Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 4the stars aids stripes tuesday june 12, 1945france saved by armistice pm Tain asserts marshal Henri Philippe pm Tain test living yesterday before the investigation commission of the French High court declared be had requested an armistice witty Germany a was the Only Way to preserve France a according to the associated press. The Armjo tick a prevented France from becoming another Poland a he told the court. Asked whether the armistice was in keeping with Frances obligations to Britain that no separate peace would be made pm Tain replied that prime minister Churchill had told him on oct. 6. 1940 near Tours that a England would not abandon an unhappy ally even if she asks for  r a spurns Peoria for Italy honeymoon the brass bids Ron voyage to Okin Atra vets Home june 11 apr pfc Alta Mae West 22-year-old wac is honeymooning in Venice instead of going Home with the army a consent. She decided she d rather marry t sgt. Tom Bolton of Fustine  and remain with him overseas than return alone to Peoria 111. The army co operated by lending them a jeep and granting each a 10 Day furlough. The Bostons will he stationed at 5th army  balks at plan to alter favored res is la n re m o v pm e n t in statements read at the interrogation pm Tain said he had always favored the resistance movement and declared he had used Pierre Laval last Vichy Premier who he said had been imposed upon him by the germans to a Calm the germans Down. A i requested the armistice because it was the Only Way to preserve France a pm Tain testified. A i believe More than Ever that the armistice has been a Savior. It assured the Liberty of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who would have been made . Agencies secured integrity of Empire a it secured the existence of a free zone the integrity of the French Empire and favored the Landing of the Anglo saxons. It also insured the existence of a French government authority which has been Able to protect  yesterday s hearing was the final preliminary interrogation before the trial the Date and place of which have not been Stemont receives 1 so from Ike Washington. June 11 a. A president Truman s plan for reorganizing the government May have to wait until next fall for action if congressional leaders have their Way. Leaders in the Senate and House have advised the president through budget director Harold Smith that the congressmen Are in no mood to consider his plan until next fall. They told Smith that members plan tentatively to clean up appropriations the reciprocal Trade program. The Bretton Woods agreement and some other details and then adjourn on july 10 until september. President Truman wants a Bill passed giving him authority to revamp and perhaps abolish some government agencies. The House immediately suggested exemption for almost a score of government units after hearing his proposal but whether or. Truman will accept such a bridle on his idea is not known. Some congressmen think that he will accept a curtailed program of reorganization rather than none at  of . And Britain to rebuild Lidice 1 Okinawa veterans averaging 130 Points per Man get a Farewell handshake from maj. Gen. Archibald v. Arnold seventh inf. Div. Cd As they Board a plane to head Back for the states and discharge. Most of the men in this first contingent to leave the far East Battleground have served through four major campaigns with the division. Yank who saw Hitler shelter London june 11 a Reuter a a new Lidice will Rise from the ashes of the old. Owing largely to funds contributed by British mexican and . Miners to construct a Model mining Community As a fitting memorial to the Triumph Over fascism. Almost exactly three years Aco this Small czech Community a razed to the ground and its inhabitants were either inure red or Dis it Persed on direct orders from Hitler. The Village when rebuilt is expected to have Between 300 and 400 Model miners dwellings an idea conceived by the British National Union of mineworkers shortly after news of the horror had been broadcast. It is planned to hold International miners conventions in the new Lidice construction of which will begin in the autumn. An a dispatch from Lidice dated june 10 reports that the nazis planned to build on Lidice a giant memorial to �?ohangman1 Heinrich Heydrich whose Assassin a Tion touched off the org of murder and destruction. The entire area was to have become a shrine for nazi martyrs which May account for the extensive landscape changes which have taken place since the burning. A the dispatch also states that Allied authorities Are trying to located the missing children of Lidice who were separated from their mothers after their fathers and Brothers had been killed and who were transported to unknown parts of Czechoslovakia Anc Germany. The work is complicated by the fact that the records have been lost or destroyed and also that several years have elapsed since the displacement making recognition Between Mother and child difficult Mitri by Charles f. Kiley Star and stripes staff writer Frankfurt june 11. A Field marshal sir Bernard l Montgomery has been decorated with the distinguished service medal highest . Award for meritorious service by Gen. Eisenhower. The presentation was made during a recent visit by marshal Montgomery to the supreme commander s Headquarters. Smith quoted members of the 1 House and Senate As agreeing that the reorganization program will fare better after legislators have had some rest and their frayed tempers noticeable in recent weeks Are soothed. Only some unforeseen emergency will change the mind of Congress. Opposition however May be encountered from rep. John Rankin a mass who has threatened that he will attempt to hold Congress in session until it acts on veterans Aid proposals. In Herl n doubts fuehrer died arms deadline by Ernie Leiser stars and stripes staff writer Gen. Eisenhower making the award in the name of president Truman read the citation. A afield marshal Montgomery was in direct command of the Allied armies in the initial assault on the Normandy beaches in june 1944. The Success of this invasion against seemingly impregnable fortifications was in Large measure due to the careful planning and thorough training under his guidance of All echelons of the engaged troops. Its Success was also due to the intense feeling of optimism and Confidence which this great Leader instilled in the rank and file of the invasion Force a the citation  to sabotage Panama anal told germans at Anzio failed by seconds London june 11 up a an american officer disclosed today that the germans came within 60 seconds of Clearing the Anzio beachhead during the last week of february 1944. The nazi push suddenly halted As the result off it Sychok it tical deception. When the germans launched a heavy counter attack the allies held just a tiny four by twelve mile strip of land defended by four divisions against 11 German divisions. For three Days Anglo american artillery held off the germans. On the fourth Day ammunition supplies were critically Low. The germans stopped counter attacking when the americans had about enough ammunition left to last another minute it . Dublin Jun 11  nazi plot to blow up the Panama Cana Gatun dam was disclosed today 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 pretending he a an Irish sympathizer. # the nazis purposed be said. To take saboteurs to the canal by sub a Marine. Cushing said he revealed the plan to another irishman who w As being trained by the nazis for sabotage in England hoping the latter could report the plot to the War office. Their scheme to expose the plot was discovered and they remained prisoner sew cd rest area to open at menton70 percent of i Arsaw destroyed during a new rest area accommodating from 4 000 to 6,000 soldiers will be opened soon at Menton on the Riviera. The new recreation area will have its own Headquarters. The Toun East of Monaco and Monte Carlo is the last French town before the italian Border. No Date has been set for the arrival of the first Restees. Troops will be billeted in hotels. Negotiations Are also under Way to open Monte Carlo for Cis under the administration of officers of the Menton Headquarters. One of the five american soldiers 1 who saw the four Story deep to to shelter under the chancellery m Berlin where hitter reportedly met his death said yesterday that he still did t believe the fuehrer was dead. He is to sgt. John Weygand of Mendoza 111., flight Engineer on the specially built Liberator which flew presidential envoy Harry Hopkins from his Moscow talks with marshal Stalin to Paris when Hopkins stopped in route in Berlin As marshal Zhukov s guest he arranged with the Russ ans for his five Man Crew to see tie sights too. A emr. Hopkins is a Good Guy. All r get a Weygand said. A the fixed it All up and a russian colonel took us wherever we wanted to go around the City for about three  the Crew of Vernon Wright of Memphis Pilot 1/lt. Harry Brodsky of the Bronx and 1/lt. Edward of Rehtmeyer of Cleveland Weygand and to sgt. William Lehmann of Lynbrook n.y., saw More of the City than any americans have thus far. Pictures of Allied leaders the colonel took them through the broken streets and avenues past the once great monuments and buildings of state stopping when they asked him and explaining what everything was. A on Unter Den Linden Weygand recalled a there Are big pictures of Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt on one Side of the Street and on the opposite Side there Are big pictures of Truman. Stalin and Churchill. It sure looked funny to see them  they stopped at the Reich Schan Cellery passed the guard which keeps everyone even russian soldiers from going into the ruins and went Down four floors to the Large rooms where Hitler made his Headquarters during the last desperate Day of the Berlin siege according to russian belief. The room was intact but according to Weygand. A there was a lot of litter around. A there was no Way you could Tell if Hitler had died there no bloodstains or anything a he said a and i personally think he got out before the russians got  seen the ruined russian City now a Monument to soviet resistance. For the last several months Weygand and his Crew mates have been flying for w. Averell Harriman . Ambassador to Russia and it was in his plane a b24 with the Interior of a Streamliner parlor car that Hopkins flew from Moscow to Paris. A trip like that is old stuff to Weygand who flew to the Crimea conference then to the san Francisco conferences and has been making similar jaunts Susce be started working for Harriman. Between trips he stays in Moscow and likes it and the russians very much. A a there a not much entertainment there like movies and there Arentt night clubs like we have but there Are operas and ballets and there Are a lot of pretty girls in Moscow. The russians Are very Friendly people and an american can have a Fine time ignored in Italy m1 Lan. June 11 up a despite Allied warnings Many Northern italians have retained their arms i Long past the deadline for turning in weapons. There is evidence the arms Are being used to Settle old political hatreds. Disorders Are widespread in Lombardy and incidents still occur in Milan. During a recent tour of towns in the area including Como Decallo tre Mezzino and done a up correspondent was told by residents that lawyers and schoolteachers who never were in politics had been grabbed from their Beds at night and . Twin peaks offered As world capital site Hershey  ote against w Ork stoppage san Francisco june 11 ans. A a a $50 000,000 group of buildings i atop this City a famous twin peaks a and Complete with a Waterfall and a 50-Story skyscraper is san Francisco a suggestion for a a world capital. Backers of the idea have placed a Model of the proposed layout in a local department store where Many of the delegates to the United nations conference do their shopping. Hershey.,  june 11 ans / a employees of the Hershey chocolate corp. Have decided there will be no interruption in production during negotiations Over terms of a new contract. The workers voted 1,201 to 838 against any work stoppage. 9a j ion Quot jul 1 Heifetz Templeton concert Jascha Heifetz and Alec Temple ton will play a concert sponsored by Uso Cam Iri lamp shows at the palais de Chaillot Paris thursday even \ to ing at 2000 hours. Admittance will be by tickets allocated on strength a quotas. _ a 3 vet groups w ill help recruit p sex gis to Hunt tax clip Sellers ,1 London june 11 ins a War saw was More than 70 percent destroyed and Only 11 percent of the City a left Bank can be restored according to m. Pio Trow ski president of the Warsaw Council. He said however that despite the colossal damage the City a Public institutions Are functioning and the communication system is being restore flans set to repatriate russian Pwns in Norway Oslo. June 11 luf a the Allied a commander in Norway British general sir Andrew a. F Thorne and russian military representatives today signed an agreement to repatriate nearly 70.000 russian prisoners of Wax 1 lbt rated in Norway. Has also seen Stalingrad Weygand said he did no to know what the official statistics were but from his own observations he figured that Berlin was �?o100 percent  he concluded that a they did a More Complete Job there than the germans Ever did on  Weygand was qualified to make the comparison because he is one of the few americans who have Washington june 11 it ans it. A the american legion the veterans of foreign wars and the disabled american veterans have agreed to help recruit returning veterans and others to Aid the internal Revenue Bureau in a Campaign against tax dodgers the Treasury announced yesterday. The three group6 will seek to attract returning servicemen who can qualify for 11.000 positions which have opened As a result of Secretary Henry Morgenthau anti chiselled drive. The salary scale for the new positions is $2.600 to $3.200 plus for agents $2000 Lor Deputy collectors. $1,440 and $1,620 for clerical workers. In addition overtime payments Range from $311 to $628 yearly at present rates. Requirements Lor Arient Dos Lions it include two or three years excl a Prience in accounting auditing d or investigative work. Educational to credits Are allowed in some in d stances in lieu of experience. Deal put collector positions require  years of business experience. Prefer it ably bookkeeping or accounting opt two years of educational credits itch those Fields. Be Morgenthau said last night that fit the backlog of tax evasion cases to requiring investigation totals nearly to 20.000. % a he said his agents had uncovered a Kansas night club illicit liquor the gambling combination that Ai patently had garnered Lush profit while ignoring taxes. Black Marki liquor flows into dry Kansas at High As $14 a quart he declared adding that the Federal grand Jui at Wichita will get the whole Sion Riyaj