Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday May 27, 1945 _ my a a a to if Rumps order a amp Tetly starred Eto who also veterans of the also were in Quot actual combat in Sicily Italy Corsica or Sardinia will not be sent to the Pacific unless they Volunteer theater he. Said yesterday. A a interpretation of Gen. Eisenhower order which forbade sending to the Pacific men who had fought in both North Africa and Europe the e a t e r redeployment chiefs said that for purposes of carrying out Eisenhower a order the North african theater would include Sicily Italy. Corsica and i Sardinia As Well As Africa. Off Icen Quot Are specifically excluded from Gen Eisenhower a order. Headquarters defined a Quot combat soldiers As any enlisted Man who was assigned or attached to any organic unit of an infantry or armoured division or of any of nine types of units which were with a corps or division Quot during combat May stay in Germany the nine types included antiaircraft artillery armoured cavalry chemical mortar battalion engineers combat Pontoon Treadway Bridge or mine Cle Ringfield artillery infantry signal corps and tank destroyers. Soldiers who have won sad stars for both the Eto and the North african theater will be removed from units being redeployed if they do not have enough Points fur discharge they will be assigned to army of occupation. Reinforcements in depots located in areas for which Battle part Cipar Tion credit was Given Are entitled to Tufie Battle Star theater officials by Johnnie Brown stars and stripes staff writer the . Army band will arrive in Nice monday for an extended engagement in the Riviera rest area after completion of a one week concert tour of the Marseille District. The 86-piece band led by capt. Thomas p. Darcy jr., of Vancouver wash., has been overseas since june 1943, and has entertained gis in Africa. Sicily Italy prance Belgium Holland England and Scotland. Its concerts to army audiences Are varied ranging from symphony to swing. Besides the big band there Are two sub divisions the Dixieland oct Ette conducted by t-3 Henry hot Levine of new York former Star of the chamber music society of lower Basin Street show and the army dance orchestra conducted by to sgt. Freddie Woolston of Bangor me., former Arranger for Tommy Dorsey. The band was organized in 1922 by order of Gen. John j. Pershing. It has played for the King and Queen of England the Kings of Greece and Yugoslavia the Queen of the Netherlands. Marshals Foch and Joffre of prance. King Alfonso he of Spain the presidents of Haiti Cuba Mexico san Domingo. Brazil Nicaragua and Peru. The musicians entertained in More than 239 cities in 41 states in i a i Izzmas-1 1 is Are test three members of . Army band. T-3 Hen-1 by hot lips Levine left directs Dixieland it Tett. 1 sgt. F Redd ii wools to o n seated Kvil a a a it conducts army dance orches tra. Pfc r Hamerslag i band s leading Tenor sax artist hot lips form re Erly starred chamber Muskel society of Low Rcv y. Or Basin Street Woolston ranged for rom my Dorsey. Hamerslag played with b e n s Kuhnan a Ibec top . yet a aps p a three year period. They gave regular radio broadcasts in the states and during summer months played Public concerts at the Capitol the Sylvan theater at the Washington Monument grounds and at various government hospitals in Washington. In addition to the band s concert reputation it gained Fame As a marching band leading the Ina . To halve plane output by july 1946 Gural parades of presidents Coolidge Hoover and Roosevelt. A sgt. Elmer Kettler of Platte Ville wis., who plays the trombone when he Isnit marching As drum major figures he sled the band 500 Miles in three years. The bands music Library has More than 10.000 titles a representative Cross Section of which was brought overseas. Tokyo continued from Page 11 Bradley Tours Southern Reich thursday night and Friday adm. A jolts announced from Guam. Eleven us. Light naval units were damaged one seriously. Ground fighting pm Okinawa continued grim As tanks supported sixth Marine div. Men in Naha Western Anchor of enemy defences. However the enemy appeared to be preparing to fall Back on the Eastern end. Adm Nimitz announced that the Navy has lost More killed and missing in the 56-Day Okinawa Campaign than the army figures worn 9,892 for the Navy 4,279 for the army and 1.827 for the Marine corps meanwhile Gen. announced conclusion of the Long Battle few weak Mew Guinea with the linkup of two australian forces. Us troops captured an Ai drome on Mindanao and filipino troops occupied Infanta and Misuta on the East coast of Luzon. With Gen. Bradley in Southern Germany May 261 Cap a Gen. Omar m. Bradley made a Quick tour of the most picturesque part of his Broad military Domain yesterday and thursday inspecting three american divisions concentrated around Scenic Salzburg and the ruins of hitlers Berchtesgaden Perch the three divisions were the 191st Lair moxie third inf. And 29th amid. Bradley inspected Hermann goer Inge Sart collection and richly appointed train and Hitler s deeply air raid Sheller. At Berchtesgaden he was impressed by the magnificence of Hitler s hideout. Of i had a big living room like this to sit in a he remarked with a Grin �?�1 go around looking for trouble Himmler a bankroll found under barn chinese near read key chunking. May 26�?chinese forces in the far South advanced 23 Miles to stand within seven Miles of i Shan 43 Miles from Liichow key to the japanese Overland route to indo China. 1st army gets Carolina Post Washington. May 26 ans a a it. Jackson 8. will be used by the first army in its retraining for Pacific operations the War department announced yesterday. The army commanded by Gen. Courtney h. Hodges is now on its Way Back to the us. From the Eto. Nice birthday party a birthday party for All Restees bom in mag will be held at the ame dots Rad Cross Casino club Nice at 8 39 tonight it was announced by miss Ruth. Chernay program director Sale Juda. Wis., May 26 ans a Saleswoman who called on or and mrs. Glen Maske the other Day had Berchtesgaden May 26 apis Heinrich hit Mierz a hoarded paper Money possible More than 1,099,099 dollars Worth was discovered today under a Bam near Here by us. Troops. The confiscated currency included 26,000 English pounds 8.000,900 French francs 3,000,080 algerian moroccan francs 1,000,-009 German Marks and 1,909,009 Canadian dollars. Himmler was buried yesterday without religious ceremony in a secret unmarked grave near the British second army he. In Germany. British army surgeons removed. Himmler a brain Britain urges big 3 session i5th Del uses Rhineland area sheaf May 26�?a quarantine line along the Rhine River to prevent the spread of contagious diseases from Germany to liberated Europe is being maintained by the 15th army sheaf announced today. The quarantines main objective is to halt the spread of body lice which carry typhus fever. Five a a ports of entry have been established at Dusseldorf Bonn Duisburg Cologne and Coblenz. Fifteenth army men armed with Spray guns and Dot powder do their de housing at each Point. Insecticide spaying largely to Gay German school children is making Progress against potato beetles sheaf said. Continued from Page 1 purge. The walkout followed a pattern recently set in Lyon. 1�?in Italy British military authorities blew up a political storm by arresting Pietro Nenni leftist candidate for Premier for addressing italian workers at Vercelli in violation of Allied orders. Socialist and communist newspapers sharply criticized Allied control and even conservative quarters joined in. 4�?in the Levant French troubles with Syria and Lebanon ballooned to a close to War stage. Both governments rejected a proposed French treaty contending it would give France practically military control Over them and Syria began co scripting men Between 18 and 68 for a Home defense army. In London the British government expressed regret that a a the atmosphere should be disturbed in Syria and Lebanon by the dispatch of French reinforcements to those areas. A government statement appealed for All to remain Calm until a solution could be reached in consultations with the . And other parties concerned. Washington May 26 ans. A reduction of us. Aircraft production by i almost half the current rate will be achieved by the second half of 1946, the War department announced. The cutback amounting to a reduction of 17,000 planes in scheduled production for the next 18 months was made possible by the end of the european War and curtailment of lend lease the department said. On the basis of aircraft weighty production during the last half of this year will be 70 percent of the total produced in the first six months. Production in the first half of 1945 will drop to 60 percent and in the second half to 55 percent of the january june 1945 level. A b32 output to drop the aah disclosed that output of the consolidated b32 dominated still not combat tested brother of the Boeing b29 super fortress Wie be eliminated at two plants by the end of this year. B29 production will expand for several months. The Douglas a-26 Long Beach Plant will continue at present Levels but the Tulsa okla., Plant will cease production by january. Bell p-63 production at Buffalo n.y., win be eliminated by sep tember Douglas 0-47 production at Oklahoma City will taper until december then continue at half mule. B-17 production at Lockheed will halt in August while that at Douglas will be stabilized at one fourth current rate. There is no change in the production schedule of new models of the two mainstay fighters the p-4t Thunderbolt and p-51 in it Uang London Bridge now on Rhine London May 26 ins a the Bridge that now spans or Rhine at Reinagel should familiar to londoners. Its the temporary Waterloo Bridge used for 17 years in London. After the capture of Antwerp the Bridge was dismantled and shipped areas the Channel when the original Rem Agen Bridge collapsed the Waterloo Bridge was rushed to the scene and within a week was in use. Papal Blessing for . Vatican City May 26 apis Pope Pius Xii conveyed his respects to president Truman and gave his Blessing to the american people today when holding audience with members of a House naval affairs sub committee. No trouble maxing a Sale. The a amp Kes were very Busy fighting a fire in their Chicken House when the Saleswoman arrived Selling fire extinguishers. Bus help on Africa run us staf he May 26�?one Hundred Twenty eighth air Force fortresses stripped to make space for 40 passengers will help at move ground Force personnel to the Casablanca Poe flying a regular route from a temporary eighth of Camp at is tres Marseille. Third div. S latest cams equals decoration record by Vic d All Ai re stars and stripes staff writer with third inf. Div., May 26�?while 1-lt. Audiel Murphy of Farmersville tex., was Hunting on the Riviera beaches he helped win last summer word came to third div. He. In Austria that he had won the congressional medal of Honor the 21-year-old texan automatically went into a tie with capt. Maurice a a Footsie Britt also of the third As most decorated Soldier of this or any other War. Murphy added his medal of Honor to the Bronze Star Silver Star and distinguished service Cross everything existing ground forces medal for valor. Nearest approach to the record was the late Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt jr., who won every medal but the Bronze Star. However it took him two wars to do it. Murphy sch was won for beating off a counter attack by 258 German infantrymen supported by six tanks during the Colmar Campaign. The texan killed or wounded nearly 108 germans and forced the enemy tanks to withdraw
