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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Mow Day we 4, 1945 the stars and strikes Dixie rent year War Bat same headlines army to Cive teen agers 6 month Basic and soil look on. Philadelphia port officials revealed that one year ago the port was endangered by a blazing ammunition ship in the Harbor. The report praises coast guardsmen who fought flames for hours. Some hurrying to the Blaze were knocked Down by longshoremen fleeing the ship. It looks like when you get Back you wont be wearing pyjamas for a while. Official figures by manufacturers shows that output of nightwear and nightshirts has declined by 37 percent. Incidental information Gallup n.m., has decided to hold a three Day in ter tribal Indian ceremony the first since the Start of the War buffaloes mayor Joseph j. Kelly is polishing up on Royal etiquette under the Tutelage of the state department airlines opened service from new York to the Pacific Northwest coast three planes daily to Seattle 17 hours and one to Minneapolis six and. A half . Comfort a Hospital ship battered by Jap suicide planes off Okinawa arrived a Wilmington del., where it has been put on show. New York City is Selling its air raid sirens 3.500 dollars for the master Siren  driven with 140 he. Heavily armed Deputy sheriffs in Phoenix arix., stalked unsuccessfully what had been described As a Gorilla and when they returned they were asked if they had seen a 15-Pound Monkey that had gotten away from the zoo. 3-Day pow wow on Gallup Indian Datebook court martial curb proposed by  War souvenir flood news from Home by Phil Bucknell stars and stripes , Bureau new York june 3�?in America this was a week in which newspaper headlines reminded Veteran Etters of the year before the Normandy invasion a Tokyo again blasted,1 a a Yoka homa isolated by raid a Quot Osaka  and reports of bloody desperate fighting read like stories from Saint to Cassino Hurtgen Forest and the ardennes. And president Truman rounded out the week by calling on the nation for a Gigantic Effort to win the War against Japan and added that the Force in the Pacific would be doubled. The president on Friday also did what gis Here had to do acknowledge june 1 by donning summer suits. But in the capital he was probably warmer than shivering soldiers in sultans in new York who were whipped by High Rains and an All time Low record Tempe Roturie for the Day. In Washington this week it was announced that the army had put into effect a congressional mandate requiring soldiers under 19 years to have a minimum of six months training before going into combat. And this weeks Colliers published two articles on conscription in peacetime. Assistant War Secretary John j. Mack  warned that any future aggressor will attack the . First because of its decisive role in the last two wars. On the other Side of the Fence is president Robert a. Hutchins of the University of Chicago who maintains in the second article that Quot there is no evidence that conscription protects countries from sudden attack As witness France and Poland in this War. There is not even any evidence that conscription has won every time out in a general War. France with it has won seven and lost  this weeks Quot billboard Quot chiding some Chicago nit eries for Penny pinching warned that Quot unless Loop cocktail lounge Ops Start to Peel dough off their bankrolls for  combo Talent  lounge centers such As North sides Lawrence Broadway Region and South Side s 63rdcottage. Grove Region threaten to dump Randolph Street and adjacent Loop bistros into secondary rating among local  Here Are the weeks top tunes sentimental journey Candy my dreams Are getting better All the time Laura dream in a beginning to see the Light and i should care. In Baltimore this week Dairy Farmers of Maryland Virginia Southern new Jersey Pennsylvania and District of Columbia Dawidod to join with the american Dairy Aseo in campaigning to keep up milk consumption to wartime Levels which is about is a my Mil pounds above prewar Levels. Here s a Rich Fisk Story within a month after Selling his House for Abo dollars to buy a two boat fishing Rig e. W. Cox of Manteo n. C., ran into Luck to the extent of netting a school of croakers and 4,400 dollars. Commercial fishing was poor at Manteo this year and Cox found a ready Market. Washington june 3 ans a rep. Paul j. Kilday a Texas said last night that military Justice has fallen into ill repute and he would attempt to curb army court martial Powers under the proposed peace time Universal training Kilday member of the House military affairs cd Ommittee said Public Confidence in the Justice of court martial proceedings had fallen As the result of reversal of certain recent court martial sentences. F a recent Case involved pvt. Joseph Mcgee of Worcester mass., who was sentenced to two years hard labor for striking nazi War prisoners. Mcgee was restored to duty on orders of undersecretary of War Robert p. Patterson after House democratic Leader John w. Mccormack a mass demanded investigation and made Public the court martial proceedings Kilday a proposal would be in the form of an amendment to any Bill offered on Universal training he said and probably would provide that major offences committed by soldiers be referred to civil courts. The military he added could handle minor  jailed for striking Pittsburgh june 3 ans a a a Coal Miner was Given a six month jail sentence yesterday for participating in a strike last month. Federal judge f. P. Schoon maker ruled that William Patterson 40, of Daisytown pa., violated the probation imposed on him and 29 others when they pleaded no contest aug. 30, 1943, to a charge of striking in violation of the Smith Connally act. Patterson a was the first jail term Given under the Law. Army takas Over Mill Greensboro ga., june 3 ans a the army took Over the Mary Leila Cotton Mills inc. Yesterday under presidential order. A War department spokesman said the 300 workers who left their jobs eight weeks ago would return tuesday. The Mill manufactures Cotton sheeting used in fire bomb  tops Bond Sale race Washington june 3 ans a Milwaukee still holds the Lead in the six City individual purchases contest of the seventh War loan drive the Treasury announced. Milwaukee citizens have bought 13.723,365 dollars Worth of Bonds 46.4 percent of their quota. Other cities in the order of standing Are Pittsburgh Washington Brooklyn St. Louis and san  Bandit kills himself fort Lauderdale Fla. June 3 ans a a Youthful armed thief snatched 20,000-dollars Worth of diamonds from a jewelry shop yesterday fled through tie crowded shopping District and then committed suicide when cornered on the third floor of a hotel Here police said. The jewels were recovered from the pockets of the youth whose identity was not known. I Joe has been sending Home a wide variety of overseas this baggage lands at the Brooklyn army base where a rigid inspection is made. Souvenirs include precious stones Poison darts opium pipes stuffed seals live canaries and ail types of military equipment. It Frank b. Tierney is examining a shipment from India. Deserter stripped of All his Glamor Wheeling w. Va., june 3 ans a Navy deserter Raymond Clark shorn of his Long glamorous blonde locks sat dejectedly behind bars awaiting removal by the Shore patrol. He was arrested by police and Fri officials when perfectly disguised As a woman he gave himself tip at his Home near which he had hidden since he deserted from the naval an Phinious training station at Little Creek va., last  traced to my linguist new York june 3 ans a a 43-year-old italian american wanted in connection with an underworld slaying unsolved for 11 years was surrendered yesterday to police by army authorities after his return from Italy. He was an am interpreter. He is Vito Genovese one of six men implicated in the 1934 Brooklyn slaying of Ferdinand the Shadow Boccia District attorney William of Dwyer said Genovese would be arranged on a murder charge. Of Lucas appointment Cleveland june 3 ans a Guy r. Lucas has been confirmed by the Senate As Cleveland a new  displays first new  Detroit june 3 ans a the first postwar Ford passenger car a hand built 1946 Model is out. The Ford motor co. Said yesterday that the one face lifted car anticipated Assembly line production by about 60 Days but reiterated that the average Motorist still will have to wait almost two years before he can buy a new Auto. Ford expects a quota of approximately 40,000 cars for its 1945 production under the War production boards 200,000, National limitation. The Model on display now is a regular Ford with Many improve ments in design and engine features. A spokesman said Quot there Are really More improvements in this Model Over 1942 cars than in the Many annual alterations during the years before the  Kaiser seeking car plane of Oakland calif., june 3 Ansi a shipbuilder Henry j. Kaiser has models of a new lightweight car and four types of air planes but government delays in giving the go ahead to postwar Industry have blocked his immediate plans for entering new Industrial Fields he announced Here. Ace plans career in army Oil a City pa., june 3�?thunderbolt Acell col. Francis s. Gabreski returned Home yesterday after ten months in a German prison Camp and announced that he was going to be married go to the Pacific and stay in the army for a Long time. Home on a 60-Day leave he will remain Here until two or three Days before june 11. When he is to marry miss Kay Cochrance his College sweetheart at Prairie Duchien wis. Asked about later plans the 20-year-old flier said Quot it looks like ill stay in the army for a Long time. I intend to be a regular army  Gabreski. With 26, planes to his credit was an Eto Squadron Leader. He was forced Down in German territory and taken prisoner july 28. 1944. It. Cal. Francis Gabreski wedding Bells. Then to Pacific  
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