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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars Ano stripes tuesday Une 5, 1945 on veto Issue causes crisis san Francisco Anne 4�?the United nations conference came to one of its most serious crises today As an open deadlock on the veto Issue developed Between Russia on the one hand and the ., great Britain France and China on the other 7. The impasse dissipated All Hope of adjournment by mid june indications were the four other big Powers were leaving it up to Russia to take the next step in the controversy. One american Delegate said that unless Russia modified its position the . Might submit the Issue to the full conference. . Officials Here reported preparing a statement outlining the american position. May Block action under the proposed United nations charter any major Power May Block action in a dispute by veto. The present Issue arises Over the Point at which the veto May be registered. The russians contend that even the question of bringing controversies before the Security Council should be subject to veto. The other four declare a veto should not be allowed to prevent Mere discussion but Only proposed military or economic action. Conference delegates noted the sudden recall of . Sobolev one of the principal russian delegates Sobolev was a member of a big five committee that drafted an interpretation of the Yalta veto formula. Moscow rejected the interpretation. Junkers junked by  Raiders battered skeletons in a Luftwaffe closet Are Alt that remain of these Jesss strewn about a Leipzig Mackau hangar where they were wrecked by ninth of fighter bombers last april. Red marshal talks to tit Hodges staff nearly nabbed new York june 4 apr it. Gen. Courtney Hodges and his first army he. At spa Belgium were almost captured by the germans last dec. 18, according to Hal Boyle associated press correspondent who arrived Here aboard the troop ship Monticello. Boyle said the German Winter offensive aimed at Liege 15 Miles from spa came within three Miles of Hodges he. After bypassing Almedy. Spa was saved by the 82nd airborne div., Boyle said. Soviet marshal Feodor to Bukhin conferred in Belgrade Yugoslavia yesterday with marshal to growing signs that the partisan leaders with Britain the u.8. Este would be tied peacefully. Tol Bukhina a vis it to the Balkan capital won attention and Al a .7 v a bed newsmen speculated that Moscow s position regarding Trieste might soon be revealed As a result of it. From the disputed italian City at the head of the Adriatic associated press reported a Quot widespread feeling that Allied military government May be functioning Here within a  a it said the disagreement appeared near an end. First is first again new York june 4 ans  total of 1,453 officers and men of the first  Army first to land in Europe first to invade Germany first to Cross the Rhine and first to meet russians today became the first to return Home As a group. They were among veterans of the european War who reached new York aboard three troop ships and four Liberty ships. The Monticello bore a huge Quot a Quot first army insignia on its Side. One Liberty ship had a ten foot Hole in its Bow caused by a collision in a fog off Newfoundland last sunday. Worship returns to Munich Munich june 4 it a it a for the first time in six years catholics held a traditional outdoor Corpus Christ i procession Here yesterday marching through rubble strewn streets of what once was the Core of the nazi regime. 61,972,000 meets needed lest Arm y be come some less Washington june 4 ans a the army will need 30,986,000 pairs of shoes in 1945, the heaviest demand of any War year undersecretary of War Robert p. Patterson reported today. Patterson explained the increased demand by saying Supply lines to the Pacific Are longer and More a hoes will be in transit and that shoes Wear out faster in the Pacific than in any other area. The aver a age Soldier in the Southwest Pacific wears out about five pairs of shoes japs Promise  Stratosphere Bomba san Francisco june 4 apr japanese propagandists predicted today that the us. Wou Fil be attacked soon by bomb carrying stratosphere balloons manned by suicide pilots. Tokyo radio said current Pilot less balloon attacks on the  Were on Quot an experimental  it added Quot hundreds Quot have been released daily since the first was let go March 10.school Bells Clauc in Eto a year As compared with four in the european theater about three and a half in the Obi and two in the us. Just before the end of the War against Germany he said the army was using up shoes faster than they could be made. Now stocks Are below the Quot safety margin Quot of 90 Days Supply. The 30,986,000 pairs include 28.152,-000 for the army itself 698,000 army style shoes for the Navy 848.000 for the philippine army and 1.288.000 for the French army. Continued from Page 1 brigade in assault landings on Omaha Beach on a Day. He explained the program at a press conference today. Approximately 300 courses rang from literacy training to College subjects will be Given in unit schools to be set up by trained officers in each battalion. Courses will cover agriculture business general education literacy and mechanical and technical trades. The program contemplates 2.000 schools affecting More than 1,000,000 soldiers. The first of the two army University centers is scheduled to open in late july at Shrivenham the former american school Center in England. Its commandant will be Brig. Gen. Claude m. Thiele. The school will accommodate 4.000 students and will offer courses in agriculture Commerce education engineering Fine arts journalism science and Liberal arts. These will be patterned after the summer sessions of most american colleges and will last eight weeks. Shrivenham will be staffed not Only by military instructors but by civilians under contract from us universities. The principal Entrance requirement is a High school education. A second army University will be established in France in August under command of Brig. Gen. Samuel l. Mccroskey. Midwest cold sets records new York june 4 ans a midwesterner continued to shiver yesterday As the Mercury dipped to record lows but the forecasts were for a Quot warm  new England a week end Snow already was melting. In Minnesota where Snow fell saturday a minimum of 26 degrees above was registered yesterday at Bemidji 30 at Duluth and  at Minneapolis. In Chicago the thermometer dropped to 42.9 the lowest june since 1910. Milwaukee a 39 was its coldest june 3 since 1882. A hailstorm struck Southeastern Colorado while Kansas and Nebraska reported fog and rain. In East Central Michigan state troopers guarded dams on the  River. Some areas were flooded. Mars task Force gets China Job chunking june 4 ans a it. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer us. Commander in China revealed today that two regiments of the Mars task Force american outfit which helped open the Burma Road have been flown into China. Their new Mission was not disclosed. Mail to beat redeployed cd if plan works Paris june 4�?mail addressed to soldiers in units returning to the . Or being redeployed directly to other Heaters will be waiting for fhe gis when they reach their ? destinations if army postal plans Are successful. Col. S. G. Schwartz Eto chief postal officer said that 30 Days before a unit is scheduled to leave this theater All its regular mail will be blocked in new York. Air and a mail will be stopped 15 Days before scheduled departure. The blocked mail will be sent directly to the unit s destination to be distributed when the unit arrives. Transferees cautioned mail for personnel in redeployed units who Are to remain in the Eto will be forwarded to new addresses. Personnel transferred from redeployed units must inform their correspondents of the new address. Otherwise they risk having their mail reach the Eto via Burma or the Philippines. Quot there Are a few simple rules to be remembered a col. Schwartz said. Quot notify All correspondents of each change of address promptly ask them to be sure to use Only this latest address and if transferred to a replacement depot should notify correspondents to Stop mailing letters until they receive a permanent  moslem scores France spokesmen for indians 180,000,000 moslem joined the Arab world yesterday in blaming Gen. Charles de Gaulle s French provisional government for last week s shooting clashes in Syria and Lebanon. Mahomed All Jinnah president of the All India moslem league advocated that de Gaulle be tried As a War criminal syrians acting Premier Jamil Madam Bey declared that relations with France could not be renewed except on a diplomatic plane Quot without any undue advantages to the  he said the French government would be asked to indemnify Damascus for damage there. A / United press reported from Damascus that British prestige had. Never before been so High in the Levant. Damascus residents Quot wildly cheered Quot British troops and booed French units up said. Finance of vices Exchange 25 i Ilion francs in Ray 2,500 More vets Home Boston june 4 an6 a some 2,532 veterans of the european War Many of them on stretchers arrived at this port yesterday aboard two transport. More than 25,000,000 francs were changed into new currency at army finance offices at Nice and Cannes yesterday first Day for conversion to a new Issue throughout France. Soldiers found the new currency similar in size to Allied invasion currency brought into France by american and British troops. The new 50, 100 and 1,000 franc notes were printed in the us. As was a new 300 franc note Frances first note of that denomination. The 500 franc note were printed in England. Riviera Restees were lined up at finance offices from 8 am to 5 pm but officials said no individual had to sweat out the line More than half an hour. At Marseille finance office lines were thinner since most funds were handled by units and the Peak conversion was not expected until later in the week when unit cos change their outfits funds in a Lump sum. In Rice enlisted Restees were restricted to an initial Exchange of a maximum of 7,500 francs $150. Officers below Field Grade and enlisted men assigned Here were required to change their Money through their units. Unit oos were instructed to report to the Provost marshal any amounts received from enlisted men exceeds g $150 and from company Grade officers exceeding $250. French finance minister Rene Plevin said the conversion would cancel funds retained by the germans when they retreated from France. The Exchange will continue through june 15  
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