Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Page 4the stars and stripes sunday May 13, 1945 British discharged on age time basis by Henry t. Walter Stan and stripes staff writer London May ibo in contrast to the us four Point system de mobilization of British servicemen prior to Victory Over Japan will be based strictly on length of War service age and reconstruction requirements. A a a details on the number of men to be released under the British plan May be disclosed next week in commons. First British troops out those in class a will be returned to civilian life strictly on a basis of age and length of wartime service. Two months of service is equivalent to one additional year of age. For example a Man of 22, with four years service would be in the same group As a Man of 40 with one year in uniform. However men Over 60 will get immediate priority. discharges class b releases will be granted to men belonging to particular occupation classes required for urgent reconstruction. These men will be placed in a special Reserve class and Are subject to recall. Labor minister Ernest Bevin has said there would be no general demobilization of an estimated 4,800,000 men in uniform out of a population about one third As Large As that of the u. A until Japan is Defeated. The number of British troops to be assigned to the Pacific theater has not been disclosed. British selective service will continue to operate and men from 18 to 28, particularly those released from munitions work will be called up to permit additional class a discharge big 3 meeting on poles seen san Francisco May 12�? remarks by British foreign Secretary Anthony Eden Lent credence today to reports that the burning polish question at the United nations conference might necessitate a meeting of president Truman prime minister Churchill and marshal Stalin for its settlement Eden told a press conference the alleged arrest of 16 polish resistance leaders by the soviet Union half put a Stop to our work Here so far As the polish problem is he said a general review of the question and determination of Quot what the next step should be was up to the u. 8. British and russian governments. He said Quot the list of 16 poles reported As having disappeared Quot included Quot nearly All the leading figures of the polish underground government Quot a men who had maintained Quot excellent records of resistance against the germans throughout the news file told War Story sheaf May 12�?newsmen operating in the Etc during the 337 Days from d Day to be Day filed More than 163,066,000 words it was announced Here. More than 400,000 words on the unconditional surrender of Germany passed through the censors office in Paris 124,000 words lighter than the d Day copy. During this period 2,487,000 photographs were handled jointly by sheaf its components and the British ministry of information. Italian areas returned Rome May 12 ins a the Allied commission for Italy today consented to turn Over the administration of the ten Northern provinces to the italian government farm hideout for Himmler Heinrich Himmler was reported to be holed up in Bavaria with 175 88 men ready to shoot it out with any Allied soldiers who try to take him As a War criminal. Two German army doctors and a civilian resident of Mittendorf Austria told a up correspondent that Himmler had taken Over two farmhouses near Mittendorf. They believed Himmler was preparing to move on to an even More Remote hideout one 7,000 feet High and commanding the Northern slope of Lope Stein Mountain. They said the defense minister and Hangman had served notice that All who approached the farmhouse would be shot. Killed by explosion meanwhile three More men High n the nazi party were reported to Lave committed suicide rather than stand trial As criminals. They were Joseph Terboven nazi overlord of Norway Gen. Wilhelm Rediess German police chief in Norway and Konrad Heinlen former Gau Leiter in sudetenland. Terboven and Rediess were believed to have been killed by an explosion at Terboven a ska gum residence. Reuter reported Heinlen slashed his wrists with a razor Blade and bled to death in a third . Army prison Cage thursday. The Blade had been concealed under adhesive tape inside his cigarette Case. Gen. Nicholas von Falk Einhorst commander in chief of All German land sea and air forces in Norway from the invasion on april 9, 1940, until last december was captured by the seventh . Army two Days ago Walkenhorst delivered an oration evidently intended to ingratiate himself with his captors. Start and finish of drive that Kos a Reich German schools get new texts with British second army May Quot 12�?German schools will remain closed until a commission of american British and russian instructors Complete textbooks to replace those used during the nazi regime it was disclosed today by am officials. New books Are being prepared under sheaf direction. Quot it will probably be some time though before the new books Are printed and distributed Quot an official said the a blow that knocked Germany out of the War began feb. 23 when Gen. Eisenhower a forces hurdles the Root and drove to the Rhino. First . Army crossed the Rhine March 8 and the mass crossing was made March 24. The russians started their Winter drive Jan. 12, reached the Oder Jan. 23 and began their Berlin push april 15. In less than a month the reds were in Berlin yanks in Czechoslovakia and Austria and More yanks and French linked up with Italy Force. Writer fatties skeletons in Adolf s love nest closet French Champagne firms rattle Rottle by Thurston Macauley ins staff correspondent London May 12 ins a the rest of the world will be Able to drink All the French Champagne it wants just As soon As the French can end the present shortage of bottles fuel and transportation. Despite heavy German demands on the French Champagne Industry there is now More Champagne in barrels in France than the Normal pro War average. But it May be some time before Bon Vitants in the u.8., Britain and elsewhere get a Chance by Lou 18 p. Lochner Munich May 12 apr there is a painting and a sculpted bust in Adolf hitlers private Home Here of Geu Rabaul the girl who allegedly committed suicide because her in let the fuehrer jilted her soon after his accession to Power. There is no doubt Geli died in her bedroom in hitlers Home on aus Sere Prinz regents Strasse. The Only doubt is How. One Story is that she killed herself when she lost her Uncle Lover. The other is that Hitler strangled her in a fit of passion. Hitlers Home contains no evidence of another of his much discussed romances the one with Eva Braun. But at Evans Home. Wasser Burge Strasse 12, just a few minutes from hitlers residence Felt convinced that there was some sort of Bond Between the fuehrer and the former photographers assistant. Where it Eva but where Eva is no one seems to know. Looking Over her House however and talking to the caretaker made me revise my previous opinion on one things hitlers relation to women. Before the War Many note German physicians had told me that Hitler was physically incapable of marriage. Hitlers bedroom struck me As effeminate except that the Couch like bed was unusually hard. The upholstery of the Couch and chairs was of delicate Light colors that no average Man would choose. There were some disappointed faces in the 179th u. S. Inf. Regt. When one of their mechanics opened Hitler s private Safe. Expecting sensational documents even hitlers last will the soldiers found 12 autographed first edition copies of Quot mein a there was t another scrap of paper in the Saf e. U. S. Would try nazis machine san Francisco May 12 ans a the u. S. Has proposed at the United nations conference that organizations such As the nazi party be tried for atrocities and War crimes As Well As individuals the state department announced. The proposal was interpreted As opening a Legal Way for the use of forced labor to rebuild War devastated Europe. The department said judge Samuel i. Rosenman personal representative of president Truman had completed a series of conferences with representatives of Britain Russia and France about the prosecution of War criminals. To drink it to any appreciable extent. The difficulty is Champagne reaches the ultimate consumer in bottles not barrels. Before the War 18.000.000 bottles were turned out yearly in and around Rheims. Production today is virtually nil. The main bottle works the Verr eries la Ardineaux is temporarily Idle. Before the War France produced 30.000.000 bottles annually. In a Good year the figure Rose to 40,000,-000. Under the germans it dropped to 25,000,000 bottles of which the nazis took 16 to 17,000.000.reich control groups listed Washington May 12 apr the War department today listed 12 branches of the . Representation on the Allied control Council for Germany. The specific zone of american occupation still was not disclosed. Headed by Gen. Eisenhower the american occupational Force will include these divisions special intelligence Public information Public relations reparations and restriction. Economic internal affairs communications political transport pcs and displaced persons manpower and Legal. It. Gen. Lucius d. Clay Eisenhower a Deputy and Deputy military governor for Germany will be directly responsible for the special intelligence Section. The we said the Public information Section Woula Quot control All forms of Public expression in Germany including newspapers radio magazines and motion it also will Deal with Quot dissolution of the propaganda ministry of the notorious Goebbels and establishment of an unbiased and truthful press and radio censorship in the american zone Quot will be solely on the basis of military Security Quot the announcement said.31,000 treated at Dachau Cam nazis quit Eire office Dublin May 13 up a the ministry of external affairs has handed Over the keys to the German legation Here to the american minister. More than 31,000 prisoners liberated from the notorious Dachau concentration Camp Are receiving medical treatment and food pending repatriation sheaf announced last night. The sex prisoners were being treated and fed by military government of the seventh u. 8. Army. There were 9,082 poles at Dachau. Russians were second most numerous. Jews totalled 2.539
