Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Nice Marseille edition the weather forecast for Nice Marseille Are a Friday continued fair Light northerly wind maximum temperature 84. V forecast by Marign amp be Airport weather station one year Aro toot yanks there six Miles from of Schaye do puts. Village of Quine vice captured. Dally How paper of . Armed forces i the european theater of vol. I a a no. 94 one franc hell keep rein five More divisions to Orient by Ben Price stars and stripes staff writer it. Dix n. J., Juno 14�?the first Eto combat ground Soldier to get a Point discharge become a Quot mister at a am today 34 Days after he and 640 other 14th army up. Veterans were told they were going Home. He was 8-8gt Joe Quinn 23, of Brooklyn formerly Oldie fifth army. Div s 695th a in. He get his honorable discharge after almost 4 1-4 years service. Fit took exactly five Days for 150 of the 14th army up. Men to get out after they arrived at thie separation Center. Actually it Leek Only 44 hours after they got their names on the roster for the nine phase final processing. The other three Days were the usual army hurry in and wait during this delay the men got two lectures. One was by a chaplain who gave advice on Quot How to act As a  the Ether was a company lecture. The High pointers were warned they still were set did is and net to goof eff fee new York. Any Man who missed a single formation automatically would be scratched from the discharge list the lecturer said pleasantly. Processing really began yesterday when the men were marched to another orientation talk. They were told again what it would be like outside and what they could get under the go Chi of rights. Next each Man was interviewed individually by a Quot Counselor a who went Over his records and filled out a form attached fee his discharge this included his army record his educational Back ground Job history in civilian life and vital statistics. The Counselor also told each Man How he could get his eld Fob or a new am. Then each Man got the most Complete physical he Ever had i continued on Page 8 Paris june 14�?the 13th army. Div. And four infantry divisions the second fifth. 44th and 87 the have been ordered to the pacify by Way of the . The first of them the 87th, is scheduled to arrive tomorrow in Gamp Oklahoma City a staging area near Sionne. France com z announced today. The second div. 1a scheduled to arrive at Gamp Norfolk near Mailey in campy a on monday and the fifth div. At Camp it Louie near Mourne pm on tuesday. On wednesday the 44th div. Is due at Camp Pittsburgh also near Mour Melon and the 13th army. At Gamp Atlanta near Rheims. This brings to eight the number of infantry divisions in the Eto singled out for redeployment to the Pacific. The 13th army. Is the first us a. Eto tank outfit known to be ordered to the Pacific. It went into action late last Winter fought with the first and third armies. The second div. Landed in nor continued on Page 8 . Heavy bombers from Europe have reached base sin the Philippines the japanese said yesterday As army arid Navy planes continued the offensive against the Pacific enemy from Southeast China to the Buriles far North of Tokyo. The claim that Eto heavies were now in the Pacific a Oba from a japanese news Agency dome broadcast picked up by Reuter and was  Tion that the is. Has of Guteku in operation on Okinawa. A Tjw port has not been confirmed in Allied quarters. Tokyo broadcasts report that b29s dropped mines in  de shipping lanes South of jct thu southernmost j a p Anotn heme Island. The super forts have mined these Waters previously according to is. Announcements. Kyushu Airfield attacked adm. Nimits disclosed rial a Banes of the tenth tactical am had struck with bombs and rockets at Kano a Airfield on lower Kyushu. Enemy bases in the Kuril islands were attacked by Navy targets in the Caroline islands and others in the Central Pacific also were attacked. V while Philippines based bombers attacked targets along the China coast la it i sea. Of air of Hespa my cent a chlna1 Mui Bem the chinese High command reported chinese forces had reached the suburbs of Luchow. The chinese also Are seeking to recapture Weilin another Forward base where enemy resistance has begun to stiffen. Washington june 14�?headquarters of the 15th us. Army became a Quot mystery Force Quot today As Secretary of War Henry l. Stimson told his press conference nothing"1 could be revealed on its future moves. At the same time Stimson confirmed a report first published in the stars and stripes monday that the third and seventh armies would occupy Germany. He also substantiated the news hat most 15th army men except Headquarters personnel would be transferred into the third or seventh. Although Stimson was secretive about the 15th army associated press quoted Quot authoritative sources Quot at sheaf As saying it would remain in Germany with the third and seventh at least until december. The ninth army reportedly is scheduled to return to the . In july Stimson also said. 1�?Gen. George s. Patton will resume command of the third army when he returns to Germany from the . 2�?Gen. Mark w. Clark also in the ., will return to the Mediterranean theater to resume command of 15th army up. 3�?Gen. George c. Marshall chief of staff Quot is not going to resign and wed better not have any More rumours of that sort Quot Monty lets British play with children British occupation he. Germany june 14 apr Field marshal Montgomery today gave permission to British and Canadian troops to speak to and play with Little children in Germany modifying the British non frat Emiza Tion policy to conform with the edict of Gen. Eisenhower earlier this  entering . Reich zone Manila june 14 Ansis australian ninth div. Troops in Northwest Borneo today were closing in on the burning City of Brunei after a new amphibious Landing put spearheads within 266 Yards of its edges. An eight mile Advance by troops ashore since sunday captured Brunei Airfield in the new Landing was made some distance up the Brunei River from the City. Smoke from Brunei indicated the japanese had set fire to the City As they had to Oil Wells and tanks in seria to the South. On Labuan Island near the Northern tip of Brunei Bay other australians were readying an Airfield for use. Australian fighter planes and fighter bombers attacked Bridges and rail lines on the Borneo Mainland along the route of japanese withdrawal Okinawa pocket erased Guam june 14 cans sub. Soldiers and marines assaulting japanese holed do in the Southern end of Okinawa yesterday wiped out the enemy pocket on Oruku Peninsula and Bent both ends of a defense line that follows a Nigger 566-foot Ridge across the Island. The nine Day clean up on Oruku accounted for 3,566 japanese killed and raised to at least 11,060 the total of enemy dead in the 74-Day-old Campaign. 12th army up. Hq., Wiesbaden june 14 up a russian occupation of american held Central Reich has started on a Small scale. Ninth is. Army troops in the Chemnitz area have pulled Back to the West Bank of the Mulde River. At the same time the soviets moved into a sector of approximately 320 Square Miles in accordance with pre arranged occupational plans outlined at the Yalta conference and the recent Berlin meeting of the Allied Council. Authorities said further occupation of american held Germany by the russians would pot take place immediately pending definite agreement Between the two  s loan sifted by cop Washington june 14 ans a Calls for investigation of statements that a private loan of $200,-000 to Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt was settled for 14,000 came today from republicans in both Chambers of Congress. Rep. Harold Knutson of Minnesota ranking Republican on the House ways and Means committee told reporters the internal Revenue Bureau should look into the tax reduction on the loss reported by John Hartford president a of the great Atlantic and Pacific Tea co., who has said he was the Lender. Sen. Styles Bridges . And sen. Hugh Butler a neb agreed.21 million tons of ships sunk Chiang flans . Trip new York. June 14 ans a Abc correspondent Lowell Thomas broadcast from chunking last night that Generalissimo Chi amp Ngkai Shek had told him he hoped to visit the is. Soon. Dry cleaning service for enlisted Restees in the Riviera recce amp Una area wa4 restored yesterday the same Day a ban on the service was disclosed in the stars and stripes. Restoration of the service was at the direction of Brig. Gen.  P. Ratay commanding Delta Balm Section. It a h v a Riviera District official explained that unknown to Gea Ratay or ool Warren k. Pugh District commanding office an officer of the base Section controlling laundry service  the order curtailing cleaning service. Gen. Ratay and ool. Pugh did not know of it he said until it appeared in the Start and stripes. Gen. Ratay. Through his Deputy commander. Col Roy p. Terfeh. Advised col. Pugh that he desired the dry cleaning service 4or enlisted Restees to be resumed immediately on the same basis As heretofore. The Nice pm laundry has been providing three Day dry cleaning service to Restees and personnel stationed in Nice. Stopped monday this should be resumed today the Riviera District official said. A a no Trieste reds v destroy fla�o8 London june 14 up a enemy action during the european War resulted in the loss of 4.770 Allied and Neutral ships totalling 31,147,000 tons the admiralty announced. Royalty backs the attack yanks on Luzon penetrate pass Manila june 14 ans a supported by air attacks in which More than 300 tons of bombs were dropped infantrymen of the 37th div. Broke through fierce enemy resistance at Ori Oung pass five Miles from the Mouth of. Bagayan Valley in Northern Luton Gen. Macarthur announced today. American Forward elements had almost reached the rolling country of the 150-mlle-Long Valley where the japanese Are expected to attempt their last organized stand a the Philippines. Jap resistance remained stubborn on Mindanao Island where the enemy is dug in both sides of the Davao River. Bad weather hampered the americans. 1 in 5 in Tousa out Rome Stipe 14 up a approximately one of every five us. Enlisted men in the Mediterranean theater is eligible for discharge under the Point system. Afaq said 21.7 percent of the gis in Italy had 65 Points or More. Bands of italians carrying red flags marched through Trieste yesterday and burned italian flags the associated press reported. Meanwell methods of implementing the new agreement under which Jugoslav troops withdrew from the disputed City were discussed in a meeting of represent uves of Field marshal sir Herald Alexandere my i end of the european War has not diminished the need for War Bond purchases nor has it altered the often Ridi Cidone sales methods used in War Leen drive in this imposed shot Quot Bex car Betty Queen at the hoboes and ban Bones Quot King of the Zobede Purchase Bonds from e member of the Treasury War savings staff