Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               N1cemarseille edition smart thief Denver a Lloyd Sherman had a Good hiding place for his Money the ice boxy until a hungry burglar took some food and a thousand Duars. The weather forecast for Nice Bia Sewe area thursday scattered to broken Clouds maximum temperature 65. In the european theater of operation one franc vol. 1�? no. 72thursday, May 24, 1945 my a a .7 Smtai-rtc0r�resignation forces 2 01945 election in Britain a a a q0vt. Source Mem Assam a London May 23�?pr�metaken on Okinawa Jap balloons carry fire bombs to . Washington May 23 ans a Japan has been sending paper balloons carrying incendiary bombs against the Western . For several months in a a a fantastic Quot attempt at Long Range destruction the War and Navy departments disclosed today. Some balloons about 33 feet in diameter landed or dropped explosives in isolated communities but Quot no property damage has resulted Quot the services said. The Public was asked to keep careful watch for possible Forest fires started by the balloons. Balloons also have landed in isolated Canadian communities the department of National defense said in Ottawa. Minister Churchill resigned today Clearing the Way for Britain a first general election in ten years. His resignation automatically disbanded the coalition government he formed in May 1940, and which led Britain through five of the most difficult years of its history. King George i announced parliament would be dissolved on june 15 and it was expected the general election would be set for Early july. Except for individual elections to fill vacancies membership of the House of commons has not changed since 1635, when the conservative and Allied parties won 431 seats out of a total of 615. La borates to by dropped Churchill had two audiences with King George today at the first he resigned and at the second he accepted the Kings request to form i throw the Eft ion was expected to form an interim government Over the weekend replacing la borates in the coalition Cabinet with conservatives or non affiliated men. As Leader of the conservative party Churchill was forced to resign by the refusal of labor party ministers to remain in his government until Japan is Defeated. Differences Between the two parties include labor minister Ernest bovines charge that conservatives Are responsible for discord in Anglo russian relations. However. Churchill a resignation continued on Page 8 by Peter li8ag0r stars and stripes staff writer Flensburg Germany May 23 a grand adm. Karl Doenitz a German government which was the impotent heir of hitlers bankrupt third Reich was dispossessed Here today and evicted from its premises lock Stock and barrel. It ceased officially to exist at 10 am when maj. Gen. Lowell w. Rooks Deputy assistant chief of staff g-3, summoned Doenitz and col. Gen. Gustav Jodi chief of the oks Oberkom mandant Wehr Machetto inform them of Shaeff a decision to close their shop and to make prisoners of War of them and their entire staffs civilian and military. British troops take Over they came aboard the luxury liner Patria lying in Flensburg Harbor and serving As Headquarters for the sheaf control Mission. They heard Rooks Tell them in i 4 n a a of it m -1 a Sugi Iii a a a i i�?T1-.wci understand without formalities or questions that their government was dissolved and that they were now in custody of Allied authorities. At precisely the same moment troops of the 159th inf. Brigade of the British 11th army. Div. Surrounded governmental. Buildings and oks Headquarters a half mile East of the waterfront and then moved in without incident to take physical Possession of the buildings and to Herd its occupants both the High and Low into the courtyards and neighbouring Fields Guam May 23 ans a doughboy of the 96th inf. Div. Have captured Yona Baru Eastern Anchor of the stubbornly defended japanese line across Southern Okinawa and the enemy s situation has been made More critical by a flanking thrust out by the seventh inf. Div. The 96th entered Yona Baru almost unopposed but had to fight 800 bloody Yards Down the slopes of conical Hill before reaching the Urban area. One thousand japanese were killed during the descent. 1 Hill positions captured following of the heels of the 96th came the seventh div., fresh from a two weeks rest. Seventh doughboy went through Yona Baru and fighting in rain pushed beyond the City to Cut the East West Highway from the captured City to Naha capital of Okinawa. A the seventh seized Hill positions 1,000 Yards South of Yona Baru. The Heights form a Ridge on Okinawa a Southern coast. If the doughs can extend their hold on the Crest they will completely dominate Okinawa a continued on Page 8 Winston Churchill. Resigns Post Truman plans Formosa Japan a Arsenal off the Southeast China coast yesterday was digging out from the ruins left by the seventh bombing attack in seven Days but air action in the Pacific War was not All on the credit Side of the Allied Ledger. Jap twin engined bombers were disclosed to have attacked iwo Jima 750 Miles South of Tokyo monday night. Two attackers were shot Down but the raiders caused some casualties among . Forces on the Island air base. Medium bombers of Gen. Mac Arthurs command carried out the Formosa assault tuesday. Communications and War goods plants in the Wila area were the chief targets. A Large amount of Railroad equipment was destroyed. Other . Planes attacked an Airfield at Canton China and Mil facilities near banking. In Washington the Navy said search planes based on Okinawa have sunk 86,000 tons of enemy shipping and damaged 51,500 tons along the korean coast. Eight enemy planes out of 12 attacking . Ships off Okinawa monday evening were destroyed. It. Gen. Barney m. Giles aah commander in the Pacific announced that new Long Range thunderbolts were being used against Japan Norway raided by 24 douche 2 nazi cruisers in Allied hands a miniature invasion of Norway prelude to a contemplated full scale Landing operation there was staged by 24 us. Infantrymen Early this Spring it was disclosed in Oslo yesterday. The men were drawn from the 99th inf. Bn., consisting of americans of norwegian descent. Led by maj. Richard Colby and 1-lt. Tom Sather they were dropped by Parachute. Some of the Quot invaders still Are working their Way out of the rugged norwegian Countryside where they operated. They destroyed rail lines and Bridges and obtained information from various underground norwegian groups. The full scale invasion never materialized because the Allied High command soon found reason to believe that Germany might surrender her forces in Norway without a fight. Copenhagen Denmark. May 23 Reuter a the German Light cruisers Prince Eugen and Nuremberg. And four nazi destroyers were taken Over by Allied naval authorities Here today and Are expected to sail for Britain soon. Also at Copenhagen Are about 130 other German warships of various types including depot ships troop ships minesweepers and torpedo boats and 200 auxiliary Craft. London May 23 Reuter a a pipeline under the English Channel supplied fuel to Allied armies on the continent it was disclosed today. Named Quot Pluto Quot pipeline under the Ocean the system delivered More than 1,000,000 Gallons of gasoline daily during the last months of the War. It thus insured a continuous flow of fuel into Germany from tankers discharging at British ports. Plutons origin dates Back to april 1942, when Geoffrey Lloyd minister in charge of secret Petroleum Brittany victim wins top award Washington May 23�?s-sgt. Alvin Carey , pa., infantryman who died on a Brittany Hillside last August after blasting a German fortified position barring the Advance of his comrades has been awarded the congressional medal of Honor posthumously the War department announced