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Publication: Southern France Stars and Stripes Friday, May 18, 1945

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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 4the stars and stripes Friday May 18, 1945 Bond contest v by di6kuwi8 5tor� and stripes staff writer f v Taris May 17�?a Stem Long termed military government planned wat Germany will keep american soldiers in the Reich Quot a Long time m iut xxx it modification of the non ranter Azatian policy is expected. Thi was announced yesterday by lit. Gen. Lucius d. Clay. Gen. For Deputy military governor in the american occupation he added that specific occupation Sones for the ub., Russia j a Britain and France would be set in in a few Days. Sheaf will code Lune to control Westem German until troops of the four nations have been redeployed into their respective occupation Sones. When sheaf is Dia solved in a few months officials of the u s. Group control Council beaded by Eisenhower will take 4�vef the american sane in southwestern Germany a want to make it perfectly 4beear that the Type of government a Herp any will have will be a military government and the germans we going to know it Clay said. A it War criminals to pay War criminals will pay for their Byrknes with their lives their liberties so their sweat and blood a a he it Gen. Lukow d. Clay Quot War criminals will pay with letters Paris May 17.�?army finance hg., Long trained in the Fine Points of financial accountability. Is enjoying a new adventure in accounting these Days. Twice daily a jeep Rolls up to the office on the champs Elysee and unloads a pile of the stars and stripes War Bond contest mall no shipment of liberation francs or invasion Marks could be Given More careful treatment than is accorded the letters pouring in from the Field on the subject Quot my savings and postwar plans. Under the direction of col . Pulton contest chairman a staff of assistants Are counting individually numbering and safeguarding the letters in preparation for the committee of judges who will soon Tawe Over the actual work of selecting the winners in the contest. Brat the nazi germans soon will be baited from Bolding civil adminis Ittye jobs and key positions in limited Industry permitted to operate. For the time being Howe Ortr Tome nazis will be used by Quot Yoni Fri authorities to explain the Workings of German administrative machinery and to help restore futility services. T twelve divisions of the Jub. Control Council will direct every phase of life in Germany Day explained. He said a special division had been established to handle War prise Doenitz barred As Reich head 8haep, May 17 a adm. Karl Doenitz who assumed command after the death of Hitler is not considered the head of any German questions a answers 8ome of the questions most frequently asked in connection with the War Bond letter writing contest Are answered below a a Sines the contest does no tend until july 7, should i take my time in submitting my entry a done to wait until the last minute. Now that the european War is Over men probably will be moved from the Eto rapidly and pm Short notice. Once you leave the theater you Are not eligible unless you already have written your letter. A in Law Large Are Quot the refrigerators Tang offered As prizes a anyone who wins one can fur fun in Persona and liberated government since no governmental have his Choice of a seven or nine prisoners and predicted most of this work would be completed to Turing Shaeff a control of Western cute  control Council will include a Nany civilian specialists in Industry agriculture sanitation and other Fields. Sex canadians to get benefits London May 17 a american troops who were discharged from the Canadian tones to enlist in the american forces come within the provision of the Canadian War a service Grants act and Are entitled to its benefits Canadian military by. Announced today. Under the act they Are entitled go 7 dollars and 50 cents for every completed period of 90 Days service and an additional 25 cents for every Day of overseas service outside the Western hemisphere which Falls within  completed periods. Other benefits include a weeks pay plus subsistence for each six months of service. A a application forms to War service gratuity May be obtained by sex Canadian army personnel from the chief paymaster Canadian army a overseas government building Bromyard ave. Acton London in. 3 sex Cap personnel from the Lair officer commander in chief Craf overseas he 20 lincolns a Fields London . 2� and to Royal Canadian Navy from the Supply officer hocs Quot Niobe Quot Indian Fleet mail office 45  st., Glasgow Scotland. Organization is recognized in Germany Robert Murphy Gen. Eisenhower a diplomatic and political advisor disclosed Here yesterday Quot Doenitz represents Only the German High command under his own asumption of Power in Germany Murphy said. Quot the government at Flensburg was a de Facto  Murphy also revealed that Flensburg radio which continued to broadcast German propaganda until Allied troops entered the City has now been stopped and no More announcements Are emanating from that outlet the last nazi voice of the Reich. Meanwhile sheaf disclosed offi Cally that High nazi leaders now in Allied hands Are being treated As prisoners of War under conditions normally prescribed to fwd they receive the necessities of life but no luxuries said the statement which followed Gen. Eisenhower a announcement Banning special Prive Leges to survivors of the Hitler regime Doenitz and certain other selected German officers Are being used temporarily to carry out duties in connection with feeding disarming and medical care of the German armed forces sheaf said. Cubio foot Model a a if in a in thi Pacific when the War ends and i win one of Tbs Prim am 1 Sura of getting it a yes. A a should 1 include my army serial number and rank As Well As my name on my contest letter a you must give your name serial number and army address by need list your rank Only if you desire. A a exactly what arc my chances of winning a just As Good As the next fellow. Each letter will be read and judged individually and All prizes will be awarded on the Merit of the ideas the entry contains. Fancy letters Are not necessary. Gloria Graham movie ingenue thinks half a coat Batter than a whole one. Trooper races to formation it s false alarm t / i a a a Glim a there is another dispatch from Quot try oper Quot Charley White veterans amps staffer who is trying a to get out of the army on Points. German Stamps to be replaced with British forces Germany May 17 Reuter a postage and insurance Stamps bearing likenesses of nazi leaders and German War slogans will be impounded and destroyed by British military government in Germany. Fonck world War i Ace now a Monk says briton red party member record Moscow May 17 it apr the a communist party now numbers snore than 5,700,000 members High a Jussi figure in its history. London May 17 a it a assistance Given recently to an Raf sergeant at a belgian monastery in Belgium revealed the identity of one Monk As Rene Fonck French Ace of world War i. Sgt. George Cole Hammersmith returning to England from a base in Germany was forced to bail out of his Mitchell bomber he was knocked unconscious when he fell through the roof of a monastery. Monks took care of him for three Days without exchanging Conversa Tion. When he recovered sufficiently to identify himself a Monk volunteered to take him to his base by motorcycle. Quot when we arrived the sergeant related Quot the Monk  resist asking a lot of questions about the planes. I soon found out he knew what he was talking about. Quot then All of a sudden he told me he was Fonck and that he had been a Monk to several years. He said that All in his monastery had been pledged to  by charle8 w. White. Stars and stripes staff writer fort do a n. J., May 17�?this is a pretty interesting place despite the fact that one can to get out of the army Here at least this correspondent can to. I got talking with a fellow named Bender from the 504th Parachute inf. Of the 82nd div. About that time they called All casuals out and finally hit our number. Hie announcer said to a casuals or ads who Hadnot been screened or who had lost their service records or been fouled up for any reason to report for screening. It was the first time i had Ever made a formation first but right behind me was Bender. Bringing up the rear was the rest of the lost battalion Gen from the Obi the Southwest Pacific the Eto the aleutians and some places id never even heard of. It did no to do us much Good though because they decided to screen Only the men from the air Force so Bender took off Over the mountains in the direction of town and i took off for the pm. The country around this Camp reminds me of Brown county ind., and Bee eve it or not our company number seven has a Rabbit hound. So if they done to Send my discharge today i think it Wel be possible to take that hound dog and disappear into the Woods right Here. Donovan joins staff to try Wafi criminals Washington May 17 cans maj. Gen. William j. Wed Bud Donovan chief of the office of strategic services will help prosecute Europe a War criminals. Supreme court Justice Robert h. Jackson this country a chief War crimes prosecutor said Donovan and Sidney s. Alderman attorney to the Southern Radway and assistant attorney general Francis m. Shea would be his assistants. Donovan 62, congressional medal of Honor Winner in world War 1 As eader of the Ambus Quot fighting 69th�?� div. Las been called the mystery Man of this War result of extensive euro Pean travels in 1940-41 and tie seer e c y surrounding the Oss. He was assistant Attor-�61, w so oooo Warl  general in the Coolidge administration. Alderman 52, a native of Greensboro n.c., served overseas As a Captain in the last War and spent four months after the armistice in graduate study at the sorbonne in Paris. Thirty nine year old Shea Bam. At Manchester n.h., has been assistant attorney general since 1939 in charge of the claims division. Ten Man teams who comprise the War crimes Branch of the Eto judge advocate Section Are carrying out a widespread investigation of War crimes committed by the nazis against jellied military personnel As wee As Civ ians. A the teams went Difato Germany More than a month ago. They Are interrogating German pcs recovered american fwd and civilian slave labourers. Pathologists intelligence officers recorders court reporters photographers and interpreters Are Mem Bers of teams. Arc increases Riviera staff Eiffel Tower reopens Paris May 17�?the Eifel Tower will be reopened tomorrow to Aenied military visitors and their guests but they Wel not be permitted beyond the second platform As signal corps faculties will be maintained on upper Levels. With the number of Riviera rest yes increasing steadily red Cross club staffs in  and Cannes have been expanded by the arrival of new hostesses from the u.s., miss Alice Yonkman of grand rapids Mich., director of top  Cassino club said last night. In addition to handling administration of the arc clubs girls have been assigned to various Restee hotels in  to take charge of information service and recreational facilities. Miss Yonkmans Casino club staff in  now includes Ruth Chernay Long Island no Blenda Larson and Jane Mckee both of Worcester mass. Helen Crum Ithica . Vivian Pryor Perdido Beach Ala. Eleanor Averill grand rapids Mich. And eur o. Hore of Weymouth Dorset England. Girls assigned to hotels in  Are Negrescou i. Evelyn Johnson Loe Angeles and Margaret Peggy Mcdonald Boston Riviera Palace Sara Rector Columbia s.c., and Elsie Hansel Cranford . Angle Terrez Charlotte Lee Kilbour Portland ore., and Shirley Ryan Seattle Ruhly Margaret Peggy Buck Staten Island ., and Pauline Rae Korss san Francisco Continentals Margaret miggy West Boston and Evelyn Lifsey Flint Mich  
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