Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Capitol prize Cheyenne Wyo. A sgt Robert w. Anderson a Wal de cojo., Veteran of 310,024 Miles of train travel on up duty won an efficiency prize a train trip to Washington. Nice Marseille edition tripes Lily news paper of 11.1. Armed forces vol. A a no. 69 monday May 21, 1945 in the european theater of operation 1 cd the weather forecast for Nice Marseille area monday fair and partly Cloudy maximum temperature 80. One franc French asked to quit Italy briton asserts Hie us. And Britain Are putting pressure on France to withdraw its troops from the Vicinity of san remo in Italy across the Franco italian Border a responsible London source told associated press last night. A Quot second Trieste Quot situation was reported brewing Over the Border dispute but it Koukl not be confirmed whether Washington and London had delivered a formal message to Gen. Charles de Gaulle protesting the occupation. According to French sources the French army advanced 12 Miles across the Border in the course of military operations. Villages occupied they said san remo 25 Miles inside Italy was not entered but that some villages in the Vicinity had been occupied. Apparently the dispute arose Over refusal of the French to withdraw following the surrender of German troops in Northern Italy. Reports that French army commanders had held local plebiscites in the Border areas where populations Are mixed to determine whether French or italian administration was desired were denied in French government circles in Paris. Yanks find Italy quid Rome May 20 up a approximately 23 tons of Gold discovered by us. Troops near Bolzano was brought to Rome today and placed in a Bank of Italy vault by the Allied financial Agency. Officials declined to comment on ownership of the Gold or whether it was part of the Bullion the Germains took from the Bank of Italy. South and West win rail parity Washington May 20 ans a the South and West yesterday their Long fight for parity with the East in Basic rail freight rates when the interstate Commerce commission ordered new rates put into effect As soon a amp schedules could be prepared Hie Ioc ruled that an article moving by Railroad freight should take the same rate classification regardless where it started. It put into effect uniform scale for the entire country. The decision reached by a 9-2 vote followed years of protest by the South in particular against discrimination in. Freight rates. Riviera Restee killed in fall the body of a 35-year-old Pic who had plunged two stories in a hotel Ruhl air Shaft was found yesterday morning by gunners mate 2/c Winford i. Van sickle a naval Restee in Nice the ced reported. A Cio inquest established that the deceased was a Restee from the 61st Ohem. Depot co. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Van sickle notified maps of his discovery. Desk sgt Saul Orloff of new York said the Accident occurred about 2 to am. Okinawa begins to pay f Pacific Ocean Naha go amp for Shuri. U nah a a Awu fld a a a River it <9 i to Man  \ can of Chamu Okinawa slow costly Advance off four . Divisions into Southern Okinawa is beginning to show profit with Osni lotion of a now fighter Airstrip on the Island lose than jct i fits from Japan proper. The combined Soldier Marine drive is sating into japanese defens As around Rah a Short and Yona Baru. Senators set for probe of . Supplies in Eto by Charles f. Kiley stars and stripes staff writer Rheims May 26�?a six Man sub committee of the Senate National defense committee today was ready to Start an inspection and investigation tour of the military Supply situation throughout the Eto after conferring with Gen. Eisenhower at his advanced Headquarters Here. Eight Points will be considered by. The group in checking the vast amount of american material Ando installations in this theater it was disclosed. Reports that sen. Joseph h. Ball a Minna member of the group also would probe peacetime censorship in Europe were denied according to the associated press sen. Harley m. Kilgore do. A is chairman of the subcommittee which includes besides sen. Ball senators James w. Tunnel a de Hugh b. Mitchell a Wash Owen Brewster it me and Homer Ferguson a Mich. Accompanied by aids the group is  by various assistants and investigators. Its inquiry was said to concern the nature and amount of american supplies shipped overseas the nature and Cost of installations erected by the . Or with us. Money and the use or disposal of those installations now that Germany is conquered plans for redeployment of Eto material to the Pacific and for occupation of conquered countries plans for disposition of surplus material transportation shipping and loading of us. Supplies in the Eto activities of civilian agencies arrangements for distributing american supplies to needy civilians and Plana for rehabilitation and reconstruction. French t-0 gives Devers Chi. Stripe sixth army gp., May 26-Gen. Jacob l Devers is a corporals in the French army. The four Star commander of the sixth army up. Was Given the honorary non commissioned rank one of the highest France bestows on foreign dignitaries during ceremonies in Stuttgart marines in Naha Guam May 20 ans a marines of the sixth div. Have crushed another Strong japanese counter attack in the bloody Battle for sugar loaf Hill key to Okinawa a capital City of Naha adm. Nimitz announced today. The japanese who lost hundreds of men trying to hold the 500-Yard Long and 300-feet High Hill attacked yesterday Quot a East of Tak Motoji Village. Until japanese artillery on the Reich Battles Worth 15 pts. Paris May 20�?the term a a Germany campaigns has been wiped off the army a books and three new campaigns substituted in its place Eto Headquarters said today. Tutie campaigns each Worth a Battle Star and five Points toward possible discharge Are the ardennes Rhineland and Central Europe. Citie Mediterranean theater has announced two new campaigns the North apennines and to Valley dates of the three German campaigns Are ardennes dec. 16,1644, to Jan. 25. 1645 Rhineland sept. 15, 1644, to March 21, 1945 and Central Europe March 22, 1945, to a closing Date still to be announced 8ingle Star at first units which took part in any of the three Eto campaigns Are eligible to request Battle participation credit the theater g1 announced. Citations for the campaigns will be issued by theater Headquarters for entry in individual records. Meantime while adjusted service rating cards Are being tallied individuals will be allowed credit for the former single Germany Campaign. As soon As citations for the new campaigns Are issued the new Point scores will be entered in individual records. Credit for to redeployment officers also disclosed men would get Battle stars and Points if they were in or attached to. A unit when the unit won a Battle Star. Men who served on duty status under Quot competent orders in the combat zone Between the limiting dates fixed by the War department also rate a Star. Hie army has ruled that when continued on Page 8 Hills Southern slope is silenced americans cannot safely occupy Naha. Nimitz said 48.103 japanese dead were counted on Okinawa through thursday. . Casualties for the Campaign including Fleet losses were 30.526. Of these 8,310 were killed or missing. Carriers sweep Ryukyu on the East flank of the Naha Shuri Yona Baru defense line troops of the 96th inf. Div., pushing Southwest from sugar loaf Hill were engaged in a three hour grenade Battle yesterday with the japanese. Elements of this division which took much of the Yona Baru area were moving West to join the 77 the inf. And first Marine diva. In an assault on Shuri fortress City in the Center of the enemy defense line . Carriers swept through the Northern Ryukyu thursday and Friday blasting japanese fuel dumps. Other Navy planes wrecked a train on the Southern part of Honshu main japanese Home Island. Adm. Nimitz said us. Military governors have assumed jurisdiction Over 140,000 Okinawa civilians. British �1. General killed in baht on . Battleship Washington May 20 ans a the Navy revealed last night that the battleship new Mexico s skipper a High ranking British visitor and 29 other persons were killed Hen a japanese bomb hit the 26-year-old Dreadnaugh. The new Mexico known in the Fleet As Quot the Queen Quot was hit last Jan. 6 while supporting Gen. Douglas Macarthur landings in the lingayen Gulf of the philippine the new Mexico is now Back in action. Capt. Robert w. Fleming of Alexandria va., her skipper was killed when a bomb exploded on the navigating Bridge. Several visitors including adm. Sir Bruce Fraser of the British Royal Navy and it. Gen. Herbert Lumsden of the Royal marines were aboard. Fraser escaped but Lumsden and William Chickering a time Magazine correspondent were among those killed. Rodr. John t. Warren of Seattle wash., took command. Japs flee on Mindanao Manila May 20 ans �?. Doughboy today were chasing the enemy into the rugged Hills of Mindanao second largest philippine Island. Gen Mac Arthur asserted. Naval guns and planes pounded retreating Jap units. On Luzon the 43rd div. Began splitting to thousands of japs pocketed West of captured ipod dam continued on Page 8 Jap War costs 163,041 yanks Washington May 20 ans sub. Losses in the Pacific since August 1942, total 33.429 dead 125.-447 wounded and 4,175 missing the own reported today. For every dead american 14 japanese were killed. / american casualties on Okinawa in the last two weeks were not covered by the report but adm Nimitz report covering Okinawa casualties to May 17 med 30,526 dead wounded and missing. An estimated 488,697 japanese have been killed but us. Forces have captured Only 10.600 japs in three and a half years. 10 a boat yield Oslo May 20 up a ten German submarines All of the latest Schnor Kel Type surrendered Here to British naval forces