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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Nice Marseige area Friday continued fair and warm maximum tempered Ture 84. Nice Marseille edition vol. 1�?no. 87 the Best daily paper of . F in the european theater of operation coast i Msj a Friday june 8, 1945 one franc result of Mindanao Banzai charge dead japanese soldiers lie near the maracas Airstrip on Mindanao Island in the Philippines after Al of them were killed in a Dawn Banzai charge. Thirty first rest infantrymen mowed them Down at Cost of two americans killed seven wounded. Machine gun and Rifle fire stopped foe. Charge was typical of wits end Jap action. Point Survey ends in Eto 206 is record Paris june 7�?results of a theater wide Point score Survey have been compiled and flown to Washington six Days ahead of schedule Brig. Gen. Ralph b. Lovett adjutant general of the Eto announced today. Based on the Eto Survey and similar surveys in other Heaters and the ., a final critical score will be selected by the War department. This score will be the Point total Low enough to release some 2,000,000 men while retaining 7,000,000 necessary to occupy Germany and defeat Japan. Final score in three weeks announcement of the final critical score is expected within three weeks. Meanwhile men with a score equal to or above the interim score of 85 Points Are being returned to the . As rapidly As transportation becomes available. The Eto Survey showed the highest Point men in the theater officially were three air Force men with 206 Points each. In the ground and service forces one Man has 170 Points two have 163 Points and one has 162� Bradley cuts Rug in theater aisle Leich-mall0ry plane located London june 7 apr the mysterious disappearance of British air chief marshal sir Trafford Leigh Mallory was believed solved today following discovery of a wrecked plane and eight bodies in the Alps Southeast of Lyon France the daily mail reported today. A search party has been sent out to confirm the identification. Leigh Mallory his wife and the entire plane Crew disappeared last november on a flight to Southeastern Asia where Leigh Mallory was to become air commander in chief. Fri nabs 6 on spying document to charges Washington june 7 apr six persons including a . Naval Reserve lieutenant and two state department employees have been arrested and charged with conspiring to violate espionage statutes and stealing confidential documents from the state War and Navy. Seized in Washington were it. Andrew Roth 20, formerly assigned to the office of naval intelligence a Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen 47, a specialist in the China division of the state departments office of far Eastern affairs and John Stewart service 35, a state department official recently stationed in China. Arrested in new York were Philip Jacob Jaffe 48, and Kate Louise Mitchell 36, co editors of Quot Amer Asia a Magazine which allegedly printed Amornrat ion from the documents and Mark Julius Gayn 37, a free Lance writer charged with using some of the material in his articles. Released on jul Jaffe Gayn and miss Mitchell were released in new York under 10,000 dollars bail each and their cases adjourned until june 20. Roth Larsen and service were arraigned in Washington where the same bail was fixed and their cases adjourned until june 14. Conviction would carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison and 10,000 dollars Fine. Hoover said documents recovered by the Fri included originals and copies of papers from the state War and Navy departments office of strategic services office of War information and Federal communications commission. According to the Fri the stolen data was turned Over to Jaffe the continued on Page 8 Osaka blasted All japs ousted from Naha Field More than 450 super fortresses yesterday dropped a 2,500-ton cargo of fire and High explosive bombs on Osaka Japan a second largest City where previous b29 raids had burned out nearly 12 Square Miles and . Ground forces on Okinawa completed capture of the important Naha Airfield. The latest attack on Osaka was directed at an Industrial area which had not been struck in the two previous assaults on the City. Doughboy of Geh. Macarthur a co Miniand have made two new landings on Mindanao Section continuing the Campaign to Clear the Philippines. The general a Headquarters disclosed that he recently conferred with Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell cd of army ground forces and former . Commander in the Chi. V. A a \ a a a Okinawa tenth army engineers already were working on newly captured Naha Ai drome yesterday and five army and Marine divisions were getting set for a drive into the triangular Southern tip of Okinawa where 20,000 japanese Are trapped in a 25-Square-mile area. Us. Troops also have cleared the Chinen Peninsula Southern jaw of a Amagusuku Harbor on Okinawa s East coast. Elements of the seventh inf. Div. Already were attacking the Eastern end of the new japanese defense line. Bad weather and mud May a a if a a super fortresses at Zoril Vns Takin g Osaka started fires in the Northern and northeastern Industrial sectors of the City. The fires were Quot being brought under control Quot three hours after the bombers left Tokyo radio said. There was no immediate . Summary of the results of the raid although it was disclosed that 160 fighters based on iwo Jima flew escort. The High explosive bombs used Only sparingly if at All in recent b29 attacks on Japan were dropped on the Osaka Arsenal where much of the enemy a medium artillery and have delayed launching of a full Small arms Are made. Axis Sally arrested Genoa june 7-�?rota Zucca better known to Allied troops As Quot Axis Sally Quot because of her propaganda broadcasts has been arrested in the Milan area. Her father is a new York restaurateur. New York june 7 ans a Gen. Omar n. Bradley 12th army up. Commander danced in an aisle of the Winter Garden theater last night with Virginia Barrett of the cast of the Olsen and Johnson comedy Quot Faffing room Only Quot Bradley was seated with his wife in the front roof the theater. Miss Barrett came Down from the stage and danced with him two minutes. Members of the cast customarily leave the stage during intermission to dance with spectators. Michigan finds Jap balloon Detroit. June 7 ans a a pilotless japanese balloon without any bomb attached floated to Michigan some time Quot within the past few months a sixth service command said today. In new York despite the fact that mayor Florello h. Laguardia was reported a Quot Little worried Quot about the balloon problem the City Council repealed a Law requiring property owners to keep special equipment for use in air raids. In los Angeles ninth service command said at least three japanese balloons have fallen harmlessly into Southern California in recent months. Scale assault front dispatches indicated. Two . Ships hit adm. Nimitz disclosed that japanese planes damaged two us. Vessels in Okinawa Waters tuesday evening. Five enemy planes were downed bring the total to 843 japanese Craft destroyed in the Okinawa Campaign since april 26. In the same period the enemy Sank seven us. Light naval units and damaged 44/ Philippines japanese Supply dumps and radio installation at Cape san Augustin at the tip of Mindanao Island and on Balut Island guarding the Entrance to Davao Gulf were destroyed in the landings of . Troops. On Luzon american forces advanced two and half Miles toward Bagayan Valley. Japanese resistance was decreasing. Hot move planned Macarthur s airmen hammered Jap bases in Java and along the East China coast. Purpose of the Macarthur stil Well conference was not disclosed but it came when Macarthur commander of All uj3. Ground forces in the far East very Likely was planning his next move. Radio Tokyo has predicted that move will be invasion of Japan itself. Other Planta fire bombed a hitherto untouched factory Belt South of the Shin Vodo River was fire Boi bed. Nearly 90 Square Miles have been burned out or blasted by b26 attacks on the Industrial cities of Tokyo Osaka Kobe Nagby and Yokohama Stodt March 10. That Japan a Industrial production is suffering seriously was indicated by a Tokyo radio announcement of a shake up involving 67 munitions Supply officials. First Clipper at Lisbon Lisbon june 7 Reuter a the first Clipper on a new pan american service from new York to Lis Bon arrived Here yesterday. Be nipped nazi raids on . Churchill says Yalta revealed London june 7 apr prime minister Winston Churchill today told commons that the big three made no agreements at Yalta that j had not been made Public but he \ indicated the last discussions among himself Premier Stalin and the late president Roosevelt had covered a wider Field than the official decisions. Haakon Back in Oslo Oslo june 7 apr King Haakon of Norway returned to his people today after five years of exile in London. By Richard Lewis stars and stripes staff writer sheaf june 7�?the Luftwaffe was on the verge of bombing . East coast ports with a new Long Range bomber the me204, when the War ended was delayed by special fuel problems Alexander de Seversky War department consultant assigned to the army air forces disclosed Here today. He Learned of the scheme in an interview with sex Eric marshal Hermann Goering who said his Luftwaffe needed Only three months to Start trans Atlantic raids. Seversky described the me264 As a four engined Jet bomber with auxiliary propellers to help in the Takeoff. Its bomb Load was Small two to three tons but the germans planned to use Large numbers of the planes for intensive bombing. German aeronautical developments have been put at the disposal of the allies by German scientists he said. Heinrich b. Oelerich inventor designer and producer of German Jet planes Melos and Mellos has turned himself Over to the fifth inf div in Germany and offered his designs and improvements to the american army com z announced yesterday Seversky said he did not expect a bombing of Japan on the same scale of German robot attacks against Britain. Bombers will be More efficient he believes. Quot its Only a question of Range Quot he said. Quot if our b29s had a 500-mile greater Range we  have to fight for bases like Okinawa from which to bomb Japan. We could do it from the  he said it seemed logical to expect any invasion of the japanese islands to be preceded by a program of winning absolute air superiority such As the allies enjoyed on a Day in Europe. Seversky predicted faster than sound air travel after the War. He said the most efficient cruising Speed would be 1,000 . House adopts Bretton pacts Washington june 7 apr the Bretton Woods monetary agreements were overwhelmingly approved by the House today. The legislation now goes to the Senate where a vigorous Battle is predicted by the opposition. The final Roll Call vote showed 345 for ratification and 18 against. All opposition votes were cast by republicans. Before final action the House beat Down by 325 to 29 a motion to Send the legislation Back to the banking committee with instructions that All provisions for the International monetary stabilization fund be eliminated. The Bretton Woods agreements decided upon last july in new Hampshire by representatives of 44 countries provide for an International monetary fund of $&000.000,< 000, of which the . Wald subscribe $2,750,000,000. An International Bank capitalized at $9,100,-000,000, would also be established with the . Subscribing $3,175,-000,000. Supplies sent to soviet zone St. Margarathe Switzerland june 7 apr an International red Cross truck loaded with medical supplies left this Border town today in an attempt to get through the russian lines to Prague where such supplies Are urgently needed. Officials at inc Headquarters in Geneva had no word from g truck Convoy that left More than a week ago in response to radio appeals from the czech red or Mac  
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