Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The weather forecast for Nice mar Settle area monday continued fair maximum temperature 11. Marseille edition Blue coast Dally newspaper of . Armed forces in the european theater of operation vol. A no. 83 monday june 4, 1945 one franc Okinawa Boss role to Nimit japs opening Way a for . To yield Guam june 3 up a the . Tenth army on Okinawa has been brought under the direct Over All command of adm. Chester Nimitz. Heretofore it. Gen. Simon b. Buckets army has been operating As a part of the . Fifth Fleet s amphibious forces under adm. Richmond Kelly Turner. Basic policy change this development and dispatches from the Island Battlefield indicate that the old quarrel Over tactics Between the army and the Marine corps has again come to head. The Large a. Val losses to Jap suicide planes because of the accumulation of warships so near adm. Nimitz enemy Homeland and the realization that such losses Are liable to increase sharply As the War moves closer to Japan have led Navy authorities a a Malte. The change in Basic invasion and ground operations policy. The Navy Marine corps theory in Pacific operations thus far has been that it is cheaper in the Long run to throw men into the line rapidly take the necessary losses and keep smashing until the objective is won. This has on several occasions run counter to the More cautious army policy of waiting for thorough artillery preparation before launching attacks. On May 26, Nimitz announced the Navy had lost More men dead and missing in action off Okinawa than the army had in the actual ground fighting although army wounded totalled More than Navy and Marine wounded combined. Nimitz listed total casualties As of that Date As follows. Dead and missing Navy 4,270, army 3,706 and marines 1,626 wounded army 13,910. Marines 7,433 and Navy 4,171. A new York june 3 apr Japan soon will be in a position Quot to open the Way for the unconditional surrender of the .,�?� a Tokyo radio propagandist solemnly declared today. The broadcast said the japanese had no intention of bombing american cities nor to Quot enslave the american people or exterminate them.syria 6uarded while nations Ponder moves the Levant crisis yesterday appeared to be Back in the diplomats hands but syrian civilians were destroying weapons and vehicles used by French troops in last week s Battle and British armoured units were on guard against further violence in Damascus and other cities. Lebanon was reported Calm. Observers noted increased Moscow interest in the problem following publication of the soviet statement asserting that events in Syria do not correspond to the spirit of the Dumbarton Oaks and san Francisco conferences. Two views emerge while there was no official British comment London commentators said the russian note to other members of the big five took the stand that the Levant was an International problem. The British View had been that at least in the preliminary stage the problem should be settled by local conferences. In san Francisco the syrian delegation expressed what associated press called Quot modified satisfaction with Russia s note and interpreted the action As support for Anglo american will store used bombers Dayton Ohio june 3 ans hundreds of now useless bombers will be flown from Europe and stored at the Ford Willow run Plant air technical service command he. Announced today. The bombers will be replaced by newer planes for duty in the Pacific theater. Stored planes will be available should losses require their use. If they Are not needed they probably will be handled As surplus War goods. Original Eto Crews will Fly the bombers to . East coast for Transfer of the Craft to the air transport command. Oslo counts nazi babies Oslo june 3 apr six thousand babies were born to norwegian mothers and German fathers Between Jan. I 1941, and May 15 1945. A Survey showed today. Yanks in 4-Way push to end Okinawa fight Vav a Jap suicide bomber its wings and angina ablaze from 20mm. Ack ack fire of . Navy gunners hurtles Over the deck of american escort Carrier in the Pacific. �?. Navy photo 16 shot in my. In prison Rio nazis scuttle sub off Lisbon Lisbon Portugal june 3 cup a a Large German submarine appeared off the portuguese coast yesterday and sent up distress signals. Navy authorities sent out a Lifeboat which picked up 43 members of the Crew. Four remained behind to scuttle the submarine and then come ashore in a rubber Lifeboat All were interned. Halse y rakes Japan again suicide dives worry Navy Guam. June 3 up a adm. William f. Halsey yesterday sent Carrier aircraft of his reactivated third Fleet against potential Jap suicide plane bases on the Southern japanese Mainland and 36 enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged. Radio Tokyo reported that 200 . Carrier based hellcats and corsairs attacked airfields and rail links on Kyushu southernmost a a a of the japanese Home islands in Washington meanwhile naval observers expressed the belief that the Success of enemy suicide attacks off Okinawa might Force the . Pacific High command to make changes in ship equipment and perhaps in tactical methods to meet a threat As serious As the German a boat offensive of 1942. A Navy spokesman yesterday listed american naval losses in the Okinawa Campaign As 23 ships including two merchant ammunition vessels eight Billum operation Navy officials Are concerned because of the length of the Okinawa Campaign which started april 1, and the continuing necessity of keeping Large numbers of warships concentrated in a Small area where enemy suicide thrusts can get at them. The size of our naval Force off Okinawa is indicated by a Treasury estimate that the Navy has invested nearly $8,800,000.000 in that operation including $7,000,- continued on Page 8 Jessups my. June 3 Ansi sixteen prisoners were shot and three guards and a state trooper were wounded last night when 900 Maryland House of correction convicts rioted apparently because of a Scarcity of meat in their meals and ran wild for three hours. The men 75 percent of them negroes started a demonstration in the dining room overturning tables and dumping food on the floor. They resisted guards attempts to round them up and fought Back with buckets of scalding water broken bottles and clubs. Eden ordered to rest London june 3 apr foreign Secretary Anthony Eden suffering from a duodenal ulcer has been ordered by his physician to take at least two weeks Complete rest. Guam june 3 ans a . Forces were in sight of the Southern beaches of Okinawa today As they scored sub Stantial gains after opening a four pronged drive to wind up the two month old Campaign. Army and Marine units aided by tanks planes and artillery pushed South from Naha and Yona Baru captured coastal anchors of the former japanese defense line and from Shuri in the Center of the broken front. . Objectives were Naha Airfield Complete control of Naha Harbor Okinawa s Southeast beaches and command of the Fleet Anchorage at Naka Usuki Bay. The latter goal would be achieved by Severance of Chinen Peninsula South of sonar Baru Hill positions taken overcoming heavy mud the seventh inf. Div. Beat Down some of the stiffest opposition of the Campaign to take Strong Hill positions two and a Quarter Miles away from the Southeast beaches. Other units were two Miles South of Shuri. Reuter said resistance on Okinawa had dwindled to isolated pockets a tenth army line officer Aid associated press that Jap Rem its might try to regroup Tokyo radio declared the sitar Tion on Okinawa was Quot very Naur Mindanao Landing Manila. June 3 cans a . Forces made their sixth amphibious Landing on Mindanao Island in the Philippines Friday night in an at continue on Page 8 chinese near sex Saaf base a Mallet makes trans Lux splash by James Cannon stars and stripes staff writer bad Wiesse Germany june 3 a newsreel audiences Back Home for a Long time must have thought there was Only one Soldier in the third army pfc Andrew Ciocco of Philadelphia better known As Quot the someone once asked sgt. Meyer Ackerman of new York City what Ciocco did around the press Camp. Quot he s a movie actor Quot truthfully replied a Kennan. Ciocco drove a jeep for John Brockhurst and Tom Priestley news reel cameramen. But he was More a Stock company than a chauffeur. Although he was photographed As often As mayor la Guardia Ciocco was never Given any Billing. However Victoria his wife frequently wrote him that Quot your picture is playing the trans Lux Ciocco usually posed pointing to the Road sign of a town in the news. To this Day he stiffens like a Bird dog when he sees a sign pointing to Metz or Bastogne. In Chartres a sniper in a Church Steeple drove Brockhurst and Ciocco to cover. Ciocco crawled around to get a shot at him with his Tommy gun. Every time he moved the German bracketed him with burp gun slugs. Quot charge Down the Street so i can get the Steeple in the background with the Guy firing at you a shouted Brockhurst. So Ciocco did while Brockhurst trailed him. Ciocco complained bitterly when Bing Crosby copped the Oscar. In the liberation of Paris Ciocco demoted in close showing him kissing the girls of Paris. Victorians next letter denounced this behaviour but Ciocco explained that an actor must sacrifice his personal emotions for his Art. Victoria let the matter drop. Chunking. June 3 apr the chinese have smashed japanese defences on the approaches to Paoching former uj3. 14th air Force base and one of the most important strongholds guarding the West flank of the japanese corridor to indo China the High command announced today in a special communique. The chinese advanced 15 Miles across Southern plateau lands to within 22 Miles of the indo China Border in a new threat from the South to Luchow site of a former . Air Denyi nazis arrival Madrid june 3 ins a a report from Turkey that Joachim von Ribbentrop last nazi foreign minis ter and about 100 other nazi officials had arrived in Spain was denied today by official Spanish circles. They said no German plane had reached Spain since Pierre Laval former Vichy Premier arrived May 2
