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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Quot Nice Marseille area sunday fair and warmer. Maximum temperature 80. Nice Marseille edition of the stars ame stripes daily newspaper of . Armed the european theater of operatic vol. 1�?no. 75sunday, May 27, 1945 the european theater of operations one franc Churchil big 3 talk prime. Or Churchill called for any a meeting of the big three at the eurlies possible moment yesterday amid growing reports of political unrest in european nations Only a few weeks or months liberated from German Rule. Even As cables told of political and economic unrest in France Italy and the Balkans not forgetting As yet unsolved occupation problems in Germany Britain a War Leader told constituents Quot this election Britain a forthcoming election july 5 must not be allowed to delay even for a Day the meeting of the Heads of the big three  this View he said he had already communicated to president Truman. Truman invites lie Gaulle a Churchill a statement came a few hours after president Truman extended to Gen. Charles de Gaulle an invitation to Confer with him in the ., and amidst these developments in the world picture 1�?in Yugoslavia marshal Tito refused to be talked out of his claim to Italy a northeastern Venezia Guilia province. Ignoring Allied objections he told followers in Zagreb that Yugoslavia troops had fought for Trieste Istria and the Sonzo Valley and Yugoslavia should have them. 2�?in France labor Union chiefs called a 24-hour strike in Marseille to protest the governments handling of wages prices food shortages and a recent political continued on Page 8 a finish Japan a Churchill says London May 26�?prime minister Winston Churchill having appointed his a a caretaker government As the administration which will Rule Britain until its first general election in ten years to be held july 5, went among his constituents in suburban London today. Churchill told cheering throngs that with a a great Victory in Europe won a he was absolutely sure a we shall finish off the japanese in the closest Accord with our great american  members of the a a caretaker government include Anthony Eden who will continue As foreign Secretary and take Over some of the functions of ministry of economic warfare which Post was dissolved. A Day to a Day movie Readie Okinawa foot by foot marines keep Low with rifles ready waiting for smoke to Olear from Mouth of this Cave near Naha into which explosive charge has just been tossed along Quot Little Siegfried  map photo captured Bert in japanese get Tokyo news in a amps by Houston Boyle stars and stripes staff writer with third inf. Div., Austria May 26�?the entire staff of the japanese embassy in Berlin 131 persons including ambassador Hiroshi Oshima. Army observer it. Gen. Komatsu and naval attache rear adm. Kojima has been placed in custody at bad Gastrin. They were captured by the 15th inf. Regt Scannon co., commanded by it. Randolph m. Summer amp a of Isola miss. They Are held under guard in the twin hotels near the Peak of a Mountain overlooking bad Gastrin. The japs seem anxious for news. They listen attentively to bbl. When they requested newspapers some of the doughboy planted copies of the stars and stripes which Bear headlines of Tokyo bombings in the hotel lobby. The japs done to like German rations and have asked to fish in a nearby Stream. The civilians were wearing the latest , mail order clothing allegedly obtained through Switzerland and were smoking popular uj3. Brands of cigarettes. Only doughs win wars Marshall Tokyo was a a practically Laid waste by fires spread by a 70-Mi Les per hour Gale after the second of two record breaking super fortress fire bomb assaults on the City of 7,000,000 population enemy broadcasts said last night. Tokyo was still ablaze 18 hours after the second attach began Early saturday Tokyo time and the City s shocked populace was fleeing to the country. The greater part of emperor Hirohito a Palace was de Royed by fire the Tokyo account said. The City a entire business District and much of the residential area were 4 burned to the ground. While japanese scored More than Ordinary Success in Aerial counter attacks against u41. Naval forces supporting the doughboy Marine invasion of Okinawa some 700 Miles South of Tokyo the enemy radio emphasised the devastation of the capital. To Ord bit Lees a amp a. Gen. Curtis Lemay of of the 21st bomber command said More than 35 Square Miles of to Kyo a 216 Quaife mile area was completely burned out after the s29fl dropped nearly 0,000 tons of incendiaries on the City in less than 49 hours. Nineteen b29s, greatest number Ever lost failed to return from the latest raid. Previous High was 13, lost in the last previous Tokyo attack. The japanese assault on Fleet forces around Okinawa carny continued on Page 81 n landings Gan beat japs chinese says Washington Mav 26 Ansi chief of staff Gen. George o. Marshall said yesterday that the Job of building an efficient ground army had been hampered before the War by Many who thought the Day of the infantry had passed. They thought he declared that tanks and planes alone would win wars. Marshall spoke at army War College ceremonies accepting for the army a memorial plaque dedicated to it Gen. Lesley j. Mcnair. By Andy Rooney stars and stripes staff writer Paris May 26�?the japanese can be beaten within six months if simultaneous landings Are made on the Jap Mainland and along the Jap Hekl China coast it. Gen. Lijen Sun commander of the new chinese army said. Gen. Sun one of China a most successful military Leaden is in the Eto to talk with Gen. Eisenhower. He believes simultaneous landings would create such confusion in the japanese High command that the Jap army could be beaten in a Short time. Landings on the Jap Mainland alone will not beat them Gen. Sun said because two thirds of the japanese army is in China and the Well trained japanese Kwan Tung army in Manchuria is completely self sufficient. Gen. Sun said while Landing along the China coast would be comparatively easy because of the help Landing forces would receive from chinese civilians and because Jap forces in China Are concentrated in key places the War would continue for a year it Only the one Landing was made. London May 26 apr work is being completed on a the True glory a an authoritative movie of the Western front Campaign from a Day to the German surrender. The full length film which has official backing of the . And British governments is directed by Garson Kanin of Hollywood and Carol Reed Topflight English movie maker. Geri. Eisenhower will deliver   in the movie. Famed medic runs pro station a i medic who made history last november by performing a delicate wind pipe operation under fire using Only a Jack knife and Fountain pen now is running an army pro station in Nice. T-4 Duane Kinman 19, of College place  of a four year medical scholarship at Western Reserve University Cleveland and a few months ago the most famous company Aid Man in the world last night was mopping the floor and preparing prophylaxis solution at the hotel Busby Rue do Marechal Joffre. And he said he liked the Job. Kinman arrived in Nice a week ago assigned to the 69th Sta. Hosp. The pro station Job is a Good one said the foxhole surgeon. It done to have to work very hard and get lots of time  As a fifth inf div. Aid Man Kinman became famous when he t-4 Duane Kinman saved the life of pfc Henry Roon 35-year-old doughboy from grand rapids Mich. Kinman noticed Roon gasping for breath. His Windpipe had been Cut. The situation called for a tracheotomy wind pipe operation one of the most delicate surgical feats. Kinman used a Jack knife to Slit Roones Throat below the wound and inserted the Shell of the casualty a own Fountain pen. �?�1 Wasny to just sure what would happen a Kinman said Quot but i guess he could breathe Okay through the  on dec. 27 Kinman was wounded in the Battle of the bulge. For six weeks he was hospitalized then went Back to the fifth div. Three weeks later he was Back in the Hospital where he was sent to a replacement depot then to Nice. Last night Kinman said he had Only one worry. Quot they Tell me in a in for the chm a he said. A to sure like to get it. Then i could ask for a discharge right  he has 55 Points. Ike beat Alex in Austria race 8haef, May 26 a operational plans for the final defeat of Germany called for Field marshal sir Harold alexanders Allied armlet from Italy to enter Austria before Gen. Eisenhower a forces but Eisenhower a Speed upset the  was disclosed Here today la an announcement telling How 660,000 military  nations had to be  by when it became apparent that uj3. And French forces under Eisenhower would enter Austria ahead of alexanders men who were equipped with the literature. Military government officials commandeered a Cologne print shop threw a Gordon of men from the 82nd airborne div. Around the entire Block and managed to have the tracts printed in four Days. Jap production intact Crowley Washington. May 26 apr Japan still is Able to wage a Long War foreign economic administrator Leo Crowley said in a report today on Japan s wartime economic and Industrial capacity. The report said a a although Japan suffered severe military reverses and damaging air attacks in recent months her productive capacity is such that she still is Able to wage a Long War. A Large proportion of the War Industry she had at the time of Pearl Harbor was said to be still intact  
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