Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Friday june 1, 1945the stars and stripes Page 3 news from Home Bell aircraft workers go on sit in strike production cutbacks causing Babor unrest by William it. Spear stars and stripes . Bureau new York May 31�?the prediction of War production Board chairman. J. A. Krug that War production will require 2,000.000 fewer workers in june july and August and that some 1,100,000 of them will be unable to find jobs was pointed up by labor unrest in Many parts of the country. Workers have been manifesting increasing uneasiness Over the twin prospects of decreasing employment opportunities and decreasing pay As overtime work Slacks off with cutbacks in War production. One demand being made More and More is for 40 hours pay for a 40-hour week. More than 10,000 workers employed at the Ford Willow run bomber Plant face Lay offs with the closing of the Plant june 30. But officials Are reducing the output gradually in order to Cushion the Impact. In the Bell aircraft corp. Plants in Buffalo and Niagara Falls n.y., where 70,000 Are scheduled to be Laid off this month workers Are staging a unique a a stay in strike. They re remaining in the plants after work As a demonstration against the company a policies. When Samuel Weiss Steed during the seventh inning stretch at Yankee stadium in new York furriers Philip Gottlieb and Samuel saltier spotted him and called police. Weiss was charged with robbing Gottlieb and sat tier of 84,000 dollars Worth of furs on May 23. President Truman ordered the army to seize and operate the Cotton Mill of Gaffney manufacturing co., Gaffney s. C., where the company a alleged refusal to comply with a web order led to a strike. Iowa had an unusual May snowfall forcing Wilbur Nelson to make Good on an agreement with his wife much earlier than he had anticipated. Nielson agreed that if his wife would mow the Lawn this summer he would shovel the Snow off the walks next Winter. Whereupon mrs. Nielson gave the Lawn its first trimming of the year. Then came the pay off the following Day Nielson dug up. The Snow shovel and cleared away the freshly fallen  on election to fill Anderson Post governor John j. Dempsey of new Mexico May or May not Call a special election to fill the seat of congressman at Large which Clinton Anderson will vacate when he becomes Secretary of agriculture july 1. �?�1 Haven to made up my mind a the governor said. He pointed out that any special election called around july 1 a would come right at Harvest time when it would inconvenience a Good Many  officials of the Petroleum administration for War say people just wont believe fuel Oil will remain scarce despite the ending of the War in Europe. They re planning an illustrated picture Book to explain the situation. Out in Spokane wash., Clar 4w�s 1 a sep a no a Mathison who used to but Jim a fir amp tie i the prize fight ring under the name of a a Bull Montana a has t had a fight professionally since to got married in 1939. His wife has other ideas on the subject however. Mrs. Mathison seeking a divorce testified to had beaten her on various coca a a Sions. Quot its no fun being a spar i ring  she  seen in rising prices for farm land Kansas City May 31 Ansi Lush. Farm profits Are leading Many a dirt Fanner Down the path to foreclosure just As they did in 1918, that a the opinion of . Duggan governor of the farm credit administration who warned that National disaster is coming unless the ballooning Price of Farmland can be curbed. He said farm land prices Are soaring at an even faster clip than they did during world War i despite the fact that prices of farm products Are far below the $2.50-a-Bushel wheat Era of 1918. Then the Small landowner who had hockey everything to make a Down payment on an adjoining farm found the Pinch too tight ten years later when he had to meet his notes from Sale of 25-cent wheat. Over the entire ., Duggan said there has been a 53 percent jump in farm land prices from the 1935-1939 level in Kentucky and South Carolina Sale prices have doubled. In 18 other states the figure has. Risen 60 percent. In the Pacific coast area 24 percent of the farms sold in late 1941 had been held less than two  records in car which was stolen a sgt. Lawrence c. Gillen of the 9th of came Home from Europe with 121 Points after 64 missions and was sent to fort Mcpherson a. To be discharged. But Gillen left his records in his automobile which was stolen from in front of his Home in Atlanta. Quot As far As i know a Gillen mourned. To stuck Here until my records turn  the Navy is offering More than 40,000 Quot slightly shopworn life belts for Sale to the Public at 3.15 dollars apiece. The Black Hills country of South Dakota is the latest to enter a bid for consideration As the site of the new world organization to be charted at san Francisco. A formal invitation has been sent to the delegates signed by gov. M. Q. Sharpe of s. D., Dwight Griswold of Nebraska and Lester c Hunt of  boxers to be bronzed re Bobby sox coed of 1945 is going to be perpetuated in Bronze at the Oklahoma College for women Chic Kasha okla. Eighty four graduates left 275 dollars in War Bonds to erect the statue to remind future students of the Bobby Boxer in Sloppy sweater and Slacks. Waters receding form the swollen Kaw River loft Fields near Siler Lake at Topeka Kan. Strewn with stranded fish. One Man had More than 1,000 pounds of fish on a truck and tha biggest fish weighed 27 pounds. In Cleveland Robert Harris 40, was convicted of Drunken driving and traffic judge Perry a. Frey intoned "100 dollars and costs to be executed by july 2.�?� Quot my god judge a Harris murmured turning Pale and fainting into the arms of two Cope. When he came to the judge explained he was giving him until july 2 to pay the Fine not sentencing him to the electric chair web to Speed foreign Relief Washington May 31 cans several million dollars Worth of equipment and materials for the Relief of War torn countries of Northwestern Europe have been Given High priorities web chairman j. A. Krug has disclosed. France has been allocated 625,000 tons of steel for the first nine months of 1945 in addition to Tib locomotives and 10,000 freight care. Another 180 locomotives Are earmarked for Eastern european nations supplied by Urra. Equipment Worth 5,000,000 dollars for draining Large areas of Holland flooded by the germans has been assigned for use by military forces and for purchases by the dutch or made available through lend lease. Top priority was assigned to 170,-000 dollars Worth of pumping equipment needed to relieve the critical water shortage in Athens Greece. Rain dulls crop Hopes As food Pinch grows Washington May 31 cans a Cool wet weather is upsetting Hopes for a Lush crop this fall War  officials said yesterday declaring the government has done All it can to help Farmers produce abundantly. Wet weather affects Corn and soybean crops which Are necessary to produce meat milk and eggs. Mary Martin now off critical list new York May 31 ans it a Mary Martin stage and screen actress who received five blood transfusions following a premature birth is hmm Quot off the critical list a at by a ing i n Hospital Richard Halliday her husband announced. Miss Martin suffered severe 8 h o c k about two weeks ago when a Large dog attacked. Her three year Mary Martin old daughter Mary while they were visiting relatives in Huntington w. A. A Halliday said she was taken to the Hospital Here on May 20. The screen Star had expected her baby in december. Jones Ufa . Surplus will Aid vets new York May 31 ans a gov. Thomas e. Dewey revealed that new Yorkus surplus fund now totalling 323,000,000 dollars represents a vital part of the state s program for returning veterans to civilian society. He told members of Queens county posts of the american legion at their 25th annual memorial services that the surplus which he said he hoped would total More than 400.000,000 Dollare by the end of the year was postmarked for postwar reconstruction. Quot we fought to keep it in Trust for men who were fighting the War a he said. The governor disclosed that counsellors of the state veterans division would Aid returning servicemen who want to go into business and help to protect them from swindlers. Ufa scheduled a conference with the War department june 23 to develop a farm labor program for the remaining months of 1945. Reports that War prisoners will be sent to Europe soon Are without foundation Ufa chief a Marvin Jones said. This years plans for farm labor were based on the use of 100.000 prisoners Jones ramp id but the War department has made available Only 85,000 for May june and july. In new York City fruit and vege Lable retail associations comprising 3,000 shops threatened a Quot Holiday in protest against tie in sales and overcharges by wholesalers. Meat and eggs continued scarce. In new Haven conn., a foundry spokesman said moulders accustomed to meat three times a Day before the War were unable to work because of loss of stamina. Washington restaurants were reported experiencing difficulty in getting eggs. In Pittsburgh the meat Scarcity was growing worse because of Quot terrific army demands on  Canada sets up discharge rules Ottawa May 31 <an8>�?ope rational service wounds age and service in world War i will be considered under new regulations governing discharge of Canadian army personnel defense Headquarters announced. A scoring system for returning men to Canada has been widened to permit discharge of those with 180 Points men with four years of service outside the Western hemisphere and who have been wounded or who have have served in a theater of actual operations May apply for discharge. Those who served in world War i or who Are 42 years old and have served four years also Are eligible. Somervell can beat n. Y. Job moans butch1 Washington May 31 ans a mayor Fiorello h. Laguardia thinks it. Gen. Brehon b. Somervell has More sense than to want to be mayor of the City of new York. Appearing before the House interstate Commerce committee in support of a National Airport program Laguardia mentioned somervell s part in the construction of Laguardia Field in new York the Tittle flow somervell or  by a committee member s remark that somervell had done a Fine Job As head of army Supply. Quot he has done a Good  Laguardia agreed. Quot now i wish he would take mine. He s got More sense than to do that  Laguardia whose term expires this fall included somervell in a list of acceptable choices As successor that he made Public . To have infantry Day Hartford conn., May 31 ans a designating june 15 As infantry Day gov. Raymond e. Baldwin called upon the people of the state to observe a Day a in Honor of the Many thousands of Connecticut men in this War who Are doing their full share to bring Victory by serving in our infantry forces Quot moving Dane 4 families swing apartment Swap new York May 31 ans a the Marshall Rosette expecting on increase in the family moved into the sol wolfman apartment because it was larger. That s not news but Here a the rest of the Story the Wolf mans seeking More space moved into mrs. Suzanne Guggenheim a seven room suite. Mrs. Guggenheim who wanted smaller quarters because of her daughters marriage took Over Carl Kinzler s five room apartment. Kinzler took Over the Rosett apartment because he needed Only three rooms. Thus the first fou Way housing Swap on record in Manhattan became reality. They struck a Happy medium too. The families employed the Samo trucking firm and moved in shifts. All the landlords were both amused and amazed at the Deal and did no to Block the Swap in any Way