Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Thursday May 31, 1945 the stars and strikes Tiesi m by. A a a a a i m Vojt cow sheaf May 30�?Allied authorities in the third army area have blown Bridges As one of several measures taken to halt an unexpected exodus of bulgarians and other Southeast Europe displaced persons from the russian occupation zone into Western Allied territory. It. Col. Vincent r. Paravicini disclosed the Bridge destruction after receipt of unofficial reports from the area. He said Allied officials Are trying to Settle the problem with the russians. Paravicini also revealed that except for soviet citizens no displaced person in the Allied zone whose Home is in the russian zone has to go Back to it unless he wants to. Under the Allied repatriation system the displaced person himself makes the decision on his nationality. This has to be approved by a Liaison officer who represents his government. Washington May 30 ans a now the largest in world history the Navy has 19,882 More warships under construction it was disclosed Here. Their completion will give the Fleet the staggering total of 127268. Vessels of All types. Included in the new program Are 271 front line fighting ships which will boost to slightly More than 1,400 the fleets complement of fighting Craft before Pearl Harbor the us. Had Only 338 combat vessels. Most of the announced american naval losses�?309 ships were constructed before dec. 7, 1941. 190,000 since Pearl Harbor since the War with Japan began 100,000 ships have joined the Fleet boosting its total strength to 107,-288 ships aggregating some 15,000,-000 tons. The Navy s present fighting ships include 23 battleships 67 cruisers 26 carriers 65 escort carriers 386 destroyers and 368 destroyer escorts ships now under construction in elude two battleships 15 aircraft carriers 30 Carrier escorts 47 cruisers 104 destroyers six destroyer escorts 22 fast transports 46 submarines and myriads of Small Craft. Largest of the carriers being built Are three 45,000-tonners, the mid Way Franklin d. Roosevelt and the Coral sea. Last year shipyards turned out 3,211,611 tons of new vessels. The Navy said the total for this year will not be far behind but that thereafter the building program will drop of sharply. A it 1 a Quot a a a to five p08se880r8 of c0ngre88i0nal medal of Honor now eligible for discharges Are at fort Banning 6a. Cape Robert Scott loft8anta fun. M., has not decided whether he will seek release. T-8gt Homer Lee Wise Baton Rouge la., will seek discharge. La Gol. Samuel i. Parker Munroe n. In world War i Winner of the award will remain in the army t-8gt. Charles e. Commando Kelly Pittsburgh will ask discharge and seek a War Job and la Orville e. Block Streeter Mil will stay in Servito until Japan is to open Aachen Scho Lamg feeling officer Pinch by Paul Green stars and stripes staff writer with 15th army May 30�? the first sheaf approved schools in Allied occupied Germany will be opened june 4 in Aachen for 700 children in the first four grades. The youngsters from six to ten years Haven t attended classes since Spring of last year when schools closed because of heavy bombings. A committee of five Aachen citizens selected or. Karl Beckers As school director from a list of my approved names. Or. Beckers a Catholic who is part jewish was removed from a teaching position by the nazis in 1937. Capt. Edmund j. Gannon education officer on 15tlp army a military government staff explained the 22 teachers chosen were carefully screened by intelligence officials. They include two men and 20 women two of them nuns Many of whom had taught under the nazis textbooks will be the same As those of the Weimar Republic which preceded the nazi regime. Bad Homburg May 30 a it a a minimum of 100 new military government officers will be needed monthly from the . To keep am machinery functioning in territory taken Over by the army of occupation according to col. H. . Pendleton commander of the european civil affairs division with Headquarters Here. Pendleton pointed out that my officers Are recruited largely from civil life. They Are men with considerable experience i state or municipal administration Public health Law Public utilities Quot finance and Law enforcement. Many of these men were Middle aged when commissioned and have been with the army several years. Some Are anxious to get Back to private practice others have developed ailments natural to their monthly cd Banks told. A Rex or Washington May 30 ans legislation authorizing payment of Souer savings deposits in three to six equal monthly instalments instead of in a Lump sum was introduced yesterday by rep. Albert m. Cole Ltd Kan. Under the present Law the entire Deposit is repaid on the Day of a oxus discharge. Quot usually he has no immediate need for this Money Cole said. Quot if it can be paid to him after he returns Home he will be less subjected to pressure of unwise a Quot from their meager salaries soldiers already have deposited 160 million dollars with the Treasury department Cole Vienna a lasted hungry Vienna May 30 Reuter a Vienna in Spring lies shattered its people hungry its gaiety gone. The germans robbed them and brought War plants which attracted texan claims link up Honor with seventh army in Austria May 30�?sgt. J. D. Kee of Lubbock tex., claimed today to have driven the first Allied tank through the Brenner pass Fos the Myers Heads 14th of Rome May 30 apr Brig. Gen. Charles t. Myers of san Antonio tex., a West Point football Star in the Early 1920�?Ts, has been named commander of the 12th of succeeding maj. Gen. Beam in child Law who was Given an undisclosed Olit in Pacific War Athens May 30 Reuter a an estimated 2,500 greek volunteers have enlisted to fight Japan the War ministry announced invasion never planned Copenhagen May 30 Reuter a rear adm. Holt Flag off of the naval commission to Denmark said today that the allies never had any plans to invade Denmark. The allies believed tie explained that such an invasion would have Cost countless lives and would have presented Many naval sawed Bombin half and lived air technical service command he May 30�?m-sgt. Joseph Walko of Norman okla., holds a distinction which will probably never be challenged. To help obtain scientific a data on blockbusters Walko became the first Soldier in the Eto to saw a bomb in half. It did not explode. Allied bombers. Then the russians came As conquerors and had to fight their Way into the City. Now after a few weeks of occupation Vienna is trying to show some resemblance to its Normal condition. Many troops Are leaving and the local police Are aiding the army of occupation. Austrian forces who refused to fight for Hitler and joined marshal Tito a troops have returned and Are on police duty. Russian guards stand idly watching civilians who Are slowly venturing into the streets. Reich crop a pretty Good with British second army May 30�?prospects for this seasons Harvest in Germany look Quot pretty Good a said Brig. R. A. W. Lewis military government officer with this army. He warned that there is a shortage of skilled farm workers. Airman s wife and Naris fooled by identity Swap Bridlington Yorkshire May 30 up a mrs. Lawrence Reandeau of Tupper Lake n. A May be visited soon by a 25-year-old Yorkshire Bachelor who has been standing in for her husband for five years. The Bachelor is British army pvt. Charles Grantham who wants to explain things to mrs. Reandeau. Grantham was captured in the dodecanese islands in 1944 and among the 4,000 u.8. Airmen at the pm Camp where he was sent he met a sgt. Lawrence j. Reandeau. The two resembled each other so closely they might have been taken for Brothers. Reandeau had been attempting to escape but the americans were regarded As Quot prizes and guarded so closely than a break was impossible. His resemblance to Grantham gave him an idea. They swapped uniforms photographs identity discs and papers and Reandeau escaped in British uniform. The germans were fooled right up to be Day when Grantham was liberated. Meanwhile Reandeau was recaptured and sent to another prison Camp still As a British Soldier. And that a Why Grantham wants to go to Tupper Lake to explain personally that it was not her real husband s fault that letters she received from the prison Camp were so Dull and Loveless historic link up with fifth army troops coming up from Italy. Keeps was the first of two 781st tank in. Sherman assigned to a 103 inf. Div jeep tank column. South of Innsbruck the column rounded a curve and met two filth army jeeps. Everybody climbed out and Shook hands and the Junction was down6 for each loss Washington May 30 ans a the Quot flying tigers a Veteran fighter group of maj. Gen Clare Chan Anulta Schina based 14th, have shot Down nearly six japanese planes for every loss since it began operations in 1942. The group has destroyed 938 enemy planes probably destroyed 345 More and damaged 482 falter ii
