Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Monday july 23, 1945thk stars and stripes Pago s Kewi from Home freight toll slashed Cain seen already. Monesm i a Quot _ a a. I a a. -4mobile  Southern governors said the recent interstate Commerce commission order for freight Rote equalization reduction of Southern freight Retes already was beginning to show beneficial Elf cts in Industrial development of the area. The governors came from the Carolines Alabama Florida Louisiana and Oklahoma. Powder Plant blast Bamboo wit. Four Ploren off the Badger Ord Tranos wort a a re mile in an explosion White partially enter oreo the a turf suing Thoutt of the Plant cat tanks explode Peck Mich four Lares storage tanks containing 41000  Iona off gasoline kerosene Ami fuel Oil exploded and burned while an Del truck Driver was attempting Wamah Makwa amass Leaf to Load his tank it the Peck Oil and rocket Ponder. The. Desdin iffy u. Ton Tram the. By fast and to win full a Mark a mfr. A Milting lira was estimated at elms run a off it an Williaim 50,900 dollars. Milty 40. 00 secret document Case hardly serious new Yonks a sheaf of Quot secret War documents Quot in the Possession of a female psychopathic patient at Bee Otto Hospital turned out to be a collection of worthless papers including Carbon copies of government press releases this was discovered after tj.8. Attorney Stuart Krinsley had obtained a court order directing the superintendent of Bellevue to return the documents to the office of strategic services from which they originally had been taken by the patient Anna Hutchison 95, former confidential stenographer. A a new York no one is going of dispute the decision of judges who named 11 year old Frances Scully of 4 42 Richmond Terrace Staten Island a Queen of freckles in the tenth annual freckles contest held at the children said society ave. B. Playground. It really was no contest the judges decided after taking a look at Frances. Alvin Schultheis also ii of 140 first ave., waa named King. All those freckles apparently done to bother Frances a bit. She a Happy about the whole thing. A a s beetles in Iowa Ames Iowa mexican Bot loft Oro on the Mote in logo for Tho first time Tho state  previously prevalent lit Ano Rocky Mountain a to too to Bootle resembles o Lody Bug. Logo to were Wood to to on Tho Lookout for them. Walkord a lesson l08 Angeles hots Oft o business trip Debonair James j. Jimmy Welker mayor of now York during the 00% denied re Porto to might enter Tho Gotham mayoralty Raee. Quot i had i years off it he said. The meet valuable thing i loomed was to stay out of it razor maker but not Lawn motors Stamford Conn a five Hundred workers at the Schick electric Shaver Plant Are on strike in protest against alleged use of Plant workers to mow lawns end trim Hedges at the Homes of company executives 13 Brothers now in service Camp Robinson ark., july 21 ans a pvt. Fred bums of Flint mice a trainee in the infantry replacement training Center Here la one off if Brothers in the armed. Forcee a record for one family so far As the Public relations office can determine. Burna in t at All superstitious at being number 13. Before entering the army the husky private served ten months with the maritime service in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. Of the 13 Brothers sons of mrs. John a. Davers. Of Flint six others Are in the army four Are in the marines and two in the Navy. Ernie needs Good Sente of humor Fri Hobby in Hospital new York july 22 ans a mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby who resigned last week As Wao director is ill in doctors Hospital. The nature of her illness was not disclosed kansans plan Abilene shrine to Eisenhower Abilene kan., july 23mans a prou4�kansahe from ail Over the Natum yesterday launched an Eisenhower memorial foundation movement designed eventually to erect Here one of the principal shrines of world was it honouring Gen Eisenhower. An integral part of the foundations memorial will be the Eisenhower Home where Ike and his five Brothers tilled adjacent acres for pin Money when they were schoolboys. The Home is still occupied by the general a 93-year-old Mother mrs. Ida Eisenhower who will live there for the remainder of her life it with then go As a gift of her sons to the foundation. Museum gets is Sntos a petition for a state charter for Quot the National foundation to Honor Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower and the u.8. Armed forces was filed yesterday at Topeka. Sponsors reported that Gen. Eisenhower had promised to give the foundation a his War souvenirs for a museum Here. Plans Are for a War memorial museum meeting place for veterans and a Small auditorium. The Eisenhower Home will be to opted As it stands including furniture used by the family for More than 50 years. Abilene Bankers merchants and Farmers in Gen. Ike s own Home town started thinking about a proper memorial for their hero months ago. At the beginning it was suggested that a Hospital for veterans be erected the tuft but that was Latex discarded. Filing of the charter today followed by a month the general a victorious Homecoming in june. Local surplu8 sales sought Washington july Al ans a the government s huge Stock of War surpluses should be sold under policies that would encourage local Enterprise and promote fun employment says w. Stuart Symington new chairman of the surplus property Board he said it definitely would be desirable to sell surplus plants and facilities at lower prices to locally owned business than at higher prices to monopolies. Of we do hoi promote local Independent business we will end up with a few great companies and that would be most unfortunate for the economy/1 lie said. _ Symington was noncommittal on president Truman a recommendation that Congress replace the three Man Board with a single administrator. War Bird a into storage the Willow nun bomber Plant near Detroit is out off business As a manufacturing Een Eam but two thousand employ a have been retained to put heavy bombers in storage against posse to future us factory one employed tax Relief passes House beams rest Washington july 23 ans a Congress yesterday passed Tho Small business a cutbacks lift jobless figure be 5,000,700,000-Dollar tax Relief Bill designed to help cumulate a Cash Reserve for Post War operations. The House agreed to a Senate amendment and sent the Bill to the White House and then took off for its longest vacation since 1338. Barring emergencies representatives will return to work oct i. A provision which would have Given special treatment Toreiv Gani eed railroads was dropped from the tax Bill in its final form. Rep. Clifton a. Woodrum a chairman of the House committee on postwar planning said do scum Sions on the proposal merger of the War and Navy departments May be opened when Congress reconvened. Quot we have been asked by the military not to stir the matter up until the War is further along a he said Quot but is intend to look into the matter. _ reports in Washington Are that the Navy exerted Strong pressure to have the May 1944, hearings halted citing prosecution of the War As controlling Factor. However a special army Navy committee. White Plains n.y., july 3ft ans a entries from the police blotter 1 59  in fight Ernest Jenkins 21. During course of an argument. His wife Ruby struck her husband Over Eye with piece of Wood. Couple then walked to White Plains Hospital where he received three stitches. No complaint. 3 15  in fight Ernest Jenkins. 31. Treated at White Plains Hospital for laceration of right forearm requiring eight stitches. Wounds inflicted by his wife Ruby with milk bottle. No complaint. 268-Rmt�r want my Berwick pa., july a ah8 a Harry Drumheller wounded three times while a gunner on a flying fortress and discharged with 368 Point has joined the merchant Marine with a request Lor Servos in the Paounc. Washington july s3 ans a cutbacks in War production since be Day will lift the nations unemployment total to 2,008.999 by aug. 1, an increase of 1900,090 Over june 1 figures the War manpower commission forecast today. Who is not worried however. It expects most of the jobless to be absorbed in reconversion produce Tion from August until nov. I. Unemployment is not evenly spread. Areas like Portland me. Evansville. Ind. Jacksonville. A. Detroit Houston Tex. And Fresno calif., have a surplus of manpower but other cities such As new Bedford mass. Baltimore Akron Mobile Ala and Portland ore., have a shortage. Thousands have been Laid off in aircraft ordnance and other Planta in Detroit. Grand rapid Muskegon and Pontiac Mich., and Lima Toledo and Mansfield Ohio cutbacks in shipbuilding rubber aircraft and ordnance Planta also have caused unemployment priest group buys planes a i amv1um,i1l, july ams a a group of flirt to roman Catholic Miest Leafy or Tanta who Call mum oct the we hic of mercy purchased u open cockpit army training planes at surplus property Sale sponsored by the government. A the fathers. Who operate St. Henry a College Here Stafl to Fly the trainers in Hawaii and other Pacific islands China Africa and South America after the War. Named by the joint chiefs of Matt interviewed Field Colleti Audett and May Repon soon. Error found in a ride li8t Washington july 33 ans a opt. Henry Clovis Ooi lint of Nat Orfield Ala woo removed yesterday from a hat of army men whose backgrounds have been described by a House Tail Italy committee As Quot reflecting Detroit men in Idee pants it mint so City fathers say Detroit july 33 ans a it just could t happen in Detroit it just could t. And if it could a who was going to show the evidence Niles to remain As Truman Aid Cobina Mother again Hollywood july 22 ans a Cobina Wright jr., former actress and socialite yesterday gave birth to her second child a seven Pound boy Washington july 22 ans a David k. Niles of Boston one of the late president Roosevelt a six assistants with a Quot passion for Ano Nimitz Quot has agreed to remain at the White House As an administrative assistant to president Truman. That was the attitude i Titis Michigan stronghold of manhood today when City fathers Learned of a charge that male Detroi ters i were wearing women a lass  us a a vow the allegation was Mads by a Detroit wholesale dry goods firm in a letter to 0j9. Sen. Homer Ferguson a Mich citing a severs textile shortage in the City. Mayor Edward a Jeffries and several Council men could t believe the charge and councilman Harry 0. Sweeney even offered to doff modesty and his pants for the Muse and prove it Wasny to so. But department store buyers weren t so sure. No they did t have any proof but As one of them said every now and then a woman insists on the plainest knitted White underpants we have and in a Sise that would t fit. He Ralph Burton the Etna to tiers chief counsel who authorised the list old Collins name was confused with that of a former panel member of the National action conference foe civil rights. Rep. Adolph j. Sabath Dell later accused rep. John 1. Rankin 0-Mlss. Of taking Quot every Chance and Opportunity he can grab to put into the record statements that unfortunately seem to follow the policy and program of Hitler and  Skyway to Boom Reno divorces Reno nev., july 22 ans a charter plane express service from new York to Reno will begin in August to ease travel hardships fee the divorce capitals clientele. The service will charge 400 dollars for a one Way ticket and 750 dollars for a round trip. One twin engined six passenger plane has been purchased and two More larger Craft Are expected in the near future. Early or. Engaged Atlanta ga., july 22 Ansis Arta Marvin Folwell of Atlanta and 1-lt Steve Early jr., son of the late Franklin d. Roosevelt a press Secretary Are engaged. The wedding will take place after Early is released from the army and completes two remaining years of College