Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes monday May 28, 1945 t policy r officers the men who came to Danner Paris May 27�?a theater eligibility score is being set up for All ground and service Force officers As a guide in deciding whether they May be considered candidates for return to the . And possible release from the army Eto he. Said today. There was no indication what the score would be. Redeployment officials indicated the eligibility score for officers would serve the same purpose As the Quot critical score Quot for Ems but they emphasized it is to be used As a Quot guide Only Quot in determining theater officer surplus and would not be the principal Factor determining an officers release from the Janetty. A previously the War department announced there will be no critical score established for officers. Uit less they insist under theater plans All of and sos officers who have scores equal to or above the eligibility score will become candidates for consideration As theater surplus unless they elect to stay in Active service until after Japan a defeat. No other officer will be eligible unless no assignment in the Eto can be found for him. Being declared eligible for consideration. As theater surplus is Only the first Small step in release from the army however redeployment chiefs said. If an officer becomes eligible it still must be determined whether he can. Be spared from the occupation army or the Pacific and even if he is declared surplus to theater needs and sent to the states it must be determined there that he is non essential before he can get out of the army. Gen. Ei8enh0wer and two visiting senators sit Down to Moss kits of Fried Chicken in the pm s Section of a now of onto at St. Vafi by France which processes americans who were pcs in Germany. Sen. E. W. Mcfarland do Riz is of the loft and son Albert w. Hawke . At right. They Are of a Senate committee investigating the communications system of Eto.�?. Army sep red tape Cut for tank vets Paris. May 27�?nearly 1,200 enlisted men and a handful of officers from the second army. Div were on their Way Back to the . Toda Sana one of the first biggest and fastest redeployment moves. The tankers All of whose Point scores Are above 86, passed through Paris on their Way from the third reinforcement depot straight to Cherbourg a docks. They were bypassing the regular staging and embarkation area at be Havre All processing was to be done before they reached Cherbourg. Walkout taken in army stride Marseille May 27�?except for one minor incident yesterdays French labor strike had Little effect on us. Army operations in the Marseille area lbs Provost marshals office reported today e in anticipation of possible trouble the Provost marshal stationed two Mph at each army mess. When two French labor leaders entered an officers mess and attempted to intimidate waitresses into striking maps turned the pair Over to French police. They were later released. French Railroad workers went on a Token strike for one hour. Norway Judas still Drazen by Joe Weston stars and stripes staff writer Oslo May 27�?vidkun Quisling the Judas of Modem times yesterday was charged with treason on five counts against the norwegian state and ordered to stand trial probably next fall Quisling stole the show in court steadfastly maintaining his innocence. The counts on which the treason charges Are based Are a radio speech of april 1940, in which he declared the germans were invading Norway to help its people against the English recall of the norwegian governments mobilization order to the people to fight the germans giving norwegian resources to the germans and recommending that norwegian youths fight for Germany forming a government in february 1942, without the consent of the people and installing himself As dictator his Law of August 1943. That police be under military regulations. Quisling was in the court room for 190 drama packed minutes. Tokyo called beyond repair blast kills eleven Edgewood md., May 27 ans a eleven persons were killed and 52 injured in an explosion and fire yesterday at Edgewood Arsenal. Rains Stow Okinawa drive wreck Bridges Naha Guam May 27 ans a heavy Rains along the Okinawa Mattieline slowed u3. Progress yesterday everywhere except at the Eastern end of the front where seventh inf. Div. Troops advanced toward commanding Hills about 2,000 Yards below captured Yona Baru adm. Nimitz a communique said today an official report revised upward f to 100 the number of enemy planes shot Down 1 n japanese Aerial counter attacks Over Okinawa on thursday night Friday and Friday night. One flight of army thunderbolts shot Down a group of 34 Jap fighters before they reached the Island Nimitz said. Constant rain More than six inches of it since May 19, yesterday washed out three of four Bridges thrown Over the Asato River into Naha by the sixth Marine div. A delayed associated press dispatch said that Small bands of japanese soldiers roaming through mountainous Northern Okinawa Are beheading native Village leaders and intimidating others in what appears to be a systematic terror Campaign to incite okinawan to riot against american military government control. The a said the renegade japs have beheaded at least 40 natives the japs counter attacked against the fourth Marine regiment near the Naha Bridgehead but were repulsed and Daylight disclosed Quot a considerable number o f enemy dead Quot official reports said. French Pacific plan soon. Washington. May 27 apr plans for redeployment of French troops to the Pacific Are expected to be presented to the French military Mission Here sometime next week a High Allied military source said today. Pilot shot and Lett to die toils of escape from is . Strategic air forces in Europe May 27�?capt. William j. Cullender eighth of fighter Pilot shot Down near Nuremberg last april told yesterday of his miraculous escape from the germans after is men had shot him with his own pistol and left him to die. The 21-year-old chicagoan with five victories to his credit dodged the germans for Days. One Day he accidentally bumped into is troops standing on a Road. Quot i thought they were going to shoot me when they marched me into a Woods he related. Quot then i turned around to see what they were doing and one of them let me have it in the right Side with my own gun and then they walked away even though called them to come Back Quot Cullender said. Cullender crawled to a farm House and the people there a ook him to a Hospital. He later escaped from the Hospital and was picked up by american tanks. Petain seeks adm. Leahy a trial support Paris. May 27�?contents of a letter in which Henri Phillipe Petain appealed to . Adm. William Leahy to testify As a defense witness at the Vichy chiefs forthcoming treason trial were disclosed Here today by the aged marshals attorneys. Petain once a hero but now accused of having betrayed France to the nazis appealed to Leahy As a Man who Quot witnessed my efforts to restore  a a the letter was sent by Ordinary mail to Washington where Leahy now personal chief of staff to president Truman was reported by associated press to have Quot absolutely no  Leahy was uj5. Ambassador to Vichy during Petain a regime. Quot you who have lived beside me during those months Quot Petain wrote Quot you who have witnessed my efforts to restore France you will help me to convince those who Are accusing me of their  Petain urged Leahy to Send a deposition if he could not testify in person. The trial tentatively has been set for june 15. Petain a attorneys were hopeful that the recent offer of William o. Bullitt former . Ambassador to France to testify in defense of French Gen. Henri f. Dentz also accused of treason might serve As a precedent for Leahy. China forces take Nanning continued from Page 1 overcome and that Quot All Quot factories there Are Back in production. From Guam. Nimitz announced rocket and bomb attacks by thunderbolts on Southern Kyushu southernmost of the japanese Home islands. Aircraft of the British Fleet simultaneously attacked the Saki Shima islands Northeast of Formosa. Liberator wrecks 20 ships Manila May 27 ans a american warplanes ranging from Shanghai to the dutch East indies destroyed or damaged 33 japanese merchant ships last week with a single Navy Liberator accounting for 20 of them in one Day Gen. Macarthur announced today. In Northern Luzon where two enemy divisions hold most of the Bagayan Valley the . 25th inf. Div. Secured Strong positions North of Santa be on Mindanao american troops chased disorganized enemy forces farther into the Hills above Davao. Chunking May 27 apr chinese forces have recaptured Nanning former capital of Kwangsik and a key Point of the Southern Section of the japanese corridor to indo China. The recapture seriously disrupts enemy communications in the corridor a potential Avenue for eventual japanese Retreat from Burma Thailand Malaya and indo China. . 14th of fighters and medium bombers knocked out eight spans of the Tatang Zuchow Railroad Bridge in Southern Shansi province a communique said today the High command also reported the japs started a drive Friday South from we Chow on the Chekian coast 220 Miles South of Shanghai. Goering Deputy takes own life Herman Goering a successor As Luftwaffe chief Field marshal Robert Ritter von Greim committed suicide thursday apparently by swallowing potassium cyanide an empty Poison phial was found alongside his bed in a Salzburg Hospital where he was under guard suffering from a minor leg wound received in the Battle of Berlin. Interned bombers return a uj3. Bomber base Britain May 27 apr two eighth of bombers which had been interned in Sweden have arrived Here the first of about 80 such planes expected to return from Sweden soon. 4f Battle vets get medals too Washington May 27 ans a the Senate military affairs com Mittee has approved legislation to award medals to All civilians who have served on local draft boards in this War