Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Nice Marseille area generally Clear with scattered Clouds maximum temperature 78 a a Nice Marseille edition the St maj ripest daily newspaper of . Armed a european theater of operations vol. 1�? no. 80lriday Une 1, 1945 one franc Sasata yanks take Shuri closing Jap trap silly season a Section 8 of them Guam May 31 ans a . Forces on Okinawa today were Little More than a mile from a Junction below the fortress City of Shuri where yesterday Marine units raised the Flag Over ancient Shuri Castle after smashing through broken japanese defences from the West. Maj. Gen. John r. Hodge xxiv corps commander said the enemy a main def lenses on the Island had been Quot busted after 60 Days of fighting. Quot i think we be got them a he told correspondents. Strong patrols of the first Marine div. Entered Shuri from the West and Brig. Gen. Pedro Del Valle division commander announced his troops controlled All of the ruined City although Quot actual physical occupation Quot had not been completed suicide squads left Jap suicide squads still held on to Strong positions inside the City and along a North to Southeast arc around it. Dispatches said these enemy forces will be trapped when two . Divisions close a pincers behind them. These divisions were the sixth lost Cabin wyo., May 31 ans a want to buy a Tow this one is for Sale and getting plenty of bidders. Established in Fremont county 1886 by rancher . Okie lost Cabin had a prewar population of 34. Now its even More of a ghost town and Van okie son of the founder has put it on the Market. Main japanese defences of Okinawa Are Quot busted a army said after Shuri fell and yank forces came within mile of closing pocket Southeast of Naha capital. Balloon bomb kills 6 in . Florida outlaws suits Tallahassee fla., May 31 ans a with but one dissent Rig vote the Florida Senate yesterday passed and sent to gov. Mellard Caldwell a Bill outlawing suits for alienation of affection and breach of contract to marry. Sen. John r. Beacham of West Palm Beach said it was directed at Quot scheming women who come Down Here and get some old men basking in the Sunshine in a position where they can sue  Britain warns. ,. I j a a j a. A France to quit seven inf., which Are pushing Towar Junction Southeast of Naha Okinawa s West coast capital which fell to the marines two Days ago. The leathernecks now Are driving for the Mouth of the Kokuba River below Naha while the army forces it continued on Page 8 suicide bomb called Jap i Washington May 31 apr a Mother and five of her children have been killed in a Western state a by a bomb from a japanese Iong the ban Francisco Mav 31 ins a the japanese human rocket bomb is the German i adapted to Pacific warfare Quot to Smach the enemy at sea before he makes a Landing Quot dome news Agency said yesterday. The broadcast said experiments with the bombs began before the us. Invasion of Leyte Island in the Philippines last fall. Suicide pilots were decided upon because it would be Quot virtually impossible to hit a Mere speck in the sea Quot a invading warships with Pilot less bombs dome said. Range balloon under Secretary of War Robert p. Patterson announced today. Patterson gave no details of the deaths except that they occurred during a fishing trip when one of the children began playing with an unexploded bomb dropped from the enemy balloon. Presumably these were the first civilian deaths in Continental . Due to enemy action in this War. The japanese bomb carrying balloons travel up to 125 Miles an hour Are launched with great ceremony at a Nippon War factory and usually takes Between 80 and 120 hours to Cross the Pacific. Chiang gives up premieres Post chunking May 31 apr Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek has resigned As Premier of the chinese government and has been succeeded by t. V. Soong who has been acting Premier since dec. 12. Chat tag still retains his Post of president of China. Mann overboard Long Beach calif., May 31 ans a Horace Mann elementary school has sent up its first and probably its last weather forecasting balloon a seven foot red White and Blue balloon released for a study of weather charts was mistaken for a japanese balloon and followed for blocks by squads cars summoned by jittery up task. A a a Apo head out for burning mail London May 31�?maj. D. C. Jerigin an army postal a officer has been relieved of his command for permitting i parcel Post packages to be burned it was announced today. The action followed an investigation touched off by newspaper reports that valuable shipments including cigarettes and foodstuffs had been destroyed by Apo personnel. Jerigin had been commander of the base Post office at Sutton Oldfield Warwickshire. Brig. Gen e. F. Koenig United kingdom base commander said the major had failed to follow army regulations governing disposal of badly damaged or unidentified parcels. It was added that Only Quot a very Small amount of undamaged items Quot had been destroyed. Britain intervened yesterday in the undeclared Levart Tine War As heavy fighting continued Between French soldiers and syrian and lebanese troops. Prime minister Churchill warned Gen. Charles de Gaulle in a note that the British government had ordered its Middle Eastern commander in chief to intervene to prevent further bloodshed. The note asked de Gaulle to order French troops to cease fire and return to their Barracks and avoid conflict with British forces. Churchill a note read in commons by foreign Secretary a Anthony Eden stated we have not acted until our Over All responsibility was so serious that we simply had to act or stand by and see a situation develop which would have shamed us All Demande peace before Parley he apparently ruled out further diplomatic talk with this statement Quot once fighting has ceased and order been restored we Shuji be prepared to begin trl Partite discussion Here in London Quot the . Sent a note to prance urging the de Gaulle government to review its Levant policy in order to facilitate a solution. The British and French cabinets held emergency meetings during Pope Hlf de Gaulle fires two ministers Paris May 31�?france�?Ts provisional government was reorganized today under Gen. Charles de Gaulle who immediately announced a general election would be held before the years end. These developments came out of a special Cabinet meeting As de Gaulle a government confronted its most difficult International problem yet Over the use of Force in Syria and Lebanon. Food minister Paul Ramaier was replaced by Christian Pinnau. Trade unionist. Minister of information Pierre Henri Teitgen was appointed minister of Justice in place of Francois de mention. Teitgen a Post went to Jacque Soustelle. A non partisan who at 33, becomes the youngest French minister. Earlier de Gaulle accepted Quot in principle Quot an invitation to visit president Truman in Washington. Ribbentrop said to be in Austria Joachim von Ribbentrop last nazi big shot still at Large yesterday was reported somewhere in Austria posing As a Farmer in an attempt to reach Switzerland. German foreign office associates guessed he would try to get to Argentina where he reportedly sent part of his Fortune in 1843. Anzio invasion Cost 6,614 lives Anzio May 31 apr to tip toll of american dead on Anzio beachhead in Italy last year hitherto one of the Quot unmentionables Quot of the War was revealed yesterday to have been at least 6,614. That is the number buried in the . Cemetery Here according to a list posted on the bulletin Board at the burial grounds where memorial Day services were held. It so revealed that 2,723 germans Are buried at Anzio. 7th War loan 40 percent sold Washington May 31 ans a sales in the seventh War loan drive passed 40 percent of their quota yesterday with four More weeks of the Campaign left to go. Somersault Landing a when he came in for Landing and hit wreck Falaise snafu Laid to Monty a Large part of the German seventh army escaped eastward through the Argent amp a Falaise Gap last August because Gen. Omar n. Bradley a troops and Armor were not Given permission by Field marshal sir Bernard Montgomery to Croas into the British army zone and Seal off the escape routes fat associated press War correspondent reported yesterday. The reporter said he was told at first army Headquarters that Bradley had asked Montgomery to allow  columns to drive on Falaise and Spring the trap hut the permission never came. As a result the correspondent said thousands of germans escaped through the Gap to fight again although the German seventh army was smashed. Orderly Reich is Monty a aim second British army he. May 31 Reuter a Field marshal sir Bernard l. Montgomery in his first proclamation to the German people As British representative on the Allied control commission said last night his immediate objective was Quot to establish a simple and orderly life for the whole  of German plane that had crashed a few minutes earlier. Plete somersault before coming to Stop. With Tail covered the Mustang did Oom a in House probes courts martial Washington May 31 a the House military committee today called on representatives of the adjutant general a office to appear tomorrow at an inquiry into some courts martial sentences and discharges