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NATION HONORS DOUGHBOY
When passing through Iceland a couple of weeks ago,
T/Sgt. Jake W. Lindsey was attired in ODs, but the QM
in Washington was on hand with a brand-new set of
khakis for him to wear when President Harry S. Truman
presented him with the Medal of Honor. As the 100th
Infantryman to receive the medal, the presentation was
made to Lindsey before a joint session of Congress.
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Starlet Virginia Weidler
has been receiving letters
from cinemactor Bobby
Breen .... The, Benny Bak-
er-Joan Cassel USO troupe
has returned after six
months abroad.
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MGM has bought the
screen rights to a novelette
hv Dorothy Thomas called
“We Got Back,” dealing with
nerve-shattered servicemen.
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The musical “Oklahoma!”
went past its second year to
chalk up some new records.
The New York show in that
time played to 1,336,974 seat
holders, 43,414 standees for
a total income of -S3,182,400.
The road company which
played in Chicago for 60
weeks grossed $1,830,000. A
USO-Camp Shows company
of the hit is on its way over-
seas.
tainment committee cleared
him of suspected charges of
collaboration.
INDIANAPOLIS — Conny
Green, 58-year-old village
cut-up, was arrested for the
58lh time here recently. The
charges: drunkenness, resist-
ing an officer, disorderly
conduct, assault and battery,
profanity, carring concealed
weapons, drawing a deadly
weapon (bowie knife), run-
ning a traffic light, reckless
driving and trespass. He was
fined $8 and sentenced to 90
days on the drunkenness
charge. The other counts
were dismissed.
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From Paris comes word
that an older and grayer
Maurice Chevalier is touring
the provinces after a few ap-
pearances at t'ne Casino de
Paris. Tiie British Home Of-
fice recently refused him a
visa for a tour of England
on the grounds that his visit
would not help the war ef-
fort, but the French Enter-
Cop Plays Stork 38 Times
Veteran policeman Frank
Grabowski delivered his 38th
baby in Chicago recently.
BUFFALO, N.Y.—Arthur
Schwartz has invented a
combination snowplow and
lawnm-ower. The ingredients:
a-frying pan, an electric mo-
tor, a garbage pail, a length
of stove pipe and two pul-
le.y wheels.
LOS. ANGELES — Elvin
Cousino came home smell-
ing of perfume and with lip-
stick on his handkerchief, his
wife, Vera, testified in seek-
ing divorce. “He said he gu-
essed lie got the lipstick off
the telephqne,” she added.
Divorce was granted.
Empire State Paper
Has Newspaper lobs
For Discharged ¥efs
Those of you fortunate en-
ough to be mustered out of
the service in the near fut-
ure and possessing newspap-
er experience may he inter-
ested in an opportunity
which THE EVENING
NEWS of North Tonawanda,
N.Y., is offering to discharg-
ed servicemen.
The publication is interest-
ed in hiring two reporter-
editors who have editing,
writing and headline experi-
ence and an assistant advert-
ising man experienced in
soliciting and laying out dis-
play copy.
Took It For Granted
Abraham Rich, Idaho State
Penitentiary blacksmith,
didn’t get a pardon this
month as he had hoped. The
Board of Pardons unani-
mously turned down his ap-
plication because he wasn’t
around to plead his case.
He walked away from his
bellows a month ago and
hasn’t been heard from
since.
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In case you go back to the
States and are sent to Flor-
ida, don’t be surprised if this
lovely. lass steps up and
greets you. One of Miami
Beach’s official greeters, she
answers to the name of
Emma Lou Bourne.
FORD TURNS OUT FIRST POSTWAR
CAR ™ SENATE CONFIRMS CABINET
CHANGES—WALLACE OKs REPORT
' Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford this week com-
pleted the first postwar Ford at his Detroit plant. Hand-
built, the 1946 edition is a regular model with many
improvements in design and engine features.
Production on the new face-lifted car can start “in
about 60 days,” Ford officials said, but they reiterated
that the average motorist has to wait about two years
before buying one.
Senate Approves New Cabinet Nominees —
This week in Washington: The Senate approved the
nomination of Clinton P. Anderson as Secretary of Agri-
culture in place of Claude R. Wickard, nominated to be
Rural Electrification Administrator .... Lewis B.
Schweilenbach, former senator and jurist, was confirm-
ed as Secretary of Labor to succeed Frances Perkins . .
. . The President and Congressional leaders discussed
a reception to be accorded General Eisenhower when
he arrives in Washington .... President Truman gave
the lipoff on the arrival of the Capital’s summer heat,
appearing in a light cotton suit.
Wallace Praises Small Business Magna Carta —
Terming it a “Magna Carta for small business,” Sec-
retary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace this week fin-
ished reading a report submitted by the Small Busi-
ness Advisory Committee.
The report makes recommendations on taxation, man-
agement and finance, calling for an increase of
the excess profits- exemption from $10,000 to $25,000
beginning Jan. 1, 1946.
Philadelphia Woman Gets Hitler Envelope —
In Philadelphia, Mrs. Joseph T. Marnell received an
envelope bearing the great seal of the German Reich
and the name of Adolf Hitler. In the upper right-hand
corner was the word “Munchen” for Munich. The letter
came from Mrs. Marnell”s husband, a Capt. who now
messes in Hitler’s Munich apartment.
Suspend Courts Martial Sentence For GI —
Pvt. Joseph McGee of Worcester, Mass., who was
relieved of a two year courts martial sentence for strik-
ing German pow’s said although he had enough points
for discharge he wanted to stay in the’ Army and make
it Ins life’s work. He has been assigned to the Fort
Devens motor pool as a truck driver.
ODT Head Wants Release Of Railroaders —
J. Monroe Johnson, ODT director, has asken that
the Army release 50,000 experienced railroad men' now
in uniform to help move fighting men from Europe
across the U.S. to the Pacific.
Would Cut Peacetime Courts Martial Powers —
Rep. Ivilday (D.-Tex.) has introduced a bill which
would cut deeply into the Army’s Courts Martial power
over peacetime trainees inducted under the proposed
Universal Military Training legislation.
The Chairman of the House Military Affairs Commit-
tee indicated he favored removal of Courts Martial pow-
ers in peacetime, except in cases involving minor in-
fractions of regulations.
Administration of military justice, Kilday declared,
“lies fallen in ill repute” because of recent reversals oF
Courts Martial sentences after publicity had been given
them.
As a result, he added, “the public is losing confi-
dence in the adminstration of military justice and pe-
ople think that nothing can be done for Courts Martial
cases unless they can bring outside pressure.”
‘Oh, Frankie, Don’t You Leave Us Down S’ —
Saddness gripped New Jersey bobby-soxers when
Frank Sinatra sold his Hasbrouch Heights bungalow.
Teen-age fans gathered, protesting: “Please stay in Jer-
sey. Don’t leave us down.”