Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The weather forecast for Nice Marseille area a sunday continued warm Windy maximum temperature 85, Nice Marseille edition vol. In no. 89 the Best daily paper of . Forces a tripes to the european theater of operatic a sunday. June 10, 1945 one franc new citizens for . Wmk Ohio to anti babies of ill the Eto permitted to leave Europe after the cessation of hostilities arrive in Boston an route to Homes in the u.3. Doing to Laplatte mo., is mrs. Josephine Matthews left. She s from Ireland. Mrs. Eileen Young right of Lancashire is going to Brooklyn. Ninth to leave Eto probably for Pacific by Ernie Leiser stars and stripes staff writer Wiesbaden june 9�?lt. Gen. William h. Simpson s ninth . Army is slated to close its Eto operations and be ordered to a new assignment presumably in the Pacific about june 15, 12th army up. He. Disclosed today. Whether Simpson will continue As chief of the Quot army he led to the Elbe was not yet announced. A the ninth which less than a month ago was the worlds supers blast three cities in with High explosives japs vow finish fight biggest army with 21 divisions five corps and approximately 1.000.000 men has been shifting its units South during the past few weeks and turning a Large number of them Over to other armies. When Simpsons command took Over the first army area alter the latter forces chief Gen. Courtney h. Hodges returned to the states on his Way to the Pacific the continued on Page 4 Missouri flood razes tillage Newburg. Mo., june 9 it ans it a four persons were drowned several Are missing and 50 families were homeless today after a Flash flood sent the Little Piney River roaring through this Village. Among the known dead were mrs s. L. Baker 50, wife of the mayor and their daughter Emadine 24. Ten inches of rain in three Days including five inches in the past 24 hours caused the Little Piney and Beaver Creek basins above this South Central Missouri town to fill so rapidly that 30 houses were washed away and the entire Busi Ness District was victims in addition to the Bakers were mrs. Floyd Cour son 40 and her daughter Darline attn 84-pointers�? you la get out too Washington june 9 cans a a slight reduction of the 85-Point discharge score will be announced next month the War department said today. The army said it could not predict exactly what the final or critical score would be but emphasized reduction could Quot not be expected to be very the final score will not a get established definitely until reports received from All Heaters have been is sure w Quot 3premier tells diet session Premier Kantaro Suzuki yesterday admitted that an Allied invasion of Japan can not be prevented declared that the demand for unconditional surrender leaves Japan Quot no alternative but a finish fight and pledged that the enemy will be smashed in decisive Battles on our Suzuki addressed the diet in a special session convoked by emperor Hirohito according to enemy broadcasts. Acknowledging that Japan faces the Quot gravest crisis Quot in her history he declared that Quot no one in the world More earnestly desires world peace and welfare of humanity than emperor claims cause just Suzuki claimed that Quot in the final analysis this War is one of liberation against an Anglo american scheme for wholesale and permanent enslavement of the East Asiatic Suzuki said Japan was Quot fully aware of this Quot and determined Quot to act in unison with her allies until ultimate he said his country desired to further promote Quot Friendly relations with Neutral Isle near invaded Borneo say senators seek double salary British building Soo mile plane London june 9 Reuter a the ministry of aircraft production disclosed today that Britain is producing four new planes. One is a single seat Jet fighter with a Speed exceeding 500 Miles an hour. A four engine bomber surpassing the famous Lancaster also is under construction. Known As the Lincoln it will be manufactured in England. Canada and Australia. The third plane in production is a Sci Ltd Down version of the Mosquito with a top Speed of 470 Miles an hour. A description of the fourth aircraft was not Given. Manila june 9 Ansi fifteen thousand Allied troops have landed on Labu amp a Island off the West coast of North Borneo the japanese radio reported today but there was no confirmation from Gen. Mac Arthur. Labuan is almost directly across Borneo from tarak amp a invaded last month by australian and dutch units. On Luzon . Troops gained As much As seven Miles in thrusts into two pockets but no decisive engagements were reported. On Mindanao the 24th inf. Div. Gained a mile after attacking a pocket 18 Miles from Davao port. Yanks British occupy Trieste London. June 9 it apr the tel Este area diplomatic dynamite since the German surrender in Northern Italy temporarily has been placed under Anglo american military control military administration of the Venezia a Pila area of northeastern Italy which includes Trieste was agreed upon jointly by the �o.8., Britain and Jugos i via. The agreement provides that Trieste and its communications to Austria As Well As Pola and anchorages on the West coast of Istria come under Anglo american command yanks punch pockets Guam june 9 ansi�? doughboy and marines have launched heavy assaults against the two japanese pockets on Okinawa it was officially announced today and Tokyo radio said american troops and tanks had made a new Landing on the Southern coast presumably behind japanese lines meanwhile. Adm. Nimitz announced japanese aircraft attacked . Shipping off Okinawa wednesday and thursday paying the High Price of 67 planes destroyed for damage inflicted on two vessels. Eight More japanese planes were destroyed thursday by u.8. Planes raiding suicide plane bases one enemy pocket of about three Square Miles is on Oruku Peninsula on the West Side of the Island while the other is about 16 Square Miles on the Southern tip. The latter pocket is fronted by a line anchored on i Toman at the West end. The japanese broadcast did not indicate where the purported Landing was in relation to factories at Kobe Osaka Nagoya hit Guam june 9 ans a three fleets of super fortresses today blasted japanese aircraft plants at Osaka Nagoya and Kobe in precision attacks following earlier fire bomb raids. Each of numbered Between 100 and 150 b29s and each dropped a cargo of 750 to 1,000 tons. It was the first time in three weeks when no incendiary bombs were dropped perhaps because targets were those which fires had missed. Today a Mission also was the first time the Marianas a amp sed 21st bomber command had dispatched bombers against More than two targets. Targets hit in Daylight Osaka Nagoya and. Kobe Are Japan a second thud and fifth largest cities respectively. They lie in a 100-mile Northeast to South West line West of Tokyo on the main Home Island. Today s Mission was the third raid in three months on Osaka greatest Arsenal in the Orient fourth of the War on Kobe and 14th on Nagoya. Japan a aircraft Center. The b29s were Over their targets which included five Large aircraft plants in Daylight. There was no official report on results or losses the japanese radio said 5,000,000 japs had been left homeless by b29 raids on five cities i May. In Tokyo alone More than 3,000,000 persons were homeless. Rankin demands action Washington june 9 ans a rep John e. Rankin a mass today declared he would fight a recess until Congress acts on the veterans Aid program. Washington june 9 ans a a Bill to double salaries of congressmen and give Cabinet members 5.000 dollars More a year was introduced yesterday by Sens. Styles Bridges . And John h. Overton a la. The measure would provide the following increases senators. Congressmen. Territorial delegates and resident commissioner of puerto Rico from 10.000 dollars to 20.000 dollars a a year Cabinet officers from 15.000 dollars to 20.000 Dallara vice president and speaker of the House from 15,000 dollars to. 25.090 dollars food for Pacific Burns Oakland. Calif., Jime 9 ans a a six alarm fire today destroyed part of a huge food warehouse at the Oakland army base. The fire was confined to the Middle Section of the Quarter mile Long food warehouse filled with sugar flour cereals and Beans for Pacific fronts. Washington Kin in aah Atlantic City n.j., june 9 ans a maj. John a Washington of Laurens 8.c., great great great grandee Tiew of George Washington returned to the air forces redistribution station Here after Monou Mandog 25 chinese bombing raids first to High pointers reach . Tor discharge by Ben Price stars and stripes staff writer Camp Kilmer n. J., june 9�? the Large group of Eto soldiers sent Home for discharge under the Point system reached America today on their Way to separation centers throughout the country. There were 600 combat men from 12th army gp., most of them with 95 Points or More. Three of the four phases of Point demobilization Are Over for the Lucky 600. The process began 24 Days ago when men were called from their bivouac in Germany had their service records put into presumably Correct shape and were Given orders starting them on their journey Home. Second phase was three Days processing at the staging area near Lefavre third stage was the boat ride during which the Gas ate Good food and began to think about tweeds. The fourth and last leg will be the various separation centers where each eligible Soldier gets an honorable discharge. Pvt. Lester Greenberg of new york�?95point sex member of the 258th a in said. A they advertise these separation centers As being Able to discharge you within 48 hours. I la wait and see. T-4 Charles Denmeade of Naples fla.�?97-Point sex member of the fifth army. Div s 85th recon. Quot a three week vacation and a daily trip to the Barber shop where ill just stretch out and let them give me pfc Joseph Java of Maneville n. Y.�?98-Point Rifleman of the eighth 28th inf. Said wistfully r ttys been a Long time since i was a a Totlian. A Hitler lives Zhukov avers London june 9 apr hitter is alive russians marshal Gregory Zhukov told Moscow newsmen according to a Abc broadcast yesterday from the soviet capital. Tha fuehrer probably is hiding in Europe possibly with Franco in Spain Zhukov declared. The marshal said soviet investigators did not find any body in Berlin that could be positively identified As hitlers although records showed that two Days before the City fell he married his mistress Eva Braun in the capital. A last wednesday dispatches from Berlin said a High russian official declared one body had been almost certainly identified As hitlers chinese seize Highway town chunking june 9 it a it a chinese forces in Kwangsik province attacked japanese positions near the indo China Border and captured Szelog 70 Miles Southwest of Nanning the chinese High command said today. The chinese then advanced toward Ming Ian. About 89 Miles from the Border. Mrs. Langford posts reword new York june 9 ans a Mil albeit e. Langford today posted a 10,000 dollars Reward for information leading to conviction of tag two men who fatally shot husband our Days ago. A a
