Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Thursday May 24, 1945 \ the stars and stripes Page i news from Home surplus War goods being sold by army by William r. Spear stars and stripes . Bureau new York May 23�?when the "85-pointers�?� get Home they re going to Aee a lot of army Materiel in some pretty strange places. Judging from sales of surplus property made thus far. Even though the War with Japan is still going on the government has been Selling a vast variety of surplus goods. Among items which have been sold Are 19 barrage balloons which will wind up As raincoats. Raincoat manufacturers snapped them up for each balloon is covered with 900 Square Yards of Fine double ply Waterproof cloth. Another item which would seem to have Little peacetime use is the glider but 365 of them already have been sold. With removal of their wings and Tail they make Light Strong motor trailers. Blackout cloth 12.000 Yards of it has been bought for use by undertakers and by portrait photographers in covering the backs of their cameras. It. Colonels outnumber a second looeys1 the 1945 editions of the official army Register just off the presses discloses the surprising fact that it is not Quot second Loo Eysa but it. Colonels who form the most numerous officer group in the regular army. There were 3,596 officers in the permanent Grade of it. Colonel As against 3,497 2nd lieutenants. Colonels numbered 664, majors 1,274, captains 1,780 and 1st lieutenants 2,254. These figures do not include officers of the medical dental veterinary pharmacy or chaplains corps. Customers used to horse meat How in Portland ore., proprietors of three markets Selling horse meat report business is booming. At first customers came in furtively and asked for Quot some meat for my dog a but now they walk in openly and ask for a Steak or a roast. Otis m. Bailey 69 years Young who Halls from Bristol , is not letting the grass get too High under his foot to arrive at the Point rapidly Bailey is All for making a neat living a and with no visible meant of support support became All important to Bailey when he invented a wire Gadget that holds up strapless bathing suits evening gowns aprons Eta Bailey intends putting his invention into mass production As soon As possible. Building inspector sunday school superintendent and sex shipbuilder Bailey who had retired was dabbling in his numerous hobbies Whan War broke out. He worked in s War Plant for three years. To get Back to the wire Gadget student at the Rhode Island school Otis m. Bailey shows Virginia Brooks How to inert design showed Groat interest in his wire bodice and also a strapless gown he designed. All in All one might Call Bailey quite a hold up Man. Sert wire support into a strapless evening gown. Car rib bean bases opened to Navy families the Navy is opening the doors of its carib bean bases to families of Navy men serving there but Only families of officers and noncommissioned officers can go there for the present Navy families have been barred from the area for four years Ever since the impending War situation in 1941 brought an order for them to evacuate to the United states. V a fiery Cross blazed last night on the site where a negro housing project has been proposed in Hamilton township near Trenton . The Cross was made of two by fours and k a Rosene soaked Burlap bags. James Kerney publisher of the Trenton times commented that it a would appear to be a planned but isolated example of the kind of discrimination prevalent a few years ago and which All of us Hope will never again become prevalent in  bought 28,000 Gallons of Castor Oil just what the Dagman chemical company of Bridgeport conn., is going to do with its 31,360-Dollar Purchase was not announced. The company bought 28,000 Gallons of surplus Castor Oil. Incidental intelligence Jim and Marian Jordan better known As Fibber Mcgee and Molly became grandparents yesterday when their daughter Katherine produced a daughter of her own. Commission agents captured a Grey Fox in Pennsylvania s Capitol Park in Harrisburg. Melvin Hogenson one time unlucky Gold prospector and presently a maritime service Cook Cut open a Chicken on a ship in san Francisco Harbor and found a Gold Nugget in its Gizzard. . Furnished 39 billions in lend lease Washington May 23�?president Truman revealed yesterday that the United states had furnished her allies goods and services Worth nearly 39 millions in lend lease in a Little More than four years. He announced this figure in the �9th quarterly presidential report to Congress on lend lease which turned out to be a general review of the whole program from March 11, 1941, to March 31, 1945. Or. Truman said the lend lease flow from the us. Reached its Peak during the first half of 1944. By Jan. 1, 1945, the us. Had received nearly 5 billions in goods and services from her allies in reverse lend lease. China gats help the president added that lend lease and reverse lend lease will be continued As an effective weapon in the Allied military strategy against Japan. In reference to China a part of the Pacific War he said China a most urgent need was an adequate transportation system. There were Only a few thousand trucks in All China today he said and the chinese railway system had been crippled by the japanese. Or. Truman said More than 15,000 american trucks have been delivered to the chinese Over new land routes and Railroad equipment will soon be moved in. Aid freed nations Washington May 23 ans president True Nan has set the machinery in motion to Speed civilian supplies to the liberated nations of Western Europe in letters to four government agencies he ordered that Quot so far As feasible Quot priority be granted for Quot minimum civilian requirements of France Belgium Holland and other countries ravaged by War. Want sugar Czar named Washington May 23 ans a the House. Food committee yesterday warned of an impending sugar shortage and recommended the appointment of a Czar to take Over sugar controls now scattered among 20 government agencies. In a unanimous report sharply criticizing the handling of the Supply situation the committee also urged the readjustment of All foreign sugar commitments t o safeguard Home front Consumers and called upon the army and Navy to cooperate in the conservation program. The report signed by chairman Clinton p. Anderson in. A and six other committeemen declared a the american consumer is not yet aware of the coming crisis. Only when the housewife finds How Little sugar is available will the full Impact of the reduction be  fewer wet whistles in dry run South Austin tex., May 23 ans a the South is leading the Way toward a return to prohibition according to mrs. D. Leigh Colvin of Evanston 111., president of the National women a Christian Temperance Union. She told Texas Actu executives that the 356 dry counties in 14 Southern states Are More than in All other states combined. There Are 499 counties in the South that ban hard liquor. Sailor found Sinatra Nice about bump tribute paid 223rd chm e. A _. ,.,v d a Winner before Congress Washington May 23, ans president Truman yesterday personally presented the congressional medal of Honor to to sgt. Jake w. Lindsey 24-year-old Soldier from Lucedale miss., in an unprecedented ceremony of tribute. Lindsey was the 223rd Soldier in this War to receive the chm and the 100th�?Tinfantryman to be so honoured. He was the first to receive it 4-directly from the president in the presence of both houses of Congress and the country a highest military and civil leaders. Gen. George o. Marshall chief of staff read the citation which briefly summarized the action at Hanich Germany nov. 16, when Lindsey although wounded killed 20 germans wounded Many More captured three knocked out two machine guns and captured two More. He also forced the withdrawal of two enemy tanks. Truman lauds go following the Reading of the citation which praised Lindsey for Quot gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his own life a president Truman said Quot it seems fitting that in t h la symbolic ceremony we should Honor an infantryman. There is Little Glamor in his service. He facet not Only the enemy before him but cold and heat rain and Snow dust and mud which so often make his life miserable. These things he induces and rises above them to such valorous deeds As those we celebrate  members of Congress stood during the presentation and five times interrupted Truman with applause. Once during the applause Gen. Marshall was overheard saying in an aside to Lindsey Quot give Mem a Bow. Give Mem a  Frank Sinatra it. Vernon 111., May 23 ans a Eugene Harshberger 18-year-old signalman 3c, Home on furlough from the Pacific said yesterday he Felt no ill will toward Frank Sinatra for having a a bumped him off a plane last thursday in los Angeles. In fact he thought the voice had been very Nice about the whole affair. Harshberger said he made his plane reservation upon arriving in the states from the Pacific where he saw action at iwo Jima and Okinawa. A a Sinatra was very Nice about it and said he was sorry his trip was going to delay me a he said. Quot he asked the airline to do everything possible for  Harshberger got another plane four hours later. Uso Headquarters in Hollywood said the crooner flew to new York under army orders with a 8 air travel priority so he could Start an eight week overseas tour to entertain troops. Bacall becomes Bogart a fourth Mansfield Ohio May 23 ans a screen actor Humphrey Bogart and his fourth Bride Glamor girl Lauren Bacall spent their wedding night at author Louis Bromfield a farm estate after a double ring ceremony yesterday. The wedding was witnessed Only by the brom Field family and household servants. It was the fourth time the writer had acted As Bogart s Best Man. She scolded then wed him St. Louis May 23 ans a sgt John c. Coleman 27, who had to plead for mercy after saying that australian girls were less artificial than american girls Isnit so sorry he made the statement. It led to marriage yesterday to his High school sweetheart. Coleman one of the first american soldiers to arrive in Australia after Pearl Harbor returned to the us. On furlough last january and popped off about the Fine qualities of australian girls. He was swamped by phone Calls letters and telegrams from protesting american girls one of whom was the new mrs. Coleman. She intimated he ought to go Back where he came f rom. Coleman did but returned recently on another furlough and married his critic 24-year-old. A amp Meletta j. Haven of Greenville Iii they re honeymooning now and Coleman with 127 Points and an american wife is mum australian girls. Envoy to Cuba confirmed Washington. May 23 a the Senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of r. Henry Norweb As ambassador to Cuba. . Divorce Law drive manned by congressmen Washington May 23 ans a a new Campaign for a Federal marriage and divorce Law was being planned today As a result of the supreme court decision holding that other states can refuse to recognize Nevada divorces. The decision May affect thousands o f divorces obtained i n a a quickie divorce Law states b y servicemen whose wives did not know they were sued. It also might cast doubt on the Validity of divorces involving Many society and Hollywood personalities. Sen. Arthur capper , who for years has urged Federal regulation of divorces said he would resume his fight in the Senate. In the House rep. Homer a Ramey a Ohio has proposed a constitutional amendment to an Thorine Congress to establish uniform Laws on marriage and Sivorot