Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Mrs. Harp Sibley of Rochester m. Mother of six children Anil grandmother of 13, has teen selected by the gomen Rule foundation As the Quot american Mother of  she is attending the son Francisco conference As an unofficial observer. Her husband is there As a consultant. On Quot my savings my slow clearly giving a lot of financial Sec Writy Here has been a t of vague get to advocated in the the stars and stripes sunday May 27, 1945 buy farms As soon As they can plow ods under a great number of Eto troche Are planning to head straight for a farm object owning same letters in the stars and stripes War Bond contest indicate t some figure on settling in the states a surprising number would like to try Alaska and a few think Fouth America or South Africa might prove profitable. But they fee. All agreed on one things Iang their farms with the Aid of both Soldier savings and governmental assistance t contest letters on Quot my and Post War plans Quot show that soldiers Are a heavy thinking to after the Par there noticeable absence of Rich Quick schemes Fetter v _ Range of frogs onions t education and aviation also appear to hold top interest in Soldier thinking. 3 the contest is open to All Eto military personnel. Prizes include ten new automobiles or trucks and ten refrigerators letters must run Between 50 to 250 words and should be addressed to War band contest. Apo 887.  array Ltd it statue of Wilson not a Mere bust by Howard Byrne _ Prague. May 36�? during the occupation of Prague the nazis were irritated by crowds of czechs who gathered at a statue of the 1 late president Woodrow Wilson the German commander ordered the statue pulled Down. While a czechs jeered a wrecking Crew jerked the statue from its Pedestal expecting that it would shatter on the pavement. But Wilson was made of sterner a stuff than the nazis thought. He a lidded squarely on his feet and regained his balance to the accompaniment of loud cheers from the czechs. The nazis loaded the statue intact into a truck and took it away. Hitler planned Gibraltar blow Davis retort Iliili Lsimon press in Reich denied Home May 36 apr Adolf Hitler planned an Axis attack on Gibraltar in 1641 but the germans failed to carry it out because Benito Mussolini did not support it the communist newspaper Unita declared yesterday the newspaper published what it claimed was Hitler s Quot last letter Quot to Mussolini to which the fuehrer asserted the War might have taken a different course had the Duce concurred in the plan. Refs Nab spy new York May 36 Ansi Clever counter espionage by Dieu Donna costes French world War i air Ace led to the arrest Here yesterday of another Frenchman on charges of spying on . Industrial secrets for the German government. Paul Jean Marie Cavailles former French air Force officer was taken into custody by Fri agents who said he intended to continue his espionage despite Germany s defeat the Fri revealed that costes joined the German intelligence service in 1942. Came to America in 1943 and reported to Federal authorities that Cavailles was to follow him when Cavailles arrived at new Orleans last october the Fri followed him to Washington where he posed As an inventor in an attempt to gain Access to government offices. Cavailles attempted to get inside plants producing secret electronic devices. He tried to radio a message to Hamburg Germany the Fri said. Cavailles is being held on $50,990 Ball for formal hearing june 4. Paris May 26�?the announcement two weeks ago in Washington by own chief Elmer Davis that no foreign periodical or newspaper would be permitted in american occupied Germany was denied Here by Brig Gen. Robert a. Macclure sheaf psychological warfare chief. Quot in fairness to or. Davis Mcclure said Quot we discussed mans possibility and he probably went Back with some erroneous ideas As soon As importation machine functioning and distribution fact lines Are adequate Mcclure said regular Allied and Neutral publications can come into Germany. By no Book burning Mcclure said there will be no a dbl burning in Germany to get rid of the nazi literature but not until the nazi and Militarist influence has been eliminated will germans be permitted to publish newspaper periodicals or operate radio stations. Pending restoration of a free press in Germany the group control Council will publish newspapers show movies decide what kind of music is to be heard and distribute a select list of 125 books m Germany. Mercy flights moved million furloughs to . London May 26�?arrangements have been made to accommodate 49,999 troops from the continent who desire to take furloughs in the United kingdom special service Section us announced that plans have been completed for seven Day Tours of the us including one Day in London. Washington May 26 api air transport command has evacuated More than 1,999.999 sick Ark wounded members of uj3 and Allied forces from All Heaters in 32 months the War department said almost All casualties evacuated from East of the Rhine in the Fina phases of the european War were transported by air. More than 300,999 patients were evacuated from Forward to rear areas of the Eto Between a Day and be Day. Battle casualties comprised about 35 percent of evacuees in 1944, with the figures jumping to 50 percent in the Early months of 1945. Redeployment mail headache Hollywood. May 26 cans a the Abbott and costello team be dividing. The principals Bud Abbott Bottom. And Lou costello announced that after 15 years of partnership they Are no longer even friends and each will go his own Way at expiration of their contract the dispute started when Abbott refused to sign a new agreement with Universal. Release bound doughs on Way but sceptical a stars and stripes reporter with three years overseas and Beaucoup Points has drawn the dream assignment he will cover step by step the discharge of the first Eto Over-85ers�?-and be discharged himself. Here is his first Story. Bomb disposal is secret yet Paris May 26�?equipment for neutralizing bombs was streamlined from a five ton truckload to a 40-Pound kit during the european Campaign but details of the revolutionary technique must remain secret Eto ordnance announced. Bomb disposal personnel removed an average of three and a half tons of munitions and unexploded bombs per Man per month about 1,600 tons of explosives were removed freon Paris alone. Casualties among disposal men jumped to a High of six percent during the prance invasion but Many resulted from other causes than bomb removal since the by men often worked in Advance of the infantry by Beh f. Price stars and stripes staff writer be Havre May. 26�?�?T�?Thappy warriors a that s what 15,000 potential discharges on their Way to the . Are called by service troops who run the staging Camp near Here. Most of the men came from 12th army up. They began pouring into Quot Twenty grand Quot a a huge staging area outside be Havre thursday to get a final processing before boarding ship. Pfc Don Hill 106 Points infantryman of the 83rd ddv., commented Quot Well i guess we re going Home All right but i wont believe in a out until i get this uniform  three Day processing processing probably will take three Days. It is divided into six main phases a physical inspection of orders Issue of clothing customs declaration of captured enemy military equipment sex new snack bar for Marseille Honolulu May 36 ans it a army postal officers say their biggest Job yet will be keeping track of soldiers transferred from Europe to the Pacific. When divisions or corps move intact Apo numbers move with them forwarding of mail is simple. However redeployment will mean that thousands of individuals will go to outfits with different Apo numbers. Marseille May 26�?an american red Cross snack bar has been opened at Marseille railway station to serve Coffee and snacks to transient gis from 6 am to 8 pm daily. The operation is under the direction of Tom Coppedge of Winston Salem  of the times Square arc club in Marseille Fellowship for Hawley Paris May 26�?maj. Gen. Paul Hawley who served As chief theater surgeon during the european Campaign has been awarded a Fellowship to the Royal College of physicians in London com z announced. Captured souvenirs May be taken Home men going Home for redeployment May take captured enemy weapons it they have an officer s certification that the items do not include any explosives and that each items value As a souvenir exceeds any value it might have to the us. Army. Changing currency and marking of baggage. While in Quot Twenty grand Quot men Uve in tents sleep on Canvas cots and eat Quot a Quot rations. They Are restricted to the area. There will be no work details no reveille and men can go to bed when they want to each staging a lock built to handle 5,900 men has its dispensary hot showers for 75 men at a time and a tent theater which presents four shows a Day with 300 men a show. A 3,099-seat Amphitheater for touring Uso Camp shows is partially completed. Gen. Walker to Dallas Dallas May 26 Ansis it. Gen. Walton h. Walker of Belton tex., whose so called Quot ghost Quot corps spearheaded the third army a drive across prance into Germany has been named chief of eighth service command at Dallas. Hermann Goering was interviewed by newsmen after his capture by the 36th inf. Jav my of to r for  my m got away. I. Truth so help