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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1945
Page
10
Paris weekly Samedi Seir ridicules American soldiers in a tongue in cheek list of grievances. It cites drunkenness loud talking improper behavior and failure to distinguish respectable women from temptations. French men share bitterness over the cultural clash and vulgar image of U.S. troops.
Walter Winchell notes Duke of Windsor intimates eyeing U. S. allegiance while Ray Bolger and others weigh major career moves. Churchill may spurn Marlborough, Roosevelts and Rockefellers entangled in State Department reshuffles, and Fritz Kuhn deportation questions loom amid a chorus of Hollywood and political intrigue.
Defense Transportation Director J Monroe Johnson warned it will take at least three years before all who want new cars can buy them. He said only essential drivers such as doctors police taxi drivers and war workers will be allowed to purchase new automobiles for a long time, in a call for vehicle conservation.
Samedi Soir notes a Stars and Stripes column finding one real complaint about French women. It cites gIs teaching chewing gum and nasal talk and claims hair styles annoy. The piece also says Americans view French aloofness versus Belgian hospitality and sensitivity to France’s war effort.
Washington AP WPB raised third quarter lead allocations for automotive batteries by 20 percent to allow production of 4.7 million batteries in the quarter. The agency said the increase, despite tight lead supply, is to meet next winter's requirements.
The Senate refused to follow the House in cutting OWI funds and approved a $39,670,215 budget for the next fiscal year. Debate centered on OWI's role as the government's abroad messaging arm, with amendments to slash or raise the figure defeated 46 to 29 and 35 million respectively.
In Melbourne radio reports Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey narrowly avoided danger as Japanese infiltrators came within 20 feet of his tent. Earlier, in North Borneo, an Australian patrol killed a Japanese during a staff conference inside Blamey's tent.
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