Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Saturday june 2, 1945 the stars and stripes Page 3 i Mew York june 1�?rising prices of residential property throughout r the country is causing no Little concern officials find that the Boom in values is attributed partly to activity of speculators and also to in-1 creased buying of real estate As a hedge against possible postwar inflation. In War production centers housing values have risen As much As to 200 percent in some cases. Greatest increase has been in the lower Price bracket. A recent War production Board order relaxing some of the restrictions of residential construction May help the situation somewhat by encouraging building. The office of economic stabilization is considering a plan to require purchasers of residential property to make Down payments of at least 35 percent to curb speculators. If such regulations were imposed and no exemptions granted War veterans it would largely nullify provisions of the i Bill of rights permitting Home purchases by veterans with no Cash Down. The Only control Over Down payments on Home purchases now in Force is an opa regulation which requires 20 percent Down payment on Purchase of property which is occupied by tenants. This requirement is designed to protect tenants from eviction by phoney sales of property. A new Book out this week plits the Burden of women for making Romance work and purports to Tell them to to do it. It s called Quot hold your Man Quot a toy Veronica Dengel and. It Sells for 2.50 dollars. It tips women to Quot avoid round garters on stockings which reach Only to just above the knee. Round garters Are Toad for circulation and they Are ruinous to your most charming effect Quot very interesting. A a claimed she was Flower and wife there Are Many men who feel its a sound principle to Shower their wives with Flowers both to keep peace in the household or to show the Little woman she a the one and Only. On the other hand the chivalrous custom can be overdone. At least that s the Way Doris Duane Riley 17 years of loveliness feels about Flowers. She won a divorce from Harry Riley 47-year old. Publicity Man. She said she thought she had found a combination daddy sweetheart when she married but charged that he dressed no and used her for a Floral do so play to exploit his publicity business. Alfred p. Sloan jr., chairman of the Board of general rioters corp., told a stockholders meeting at Wilmington del., that the Public can expect no 600-Dollar car after the War although Gil will try to keep the Price of the new Chevrolet As Low As possible. The company will produce 96,000 cars of the 200,000-car quota established by the government for the last Quarter of this year but will not produce any Quot Brand new Quot cars for about two years. Doris 6-foot Wall Safe was easy picking thieves broke into a rationing Board office in Worcester mass., opened a six foot Wall Safe with a Sledge Hammer and crowbar and stole More than 1,000,000 ration Stamps for All types of rationed goods. The army is investigating a student body election at North Fulton High school Atlanta a. It wants to know How come a Low flying b29 Quot bombed Quot the school with literature plugging the election of certain candidates for High school offices a study by the Northwestern Mutual life insurance company finds women remain the frail sex despite talk to the contrary. It found wives use half again As much Hospital care As husbands one of each average woman a five hospitalizations is for maternity  was conspicuous by absence Many democrats of the Type who were not much in evidence during the late president Roosevelt a Days such As Jouett Shouse of the old Liberty league have been calling at the White House since president Truman moved in. But John Nance gamer is not among them. The former vice president now in retirement at Uvalde Tex is reported by the Amarillo Globe to have refused Quot an urgent request Quot of president Truman to visit Washington declining on the ground of his wife a illness the army is seeking 700 additional chaplains in connection with redeployment of troops from Europe. They Are wanted for duty aboard troop and Hospital ships and to relieve Battle fatigued chaplains overseas. Chased through the Busy downtown Section of Hartford conn., after holding up the proprietor of a Valet service John David Flynn 27, was captured while purchasing a ticket to a movie. The feature picture was Quot men of san  opa regulation Only control on Down payments news from Home f Ibeal estate prices latest . Headache by William r. Spear stars and stripes . Bureau pm 51, discovers 3 wars Are plenty tor any Cuy new York june 1 ans pm sgt George Drye 51-year-old Dayton Ohio Soldier has come Home from his third War. Drye announced he was going to Settle Down on a Chicken farm As soon As he gets his discharge. Three wars Are enough for any Man Quot Drye said As he stepped from a trans Atlantic plane that brought him from North Africa. Drye eligible for discharge because of his age first served As an infantryman in the mexican Border Campaign of 1915-16. Then he was among the first to go overseas under Gen. John j. Pershing and one of the last to return from world War i. He enlisted again in 1942 and served with the air transport command. In Italy and Casablanca. Dryers three sons Are with the army and Navy in the Pacific. Hui wife works for the at at Wright Field Dayton 12 generals from Eto due for trip Home Paris june 1�?twelve of the Eton Stop generals including supreme commander Eisenhower Are scheduled to return to the  within the coming month for a series of welcomes and receptions before they Settle Down to occupation duties or head for the Pacific to leave and first to return will be Gen. Omar n. Bradley commander of the 12th army up sheaf said he would depart in a few Days. Mayor Bernard Samuel of Philadelphia has announced that Bradley and Gen. Bradley nine other generals would be guests of his City next monday. According to an announcement by Philadelphia officials Bradley will be accompanied on his . Trip by 25 enlisted men As Well As nine generals. Hodges and Doolittle Are booked for the Pacific while Clark is expected to return to the Mediterranean presumably in connection with occupation duties generals to accompany Bradley Are Gen. Carl Spaatz. Maj Gen. Clarence Heubner Leland Hobbs Anthony c. Mcauliffe. Maxwell d. Taylor. Thomas b. Larkin Elwood r. Quesada and Paul Williams and Brig. Gen. John doyle.7 states hit mayors offer Washington june 1 ans a representatives of seven states have denounced a drools Al by mayors Fiorello h. Lag amp Ria of new York and Edward j. Kelly of Chicago to by pass the states and extend Federal Airport Aid directly to cities spokesmen for Kentucky Minnesota Pennsylvania Utah Michigan Virginia and Massachusetts told the House interstate Commerce committee their states have no intention of relinquishing their roles in aviation development the committee is considering a Bill to appropriate 650,000,000 dollars in Federal funds that would be matched by local Money in financing a ten year Airport construction program Laguardia and Kelly have proposed that Federal funds pass directly to cities rather than be allocated through  replaces town pin up Kennebunkport me., june 1 ans a a mural depicting Kennebunkport a Busy waterfront in 1830 has been placed on the Post office Wall which formerly held a Canvas showing scantily Clad girl bathers. Irate villagers took Down the original picture. The new mural painted by Marine artist Gordon Grant was accepted by Congress after a committee including novelists Kenneth Roberts and Booth Tarkington had raised 1,000 dollars for the  beaches to open Hartford conn., june 1 ans a Hamm Nasset Rocky neck and Sherwood Island bathing beaches closed since Early. In the War will be reopened this summer. Coast guard helicopter hauls up aviation machinist s mate 1-c Oswald Bachmann from the ground in a demonstration which took place in Washington. A a a Jesse so surprised a wife and two kids port Arthur tex., june 1 ans is sgt Jesse Hemphill a parents probably found themselves getting old fast when they a to Kheived a the Quot Tetter from their son. Or and mrs. Hemphill were informed that Jesse a coming Home that he a eligible for discharge. All of which is Fine but Here a what made the hemp Hills feel for the nearest chair not Only is Jesse coming Home but he a also bringing a wife and two children Quot in be been saving it As a Surprise Quot he wrote his stunned parents House agrees Cannon popped Taber in snoot Washington june 1 ans a the House o f representatives received a Wordy blow by blow description of the. One punch bout staged by reps. Clarence Cannon do and John Taber . In the House appropriations committee office. They agreed on Only one Point Cannon 66, popped Taber 65, in the Mouth during an argument after Taber made a speech de you no the House action in voting itch member an annual 2,500 Dollar expense account. Taber did no to return cannons  meat supplies Cut Washington june i Ansi civilian meat supplies will be slightly less in june than in May the opa announced Price administrator Chester Bowles estimated retail meat supplies in june would be about 13 million pounds less each week than during May. Meanwhile Hopes for More civilian shoes and clothing this year dimmed with announcement by production chief j. A. Krug that military demands for the Pacific would run higher than last year. More food by Winter Krug said 50,000 workers were needed immediately for military requirements and another 100,000 would have to be recruited Uter to fill both civilian and military demands. Food officials predicted Outback in War production and reconversion might ease the Strain on the country a food Supply by the end of the  Given. Art collection Athens a. June 1 ans a Alfred h Holbrook 70-year-old new York lawyer who enrolled at the University of Georgia in january Quot to learn something about Art Quot has donated to the University a collection of american paintings valued at More than 115,000 dollars. A Capitol pick up