Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               I m us he the stars and strikes is ered Tuss general june a a up a Gen. Re Lor a i the Freedom of the traditional ritual at the a a a a a i k 4. To a be the fifth american to Honor which in huge the Holder to be a tempt from arrest Lor drunkenness a a than the City and to be hanged in pedal Robes Orrid War v waste to receive the tree Ltd it it also was granted Quot veto Sevelt to pm London june u ins a British naval officers invest Gat German naval establishments at Kiel a today discovered for construction of a powerful  including six huge 60,000-ton battleships four smaller battleships and six aircraft carriers. $ work on two of the big ships was begun before the germans switched to construction of sub marines a a. Ai c r the battleships had they been built would have been the world s strongest and heaviest and would have Quot been armed with eight or ten 16-Inch guns. Tuesday june 12, 1945 Damascus riot Cost 600 dead if. Ssi m a pal 11�?the first Post Wail Tirrito be settled of a shot Betran a amp cd preparation for Eva car Rex s it i column of jul entered the City on Ard from positions on mar area. My by Jugo in the  most of the troops that thronged the City apparently had been called into Barracks. Now morning was reported As tie deadline for completion of up movement. The main problem in the evacuation is the shortage of transportation British and new be Anders Are furnishing some Bill for men Only since Marshall Titos forces Are not taking equipment. Am is standing by ready to in food and supplies for i a to a Rainy in or was Franklin d. To make his British Cap for the . Is in Wash other cities. Tion of nned in Oon the big five n from Page i Small with of ass win Lek hitting Cyclone. York caused damage and dolt 1.000.000 starting several area. Putting half the City in while daughter Ahn smiles four Star Gen. Marti w. Clark. In Italy kisses his wife after Chicago Quot Homecoming Ciarlo hoods Tho 15th army up. So mme Miod to War Cost Hazel 713 submarines or would be within of of the Asiatic coast front Singapore to Shanghai f7$, i a r _. In a a. Okinawa Japa attack Guam 1 june u cans a the launched two major counter attacks against the us. Seventh div. At the Eastern of r the Southern Okinawa bet were repulsed in bitter and the yanks limit ? a marines at the Western line moved through Jap entrench-8ixth Dif. 1000 pilots m Sweden olm june 11 apr pilots who will be used to ferry about 80 american bombers which were forced to land Sweden during the War arrived in Stockholm by plane yesterday. Y �?T4�&Quot Oton june 11 ans a a Little bookshop in Midtown was revealed today by the Treasury department As having for 16 years As a valuable source of us. Military information. V the shop of b. West Razm is now closed but from 1026 to 1941, a it forwarded to Germany technical a magazines describing guns this country was manufacturing How fast american planes would Fly and How extensive the damage from an american bomb would be. The government cracked Down on the shop in june 1041, when the Treasury stopped out of country mailing of books and other literature. A a. The Treasury discovered that since 1926, the f irm had lost 25,000 dollars annually out that it had received from German stockholders bonuses totalling 30,000 dollars. Ernest Eisele. President of the company was a native German and a naturalized american citizen As were three company directors. Sent . Magazines Eisele said he joined the firm in 1026, when it was taken Over by the Scherl publishing co. Of Germany. The Scherl of. Was controlled by Alfred Hugenberg Hitler s first minister of economics and agriculture the Treasury said. Later Joseph Goebbels propaganda Agency acquired the Scherl in Beirut june 11 apr official sources estimated today that casualties in three Days of hostilities at Damascus last week were 500 civilians and 100 gendarmes killed and 1,500 civilians wounded 500 of them seriously. Sir Edward Grigg British resident minister for the Middle East in a weekend press conference recommended simultaneous withdrawal of French and British combat forces from the Levant. / the minister said the Levant states themselves Are of no importance As a communications link with the Pacific War but Quot if we had not intervened to prevent further bloodshed in Syria there would have been Graver fighting with possible foment of trouble through out the Middle East. Grigg said he by lived the problem should be settled by British american and French consultations with Russia excluded because she is not a belligerent in the far East War. London june 11�?Germany lost 713 submarines Between sept. 3� 1030, and May 8, 1945�?an average of one every three Days the British admiralty and us. Navy department jointly announced today. British Empire forces and those under British control accounted for 462 of the total us. And other Allied forces bagged 161. The remaining 106 a boats were mines bombing and other methods. War crime cases Mil be Speed de new York june 11 ans a actress Jinx Falkenberg 26, yesterday married her Texas sweetheart. Ooi. J. Reagan Mccrary 34, in Manhattan where she met him four years ago. Be Mccrary former Newspaperman who returned last week from duty with the eighth a fighter command and who is to leave shortly to join the b29 command staff in the Pacific made All the wedding arrangements before his finance arrived. Occupation map office old London june 11 up a a map showing the occupation zones for Russia and the Western allies published last week in the soviet press Quot can be considered As having full official Sanction Quot Moscow radio said last no Ort. Macarthur has Aerial he. Santa Monica calif., june 11 ans a Gen. Douglas Macarthur using a giant four motored c64 iter As a Quot flying head Quad to direct operations in the a Douglas aircraft co. An London june 11 up a the French intend to Quot stay put Quot in the part of the italian Riviera occupied by the first French army at the Cloee of the italian and French maritime Alps campaigns the daily mall reported today. The Story written at Val do Costa Costa Valley just East of the Franco Tallan Frontier said Quot this Lovely Valley looks As if it will be Europe s next sore spot. Trieste has had the headlines but Paris june 11�?the United nations War crimes commission has sent a delegation Here to Ca amp or with French British and us. Authorities to bring about closer cooperation among agencies collecting evidence on War crimes. Lord Wright chairman of the United nations and head of the delegation said he was Quot greatly impressed by the keenness with which French government and various Allied service authorities in Paris Are Hartr Fung the task of bringing to trial those responsible for perpetration of War  the delegation visited with members of the us. Judge advocate general s department. O tor Iper reports Here at the other end of the italian Alps something similar is going on. \ Quot the situation in simple words is French troops have come deep into Italy they have been told to withdraw and will not  the mail correspondent said that although the language in this sector was French rather than italian the Valley never had been a part of France but had been politically economically linked with Italy for More than 1,000 years. Teress the shops Job was to Send such periodicals As Aero digest and other aviation magazines the coast artillery journal radio magazines and in general anything pertaining to mechanics or to the military. Stilwell sees two year War it Quot it t m a continued from Page 1 Kobe and Yokohama Quot it is quite possible we will have to fight the japs in Manchuria Quot Stilwell said. Quot if that happens the War would easily last As Long As two years in the provinces North of the yellow river.-1 he emphasized that defeat of Japan would require ground action. Mum on China asked How much help could be expected from China the former commander of us. Forces in Obi said 1 have to keep off that subject by  the general said japanese Quot Cave Tomb Hole Quot method of defense could Only Quot exact a Price in time and casualties Quot and was Quot doomed Quot As a policy of Force. He said the enemy might have made better use of Mobile defense Quot but if their orders were to fight a delaying action they played their game  japanese generalship has not been Brilliant he said. Vow head seeks go bitches Here Jean a Brunner commander in chief of the. Veterans of foreign wars arrived in Nice yesterday on the first leg of a tour of lbs redeployment centers where he will interview soldiers bound for the Pacific. Purpose of the trip be said was to listen to the complaints of men who will fight the japs at a time when the american spotlight is on the return Home of 85pointers. Brunner also is seeking the go reaction to the vow plan to allow discharges to Purchase army clothing and surplus equipment at quartermaster stores at regular state ment of charges prices. To return Norway russians Oslo june 11 up a the Allied commander in Norway British Gen. Sir Andrew a. F. Thome and russian military representatives today signed an agreement to repatriate nearly 70,000 russian pcs liberated in Norway. Catt qty friends Welcome Brad Moberly mo., june 11 ans a Gen. Omar n. Bradley came Home yesterday. Neighbors who knew him As Quot Brad a welcomed him at a Victory Celebration attended by almost All of Randolph county. Bradley asked his friends and All americans to keep up their fallout War efforts until final Victory. Quot lets do this thing up right a he said. He urged Quot some kind of machinery Quot to prevent future wars saying the next one would be far More horrible than this one. Nazis executed for hiding arms 21st army up. Hq., june u apr three nazi soldiers have been beheaded by the German executioner of Hanover which is in the British zone of occupation for concealing pistols alter they had been disarmed under the German surrender terms it was announced last night. In Berlin two germans have been executed by soviet authorities for failing to turn in Small arms according to the russian operated Berlin radio. Blondie by Courtesy of King features Syndicate by Chic Young