Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The stars and stripes monday May 21, 1945 Gerow army faces Gigantic police task by Tom Yarbrough associated press staff writer twelfth army up. Hq., May 20�?details of Bow american forces Are approaching the tremendous task of occupying Western Germany were made Public at it. Gen. Omar n. Bradley s Headquarters yesterday with publication of the 15th army a Large occupation role. The 15th has been at its occupation Job for six weeks on both sides of the Rhine. Other . Occupation forces will be identified later. A a Pistener in Posen third army tankers in Pusen Tan a Stein of genuine Pistener Beer fresh Fren the brewery. This is the brew offer which a Milwaukee product is named. This police Job. Which never before has been attempted on such a massive scale is rendered All the More staggering because hundreds of thousands of displaced persons have added their Complex problems to the Basic tasks of providing food and Public safety preventing epidemics and controlling finances. Start from scratch the commanders have no precedent to guide them. Other wars ended with Token occupations but with governments of the Defeated nations continuing to function under Genera policies Laid Down by the victors. This time there is to government except that which the allies establish the Basic policy is that the Comfort happiness and welfare of the German population Are entirely secondary the official View is that anything the germans receive from the allies in the Way of food medical care clothing and other supplies is incidental to the Job of authorities Realise however. That any great epidemic in Germany would spread to occupation troops and that a starving civilian population would present a police problem calling for More troops military government has established amp maximum diet for the German people roughly half the american average in calories and a third the Standard diet for us. Combat Hunt Axis criminals Ann Arbor mich., May my Cap a almost 2b army teams composed of experienced lawyers have been organized to track Down Axis War criminals in the Quot biggest and most justifiable manhunt in maj. Gen. Myron c. Cramer judge advocate general told a graduating class of the judge advocate general s school. Branches of Hub department bags been established to All Heaters and judge advocates to every army unit have been ordered to investigate alleged atrocities. 1 reiterate that so far As the War crimes office is concerned we Are going to round up every last one of these offenders against our servicemen and nationals,1 crasser a bund chief deported Washington May 21 up a the department of Justice announced yesterday that Perlta Kuhn former Leader of the Oer Man american bund has been ordered deported to Germany As an undesirable Siuy i. Kuhn who served half of a five year prison term for larceny and forgery in connection with bund funds is now interned As an enemy alien at port Stanton new Mexico where he is among prisoners to Quot troublemakers Quot stockade. �?~9 . Sailors seized a boat new York May 20 cans a an american naval lieutenant and eight volunteers seized an abandoned German submarine off the african coast last june and Rode her 2,000 Miles to Bermuda the Navy revealed. An american destroyer escort depth charged the a boat until it surfaced then shelled it until the Crew scrambled into the sea. It. Albert Leroy David 45, of Madison wis., boarded the sub with eight volunteers neutralized 14 German demolition charges and closed the scuttling valve. The sub Captain s Safe was broken open and documents and code books removed. Another ship then towed the a boat to Bermuda. David has been recommended for the congressional medal of probes cold scandal Washington May 20 it apr details of a Multi million Dollar chunking a Gold scandal involving Gold loaned by the us. Are coming to ought Here despite a tight chinese censorship a premature leak of the chinese government s decision last March to raise the official Price from 20.000 chinese dollars an ounce to 20.000 permitted chunking speculators to make fantastic profits by acquiring Gold at the old Price. Some of the Gold involved had been flown to China As part of a 500.000.000 . Loan to help stabilize China s inflated currency. Or. T. V. 8oong, chinese foreign minister urged Chiang Kai Shek to order an investigation of the scandal and it was a preliminary report of the inquiry that broke the Story to China it has been widely published there but chinese censorship of outgoing news kept details from the us. For ambushed slain in Reich with 20th May 20�? bodies of two gis from a signal company were found near Schierke in the Harts mountains recently. They apparently had been ambushed while their three Quarter ton truck was stopped for repairs. One Man was found dead behind his gun under the vehicle and the other was slumped Over the wheel both had been killed with automatic weapons Cic unit nabs employee of my Brunswick May 20�?dietrich King res. Who swore Hitler in As a naturalized German Over 21 years ago was working for the Allied military government Here when he was arrested by 20th div. belgian staff by Johnnie Brown slurs and stripes staff writer Marseille May 20�?thirty-one belgian generals and one lieutenant colonel arrived in Marseille yesterday from Odessa. Russia following liberation by the red army. They were welcomed by Brig. Gen. J. P. Ratay and his lbs staff and col. Petrla Vaudrie of the French army. The belgian Ware members of their army a general staff which capitulated to the germans May 18, 1240. They were in a prison Camp at Priolau when the russians liberated them. Immediately upon their arrival by boat ukr. Army staff a amp is took than to the 70th Sta. Hosp. For a physical checkup. A reception was held for them at the hotel Noa Hes. Us. Army transport planes carried them to asks for estate funds Washington May 20 an8 a Secretary of Interior Harold l Lekes asked Congress yesterday for funds to maintain president Roosevelt s Hyde Park Staty while it is unoccupied by members of the Roosevelt family. To have been informed that mrs Roosevelt does not propose to live on the premises he said adding that mrs. Roosevelt expects to remove her personal belongings within the next few weeks. President Roosevelt gave the estate to the Federal government effective when every the rights of occupancy of members of his family cease. Stilwell judges m26 tank potent Detroit May 20, cans a Gen. Joseph Stilwell yesterday took his first ride in americans new tank the 45-ton Gen. My Pershing at the Chrysler Arsenal Stilwell told officers who fought with him in Burma and China Quot that baby really will put a crimp in of tour devils. The tank features thicker Armor High velocity 90 my guns improved traction and a muzzle Brake to reduce the possibility of enemy detection of the guns position. Bombers guided by Finger flick Paris May 20�?a device enabling us. Bomber pilots to Man Euver their heavy ships by the touch of a Finger was used extensively late in the air War Over Germany col. D. L. Putt director of the air technical service command disclosed. The eight Inch stick mounted on pedestals 20 inches High is installed for both pilots and Coli lots. It can be moved w the one Finger controlling electrical components beneath it which operate ailerons elevators and rudder. Food Medicine sent to Belgium Washington May 20 cans foreign economic administrator Leo t. Crowley announced yesterday that in recent weeks the us. Shipped approximately fear of reds prompts mass German flight with us. Eighth corps in Central Germany May 20 cup a thousands of frightened germans Are crowding the highways in a mass exodus from the heart of Germany because they have heard rumours that the russians soon will occupy this area. There has been no official confirmation of these rumours but Quot German civilians have been streaming Down the highways for the last several Days in Large numbers some Are trying to take along their household possessions on makeshift carts and wagons. Many old women and children Are carrying Only Bare necessities in Knapsacks or wrapped in table cloths. In tuning led with the civilians Are hundreds of discharged soldiers trudging Back Home. Maj. R. M. Sherick an. Eighth a corps staff officer said there had been no incidents and that All of the germans were completely peaceful. Three full breasted German girls admitted they were terrified at the thought of russian occupation because the nazi radio had been telling them for months that red soldiers raped women. They had been bicycling for three flays from their Home near Dresden sleeping in farm houses or in the offers heal formula san Francisco May 20 cans a prof. Alexander v. Palladin russian Bio chemist and a member of the ukrainian delegation to United nations conference said yesterday he will give american scientists the formula for Quot Vik Asol Quot his wartime discovery for Healing wounds that is credited with speeding re covery of thousands of wounded red army men. Palladin said be would meet with american doctors Jand scientists after the conference to relate his experiences with the Vitamin k solution which he developed in a makeshift Laboratory. The Foye amp Rokl Bio chemist said Quot a Leasot bad proved successful in stopping capillary bleeding and that it had restored wounded soldiers to health in two or three weeks instead of two mandate of Ruhr asked Paris. Maj 90�?creation at an International mandate for the Ruhr and of the left Bank of the Rhine River have been recommended to the French consultative Assembly by that body s foreign affairs committee. 12.50s.006 dollars Worth of lend lease foodstuffs and Medicine to slightly soiled but borne Spain Phyllis Maris h i in Irta my kor Attar Vaasa it Aarnas Toca plying fart aaa Anat at Altan Mmel Camf Vividn Mha a a Quot Whill nil Lynch a a Bow
