Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page a the stars and Stripe wednesday May 30, 1945 inn to fue 3s-Veir-0us Washington May 29 ans a prompt discharge of All soldiers Over 25 except for a few key men As part of a More drastic reduction in the armed forces than the has yet made. Was demanded today by rep Andrew j. May  of the House military committee. May a demand coincided with predictions by members of an appropriations subcommittee that the army s size May soon be trimmed sharply. Their predictions werer made after they heard secret % testimony from Gen. George o. . Rubs Austria from enemy list Washington May 2 9 a Austria and seven other european countries were removed today from the category of Quot enemy territory by the Treasury department. The others were Albania Czechoslovakia Denmark Norway the nether lands Jugos Lovia and the port of Danzig. Paratroops got cites Materiel cutbacks most of the men Over 35, May said have families and business obligations and their class is Quot the most costly to retain in service Quot because of allotments for their wives and children. Quot our present military position with a single enemy yet to finish shul i at least suggest to our Mili tary leaders cutbacks in military manpower in proportion to the cutbacks being made in War production Quot May declared. Hie army last month announced plans to discharge enlisted map Over 12 and on May 21 lowered the age to 40. It said that a further age limit reduction was in Prospect but that it could not be put into effect immediately. Senate kills tax free Bill Washington. May 29 ans a the Senate yesterday rejected by a 43 to 9 vote a proposal that it fellow the Lead of the House and provide its members a 2.500 dollars i year tax exempt expense account. \ it also Defeated by 38 to in a proposal by sen. By styles Bridges . A that members be Given a straight 15 percent raise�?1.500 dollars. However the Senate then decided that its Page boys needed a raise and by an overwhelming voice vote increased the pay to 5 dollars a Day. Old to close a run june 30 Detroit. May 29 ans a the 100,000,000 dollars Willow run Assembly lines have produced nearly 9.000 bombers will cease production june 30. A joint statement by Aap. War production Board and Ford motor co. Said As a result of the Senate vote on the expense account the upper body continues to receive its regular 10.0qo dollars annually while members of the House in effect win get 12.500 dollars a year. After almost a week of deliberation the majority threw its support to those who argued that the expense item was a disguised pay raise which would break the Little steel formula and put the Senate to a position of encouraging inflation. At the same time Ford officials announced plans to bulk a Large Assembly Plant near Atlanta a which will be capable of assembling 350 cars a Day. The Plant will be located at Hapeville. A. Output of four engined planes at Willow run will decrease from the current one an hour schedule to eight planet daily then six and finally four with All production ending the last Day of june. Nearly 11,000 workers will be gradually displaced during the next month. Another 32,000 employees were Laid of f in earlier cutback. Happy captive or so Plo Turs indicates is Gunnan Field marshal Albert Kassel ring. He is shown at Berchtesgaden Germany with maj. Gen. Maxwell d. Taylor right and Brig. Goa Gerald j. Higgins commander and assistant cd off 101st airborne div. Rap Argentina reds at Frisco go found slain in a Paris Park Paris May 29�?the nude body of a murdered american Soldier was found Early sunday morning near a bridle path in the Bois de Vincennes Seine Section criminal investigators revealed today. The Soldier s head was crushed by a heavy Blunt instrument and his contorted body had been dragged into a secluded Grove. His name was we held pending notification of next of Kin. The Cid disclosed that he was a sergeant newly transferred to an ordnance depot near the Gates of which the body was found. He was married. Courtesy in Flag decked t by Walter Pulliam _ stars and stripes staff writer Trieste May 27 delayed a whatever difficulties there May be in Trieste no signs of conflict were apparent today along the City s narrow winding streets. Strict Courtesy and sometimes almost overdone politeness prevailed. Jugoslav partisans snapped smartly to attention and saluted a every jjj3. Or British officer who approached and . And British soldiers did the same to Jugoslav officers.41 across from a British office building a Jugoslav guard presented arms 20 times in a half hour to passing British officers. Jugoslav and British pm amp Rols both armed came ter attention As they met. Not a single incident had occurred Between Jugoslav and British troops.  Fly Sida by Side the Only major clash in the Trieste dispute occurred May when Jugoslav troops broke up a civilian demonstration. Two civilians were killed. No Ither americans nor British were involved. The British Union Jack and Tito a red White and Blue Flag with a red Star in the Center Are displayed conspicuously sometimes they Fly from adjoining buildings. Since us., 91st div. Units were withdrawn from the City proper few american soldiers Are to be seen downtown. However american flags Are displayed on some buildings. Signs which read. Quot this is  appear on Many Walls. British and Jugoslav enlisted men frequently attend movies together. Sometimes they Check their weapons in the theater cloak rooms. Near Trieste British and yugoslavs held a boxing match yesterday and uj3. And British troops play football with the yugoslavs. Continued from Page 1 organization for peace not to conspire for War under the plan of voting worked out at taiga any member of the big five America Britain Russia China and France could exercise its Power of veto Over virtually any matter brought before the Security Council of Quot the proposed world organization. The Little nations want this Power curbed Stettinius pulled no punches in discussing Argentina. Quot i wish to make it Clear he said Quot that the vote of the uj3. In favor of seating Argentina at the conference did not constitute a Blanket endorsement of the policies of the Argentine government on the contrary with Many of these policies both the government and people of the . Have no  referring to russians part in reorganizing Poland on a broader democratic basis the Secretary of state said Quot there have been differences Between us. There will continue to be differences. But the effectiveness of our wartime collaboration has demonstrated that our differences can be  Tokyo continued from Page i u.8. Navy Landing Craft carrying australian invasion troops launch their projectiles against japanese positions on Taraban Beach just prior to the May 11 Landing off Oil Rich Borneo. Wharves warehouses Mitsubishi heavy Industry factories electrical and communications equipment plants and electric railways three of which Lead to Tokyo. Jape sink u.8. Ship Guam. May 29 ans a japanese suicide bomber attacks against us. Ships lying off Okinawa have sunk one Light naval unit and damaged 12 others adm. Nimitz announced today. At least 77 enemy planes were shot Down. Doughs take Santa of Manila May 29 ans a the 25th inf. Div. On Northern Luzon has captured the strategic Road Junction of a amp note be in a Stab toward the gag amp Yan Valley Gen. Mac Arthur announced today. Churchill asks Tito help build lasting peace Lebanon the us. And Britain spoke out yesterday in pm Effort to end the discords in Yugoslavia and Syria. In London prime minister Churchill sent a message to Marshall Tito expressing the Hope that their two countries Quot will play their part in helping establish by orderly discussion and agreement the conditions of a joint and lasting peace in  informed quarters reported that negotiations Between Tito and Allied Headquarters for a solution of the Trieste question were proceeding in a conciliatory atmosphere. Meanwhile it was reported from Trieste that an Exchange off gunfire had occurred Between yugoslavs and italian partisans a Poudesan. Levant disorders Quot Quot in Washington acting Secretary of state grew announced that the a had Learned with deep regret of disorders resulting in several deaths in Lebanon and Syria. He declared that the dispute which had exploded into violence in the French mandated Levant countries was harmful to the work of the san Francisco conference. It was unofficially reported that president Truman might be called upon to mediate the dispute. Three syrian representatives at san Francisco Are reported ready to Fly to Washington to consult with the president. 1,000 lust on Tirpitz London May 29 Cap a about 1,000 German sailors were lost when the Raf Sank the battleship Tirpitz in the Romao fjord in Norway last nov. 13, the air ministry announced today. Laurels asked for ask risks Washington May 29 Ansi additional pay and special shoulder insignia for army service forces personnel who can qualify for Quot expert or combat status Quot was proposed yesterday in a Bill by rep. Carl. Hinshaw  Hinshaw Engineer officer i n world War i cited instances in which Engineer troops have performed under lire in this War. He said they deserve extra pay and special recognition when they qualify in Quot a manner similar to that by which infantrymen qualify for additional  the same recognition Hinshaw told the House should go to medical corpsmen signal corpsmen chemical warfare service Crews and other technical service soldiers who work under combat conditions. Aussie �?Tbride4 ship Saits Sydney May 29 Reuter a a Quot Birde Quot ship will leave this week carrying 400 australian wives of american servicemen to the us. About 3,500 More brides Are waiting transportation. Court baps Postai chid for Banning sox Booklet Washington May 29 ans a the . Court of appeals yesterday returned mailing privileges to the pamphlet Quot preparing for marriage Quot and sharply criticized postmaster general Frank c. Walker who had banned it the court affirmed a lower courts decision that the pamphlet distributed by the american Institute of family relations of los Angeles had been banned from the mails without due process of Law As provided by the Constitution. It declared the Law should not be interpreted to mean that the Public must Quot reduce our treatment of sex to standards of a child s Library i the supposed interest of a salacious  the court said that if Walker s interpretation of Law were adopted Quot no work on Anatomy and no dictionary could be sent through the mails and much of our respected literature would be  the pamphlet was described by the court As written in Quot Plain but decent