Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Wednesday july 25, 1945 the stars and stripes Page 3news from Home discharged vet sues for right to old Job new York Abraham Fishgold honorable discharged Veteran has filed suit against the Sullivan dry Dock and repair corp. To determine his re employment rights under the selective service act state draft director Arthur v. Mcdermott announced. Mcdermott said Fishgold was reinstated in his former Job by the company but later was Laid off on complaint of local 13 of the Industrial Union of Marine and shipbuilding workers of America inc. The Union held non veterans with Union seniority had preference Over veterans with less seniority. Morgenthau plan in Book form Washington the Quot Morgenthau plan a which allegedly would have stripped Germany of All Industry and converted it into a pastoral nation will appear in Book form aug. 6. Royalties will go into a Trust fund to be distributed a in the interests of Henry Morgenthau former Secretary of the Treasury and author of the plan never announced his program publicly. Timber Coes to in smoke once proud forests looked like this As oregon1 fire met Lute its tenth Day. The fire fanned toy High winds mimed a my Aeres in Tillamook county and adjacent areas. Pon am adds Panama line new York expanding its Caribbean service pan american world airways has announced an alternate route to Panama from Florida flights from Miami to Trinidad Over a second route and increased Central America a service. Chico and chaos deny Era Chico a Monkey escaped his Cage in a local pet shop and threw the place in a panic before the manager discovered what had happened. Chiao loosed Canarios and leva Birds teased puppies and Kittens and was bathing in a Gold fish aquarium when caught. / e # meet Carole Schmidlapp Hollywood blonde screen actress Carole Landis announced she would marry Horace Schmidlapp a theatrical producer in new York Quot sometime in miss Landis was granted a divorce from her third husband maj. Thomas c. Wallace in Las vegas nev., last thursday. A # a workers no drones Minneapolis a the v. M. Randolph family called for police help to repel a Bee invasion. A Queen be get in the House and great swarms of work hoes Folio wed. Police could find nothing in their manuals on bos control but gave this advice leave them Myu m heavier taxes Are predicted after a Day Washington july 24 ins a congressmen today countered the Prospect of a 25 billions postwar budget with gloomy predictions of continued heavy taxes after a a Day. The 25 billions estimate was made by chairman Clarence Cannon do of the House appropriations committee who termed it a fixed commitment that would have to be met from current revenues. To meet the Bill Means taxes far beyond any levies made prior to the War a he said adding that still higher taxes could be anticipated if Congress adopted a program for a fixed annual reduction in the National debt. Alee veterans Aid the 25 billions annual budget would include Cannon estimated More than five billions for interest payments on the debt a similar amount for Upkeep of postwar defense establishments three to five billions for veterans Aid and the remainder for other phases of the government s weighs Cabinet change Washington july 24 apr creation of a new department of welfare and Security whose Secretary would become the 11th Cabinet member is under study by administration officials seeking to simplify the government s Structure. The proposed new department would take Over the several offices now bundled loosely together under the Federal a Security administration headed by Paul v. Mcnutt. It probably also would take Over some other existing agencies and any additional functions that become necessary if Congress carries out administration plans for a broadened postwar social Security program. Now under Fra Are the social Security Board office of vocational rehabilitation. Public health service Pood and drug administration office of education and lesser units. Stalin orders expanded Fleet London july 24 apr a stronger and mightier soviet Fleet with Quot new fighting ships and new bases was foreseen Here by Premier Stalin in an order of the Day issued to Mark the Observance of red Navy Day. His order broadcast by Moscow radio did not say to what purpose the expanded russian Fleet would be put but he said the soviet people wished their Navy to be still stronger and Board favors change Washington july 24 cans a chairman . Schwartz of the National mediation Board disclosed today that he is not opposed to the inclusion of his Agency in Secretary Lewis o. Schwellenbac s strengthened and reorganized department of labor. Such a move should be made Only with the approval of Congress railroads and unions and without impairing the boards judicial authority Schwartz Trade group formed Washington july 24 it up it a the formation of a new confederation of italian merchants and foreign traders described As the a a most important italian organization in the Trade promotion Field a was announced Here by the de femininity in Medicine on the Rise Washington july 24 ans a women physicians will May a much larger part in filling postwar medical needs the labor departments women a Bureau reported today. Women constituted less than five per cent of 165,000 physicians practising before the War. Quot there seems to be a general agreement that women now studying in Medicine Are Likely to have a greater rather than less Opportunity than those who preceded them a the Bureau said. The report declared that the War has increased tremendously the demand for women physicians both for work in the army and Navy and in replacing doctors who have gone to the armed services. There Are Only four out of 77 approved medical schools in the nation which now refuse admission to congressman who values silence Minneapolis july 24 ans a too Many congressmen Quot talk too much and too often and have nothing constructive to say a rep. William j. Gallagher a Minn told his constituents at a Welcome Home party Here recently. Gallagher former Street sweeper brushed off inquiries about the Black Eye with which he arrived Home by saying Quot that s a military secret.�?�b29 training time lowered Tampa fla., july 34 Ansis the training period for b29 Crews at Macdill Field Here has been Cut from three months to ten weeks for a new record col. E. G. Simen son commanding officer said. Five classes of 50 combat Crews each can now be turned out in a airliners ordered Miami fla., july 24 ans a airliners to reduce the postwar travel time Between new York and Miami to four hours non Stop Are now on order capt. Eddie Ricken Backer president of Eastern airlines shortage seen for . Washington july 24 ans it a householders were warned tonight of a shortage of Home heating Oil during the coming Winter due to increased demands to fight the japanese War. The Petroleum Industry War Council asserted in a report Quot from now on this is largely a fuel Oil the total demand for crude Oil and its products Quot is greater than before be Day a the Oeun cil said. Nearly 5,200.000 barrels of crude Oil will be produced during the second half of this year but unless More is obtained the Home front will feel the shortage the report added with the East coast and the Midwest particularly feeling the to hear slum Aid plan Washington july 24 ans a legislation authorizing a new 25,000,000-Dollar yearly Federal Aid Kami filing plan to Clear out slum areas will be introduced this week by chairman Robert p. Wagner Al the Senate banking comr Muttee. The program Calls for the construction of 43,000 new units of housing. Educators Eye service method Washington july 24 Ansi a the american Council on education will spend two years studying army and Navy wartime technique in educating soldiers and sailors according to. Or. George Zook Council president. The Carnegie corporation of new York and the general education Board a Rockefeller foundation have contributed 150,000 dollars for the study. It will be directed by or. Alonzo g. Grace commissioner of education of Connecticut Texas u. Suspended Memphis Tenn july 24 ans a the Southern association of you Leges and universities has suspended the University of Texa charging that the school s regents usurps the faculty a weekly earnings off Washington the average work week in manufacturing industries was 44.1 hours in May. A decline of 2.2 percent from april Secretary of labor Lewis b. Schwellenbac reported. Weekly earnings dropped 2.1 percent to an average 46.03 dollars. Schwellenbac said be Day holidays were largely responsible for the drop although it also reflected a schedule decrease in some War plants. A where s the fire Bud new Britain tradition of speeding firs engines has been banned in new Britain. A new Beok of rules issued by the Beard of fire commissioners Andors Drivers of fire apparatus to held it Down to 25 . Quot on approaching and passing red traffic lights and Stap signs and in turning Corners Speed shall is limited to ten Miles an hour a the Book says. A a a6,000-Dollar Book contest opens new York a United service Book contest open to All past and present members of the United nations armed forces has been announced by two Book publishers and a film concern the joint sponsors. The prize is 6,000 dollars the usual Beok royalties on american and British editions and film rights which could total 60,000 dollars. Sponsors Are Thomas y. Crowell american Book publishers George c. Harrap. British Book publishers and the Columbia picture ties out of Cabinet soon proposes two More states Washington july 24 up a Secretary of the Interior Harold g l. Ickes expected to leave the 1 Cabinet within a month or six weeks is planning what May be his Swansong to Washington poll tical life a policy declaration % urging that Hawaii and Alaska be j admitted As states at the earliest. Possible time. Ickes believes alternatives of statehood Independence or some kind of Dominion status should be offered puerto Rico the Virgin islands would get immediate repro mentation in Congress. Ickes last Holdover from the first Roosevelt Cabinet has been charged with administering territories and Island possessions since "1024. Z one source said there was a a no cute reason for Ickes departure other than that the president rants a Cabinet of tvs own Hoosic a Secretary Ickes o it a to i Ltd fat at i sati w son. To or Lent of com me r it first women win Nieman fellowships Cambridge associated press editor and a san Francisco news political reporter Are the first women to receive Nieman fellowships for study at Harvard University. Charlotte l. Fitzhenry a night editor in Chicago and Mary Ellen Leary of the san Fri Cisco news were among ten working newspaper men and women chosen for a year s study beginning in september. % a a. A m
