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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The. Stars and Stripe wednesday june 6, 1945 v a. A june 8 an8 a which made Tim fast Hie Jana Awe one year ago yesterday soon May be massed in fleets of u a More planes the opinion of cel. Amp dinner chief of the War intelligence division of the army a Bureau of Public relation b29 target was the japanes Dapaz City it bang Rob in ,5# a handful of planes in what was primarily a test flight my it yet later a to a 000 b29s oper operating Japan a a bases the 4.000 000,000 001 a it r Brett Tkv a a chm. Curtis to Pfilf com to is in Congress to Honor Ike in joint session Washington june 5 ins a Congress will bold a joint session in Honor of Gen. Eisenhower when he reaches Washington june 10, Senate majority Leader Alben w. Barkley Day announced. Stars and stripes v. S. Bureau  jew York june 6�?adol� Hitler last much issued an order for the execution of ail american and British airmen held captive in Ger Asa reprisal for the to Iping Gorman cities the american red Cross said. Hirer order was not carried out a statement continued because 3grinan commanders knew the Juliea bad discharged their obligations toward prisoners in strict accordance with the Genera convention. The red Cross also announced that 90 percent of american prisoners of War survived their hardships in German prisons. The been War who to that the of Xci it have if Mufti _ recommended evacuated by All a us. Army in France tour to find each other couple was Boney Moc today after a wedding at a Village near Thiec Camp for liberated pea the Groom a liberated prisoner is la Donald Waful of Syracuse try his Bride is the former it Olga Casciolini of framing ton mass., an army nurse. After word erf Wafula a release reached miss Casciolini at Nancy where she is stationed she used us four Days of her weeks leave trying to get in touch with him the wedding ceremony was performed in French and interpreted by sgt. Thomas Banks of Jackson mias it took three sets of French a papers plus eight army forms to get the Job done. London june 5 apr Poland a exiled government in London has Quot indicted Quot More than 15,000 germans a As War criminals j that none of them should be protected by military uniform rank office or itttemftt.wvna.1 standing. Urging Speed in bringing the accused to trial the polish ministry of information circulated a statement approved by the polish a a bet at the conference of the War crimes commission representing 10 nations. Included on Poland a list Are Reich marshal Hermann Goering production minister Walther Funk labor minister Robert Ley Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel and those in charge of the nazi administration in Poland headed by or. Harm Frank. Munich station joins an net Munich june 8�?radio Munich one of the most powerful stations in the world will go on the air As a link in the american forces network Chain about june 10. An announced.�?T1 a a a a blanketing Bavaria and port of Austria the 100,000 Watt nazi transmitter soon will be linked with another 100,000 unit at Stuttgart which opened sunday to form the world s highest powered two station team. Troops overrun Hitler Retreat t scam Tom . Sub sinks 3 Jap vessels in surface raid Washington june 5 ans a a daring surface attack in which the . Submarine Barb spread flaming destruction through a Convoy of japanese destroyers tankers freighters and munitions ships was disclosed today by the Navy. The Convoy Lay behind a screen of Jap destroyers and approaches to the ships were so shallow and Rocky that an under water attack was impossible. Comdr.  b. Fluckey of Annapolis md., skipper of the Barb decided to risk a surface attack. Under cover of darkness the sub nosed her Way past rocks and mines and fishing Junks until she was within Range of the Convoy. Then she let go with everything she had. The Side of one vessel Ras blown out two others exploded. As. The sub sped for deep water the japanese fired on the fishing Junks. None of their shells touched the Barb. The submarine Crew received a presidential unit citation. Fluckey got the congressional medal of Honor. Thill ave i go wild and the warn roars along the Beach at Santa Monica Calif. Its understandable too when Claire James new appearing in Quot Navy blues Quot takes a Seaside Tun Bath. Berghte8gaden, june 5 apr Hitler s former Mountain Retreat Here now a shambles is rapidly becoming one of the most popular i tourist spots in Europe. Last weekend 10,000 officers and enlisted men swarmed Over the wrecked Homes of Hitler and other former nazi big shots giving the place a country fair appearance troops Hunting souvenirs have stripped the place Bare even to carrying away slabs of Marble. A Isenho were a Point score topped by two of staff by Charles f. Kiley stars and stripes staff writer Frankfurt june 5�?there no shortage of Points among Mem Gen. Eisenhower s Headquarters Quot family. Despite the abundance the Quot family Quot however Only two have More than the Gen 135. Capt. Dick Underwood of it. Tom  of the general s plane and Veteran of 43 heavy bomber missions in the Meriter a Ranegan has 143, and a sgt. Arthur j. Windham of Atlanta ga., air Crew Engineer has 139. Maj. Laurence j. Hansen Lakewood Ohio the general s Pilot a sgt Everett j. Behrens Elk Home Nev radio operator and to sgt. Robert j. Wood Louisville ky., assistant Engineer All have 133 Points. Capt. . Nexon Macon r navigator has 129 three was in Eisenhower s office have More than enough Points to get Over the wac critical score of 44. It All three have been in the supreme commanders office during and since the North african Campaign. They Are to Nana Rae new York who has 81 a sgt. Sue be Rafin Detroit and a sgt. Margaret Chick Toledo Ohio each with 71. The air Crew has credit for ground campaigns in Algeria Tunisia Sicily Naples Foggia Normandy Northern France and the Rhineland. Channel a fire stopped nazis no discharge yet for Marine vets Washington june 5 ans a the Marine corps cannot demobilize any of its strength now because it would cause Quot an appreciable decrease in combat efficiency Quot Gen. A. A. Vandegrift said today. Quot the Victory in Europe did not result in any change in Marine com. Bat commitments Quot the corps commandant said. Red sees . Colonialism Moscow june 5 apr a. Zhukov Izvestia correspondent covering the san Francisco conference reported yesterday he had noted a swing toward Possession of colonies by the us. London june 5 apr the Quot German army poised to invade Britain in 1940 and 1941, believed More implicitly than anyone else the false Rumor that a nazi invasion had been attempted Only to be thwarted by a Wall of flame. This disclosure was made today by minister of information Godfrey Lloyd. T Germany Learned or guessed that a spectacular Barrier of flames would Greet an invading Force he said and Britain a propaganda leaflets added credence to the Rumor. Lloyd said invaders would have found fire sweeping beaches bursts no from seemingly innocent gaps in the landscape and out of armoured cars. German soldiers Clad in Asbestos practice Landing through water covered with flaming Oil but High casualties forced them to Stop Lloyd added. Nazi pcs escape to Dublin London. June 8 up a Phouc German soldiers who escaped from a pm Cage in prance and made their Way in stolen american uniforms to the Irish free state have been interned in Dublin the London express reported today the quartet forged papers and pretended to be gis on leave. Nazis St Iii Buie no is land by Ernie lei8er stars and stripes staff writer. No Many a land Germany june 5�?here in the heart of Germany is a l000 Square mile Patch erf Quot free Quot fatherland where German soldiers Are formed under their own commanders and roam the area at will with not a single Allied or russian Soldier in sight. Located South of Zwickau and East of Rode Wisch near Plauen the extremities of the . Positions this Kernel of unoccupied territory extends to the Western limits of the russian positions near a Maberg and South roughly to the czech i regiments outpo6t and into this Quot no Border. It s unoccupied Only until the International bigwigs reveal where the Boundary Between the russian and us. Zones will be. Until then the american divisions whose fronts touch the zone have strict orders not to Quot invade Quot it and have set up Road blocks to keep refugees and wehrmacht ers from a counter invasion. On the other Side apparently the soviets have done the same thing. Armed with a pass and curiosity you can go through the 120 the Many a  the first thing you see along the wooded Road that winds East from Rod wish is what looks like the worlds biggest Gypsy caravan. Lining the Road Are cars horse drawn wagons and Pushcart. Beside them Are Pine shelters dugouts and on fires with mothers sitting near stirring kettles and nursing children. There a not very much in the kettles for these Are sudeten germans driven out of Czechoslovakia when the country was liberated and they Are on the verge of starvation. Hershey advises limit on vet Aid Chicago june 5 ans a Brig. Gen. Lewis b. Hershey National director of selective service believes the returning Veteran could do Quot everything possible for himself before asking government Aid Quot in rehabilitation. A Quot i preach the theory the Federal government can provide Only limited amounts of Aid Quot he told a conference of veterans employment representatives. He outlined the following program for employment of sex servicemen. 1.�?encourage Community and state efforts for a program of Veteran rehabilitation. 2.�?give free rein to the government operation of its veterans program. Air italian terms. Washington june 5 up a the . Has proposed to Britain and Russia that terms of the italian surrender a closely guarded secret a nce september 1943, be made of Iblis it was Learned today. The proposal is under consideration in London and Moscow. /  
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