Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Wednesday May 23, 1945 the stars and strikes Page 3 news from Home obeyed Cha but opt a courted him Ima and opa tangle in contractor Case by William r Spear stars and stripes us. New York May �2�?critics of wartime governmental agencies have Long complained of red tape and conflicting rulings and the regressive effect on business. A Case came to court in Kansas City ves ter Day which illustrated the problem. It was a Wrangle Between the Federal rousing administration and the opa in which a building contractor Sylvester Allegro was caught smack itt the Middle. Allegro was fronted Loans by the Cha to build defense housing units at Kansas City Wichita and Mission Kansas. Part of the Cha agreement was that Allegro would charge a monthly rent of 50 dollars for the units. Rut the opa stepped in and decided the rent was too High. It ordered Allegro to charge 32.50. He obeyed Cha instead of opa and now opa has taken him to court. His a Tomies contend that he was guaranteed a 50 Dollar rent by Cha and it appears the conflict will be carried to the supreme court. Aside from Price ceiling problems opa is having trouble with Black marketeers and ration stamp counterfeiters. If the last ten months nearly see persons have been arrested on various charges in connection with counterfeiting or theft of ration coupons. Opa agents have seized enough bogus coupons to obtain illegally 75,-$�?�2,603 Gallons of gasoline 415,505 Gallons of fuel Oil 764,275 pounds of sugar and 55,245,786 pounds of meat. With meat being scarcer Back heme than a bathing suit at the North Polo o so Louis Man arms the donor of the season s Best gifts at his wedding. Justice of the peace and marriage License clerks who wore an hand to witness the ceremony uniting Charles Pifat and Clara Capeder were the recipients at a genuine to Bene Steak each. Pifat a local Moat merchant said he d take care of the Rad paints too. Mrs. Roosevelt Hof mayoralty candidate re new York daily Mirror reports that mrs. Franklin Roosevelt was approached by democratic leaders and asked whether she would accept the nomination for mayor of new York and that she replied Quot absolutely  More than 9,000 germans pcs in the seventh service command who claimed to be non Ooms will not be recognized As such because they Lack proper credentials he at Omaha announced. Non coms along with officers Are not required to work unless they Volunteer Pitiot in Minneapolis were summoned to the Homo of mrs John Moore �9-year-old invalid whose husband works on a nigh shift would they she asked please get her Eeme tooth powder the did. Two More film actresses have received divorces. Carole Gallagher Foran divorced singing Cowboy Star Dick Poran in Hollywood testifying that he gave her Quot an inferiority  Evelyn Keyes won a divorce at Las vegas n.m., from director Charles Vidor on grounds of extreme cruelty. / Cleveland May be the heme of Tho indians of the american league tout it is also Tho heme of generous citizens. It scorns that bar patrons Cam to the Aid of proprietor Joseph Sonjur to Evite an inebriated customer. Sinful it Stan mumbling to himself for Tho helpful customers had returned a fat Wallet containing 2,096 dollars to the Tipsy gent the Wallet had dropped out of a i Juria pocket not the drunk s. Of a irt1 y u i h put Fly Meeds 1,600 men for Navy Yard in Philadelphia wac officials announced they would Quot draft Quot 1,000 workers to Speed construction of the aircraft carriers Valley forge and Princeton in an Effort to Send them into action six months ahead of schedule. All men applying for Jobe at wac offices will be referred to the Navy Yard the Massachusetts legislative committee is being urged to spend 15,090 dollars to rebuild some of the state House in Bostoff and to repaint the dome of the Structure on the grounds that it serves As a landmark to visitors who otherwise get lost the building s dome originally done in a Gold color was painted Grey at the Start of the War. Pvt. Broken leg s toe mends pvt. Wilson broken Lex it a full blooded Sioux Indian has just been released from the Hospital at it. Lewis Wash. His broken toe is mending nicely. Americans contributed a record of More than 106x100.900 millions to foreign War Relief agencies during 1944 according to the president of the War Relief control Board. A report showed that since the Start of War in september 1939, through december 1944, All private War Relief agencies other than the Rod Cross provided 262,000,000 millions for Relief of War victims abroad. A the cards were stacked against the Motorist who Side swiped two care in Clearwater Fla he did it in front of 16 cops lined up in front of the police station for a group photograph. Tet Fayl gag and a Young Soldier with two years Evera Eai duty would nos to meet a Young widow with three Owdron. Obj St 09�?~american Day gets pledges of 1,500,000 new York. May 22 ans a approximately l500.000 persons of All faiths race color and Creed trekked to Central Park yesterday and affirmed their Faith in the nation that has been a Haven formally from terror and persecution. It was a record to am an american Day crowd and in the words of judge Learned hand senior member of the or. Circuit of appeals it pledged itself to help fashion a world Quot which shall be better than a Den of thieves Quot and to make the american Flag Quot a signal a Beacon a Standard to which the Best Hopes of Mankind Wil Ever turn. The audience jammed 11 blocks of temporary benches and included an estimated 75,000 persons who had become naturalised in the past year. Truman loiter read president Truman in a letter read by mayor . Laguardia said that the millions of new York s population represented Quot every clime and every nation on the face of the Earth Are americans because they or their forebears Quot sought this land of Freedom and Opportunity bringing with them memories of their homelands and the varied cultures from which they  he said he thought it fitting that the Day being celebrated was recognised As Quot i am an american Day Quot in a proclamation signed by the late president Roosevelt. Kate s booked postwar army Call rapped Washington. May 22 ins a the House committee on postwar military policy which recently announced it would open hearings june 4 on proposals for peacetime compulsory military training has received More than 6,000 letters and petitions urging defeat of any such legislation a member of the committee said yesterday every state was represented in the communications half of which emphasized that servicemen should have a voice in determine whether the nation should have Universal conscription after the War. Out of approximately 100 letters favouring a peacetime draft some came from servicemen overseas the spokesman said. Want Franklin Penny new York City May 22 an8 a the National association of sons of the american revolution yesterday sponsored a move to put the likeness of Benjamin Franklin on the or. Penny the group which claims Franklin has been neglected As an american hero would Quot promote Quot Abe Lincoln from the face of the Penny to the half Dollar to make room for their idol hey that a m e 1 lieutenant Atlantic City. N a May 22 cans a it. Paul b. Slater jr., a pro at the aah redistribution station Here was copying Down the names of ten officers for a news Story on their release under the army s Point system. Halfway Down the list the lieutenant stopped then gulped Quot hey number seven is me a sergeant finished listing the names. Katharine noptourn17 plays will go overseas new York May 22 ans a seventeen full length legitimate plays and musical comedies Are now in rehearsal for overseas Tours with Uso Camp shows inc. In response to a War department order for More troop entertainment the shows were rushed into production after it col. Marvin Young chief of the army a special service Branch called for from 50 to 60 More entertainment units in Europe and 68 More in other areas within 90 Days. Among the stars scheduled to go overseas for the first time in plays and variety shows Are Frank Sinatra Raymond Massey Amos a Andy and Katherine Hepburn. Spencer Tracy Bob Hope and Jack Benny will do repeat Tours. Young emphasized that entertainment needs in Europe had increased because the morale problem among Static troops is much greater than among combat troops. There never has been enough entertainment to the Pacific Quot he  finds jail is safer Lansing. Kan., May 22 ans a William Latrasse 63-year-old convicted murderer and train robber who escaped from the state Penitentiary three Days ago returned voluntarily yesterday with the remark to to Oolda its not Worth  he told Deputy Warden Charles e. Edmonson he had been hiding to nearby Woods since his escape. Latrasse was serving a life sentence for a double slaying in 1942. He has served time in numerous other prisons and to 1916 escaped from one to go to Europe and fight with the French foreign legion receiving a decoration for valor. Schedule Berry retrial los Angeles May 22 ans a Charles chaplins petition for retrial of Joan Berry s paternity suit has been scheduled for next Friday. Senate  War Washington May 22 ins senators were divided yesterday on the question of whether Japan will surrender or fight to the bitter end. They agreed on Only one things that Japan will suffer destruction equal to that of Germany if she does not accept unconditional surrender. Sen. Joseph f. Guffey Dopa 1$ optimistic Over changes of surrender he predicts that the War against Japan will be Over by nov. L there Are still some brains left among the business elements of Japan Quot said Guffey. Hopes 4mm we quit sen. Richard b. Russell  who has a Nephew on Okinawa declared t Hope and Pray Japan will surrender but in my opinion we Are going to have to give them a going Over with attacks from sea and air before they la give  sen. Thomas c. Hart a Donn a former Admiral of the Asiatic Fleet and one of the Best informed senators on the japanese declined to indulge in predictions but said he saw no signs of Japan giving up. Japs w Toti a. Reaction Chicago May 22 a it a Gen. La. Vandergrift Marine corps commandant said yesterday that the War Leaden were watching the american reaction la refocusing the War Effort in the Hope of deter Ting a let Down which would id predicted for cd dads Washington May a ans a rep. Albert j. Engel a much pro dieted yesterday that Oon Grem will Foroe the army to make All fathers with More than three children eligible for discharge. He said he hoped this step would be followed by Beds zoos to Stop the drafting of All father and 19 discharge All sen iceman fathers Engel went on to say that the army Point system for  prevented discharge of men with Large families. Men Wuh four five or six children never dmm have been drafted in the first place to charged. Releases wont Hurt Al payroll Washington May 22 Ambo the release of men from the army under the Point system wont reduce Uncle Sam s Soldier payroll during 1945, the Treasury department said yesterday. From the Treasury s Angle Quot the last payday is the  about 1,300,000 men will get either 200 or 300 dollars to mustering out pay this year. Latin missed his Hollywood May 22 ans a Alan Ladd is in a class by himself. More than two years ago the film Star discarded the pistol he brandished in gunman roles for an my. After ten months of army life he worked himself into two stripes and a neat Case of ulcers. The ulcers got him a discharge and a Hollywood return. There he became the answer to producers prayers for a leading Man. Meanwhile mrs. Ladd formerly sue Tarot of the screen worked out a diet for Alan. It did the trick. In fact she cured him to the extent that Alan s Uncle Sam reached out and tapped him again last september. He was deferred to work on army films but now is a Buck private with a yen to go overseas. Quot in be glad to get out of these civilian duds Quot Alan says. Quot you can to help but fed useless in civvies. I missed the army and cd be a bar if i said i did  anything happen in hotly