Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Tuesday july 24, 1945 the stars and stripes Pace s Smokie such manners digging into some Watermelon is Smokie pot Skunk belonging to 8gl Hay w. Moore. 8gl and mrs Moore pictured at their Home in Chicago adopted the Skunk when dogs killed his Mother. An army veterinarian made him socially acceptable. News from Home a a. . Chamber 2,695 to 4, a jul sets Fux Cut at War s Emma a Washington a the . Chamber of Commerce holding a Moil ballot instead of an annual convention voted 2,695 to 4 in favor of Federal tax reduction just As soon As the War permits. A a the continuance of our system of democracy and free Enterprise Quot said a statement announcing the vote Quot depends upon permitting taxpayers to retain sufficient income after taxes to Reward incentive and  the chamber also endorsed a proposal for regulation of labor unions. A War leaves two Oil to of five Woodland . Lillie Ingram 38, and her son by a former marriage Virgil Tilotson 19. Of the seventh army Are the Only survivors of a family of five that entered the armed services. Mrs. Ingram until recently was a wac now she operates a cafe. Amos Ingram her husband was killed at Okinawa while serving with the army and a son sgt l. O. Tillotson 20, died in the Chi theater. Sunday she was informed that her oldest son Stewart 22, was mining in the Atlantic after a Navy Blimp had gone  schools Lack teachers for thousands Washington july 23 up a thousands of closed classrooms with tens of thousands More overcrowded and manned by inadequate poorly paid teachers Are in Prospect for the nations Public schools next fall according to Benjamin w frasier teacher training specialist in the us. Office of education. Scattered preliminary reports indicate that despite cutbacks in Industry and demobilization from the. Armed services few More teachers will be on hand this fall than the 870,000 who worked last year. Of 6,000 vacant jobs last fall 3,200 were in the county or Rural schools where children of All Ages Are most Likely to be taught by a single teacher so a vacancy would mean no school at All. G 1.Quot 1�?o, Quot %. A p last year 138,000 teachers left their jobs and All but 51,600, who went to other teaching posts left the profession Frazier Laid. Hie turnover this fall might not be quite so High but Little substantial improvement can be hoped for in his opinion George Barbier Dies Hollywood film Dom has lost one of its Best known por trayers of bombastic businessmen 80-year-old George Barbier. Who died late last week at his Home educated for the ministry Barbier turned to the stage and appeared in More than 750 stage roles. He worked for All the major studios in Hollywood. Bible business booms Detho it Gideons International reporting distribution of More than nine million bibles and testaments to the armed forces since the Start of the War said service demands had reduced its distribution of Gideon bibles to hotels. The report was made to the Gideons International cabinets 46th annual meeting  hike cargo space Washington july 23 cans a a five fold increase Over the 104# level in cargo carrying capacity of Domestic airlines is planned for the immediate postwar period the air transport association said today. The estimate is predicated upon extra space carriers will have in 409 new passenger planes now on order or for which lines hold options and in 22 c47s which the air Force expects to release to airlines for cargo use about aug. 1. Mail express and excess baggage Load carried by airlines in 1944 was 202,018,796 pounds. Added planes the association declared will provide cargo space St Fri Cir it to handle about 995,922,619 pounds of cargo. Thu Olga at the close of 1944, airlines had 344 planes 272 of them in daily operation. Burpo order Man is Bee in web ear Washington july 23 an8 a tha War production Board has a Bug in its car in tha form of Walter its utter a Swarthmore a chemist who figured out a Way of making Dot powder in Hie own basement. Web officials said they did no to object to Steuber making it but to Bis Selling it in suburban Philadelphia drugstores a Only the military or important civilian experiments Are eligible to buy the stuff. Steuber was making the powder in Small quantities with ingredients obtainable at any drug stank top life Saver Washington july 23 ins a the insecticide Dot wartime Scourge of malaria carrying mosquitoes was hailed yesterday As a greater human life Saver than the wonder drug penicillin. The agriculture department related How its scientists developed Dot within one year under pressure of wartime needs. Scientists had been searching for 60 years for an effective Mosquito destroyer. Ready for Large scale use in july 1943, Dot was hailed As follows by Brig. Gen. James s. Simmons chief of the preventive Medicine service office of the surgeon general the discovery and Field application of Dot to the control of insects Boom diseases will opinion prove to be the on ing medical Advance made during the War. A a a v 1 it will exceed even penicillin in its ultimate usefulness in the preservation of health and the saving of hymn i lives. A the agriculture department said that 800 Gallons of Dot sprayed from an air plane could rid More than 500 acres of the malaria Mosquito. Senators hold . Too reliant on nazi science Washington july 23 cans a a Senate subcommittee on War mobilization warned today that the us. Has depended too much on Germany for scientific research and suggested legislation to expand research and development by private organizations and government in a report to the Senate military affairs committee the committee said that since science is decisive in both War and peace it must be provided for within the regular framework of the government. A in addition to philanthropy at Home we have depended in the past very heavily on Basic research done in Germany with the support of the. German government. Through the Cartel system we have also presumably relied on Germany for a great Deal of our applied research but those Days Are Over the report said because a it will be necessary to reduce German leadership in science and  the report urged that the government create a Central scientific Agency which would include a research Board for National defense. Medic s boots wife two of tors Tacoma  persons were wounded when Pic John de off after repeated attempts to effect a reconciliation with his estranged wife stormed into his Home and Hwd away with a 22 Caliper revolver. Decoff wounded his wife Lillian Daniel Thorpe and the Latiera wife Carmen. Afterwards Decoff a medical corpsman at Madl Gaa Gen. Hasp., commandeered a shipyard workers car. The latter ignoring Decoffe a revolver suddenly turned into fort Lewis a the car was passing the main Gate and maps took the Soldier into custody. Not so rare fish los Angeles a in Boston bar Bor historian Edward rows 8now caught g Quot hid Aotis 80-lb. Fish a the Mast Hor Ribis thing i Ever saw a with so Mush resemblance to part twist Sale Guise no of Tbs deep that 8now guessed it might have been common 20 million years ago. Zoology curator Howard Hill of los Angeles county museum dashing cold water said it was merely a Goose fish or Frog fish a a fairly common an Bath coasts of the North  building up Points Aurora Ulm pvt Gilbert Enget Hardt 34, of Camp Adair ors expects to be greeted by five orphanage youngsters when he returns Home. When Engelhardt entered the army two years ago his wife Olive 27, married nine years and childless Felt lonely in their 16-room House. Last february she brought Home from an orphanage four Brothers George 11, jimmies Freddie 7, and Bobbie it. Last month their sister Marilyn 10, joined them. The Engelhardt plan ito adopt them. Rodeo a to staid new England Hatfield mass meat hungry Massachusetts City folks Are having headaches trying to raise their own steaks. One Hundred fifty Western steers were brought into Hampshire county for pasturage and so far the natives have had More exercise than meat chasing them. One Loose steer caused an Impromptu Rodeo in which Amateur cowboys were routed and police came to the Rescue. The steer charged one Man whose gun jammed. To save his companion a second Man shot the steer three times and then had to club the animal with the gun butt before it could be  state Bonus snagged on Levy Boston july 23 ans a a Bill providing for the payment of a Bonus of 150 dollars to Massachusetts gis is expected to meet Strong opposition in the state Senate because of proposed taxation to raise the necessary funds. The Massachusetts House has passed a measure similar to the one previously set up in Vermont and new Hampshire. The Boston Globe reporting Senate opposition to the Means of raising an estimated 90,000,000 dollars quoted sen. George w. Stanton d of Fitchburg As forecasting that the Bonus proposal would die Between the branches of the legislature.. To resume tobacco Export Washington. July 23 a considerable amounts of american tobacco will be available to european markets by the end of this year the agriculture department predicts. Because of the current Domestic shortage distributors have imposed voluntary rationing on sending Cigar ets abroad. Virtually every liberated nation is seeking us. Tobacco Trade officials said. Steeple Jack dangles an hour 260 it. Up Richmond va., july 23 ans a Lawrence Lawson 44-year-old Washington Steeple Jack who slipped As he was attempting to repair a Flag rope atop a Richmond Bank building waa rofl Cusp after he dangled by his tight foot More than an hour 260 feet above Broad Street two Richmond men who saw him swinging High above the roof of the building got him Down with Block and tackle. Navy launches second Juneau Kearny n. J., july 23 ans a the 6.000 ton Abb. Juneau Seo Ond Cruiser to Bear the name of the  capital was launched Here at the us. Steel Oor Apo Ramon s Federal shipyards. The original Juneau was sunk Fin the Battle of Guadalcanal nov. 13, 1942. Globe flight time Cut London july 23 up a nine hours will be clipped off the 12,000-mile flight time to Australia effective today cutting the time from London to Sydney to 63 hours British overseas airways  plotted for Hatch act Washington july 23 ins a a group of senators have decided to seek repeal of the Hatch a a clean politics act which forbids political activity by government employees except those on a policy making level. Heartened by knowledge that president Truman favored repeal of the act even while he was vice president the group Hopes it can be wiped out before the 1946 congressional elections. Objective of the group is a change which would permit government employees now numbering 3.000.000, to participate to politics. A Large number of democratic senators favor repeal according to sen. Olin d. Johnson d-8.0.author of the repeal  resignation China july 23 ans a maj. Gen. Claire l. Chennault heard pleas from the National Peoples political Council at chunking that he remain in China but toe said he could not withdraw his resignation As commander of the us. 14th air Force. He told correspondents. The same situation exists that caused me to submit my resignation. Hie former head of the plying tigers announced his resignation july 14 two Days after disclosure that the aah in China was to be reorganized under command of u. Gen. George e.  Mother held Tot slain Cleveland o h i of july 23 ans a lbs Mary grass 21-year old unmarried Mother was charged with second degree murder in the death of her Newborn baby girl assistant police prosecutor Joseph Stearns said the woman confessed to putting the baby to a Furnace at her Home and then setting fire to rubbish on which it Lay. Fateh awarded Cluster Washington july 23 ans a it. Gen. Alexander m. Patch former seventh army commander today was awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the distinguished service medal for his part in Germany a defeat Bich bet gees tax free Sam. Maybank complains Washington july 23 ans a european refugees who have reaped huge profits to the Stock Market should be required to pay the game High wartime tax rates levied on american citizens sen. Burnet r. Maybank . Said today. Quot lots of refugees who have been coming Here since 939 by ship or plane priority Are wealthy and came for the sole purpose of making More Money and have not paid a cent of taxes on their wartime millions a he declared. He said he and sen Brien Mac Mahon a Conn May sponsor a drive for a tax amendment to remove any doubt that the profiteering aliens Are subject to taxes