Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Tilini a a the stars and stripes saturday Jana 23, 194� of Foo Faez a to scones of his youth it a �1m Ike 18 Nome a a Abl my pm. We Tate in hour it us tor Switi Etc est h Ify of Pic a a cd saudi and South Africa. Nonnally a Texas Vandenberg a Mich Washington to san the final ceremonies a who will take a copy _ a the capital will deliver the opening speech in the t Sena. To Iret the necessary two thirds vote for . an d air sea weapons. For the Central i rom a november Cost from Page 1 Liana it iriv dead alone for number 19.000. Jittery w. A. Here will casualties in the the. Next year a Gen. Stephen g. Quot a of Taff of be military figure is an Quot Esti the applying losses per hence to Theja umber we Shah have ready to Quot increasingly jittery Over of Okinawa said today that two naval task forces including five or six carriers and four were Quot still Active near islands Southwest of deploy a Tokyo the loss Abilene kan., june 22�?Abilene staged its greatest Parade today a four mile Long procession with in bands to give Gen. Eisenhower a Heartfelt Home town Welcome. Three thousand pictures of the supreme commander in Europe plastered Walls and windows in every Corner of the City but none showed him wearing five stars Yor Theodore Nusz explained Here ordered from Colliers Magazine last year for a War Bond rally and at that time Eisenhower was Only a four Star general. Quot and now Abilene s demoted him mayor Nusz said sadly. But maybe he won t mind too arrived last night reached from Kansas City where he met his 83-year-old Mother mrs. Ida was greeted by the governors of Kansas Nebraska and Missouri a v a a a Pic horses in Padg for today s Welcome Abilene s 6,poo citizens arranged a Parade with 1,000 horses 00 floats 20 prize bulls a wac band from it. Des Moines 10 Kansas bands a stage coach and four Beautiful girls Selling War Bonds. An entire floor of the Lamar hotel was reserved for the Eisen Huffe blow vowed by japs Shai or wee Washington june ans red 1,023,453 combat casualties reach yesterday Ait increase of 0250 in a week. R. The army and Navy toll included 284,711 killed 020,032 wounded 50,804 missing and 117,846 prisoners. The army accounted for 903,701 of the aggregate. 4 # it a % Hower family but the modest two Story Eisenhower Home facing Lincoln school was Likely to see More of the reunion because the general s Mother dislikes excitement. With the general when he arrived from Kansas City were besides his Mother his son 1/lt. John Eisenhower his Brothers Arthur Edgar Earl and Milton. Gis in Britai May phone a Berun express slated Moscow june 22 Reuter a the find Moscow Berlin luxury sex will leave the soviet capital won the three Day run. Will be operated twice weekly. There will be sleeping coaches restaurant cars a bar and a theater. Baths and showers will be provided and passengers will be Able to hear radio programs throughout the remnants Bill on Saipan Guam june 28�?after almost a year of american occupation the Job of wiping out japanese remnants on Saipan still continues. Adm Nimitz said today. Was conquered july 8. But since May 27 americans killed 44 japs an capture new York. June 22 Ansis gis in great Britain will be Able to radio Telephone to the . Beginning saturday the american Telephone and Telegraph co., announced. A three minute Call from London to new York will Cost 12 dollars. Washington june 22 ans a a $38.500285.951 War department Supply Bill went to the House floor today with an army Promise to Speed Victory Over Japan by a Quot an overwhelming application of its approval by the appropriations committee accompanied publication of three weeks of testimony by High army officials who foresaw devastation for Japan More awful than that which wrecked Germany. Testimony of Gen. George o. Marshall chief Jef. Staff and Gen. H. H. Arnold head of the air Force disclosed plans to use 1,000 b29s daily and to drop 2,700,000 tons of bombs in the far East in the fiscal year starting july 1. That figure compared Marshall said with 1,-555,000 hons rained upon Europe from 1942 to 1946. The committee cautioning that Quot the Battle of the Pacific is still in its initial stages Quot quoted Marshall Quot final Victory. Must not be delayed a by optimistic errors of judgment or impatient demands for a return at Home to conditions of peace. A Quot offensives in the Pacific Are to be intensified to the maximum degree possible. Economy in lives and Materiel As Well As the psychology of the american people demand that we mount a Swift powerful offensive forcing a Victory at the earliest possible Date. We aim to use every Man and every weapon a a pfc i a. To a poles facing Lublin trial Pacific continued from Page 1 .-Europe air mail Washington june 22 ans a immediate resumption of air mail service to Belgium Denmark France Luxembourg the Netherlands Norway and Switzerland was announced today. Postage will be so cents a half ounce. Wives Caffes to join gis Ike ios it but hot now Washington june 22 ans a More than 2,000 persons have written to rep. Margaret Chase Smith a me favouring her suggestion to Secretary of War Stimson that wives be permitted to join their Soldier husbands in Europe i letters came from All parts of us. Arut from gis overseas. Most of the favourable correspondence came from wives of servicemen overseas. John w. Martyn assistant to Stimson said the War department Quot will certainly relax present restrictions Quot prohibiting civilians from travelling to Europe Quot when conditions 4 Gen. Eisenhower asked at a press conference monday if mrs. Eisenhower would return to Europe with him replied 1 Don t see How it can be done just now. The problem of people going Over there is one that is very close to my heart. I think that for the people that Are going to stay indefinitely sooner or later we should if possible take their families Over. We a a of a a a 1 a a but Germany today is destroyed As a country. We Are Short of quarters of food of everything else Quot in addition to letters favouring her proposal mrs. Smith received two which objected strongly. One from the wife of a High ranking army officer said Quot the Battlefield and cities of Europe Are combating disease and starvation. Why add the Burden of wives if Homes Are not broken up by now a few More months of separation we a not break veterans of Obruk in a position to squeeze japanese along the islands Northwest coast Between two forces a one just ashore at Luton and another 59 Miles to the Southwest. It ten japs split Manila june 22 ans a retreating japanese forces in Northern Luzon have been split by filipino guerrilla troops who seized the Bagayan province capital of tug Garao and its Good Airport Gen. Mac Arthur reported today. Tug Garao is 09 Road Miles from Aparri port town at the Northern tip of Luzon toward which an estimated 80,000 enemy troops have been withdrawing. London june 22 up a twelve polish underground leaders already sentenced to jail in Moscow for a subversive activity behind red. Army lines will be tried again by the soviet approved Lublin govern. Ment of Poland polish radio announced today. The broadcast said crimes also were committed against the polish state and nation. Whether the 12 men would be tried in absent a or after they served their soviet sentences was not disclosed. With the exception of Brig. Gen. Leopold Okulick who received a 10-year term the men got off with relatively Light fences. Auto big three rap web Quot chinese strike for plane base chunking june 22 ans a chinese troops have attacked the former american Airfield on the outskirts of Luchow which was abandoned to the japanese seven months ago. The bulk of the japanese forces from Luchow have withdrawn northeastward toward Weilin site of another former air base. Detroit june 22 ans a the big three of the Auto Industry general motors Ford and Chrysler a have protested strongly the War production Board s allocations for passenger car output during the last half of 1945. V the webs quota Calls for 091,018 cars from ten producers in nine months beginning july 1. The major companies said the 8,000 car minimum assignment for the five smaller companies would give them a competitive advantage. Regional web officials denied the quotas were discriminatory saying the big three Quot still have a ten to one margin."26 shots a second fired by new .50 Queen maty evaded subs new York june 22 ans a the Queen Mary Neyer sighted a submarine during 00 wartime Atlantic Crossings the ship s Captain Commodore sir James Garden Partridge Bisset declared. Dayt6n, Ohio. June 22 ans a a new .50 Caliper machine gun capable of throwing out 20 slugs a second has been perfected by the Frigidaire division of general motors. Already combat tested the gun fires 1.200 shots a minute-50 percent faster than the .30 Caliper guns now in use
