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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Nice Marseille Arm a thursday fair and warmer maximum temperature 88. Forecast by Marl Nafle Airport weather station thursday. Une 21. 1945 a Battle Marseille june 20�?tomorrow will be the first Day of the Calendar summer Marignani Airport forecasters reminded ols today but the notice was hardly necessary since Southern France and the Riviera were sweltering in humid weather with the thermometer in the 80�?Ts. Official High Reading at Marignani today was 84�?six degrees under the seasonal High of 91 recorded monday. Forecast for tomorrow is fair and warmer maximum about 88. Paris june 20�?thousands of clerk typists and stenographers with military occupational specially numbers 213 and 405 have been declared critical specialists in the Eto and Are not eligible for Point discharges com z said today. In Washington maj. Gen. Stephen cd Henry assistant chief of staff told the House military committee the critical pm discharge score to be announced next month would not drop As Low As 70. He added that some men with 85 Points might still be in the Eto awaiting return a year from now clerks needed in deployment the freezing of 213 and 405 clerks resulted from the volume of clerical work entailed in the redeployment and discharge programs com z said. Thus Many men with High scores May be required to stay in uniform to handle discharge papers of men with lower scores. The new ruling does not apply to clerks and stenographers in units being redeployed to other Heaters nor to persons Over 40 qualified for discharge. Targets vanish in Jap islands Lemay says Guam june 20 ans a a Force of Moore than 450 super fortresses unloaded 3,000 tons of incendiaries on three medium sized japanese Industrial cities today As maj. Gen. Curtis l Lemay b29 commander in the Marianas told a Washington press conference that his giant planes Are rapidly running out of objectives. A to a few months Well be fresh out of targets a 38-year-old Lemay said then added a and perhaps out of Japan  today s deadly strikes 25th my incendiary attack against japanese targets were against Shizuoka and Toyohachi on Honshu Island and Fukuoka on Kyushu. B29s bounced 1,600 foot Shizuoka 85 Miles West of Tokyo with a population of 212,000, was hit so effectively that returning pilots said it could be written off As a target. The City apparently was hit by Surprise. There were few searchlights meager ack ack and virtually no fighter opposition. Crewmen said their worst danger was Thermal up drafts from the burning City which bounced their super forts 1,800 to 2,000 feet it William w. Potter of Knoxville tenn., a b29 Pilot said that at Fukuoka a City of 323,000 population a a path of flame two Miles wide ran from the Dock area where several ships were burning Bock Inland for ten Miles.�?�. 8moke visible 78 Milts smoke from the third target City Toyohachi pop. 242,000which has major armament and explosives factories could be seen for 75 Miles. With the 13th japanese City now put to the Torch Gen. Lemay told newsmen that Quot already we Are equalling or surpassing in Power the 1,000-plane raids which were made on  Lemay just returned on a record breaking b29 flight from Guam said that Gen.   Arnold probably would announce soon a new Saaf setup in the Pacific. Try Jules Grao stars and stripes us. Bureau West Point n.y., june 20�? Dwight d. Eisenhower returned to the us. Military Academy today 30 years after he was graduated 81st in a class of 184. Eisenhower visit fulfilled an ambition cherished since his armies scaled the West Wall weary from his tumultuous Welcome in new York the general travelled by automobile up the Hudson to the Academy where he addressed cadets visited the quarters he occupied As a Cadet and spoke to enlisted men stationed Here. No Nood to fool neglected a message to his troops overseas a plea for lasting peace and full employment for All veterans highlighted his departure from new York. Quot Tell the soldiers that if each in his own Community is received with the same warmth As was Given my party in Washington and new York they will never have the slightest sense of Ever having been neglected or forgotten Quot he said. Thanking the City for his reception. Eisenhower said a How much better would it have been if there had been no cause for this rejoicing a if there had been no  27jws at Pale grounds at the Polo grounds 27,000 persons cheered As his open car rolled to a Box behind first base. Until rain in the fourth inning drove him to the giant clubhouse interruptions by various dignitaries kept him from seeing much of the action. Wiesbaden june 20�?the 42nd and 65th inf. Dive. Have been assigned the Quot Semi permanent Quot occupation of Northwestern Austria it was announced today. Their assignment is for As Long As military control Over the austrians is  the two divisions bring to ten the number of . Divisions assigned occupation jobs. Eight divisions have been assigned to Germany. At present the first army. Div., the third inf. And 36th inf. Dive. Have been assigned to the seventh army while the fourth army. And first and ninth inf. Dive. Will be in the third army. The 82nd airborne div. Will Garrison the . Zone in Berlin and the 29th inf. Div. Will remain in the Bremen area. Divisions now in territory indicated for russian control Are the fifth sixth seventh eighth and 16th army. Dive. And the 26th, 30th. 69th, 76th, 79th, 94th and 102nd inf. Dive. Presumably they Are scheduled for redeployment the second army. And the 35th inf. Dive. Will be redeployed from the British zone. Furlough Gat increased Washington june 20 ans a the office of Price administration today eliminated its 30-gallon maximum on gasoline rations to furloughed servicemen. Hereafter they will be entitled to a gallon a  turns Oil the five Star smite House approves medic Jay hike Washington june 20 cans a the House unanimously passed a Bill yesterday to qualify officers and men of the army medical corps for combat pay. Last year Congress passed legislation to give infantrymen and of for combat troops an extra 10 dollars a month during Battle duty but medical corpsmen. Rep. Forest harness Rind told the House were not eligible because the War department does not consider them combat troops. Medics Are exposed to As much danger As other troops in combat areas harness said. Manila june 20 a australian troops advanced on All sectors of Borneo yesterday with ninth div. Patrols pushing four Miles beyond Tutongi 35 Miles from the original Brunei invasion Points. The aussies aided by naval and air support Are about 26 Miles from the seria oilfields which the retreating japanese Are setting afire. Australian amphibious patrols landed without opposition ten Miles Southeast of Brunel town in a movie to mop up quickly the invaded area. Eden seriously Iii Durham England june 20 apr foreign Secretary Anthony Eden was not Able to attend his Mother s funeral today apparently indicating he is More seriously us tha generally realized. 25,143 go Home in 1,521 planes Manchester n. H., june 20 Ansis in less than a month the North Atlantic division of the air transport command has received 1,521 aircraft carrying 25,143 flight and ground Crew personnel from Europe. Planes included flying fortresses and liberators. The capital cheers at Gen. Eisenhower and his party wearing summer uniforms rushed to Eto just before they loft Parade through Washington. Yesterday supreme commander was at West Point today to will reach his Abilene Kan heme. A signal corps radio photo  
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