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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The weather today Paris Vicinity 60 Straits of Dover 58 Paris edition newspaper of armed ripes the weather today Riviera 75 Germany 60 322 in the european theater of operations 1 june big 3 envoys to meet Friday t june the Outlook for an eventual Settle of the polish question brightened today with the announcement that representatives of great the and Russia will meet in Moscow with 12 polish invitations were not extended to representatives of the London Foi government but did go Lour members of the Moscow sanctioned polish five men de scribed As democratic leaders from and three who live in Lon Don but Are not connected the exile polish the big three will be represented 1 toy Vyacheslav soviet foreign commissar wavered Char american ambassador to and sir Archibald Clark British ambassador to rus wounded yanks head for Aid station to follow Crimea pact the problem at the meeting will 6e to bring about the reorganization of the provisional polish gov eminent on the Broad democratic basis provided for in the Crimea agreement on it was officially since the Yalta conference the polish government question has been a sore Point in russian Russia repeatedly asked that the provisional gov which was formed under its be admitted to the United nations conference Francisco and the request was vigorously rejected by the other great Britain and the con tended that the polish regime must first be reorganized by the infusion of democratic elements As planned at before the poles could exiles see death in press re sorted that prime minister a Deus Arciszewski Toad called a Spe Cial session of London polish government Cabinet to consider its in View of fail ure of the big three to Grant it any most diplomatic observers in mos were inclined today to predict Success for the coming consultations although some particularly the caution being what they said too the general was that toe big three representatives would fulfil their and reach a Colombia president Calls state of june 13 up Alfonso Lopez of Colombia proclaimed a state of Mege in Bogota today and established press and communications i censorship after a Day of colombian officials said the Mea v were taken because students planned an anticommunist strike the Bogota radio reported the v capital and country Okinawa yanks t intensify drives on 2 Jap pockets june 13 tenth army Marine and army troops launched heavy attacks throughout Southern Okinawa recording gains officially described As sub radio Tokyo said today that forces Nave begun an fallout 72 Days new flight service to states opens Friday for 85pointers Sussi yesterday by to head Quad will Fly men ikes return Here indicated Wasrington june Dent Truman today discounted re mors that Eisenhower May not return to Europe after the reception he will receive Here next the rumours did not in August and every month there the flight involving the use of 150 c54 apparently will permit an increase in monthly quotas for shipment Home of men eligible for Eto head quarters said yesterday that the 6 000 to be flown Home this month win be in addition to the previously computed june 97th meanwhile com z Headquarters he 97th connection with his the army and Navy an unofficial service said last week that it had heard reports that George chief of Felt that the War had progressed to a Point where it might be possible for him to the journal mentioned the Possi Traat Eisenhower might be to take marshalls vet officials called to face abuse charges june 13 veterans committee subpoenaed officials of two veterans hospitals yesterday after a member declared Exso Diers Are used like dogs at one of the investigating published charges of neglect i and inefficiency in government summoned col Louis head of the Hospital at and John manager of the veterans Hospital the action came after thedis tabled american the american legion and the veterans of foreign wars filed lengthy reports on their own investigations of veterans administration Hospi 15 Courtman talled fifteen negro soldiers have been court articled for allegedly Abus ing patients at the Northport and testimony before the committee last week indicated Crimi Nal charges May be pressed against five civilian employees on the same la f in an Effort to reduce the larger of the two enemy pockets on Oki Cliff scaling backed by tanks spitting flames from 500 Foo Long won and held on to Heights out flanking the Yaeju escarpment the Brilliant Man Euver a night ascent up the sheer face of Cliffs by posed a threat which the japs acknowledged by heavy and intense fire from the nozzle guns of Hose linked in 50foot sections shot tank fuelled fire Anto the with the yanks Manning the flamethrowers play ing a deadly game of peekaboo with the Spray Summit with flames first the going generally was Tough at this Southern Jap pocket but the trick of hauling flame throwing Hose up slopes which stalled tanks eased the situation elements of the seventh info pry Day reached the top of Hiji 88 on the East flank of the escarpment by first spraying the Summit Witt flames from a Hose attached to a the yanks then climbed a rope attached to a Boulder and won that strategic height Southwest of thirty second infantrymen then pushed Down toe South slope despite heavy enemy fire another unit of the the 17th used the same tactics at night to get atop a Cliff Northwest of further gains were reported from Bernard Kearney r Center of the where the the european edition of the new York Herald Tribune reported yesterday that americans in the Eto who Are most closely charged with establishing the basis for peaceful cooperation in postwar Europe were deeply disturbed about Many rumours that Eisenhower would not return to the i divisions scheduled for redeploy Linen to the Pacific through the i United embarked yesterday at be the first of the four the 86th embarked on june the third to go will be the 95th which already is at Camp old Gold staging area near be and the the 104th both of these com z i continued on Page 8 tears the flit jobs just a big says i who ogles Lousy Fraulein by Bob Musel United press War correspondent june i understand that you have the most envied Job in occupied Ger to just doing my said sgt John Flynn of we were standing near one of the ahead of us several maps were some German girls and displaced russian and polish a trim Little German blonde tripped our who says i got the Best Job Flynn the gis Ive spoken to in the 94th x said then tothe Flynn said All now lift your skirt a Little he made a like that now open your beat he some of those Guys who this is easy ought to try Etall Day mostly it i Tell been around Flynn asked do those producers get tired of looking at chorus too i haunt i i said As a continued on Page 4 n a member of the House com telegraphed Frank veterans yesterday demanding suspension of j4 he is not a proper individual to be in charge of that ins Titu said incompetency and inefficiency in the facility certainly demonstrate inability to conduct it on a humane plane in the treatment of our vets complain of treatment Verdel and Hale will appear before the House committee Tomor Homer Ramey r Ohio told other committee Mem Ber that veterans of this War had complained about their treatment at the Dayton in its report the vow said 47 percent of veterans hospitals pro vide inadequate hospitalization to former servicemen and said there is a desperate shortage of trained medical and service the vow called for an under cover investigation by the House starting with North where sickening examples or tiie results of physical violence were witnessed by vow i Vestiga Vajk 96th 381st moved on top of the escarpment and the 383rd captured marines seize Ridge on the Western end of the escarpment line below the first Marine started up Nishi Ridge at reached the top before Daylight and was rein forced As the japanese sought vainly to dislodge it in the other and smaller Okinawa a Force Jap anese Navy men pinned Back against the South Shore of Naha Harbor used machine guns taken from wrecked air planes against the sixth Marine the japs Here Are in a hopeless flanked on three sides by americans and with Naha Harbor on the remain ins the enemy air Force sent More planes to losing ten while succeeding in hitting Light sur face for the third straight Day Oki naw abased planes raided Southern attacking the Kyushu air Fields and Downing four intercept liberators and privateers of Fleet air Wing also Sank four cargo ships near the Tokyo Bay area off Hon Shu negro troops to form of army of occupation associated press photo George third army commander known familiarly As old blood and was overcome by the ovation to his Honor at Boston and wept unashamedly for a a photographer recorded Patton with bands Over his face concealing the by Allan Morrison and stripes staff writer negro troops a Fol comprise percent of the army of occupation in it was Learned from Tousa Headquarters yes Teth great majority of these troops will be members of service units performing their primary it was it has not yet been determined which negro units will remain As occupation will be decided when the War department instructs this theater of the types of units it desires to retain in the percentage is the stand Ard set by and used by toe War department in computing the proportions of negroes to the the proportion la not Standard for All How Ever i since the ref arrived 3n the Eto the proportion of negro troops of total forces averaged percent and Tom percentage been with Small flu Cut to the present As of May there were in tha Eto negro troops of a grand total of personnel Here at that this figure was broken Down As follows Field Ostaf com Ron operating no operating Mcl Udes pcs while Field it continued on Page 5v  
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