Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Oct is m r Italy yanks enter Austria the Allied fifth army entered Austria at two Points yesterday after moving rapidly through surrendered German forces in Northern. Italy while the eighth army was battling a comparatively Strong group of 88 troops who refused to abide by last weeks capitulation pact. The entries into Austria apparently made by american units were through the Resia and Dot it Biaco Mountain passes West of the eighth army s trouble zone. Resia pass is 30 Miles Southwest of the austrian town of Villacha toward which the eighth was advancing when it met the a a few thousands 68 holdouts in northeastern Italy. In air action Mediterranean based Allied fighters and fighter bombers hit rail Yards and rolling Stock in Northwestern Yugoslavia and Southern Austria without loss. Reds take Baltic base the German Baltic naval base of Rue Gan Northwest of Stettin fell yesterday to the russians marshal Stalin announced. Live Marine is told he a legally dead Vicksburg miss., May 6 cans a Marine pvt. William d. Dennis Learned officially today from Gen. A. A. Vandegrift Marine corps commander that he was dead killed in the Battle of iwo Jima. Home on furlough after three years in the Pacific Dennis opened a Telegram addressed to his Mother mrs. John Dennis. It announced Quot your son. Pvt. William d. Dennis was killed in action on iwo Dennis never was on iwo. His last assignment was in the Philippines. I for pilots made by nazis with ninth us. Army May 6 up a an Assembly Plant for piloted vis has been discovered on the Elbe River by the fifth army. Div. The Plant one mile Square included 60 Large buildings. The piloted i is essentially of the same construction As the old Type. The cockpit contains simple controls and a Light Parachute. W3rd saves Winants son six notable american British and polish personalities found their Way to safety with the seventh army a 103rd inf. Div. Following their unexplained release by the germans it was announced at sheaf yesterday. They were it. John Winant son of the �oj3. Ambassador to Britain capt. John Elphinstone Nephew of Queen Elizabeth it. Viscount George h. Lascelles Nephew of King George it. Felix Malcolm Deh Aipel a relative of prime minister Churchill it. V. Michael Alexander a relative of Field marshal sir Harold Alexander and it. Gen. Komoroski who led polish patriots at Warsaw under the name of Quot general meanwhile Allied troops continued their Roundup of nazi officials. Paris radio said French units had taken the former German Crown Prince Wilhelm son of the Kaiser Baron Constantin von Neu Rath former German minister of state and one time ambassador to Britain and Baron Hans von Mackensen former nazi ambassador to Italy. Mackensen Heads Czechoslovakia s list of War criminals army to free total surrender of German forces on All fronts the end of the War in Europe was believed near last night As . Third army and soviet troops drove deeper into Czechoslovakia the biggest Island of resistance left. There was some indication that an uprising of czech patriots might go far toward ending resistance in Czechoslovakia where the germans Are believed to have 550,000 men. Radio Prague in the hands of patriots said yesterday that firing had stopped in Prague itself and that negotiations had been opened for the surrender of Bohemia and Moravia principal czech provinces. . Third army troops entered i i sen and captured Strabo 16 Miles West and the germans indicated that russian forces were assailing the big Junction of Olomouc 128 Miles Southeast of Prague. Prime minister Churchir s War Cabinet and Bri Tafth was not hot a ended Agency s massacre charged Prince Bernhardt of Holland charged yesterday that the Oer mans had fired into dutch throngs celebrating the surrender in Rotterdam utrecht Daft Brecht and other dutch cities saturday night had killed wounded Many. Washington May a a the army will release 2,000,000 enlisted men in the next year while it deploys it forces against Japan but less than 660,000 of the Able bodied men discharged will come from Eto the War department announced today in a statement on redeployment and discharge. Saying that the release and redeployment programs would involve a a the greatest transportation problem Ever undertaken in the department said a total of 1,300,000 Able bodied men would be discharged. The other 700,0q0 prospective discharges Are to be released because of age wounds or sickness. One Ali info from Pachio of the 1,300,000 Able bodied men half will come from to one third from the Pacific and most of the remainder will be released in the ., where they Are now serving under the rotation plan after completing foreign duty the announcement said. Because of the necessity of giving first priority to troops moving into the Pacific to fight Japan and the complications involved in transporting millions of men thousands of Miles it will take at least a year to discharge All the troops to be re it continued on Page 8 wrote Quot the announcement of the end of the War m Europe is coming very soon.14 the United press said Semi official sources in London had indicated Quot that Quot the announcement that the War in Europe has ended with Admiral Karl Doe nits Complete surrender of Germany can to expected very these same sources the United press said Quot hinted Quot that the announcement of the end of the War in the Eto might be followed by an laity meeting of president Truman prime minister Churchill and Marshall Stalin probably to Settle european questions until Japan Falls. Except in Czechoslovakia no continued on Page 8 300,000 nazis in Norway London May 6 up a the norwegian government information service gives the following estimate of Garmon forces in Norway i total All service#�?250403 to 300400, including 180,800 to 190400 in army 50400 in Navy and 50400 in air Force. Air force�?300 to 40f planes mostly fighters to por cont of por so nod in ask ask or other ground defense Navy up to 300 a Boata a few do tremors Armad trawler and considerable numbers of one Man torpedoes Largo part of naval porn Honnol mans of fatal defense batteries. Army several Good Alpino division Many Nan Gorman troop in Othar unit Only Catfishes Catfish Are known to make soft purring sounds when Happy. We know a Brunette who purrs too. Val. 1�?no. 55 the is daily newspaper of . Armed ipes the euro a theater of operetta May 7. 1945 in the know nostradamus noted astrologer also wrote a Book entitled How women Hake themselves Beautiful in face and Quot apr a Ai Forin one franc t
