Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Saturday my 26, 1945 the stars and stripes Page 3news from Home Southern senators hit new racial Bill by William r. 8pear stars and stripes uj5. Bureau a jew York May 25�?a new measure touching on the subject of ii race relations is taking a place alongside other perennial controversies in Congress the anti Lynching Bill and the anti poll Bill. This new one would outlaw racial discrimination in employment and make permanent the temporary pair employment practices committee known As Peto. Bills have been introduced in both houses we Rich would declare it unfair to discharge refuse to hire or to discriminate in pay against any person because of race color or Creed v a permanent Fec would be established to police this policy and it could go to court to enforce its orders if necessary. In the House the measure was approved by the labor committee but the rules committee has thus far refused to pass it on to the floor. In the Senate the labor committee has approved the measure 12706, and it now goes to the floor. But Southern senators Are prepared for a last ditch fight against it contending it would upset race relations in the South. Sen. Allen j. Suender a la and sen. Olin  . Have threatened to filibuster Quot for three months if the Bill reaches the floor. The City Council of ban Bernardino calif., has passed a Law providing a 500-Dollar Fino or six months in jail for anyone operating a clock on a Public Street that keeps incorrect the. Who says vets Aren t Brainy. A Survey by the Northwestern nationalise insurance co. Reveals that returning vets Are making grades As much As 3 percent higher than average civilian students in universities and colleges. The Survey took in 114 institutions. Former soldiers were found More serious and More inclined to study than civilians. A White Cross bearing the name of Ira Ferguson was removed from a War memorial in not Oswilla ind. The Soldier came Homo from Europe to prove in person that an error had been Vanda no less than a thousand tons of Coal were lost and damage estimated at 250.000 dollars was caused when fire lashed by a High wind expects Stork Senate croup approves race measure Dorothy Lamour Hollywood film Star announced yesterday that she expects a baby in december. Her husband is maj. William r. Howard 3rd, who is at the 8an Bernardino calif., air base.  Here s what folks eat j i _ Washington May 25 apr american civilians unable to get meat were eating milk products and eggs in such quantities that they Cut sharply into supplies of butter cheese evaporated milk and eggs that normally Are slated for storage and use next fall. To lighten the situation officials said they believed the meat situation would improve by september web halts 37 comic books Washington May 25 cans a the War production Board announced it had halted the Publica Tion of 37 comic magazines i a drive against Black Market operations in paper quotas. The Board also stopped the publication of five detective Story magazines and has notified 21 other concerns publishing 40 magazines they have no right to use paper. Web said that most of the larger operations involved six publishers in new York and Chicago dealing in inflated paper quotas non exist amp it quotas and in the illegal use and resale of quotas. No established or nationally known publishers were  Standard in Cartel Case new York May 25 apr Philip Amram special assistant attorney general charged in Federal court yesterday that Standard Oil of new Jersey and i. G. Farben industries German chemical Trust pooled their patents in an attempt to create a Quot worldwide partnership. Amram counsel for the alien property custodian made the charge in Federal court where Standard Oil is trying to recover 2,500 patents seized by the custodian because of alleged German interests. Standard Oil claims valid titles to the patents resulted from the payment of 25,000,000 dollars Worth of Stock to 1g. Farben industries in 1039. Amram said the patents which included synthetic rubber and synthetic gasoline processes a were pooled As part of Quot an International treaty Between the worlds largest Oil company and the world s largest chemical  balloon Story surrounded by secrecy swept through the Yard of the metropolitan Coal co. In Boston. A Short circuit was believed to have been Tife cause of the Blaze. Texans Are known for doing things in a big Way and rep. Wright 1 a amp than a Tex is no exception. To those asking for a Light he offers a huge packet of matches featuring 30 lights a map of Texas an outline of Patman s District and a couple of Short stories about the state. Each match tells a Texas fact. The secrecy surrounding the Story of japanese balloon landings in the Western us. Before an official army a amp by statement released the fact for publication was something like that attending v-2 attacks on England before authorities there permitted an announcement. Newspaper offices in the us. Knew about the balloons and bulletins warning of the hidden danger of explosives were read in schools. Americans thoroughly appreciated the necessity for withholding from the japanese any information about results obtained from the a three Jap pm burrowed under a barbed wire Fence and be caped from Camp Mccoy wit. They Ware the first Jap prisoners Ever to escape in the a some German we have escaped. Uses no help to mrs. Roosevelt mrs. Eleanor i�306eyelt said yesterday in her newspaper column Quot my  that her Chauffer who stole her car and drive it into a truck last week killing four persons was hired through the United states employment service. She wrote that the set up of the uses Quot prevents it from being of any real value to the  mrs Roosevelt said that the uses was Quot a great and tragic disappointment Quot to her and that she had been determined to use the service because Quot they Are the Agency through which our returned servicemen Are supposed to get  patrolman George roman of Pittsburgh barged into a Dairy store to arbitrate a dispute Between a waitress and a customer and caught t peach pie squarely in the face. Sleepy Seaman was no match for Muscles new York May 25 Ansis Barbara Brooks is tagged Quot Muscles in her neighbourhood. Mis Brooks is 22, 5 feet 10 inches tall a wrestler Boxer and a basketball player. Quot Muscles Quot did no to scream she awoke in the Middle of the night to find a Man. Wearing Only shorts sitting at the foot of her bed. She leaped out of bed banged the Man s head against the floor and sat on him. He howled for mercy finally managing to escape. A Muscles Quot pursued him into the Street and into the arms of a cop. Quot act on upheld Washington May 25 ans a the state of North Carolina which refused to recognize a pair of Nevada divorces was upheld by the us. Supreme court. In a six to three decision the court upheld a Quot bigamous Coha Bitar Tiona conviction of two North Carolina residents who got Nevada divorces were married there then returned to North Carolina to live. The state of North Carolinas finding was that the six weeks residence in Nevada was fraud perpetuated solely for purpose of divorce. The supreme court concurred saying that the six weeks in Nevada getting decrees did not make the couples bonafide residents of that state. Justice Felix Frankfurter delivered the majority  germans . Consulates97 Franklin heroes honoured new York. May 25 ans a medals for heroism were awarded to 97, officers and men of fhe . Franklin in the largest mass decoration of its kind in american naval history. The medals were awarded aboard the Carrier while repair work on her continued in the Brooklyn Navy Yard the Franklin was severely damaged and 1.000 of her Crew killed or wounded March 19 when japanese bombs exploded her Magazine. Destroy fish exhibits Detroit May 25 ans a fish exhibits at the Detroit zoological Park were destroyed Over the weekend by Youthful vandals. Washington May 25 ans a the United states has taken Possession of the German embassy Here and German consulate properties throughout the country a in consideration of the total defeat Quot of nazism. It will hold the properties furnishing s and records in trusteeship Quot for the government assuming Power in  eventual Fate of the property will be determined by the big three and franc plane rockets  aah Dover. Del., May 25 ans it a officials at the aah base Here revealed that they have been experimenting with airborne rockets fired from launchers attached to air planes. This Type of weapon played a major role in the devastation of Germany and it was stated that its use would be stepped up in the War with Japan. When grass fed cattle and this years Early Spring pigs reach the Market. A nation wide Survey showed that civilians were consuming More than half of the nations milk out. Put a and that eggs were being eaten at the yearly per capita rate of 400. The civilian diet was expected to reach its lowest Point about August when vegetables will comprise the major part of it. Butter cheese scarce butter cheese and evaporated milk supplies were smaller in the United states than at this same time last year despite the fact that milk production during the first four months of this year was larger than during the first third of 1944. A sectional review of the food situation follows / Middle West in Detroit mayor Edward j. Jeffries considered asking the opa to permit Slaughter ers to Quot borrow on future killing quotas. In Milwaukee the District War food administration representative said that meat and poultry were still critically Short in Wisconsin. Fruits fresh vegetables and butter were adequate. Topeka Kan reported its beef Supply was the shortest since the beginning of the War. In 8l Phul the Ufa said min be amp of amp or beef tto a pork Supply was Short but increased veal supplies were in sight in Oklahoma City fresh vegetables from the South were plentiful principal shortages were1 meats canned fruit canned milk and potatoes. In Chicago All meats fish and poultry were scarce. How York hit hard now England the regional opa said meat was so scarce the Black Market  find any. Eggs were being rationed one Docen to a customer. Cod and Haddock were hard to get but Mackerel and lobsters were More plentiful. Now Bedford mass reported its largest markets had no meat tuesday. East in now York City the meat and poultry shortage continued acute some stores sold Only three eggs to a customer. In Albany almost no meat or poultry was available in Pittsburgh the Ufa reported that the Supply of cold meats was worse than last week in Philadelphia Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern now Jersey 19,000 stores have Only enough meat to Supply one of every four customers available. No Moat in South South eggs were scarce in Atlanta but the poultry situation was easing. The meat shortage in Virginia reached an All time Low in the Shenandoah Valley restaurants were closing sundays Birmingham Ala packers said that nearly All of the markets they served were out of meat. In Jacksonville Fla meat and butter shortages continued acute. The egg and meat Scarcity continued acute i Baltimore. In Memphis there was no Bacon and poultry was scarce. Texas Arkansas and Louisiana had a lard shortage. West Colorado and Montana were feeling the Pinch More acutely with meat and poultry scarce and eggs ample. Portland reported the meat was plentiful in o Rogo a in los Angelos some Small Butcher shops were closing several Davs a week