Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes Kansas cot june 21 ans the first citizen of Kansas was on his Way Home today and the state was primed to Welcome him. It pot his Homecoming Eisenhower decreed there would be no rank that All combat veterans in his party would receive equal  it was to be Dwight d. Eisenhower a Day from the moment 17 guns boomed a Salute on his arrival at the Kansas i City air terminal until he left by train for Abilene. Fresh from ovations Given him in new York and West Point the general and his party of 43, including his son 1-lt. John Eisenhower were to arrive at Kansas City in three rda.t1f�.c a Quot f met toy Mother there he was to be greeted by his 83-year-Oki Mother mrs Ida Eisenhower his four Brothers and Al close relatives. / a then. Along Bunting and. Bag draped streets Ike was to Lead a Parade through downtown Kansas City to Liberty memorial hah guests at a Brief Public program at which the general was to make a Short talk were to include lira hairy s. Truman and her daughter Margaret. A Quot special train was to take Eisenhower and his party to Abilene tonight in his Home town he Psi be feted at a four hour program tomorrow. Ift Toftoy Raider it. Gen. James h. Jimmy deep title smiles Iron of toys compartment Betase Bis first  ride in Seattle a a its a Marvel Leus planet said Doolittle my a led first it task on Man in Earle based Mitch ii  Ink june 11 cans a animal Trainer Terrell Jacobs a Linn Bini a with toe to of his wild and his 1,101 dollars elephant today told a judge that he could get along without the Beauty but not without the beast be told the court. His wife would have a divorce but that he ovum not Tom a Hying if his hems tigers leopards monkeys and the elephant were divided under proceedings brought by mrs Jacobs based her Rumm to toe elephant on toe fact Toat toe appeared with it in a separate a a a in a Ike s of out 0rested Indianapolis june 21 cans a it. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith who As chief of staff to Gen. Eisenhower signed the German surrender document at Rheims France was welcomed by thousands yesterday when he returned to his native state for the first tone in 14 years. See amps new York june 21 cans a the British liner Queen Mary which carried hundreds of thousands of american troops to Europe arrived Here yesterday packed with 14,000 of them coming Home. "7a the 11,000-ton vessel was greeted riotously vessels holding Down their whistles in Salute to the men who Linned the decks. The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth donned somber Battle dress March 21, 1940, to carry 1,243,538 men on voyages to but seven seas. In peacetime the Queen Mary carried 2,075 passengers and Crew of 1200. �?z4 Washington june 21 up a economic Stabilizer William h. Tody toe wage hour Law be amended to raise the nations Manl mum wage from 40 to 01 cents an hour. R a he also suggested the Quot Pomi Bim to of increasing wage hoots in selected i notizia on a sliding scale ranging up to 10 cents Anch Toi Soto amp toe a j the proposal one of toe first Steps in a general revision of gov emment Wake policy to meet reconversion needs would require Oon Gressional legislation it would not constitute a break in toe Little steel formula which limits increases to 11 percent Union Bill postponed Washington june 21 ans a the House veterans committee voted today to defer consideration of a bin to exempt War veterans from closed shop provisions of Union contracts. 21st army of. Hq., june 11�? the bodies of Adolf hitter and Eva Braun burned outside toe Reich Chancellor shelter May a says a German policeman who claims he was there. Hermann Kalaau 34, who came into the Canadian occupied area at Wilhel shaven on May 2ft, said he recognized the fuehrer by Hie moustache and Eva Braun by her Peculiar shoes. 1  see the details of their bodies because they were rapidly wrapped in flame he added. 86,000 visit Eiffel Tower Paris june 21�?the Eiffel Tower was visited by 66,828 Allied military personnel and their civilian guests during the first month the famous Paris landmark has been open. Washington june u ans a Navy air up. 84, based on an Essex class Carrier destroyed 284 japanese aircraft in a five month combat tour in the Western Pacific toe Navy disclosed today. The have also sunk or damaged Mote than 160,890 urns of enemy shipping during 6206 combat Sor-6teg� including strikes on Tokyo and  in toe Okinawa invasion. Avenger pilots of up. 6i scored Nipe torpedo hits on toe japanese battleship y Amato 1 when it was sunk in the East China sea april 7. The group Kcf in the tls., composed of both Navy and Maxine corps Biers. 7 Mere doughs flown Homo new York june 21 an8 a a the first of a group of air transport command planes returning troops of the 45th and 36th inf. Tvs. Arrived Here yesterday carrying 48 enlisted men. Bloomi 0� Courteen of Kino feature Syndicate paper Shower Light for Ike new York june 21�?paper coi leered from the City a streets after Gen. Eisenhower a tour totalled omy 77 tons. Other demonstrations have resulted in As much As 2,500 tons