Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur The stats and 6erman planes 8th of toll in april of May air Force heavies and fighter bom of is destroyed German planes during breaking the previous record of planes Des troyed in it was officially announced eighth of destroyed planes on the damaged 148 and shot Down 70 in the air in the rec or breaking in addition the eighth was credited with destroying 298 other German in attacks on eighths losses for tiie month were 108 heavies and 98 fighter the heavies wound up their operations in the Eto with More than sorties last dropping tons of Pri Marily targets were rail objectives in Germany and the total tonnage of tons dropped in March still stands As Al time ninth claims kills ninth of May ninth air Force fighters and medium and Light bombers flew More than sorties last month and probably destroyed or damaged planes on the ground and 117 in the air in attacks on Ger Man losses for the month include 98 15 medium and Light seven recon planes and one night fighter bombers knocked out 520 tanks and armoured dam aged destroyed 473 gun pos tons and damaged they also destroyed 29 Supply dumps and damaged medium and Light bombers drop Ped tons of bombs on 29 Railroad ordnance and motor vehicle fuel and a m m o communication centers and Sherman Tleta a few Wonnie ask Restees Nice Thieve looking for All the world like a Bunch of spare gun barrels this rocket firing attachment is addition to the Sherman medium when the rockets have been fired the Racks Are jettisoned and the tanks continue on using their guns As their major t5 Stanley of Pennsylvania and 80th is in the Drivers seat of this Sherman on a German red Flag Given y corps chief with v May first meeting Between rus Sian and american generals of corps level took place near it was revealed when Clarence Hub commanding v exchanged courtesies with commanding the 34th russian the russian general presented Huebner with the Battle Flag of a russian corps which had fought at Huebner and his staff were guests of nazis Clear Holland food seven Allied generals met a group of High German officials and officers in Holland monday and made arrangements for distributing Allied food to starving civilians of Northwestern Holland sheaf revealed William sheaf chief of was chair Man of the Allied representatives included for the and Prince command Erin chief of Netherlands the German delegation was headed by Reichs commissar Seyss immunity in zones agreement was reached on these general lines ten dropping zones for air borne supplies were Al lied transport planes May Fly to and from these areas with com plete immunity Between 0800 and Baklanoff at a three hour names for big 3 May 2 triplets born to Bernard a 40 year old grandmother were re ported doing nicely today in an incubator at Josephs in they were named for the big the boys and a Between four two and three fourths ounces and four six who has two Eaid they would be named Franklin Joseph Stalin and Winnie Church ill Bernard the is a plasterer for a Loute Tilte insulation Allied food ships May enter the germans will meet the ships at a prearranged Ren and guarantee them Safe conduct to the first ship was expected to arrive the germans made available one main Road for the land trans port of supplies the Supply was be Day Flash to Light Capitol May War darkened lights of Capitol dome will go on when president Truman proclaims Germany de Buell Snyder cd told the House the White House announced that on be Day Truman would address the nation by emphasizing the need for prosecution of the War against Japan without command set up for shift East and stripes u Bureau new May Royal lord will superintend movement of troops from the Eto to the Pacific As chief of Assembly area time Magazine reported today it was revealed last week that some Engineer units already Are on their Way to the they will prepare installations to receive millions of tons of supplies and thousands of troops when the War in Europe As military police probed series of burglaries against in Mcmackin assistant and acting director of last night warned soldiers coming to the Riviera to be on guard against clothing and Money first Leo Sinclair Provost operations said that almost every Day for the past week several soldiers had reported the loss of clothing and he said maps and Cid agents were checking Blac Market outlets in an Effort to recover the stolen emphasizing the culty of tracing stolen urged Restees to assume personal responsibility for protecting their own up to Restees we try to treat Restees As much like civilians As he said it is up to them to assume the responsibilities this treatment in Cpl Ralph operations desk clerk for Nice my said most burglaries occurred in local hotel in two Restees awoke in the morning to find their clothes Atid papers in other burglaries occurred while the soldiers were away from their maps advised it Aba ii Alili full m Restees not to leave valuables in 9 i taif fill if if Cibij rooms an to make sure their j rooms were locked at All May i movies throughout the Riviera and Southern prance will begin using 35mm film this will permit distribution of 16mm film on hand to outlying units in the Delta base area which have no 35mm among pictures currently Avail Able under the new program Are objective starring enrol Flynn practically with Fred Macmurray and Claudette Moss Harts winged Vic with an Allstar army and starring Alexander Knox and Charles movies get expected to 1000 Start with Monty honors 82nd Chutis with 82nd airborne May Lewis of was presented the British military Cross by Field marshal Bernard Mont Wilson was decorated for Gal Lantry during fighting following the 82nds airborne invasion of Holland last while two comrades were Wilson de fended a position with a Light machine gun and a Bazooka and stopped atan which spearheaded the enemy his taste was furniture May 2 an Interior decor Ator on the Loose somewhere Siro the owner of a local reported that a prowler has entered his place of business three times in As Many nothing was he but on each occasion the intruder rearranged the Eaker discusses of Pacific shift May 2 Ira Deputy com Mander of the aah and formerly chief of the eighth and Mediterranean air recently 14th air Force Headquarters Here and conferred with dare it was disclosed they were believed to have Dis cussed plans for the Transfer of part of americas air strength Europe to the far from chaplain weds native girl May 2 a ceremony perhaps unparalleled in military a captured japanese officer and a native okinawan girl were married Here today under army the wedding was performed by Reubeh a mormon and assistant chaplain of the seventh As 200 gis looked the bridegroom looked like a caricature of a japanese officer Short and Stocky with Horn rimmed spectacles and smile that showed plenty of Gold he wore a freshly pressed japanese officers uniform and a pair of i new the who had been serving As a nurse with an enemy officers wore a Kimono and a ceremonial lovers for several the couple was round in a Cave apr they had been hiding there a week after they had tired of War and decided to wait for the arrival of the a separate tent was provided for the boat menace declines May 2 one ship out of every 350 that sails the Atlantic is attacked by Ger Man sir James head of the British admiralty delegation in Wash said Here freed in Munich Camp Antwerp Porf a kickers knockout May 2 reports on the Battle of Antwerp disclosed that British and polish gunners destroyed vis hurled by the germans in an Effort to Knock out the worlds third largest during the 154day period from october to Antwerp defences plotted flying bombs launched in the Only 211 landed in the the Victory was won by Allied a gunners who prevented the loss of a single Day at the port third army May 2 army troops staged the wars mass liberation of Allied owners yesterday when they Moosberg Camp North or and freed captives at least were among those Libei Camp was seized by the of the 14th i May administrator by Gen prank regional to Resu yes territories of services to units to
