Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Page 2the stars and stripes saturday May 19, 1945future of . Merchant Marine causes discussion on Home front chant Marine is stripped Down to a postwar Trade which the maritime commission expects to require 60,000 or 70,000 sailors Here a a pessimistic answer from Roy Gennusa of Galveston tex., Captain of a merchant ship. A i amp Kwi a Bifia a West coast port May 18 r apr although the exact size of the 0ai. Merchant Fleet is a military secret the rough truth is that we have at this time More than 200,000 Ynen and 4,000 ships to use in. Our far on Japan. No is fed tag any anxiety about the merchant Fleet at present but there is a growing apprehension i. About what is to become of our merchant Marine after Japan % that question of already is being mated by shipping leaders and congressmen who remember we a t happened after the first world War when the american merchant Fleet was dissipated and a hips of other a Tione resumed the Burden of dj3 All ashore a ships off Uncle same a merchant Commerce while float the biggest in world history lined up at a american sailors a Dock went ashore out of work. What next what will happen to the nearly 900,000 seamen when the Mer to afraid Well do the same thing we did after the first world War a he said Quot yield our advantage to the British. Well be stuck mail call.,. Picture of Jap brutality is uttered As incentive dear editor i recently came across this picture of japanese brutality. It was obtained by life Magazine and shows an Allied flier about to be i a Ltd Quot a a picture to remember decapitated by an officer with a Samurai sword. I relieve that pictures of this Type should be published so that every american will know the beast he is fighting in the Pacific. It would a help us to understand better the righteous indignation of our military leaders who advocate that we go on record now with a policy proclaiming that for every outrage like this against 4he rules of War a Jap officer must forfeit his life. Every i going to the Pacific should clip this picture and look at it frequently. He would never need any instruction on Why he fights let him look at the Freedom Loving american at the mercy of the obscene Jap and he will maintain a steady cold implacable resolve to rid world of this Cha Crous growth which masquerades As member of the human race. A pvt. N. S. M Maxwell Anderson dear editor was Maxwell Anderson author of Quot what Price glory a a Veteran from the last War a Cpl. no. He did not serve in the War he described so . The stars and stripes edition printed at be Patriate building. To at de la v Metal re. Nice for Hie a armed forces under the auspices of the information and education division. Tousa editorial and circulation offices be Patriot e building 27 at de la Victoire editorial Telephone 87943 and 97913. Business office hotel Francia. 8-11 blvd Victor huge Telephone 83028 circulation office Marseille. Hotel de Provence 16 hours Belzunce. Telephone 00400 other editions Paris London and of Ungstad. Germany new York office 706 e. 42nd so contents passed by the . Army and Navy censors entered As second Elasz matter mar 15. 1943 at toe Post office new York n.y., under toe act of mar. 3, 1878. Vol. In he. §7 Pup tent poets. An editorial with All these mow Liberty tubs while the British and other a amp i Ime nations will build a new merchant Fleet of faster ships. Our War trained sailors will go Back to the land and our shipping Trade will go Back to the British and other nations which can build ships cheaper and hire sailors at lower but shipping officials. And the . Office of War information done to agree with Captain Gennusa. They say the merchant shipping Boom wont end with the War what with millions of troops to Baring Home huge amounts of supplies to be carried to ravaged areas and. Foreign travel resuming with a lifting of the restrictions on it in fact own says a period of intense shipping activity May ast a As Long As three years after the end of hostilities with and vice Admiral Emory s. Land chairman of the War ship it ing administration and the martime commission has warned never again must we allow our merchant Marine to become the nation s Cross eyed it s human his figure of speech is Apt for the merchant Marine its size and Power aside is a very human thing. Everyone knows the army s g. L Joe and the navys Mac. The merchant Marine s Quot mate a As the mariners refer to one another is Cut along the same lines As Joe and Mac. Many citizens feel that it would be a decisive loss to our country if such an organization with its Esprit de corps traditions and records of service was to be forgotten and permitted to disintegrate in the Days of peace. Billboard Soldier offers advice to Gal while in a away my Darling play without regret when the War is Over tiie past Well both forget. Do this and ill bring you if the transport is not sunk furs of rarest Quality. I think the Type is Skunk yes play around my Darling done to worry or repent your Only fear will be my dear who a Gonna pay your rent a Cpl. Anthony Carlin Marseille show i arc theater 138 la Cane Biere for uniformed personnel Only. Five shows Dally at two our intervals starting at 1230 sat the merry Monahans with Donald of Connor. Nice movies forum theater 45 promenade Des Langlais for armed forces Only show ing at. 1400 and 2000. Admission is free. roughly speaking with Rosalind Russell. American red Crose sat,�?1430 Gypsy music at snack bar 9000 dance with partners provided at 2000 mystery play night of Jan. 16th. Special movie Quot two Down and one to go Quot most talked about movie the War department Ever made. Showings at the forum theater at 0000 and every hour on the hour until 1600. Frees ing service press while you Walt shop for All enlisted res tees located in toe Douane bldg ave. Thiers. Can Mes Shew Olympia theater. Rue do Antibes. Burma with kurd Flynn. A. Marseille 1492kc, 214m. F. Nice 1366 pc 319 m. N. Cannes 1420kc, him. Saturday it May 1948 0000�?sign on tools records 0001�?h. Shine 1630�?strike band 3801�?victory diary 1701�?tblomlle 0815�?personal alb. 1730�?at ease 0630�?music 17 �5�?serenade 0015�?army talks 1755�?sports 0030�?intermezzo 1805�?supt>er club ion morn after Toosi cd. Mccarthy 1030�?french less. 1935�?dinah Shore 1035�?n. Cloutier Loti music shop m06�?duffle bag 1015�?raym. Scott 1202�?duffle bag 2090�?jubilee 1315�?mel of y. 2115�? bands to ooh Globe theater2130�? hit Parade 1401�?gi journal �05�?serenade 1430�? Lei s go t02235�?nlte stand town 2301 pm usic 1601�?records 0015�?night shift 1530 records 0200-Sigu off 1546�?records news every hour on the hour Confidence in the future when the stars and stripes undertook the sponsorship of a War Bond contest built around letters on the subject Quot my savings and postwar plans a the editors were confident the contest would provoke serious thoughtful discussion among men in this theater. On the basis of several thousand letters already received the contest is proving its Worth. The award of substantial prizes has Given zest to the Competition and made the letter writing fun. But it appears that with or without prizes thousands of men have welcomed the invitation to put Down in Black and White the plans and Hopes they be been carrying around in their Heads Ever since they got into uniform. Copies sent Homo it is a Safe bet that copies of these letters have already been mailed to the wives and sweethearts who have shared in the planning but the letters add up to a message for All the folks at Home which reads something like this Quot done to worry about what the men overseas Are going to be like when they return Home. Done to worry about their becoming maladjusted personalities dependent on government and relatives. You la find them ready to produce a Good Days work to found new businesses to grow better crops to build comfortable Homes to rear healthy and Happy the letters received so far do not of course represent a scientific Gallup poll of Soldier opinion. It May be to Early for them to be a Good Cross Section of the contest itself. But there Are themes so persistently recurring and so sincerely stated that they become a conviction hard figures enlisted men and officers want to get Back to civilian life. They Are planning to Complete their education they Are planning on a Job that will utilize their old skills and the new ones they Learned in the army they Are planning for a farm or business for themselves they Are saving for a Home they and their wives can Call their own they Are planning to rear their children As Good citizens intelligent educated and courageous. Scientific samplers would not regard these letters As a conclusive Survey of the army mind. But there Are some hard figures that tend to corroborate the impression they make. Eighty three percent of the Money paid men in this theater is going Home in family allotments insurance War Bonds and other savings. That a More than four fifths of the army payroll. It indicates that men Are not Only hopeful but Are confident of their futures and Are banking on their convictions. Pres. Truman selects his a inner Circle a men by Jack 8tinnett associated press writer Washington in spite of the pressure of momentous decisions concerning the War and the peace president Truman is very Busy forming his own a a inner Circle a Many of whom will beco ofe a big names before the voters Are faced with a change or continuation of administration. In Many respects president Truman is following the pattern of Roosevelt and numerous other predecessors in appointing intimates and trusted Long time friends to key positions in the White House. Some of these appointments have definite political significance according to observers Here others have none while still others Are double barrelled. One of there last is the appointment of Robert e. Hannegan chairman of the democratic National committee As postmaster general. Hannegan Isnit actually a successor to Frank c. Walker but really succeeds to the Post of James a. Farley. It was Hannegan More than any other individual who was responsible for Truman a being named vice presidential candidate at Chicago last year. # the president and Hannegan have fought political Battles in the same state. They understand each other politically and personally. The same was True in a measure of Walker and Roosevelt but much More True of Farley and the late president. One Point however is important Walker Wasny to ousted to make Way for Hannegan. Even had Roosevelt lived. Walker would probably have departed Washington before Long. For personal reasons he wanted it that Way. There Are three appointments president Truman has made that Are Worth More than passing notice and All of them Are personal. 1 Edward d. Mckim Omaha nebr., insurance Man who served As a private in Captain Harry so dizzy do Battery in world War i and now will be his chief administrative assist anti a Job comparable perhaps to that held by Harry Hopkins in the previous adminis to atom. 2 col. Harry h. Vaughan another world War i a a buddy who is to president Truman what the late Gen. Edwin Quot pay Watson was to Roosevelt his military aide. 3 Charles Ross St. Louis Post dispatch Veteran correspondent who was a High school classmate of the president and will As soon As he can break away from the san Francisco conference coverage for his paper become Truman a Steve Early otherwise chief of press and radio relations. A fourth it appoint ent generally expected Here is that of former senator now Federal District judge Lewis b. Schwellenbac of Spokane wash., although in just what capacity Isnit Clear now. He has been mentioned for Secretary of labor. As freshmen senators Truman and Schwellenbac became fast friends and since the former took office the judge has Ben a guest in Blair House where the Truman family made its interim Home while the White House was undergoing some remodelling and repairs. Add to these John w. Snyder St. Louis banker who a new Federal loan administrator supposedly has the Blessing of the Jesse Jones faction and its opponents David e. Lilienthal to be reappointed As director of Tva Edwin a. Pauley former democratic National committee treasurer As a member of the International reparations commission. President Truman a appointment list is growing and with Mckim Vaughan Ross Schwellenbac and Hannegan his White House Quot inner circles definitely is being formed. T
