Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               By Phil Bucknell stars and stripes us. Bureau new York n.y., july 11�?the Long queues in new York these Days i Are not Chow lines they re not even smoke hungry civilians but folks who want to know what s new with Walter Lippmann Arthur Krock til Aimer Dick Tracy and orphan Annie. It All happened when newspaper deliverers went on strike affecting More than 13,000,000 newspaper readers. Outside the windows of the stars and stripes new York Bureau there was a line 1? blocks Long waiting not for the stars and stripes of course but for the daily Newa published across the Street. West 43rd Street Between seventh and eighth avenues was packed an hour before the times rolled off the presses clutching three cents in their hands. It an inquiry a to the number whichever Way you took at it of Poplos being som Over the that s an awful lot of Puoplo counter revel led the following waiting in hot and humid Tho times which has a Normal weather and it memo to say a Fly Quot initiation of tint Leith something to these who Prophet 300,000 on sundays reported it sized that broadcasting wot rid Bolo soiling on Tho spot�?00,000 Tho and of Nowa pipers. Aro you doily and 100,000 on sunday. Listening radio broadcasters. You said if brother you said it it May not be according to regulations but hats off to sex Marine Robert Barnes of grand rapids mich., who lost a leg fighting the japs. The Marine corps finance division wrote Barnes saying he had been overpaid 133 dollars. He replied philosophically Quot Don t try and kid me. There s no such thing is amp an overpaid  a thief in Salt Lake City is trying to figure out whether it in t True that crime does t pay. After ransacking a downtown millinery store and snatching 22 Bucks he made a getaway but left 20 dollars of his own and a Fountain pen behind. Rough Deal. Rita Powers Clement 27, or then i told him if he did it again Rived in Les Angeles from do i would shoot him. Trout to marry Thomas Gibbons he picked up a revolver from Alum   Mimas be a be a Abiaad her boy Friend. But Gibbons is a. Handed ism u it to is Quot Rita thinking it was new Quot a we Ilia is in jail unloaded dressed it to i head _ 2_ m i  a a a a a a rep i Wii evade Lbw a a s War w ewer a own harm booked in Ampi Elen of men Pming the trigger. The first Slaughter. The oops say however time there was lust a Click on the she will be freed As they Are sure empty chamber but the second it was an  the couple wont off and killed Gibbons. As wore dressing in Gibbons room he Lay dying in the Hospital she soya and Quot he was teasing me he told the oops that be was get by biting me on my neck and ing smart and Quot shot  there a a Soldier in Minneapolis who la causing Park police a lot of trouble. He has a Canoe and to sail it he has rigged a sizeable sail his idea of fun is to sail to the Windward until the gunwales ship water. If he tips Over he thinks its fun he likes swimming too. But the Cope cant see anything funny about it because every time the Soldier pvt. Ronald Walter tips Over they get urgent Calls about a Man overboard. One Day they had to Send out Rescue squads three times. The oops Don t like that sort of thing in warm weather so they made a Deal with Walter to keep his swimming and boating separate. Like riddles try this one and there s the Soldier who strive at Oklahoma City and gave an at officer a geographic headache. Cpl. Raymond Riddle artillerymen had lust flown in from the Quot Mediterranean and the following conversation took place. Officer Quot where did you Home from Corporal Quot dough Quot prom Italy  officer Quot where Are you going dough Quot to Italy  officer Quot where Quot dough Quot just Italy the bewildered officer sighed deeply and tried again. Officer Quot what s your name Quot dough Quot Riddle sir Quot the Gertrude Stein double talk finally a snarled when Riddle patiently explained that he had just come from a place somewhere in Southern Europe known As Italy and that he was bound for his Home which anyone should have known was Italy Texas where his wife Annie Lou lives. Thus the Riddle was solved by Riddle. Daily newspaper offices cat big plays. Louis mayor is drawn into Glt a Romaneo veterans Job Freedom urged St. Louis. To. July 11 amex a belgian Mother whose to pc air old daughter is la levs with a St Louis Soldier has written the mayor of St. Louis Lor information about the boy s family. As a result of mayor a Gay a Kaufmann s investigation a mrs. . Baker was planning to write the girl s Mother assuring her that to but William m. Baker it Quot a Good  the mayor was drawn into the International love affair when he received a letter addressed Quot to the Burgermaster of town of Bint  it was signed by a Madame j. Olivier of Liege Belgium end explained that the sergeant had proposed marriage to her daughter. My a  Lagg iwo re Liivi to Mem Quakertown pm july 11 an9 a showing no favourites fire destroyed the West end fire company Here. A. The fire fighters saved the  studio denies seek no Jock Carson s draft deferment in answer to the stars and j stripes Story a Warner Bros Spok-1 Esman said that Quot bookings for entertainment Tours Are handled by. The Hollywood Victory committee a and Uso Gamp shows not by the a studios. We have made no Effort to seek draft deferment for Carson j or any other  Carson said that his essential a entertainer status became Unne Ces j sary when the draft age was upped to 30. T am 34 and was booked with Uso before the new ruling so Here i am Quot he said when interviewed in the Pacific. Hollywood july 11 ans a Warner Brothers studio denied seeking draft deferment for actor Jack Carson by sending him on an overseas entertainment tour. Carson told the Pacific edition of Hie stars and 8trlpes that the St Dio thought his present trip might get deferment for him when he was put in la. The paper quoted Carson As saying Warner Bros. Quot thought it might keep me out of the army if i made a tour and was declared an essential  155 new Homes Okte in mid car . May free French assets Chicago. July 11 an8>�?the Federal housing authority has announced authorisations for construction of 156 new Homes in live mid Westem states. They were 25 each in Columbia. Talbert Lea minn., and Owensboro ky., 15 in Worthington minn., 50 in Muncie ind. And 15 in Eather vile of a inn a Washington july 11 up it a Treasury and French officials Are reported holding preliminary talks with the View of releasing French assets totalling approximately 3300.000 dollars. Favourable action by the a presumably would pave the Way for increased Trade Between the . And France a free for All ensued at  a term bound Indiana a it of Pant at i my Whan Pio Sta cd tied with workmen attempting to Oross their line to go to work. At Tho height of Tho dist Urbanos police Sot off tsar Gas in an attempt to disperse Tho battlers. To Amway a to 12, 1945 the stars and stripes news from Homedew dealer strike bar Jit. It. Comic fans sweating it oat benefits Pun of president civilian meat Supply program is under Way