Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Friday May 18, 1945the stars and stripes Page f news from Home a 1 m11 . New Mee boxes filling Mem a Puzzle by William r. 8pear stars and stripes u. S. Bureau jjt3w York May 17�?americans will soon get some new refrigerators a whether there will be food enough to fill them in pre War style is a big question especially when scarcities Are considered. Anyway the web has lifted restrictions on the manufacture of refrigerators and the first new ones Are expected to be on the Market in a few months. The ban also was removed on the manufacture of alarm clocks galvanized Ware and other items. But the catch is that materials for making them Are scarce and its doubtful whether Consumers actually will see any very soon. The relaxing of wartime restrictions also is permitting the Rural electrification administration to Quot get going again on a program to. R extend electricity to Rural areas. The Senate has passed and sent to the House a Bill providing a 600 million Dollar program for the next three years. The measure would divorce the Rea from the department of agriculture and set it up As an Independent Agency. Guy m. Gillette the former Iowa democratic senator is being prominently mentioned for the vacant Post of administrator which pays 12.000 dollars a year the same salary Gillette now receives As chairman of the surplus property Board. The executive committee of the Home missions of the presbyterian Church in concerned Over what it considers to be a moral breakdown in the South. The committee Secretary. Rev. Claude h. Pritchard of Atlanta pointed to Quot Black Market scandals theft and counterfeiting of ration coupons gambling splurge increased use of liquor crime juvenile delinquency breaking up of Homes infidelity and  Stop look listen for planes air traffic at new Yorkus Laguardia Field constantly increase this sign past giving the right of Way to a pan american world airways plane constitutes the first such traffic warning in existence. Cuy Gillette May get vacant Post former Navy Man convicted of espionage new York May 17 Ansis Laurent h. J. Brack 51-year-old former . Navy Reserve lieutenant was convicted in Federal court yesterday on charges of engaging in wartime espionage and violation of the censorship code. Brack who will be sentenced May 25th, faces possible death penalty. He was accused of conspiring with Axis agents in Italy. The government contended Brack had told commander Max Ponzo chief of italian naval intelligence that he would try to get information about radar and air plane construction when he returned to this country in 1941. Brack maintained throughout the trial he Only pretended to cooperate with Axis agents so he could get his italian Fiancee out of Italy. He testified he had cooperated with the . Navy on several occasions by furnishing information on foreign shipping while employed As Harbor master for the Iraq Petroleum company in Tripoli Syria in 1938 and 1939. Truman urges no tax slices most mothers meet sons iw0 pals baptists want convention ban removed a Fleet of �,54 cargo planes for the army transport command in addition to civilian training planes keep the area from hangar to runway too congested for safety. This the reason for installing the signpost. Humble Oil refining co. Officials announced that a Quot very promising Oil Well was brought in about 85 Miles West of Miami in the Florida Everglades. Various Oil companies have been prospecting for Oil in Florida for some years but now state representative c. W Peters has told his legislature Quot we have brought in a real Oil Well. The Well now two Miles deep. Is expected by Humble engineers to yield Between 500 to 1,500 barrels Dally. A a in Milwaukee Fred Stratton rummaging among his old clothes to contribute to the United nations clothing drive found some letters in the pocket of an old pair of pants. His wife had Given them to him to mall several years ago. Baptist ministers of Kansas City to. Are demanding that the ban again a to Church conventions be lifted if crowds Are permitted to attend horse racing. The Baptist ministers Alliance adopted a Resolution Quot that if people Are permitted to congregate by thousands at race tracks they should be permitted to hold their religious conventions and  the Baptist Church has cancelled two scheduled conventions in the South in compliance with the Odt request. The Florida legislature has passed a Bill requiring applicants for marriage Licensee to take blood tests for venereal disease. Norman Chandler publisher of the los Angeles times has returned from an inspection of German prison Camps and reported Quot we  find a nazi in All Germany. Not one would admit his allegiance to the ruling  Chandler said that Quot one of the most disconcerting things is to talk to germans Over there who want us to Send materials to help rebuild German  Quot can you imagine that query a he added. Co eds now sporting fatigues seeking the height of College fashion co eds now have reached the Peak. At the University of Iowa instead of wearing the Blue jeans popular at other colleges the co eds Are walking around the Campus in army fatigues. Ten new Jersey Forest fires have destroyed More than 3.000 acres East of Millville where 2,300 acres of Woodland were burned in seven hours. Other fires were in Ocean Atlantic Camden and Darlington counties. Martin Jarvis 36-year-old Shoemaker of Minneapolis was convicted of drunkenness but when he told judge John l. Rounds he had 100 pairs of War workers shoes in his shop awaiting repairs the judge suspended sentence on condition he stay sober and stick to the new York May 17 api three Gold Star mothers whose sons died after participating in the historic Flag raising on it. Suri Bachi iwo Jim a yesterday met the three marines who accompanied their sons in the event. It t while the mothers and their sons comrades stood quietly at the opening of Wail streets seventh War loan Campaign posters picturing the six marines in the Flag raising were prominently displayed. They did not look at the posters. Each Mother received a 1,000 Dollar War Bond from Emil Schram president of. The new York Stock Exchange. Vets have fantastic idea of . Job rates stars and stripes . Bureau new York May 17�?servicemen returning from overseas have fantastic idea of what jobs Are paying in the us., according to Frank newcomer veterans representative of the uj3. Employment service. That is one reason he said Why discharged veterans Are failing to take jobs and drawing unemployment compensation under the i Bill 4-of rights although there Are Many a jobs open for them. The veterans administration reported there were 28,992 Able bodied vets drawing unemployment payments during the week ending april 28, an increase of 1,300 Over the previous week. Other factors listed by newcomer in the apparent reluctance of veterans to take jobs were the desire to stay Home rather than go to other localities where workers were needed and the tendency of former servicemen to overrate the technical skills they acquired in the army. Hoard tall stories but the principal Factor in new Comer s estimation was that soldiers had heard exaggerated stories regarding the present rates of pay. Here culled at random from the help wanted columns of various newspapers Are some of the jobs being advertised and they provide a general idea of what the pay rates Are Back Home now Omaha world Herald packing House labourer 70 cents an hour Auto Mechanic one Dollar an hour dishwasher 26 dollars for 48-hour week garage Helper 26 dollars per week shipping clerk 36 dollars per week. Baltimore Sun Barber 60 dollars per week plus commission car Washer 86 cents an hour bricklayer 15 dollars per Day. New York times to Countant 60 dollars per week messenger 20 dollars per week parcel room attendant 30 dollars per week experienced insurance appraisal Engineer 233 dollars per month. Washington May 17 ans it a emphatic notice was served by president Truman yesterday that he will fight any tax reductions until Japan is Defeated. Or. Truman said he wanted it distinctly understood there can be no reduction in taxes until the War is Over. There Are 8,000,000 individual Bond holders who must be protected he said adding that the Only Way to protect them is by taxation. Rep. Robert l Doughton Daj chairman of the House ways and Means Ommittee promptly lined up with the presidents View but sen. Walter f. George a Senate finance committee chairman insisted there should be a downward tax Justement. This he said should be Quot based on a factors and not on consideration of the end of the War  George said there should be a tax reduction As soon As possible declaring that Quot otherwise there is danger of an economic nose dive when the War with Japan ends. Limit . I tobacco ration Rea to tackle huge Power Job St. Louis May it ans a officials of More than 900 Rural electric systems Are ready to Start work on delayed Power line construction projects totalling 100 million dollars William j. Neal acting Rea administrator announced yesterday. Neal said. The Rea faces the Quot biggest Power line construction Job in  Hope acts for Truman Washington May 17 ans a Bob Hope gave president Truman and his family a private showing of the act he performed for gis throughout the world a White House spokesman said yesterday. With Hope were Frances Langford Jerry Colonna and Vera vague of his radio troupe. New York May 17 Ansi military personnel at most posts in the United states will be limited to 6 packs of cigarettes 24 cigars or 4 ounces of smoking tobacco a week according to a War department directive received yesterday by the second service command. Ration cards will be issued to control sales. Tobacco ration for italian service unit members will not exceed one half the ration for military personnel. Prisoners of War will not be permitted to buy cigarettes or  chief chaplain appointed Bishop Washington May 17 ans a maj. Gen. William r. Arnold former us. Army chief of chaplains was appointed a Bishop by Pope Pius Xii it was announced yesterday by the apostolic delegation. Recently named assistant inspector general of the army after serving As chief of chaplains since 1937, Arnold will become titular Bishop of Phoc Aea and a Delegate of the military Ordi narrate. He assumes his new ecclesiastical duties on aug. 1, succeeding the Bishop of Buffalo n. Y. 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