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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Monday. Ziy 2, 1945the stars and strikes tankers How s this tractor this Model of a postwar farm tractor should Appeal to tankers planning to Hoad Back to Tho farm. Tho clo Trao has the track laying ability off a military half track maker claim. Tho Ock Moss Bawd and Bogie wheels Wilt to a familiar touch to yanks who rods a Sherman or a Pershing. From the Pacific where Japan fears an invasion from the South comes a Nice Story. Gis with less than the critical scores Are deliberately protecting the 85-and-overs at the risk of their own lives so that the Point Happy Guys will return in one piece. Papers from coast to coast have comment news from Home Brooklyn no bees claim for a lord Haw Haw a a a. A a v it a by Phil Bucknell stars and stripes us. Bureau new Tore july la last week was one in which Brooklyn did t claim something William Joyce Quot lord Haw Haw who stated he is a native of Manhattan a Colony across the River. There were claims which if True and people seem to think they Are will mean postwar Hopes for peace and chances of Security. Chief members of the delegation to the san Francisco conference Connolly and Vandeberg have urged ratification of the charter in the Senate and the president has asked that we should be the first to express our approval. The terms of Truman a letter accepting Stettinius resignation left no doubt that his future position As Hoad off american representation at Tho United nations organization is one off Primo importance. Pacific gis protecting 85-pointers in Washington the fair employment practices committee seemed hell Ben for a funeral As sen. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo a mias proposed to filibuster it into oblivion. The Fec was designed to police Industry against racial and religious discrimination but deliberate scheme to integrate the Bilbo thinks it is Quot a smooth and negro race with the White and 1 de editorially on this using it to Foster inter marriage and inter j draw morals for civilians mostly Breeding urging them to buy War Bonds. If Oom is to be know High by july 4th in Iowa it looks like  have to hire midgets for Tho demonstration. This week s weather has been pretty Good for growing Corn but up till then Farmers say Lihty had Only two and a half Days off what it takes to get the porn Belt shimmering with Gold. Slick Chicks milk fed Pooch a everyone else in the 86th div. Was looking Forward to a Nice cold a Glass of Beer when troops of that division docked at new York. But not Chick who is strictly a Teet Taler Chick pfc Lonnie of Avoult a pet dog settled for some cold milk. Davoult and his dog will spend a furlough in Purcell okla., but Chick probably will have to stay in the 8tates when his master Heads for the Pacific with the 86th. After three years in t k a army or. John c. Vales rear returned to Kalamazoo Mich on leave to find his House had been stripped of its a a f urls Kings. Teet Taler a Chick Quot neighbors fold him that seme men had arrived with a moving Van in May but thought it was on the doctors instructions. In an unused Limestone mine on the Banks of the Missouri South of Atchison kan., a vast underground Quot icebox was opened. It at amp to planning 13-City Mobile phone system new York july 1 cans a the american Telephone and Telegraph company plans to install radio Telephone exchanges and Mobile Telephone systems in 13 cities whereby persons travelling by Auto could talk direct to their Homes offices or other Points. The company has applied to the Federal communications commission for authority to set up such a system in new York Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Columbus Denver Houston Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh so Louis Salt Lake City and Washington. Other cities Are expected to be added later the company said. Under the plan portable radio equipment similar to the military Walkie talkie could be installed in automobiles trucks buses and taxicabs Call numbers required this is the Way the plan would work a Driver of a car would have a Telephone number or Call number for receiving or sending messages. In a two Way communication he would use a regular Handset Telephone on which he would push a Button when he wished to Send or talk. A Mobile set ordinarily would be set up for receiving. It was expected that Drivers would have to obtain radio operators licenses to comply with Federal Laws. However it was indicated tests would not be required and such licenses probably would be made available at Post offices. 4/000 furloughed gis to work on railroads Washington july 1 cans a four thousand soldiers will be furloughed for work on american railroads where they Are urgently needed Quot to prevent a breakdown of rail transportation during redeployment of troops to Pacific ports the War department announced yesterday. The soldiers who will be furloughed for thirty Day periods were experienced railroaders in civilian life. They will work As brakeman. A a locomotive firemen boilermakers electricians note to sgt Perry Estelle had a boy stars and stripes . Bureau new York. July 1�?to sgt James a. Perry of Brooklyn you re getting More than your share of birth announcement space but the new York daily Mirror which relays news of births to servicemen has asked us to Tell you that your Transfer from the 76th div made it impossible to give you this message from Estelle Quot baby arrived Safe and sound june 16. I tried to hold out until fathers Day but it was no go.  the couples second boy the baby is named Richard Gary. Car repairmen me Chamos machinists and helpers. = leche gains jail release Texarkana Tex july 1 Ansis Warden Albert Mcdonald military sets a spas members Washington july 1 an3 a president Truman by executive order has placed the 3.000 commissioned personnel of the United states Public health service into the military forces for the duration. The service has no enlisted personnel its commissioned officers include physicians dentists sanitary engineers pharmacists Etc. Or. Truman a order gave them the same status benefits and obligations As members of the other branches of the military. The order does not Transfer the administration of the Public health service itself to the army or Navy. Gotham Street named for for new York july 1 Ansis East River drive became Quot Franklin d. Roosevelt drive following an ll-to-5 vote by the City Council. An objection was raised on the grounds that a More fitting memorial be provided. The Resolution goes to mayor Laguardia whose approval is necessary. Name legion Post Franklin Delano Roosevelt Post 1284 of the american legion has received a charter and installed officers. The roster of the new Post first to Bear the name of the late president contains 200 men some of whom Are veterans of this War. Announced that Richard w. Leche former governor of Louisiana has been released from Federal prison on parole. Mcdonald said be released leche on telegraphic instructions from Washington. Leche served three and a half years of a ten year mail fraud term in Texarkana Penitentiary. A political Follower of the late Huey Long leche resigned at the outbreak of a Federal investigation into Louisiana political scandals. He was convicted in connection with a 31.000-Dollar profit from truck purchases by the state Highway department 7th Bond sales break All Marks Washington july 1 cans a the seventh War loan broke All previous records for Bond drives As total sales reached 21,000,639.000 dollars. The quota was 14 billions. The previous High Mark was 21,-000.621.000 dollars in the sixth War loan last Winter. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau jr., announcing the achievement said it was a Quot vote of Confidence in our fighting  woman shot mysteriously Cheektowaga n. A a a july 1 ans a mrs. Alice e. Ifa Efner leaned Over her mothers grave in mount cavalry cemetery to arrange some Flowers she Felt a Sharp pain in her Back and fell to the ground. Police Are seeking an explanation of a 22 Cal. Bullet which surgeons removed from her spine. Under Secretary of War Robert p. Patterson said the we took the step with Quot extreme Riuo Tance and Only because we Are convinced there is no other Way to maintain the speedy flow of traffic essential to redeployment of our  he said furlough ing troops to fill civilian f Patterow jobs was Quot not an efficient Way to fight a War Quot and that the army had hoped the need of releasing soldiers to the Industry had been eliminated by War Plant cutbacks and army discharges after Victory in Europe. Patterson pointed out that similar furloughs previously granted for work in War plants had been terminated. Men furloughed will be at least 26 years old and preferably 30. Patterson appealed to civilians Able to do so to work for railroads especially those West of Chicago which have been hardest hit Chicago s poor got his Money Chicago july 1 ans a Celestino Chiesa 75, retired rapid transit company employee who died in a Charity Ward. Met 2504106 dollars for Charity. A Rusty key in a 20-Cenl-a-Day room led to a safety Deposit vault where 250p00 dollars in Cash and Bonds was discovered with a will written in 1924. His brother and sister named As principal beneficiaries. Have since died. Thus the Money goes to Chicago poor. Fewer jobless seen by August Washington. July i cans a it a. July i can unemployed in the number of if employed in the United states by August will be Quot substantially less Quot than the 2.000.000 originally predicted the War manpower commission Esto mated. The commission said the continued High employment resulted from failure of anticipated cutbacks in munitions to materialise. Paul Mcnutt commission chairman predicted that unemployment will total 1,300,000 in december and 1,800.000 by next june. He said it would total More than 2.000.000 at period intervals during the next few years. Has 8,000,000 cubic feet of refrigerated space but As yet nobody knows who is going to store food there. It was started As a government emergency project. Union county Kentucky heard last week that Canadian volunteers for the pacific�?6th  we a train at Camp Breckinridge wearing Canadian uniforms but using american equipment from Breckinridge incident seme pos Are being transferred to a sub of atop near Owensboro to relieve the shortage of More from kaf11 tuck the 5-Foet Snake Quot net the Corn ilk Ker Quot variety coiled on the Dresser eff a patient in the Princeton Hospital Paducah was if you put it that Way the last Straw. There has bean a let of Oom plaints about the Hospital but with the arrival of a real Snake came the decision to close the 5-cent Cigar sought by opa Morgenthau would he next in Lino Lor pros Doncy in Davies county. Miami is indignant. The City still is smarting under the scorn poured on the vacation resort because of visitors lest Winter. M��?�1 is coming out swinging pointing to the fact that they have not advertised for two Yean whereas at this time when the adminis Rar Uon pleads with citizens not to travel Northern resorts Are telling folks they need a vacation to restore their Energy and telling them where to go. Perrine Palmer jr., Miami a new mayor puts it this Way Quot its Uve eld Story. Anything that happens in Miami is criticised All Over the country but when the same thing happen anywhere else nobody says a word. Of Well what s the  Tampa fla., july 1 ans a what this nation needs is a Good five cent Cigar the opa echoed As it filed treble damage suits totalling 1,800,000 dollars against u Tampa Cigar manufacturer. Enforcement attorney Joe Creel said that the manufacture of Low priced cigars was almost at a stand still because Many firms had abandoned compliance with ceilings big hearted owner Marlboro Masa july l ans a when she returned to the owner a Brief Case containing 225,-000 dollars in Cash and securities she found on the Street mrs William c. Nielson of Marlboro was Given a 16-Dollar Reward. Ii us i Kam j r a a Iii i up we Spir  Wii. The line forms i Washington july 1 ans i a Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau or. Would become president if anything happened to i president Truman before a new Secretary of state is sworn in. I i the presidential succession Law it establishes the order As vice presi Dent. Secretary of state and Secra tary of Treasury. Next in order with the vice presidential seat vacant of the Elevation of to Nissan to succeed or. Roosevelt and the Secretary ship of stale vacant by reason of Stettinius resignation Morgenthau is next in line. At president Truman a suggestion. Legislation has been filed to Transfer succession out of appointive into elective office with the speaker of the House and president of the Senate following the vice president in succession i that order  
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