Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               News from Home by Phil Bucknell stars and stripes us. Bureau 1jew York july ibo there has been Dia Claaton Here lately of the ii possibility of wives going to Europe to join husbands slated for Long occupation duty. Pew people suggest that such overseas reunions might take place for quite awhile but there Are Many who think they set come about eventually. Ray Tucker of the Mcclure Syndicate wrote although they May deny it puff Tooly High army officials Ara now perfecting a plan whereby wives children and Fiancee off soldiers due for lengthy assignment with ear occupation forces in Europe May he permitted to join them. Announcement and execution of this scheme simply Waits the the when the tra importation of feed and lodging Eon Ettiene a a. Will be suitable for women and  Tucker said the War department had received thousands of let ten from army wives insisting they be allowed to go abroad if their husbands Are to be kept there for an extended period. The problem is not considered very difficult Mav be Simitar Tucker said because the number of married 7 men a the occupation Force of approximately to prewar 460,000 is not expected to be Large. There will a a ii i plenty of space later on Europe bound ships. Foreign Doty. Once Over there reunited families could be a a a housed and fed under comparatively inexpensive Lanny sponsorship. Conditions Tucker added would be no different from those applicable to soldiers on prewar foreign duty in the Philippines the canal zone and China. Jilted by officer Jill writes a wanting a vet ails and other newly commissioned officers might be interested to a letter to the editor of the daily news. Signing herself Jack s Jill a girl wrote Quot Why is it that once a fallow is commissioned an officer to has no use for his prewar sweetheart who stuck with him through thick and thin during his months of hard study. What Aro these poor boys going to do when the War is Over and they Are no better than the next fee Trowt they will probably Soa if that old a woe theart is still around to fall Bank on. But bore s one Gal that won t be fooled  Washington. July 16 cans a mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt said today in a radio discussion of the san Francisco charter that Quot aware Ness on part of the individual of obligation in this great work is a thing that my husband Felt most important Quot mrs Roosevelt said to a radio talk that the late president Quot realised always that the War had to be won before any peace could really be set up in the  other speakers were mrs. Wendell l. Wilde widow of the 1940 rep Bohoan presidential candidate and mrs. Eleanor Mcadoo daughter of former president Woodrow w. Wilson. Mrs. Roosevelt said her husband believed it necessary to have the charter Quot accepted while the War was still going on and the United nations were fighting together to win the  its. Willkie said Quot Wendell will Kie s greatest idea was that the us should Lead the world As a moral Foroe. The spirit which brought men together at san Francisco is the same spirit for which he  mrs. Mcadoo said her father was a supreme realist and added Quot he saw clearly that no league of nations would possibly succeed unless the american people understood the need for it and consented to join  Washington july 16 ans a a Senate subcommittee last night recommended that the War labor Board be authorized to increase wages to a 66-cent an hour minimum to Correct substandard living conditions. The present web Selling is 65 cents. At the same time a to executive Board member predicted that a Bill would be introduced to Congress this week to Amend the wage hour Law to require All employers to pay 66 cent hourly minimums and go to 75 cents to two years. The present Federal statue minimum is 46 cents an hour. The subcommittee said it would recommend that Low paid railway workers under the National mediation Board Benefit by the proposed congressional action. Washington july 16 cams a Senate investigators will ask the War department to explain Why it went ahead with the ventral american Section of a he uncompleted pan american Highway when Amy officials Quot knew they could t get  forty two million dollars was spent on the Road before work was stopped to oct 1943. A Senate War investigation committee source said documents would be produced to show that top army officials admitted before the project was begun that delivery of  Mayo Riyeff Over railroads would be slow and expensive. It Gen. Eugene Reybold chief of army engineers has testified that the army paid three times the estimated expense chiefly because workmen idled while waiting for supplies. The Highway is finished Between Laredo ito and Mexico City but to Tiv guatemalan bonier1 >rt/1 construe Tiomi of that Section will be slow because of rugged  Freedom Parley asked a be tiers on ships passing Maryland shorn can Seo a Light in mrs. Fanny Salters window. For u years she has kept the Light burning. Mrs. Salters is Lighthouse keeper at Turkey feint  Only woman in the . Holding such a Fob. For s3 years she assists Ihor for 43 years she s Kepi tile gleam kept the Chesapeake Bay Beacon. When he med president cloudge appointed her permanent keeper thieves in Chicago made off with enough War scarce items to set 1 up a Small store specializing in merchandise hard to get. Mabel a Haisl Elgh met a Man in a tavern who accompanied her Home. While she was asleep he carted away her vacuum cleaner radio camera Cigar it lighter two electric clocks a Blanket two watches jewelry 300 pennies and her Boston terrier. Burglars who broke into a Chicago store departed with ten cases of liquor 33 radios 316 cameras 69 flatirons Iso flashlights 46 cig Aret lighters and five wrist watches. Here s that subject again but this time the authority for stating that a lot of gals in jobs now want to hang on to them is none less than the department of labor. Hie women s Bureau of the department concludes that women do not want to exclude veterans from jobs but they also want consideration. Washington july 16 ans a an International economic conference to consider Quot practical Steps Quot to achieve Freedom of International Trade was suggested yesterday by four Republican senators. Until such a meeting is held they said consideration of the Bret ton Woods agreements on an International monetary fund and an International Bank should be deferred. The four senators Robert a. Taft Ohio Eugene d. Milkin col Hugh Butler Nebr and John Thomas Idaho outlined their views in a minority report As members of the Senate banking committee. They voted in committee again legislation for . Participation in the 9,106,000,000 dollars International Bank and the 6900,000,000 dollars monetary fund already passed by the House. Stores to sell penicillin soon Rorers end court study Washington july 16 ams a the House judiciary subcommittee considering whether to recommend impeachment of former Federal judge Albert Johnson completed its investigation after the resigned Jurist renounced his right to All retirement benefits including a 16.000 Dollar annual pension. B the subcommittee has been investigating the official conduct of the us District court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for nearly a year. Included to the inquiry was Johnson oops gun judge Albert Watson but Watson s name was not brought into the Public hearings last week. Check planned on subversion Washington july 16 ams a the boast committee on in Amer Toan activities will Tond an investigator to to Pacific leftist to Check on reported subversive activities. Committee chairman John 8. Wood a Oak said Quot we will await wont from oar Man and if he it Kotiw further notion to needed we will take it. Meanwhile we Aren t going to get All excited about these reports until we know there to inf it for them. Chicago july 16 ans a penicillin will be released for Sale across drugstore counters next month says sir Alexander Fleming the drug s discoverer. The British scientist urged Quot sound regulations on the drug s Sale saying there would be Quot great danger Quot if the Public took penicillin Quot without proper precautions or instructions on what it will  a a. Happily Ever after Hopkins to july 16 ans a Edward o. Wolf Era 96, who with his 69-year-old wife will celebrate his 75th wedding anniversary tomorrow has this formula for a Long and successful marriage Quot no tobacco do liquor mos woman and a Small  Washington july 16 ans a the Navy will discharge upon application Waves who Are married to disabled servicemen. Those married to Able bodied veterans who have been discharged will be released Only after they have served one year of Active duty. Treasury shift being rushed Washington july 16 ans a president Truman is speeding up replacement of Henry Morgenthau As Secretary of the Treasury the White House said. The accelerated action taken at Morgenthau a request will result in immediate transmission to the Senate of War Mobilizer Fred m. Vinson s nomination for Morgen Thau s Post Corbin ky., july 16 and a town Folk have launched a Campaign to furnish a sgt. Frederick Hensel a Chicken farm when he is discharged from Percy Jones Hospital at Battle Creek Mich. Sgt. Hensel who lost both arms and both legs in the Okinawa Campaign wants to operate the farm when he is Able to come Home. The Corbin daily Tribune and sunday times Are spearheading the Campaign to raise funds. Mayor Bert Rowland Heads a committee representing civic organizations in Louisville ky., the sports department of the courier journal also has joined the Campaign. At ramp Nofort ky., collection has been started on a voluntary basis and a Center for receiving contributions is set up in the Kentucky Highway patrol office old destroyer in crash Boston july 16 ans a one of the 50 destroyers turned Over to the British Early in the War was beached and partly submerged off Sako Nett Point r.i., after a collision with a Tanker first naval i District Headquarters reported. Heavy Rains undermine this Street in Sioux City Iowa and dropped Dean Mcclary a automobile into deep Hole. Mcclary foreground helped wife and two sons out than a front window then Timbo out to Freedom. 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