Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes monday May 7, i94f a i a Quot a Quot Quot f Guam May 6 ans a Mari Anas based super forts destroyed 54 a Square Miles of Japan s Industrial. Areas and damaged 15 of its key War plants in the last five months. Thoroughness of the bombing is demonstrated in Tokyo where 83 Square Miles have been burned omit. The b29s loom even More men lip Quai bin hl<bsnl55� produced. Using these methods for tick first time March 9 after Only mediocre results from 30,000 feet i the bombers burned out 17 Square Miles of  super forts late yesterday a True two air bases on Southern Kyushu As a follow up to two earlier b39 raids on Japan. Between 150 and 300 hit the Hiro naval aircraft factory on Southern Honshu and 35 to 50 pounded two airfields on Northern Kyushu. By the associated press Europe s widespread food shortage probably will grow More acute in the first Winter of peace than it was at any time in five and. A half years of War. The War continued too far into the Spring for the continent to feed itself from its own crops next Winter. Even yet european men and women Are struggling to Plant Fields still dotted with deadly mines. With Power driven equip ment gone and horses extremely scarce farm Folk themselves drag plows Over the soil manpower was freed too late from the battlefields and prison Camps to a up the situation. It is estimated that More than 10,000,000 displaced europeans Are still in Germany. Always needed imports Europe always depended on food imports to Complete its diet even in Good years. Now on the basis of crops expected manpower shortage and equipment limitations rehabilitation officials believe this year s farm yield will be no More than 50 percent Normal. Germany Holland and Poland will undoubtedly be the worst hit but even prance and Greece will suffer. Pood supplies from America have started to trickle into Europe but there is no specific commitment. Urra is the Only Media through which the Supply of food can be arranged it does not actually provide the food nor is there any guarantee to what extent food can be provided. Ret ii diet gut deepest military government officials in the Western zone of occupation have declared that germans will get a diet Only slightly Over one half the Standard they win try to maintain for liberated countries. Germans will be allowed rations amounting to 1,150 calories per Day. Liberated countries will have 2,000 calories per Day on a Standard diet a if it can be maintained. Normal peace time food consumption in the u. S. Is Between 3,500 and 3,000 calories per Day and american troops in the Eto get 4,000 calories. Warning response moderate Long before the collapse of Germany Gen. Eisenhower called upon the Ger fans to till every available acre to save themselves from starvation in such sections As the Roer plateau and the Ruhr Valley. Response to that request has been Only moderate. With almost 50 percent of her Best farm land inundated by Salt water Holland is in the most tragic position of the liberated nations. Holland has no Hope of feeding herself now and Little Prospect of Normal crops for several years. Belgium is in better condition. Although Denmark s reserves have been stolen by the Reich and her livestock badly depleted she May be Able to provide for own  Chic Young Trig it the wat or rosily to one of the important events in a Day at War is five surrender at a he enemy if is Jurt a simple events right new an a vary Naur a vary Day happening. German soldiers liars Ara surran Darlng to tankers of the seventh army. Day. Of first army near Labora Germany. 1lishorn is 55 Miles East of the  bombers May be abandoned Guam May 6 ans a american troops have killed 33,462 japanese and taken 700 prisoners on Okinawa since april i adm Nimitz announced today. This m More than double the total of us. Navy army and mar sine casualties of 15,354 in the entire Okinawa Campaign. American troops artillerymen and pilots killed 3,000 japanese in Friday s wild enemy counter attack on Southern Okinawa. Doughboy and marines resumed their South Ward Advance yesterday. Nazis loot London May $ Reuter a wheels of the Allied control commission machine which will govern fallen Germany began to Roll in High gear today As the piecemeal surrender of the nazi wehrmacht neared completion. One of the major tasks confronting the commission is to make a rapid Survey of Germany s immediately available economic re sources with the View of restoring to France Russia Belgium and other countries As much As possible of the loot seized by the nazis. 1 the Survey which will include Al stolen articles ranging from rail Cpd locomotives to cattle will be undertaken by a group of american experts which is about to leave for Germany for that purpose. Open circuit to Copenhagen London May 5 up a great Northern Telegraph go. Announced today it has reestablished direct commercial radio transmission Between London and Copenhagen the capital of Denmark. Continued from Page i fighting was reported on the Western try it and radio Prague announced that after a Patriot uprising negotiations had been started with the germans for the peaceful surrender of Bohemia and Moravia. Radio Prague heard by the bbl said that an order to cease file had been Given in Prague sunday morning. Soviet Force drove to within four Miles of Dresden the last big Oer Man City still in nazi hands marshal Stalin announced the capture of Swine Munde the last Baltic port that the germans held. The last Square Miles of East Prussia were cleared. Fraley German blood radio Lenaburg said that the War in these areas against the Western Powers had Quot lost its meaning and results Only in the loss of precious German blood then it sounded a time worn theme Quot resistance against the soviet is being continued As Long As possible to save As Many germans As possible from the bolshevism  sheaf said the surrender of German forces in Northwestern Germany Denmark and Holland w a s being accomplished under Quot fairly Calm conditions. The u. A ninth army without moving took 65,575 More prisoners to run its total to 415,839 since it crossed the Rhine. The German communique yester Dat reported that British troops had landed in Copenhagen. Norwegian circles in Stockholm expected the capitulation of the germans in Norway to come today Reuter said. Other unconfirmed reports Sakul the germans were concentrating in m few Large groups to facilitate the surrender with a British military Mission expected to arrive in Sweden shortly to accept  continued from Page 1