Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Pore and 600 Miles East of of indo China. Airfield captured the australians Advance Yards Inland on Borneo Toa the weather forecast for Nice mar amp Lille area tuesday continued fair Windy in Marseille area maximum temperature 84. European theater off a Pirn the Best doily paper of . Val. 1�?no. 91 1945combat it  v 4 a a a a a a bonuses continue Paris june 11�?the combat infantryman a badge the Silver wings and insignia of the paratroops and glider troops will continue to bring their holders extra  even though the War in Europe is Over com z he. Said today. A a expectation at com z fiscal office was that extra  would continue at least for a a the duration plus six there Are cases where combat  might cease. If an enlisted Man holding a combat infantryman a badge which carries a Bonus of $10 a month should Transfer to the medical detachment he would lose his combat . How transfers work if he should Transfer to the air forces and be placed on flight status he would lose his combat infantry  but would receive a fliers Bonus. 11 he were transferred to the air forces but not on flight status he would continue to receive combat infantryman a Bonus. Fliers will continue to draw their Bonus of 50 percent of base  if they have the required amount of flying time. This is either four hours of flying a month or ten flights a month totalling at least three hours. The flights need not be combat missions. Members of airborne units will continue to draw extra  so Long As they remain in airborne service even though they make no Parachute jumps or glider flights. In the paratroops enlisted men get a Bonus of $50 a month and officers $100. In the glider troops the extra  is 50 percent of base  not exceeding $50 a month for enlisted men or $100 for officers. Freed pm he Veals scheme to blow up pm Nama Dublin june 11 of a a nazi plot to mow up the Gatun dam of the Panama canal was disclosed yesterday by an Irish Soldier liberated from a German prison Camp. Thomas Cushing of tipperary who was captured by the nazis in 1940 while serving with the British army said he was asked to Lead a group of Irish prisoners on a sabotage expedition to the dam after he pretended he was a nazi sympathizer. The nazis proposed he said to take saboteurs to the canal by submarine. Cushing said he revealed the plan to another irishman who was being trained by the nazis for sabotage in England hoping he could report the plot to the War office. The plan was detected when they discussed it on the telephone.et0 yanks fired billion rounds Paris june 11�?in the 11 months and few Days Between a Day and be Day us. Troops in the Eto fired More than 1,900,000, pm rounds of Small arms ammunition and More than 48,000,000 rounds of artillery ammunition maj. Gen. Henry b. Sayler Eto chief ordnance officer announced today. The Multi million Dollar Hail of steel and explosives reached its Peak in december and january during the Battle of the ardennes. Almost one third of the ammunition expended by artillery was fired by 105 my. Howitzers which Saylor called the a a Workhorse of the  the Volumn fired by these howitzers was v 18,780,429 rounds weighing 310,000  clothes Home pointers told by Beh fridge stars and stripes staff writer it. Xxx n.j., june 11�?memo to Eto soldiers sweating out Point discharges if you have personal clothing bought or acquired Send it Home before you Start demobilization processing. Otherwise you will have to argue with Supply sergeants All along the Way who will insist it belongs to the government. You Are supposed to wind up with two uniforms one of the other Khaki and Supply sergeants Are very stubborn people. Permanent party Eye loot another thing hold on to your loot lugers cameras  make sure you follow the army a instructions and Register it with the proper authorities. Done to let anyone take it away from you along the line and lots of souvenir hungry characters will try. The 153 12th army of. Combat men going through final discharge processing Here would have been spared Many headaches had someone Given them the Lowdown. 3 stay for pensions the 153�?three less than yesterday after three regular army men waived discharge in order to serve a couple More years and get a pension Learned today they would have to wait a a five Days at most before getting out. The a a greeter at the initial receiving Point of this separation Center blamed the delay on amp a overflow of potential discharges and to a shortage of experienced processing Crews. The entire group went through the a a receiving building today and each Man checked his service record and Allied papers. All were in  Cut by a third London june 11 up a the Raf will demobilize a third of its one million men and women during the next year it was disclosed today. Forty percent of the remainder will go to the  claims Churchill saw armistice Case Paris june 11�?marshal Henri Philippe retain testifying today before the investigation commission of the French High court declared he requested an armistice with Germany a As the Only Way to preserve  the armistice a a prevented France from becoming another Poland a he asserted. Asked whether it was in keeping with France s obligations to Britain that no separate peace would be made Petain replied that prime minister Winston Churchill had told him on june 10, 1940 near Tours that a a England would not abandon an unhappy ally even if she asks for  festered resistance Petain said he always had favored the resistance movement and declared he used Pierre Laval Vichy Premier to a a Calm the germans  Petain called the armistice a a Savior a since it assured the Liberty of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who would have been made prisoners. To secured the existence of a free zone the integrity of the French Empire and favored the Landing of Anglo saxons. It also secured existence of a French government authority who has been Able to protect  today shearing was the final preliminary to his treason trial Date and place of which have not been  Fean i half million men Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell they will use any methods Harry Hopkins leaves France Paris june 11�?harry Hopkins and his wife left Here by plane today apparently bound straight for Washington where he will report to president Truman on the results of his discussion with marshal Stalin in Moscow. It was stated that Hopkins did not see Gen. Charles Degaulle during his weekend Stopover in Paris. Aussies invade North Borneo Manila june 11 apr australian troops of Gen. Mac Arthur s command making another big step toward indo China and Malaya have landed on the West coast of Northern Borneo fighting Inland with Light casualties. Tie landings were made tor the australian ninth div. A at Brooke ton and Maura in Brunei Bay site of a japanese naval base and on Labuan Island just off the coast the landings moved Allied troops to within 800 Miles North of Slenga the tip wed advanced 4.000 Inland on Borneo toward the town of Brunei while the Labuan Island invaders captured an Airfield. The us. Seventh Fleet joined by units of the Royal australian Navy and fighters and bombers of the 18th of and the Raaf supported the  Brunei area is Rich in cd. Rubber Coal lumber Iron and other resources. But Poult in fat it. Of air and naval facilities at Brunei Bay combined with those in the Philippines would Complete a Chain of bases 1,500 Miles Long from which Allied Aerial continued on Page 8 Monty gets dam for a Day plans million Doliar fire in per of a a Frankfurt Germany june 11 a Field marshal sir Bernard l. Montgomery was decorated with the distinguished service medal highest . Award for meritorious service by Gen. Eisenhower during an informal ceremony at the supreme commanders Headquarters Here. Eisenhower making the award in the name of president Truman read the citation Quot. Montgomery was in direct command of the Allied armies in the initial assault on the Normandy beaches ,. Success. Was in Large measure due to the careful planning and thorough training under his guidance. Pets for vets Washington june 11 ans a wounded veterans who want them May obtain Veteran War dogs for pets the army announced today. Dogs no longer suitable for combat Are being sent to convalescent Hospital As pets for patients in Homeland Okinawa june 11 ans a it will take a Force of at feast 500,000 men to Vade Japan proper and if enemy continues the fight Manchuria after the fall of their Homeland the War Mays last until the Middle of 1947 says Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell. The chief of army ground forces on a tour of Pacific area said the Campaign for Okinawa was a a helluva Tough  Quot vinegar Joe took Issue with a a widespread feeling in the uj3.�?� that the Quot War with Japan will be a Pushover that b29s will take Oare of Japan that Japan will give up that the voice of the japanese people will be heard and such Slop a that individual criterion w v a Quot i can to see when they Are so tenacious individually that we can expect a crack in their morale in the mass a he stated. Quot in that respect i done to think Kamikaze Jap suicide planes represent a defeatist attitude.,they will use any methods which they think mtg i have an effect1 even after a successful invasion of Honshu main japanese Island and site of Tokyo Osaka Nagoya continued on pole 8 mustak4s fire Jap air base Guam june u ans a tax a fifth consecutive Day of a my Etta Eft on the i oboe Hom dood was reported today by Tokyo radio which said 30 Mustangs led by two b88s fired airfields to the Tokyo and Yokohama areas. Reconnaissance photos Days attack by More than super forts showed the Gine ering works and adjacent roads at Fukagawa alone struck by 820 High exp an american communique said. Re suits at four other targets were re Al ported Good by pilots but Pho Feo were not available. Twenty six enemy planes Phot Down seven of destroyed and nine damaged yesterday. One super fort was lost. Okinawa based thunderbolts a separate foray Over bagged 17 Jap planes bringing the total to at least 43 for sunday. One us. Light naval unit was sunk off Okinawa yesterday As Kamikaze suicide pilots returned for the third straight Day Friday they lost 12 planes saturday six More were downed. 6,000 japanese killed in week Manila june 11 apr six thousand japanese were killed or captured in the Philippines last week Gen. Mac Arthur s communique said today. Us. Casualties were announced As 172 killed 855 wounded and four missing. Total enemy casualties in the philippine Campaign were 392,116. Two Block area in Mahanoy City pa., business District was levelled by three hour Blaze which destroyed 50 buildings left 25 families homeless. Damage was estimated at million  denies Hitler there Madrid june 11 ins a the Spanish foreign office today denied that Hitler was hiding in Spain. A spokesman said that the Spanish government under its announced policy in connection with War criminals would have notified the allies immediately if Hitler had requested Refuge in Spain