Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Mma Sorn my amp �&s8sk Tipp War Bond. Contest of lob Angeles and thousands of letters to stars and stripes and other army in conjunction with Ufa the War fam Tomk Kos amp Novic who worked As a civilian in the finance office at it Macarthur calif., said he had been buying Bonds Ever since the War started a the saved enough Bonds and a not to stake a claim on a Little Nutch a fur in California after the War a he said Quot and 1 sure could a car or a truck when i get the i in is Bual Wassmen Kosanovic who has been overseas 14 months claimed he Wasny to in any1ruah to enter the contest but Quot i knew exactly what i wanted and saw May Chance by entering the a a Ltd a a 1 s. A a Many ois plan to operate a business or farm of their own after the War. Others Are giving consideration to continuing their education the contest gives them a head Start in realizing one plan want a new car or maybe the Frigidaire. Participation in the contest requires a simple letter giving savings and postwar plans. Letters must not be less than 50, nor More than 250 words. The contest is open to All military personnel in the Eto except 1 those serving sentences awol or deserters. Best letters win prizes will"1 be awarded for the beet letters on the subject Quot my savings and postwar plans. Literary style and penmanship will not be considered in awarding prizes. After the signature contestants must state they have a class b allotment or have purchased a War Bond since May 1, 1945. U name serial number and afo address must be placed on the upper right hand Corner of each letter. If More than one Sheet of paper is used All must be mailed in the same envelope. Address letters to War Bond contest Apo 887 and must be postmarked on or before july 7, 1945. Letters will be judged by a Board chosen from the air ground and service forces. Mytke Bond drive Victory Gen. Ike goo. Eisenhower has issued the following statement in connection with the opening of the stars and stripes War Bond contest. To All americans in the european theater the seventh War loan is another Challenge. Nothing has whipped us yet therefore let us make this one of our most resounding Jackson to to War criminals Washington May 3 Ansis president Truman yesterday appointed a supreme court Justice Robert Al Jackson to serve As this country a chief counsel for prosecution of War criminals in european theater. ? a a the president said Jackson would function in cases of major War criminals whose misdeeds Are not connected with any one specific locality. Others who can be connected with personal participation in specific crimes Are to be tried by countries where crimes were committed. A a a or. La Uman said he Hopes an International military tribunal will be set up Apon for prosecutions. He added he old not know whether adm. Karl Doenitz new ruler of Germany is on the list. Jackson promised Swift Justice Quot consistent with our traditional insistence upon a fair he has already gathered a staff. Stretcher a criminal London May 3�?julius Stretcher nazi jew baiter has been listed As a War criminal Richard Law minister of state told commons. London May 3 Reuter a a Sample of Germany a v2 rocket bomb was flown to Britain from Sweden last August before the first one fell on England it was officially disclosed Here today. The nazi a vengeance weapon a nearly intact and weighing. Four torus fell near Kalmar in Southern Sweden last june. After urgent diplomatic negotiations Neutral Sweden agreed to release the bomb and it col. Keith Allen of Washington d.c., took a 047 transport plane into a Stockholm Airport where the crated v2 was loaded aboard. Paris May 3�?the German press radio and movie Industry in the Allied occupation zone will be operated by 6haefs psychological warfare div. After be Day Brig. Gen. Robert a. Mcclure pad chief announced today. Strict control Over the propaganda service created by the nazi party will continue until germans acceptable to Allied authorities Are licensed to operate private outlets he said. The new role of psychological warfare which has bottled Goeb Belso propaganda a Rhin since Tunisia was outlined by Mcclure and two assistants col. William so Paley Deputy pad chief on leave from the Columbia broadcasting system and Richard h. S. Crossman British political writer and assistant pad chief for current operations. News presented to the German people under the Allied set up will objective and there will be no frictions on radio listening in the Reich. There will be no Effort to amuse the German people with film entertainment Mcclure said. He indicated however that educational films would be shown. Genoa to Nice Patroi the fifth army Jem who experts by hiking with the French after a recon patrol beginning in Genoa Italy and ending in Mike Are getting stars and stripes Lowdown on hitlers death. Left it rights 8-sgt. John l. Bibler Cpl toddy Wawrzyniak t-5 Bernard g. Forrester and sol Donald b. Burling. A a a ii i. Ii i a a a ii a a a i it a i of. Jug v a8 German Small arme fire touches off an enemy gasoline Manfe at Kre Nooh Germany two at doughs third army dash across the Square in the a i sol Iowa. A Diamond tops hed Ball haul. Ho., com a May 3�?a thousand trucks of the yellow Diamond express carried More than 30,000 tons of supplies to the seventh army during its week Long drive across Southern Germany to Munich. Put into operation when the seventh began its drive in Southern France the yellow Diamond already has exceeded the total of 860,000 tons hauled by the red Ball Highway following the Normandy breakthrough last year. Averaging More than 200-mile round trips during the last stages of the Munich push the trucks were on the Road Day and night. Drivers reported enemy sniping and mine laying far behind u. S. Lines. At least two Drivers were killed by snipers. A new Type a skid tank was used permitting 20,000 Gallons of gasoline to be carried without transferring to five gallon cans. Sweden tipped Britain on v2 Clare says the Reet 18 a cops a no robbers Miami May 3 ans a Clare Booth Luce boiled the War situation Down to four deathless words today. Back from a two month tour of european Battlefront the Connecticut congresswoman told newsmen she was confident she had seen a a the last of the War Over from now on she said its a Jusic cops and predict Vatican peace talk Rome May 3 up a reliable Vatican quarters said today Chat the papal apartment had been com. Petely prepared for an imminent worldwide broadcast by the Pope. He is working on an address the subject of which is not known but which undoubtedly will be in connection with the end of the european War. Spain Regency said in offing reports of a change in the Spanish government with the possibility of the creation of a Regency to prepare the Way for restoration of a monarchy circulated yesterday. The Madrid correspondent of the London times said proposals Are being taken to Infante Don Juan in Switzerland by an emissary of Gen. Francisco Franco Spain a present ruler. International news service said the Madrid censorship had been lifted permitting do respondents to speculate on government changes. 1st army moves All Hurt by air with first army May .3�? Transfer of first army wounded to rear areas is now carried out entirely by air. During the drive through Germany the evacuation of wounded and the movement of front line hospitals by air was stepped up to keep Pace with the combat troops. Quot movement by air has proved effective a said col. William h. Amspacher operations chief for the first army surgeon. A a under Ideal conditions we can close Down a 400-bed evacuation Hospital move it 300 Miles by air and have it functioning within 36 Reich press radio films to re Eric try controlled the stars and stripes Friday May 4, iks an town another group of m pleads to fatherland Camp Campbell ky., May 3 ans a a second group of Axis War prisoners has urged the people of Germany to cease fighting because Quot the total War deliberately wanted and. Started by Adolf Hitler has ended in total defeat for Public relations office Here announced yesterday that 634 German and austrian prisoners in one compound joined in the message to their folks Back Home 43 prisoners declined to sign. The message together with a similar Appeal made earlier in the week by 550 of 563 prisoners in another compound was forwarded to the Provost marshals office at Washington. The message said Quot while your life is Good enough to be spent in vain the guilty leaders of the nazi set up Are deserting to save their Ives. A a Germany a defeat is a fact. Do not destroy what remains of your Bare existence. After the occupation of your town help and cooperate in every Way with the Allied military government. Make it your duty to eliminate Werewolf format tons. Do not hide nazi cer rot time in
