Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Thursday july 26, 1945thi sta1s and stripes Paft s new Tork july 25 an5>�? Henry Morgenthau said today lie resigned involuntarily As Secretary of the Treasury after Truman asked his to nay for Fred m. Vinson Tamer a Traoy tor of War mobilisation. "1 would have preferred to stay along until a a Day. He told rift state War finance committee. He added that his resignation Quot was not of my Morgen Thau said he did not it Tai the Public to gain the impression that he quit while Tho War a was being fought and that a Tat his �?�12 years under the magnificent leadership of Franklin Delano Roosevelt ended when he died. Morgen Thau left in mediately for Joof me ion Choly on seme of the the sooth Pacific. His ton h convalescent Hospital after being United states. News from Home Harlem urea to get hew housing project new York a medium rental housing project which will Cost 7,584,000 dollars has been planned for the Harlem area just South of. The Polo grounds mayor Laguardia disclosed. He said the program would be financed by seven new York savings Banks under the Urban redevelopment Law. The project will provide housing for 1,500 to 1,600 families at an average monthly rental of 12 dollars and 50 cents a room. I meanwhile the mayor has directed the police department to give Quot special attention to suppression of begging in times Square and the Broadway area. He also ordered subway police to tighten enforcement of the ban on underground begging. Laguardia said army officials had complained that servicemen were being imposed upon by downtown beggars. Whistles As he Waves Bostons a sound effects Man who makes a noise resembling a falling bomb was missing at a crucial moment in a War song Medley but it did no to bother conductor Arthur fielder of the Pope orchestra. Fielder put two fingers in his Mouth and let out loud blasts waving his Baton with the other hand. The audience did no to know the difference. Gas Coupon Racket Washington the office of Price administration has warned All service station operators to be on the Lookout for organised racketeers who Are stealing gasoline ration coupons and Selling them on the Black Market. The racketeers have found counterfeiting does t pay off opa said. Instead they Are stealing legitimate coupons. Of a sets surplus Materiel profit roof Washington a system of Quot Cross Stream Selling which Pyra Mided prices of surplus Materiel after the last War has reappeared opa said in announcing ceilings on surplus Mark ups. Under the Quot Cross Stream Quot system one manufacturer Sells to another or to a wholesaler who in turn passes it on to another. Each time the property changes hands the Price naturally goes up opals new regulations which go into effect aug. 22, permit Mark ups but places ceilings on them. . To train canucks Camp blanking in la Canadian army officers sift Here on an senators seek 75,000 rail men to relieve Jam Washington july 25 cans a the. Senate War investigating committee today called on the army and three government Agento help recruit 75,000 additional Railroad workers to relieve the National por tation Jam. Less than two houses after transportation director Monroe Johnson asserted redeployment could not be completed on schedule with the present Man committee sent invest the War the office of War and the War manpower commission. Recruit workers its goal is to get 10,000 experienced workers on furlough from the army and to recruit 65,000 others. Meantime no airman James my Mead said the committee was attempting to have 1,000 surplus passenger Type army planes brought Back from Europe to relieve the situation. Johnson repeated his complaints against the army redeployment policy at a committee hearing at which the War department again was not represented. He complained that the army has not kept him informed on its redeployment needs and even now is bringing Back troops from Europe Quot in violently fluctuating numbers Quot without letting his Agency know How Many trains it will need and when. New senator potato Tomato Plant Charleston w. A a a a Petate Tama to Plant with tamales at tha tap and pats Tori at the my is put my a Way tor Fantry Nelm mint training pro by Earl Painter who Sam a had Cedar. They plan to give a time Haen Able to grow four ethers Uka Lar Lourae to canadians who we k. The Plant Reee Milaa a potato Homo Hare or final training Bovina but hat tomatoes on it. Mrs going to the fast Etc. A two million Dollar fetid new York Abbott and costello world s highest paid comedy team Are still feuding at least that s what it says Here. They claim they Haven t spoken to each other off stage for two months. Those who Are interested in such things say the situation took a turn for the worse Over the weekend when Abbott refused to appear at the hippodrome in Baltimore. Now they re playing at the Roxy. A the team is committed to 26 months of a movie contract and a year on the radio. Their managers said these unfilled contracts would bring their year s income up to two million Bucks. But they say they re feuding. A a san Francisco support for a program of nationwide voluntary prepaid medical care came from industrialist Henry j. Kaiser who announced that sen. Claude Pepper cd Fla would introduce for him a Bill proposing establishment of group medical facilities through the Federal housing administration. Kaiser s Bill would guarantee local Bank Loans to groups interested in setting up facilities for prepaid medical care and would instruct the Public health service to provide technical assistance sex prisoners to guard Pwns it. Sheridan 111., july 25 Ansis five Eto veterans who came out of German prison Camps were today assigned to guard German pcs in the us. Four of the five were in the same prison Camp under the nazis. Pvt Frank Brooks Savanna. 111., was held prisoner for seven months t-4 Francis t. Conely Brighton mich., spent four months under guard. Pvt. Otto Maag Chicago was held three months and pvt. Donald Meads Earlville 111., four months. The fifths sgt. Richard Leinaar Hastings Micleu was a prisoner for seventh months. The commander of it. Sheridan a base pm Camp said the men would be Given assignment at one of the 96 Branch Camps now operating in Illinois Wisconsin and upper Michigan where 15,906 pcs Are now working on agricultural and Industrial jobs. Hmm a a wow a w a bib by a a mom in up Nevada s newest senator. He resigning the governorship take the set Sihau Post postwar taxes seen doubled was Longton july 25 Ansi a the american taxpayer will have to foot a yearly Bill after the Wax of More than twice the siae of prewar Federal budgets. Chairman Clarence Cannon a Moj of the House appropriations committee predicted today. Cannon said it is Quot reasonable to expect Quot reduced appropriations for armed forces and War agencies in Washington now that the War has narrowed Down to one Side of the world but he saw no Hope for an easier tax Load in the near future. The postwar budget excluding interest on the National debt will be at least 25 billion dollars yearly he said. War appropriations this year totalled 56 billions Cannon reported raising to More than 416 billion the amount set up for activities since july 1, 1640. Police hold 4 in vets death Washington where in his a Mimi report for 1846 he made Public room Mendat Toos that All government fiscal agencies be concentrated in the Treasury. Senate urges military study Washington july establishment of a research Hoard for military Security mended yesterday Fay the naval affairs committee. Under a Bill proposed by senator Harry f. Byrd a a the research Board would include 40 bang half of them civilians appointed by to a president. The chairman and vice chairman c would be from the civilian membership. Byrd told the committee while two other proposed Bills provide for a continuation of seat Toto research Quot it would be a mistake to Max military with other types of father child leap into Bay san Francisco july 29 up five year old Marilyn Demont and her father committed suicide Here by lumping from the Golden Gate Bridge into san pfc Aadson Bay. The child stepped out of her father s car and walked Over to the Bridge railing at a Point 150 feet North of the South Tower. Two workmen. Jack Ricketts and at Malone saw her a Tomb the railing and jump to the water 290 feet below the father walked to a Point 99 feet farther along the railing climbed to the top then dived headlong. Fri spy haul ten in year Washington. July is Ansi a ten spies and 45 saboteurs were convicted in the us. During the past fiscal year the busiest in Fri history the Justice department announced convictions of ail sorts based on Fri investigations reached the All time High of 12ju during the year. The previous High total for fiscal 1944 wit 13 616 South Carver mass., july 25 ans a a 42-year-old woman and her three children were held under 2.000 dollars bail each Here after pleading innocent to manslaughter charges in the death of a Veteran of world War in the defendants mrs. Arthur Shaw. Virginia 20, Verna 19, and Arthur jr., 17, were quoted by state police As say of they knocked Down Richard Barnett 47, after he allegedly fired a Shotgun at mrs. Shaw medical examiner a. Vincent Smith said Barnett died from Quot a beating Quot state police let John n. Sullivan charged the quartet beat the Veteran with their fists Kennedy buys Chicago Mart Chicago july is apis the a Fri r Matt second largest building in the world has been sold to Joseph p. Kennedy former u. 8. Ambassador to Groat Bottian for an undisclosed sum. The Mart has m Aeres of floor space and is second in a tee Only to the Pentagon in Washington. Pols kill japs for Nawman fort Worth tool july a cans a Chi. Janes k. Newman 29, who Quot is him it of hit own Quot no cording to his Doc toss and is Tom in his third week since army ton said he would die in a of hours today received a message from the 114th service company somewhere the Pacific. Company member i would fight the japs into submission and that every Asp killed would be for Newman. Newman worn in an oxygen tent at his own Reg Sitf to Aid his breathing has picked up sightly since a relapse two Day ago when even his family in shaping Wii deaths up new York july 2� Cansis a Farr Rio Mem a Mim Fnu Yum 1w to Wiki 4twi Vuci uuug5 111 Mcc full la Nam Wael Ino lives of 52 persons in new a Otic in the last three months to a Normal average of 49 deaths a year or. Sales. Chief City medical Utah nor yesterday. �?--7 disabled vet Bosses Biro Only gis scarred by War Quincy mass., july 25 ans a two Ili Riherd veterans of world War ii have started an Industry Here requiring a disability discharge As the first requisite for every Job applicant maj. Douglas Yule seriously injured at Camp Mccoy wis and in. Burl Harrison Holder of Silver Star who lost a leg in Tunisia founded the Yule industries inn to repair and rebuild Auto engine they conceived the idea of a 199 a crepe veterans organization while in an army two Piffl after watching patterns contemplate their tutors minus Arm or tags or with other serious handicaps. To he cant i�?4 to wiy1 Hon a Bench Job. If he needs of tends work Well find that to him. Wet decided to adjust our hmm Tom 4ft train them Quot Yule said. The present staff of the Goa pm is Mads up of 99 veterans y Toft Hopes to have 200 Quot former cripple we soon
