Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur 4 the stars and stripes saturday june 2, 1945 drives against Japan hit at japs on Mainland Japan East aching v by Seo Ryukyu Okinawa. Bonin a. A to a Ermosa China r t Amrol Sunmi Pacific Ocean w n Luzon \ Philippines Fps Nch go Saipan China eniwetok Leyte Ponape to Palau is. Caroline islands Kousaie Equator su/ma7ryfc i f a a Kos a new and we1vx Solomon next Pacific move is subject of Apo lotion of Okinawa and philippine campaigns near their end and As 1129s rain millions of fire bombs on japanese islands. Chinese have Cut enemy s North South communications in China and recaptured strategic port of free he a opposite Formosa Island. Is Range peace on with nazis Shu armed solution of Europe s most deadly problem ret Noval of the mines that strew its Fields yesterday was placed in the laps of the ones who created it German few teams will remove the remainder of the mines on the continent it was announced in Paris by it. Col Edgar Morris of Columbia b.c., who organized defining operations. Since a Day the work has been performed by teams of american and French engineers. About 100,000 of the prisoners will Clear mines from beaches where 94 children have been killed in one month. Instruction books have been printed in German for the pm mine workers and the new teams will be supervised by French and american experts. Disclosure of the change Over was made at a ceremony where the French and americans who had been doing the removal work swapped their insignia for souvenirs and called it a Day on de mining in Europe. On the up game says Wedemeyer chunking june 1 ans a lit Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer commander of american forces in China thinks there is a possibility the japanese a right abandon their threatened trans Continental corridor across China. Asserting he was Quot very optimistic about the future 6f military developments in China Wedemeyer said Quot we Are now on. The wag decorated for phone work Paris june 1�?the Bronze Star medal was awarded yesterday to 8-sgt. Sally Mccaffrey of the 9341st big. Ser. In. And Jamaica Plain mass. For outstanding ability in running a Telephone switchboard for com z he. The citation read by i Gen. John c. H. Lee of com a said sgt. Mccaffrey displayed extraordinary Courtesy tact and diplomacy in handling difficult Telephone traffic and training operators. 1 japanese pockets still hold the it Inhern ports of Swaton Amoy and we Chow but the chinese held port of Soochow has docks and we pcs which can accommodate cruisers and Light aircraft carriers. Soochow is the nearest chinese Foj fort to Okinawa 960 Miles away and is 900 Miles from the Philippines. However it bes directly behind the North end of Formosa. Jap bases and airfields on there have been heavily bombed by b29s and Carrier planes w,000th writer enters contest Britain s discharge Coal London june 1 up a labor minister Richard a. Butler said the government plans to release 750,000 men from the armed forces before 1940. Most discharges will be from the army. Along came the mail clerk yesterday and flipped a letter on the desk of the stars and stripes War Bond contest editor. Quot this Quot he announced Quot is the 10,000th letter Quot a a Good indication of the deep interest that men and women Are taking in their personal postwar worlds. The letter was from a sgt. Richard d. Thompson d co., 504th Parachute inf. It will be judged with the rest to see who wins 16 automobiles or trucks. 15 refrigerators and 20 phonographs being offered for the Best letters on Quot my savings and postwar the contest closes july 7. Letters of 50 to 250 words accompanied by a statement that the writer holds a class b War Bond allotment or has bought a Bond once May 1, should be addressed to War Bond contest Apo 897. Sterilization plot exposed de Tieslau Germany june 1 Cap a a Nasi Blan for sterilization of non germans of Eastern Europe with an extract from a brazilian Plant was disclosed today by or. Carlt amp Bak czechoslovakian botanist. The Plant Dieffe Bachia Sequina was nurtured by the germans in greenhouses he said and was tested on three russians and on rats dogs and mice Quot but there was not enough extract at the time to carry out a wholesale sterilization Paris june 1�?a supreme Headquarters announcement that most features of military news censorship in the Eto have been discontinued which was designed to clarify Shaeff a censorship position yesterday left correspondents As confused As before on censorship policy in the theater. The announcement said that All censorship in the Eto is discontinued except for mention of major troop movements and details connected with them Quot and such other matters of High military import newsmen claim bans tightened Chute expert missing London june 1 Reuter a air Rice Marshall sir Scarlett Streat Field the Man who planned the Overall scheme. For the Allied airborne attack across the Rhine was reported missing yesterday. Germans build a jeeps Jena june 1 ins a the Volkswagen Plant at Falle Sleben is turning out jeeps German version for the u.8. Army
