Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur                                I oooo Swap dollars Bobey left which held dollars and o 500 Dollar of Necemar Situe edition 181 we in act by so in european of the in afternoon maximum franc Himmler commits re vacates office thin lipped Heinrich who As head of the nazi Gestapo be came probably the greatest murderer in All has killed himself to avoid trial before an International bar of official announcement of Himmler suicide was made yesterday at British second army in where the one time two nazi took his life by biting open a vial of potassium cyanide which he had secreted be Hind his Himmler died at pm it was an easier death than those which he ordered for count less thousands of tortured political prisoners and War prisoners who fell in the nazi hid for hours Himmler had managed to hide the deadly vial in his Mouth for at a medical the doctor stuck a Finger in the Gestapo chiefs Himmler made a Quick movement with his head and bit quickly on a Black spot which proved to be the stopper of the he fell to the floor and within 15 minutes was from 21st army said Hans Georg von Tiede German naval took a fatal dose of Poison shortly after his arrest at Flensburg wednes Streicher captured with 101st airborne May 1 nazi was captured yesterday by a patrol of the 502nd Parachute fire bombs kindle blazes in Tokyo Okinawa line is turned Claude Wolkart succeeded by congressman three resign from Cabinet election snags plan for talks May government quarters believed today that the bickering and uncertainty sure to be generated by Britain first general election in ten years might erase the possibility of an Early meeting Between president prime minister Churchill and marshal until Churchill broke up his and tears coalition government by resigning a meeting of the big to discuss such problems As the Balkans and had been regarded As May 24 president Truman revamped his Cabinet accepting the resignations of Secretary of labor prances attorney general Francis Biddle and Secretary of agriculture Claude Federal judge Lewis Schewel senator from will succeed miss Tom texan who now is attorney will step up to the Post of attorney Clinton Anderson will become agriculture Secre resignations voluntary the changes Are to be effective june when Robert chairman of the democratic natio Nal will succeed prank Walker As postmaster while rumours of a Cabinet shift had been afloat Ever since tru Man took office last he declared he had not requested any practically All appointive government officials offered their resignations in Accord Ance with custom when the administration the president denied that treas continued on Page 8 May 24 ans both flanks of the japanese defense line across Southern Okinawa Hove been turned and troops threaten the enemy despite rain and High the sixth Marine yester Day entered Western Anchor of the line and capital of the Nimitz disclosed earlier two army divisions took Eastern Anchor of the the Naha described As in was made with the support ing fire of warships but without Benefit of tanks stuck in mud while the marines forded the Asato River and hacked their Way into their tanks bogged Down in mud and failed to reach the near the East coast of the seventh and 96th info firmly held Yona Baru As Well As its Airfield and commanding Hills Yards to the in the Center of the line the 77th continued efforts to Cap Ture Hills guarding the fortress City of air bases on Island to rival Britain May 24 despite the Battle raging in Southern engineers already Are converting the Island into an air base that will be second in size Only to As Britain was the springboard for the invasion of Continental so Okinawa May be the base from which the final Battle of the Pacific is already Okinawa based planes Are attacking enemy several strikes have reached As far As Korea most recent raid resulted in sinking of three Small enemy ships off Tokyo Pacific bound Hodges in of ass release put at an estimated officers in Eto will be candidates for release from the army in the next theater Headquarters said yester adjutant generals figures show nearly excluding now in redeployment chiefs noted that officers will be released Only if ground and service forces com Manders in the do not want approximately officers Are expected to be declared surplus to the Heaters the officers with lowest Point scores Are almost certain to be reassigned when they reach the new May 24 Courtney first army was Home today from his victories in Europe to plan the Pacific Campaign assigned his he said a High proportion of his would see action in the but i dont know exactly which units will stay in Europe on occupation duty and which will go to there All Hodges flew to his Home Early today for a today Celebration in he reached new York by plane companies by Lewis first Allied airborne army commander Troy Viii corps commander Ira 79th and 46 other first army officers and i May 24 i More than 550 super fort resses Early today dropped fire bombs on the congested heart of Tokyo in the greatest Aerial Blitz of the Pacific the tons of to ribs started fires which fliers re turning to their Marianas bases saw from 200 Miles the Shinagawa seat of aircraft parts other docks and marshalling Yards through which a third of japans railway traffic was the tar opposition is Light a 21st bomber command spokes Man described the target Jas one of the happiest combinations of in flammability and congestion to be found pilots said flak was six or eight japanese Jet propelled planes were in the air but gave the b29s no previous to today 32 Square Miles of Tokyo had been burned out or wrecked by exp or Tokyo radio said 180 planes today attacked a Chain of air bases on southernmost japanese Home mail bags reach Europe the war9 German civilians query May sacks of postmarked in the about april have reached the continent and Are in route to proper theater postal officer a vessel believed to have turned Back on be Day proceeded instead to Southampton and discharged two other vessels also made their by Earl Mazo stars and stripes staff writer May the wild rumours making the rounds of German civilians concerning the impending War Between rus Sia and the it is apparent Goebbels propaganda still is showing signs of life in Ger in Bremen a couple of Days German civilians were asking anti is it True you Are fighting the russians How is this new War going Here in civilians have been interpreting i Bridge building operations As american defensive and As far Back As have spread word russians and Anglo Ameri cans have been digging in frantically on both sides of the Elbe part of the Rumor May be classed As Wishful thinking and May be charged to the fact that if the Ger Man is without a radio to tune in Allied broadcasts he is without but from the Way the Story holds up in details and affect Over so much of from the Rome to the it is apparent the Rumor was organized and Well worked out before released to the it shows perfect markings of Goebbels a allies prepare answer to Tito May 24 Allied High command will make a counter proposal in its reply to marshal Titos latest note on it was reported it was Learned that Tito All but guaranteed a peaceful settlement but details of Liaison Between his followers and Allied military govern ment remained to be worked Tito wants his men retained in civilian posts under next War Jet expert says May 24 Reu who designed the army new Jet propelled fighter the shooting said Jet and rocket propulsion have reached such a degree of perfection that they would wreck civilisation in a third world bases pledged in Philippines May 24 will be granted military bases in the Philippines with full sup port of the filipino when the islands become Independent sometime before july 4 of next president Sergio Osmena pledged even As he doughboy continued to clean the enemy out of Luzon and doughboy supported by planes were pushing toward the Mouth of the important Layagan Valley in North Central three columns were within eight Miles of a Tion in Central Allied bomb plan germans say May 24 German railway officials consider Allied bombing technique was wrong and could have had a far More devastating effect on Ger Many rail according to Ralph a Pennsylvania Railroad official touring Western Germany As head of the rail transport Section of strategic bombing the germans pointed out that Allied attacks were aimed chiefly at marshalling where thousands of workmen were at Haud and the bombed sections easily