Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 8the stars and stripes monday May 14, 1945 in Diu or Ken Host  a of Kleng Meli a a Cist t i fax rag it Amherst i fun Orui Gulf of Marta an school Bells King for Joes awaiting boat by Ernie lei8er stars and stripes staff writer i schools Are being set up for every 1,000-men unit in the Eto theater Headquarters revealed yesterday disclosing at the same time that a mass scale education program for occupation troops and soldiers awaiting shipment Home is now ready supplementing i schools will be such world famed universities As Oxford and Cambridge in England the sorbonne in Paris and University of Rome which will give special courses to american soldiers. The double barrelled program designed to give soldiers practical training for civilian jobs As Well As academic education was devised by the Eton a information and education div. All training is on a strictly voluntary basis and etto chiefs promised that no Soldier will have his return to the states delayed by being in a i school. When a Soldier receives shipping orders they said he will leave immediately regardless of the stage of any course he might be  that ten acclaim victors of Burma drive reds capture nazi fanatics mop up of Burma c0ntinue8 while a do. Lord Mountbatten Allied commander in Southeast Asia mounts captured japanese gun to address 14th army troops who took Mandalay. Map shows Allied thrusts which broke enemy hold. Victory opens Way for it creased shipments of military supplies to China. A continued from Page 1 occupied All German naval bases on the French Atlantic coast. Several Large sub pens were handed Over intact. Three sube and about 20 Light enemy ships were re floated. For her German naval installations were meeting similar Fate in Denmark. At scolding six destroyers 16 a boats and 15 Pontoon Craft were found scuttled in shallow water. Germans were forced to remove All explosive charges which had been prepared to blow up the whole Harbor. Swastika is outlaw of the military Laws broadcast by Flensburg radio forbade use of the Swastika Flag revoked anti jewish measures set up military tribunals banned Public entertainment established curfews dissolved the nazi propaganda machine and blocked formation of new German political parties. Correspondents with the ninth to. 8. Army reported that a majority of the dutch general staff 70 French generals two English lords eight u. S. Officers and 56 emaciated american enlisted men were evacuated May 11 from the starvation and disease wracked Konig Stein fortress South of Dresden the evacuation was effected by 76th inf. Div. Units which travelled 70 Miles through russian held territory. Nimitz forces Down 165 japs continued from Page 1 major ship probably was a Carrier or battleship. One . Destroyer downed 19 japanese Carrier planes probably a record for such a ship in one engagement. Forty enemy planes were downed on Okinawa. Tokyo radio reported that 600 to 900 . Carrier planes and a a minor group of super fortresses raided Kyushu a japanese Home Island this morning and claimed several american escort carriers were damaged thursday and Friday when caught East of Okinawa by japanese planes. Propeller less pilotless japanese flying bombs were sighted in the air by a u. S. Patrol South of Japan. The sixth marines were reported within 500 Yards of Naha. Approach to the City has been slow due to the number and character of defensive positions. Nimitz revealed that u. S. Troops have occupied Tori Island 55 Miles West of Okinawa ice Cream car conf wac is 3 years old wac res tees in Nice will observe the third anniversary of the women a army corps tonight with a a a birthday party at the Alhambra hotel and those attached to Delta base Section he. Will hold a formal retread Parade and Lawn party. More than 100 enlisted women Restees in Nice and their friends will dance see a floor show and movies and eat cake and ice Cream at the Alhambra hotel party starting at 8 pm it was announced by 1-lt. Ruth Shew of Seattle director of the women a division Surra. 1-sgt. Marian Fields of Chicago said there would be no Parade in Nice Quot because the girls Here Are  the lbs ceremonies will be directed by 1-lt. Eulalie Beffel of Madison. Wis., commandant of the Delta base wac detachment. 1-sgt. Helen e. Lichtenberger of Warren pa., said the Parade would begin at 5 pm. Immediately after Ward the Lawn party for was and their friends will be held at a Villa on Rue Prado Marseilles. Congratulations on the third anniversary were sent by Gen. Eisenhower and Gen. Carl a. Spaatz us staf commander. About 7,000 was Are serving in Eto. Plans Call for an increase to 10,000 enlisted women and 750 officers. The first group of was arrived in England in april 1043, enlisted women and officers served in Africa and Italy and at present Are on duty in France Germany Belgium As Well As the us. A coloured battalion is assigned to this theater for postal directory work. The women a army auxiliary corps forerunner of the wac was formed May 14, 1942 for non combatant service with the army. On sept. 1, 1943, the corps was transferred to the army of. United states with the same status As other army units. France hailed by Eisenhower assurances that he always had devoted a a great efforts toward fran co american Unity both in War and peace were voiced yesterday by Gen. Eisenhower in a message to Gen. Charles de Gaulle. According to Paris radio Eisenhower s message was to congratulate you on the magnificent contribution of French forces to our common Victory. It is cry sincerest and deepest Hope that we will remain United in Victory and peace As we have been during the War. Personally i have always devoted great efforts to this  14-Mitt gain on Mindanao Manila May 13 apis a troops of the 46th div. Advanced 14 Miles and came within View of the big japanese Delmonte Airport in North Central Mindanao Friday Gen. Macarthur announced today. Elements of the 40th div., which was pushing South along Sayre Highway reached a Point 60 Miles from the 31st div. Which is fighting North on the same Road. Was Mother French children 8aigon facilities wrecked Manila May 13 up a usefulness of the japanese base at Saigon French indo China was ended by air attacks Between april 22 and May 4, maj. Gen. Ennis c. Whitehead u. S. Fifth of commander declared. Paris May 13 a Twenty five was celebrated mothers Day by treating an equal number of French children in the Little Village of St. Ouen on the outskirts of Paris the was gave Candy to the children who will be supplied with rations regularly from now on. This was the first in a series of weekly parties sponsored by Eto special service. A new group of children will be wac sponsored each sunday. Present at the ceremony were Madeleine Carroll of Hollywood and the american red Cross who suggested the idea and it. Col Anna Wilson head of Eto was. Share Larder Truman asks Washington May 13 up a hungry people in War ravished countries a a must and can be fed from americans Larder president Truman said today in his first statement on this problem since he took office. Truman a views were expressed in a letter to mrs. Dwight w. Morrow president of food for Freedom in reply to one signed by 22 civil religious farm and labor organizations. Quot backed by such spontaneous popular  the president asserted a we must and can find a Way to accomplish their desires to share their food with others. Grew rebukes Tito Over port Washington May 13 ans a acting Secretary of state Joseph c. Grew in a Sharp rebuke to marshal Tito of Yugo la via announced today that the disputed Adriatic port of Trieste will remain under Allied control until a a a definite peace  the rebuke was made in a Stern statement which said the dispute had raised Quot the Issue of the settlement of 1  Quot disputes by orderly process rather than unilateral  in effect the statement also accused Tito of bad f Aith according to up. Grew a action was taken by up As a warning that All european resistance groups and factional armies must save territorial claims for the peace conference. Require careful study Quot there Are 30 or More territorial questions in Europe which require careful study before satisfactory decisions can be reached a said grew. Trieste an italian port during the inter War period has been occupied by a mixture of Allied troops. Tito has demanded that yugoslav forces be allowed to occupy the area and italian demons stators have protested the possible loss of the port. Grew said Anglo american forces had forced the surrender of the German Garrison at Trieste and the area remained of a a prime importance from a military Point of View because of the need for the port and communication facilities. Lie costs nazi four year term cd divers Clear Marseille canal by Johnnie Brown stars and stripes staff writer sixth port he Marseille May 13�?six army deep sea divers worked four Days and nights Clearing a sunken Barge from the Rove canal where it blocked traffic from Marseille to Inland army Railhead and Supply dumps. The underwater stevedores unloaded 2,000 begs of Cement from the Barge under nine feet of water. They lifted the bags into an ammo Sling and they were hauled to the surface by a Doodlebug Crane mounted on a 50-ton quonset Barge. A to looked like an aquarium a said Cpl William d. Huckins of Seattle. Quot fish of All kinds were swimming around while we  other divers who helped remove the 100-ton Load of Cement working three eight hour shifts a a with two on a shift included sgt. Louis Goudreau Lynn mass and 107th port maintenance co., and to sets. Carl w. Herman Owensboro by. Otto c. Hellwitz West Hemstead n.  Eugene j. Saccone port Richmond n. Y., and Delbert m. Rossi ter. Grants pass ore., All of the army repair ship Griswold. Rove canal extends four and one half Miles Northwest from Marseille through a Mountain. It connects Lake de Berre and the Rhone River. Maj. Arvidson b. Redding Albany calif., chief of sixth port maintenance and repair supervised the work. Others on the project included Wong John e. Marca to Arrochar n. Y., diving officer and three divers tenders t/4 Francis d. Mastronardi Brooklyn t/5 Frank m. Do Danese Brooklyn and t/5 Jack o. Wright Warren Ohio All from the Griswold. Capt. Archie Spinney Washington dc., commands the Griswold. Cologne May 13-Jakob Kun theirs 45, former nazi food administrator for Cologne was found guilty of making a false statement by an am court Here and sentenced to four years imprisonment. Kutheis the prosecution charged denied membership in the nazi party when he filled out his identity card March 18. Subsequent investigation revealed his membership in the party since 1927, in the is since 1931 and nazi food administrator for Cologne from 1934 until arrival of the americans. Convoys still guarded London May 13�?some German submarines May attempt to make their Way to Japan an admiralty spokesman said. Naval escorts will continue to accompany convoys in the Atlantic. Surrendering a boats Are being escorted to ports by Allied ships and planes