Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               We the weather forecast for Nice a or Settle area wednesday Cloudy. With possible Light rain. Maximum temperature 70. Daily newspaper of . Armed vol. 1�?no. 78 wednesday May 30, 1945 the european theater of operation final one franc Riviera to Honor . Dead. American dead of two world wars some buried in Well kept military cemeteries and other covered Over where they fell will be honoured today in memorial Day services throughout the world. In Europe where the unconditional surrender of Germany is Only three weeks old today s services will be the first that americans have been Able to hold in most world War i cemeteries in six years. Clouds and possible Light Rains were forecast for Marseille and the French Riviera. Us sra will pay official tribute to american dead at a Raguinan cemetery Northwest of Cannes services beginning at 11 am will be conducted by col. P. C. Schroder. Usra chaplain. Col. Warren e. Pugh and it. Col. Charles l. Mcm amp skin commanding officer and director respectively of the Riviera District will attend the services with French civic leaders from Nice and Cannes. Services in Nice in Nice memorial services Are scheduled at the american Church of the holy spirit 21 Boulevard Victor Hugo at 10 am. Chaplain Richard t. Dubrau will Lead the services. Special memorial services also will be held sunday at the american Church Nice and at holy Trinity churches in Nice and Cannes. Chaplain Schroder will conduct the last two services chaplain Dubrau the first. Guynes cemetery in the Marseille District and Mon Elminar cemetery near Lyon also will have services today to Honor the 1,500 americans who died in the Southern France Campaign. British seize lord Haw Haw Paris May 20�?the notorious Nasi broadcaster Quot lord Haw Haw. Naturalized British subject William Joyce has been captured with his German wife by the British second army Reuter said today. In Rome the italian High court condemned three of Mussolini s ministers to life imprisonment. The three tried in absent a were Gul Seppe Bottai fascist minister of education. Edmondo a Ossion former minister of agriculture and Luigi Fede Zonni former president of the Senate and president of the italian Royal Academy. Curfew stands on Blue coast the 2 am curfew is still in effect on the Riviera Surra Headquarters in Nice announced last night. When Brig. Gen. J. P. Ratay lifted the curfew for Delta base Section this week he left curfew decisions in specific areas up to local commanders. Military police in Nice reiterated that the rest area curfew would be enforced memorandum to the Centie men unable to agree at san Francisco Tokyo port hit by b29s rap Argentina reds at Frisco san Francisco. May 22 ans a Secretary of state Edward r. Stettinius jr., in a Blunt and direct broadcast to the world last night defended the big five a Power of veto in the world Security Council plainly told Argentina that in effect she is still on probation and declared to Russia that negotiations for the reorganization of the polish government have been  Stettinius spoke out for the big five veto formula As a a not a question of privilege but of using the present distribution of military and Industrial Power in the world for maintenance of peace. Said Stettinius. Quot the five great nations have come Here with the other United nations to form an continued on Page 8 British end convoys Salt with lights now London Hay 29 apr British merchant ships began sailing alone and with lights in All non combat Waters instead of in darkened convoys last Midnight. The admiralty announced this change in policy might mean that .-bound transports would make the trip across the Atlantic with greater Speed. 3,700 veterans arrive in . New York May 2� ans a two army transports carrying 1,200 americans liberated from German prison Camps and 376 wounded docked at Staten Island today. In Boston 2,500 army and Navy veterans from Europe arrived court martial probe sought Washington May 29 cans a the two year sentence Given a i convicted of punching German War prisoners led today to a request for a congressional investigation of All court martial punishments since Pearl Harbor. Rep. William b. Barry . Asked the House to name a special five member committee to study sentences to determine if any have been too severe. Barry was among Many in Congress who protested to the War department the two year t e r m Given pvt Joe Mcgee 20 of Worcester Massof a military court in prance. The we last week suspended Mcgee a sentence voided his a honorable discharge and restored Hun to Active duty. Acting Secretary of War Patterson per nonnally reviewed the Case Guam May 29 Ansi More than 450 Mari Anos based super fortresses today poured 3,200 tons of fire bombs on the great naval base and Industrial Center of Yokohama 18 Miles South of Tokyo. It was the first b29 attack on Japan s fifth City and the largest Daylight assault Ever carried out by the big planes which were escorted by Mustang fighter from iwo Elma. The japanese radio reported that 500 bombers appeared about a am and dropped both fire and explosive bombs for two hours and a half. The enemy said 100 Mustangs flew As escort. Third strike in 6 Days Tokyo asserted 30 bombers were shot Down. The japanese communique reported the raiders concentrated on Yokohama targets but also attacked areas in Nagasaki and Tokyo itself this was the third super fort incendiary raid in six Days on japanese Mainland objectives. It covered targets throughout the 731 Square Miles of Yokohama which la the port for Tokyo Yokohama with a population of 1.000,000 lies Midway on the indented Western Shore of Tokyo Bay occupying three wedge shaped deltas fifty eight percent of the City s area is residential 25 percent commercial and 17 percent Industrial. Among today a objectives were continued on Page a . To release 500,000 nazis with us 7th army May 29 nearly 500,000 German soldiers travelling in their own vehicles and with their own members acting As maps have made their Way to Assembly areas near Munich where they will be discharged from the army. Discharging is expected to begin this week. First priority As far the germans Are concerned will to 2,500 women wehrmacht Offu the next priority will go to std Uve in the american 7th area and who of essential Wei acid such As Farmers miners and Railroad repair men. Jap Navy chief kicked upstairs san Francisco May 29 a removal of adm. 8. Toyoda As commander in chief of the Japar Nese combined Fleet was announced today by the dome news Agency. A japanese naval ministry statement said Toyoda would become chief of the Navy staff. Reuter said Toyoda was appointed Navy commander in chief Only on May 1, and that he would be succeeded by vice adm. Jusa