Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Pc 8 the stars and stripes thursday May 24, 1945 yanks British occupy Heights y Long Timo to got a Church Hope of civilian ninth of Queen Allied troops continued occupation of strategic Heights in Northwestern Italy a disputed Venezia Guilla Provence yesterday amid conflicting reports As to whether the a Trieste affairs was nearer a settlement. Corps units moved into the towns of Montesino and Tamora and a occupied at least three mountains. It was announced officially that the Allied held line ran northward from Trieste to a Point about five a Biles East of Gorizia. International hews service reported the 91st inf. Div. And the 10th Mountain div. Were in the area and that yank troops had marched through Trieste to bivouac areas on the a port a outskirts. Alexander reported in Trieste Home radio said Field marshal a a sir Harold Alexander Al red commander in the Mediterranean and on. Mark Clark 15th army of. A commander were in Trieste. British eighth army troops reinforced by . Second corps units moved into the towns Reuter reporting that Tito has sent a new note to the uj3. And Britain said it understood he had agreed with reservations to establishment of an Allied military government in Trieste under marshal Alexander. Marshal Tito who claims Venezia Guilla province which includes Quot Trieste was said by Reuter to have asserted the yugoslavs Quot right to remain there As allies for we wish that our Allied rights be  Tito added that the peace conference would Quot bring final solution on the incorporation of these regions into Yugoslavia a new draftees Are sworn in at fort Dix  the same Samp there is a separation Center where veterans who have 95 Points or More Are discharged to fill civilian jobs vacated by these soldiers to be. Doughs flank Okinawa line continued from Page 1 major roads and two railways running Southeast from Naha. The seventh a thrust was accompanied by a tank Battle involving some . Sherman and nine japanese vehicles. Six enemy tanks were knocked out. W rain curtailed action in the Shuri sector at the Center of the Okinawa line and around Naha. Adm. Richmond k. Turner who As amphibious commander is directing the Okinawa Campaign yesterday said capture of Okinawa would be completed in the Quot comparatively near  250,000 to quit et0 next month troop shipments to the . Next month will be triple the in umber moved in May As the redeployment program swings into full operation Eto Headquarters revealed yesterday. By the end of May 84,000 men will have left for the ., As compared with a shipment of 250,000 scheduled for june. Of the 84,000, 29.500 will be sick and wounded 28.000 freed american prisoners potential discharges and men in redeployed troop 15,500 11,000 units. The following additional shipments will have left the continent by the end of june 20,500 sick and wounded 15,000 freed american pcs 35.000 potential discharges and 180.000 men in redeployed units. The figures it was emphasized do not include the thousands being redeployed directly to the Pacific. Additional numbers Are expected to go to the . By plane starting in june. Japs weaken on Mindanao Manila May 23 ans Jap anese opposition was reported wilting today on North Central Mindanao Island where the 31st div. Captured Mala Balay but fierce fighting still raged Northeast of Manila on Luzon. Hie 38th inf. Div. Was closing in on Wawa dam one source of Manila s water Supply and to the North at captured ipod Damn the 43rd div. Proceeded with the extermination of a Large encircled japanese Force. Wage formula change sought of begins mass shift to Orient Bradley Field conn., May 23 ans a sixty five liberators and flying fortresses brought 800 enlisted men and 275 officers to Bradley Field yesterday in the first mass redeployment of air forces personnel from the Eto and Mediterranean theater. Present plans Call for arrival of 75 planes and 1,500 fliers daily until a total of 3,400 planes have returned. Aah officers said the returnees would be Given immediate 30-Day furloughs then be sent to air service command receiving stations nearest their Homes for advanced training courses in heavier aircraft preparatory to Transfer to the Pacific. The 65 bombers which biased the germans will be overhauled and some will be shipped on to the Pacific. First plane to land was piloted by it Gordon Kretchmar of Flint Mich. All planes came by the North Atlantic route with stops at Iceland and Greenland. With 15th army May a program of religious education should be the chief weapon for combating the nazi beliefs of Young germans says the new Rhineland civilian administration chief a devout Catholic himself and member of the Catholic centrist party which was outlawed in the nazi fied Reich the administrator believes that the Church must be the chief Factor in moulding a new Germany. The administrator or Ober Dent is or. Hans Fuchs who the same Post from 1922 to when Germany was still a Republic. His appointment was announced today by it. Gen. Leonard t. Gerow 15th army cd and military governor in the Rhine District. In. Catholic Region the areas 14,000 Square Miles include the Western half of the Ruhr the Saar Industrial Section and the Rhine Valley. Its prewar population was about 11,000,000. Predominantly Catholic. Seat of the new administration on the highest level yet set up by military government will be at Bonn. The Rhine District will be divided for administrative purposes with the 22nd corps handling the Dusseldorf Aachen and Cologne areas and the 23rd corps controlling Trier Coblenz. Saarland Pfalz and Hessen West of the Rhine Fuchs who disassociated himself from politics after the nazis ousted him from his government Post in 1933, believes non fraternization must continue so Long As War memories Are fresh. Vote forced i by Churchill Washington. May 23 ans a the Cio yesterday proposed to president Truman that a 20 percent increase in Basic wage rates be granted in View of the expected reduction of working hours from 48 to 40 hours per week., rep. Bertrand w. Gearhart . Introduced in the House a Resolution calling on the executive department to permit raises up to 30 percent of Jan. 1, 1941, rates. The Little steel formula foundation of the governments wage policy limits increases to 15 percent of wages on that Date. A Lucky Luciano parole sought new York. May 23 ans a attorney Moses Polakoff asked the new York state parole Board yesterday to reduce the 30-to 50-year prison term of Charles Lucky Luciano erstwhile Czar of new York City prostitution pleading that Luciano had helped army intelligence obtain data on Sicily before the Island was invaded in 1943. Polakoff claimed Luciano now 47, had been a Quot Model prisoner Quot for nine years. Jap warns a agitators san Francisco May 23 Reu ter a pen. Namisuke Nakina demanded the immediate arrest of a a peace agitators Quot at work in Japan a Tokyo broadcast said yesterday. Japs Force French Retreat Paris radio said last night that a new japanese offensive had been launched against French positions in indo China. The broadcast acknowledged a French withdrawal. Ike promises freed pcs speedy return to America continued from Page 1 was regarded As. A formality to Clear the Way for a general election. Britain has been Able to avoid a wartime election because there is no Law requiring that elections be held at specified intervals. Churchill wearing a Black coat appeared serious. And preoccupied As he Rode to Buckingham Palace for the audiences with the King. Churchill who was his own first lord of the Treasury and defense minister automatically loses three Laberite members of his Cabinet Deputy prime minister Clement Attlee Laberite Leader Bevin. Who is virtual dictator of 22,000,000 British working people and Herbert Morrison Home Secretary and Home Security minister. He was expected to retain powerful non party members especially sir John Anderson Chancellor of the exchequer and sir James Grigg the War minister. The coming election promises to be one of the hottest in British history. The Laberite and Liberal press has accused Churchill of trying to Rush the election and capitalize on his current popularity by Charles f. Kiley stars and stripes staff writer St. Valery France May 23-Gen. Eisenhower yesterday told More than 40,090 repatriated american prisoners of War that he per nonnally was making every Effort to get them Home As soon As possible. He said he had issued orders for . Bound ships carrying liberated Pwns to be loaded to capacity even to the extent of men sharing Beds and sleeping in shifts in order to fulfil their wish of getting Home soon Quot even if we have to  Eisenhower spoke personally with More than 100 men and joined one group for lunch. He told them Quot if we can to Supply the shipping for you immediately it is Only because we must also think of your fellow soldiers fighting in the  Quot speaking for everyone in America Quot he continued. Quot i want to express our gratitude to All you men who carried the Ball for us and we will not forget  Goering in us with Rundstedt London. May 23 up a Reich marshal Hermann Goering and Field marshal Gerd von Rundstedt have been brought to Britain it was Learned today. Reliable sources said Goering was being held in Northern England after travelling through London unrecognized. 8ally Helmer was chosen prettiest member of the wac detachment at ninth of he. A Corporal she Oomes from Wil Kingsburg pa., and is the daughter of a staff sergeant fighting in the Philippines. Pearl Harbor Star awarded Paris May 23�?servicemen in Hawaii when the japs struck on dec. 7, 1941, Are entitled to five Points and a Battle Star Eto Headquarters said today. By War department order Only servicemen who were in Hawaii during the Quot sneak attack Quot Are entitled to the award however. At the same time it was explained that a Battle Star issued to personnel stationed outside the . Before Pearl Harbor and worn on the yellow americas defense ribbon pre Pearl Harbor ribbon does not entitle its possessor to Battle or credit or Points. Supplies for pcs Washington May 23 ans a a shipment of 1,500 tons of supplies for Allied prisoners of War held by the japanese has been sent to the russian port of Vladivostok the american red Cross announced yesterday. Nearly 700 tons of supplies previously sent Are still in storage at Vladivostok pending negotiations with the japanese