Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 8the stars and stripes sunday May 13, 1945 czech War continues is men fire Berlin renegade German forces in Czechoslovakia continued to resist yesterday in a 1,600-Square-mile pocket East of Prague despite the surrender of thousands following three More link  by american and red army troops. . Units were not identified. Meanwhile an official russian news Agency dispatch said embittered 6s troops operating underground a in Berlin had set Many fires and flooded subway tunnels drowning hundreds of wounded soldiers women and children. Small isolated groups of German troops were said to be resisting in Yugoslavia and a Sofia report said there was sporadic fighting on a few unidentified sectors of the bulgarian army front. A soviet communique said the latest u.  junctions took place East of Chemnitz East of Pilsen and Southeast of Linz. Renegade chiefs named Hie renegade germans Are commanded by Field marshal Ferdinand schemers and col Gen. Weller. During the past three Days the russians have taken 500,000 prisoners including 45 generals Moscow said. The entire German pocket in Northwestern Latvia was eliminated yesterday resulting in capture of 133,000 nazi soldiers. Latvian refugees reaching Stockholm said German troops had overthrown the pro nazi National latvian government which had announced it would not obey the surrender order. German opposition on Bornholm Island a danish Possession in the Baltic also ended. First Eto supplies reach Pacific zone Guam May 12 apr two Hundred and sixteen pints of whole blood originally consigned to to is in route to the Philippines and Okinawa. The blood is believed to be the first Supply item freed from european assignment to reach the Pacific. Murder Camp films for pcs Washington. May 12 ans a the army demanded today that every German prisoner held in this country see motion pictures of murder Camps operated by their former nazi masters. The War department said that More than 343.000 German prisoners in the u. S. Had been ordered to see films made by the army and commercial companies. So there will be no Chance for misunderstanding commentary films is in German language. In addition the army was sending into every prison Camp booklets with still pictures captioned in Germany of nazi mass murders. Hie we also announced that German prisoners will find no More Beer cigarettes Candy and similar items in their canteens when existing stocks Are exhausted. Sheaf eases news clamps Allied military censorship of news will continue indefinitely in greatly modified form. Col. George w Warden chief press censor sheaf disclosed yesterday. The new rules prohibit publication of information of value to the japanese reports detrimental to the Allied War Effort false reports and rumours and stories Likely to injure Allied morale Warden said formations and units May now be identified histories dealing with their exploits in retrospect. Dates and locations May be Given. U. S. To keep 4,500,000 army Washington May 12 ans a a War department spokesman confirmed yesterday reports that the army expects to maintain a Force of 4,500,000 men after the War ends. The War department meanwhile officially Benood reports attributed to some congressmen that postwar plans Call for a regular army of Only 500,000. A this is not a fact a a spokesman said. Quot the size of the regular army which the War department will recommend after the War will depend upon the condition of world commitments of the u. S at that time and the military policy adopted by  oar else Cannes station opens american forces networks new Cannes radio station will open at noon today on a frequency of 1420 kilo cycles 211 meters wave length. Hie Nice station which has been on the 1420 dial spot will be moved to 1365 kilo cycles 210 meters beginning at 7 am today. We would like to get our oar in about Marguerite Chapman the bathing suit and that paddle aha la holding. Marguerite and the bathing suit Art explainable but that oar has us puzzled. Okinawa is future base o a a. 1 v a for 8th Jef s fortresses London May 12�?redeployment of the eighth . Air forces 300,000 men and women already has begun and some of its flying fortresses will be based on Okinawa within Range of three quarters of Japan a War industries maj. Gen. Orvil Anderson Deputy commander of the strategic bomber Force told reporters yesterday. It. Gen. James h. Doolittle eighths commander said part of the eighth would remain in Europe with the army of occupation part would return to the xes. And part would be sent directly to the Pacific. The eighth dropped 701,300 tons of bombs on enemy targets including 531,771 to is on Germany itself destroyed 16,439 enemy planes and dispatched 332,645 bombers and 260,574 fighters on All types of operations in the european War Doolittle disclosed. 43,742 dead missing he said hat of the enemy planes destroyed 5,231 were shot Down in the air and 4,207 were wrecked on he ground. Bomber gunners accounted for 6,001 German Craft and 3,703 were destroyed or damaged by bombing. In the War against Germany eighth of lost 43,742 bomber crewmen and fighter pilots killed or reported missing in 995 Days of raids. Seriously injured were 1,923 men. Japan will not last a year Patch says with seventh u. S. Army May 12 up a the War with Japan will end within a year Gen. Alexander m. Patch predicted today. The seventh army cd has held a Pacific command As Well As campaigning in Italy France and Germany. When a Pool on the european War was made up on March 25, he correctly selected May 9 As be Day. Carnations Given mor mom s Bay mothers Day will be observed by Restees in Nice today with special religious services and the traditional carnations distributed by the american red Cross Casino club. Soldiers and was who go to the arc after 11 am will get carnations and decorated a mail Blanks which they May address to their mothers. The Blanks for men Bear a sketch of a i and the inscription Quot to  the return address is filled in by Alice Yonkman club director and she signs a message Reading a your son was in our red Cross club today. He is wearing a carnal Tion for you is Well and looks Fine. I thought you might like to  Monty visits Denmark Copenhagen Denmark 12 apr crowds cheered Field marshal sir Bernard l. Montgomery today As he drove through Tulip strewn streets Here on a visit to King Christian. Nice idea m ii Restees birthday party a mass party for All Restees whose birthdays come in Mav will be held at the american red Cross Casino club at 6 30 tonight. Program director Ruth Chernay announced. American girls on the club staff will be hostesses. You arc what who Issice the by s rest area on of the cities on the United states Riviera recreational area ism i of amp 3r1 or Mehmi by it b i 1111 lip  Frei <36 to officers a off limits to officer8�?T sign in Nice is not just decoration. No officers except those on duly Are allowed to enter note. No brass is allowed to enjoy hotels night clubs bars and Baba hot of Gio amp ramp Dise. Lack of tools stopped nazis after Dunkirk Hermann Goering minus medals and some 30 pounds of avoirdupois yesterday declared that the nazi High command had every intention of invading the British Isles but never had sufficient air Power and ships to carry out the plan. Talking to correspondents near Augsburg where he is a prisoner of the seventh u. S. Army Goering claimed that Germany invaded Russia because the nazis had a a information that the red army intended to move into Germany by Way off Rumania and Finland. Until last april 22 Hitler did not realize Germany had lost the War according to Goering. Believes Hitler dead �?�1 am absolutely convinced that Hitler is dead a he said. �?�1 am also convinced that he died earlier than the Date  however a correspondent with 21st a reported that a High nazi officer confirmed the German radio claim that Hitler did die a Quot heroes death in the chancellery when it was hit by russian shells. The fuehrer a body is in the ruins according to this account. A trooper out on 85 count continued from Page 1 corps will furnish the necessary  How i got the Points and just How Many i have i done to know. I have a Hunch one maj. Polk got tired rescuing me from jail and settling arguments of various kinds and dug up the Points himself. Some of them i think Are Canadian Points because i did 18 months with Brig. Worthington a one track tanks before your tanks came to our Rescue and raised the Price of pretty tilings in England but Well argue about that some other Day. All i got out of that Canadian Deal was the rank of Quot trooper and some Choice Brussels sprouts. But eventually they let me into Uncle Sam s luxurious forces and it was Only then that i realized i was lonesome and had lost a lot of friends. However the . Army put me on the stars and stripes and i never was lonesome again just plenty confused. The office wants to know the emotions of a Man about to receive a discharge on Points in the .a. I have two emotions no three. Emotion no. 1 i la believe it when i see it in my hand. Emotion no. 2 the other Guy on these orders is pfc Roland a. Young 24, who will report to Camp Lee a oct to become an officer. My emotion is that while he is to be congratulated and encouraged. I do not envy him. Emotion no. 3 frankly i am a bit alarmed about this business of becoming a civilian. The Only solution i can see is to go out to bean Blossom ind., and the Hills of Brown county where Ernie Pyle used to rest up where sounds sing All night and owls Hoot All Day. And where a person can sit Down for a while. In a going to take the army a discharge Money and buy a Shack there in the Woods near a Lake and after that or. Truman try to find me. The Only people i will Salute will be the bartenders in town on saturday nights