Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Saturday May 19, 1945the stars and stripes Gen. Courtney h. Hodges cd first army it Gen. Leonard t. Gerow cd 15tti army. Back Row Brig. Gen. Rapt p. Sterling cd ninth tac it. Gen. Hoyt 8. Vanden Twig cd ninth air Force la Gen. Walter Bedell Smith Eisenhower s chief of staff maj. Gen. Ralph p. Weyland cd Teth tac and Brig. Gen. Richard e. Nugent cd 29th tac. A signal corps photo Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower supreme Allied commander with a group of generals at bad Wil Dungen shortly after the German a my signed its surrender. Left to right front Row Ore la gon. William h. Simpson cd ninth Aimy Gen. George 8. Patton go third army a Gen. Carl a Spaatz cd us6taf Gen. Eisenhower Gen. Omar n. Bradley cd 12th army group Washington May 18 cans a promotion to brigadier general of col. William o. Darby who organized the rangers in Ireland in 1842, has been approved by the Senate More than a week after Darby was killed by a German 88 Shell in Italy a few Days before surrender of the germans in Italy. Approved by the Senate at the same time As Darby a promotion was the Elevation of Brig. 6en William m. Hoge cd of the fourth army. became famous when his combat command b of the ninth army div. Seized the Rhine Bridge at Remagen and five other brigadier generals to major general. Wounded three times Darby had a reputation for fighting in front of his Mai had been thrice wounded ten times decorated holding the distinguished service Cross the British d.s.o., French Croix de Guerre and the russian order of Kutuzov. When the rangers were withdrawn from combat last summer he was assigned to a desk Job in Washington but returned to Italy Early this Spring to head a combat team of the tenth Mountain div. Officers in addition to Hoge who received their second Star were Holmes e. Dager Bryant e. Moore Charles e. Hurdis Herbert l. Ernest and John m. Devine in addition to Darby the following were approved As brigadier generals George w. Smythe Hugh Cort Charles Lenham Charles h. Swartz Thomas k Harrold and William n. salutes Stop a Paris. May 18�?there will be no Exchange of salutes Between German and Allied Fortes according to a Sharp memorandum on military Courtesy. German officers however must stand at attention when in a room with Allied officers and German soldiers must do the same when in the same room with Allied enlisted men. Outside German troops must come to attention when an Allied officer is near. Civilians Are forbidden to Salute German officers. The German National Anthem cannot be played in Public. Courtesy Calls Between German and Allied officers Are forbidden. No display of nazi emblems is reminder of former Days with ninth . Army May it if men of the 84th div. Needed any convincing that the War ended with be Day they got it in the current Issue of their newspaper the printed boldly on the front Page is a full schedule of Bugle Calls beginning with first Call at 0615. Reveille is 0625, mess at 0700, Drill Call at 0725. Division butlers blow taps at 2200. The paper did t mention bed work for peace Julich Germany May 18�? Burg meisters in Jullich and Vicinity now require former nazis in the Community to fill trenches tank ditches and Shell holes when not at work i their own farms am officials reported today. The Burg meisters contend the nazis were the primary cause of the trenches holes and ditches. Chase Dank cleared new York May 18 an8 a a Federal jury found the Chase National Bank innocent on All accounts of two indictments charging violation of a presidential order freezing f funds of foreign nationals
