Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Mum Supply City us smoke from fires started la Hamamatsu sgd Yoke amp Ichi Hon stau Island ports Southwest of Tokyo billowed 12,000 feet into the a or. Three Large fins and 10 Apt. Tired ones Wen reported in tote Raichl site of Large Rall Yards textile Mills and the Ishihara smelter and refinery Hamamatsu second largest City Between Nagoya and Yokohama was hit before by b28�, but Leas than a Square mile was burned Oak it contains numerous aircraft Parta Nice Marseille edition the weather forecast for Nice Marseille Areol tuesday continued fair and warmer maximum temperature 86. Forecast by Marignani Airport weather station daily newspaper of . Armed farces vol. 1 a Quot no. 98 Blue saw a foam  meat a m �t5p#jur wit Tui pain i neater 01 utri Iione tuesday june 19, 1945 Shadow of doom tor japs outline of Coronado bomber is sign of doom for orow of japanese ship which was hit by bomb seconds after this picture was taken. Navy plane on patrol flight found the Vassal off Oramo Retto in Tho Western Pacific. Red demand causes new Parley crisis san Francisco june 16 apr the minutely charted program under which the United nations conference Here would end saturday Hung in the balance today As a special three Man committee studied renewed russian demands to curb the Power of the general Assembly. Russians insistence on limiting debates in the Assembly threatened to precipitate a fresh big and Little Power controversy and reopen the bitter fight Over the big five s of one fit resin switch of Stratto veto rights. Australian foreign minister Herbert v. Evatt Leader nations told soviet Andrei Gromyko the proposed restriction on Assembly discussions would require Quot a very Broad  previously Evatt told intimates he would fight to the finish on the veto question if the russians insisted on tampering with the Small nations present prerogatives. Boos sovereignty infringed the formal soviet request made to Tofta executive committee would limit Assembly discussions to subjects related to peace and Security. Gromyko said any member of the Assembly who did not like the actions of a neighbor even though they were concerned Only with Domestic affairs now could bring those matters up for discussion. Such an action he contended continued on Page 8 Parade blocks Paris Avenue by Milt Nonio stars and stripes staff writer Paris june 18�?the Quot Battle of the champs Elysee Quot As enacted today will not go Down in history As one of the major events of world War in but several Hundred us. Army personnel Here think it should get some consideration. Some had errands to run or had to report for duty and were held up by a three hour military Parade marking the fifth anniversary of the birth of the French resistance movement Urier Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Several incidents involving minor clashes of military personnel with gendarmes and French soldiers. At least one american was removed to a Hospital pfc Helen Potter of Detroit supervisor of the com z switchboard. Witnesses said she was on her Way to work and attempted to Cross the champs. Assisting her were several ois. A minor scuffle Between gis and French guards followed and she was knocked  peace for Joes Ike Washington june 18 up a escorted by a thundering Armada of 100 bombers and fighters Gen. Eisenhower landed at Washington Airport today and went to Capitol Hill to Tell Congress that combat soldiers expect world leaders Quot to preserve the peace which the Soldier is  in the capital on the first leg of his triumphant return from Europe the supreme commander accompanied by 83 officers and enlisted Eto veterans received an enthusiastic Welcome. At the Airport Eisenhower was greeted by Gen. George c. Marshall chief of staff and mrs. Eisenhower whom he Hadnot seen in 18 months. Later at the White House he was decorated with the distinguished service Cross by president Truman. Congress put aside its work to join members of the supreme court in a special session to Greet the Man who led the Allied armies to a crushing Victory Over Germany in the West. Quot the problems of peace can and must be met Quot the five Star Kansan told the nations leaders. Defense Cost foe 80,000 dead says Nimitz Guam june 18 ans a the sixth Marine div moving into action on Okinawa s Southern front for the first time today opened an assault on Quot Harar i Mesa on the Western flank raising to five the number of . Divisions hammering at the remnants of the japanese Garrison estimated at Between 8,00� and 12,000. Adm. Chester Nimitz reported japanese dead totalled 80,489 since the invasion began in april with 1,680 enemy prisoners taken. American casualties As of May 24, Date of the last report were announced As 8,300 soldiers and marines killed or missing and 21,000 wounded. Two Milos from Bosch marines of the sixth pushed to within two Miles of the islands Southern beaches below the first Marine  positions in the Kunishi Ridge sector. Today a communique reported the finding of the body of adm. Minora Ota. Commander of the japanese naval Force on Okinawa. It was presumed he killed himself. Five Small groups of enemy planes raided . Shipping Quot off Okinawa saturday and Sank a Light Fleet unit Nimitz reported american aircraft Are softening Jap defences in the am Ami group of the Ryukyu islands less than 200 Miles from Japan. Cos Bonus for Iii vets Washington june 18 ans a Price chief Chester Bowles announced today that special gasoline rations would be issued for transporting convalescent servicemen and veterans to sports events. Biarritz site of a College Paris june 18�?the Continental University Center for Eto soldiers will be at Biarritz France. The school will get under Way Early in August with an initial enrolment of about 4,000. Courses will be at College level Oil Wells fired by Borneo japs Manila june 18 ans a australian forces in Northwest Borneo yesterday continued their Advance Southeast of Brunei toward Tutongi while the japanese at seria 27 Miles to the South set fire to More than 20 Oil Wells Gen Mac Arthurs communique today mentioned continued aussie patrolling of the Brunei Bay area and development of important Allied bases there. It did not mention a japanese report of Allied landings at Balikpapan important Oil Center on the Southeast coast of dutch Borneo but did say it has been bombed. Although close to Tutongi which the australians Are approaching Serla is separated from it by almost impassable mangrove swamps. The Only passage is along the Beach at Low tide. Soviet general killed London june 18 apr col Gen. Be Zarin russian military commander of Berlin died yesterday in a motorcycle Accident Berlin radio announced. 15 of 16 polos confess charges brought by bods Moscow june 18 up a fifteen of the 16 poles who went on trial today pleaded guilty to All parts of the soviet charges against them. The soviets charged at the opening of the polish diversion lists trial that Gen. Bronislaw Okulick one of the defendants had ordered the polish Home army to maintain itself intact to fight the red army. Okulick was commander of the Home army under jurisdiction of the polish government in exile in London. Maj. Gen. Asanas Siev soviet military prosecutor said the polish general had admitted operating 28 Clandestine radio stations in Poland and Western Ukraine during 1944. Among charges reported admitted by the polish general and other leaders was the killing of 894 russian officers according to High member of the Moscow court. Hawaii t o capital record set by b29 Washington june 18 ans a maj. Gen. Curtis e. Lemay chief of 21st bomber command arrived in Washington yesterday after a record nonstop flight by a super fortress from Hawaii with Lemay at the controls most of the Way the b29 made the 4,640 mile jump from Hawaii in 20 hours and 16 minutes. Lemay left his Headquarters at Guam Friday making the 3,780 mile flight to Honolulu in 16 hours and 43  40 my. Up Luzon Vale Manila june 18 ans a parallel columns of us. Sixth army troops aided by unrelenting fifth of attacks have pushed 40 Miles into Northern Luzon a Bagayan Valley in three Days Gen. Douglas Macarthur announced today. He revealed also that 402563 japanese had been killed in the eight month old Philippines campaigns approximately eight times the total of us. Ground casualties. More than 1000 japanese were captured last week. 37tti div. Faces drive spearheading one drive up Bagayan Valley is the 37th inf. Div., which gained 13 Miles yesterday. Aparri at the Northern tip of Luzon is 138 Miles by Road from Buckeye spearheads. West of the 37th, a sixth div. Force met Strong resistance As it pushed northward on Highway 4 in the Cordillera mountains eight Miles Northwest of Balabag. Among its trophies was a nazi Battle Flag found wrapped in a japanese Blanket. Mopping up to South farther South on Luzon the 38th inf. Div. Cleaned out caves East of Manila while the first cavalry div and the 112th regt. Mopped up around inf i on Mindanao the 24th div. Pushed its cleanup while the 41st div. Gained a mile and a half to Ward Caliban in a drive from Davao. In the Central part of the Island the 31st Dixie div. Was approaching High mountains where the japanese have artillery. Joyce in court with Trollope London june 18 Cap a William Joyce american born British subject who was Quot lord Haw Haw Quot on the nazi radio was formally charged with High treason today. He was listed on the same charge Sheet with a half dozen drunks and prostitutes. It took less than 18 minutes for the magistrate to read the charge and order Joyce to trial pm june 28. Told he had a week to prepare his Case Joyce said he would consider Legal assistance. Some spectators believed Joyce will conduct his own defense Small factories  fire raids Guam june 18 ans a a four Hundred and fifty super fortresses beginning the a Quot Sec Ond phase of b29 operations against the japanese Homeland today poured 3,000 tons of fire bombs on a a Shadow Quot factories and backyard workshops in four medium sized cities on two of the Jap Homo islands. The cities All of less than 25050# population were Hamamatsu and Yok Kaschl on Honshu largest Homo Island and Kagoshima end Muta Effit Kyushu. The predawn Low level attacks apparently took the enemy by Surprise. Results were reported As quotes  Kagoshima written off Kagoshima Southern Kyushu major port had been hit previously by super forts based in China. It has Oil storage facilities and submarine and explosives factories. The Pilot of the last plane Over it reported 1 think we can write the City off for it was blazing right Down to the  Over Muta farther North Kyushu there was no fighter Popch sit ion and Little anti aircraft fire to protect the City a sent Betly of plants. Ftp plants and jts bsh a Ess is burned out britons discharge bound Ostend Belgium june 18 apr two thousand British officers and enlisted men left this port today bound for great Britain and discharges.38 japane8e Iii it fill Ltd ii at Guam june 18 Reuter Field Grade japanese officer a company commander and 88 enemy soldiers voluntarily surrendered themselves hero in the first Case of its kind in this part of Fttie Pacific. The japs had been living in a precarious position in Woods and caves for ten months psychological warfare loud speaker thick helped persuade the officers further resistance was useless and their surrender is taken As an indication that All enemy activity on g am will. 14 soon. The surrender took place in a two minute ceremony in an open Field at the Southern end of the Island. The jape seemed in Good health. They were wearing parts of stolen at Rimini uniforms. Belgian Cabinet quits in protest Brussels june is apr the belgian government has resigned with the announcement that King Leopold had decided to Roturna to Belgium Premier Achille Van Acker said the government could not Quot assume responsibility for the you steal events which May follow return of the King Quot it is generally exp did a general strike will be orders of the King returns