Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur We p i Ltd $ i v 3 2 r p i m. P a a Washington May 27 ans a the homeward flow of . Soldiers from the Eto by air plane Page 4 a a a a a a a the stars and tripes monday May 28, 1945 n 000 a month Hitler s sister found Liing assumed name a by Howard Byrne stars and stripes staff writer ? Berchtesgaden May 27�?Paula Hitler sister of the nazi fuehrer was found yesterday after living several years sued name with a family whose members were astonished Learned her True identity. She had taken the name of mrs. Paula Wolf in 1936 at Adolf a request Seldom saw her brother and never mixed in politics she said in an interview in the snug Mountain a Retreat of Dietrich Eckart nazi poet dear to the fuehrer a heart. She was brought Hare and placed under House arrest by officers of the 101st airborne div. After she was discovered by a sgt. George Allen of Philadelphia. She had been living in the Small austrian town of Weiten East of Linz. A a i. Bottom heard from Adolf her apparent desire to avoid the limelight was aided by the fact she it Oes not Bear a striking resemblance to Adolf. However once one knows who she is he can discern likenesses in the facial Bone Structure and profile Paula has Reddish hair Blue eyes was nicely dressed and seemed younger than her 49 Yearou a a Quot she said Hitler Seldom wrote either to her or his other sister Angela Hanitzsch wife of a Dresden professor once a year Paula received a four line letter from Hitler and a Small food package before her brother became famous Paula worked As a typist in Vienna. When the nazis began to threaten Austria she was fired own then on. She said Hitler had Given Hera monthly allowance. Franklin limps Home 900 Conchie $0 get release Washington. May 27 ans a about 900 conscientious objectors will be released beginning aug. 3 under their own Point system selective service estimated today. Unlike the army demobilization plan there is nor arbitrary number of Points established for an objectors release. Discharges come in order of the highest Point totals. One Point will be Given for each month of service. 12 for each child bom prior to Midnight May 12 and three for a wife if the marriage occurred before Midnight May 12. The plan applies to 8,369 conscientious objectors. Will soon reach a Peak of 50,000 men a month requiring a flight across the Atlantic every six minutes the War department reported today. In addition to huge transports flying to such terminals As Lar Guardia Field in new York and the 36th Street Airport in Miami 100 to 125 tactical planes will soon be flying Home daily piloted by the Crews which took them into combat Over a reverse of the same route. J Hunter Field Savannah ga., and Bradley Field Windsor locks conn., Are the main ports of entry for returning tactical planes. Process 15,000 daily a fifteen thousand troops will be processed daily at Camp Baltimore first of the new redeployment centers which will open Between june i and june 15, it was announced yesterday. The Camp near Stippes France will have 2,500 tents 49 wooden huts and 350 Nissen huts. A a did let of so Fly after action off the japanese coast March 19. Though hundreds aboard were killed or injured when enemy bombs turned the big ship into an ingeme she travelled 12,006 Miles under her own Power to reach the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There she will be repaired perhaps to pay another Call on Japan. A a japs May have nazi Jet plans third army hq., Bavaria May 27 apr twelve Turbine engines and plans of Germany a latest Jet propelled aircraft were sent to Japan by three submarines last january according to a it. Wenger said to be a German rocket expert now a third army prisoner. Two completed Jet planes and 25 German engineers also were in the shipment the German claimed. Of Points. Paris May 27�?the 337th Harbor Craft co. Was in route to Linz Austria today to take Over from russian forces All vessels and equipment of the German and hungarian Inland Navy according to maj. Wayne Smith Deputy chief of the transportation corps Inland Waterways division. The Inland Navy has nearly 100 flagships gunboats minesweepers and mine layers which formerly plied the Danube rive and its tributaries. Personnel of the Navy a 1,461 germans and hungarians will also be placed under american control. An additional 1,000 barges loaded with German army Materiel Are tied up at Linz As Well As eight German Hospital ships. Maj. Smith said the Hospital Craft will be used for transporting some 60,000 displaced persons now quartered in Linz. Marine equipment valued at More than $1,000,000 was captured at Linz maj. Smith said. The City a Dock and port facilities Are in relatively Good condition. The 337th Harbor Craft co. Has 200 men commanded by capt. Russell p. Cooke of Cleveland Ohio. Destroyer survives 6 suicide blows makes port Seattle May 27 ans a the Laffey. A destroyer that took six a a death blows from japanese suicide planes and still fought on steamed into Seattle Harbor yesterday r after a Long voyage Home similar to that of the Carrier Franklin. She was attacked off Okinawa in april by 20 Jap planes. Her rudder jammed and she was floating in a sea of flaming gasoline. But with her gunners strapped in their seas she fought for two Long hours with american fliers helping. Six Jap planes flown by suicide pilots dived onto the Laffey. A tug towed her from the Battle zone into safer Sateni. The Laffey lost 3 men killed or missing and 60 were wounded in the action Points not 85 pointers told the army must have its Points or the owners of those blouses would t have stayed in As Long As they have. The owners Are members of the u.8. Army band which it scheduled to play in Noo june 3. Left the right the blouses Are owned by m-8gts. Charles r. Kline Milton w. Nation and Raymond m. Moyer Washington . Eugene Hostetter Arlington. A and Joseph m. Moyer of Park Falls wis and t-8gts. John j. Latvia Washington John b. Clemmons Thomas Villa and Thomas l. Blunt Arlington. A army pictorial service Manila May 27 ans a the Point system for mustering soldiers out of the army still is foggy to Many fighting men in this area but Southwest Pacific command is emphasizing one things Mere Possession of the required number of Points does no to guarantee discharge. There a the matter of replacements. Southwest Pacific command was emphatic in notifying soldiers that even if they get Home on the Point system they Are not sure of being released because a a whether you have big or lit Ili �1 totals military o�.0c0s sity com0s first. Aaa bats .680 in i league four separate commendations and a prize plaque have been awarded the 494th aaa bn., credited with shooting Down More than 400 a bombs in the defense of Antwerp. Tabulating results in the form of a batting averages a the 494th led the 56th aaa brigade with an average of .556, 64 Points above its nearest competitor. All four batteries of the battalion placed in the .500 bracket taking first second fourth and fifth positions in the entire brigade. Battery b led with .680. Ike moves he. To Frankfurt by Charles f. Kiev stars and stripes staff writer Frankfurt on main Germany May 27�?gen. Eisenhower opened his new Headquarters Here yesterday in the huge sprawling seven Story . Farben building moving up from Rheims France where he had been since february. This will be Eisenhower s Headquarters As supreme Allied commander and As chief american representative of the Allied group controlling the Reich. The building housing Eisenhower a Headquarters formerly the main office of one of the worlds largest chemical manufacturers is virtually undamaged although every Section of Frankfurt was bombed heavily. Only one Wing of the building and a Section of the roof were damaged by artillery shells. Frankfurt a prominent place in Germany a War production picture gave it a High priority in Allied bombing plans. Many of its historic landmarks have been levelled but the City was not As heavily hit As Berlin Cologne Hamburg and other Ruhr cities. Azores troops Back to Lisbon Lisbon May 27 Reuter a with the wars end portuguese troops Are beginning to return from the azores. Six thousands have arrived in the last few Days and More Are expected shortly. Troops from the african colonies will follow. Czechs to Pace recovery of Europe Benes claims wooden rifles for Sale Washington. May 27 a the army is getting rid of those wooden training rifles used Early in the War. The opa says they will be sold As surplus property for $4.50 each to state and Home guard organizations and to schools. Prague May 27�?czechoslovakia will Lead other european states in the Speed of her postwar recovery and within two years will be Back economically to where she was at the outbreak of the War president Edward Benes predicted. Or. Benes said the country is Quot securely in the hands of myself and the government and is completely doughs in Pilsen and red army men in Prague have made a great hit with czech civilians. Both Joe and Ivan Are squirting czech Maidens. He said the czech government had agreed to help feed the russian army while it was on czech soil but it was difficult to get food into cities. Benes added that Czechoslovakia planned to nationalize great estates belonging to germans and industries such As the Goering works. Czech industries especially in Moravia were not destroyed during the
