Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 8the stars and stripes sunday May 6, 1945okinawa japs los hundreds in wild Battle Guam april 5 ans a the japanese in one of the wildest Battles of the Pacific War yesterday hurled amphibious forces the first major tank led counter assault of the Okinawa Campaign suicide boats planes and Pilot guided flying bombs at american forces on the Island. Every attack was broken up but five . Ships were sunk and others damaged. Hundreds of a Force of 4,000 attacking japanese were slaughtered in the Quot Best Day of Jap killing since the Okinawa Campaign  one Hundred fifty four planes were shot Down and 15 explosive Laden a peed boats blown up. Under cover of Early morning darkness four japanese amphibious units totalling about 600 men attempted to land behind the american lines on both coasts. Three assault forces got ashore on the West coast in the rear of the 77th inf. Div. Hours later they were still there but they were trapped and being wiped out. The fourth group of about 200 men was stranded on a reef off the East coast and was annihilated. More than 3,000 nip ponese attacked seventh div. Positions on the East flank at Dawn behind 20 tanks and under the Protection of the campaigns heaviest enemy artillery barrage. Big american guns smashed the tanks and doughboy halted the charge in fierce hand to hand Battles and grenade throwing duels. Aussie push on Borneo Quot Manila May 5 ans a Battle Wise australian ground troops have seized a military Barracks in Tara Kan City on the Borneo Island of Tarakan it was announced today As an american column slashed through Davao Southern philippine port without much of a Fig on. Luzon Island american troops finished mopping up the Baguio area and liberated three Small nearby towns. Lui Twaite s latest become souvenirs naval plans factory hit Guam May 5 ans a Between 150 and 200 super forts today made the first b-29 attack of the War on the Hiro naval aircraft factory on the japanese Island of Honshu five Miles East of kure naval . Hugs col. Continued from Page 1 among German planes captured in the East Rhine drive were this pick Aback combo a Mel 09 mounted atop a bomb Laden ju88, and the Jet fighter below. Second inf. Div. Captured the former at the Merseburg Airport. The junkers was supposedly guided by Remote control by the Pilot in the smaller plane. It was Cut away As the target approached. Story fails to excite . New York May 5 ans a news of the German surrender in Holland Denmark and Northwest Germany hit new yorkers As an anti Climax they passed up Newsstands and discussed the a a unconditional surrender a headlines in a a we knew it All along attitude. There was no hilarity. A Broadway was just its Dally self though there were protective boards Over shop windows. A colonel looked at the headlines and said Quot there a plenty of show on the other Side. A i just came from the  that the japs still had to be beaten seemed to be the attitude. At 10 40 four jeeps two tanks and one armoured car moved South in a Snow storm and drove eight Miles below the Border to Colie Sarco where fifth army jeeps were sighted. The jeeps were from 86th div. And in them were it. Col. Haines 349th executive officer from Orlando fla., maj. Gerald Munn Akron Ohio and pfc. Barney Beadle weather Ford Tex. The first representatives of fifth and seventh to meet were sgt. John Lovold of Kansas City kan., and it. Col. Haines. Sgt. Lovold jammed on the brakes As the vehicles touched noses and leaped out and embraced the colonel. The colonel did no to seem to give a tinkers Damn that the sergeant Hadnot  seizes 33 More pits Washington May 5 Ansi Interior Secretary Harold l Ickes has wired an Appeal to Anthracite negotiators for continued efforts to reach an agreement in the wage dispute that has tied up hard Coal production since april 30. As solid fuels administrator Ickes also seized 33 More strike bound bituminous mines bringing to 272 the number of soft Coal properties under government control. On thursday under authorization from president Truman he took Possession of 363 hard Coal companies All in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile Anthracite negotiations in new York continued deadlocked Over the Issue of 1.50 dollars per Day for underground travel time. When the old Anthracite agreement expired the War labor Board ordered that the contract be extended with any wage changes to be retroactive but John l. Lewis ump head did not respond to the order. Strikes among 72,000 hard Coal miners then  bustiers round up herds for redoubt Corr is Zurich Switzerland May 5 ins a throughout Southern Germany cattle rustling nazis rounded up Dairy herds and drove them into the Austro bavarian a a redoubt before that stronghold was carved up by Allied armies. At the same time warehouses stores and private Homes were sys thematically looted of surplus food stocks which were shipped into the Quot redoubt As fast As Germany a crippled transport facilities would permit. Knoxville has snowfall Knoxville tenn., May 5 ans a Knoxville had a Brief Snow flurry Early yesterday morning. It was the first May snowfall in 22 years. New nazi army asks for peace continued from Page 1 czech austrian front but All that remained in the West were two comparatively Small pockets. One pocket extended North from Chemnitz about 50 Miles to Tougau where the russians and the first u. S. Army made their Junction. The other extends from Zerbst 85 Miles North to Wittenberg where the russians and the ninth u. S. Army linked. The 200,000 germans of group g were in addition to an estimated 500.000 to 1,000,000 taken by Field marshal sir Bernard l. Montgomery a Allied 21st army group a few hours earlier in the capitulation of the enemy in Northwest Germany Holland and Denmark. Army group Gas surrender came after the 42nd inf. Div. Of the seventh u. S. Army had captured Berchtesgaden the late Adolf hitlers Mountain Retreat the problem of food Supply was one of the most difficult the nazis had to face when they planned to Retreat into the redoubt with picked is troops Quisling from former satellite countries and hosts of sycophants and parasites who since Hitler came to Power have cluttered up the outer fringes of the nazi party. Build fortresses in the area bounded by Lake Constance Munich Innsbruck and Brenner pass the nazi Todt organization made fantastic attempts to construct underground a a impregnable fortresses. They tried to Rush construction of magazines for storing powder and munitions factories and arsenals. Nazi efficiency experts surveyed pasture lands and estimated the number of cattle the lands could support. By the end of 1944 it was estimated 800,006 head of cattle had been assembled there. Liberty lights await Call new York May 5 ans a the War darkened statue of Liberty will be flood lighted and a five hour religious and patriotic ceremony will be held in Cental Park when the fall of Emmily is proclaimed officially. Schools will hold special assemblies. Heaters restaurants and night clubs will operate As  continued from Page 1 Man and prime minister Churchill might declare that All germans surrendering to the Western allies actually were prisoners of All the big three Russia As Well As the u. S. And Britain. Odeniu speech cited further indication of the High nazis scheming was seen in a broadcast by Doenitz to wehrmacht units still resisting. A a the Only purpose for which we still have to fight is to save As Many germans As possible from bolshevik  Blondie by Courtesy of King features Syndicate by Chic Young 43rd sub missing Washington May 5 ans a the submarine swordfish is overdue and presumed lost. Navy announced yesterday. The swordfish was the 43rd sub and the 197th naval vessel lost since the War began i suppose was going to the office Al approves peace code Washington May 5 ans a the Al executive Council approved the code of principles for postwar peace Between labor and Industry which was signed by presidents William Green of the Al Philip Murray of the Cio and Eric Johnston of the u. S. Chamber of Commerce