Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The stars and strikes monday june 11, 1945swastikas in Reich gone underground june 10 oops the hardest thing to find in pm Nanny today id a Swastika r just one month after the col Apoc of the Reich millions of a Tsuha flags have just disappeared. Possibly a a gone underground. In a Day spent searching for has signs in this City Gen. Eisenhower a Headquarters a it was hard to find even a hint of the nazi regime. Frankfurt residents began removing Swastika and other nazi signs As soon As the americans approached the City. A it of posters have disappeared slogans on Walls have been whitewashed and Many business firms maintain they had to connection i Post pcs met Dythe War. I commander Edward w. Hng indicated Here yester Ging veterans a to take an a Art in politics upon their lome a a ? a Vii a 0-Iff s to 1 True Quot he my Quot that sheaf june 10�?the German luxury liner Europa now undergoing overhaul at Bremerhaven can be made ready to carry troops within a few weeks sheaf said today. The 2000-passenger vessel was said to be in fair condition. The liner will Fly the american Ensign and operate As a United nations vessel when it is freed from the Silt at Bremerhaven but its ultimate disposition will be up to the a United nations maritime authority at London. Its conditioning is being done by British labor and equipment. Liner Iest for six years aboard . Europa Bremer Haven june 8�?this luxury liner that won the Blue ribbon for her initial Atlantic crossing of four Days seven hours and six minutes has t moved from this port in six years. Dulled m Grey Black camouflage she a been berthed since re timing from new York on sept 3, 1339. Eighty of the original Crew of 1,000 have been taking care of her since Early May. The Skeleton Crew has been joined by 24 Young is Navy boys who stand guard and watch for fires such As ravaged her Speed rival the Normandie and her sister ship the Bremen whose remains stick out of the water a few piers away. H i t by bomb in 1940 the Only damage suffered by the Europa was a Small bomb hit during a raid one night in 1940. The 50,000-ton giant built at a Cost of 16,000,000 in Hamburg in 1919, is basically unchanged inside. You a still recognize her in spite the fact that she has been stripped of All furnishings plastered with air raid precautions signs and loaded with Sand piles. Portly Gustav Pflueger who is still chef Steward says that after Dunkirk German officers marked the doors of every room with signs to indicate How Many men it could hold. Quot then we thought we should go to England a Gus says. In converting the Europe to a troop ship the nazis started to put up Armor and gun mounts and sheared off parts of the rooms including the kindergarten on the main promenade deck. Mended to carry my troops Pflueger says the germans expected the ship to carry 8,000 men. But she never sailed. Against England and nothing More was Ever done to her. Pflueger remembers the names of famous passengers in pre War Days a Joseph Davies As ambassador to Russia and Barbara Hutton a the nicest woman i Ever Quot Franklin d. Or. Sat Over there a he recollects pointing to an empty spot on the promenade deck a a when he was on his honeymoon with his Bride the Dupont girl old mrs. Roosevelt \ came twice every year when she went to the legion was attempt s tote i Bill of rights o reduce red tap Speed a dec Toms covering Loans Tion. To a fit to Iii fwd a b red Type r involved it i a impossible to get he Odd. Further we l a so a a St Pojo Ethni rho want to get a duster the i bul the o favors higher monthly \ for i men attending a a colleges under 1 this Bobby sort its 8warm abound crooner Frankie Sinatra and Aster Pittl silvers As they leave new York restaurant Sinatra printing is in Uso uniform preparatory to overseas tour. Wac. In foreground is not identified. With 15th army Germany june 10�?a new chapter has opened in German judicial history As military government restored the Coblenz District court y the tribunal is the first High German court to be opened in that part of the Reich under 16th army supervision. With eight judges the court will administer civilian Justice in an area or More than 6jw0 Square Miles. F a the tribunal will serie As a court of appeals from town courts and As a Basic court for no routine cases. It will consider civilian claims involving 1,600 Marks or More and criminal cases in which the minimum sentence a is a five year imprisonment. My military government will act As a reviewing body under terms of the sheaf ordinance which provides that the military government reviewing body shall have Power to set aside any finding except that of Quot not guilty a modify any sentence or order a new trial 416-Ysowommpatkm-vfw Paris june 10 an Quot adequate Quot army of occupation for Quot As Jong As necessary using 18-year-Olds drafted under a compulsory military training program was advocated yesterday by Jean a. Brunner commander in chief of the veterans Obj Tanton War. A it it. Ithe said neither he Quot nor anyone Otee could predict the period of occupation but maintained occupation forces bad been removed Quot too soon Quot after world War l he said he would ask the v7w to begin advocating peacetime training under army direction instead of under state control As the organisation now is demanding. Brunner Back in Paris from a three week Eto tour said some gis were dissatisfied with the Point system feeling credit should have Bepp wives and dependent House halves own spending Truman asks Aid of vet bodies Washington june 10 an8 _ representatives of three veterans organizations have been asked by president Truthan to assist a the Treasury department in mobilizing 10,000 men As investigators to track Down tax evaders. Spokesmen for the american legion the veterans of foreign wars and the disabled american veterans pledge cooperation on finding men to help the government recover one trillion dollars. Daddy went Barefoot Hagerstown md., june 10 ans it a it was a Little Cool to be going Barefoot but the Man who paraded the business District that Way did no to mind. A sign he carried read Quot Barefoot daddy. Two sons in the army and no shoe june 10�?nearly 2,000,000 Allied displaced nationals and pcs have been repatriated from Germany and Austria according to sheaf. About 2,900,000 remain to be repatriated. More than 1,100,000 French 210,-000 belgians and 160,000 dutch have been returned to their Homes leaving less than 200,000 Western europeans still to be returned freon shape occupied areas. Six Hundred thirty thousand citizens of the user have been turned Over to the red army with about 1,000,000 More still on hand. Prev a toll was 1,012,049 Washington june 10 ans it a combat casualties for the us. During world War War n have risen to 1,012,049, including 895,834 for the army in All Heaters through be aggregate an increase of 9,162 Over last weeks report included 230,173 killed 613,611 wounded 57,462 missing and 110,-811 taken prisoners. The Navy accounted for 3,347 of the weeks increase. A a a a a a paralysed cd flown to . Indianapolis june 10 ans a Cpl. Charles g. Moeller Cincinnati stricken with infantile paralysis last february was flown 3,548 Miles to Billings general Hospital at fort Benjamin Harrison by the air transport command. Moeller was encased in a portable Iron lung during the 22-hour flight from the Panama canal Point outfit Paris june 10�?the 372nd har Bercraft co. Here counts 93 percent of a its 213 men with 85 or More Points. Seven percent have Over 80 and the remainder list the regular army As their profession. 25,000 brides await ships London june 10 apr about 26,000 British brides of . Soldiers Are awaiting transportation to their new Homeland. The waiting list piled up Over 18 months during which time the shipping situation was so critical that the army was not Able to transport More than 500 brides in any one month. London june 10 ins a More than 32,000,000 dollars realized on captured German and japanese ships will be split by All ranks of the Royal Navy after Japan a defeat. Certain sections of the Raf notably coastal command also May be Cut in on the Booty. Hie admiralty prize court now holds 4,000.000 dollars from the Sale of captured cargoes with some ships still to be sold. Deducting expenses the eventual Jackpot is expected to be about 32,000,000 dollars. After world War i 30,000,000 dollars was shared by British Navy men scaled from 12.000 dollars for an Admiral to 60 dollars for a Cabin boy. It is not yet known if Wrens the British equivalent of Waves will share in the Money. After the last War women in the British naval service did not get any prize Cash but they received other special monetary Grants. 7 Pointer in Eto with 16th army. Div., june 10 a the 64th army. Inf. In. Service co. Boasts its pvt. K r. Matsueda at Chicago has Only seven Points toward the pot of Gold 85
