Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote D Azur                                Fri Lay May 4> 1945 the stars and stripes Page 5 Truman urged to act at once a food Lack Washington May 3 ans a the House food committee caned on president Truman yesterday to take immediate action to increase the nations food Supply and destroy growing Black markets Quot that threaten to wreck the entire Price control  in a 7,000-word report on reasons for the National food shortage the committee recommended that the president co ordinate at once All phases of food production distribution and pricing before Black markets a crack Price control  More than a Halfway Steps the report asked Truman to take More than a Halfway measures a and attacked As a a unsatisfactory a the ten Point program recently announced by stabilization director William  Davis to Channel More beef through federally inspected Slaughter houses. It also recommended 1�?a subsidy for cattle feeders to lit More weight on beef for in Aret. 2�?a boost in the supported prices of hogs to $13.50 per hundredweight. 3�?a coordinated food program from producer to consumer linking production quotas prices distribution and rationing in one setup. 4�?a top priority for food production with arrangements for adequate farm machinery and manpower and an increase of storage facilities so that surpluses can be stocked against future shortages. 5�?separate ration Points for meat and rigid Black Market controls at its source. Food Czar urged the committee said one third of the . Beef and pork Supply now goes to the military i end i ease and to feed liberated areas. The belief that the european War would end last summer is reflected in the military a Small purchases then and heavy demands now it said. The group did not in general blame government food agencies for shortages but charged the War food administration with the responsibility for the Scarcity of pork. Three Republican members of the committee made a separate recommendation that a a food Czar be appointed. Committee chairman Clinton p. Anderson Ltd no said on the groups departure from the White House that the president a certainly knew what the score was on the food  French expect Laval a return Pierre lava hated Vichy Leader will shortly be turned Over to an Allied committee from his place of internment in Spain it was believed. Last night in official French circles. The committee will then deliver him to the French government for trial As a traitor or a War criminal it was indicated. The Spanish government agreed to the surrender of the German collaborationist even before France could demand his return. The american Consul at Barcelona in armed american ambassador Norman Armour of Laval a arrival there in a German plane and Armour promptly protested to the Spanish foreign office. Generalissimo Francisco Franco immediately ordered the former Vichy Premier to leave Spain but Laval declared he would surrender Only to a a commission representing the Allied  Laval was then interned in Mont juice fortress overlooking Barcelona Harbor. Devers Luanda 7th on Munich seizure Gen. Jacob l. Devers sixth army up. Commander in an order of the Day has congratulated the seventh army on its capture of Munich. _ a a Devers order read a under the Brilliant army leadership of Gen. Patch the seventh . Army has marched triumphantly 900 Road Miles from the beaches of Southern France and has now captured Munich one of the principal objectives ii the sixth army group. The. Significance of the capture of Munich Birthplace and capital of the nazi movement and the cultural Center of Germany As Well As one of its most important Industrial and Railroad centers cannot be at once evaluated it May Well affect the final stages of the War to a degree second Only to the fall of  belgian youngsters try on Yew Spring outfits from the . Yanks breach Okinawa line in night attack . Army signal corps children get clothing provided by the american red Cross at a displaced person Center in Belg tajik ration is Cut for he troops a ten percent Cut la food rations has been ordered for All american troops in the Eto engaged in Light duties he Tousa announced yesterday. The reduction which will apply mainly to men attached to Headquarters offices is being put into effect because of the critical world food shortage Tousa explained. Those not affected by the reduction Are combat troops Hospital patients reinforcement personnel under training soldiers engaged in hard labor and Small messes serving less than 50 men. The chief surgeon and chief quartermaster declared that the new ration reduced from 4,000 to 3,650 calories a Day will be adequate for troops performing sedentary duties. The Cut will be made in All types of food except fresh eggs and fresh fruit. Messes were reminded that the collection of funds for the Purchase of food in the open Market was prohibited. Liberation of thousands of american and Allied pcs and slave labourers and the capture of huge numbers of prisoners have placed an increased Burden on food stocks it was pointed out. Jeep Toad Ojoe Rolls into i Celo Large i fifth French link by Bill Briordy stars and Stripe staff writer Nice May 3.�?the fifth army from Italy linked up with the French yesterday. A a while military observers checked arrows on maps showing the fifth pushing North and West and other arrows which showed the French pushing East from the Franco italian bolder Lour 1 Joes from the 92nd div. In Italy drove into Nice. What was probably the wars longest re con patrol by jeep ended when the quartet reported to amazed officers at Surra he. Here. The Long distance recon patrol consisted of sgt. Donald b burling Shelby Ohio a sgt John l Bibler Akron Ohio t/5 Bernard g. Forrester Colliers w va., and Cpl Teddy Wawrzyniak Chicago. They left Genoa tuesday morning with orders to go As far As pos to Homes from which they have he a. Or shich Thev been absent for Many months the i italian Exir recovered Allied military per a sed were w sonnet freed by the Allied sweep titans most of w hem had through the Reich will be Given a seen an american. Freed pcs get 60-Day leaves sixth Day furloughs in the ., instead of 21 As previously reported will be Given All liberated yanks. Eto Headquarters announced yesterday. In order to hasten their return French would Lorce nazis to de mine Lam Raoul Dautry French minister of reconstruction yesterday asked that German surrender terms include the obligation that germans should pick up All mines which Are still in French soil. Dautry said a during March and april this year 194 children were killed by mines and our people will be killed for ten years by mines left by the enemy if he is not compelled to remove  travel priority topped Only by that of the sick and wounded. In return for a German Promise that pcs would not be taken on forced marches from prison Camps As the germans fell Back before Allied advances the . Has we just shouted a we re americans and that seemed to be Good enough for the partisans a burling said. A they offered us wine and wanted us to stay and  run into French units wednesday morning the patrol agreed that ramps will not serve continued to a town where they in the Eto in any capacity. First met French units. Again they however their service is not were going to replenish their a so-1 Over and after american furloughs line Supply but not before they i the men will report to Redis Anbu convinced the sceptical French that tion centers where they either will the americans really had arrived be discharged assigned to new i Delta base miss stopped the Guam May 3 ans. A . Seventh div. Infantrymen drove a spearhead 1.400 Yards into the Tough japanese defences on Southern Okinawa yesterday to score the first sizable breakthrough of the 32-Day Campaign. A coordinated push with fresh american troops in action was under Way All along the four mile line. The seventh div. Soldiers veterans of the aleutians marshalls and Philippines smashed ahead by night through enemy positions on the Eastern flank to reach Gaja Hill within one mile of the town of Yona Baru. Adm. Nimitz reported two new divisions were in action on Okinawa in the Center of the line was the 77th inf. Div., last reported in the Krainas. Off Okinawa a West coast. On the West flank was the first Marine div. This is the first time marines who have cleared the entire Northern end of the Island have joined the fight in the South. Prime objectives of the \ Ank drive Are Okinawa a three major cities Naha Shuri and Yona Baru. Defending these cities Are an estimated 30 Odb japs. Navy bombers on tuesday Sank a medium sized enemy transport South of Korea. The strike emphasized that japanese shipping in these Waters no longer is Safe from american planes based at Okinawa. British planes attack sit hash i a islands Guam May 3 Reuter a planes based on the British carriers indomitable indefatigable and victorious recently attacked the Sakashita islands the southernmost group of the Ryukyu  British troops enter Rangoon Rangoon capital of Burma abandoned by the allies on March 9, 1942 was entered yesterday afternoon by British troops. Southeast Asia command Headquarters an not entry1 into the City of 500.000 came one Day after a British amphibious Force landed 26 in nos South of tile capital. It was not Clear whether die City was entered by the amphibious forces or by other British units last reported 36 Miles to the North. Nor did the communique disclose if the japanese were fighting for the City. Earlier reports said the japanese might abandon Rangoon w thou a Battle reopening of Rangoon to Allied ships would Speed the shipment of supplies to China. Rangoon was the Southern terminus of the. Original Burma Road. Osmena favors a via Arthur As envoy posts or sent to another theater. The ramps will be evacuated to special Camps for shipment Home under the supervision of the Eto Provost marshal and Headquarters has asked All liberated personnel who have not received instructions to report immediately to the nearest my unit for disposition. An american casualty is evacuated by air a wounded of the 441st gasoline up photo by Cpl. Prank Barker Soldier on a Stretcher is placed aboard a c47 shy train Troon Carrier group. Transport planes have been Hying for the advancing armies and returning wounded. Formidable appearing jeep several times before the patrol found Surra he. Where the tourists met Brig. Gen. J. P. Ratay lbs commander. When the patrol was All set to Start Back Burong took a Wistful look around and said a wed like to stick around for a while but we might have plenty of trouble explaining it to the of if we re too late getting  Paris to be among first to hear of surrender the French foreign office disclosed yesterday that France has received the Assurance of the allies that any German proposal of surrender will be communicated to Paris at the same time As to other Powers. The French Council of ministers made the request when the rumours of Germany a surrender began coming out of Moscow London and Washington. 4,300 Cis a milians Back front Philippines los Angeles May 3 ans a some 2.800 civilians liberated in the Philippines tended in the . Yesterday in the largest debarkation to Date from these islands. Besides the civilians about 1,500 servicemen returned for furloughs and reassignment. Washington May 3 ans a president Sergio Osmena of the philippine Commonwealth said yesterday that he would a a Welcome the appointment of Gen. Macarthur As the first us. Ambassador to the islands. He said he thought Macarthur would be a an excellent choices to return to the nation he helped liberate after his other War duties Are completed. Osmena also disclosed that i government planned to take Oyer j japanese owned hemp producing land on Mindanao and Divide it among filipinos. A we do not encourage the return of japanese especially if the tend they lived on is essential to the defense of our islands a he said. _ 2 atrocity probes return to states new York May 3 ans a reps. Leonard w. Hall in a and Gordon Canfield Ltd no arrived at Laguardia Airport Early today after viewing prison Camps in Germany. V they were among the group of congressmen and newspaper executives who visited atrocity Camps at the invitation of Gen. Eisenhower. Hall said that the pictures of Bri Henwald Camp a although re vol ting in every respect should be shown to americans. A even pictures cannot show the cruelty and depravity of people who would treat inn Nan beings As the German people treated those in detention Camps a he said