the Little Man on the floor was allowed to Tell his Story instead of taking the word of High ranking officials As final the letter said Quot there would be so much Foulness uncovered that the stench would drive some of these so called officials out of the  the Senate War investigating committee began an inquiry in Buffalo after longer charged the Plant had produced Quot unsafe and defective  House members of own expenses Washington. May 12 a ans a the House of representatives voted each member a 2,500 dollars annual tax free expense allowance yesterday. The expense allowance which would Cost the nation a maximum of a million and a half dollars yearly was written by the House into the regular congressional appropriation Bill. It must be approved by the Senate to become effective. Leftt0ickes Washington. May 12 cans a John l Lewis and the Anthracite operator it Elln flirt Jook my Over underground travel time for hard Coal miners looked to solid fuel administrator Harold l. In mfg for solution. A conference Between the jutted mine workers producers negotiating committees and Ickes and Hia staff broke up late yesterday with no further meetings scheduled and without comment from any of the parties. Ickes called in Lewis and the operators interrupting new York discussions on a new contract for 72.000 Anthracite miners in Pennsylvania to replace a contract which expired april 30. Lewis has not complied with the War labor Board directive to extend the old agreement and the mines Are shut Down. Lewis has asked the operators for a Dollar and a half s Day compensation for underground travel which bituminous miners already Are receiving and which the supreme court last upheld As a proper Vage. Smokes Are bait for War Bonds new York May 12 ans a smokers stared hungrily yesterday at 210,000 cigarettes piled eight feet High on the Steps of the sub Treasury building. The cigarettes could be had providing a smoker were willing to buy enough Bonds in the seventh War loan drive. Hollywood Lile hard new York May 12�?"how Many Points have you got a was the Universal salutation among gis in the United states yesterday just As it must have been in Europe. Surprisingly enough there Are quite a few with the magic 85 or More As Quot Hershey bars Are being seen on More and More sleeves Back Here As a result of rotation plans. The first Batch of gis to get discharges under the Point system already have been ordered to report to the separation Center at it. Dix n. J., and by next week they probably will be wearing Blue suits and snap brim fedoras again. The army is not Only getting rid of some men. Its offered 15.000 wooden rifles for Sale As surplus property. The wooden rifles were used for training Early in the War. The opa has fixed a Price ceiling of four dollars and a Hall apiece and expects most of them to be sold to state and Home guard  seeking Job Security 0n the Pacific coast thousands of men and women tio migrated from the mid West two and three years ago to build ships in Yards at Portland ore., and Vancouver wash., already have left for Home to seek jobs offering More postwar Security according to the associated press. One Oregon planning committee estimates that 16,000 workers have pulled out in the last 100 Days. Managers of Henry Kaiser a Portland shipyards said they needed 1,000 More workers to Complete contracts on schedule. The War production Board has authorized the aviation Industry to Roumo the manufacture of transport planes for commercial airlines when a factory is Able to do so and still fulfil its military requirements the action probably will result in airlines getting their first new planes late this year or Early next. The renewal of diplomatic relations with Argentina has been followed by an application from the Argentina airline Quot Aerov As Argentina Quot for permission to. Establish service Between Buenos Aires and new York via Trinidad and  study for the bar Quot there a More to bar tending than meets the Eye or lip a says Quot pro i lessor Charles b. Bud Dempsey Dean and proprietor of the International bartenders school in new York City. He is now teaching some 25 pupils including some servicemen How to mix about 60 different kinds of drinks Garnish properly and serve in just the right one of 40 or 50 glasses. Dempsey a prizefighter in his youth has operated his school since 1932 and charges 45 dollars for his months course of study Quot for the bar. He explains that neatness and cleanliness Are Cardinal principles for any bartender. Bud insists that his students have those requirements. If they re level headed he says they learn never to interrupt a customer never to interrupt a conversation. They also learn How to handle inebriated in which circumstances a working knowledge of the Manly Art comes in Handy. Most of Dempsey a graduates Are placed in jobs. Gigantic c97 Boon to . Transport the new Boring c97, with a capacity of Box car proportions is the i newest addition to1 the american transport set up. The 097, on its Maiden delivery flight shattered transcontinental Speed records by flying non Stop from Seattle to Washington dc., in slightly below 6 hours. 4 minutes. The giant transport can carry a one and one half ton Washington May 12 ans a unfavourable weather during april and Early May coupled with a prospective smaller production of livestock products has chilled Hopes of 1945�?Ts food output Matching last year s record. The department of agriculture said yesterday that freezing temperatures plus excessive Rains and floods during the past five weeks had caused some deterioration in crop prospects. However it forecast a record Winter crop the department said a prospective near record increase of food feed and fiber crops should provide the country with a total output which would compare Quot rather favourably with the excellent showing of the past three years a providing of course the banners get a reasonable weather break. Expect Lett meat in another report the department said that the meat output this year is expected to total 22,500,000.000 pounds or nine percent less than last years record production of 24,600,000.000 pounds. Egg and poultry production will likewise be smaller. Milk is the Only livestock product Likely to equal or surpass last year s output in the manpower aspect the War department agreed yesterday to make 17,700 War prisoners available by May 20 for farm work in Idaho and adjoining portions of Utah Oregon and Montana. This will be increased to 25.000 prisoners by june l 16,000 watch acts As circus has 2nd Blaze new York May 12 ans a a matinee audience of 16,000 persons watched the Ringling Bros and Baum and Bailey circus at Madison Square Garden yesterday unaware that firemen were extinguishing a fire on the Topmost Balcony. The House lights had dimmed for the first extravaganza when the Blaze was discovered in a rest room closet. Fire engine sirens were muffled As they approached the building to avoid creating a panic in the crowd. Minor damage was reported