Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Quot a a a a a amp the stars and stripes monday june 25, 1945 a new and Wain june 24 cans Truman has commuted a a imprisonment the death of William Curtiss cold Eric Gimpel who were february of spying a ent announced Colepaugh an american citizen Gimpel a German were d from a German submarine to it Midi Iliin Bay Lle nov. To 1944, and were captured shortly r j after. To Bey re tried by Mii tary commission on charges of being pfc fad spies and were sentenced to of m i the War said that of Gimpel the pre was based upon the r International Law. Is a recon pred and accepted practice and is not regarded As a War crime. In an Active War zone spying is asked As a military preventive and the reduction of Senes no precedents continue sentence the depart was commuted on a rat the judge adv Secretary of War ton furnished eneral and direct Bureau of Taves relative to assistance the government after Side of liter jew to a a Irwi three months ago til picture at right  pvt Dumler of Fredonia wish made the Afi lad world gasp at the treatment of yank soldiers lit nazi pm Campe. Demler captured in the Battle of the bulge last december had dropped to 70 pounds on a prison diet of a slice of bread a potato and a bowl of soup a Day. Now thanks to army medical oars his weight is up to m. We Quot 43  bold Ina Patton a own  _ _. Chicago june 34 an8 a about half the Drivers for Chicago struck Unes have returned to their jobs after a week old walkout which of. Office off a chit. Welcome him _ May see All lines oper-100 percent with civilian Longenecker added. More Fok tiers arrived Here bringing the military complement in the City to 15.000. But requests from trucking firms for military Drivers and escorts were decreasing. Longenecker estimated 3,100 eol Dier Drivers and 5300 escorts worked yesterday. Lauds Potest v is k june 34�?the finance division the stars and stripes contest.4 go two s. Gamble Treasury War finance director said his organization was impressed by the Quot Good sense revealed in letters on Quot my savings and postwar plans coming to the stars and stripes in the Eto War Bond contest Florida storm a fury slackers. Hamilton. Mass., june 34 cans a neighbors will pay tribute tomorrow to Gen. George s. Patton jr., and will hear his composition Quot god of Battles a on the basis of which the general has said that he is a better poet than general f1 a \ thu mrs. Patton too will have her musical moment when her composition. Quot the second army. Div., will be Sung by school girls. A Eliot to a tax investigated Washington june 24 ans a the Treasury is investigating a mme tax returns of Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt along with those of John Hartford Atlantic and Pacific Tea go. President in connection with their 200,000 Dollar loan transaction a Treasury spokesman disclosed today. Hartford who loaned the Money to Roosevelt in 1030, has said that Only 4v00s dollars were repaid. The Treasury revealed that Hartford claimed income tax deductions of 238,500 dollars for bad debts. Miami june 24 ans a a Hurricane passed Over the West coast of Florida North of Tampa about 5 am today but was diminishing in Force the weather Bureau said. Winds of 00 Miles an hour were reported. Tampa reported some damage from floods caused by nine inches of rain in 36 hours. Oregon Forest ablaze Bend ore., june 24 an8 a paratroopers and civilians today were fighting a Forest fire along the Metolius River. A of unties in broken Reich twelfth army gp., june 24�?locations of 43 us. Divisions in Germany Austria and Czechoslovakia were disclosed today. Of divisions whose locations were disclosed none was scheduled Quot immediate redeployment. Ten have been designated for Quot Permar of Germany and Quot Semi permanent Quot occupation of Austria. At present each division is responsible for p German Lan Kreis corresponding roughly to a . County. In Czechoslovakia five divisions hold a strip of the sudetenland and a Small portion of Bohemia they Are the 20th inf., near Husi Netz 94th inf., near Schutten Hofen eighth armd., near door Zan 16th armd., at Tachau and 79th inf., at Falkenau. For the third army except for divisions in Czechoslovakia the 103rd inf. Near Innsbruck controls the Western Tyrol and the 42nd inf. The Eastern Tyrol. The tenth army. Is at Wilheim 80th inf. Near Kau Beuren 45th inf. Near Dachau 14th army. Near Wasser Burg 20th army. Near Raustein and the 101st airborne at Salzburg. Obs Lohiau divided the 11th army. Holds the Southern half of Obe Donau and the 65th inf. The Northern half. The 83rd inf. Is near Grabenau 90th inf. Near Weiden ninth army. At Munchberg and Bayreuth 99th inf. Near Wurzburg first inf. Near Ansbach 71st inf. At Dillinger ninth inf. Near in Olstadt. In the seventh army the 12th army. Is at Aalen 36th inf. Hear Ulm 100th inf. In the Coppinger area first army. At Halle trails Heim 63rd inf. In the Mergentheim area 84th inf. At Heidelberg third army. At Langen 70th inf. In the bad Ems area and the 78th inf. Near marburg. 86oonu Anna torsos expecting to move out of the russian zone Are the 102nd inf. In the Gotha area sixth army. Near Weimar 30th inf. In the Saalfeld area 76th inf. In the Gera area fifth army. At Nordhausen seventh army. At Halle and 69th inf near  the second army. Div. Also is. Near Halle. It is to be relieved shortly by the 82nd airborne now in France. Frisco adopts charter today san Francisco june 24 ans a the world charter a 10,000-word document for turning the mighty War born United nations Alliance into a permanent organization to prevent future wars was informally approved yesterday by delegation chiefs of the 50 nations. Formal approval will take place monday signing of the document will follow and president Truman will wind up the conference with an address tuesday night. Delegates agreed the conference is ending with relations among the United nations especially among the big Powers on a higher level than when it began. Leopold shuns abdication. Plans return to throne japs stiffen we far Luchow chunking june 24 Cap a the chinese Are attacking South of the Liu Chow Railroad station against stiffening japanese resistance the chinese High command announced a today. In Chekian the japanese were steadily withdrawing North from we Chow toward Shanghai. Hemingway hurl in crash Havana Cuba june 24 ans a a author Ernest Hemingway was injured slightly when his automobile crashed into a tree. Brussels june 24�?King Leopold in a message to parlement Ary leaders announced today he was proceeding with the formation of a new government and urged Quot for Belgium a Sake a that Quot we collaborate loyally in democratic spirit thinking Only of the in big  �?�1 have done what i believed in my conscience i had to do for the welfare of the country a Leopold asserted. Quot we May have had different opinions but in spite of it we remained deeply United in the same feeling and attachment to our native  nowhere in his message did the King hint that the thought of abdication had crossed his mind. The tone of his words implied that he confidentially expected to return to Belgium As soon As the new governments formation was completed. Some belgian observers said the King was ready to take his Case to the people in a National election if a new government was not formed which would restore him to the throne. . Backs polish group Washington june 24�?acting Secretary of state Joseph g. Grew said today the new Quot compromised polish provisional government formed in Moscow would be extended american recognition once it began functioning. The purpose of the Yalta agreement last Winter he said would be further fulfilled when the new polish regime carried out a a the Yalta pledge to hold free and unfettered elections on the basis of Universal secret  in London a spokesman for the London exile government from which Anglo american support now will be withdrawn said it would Issue no statement until the new regime had been installed formally at Warsaw. Ora Oley Heads troops in Eto Paris june 24�?Gen. Omar n. Bradley has returned from the us. And has taken Over command of All . Troops in the Eto from Gen. Jacob l. Devers temporarily in charge. Sheaf said Bradley would be theater commander until Gen. Eisenhower arrives in the Eto. Bradley probably will return again to the u.8. To become veterans administrator. Devers sixth army up. Commander and temporary head of the 12th army gp., left saturday for the us. Along with it Gen. William h. Simpson. Soviet okays release plan both Chambers of the supreme soviet yesterday approved the red army a demobilization plan which provides bonuses food Loans and fuel for millions of russian who will be discharged in 1945, radio Moscow announced. The session disclosed that More than 24 billion rubles had been paid in allowances and pensions to red army no no a families during the War Truman works on big 3 Plano Olympia wash., june 24 ans a president Truman worked today on plans for his forthcoming big three meeting devoting much of his time to a review erf reports from All Over the world. Meanwhile or. Truman was reported to have counted less than twelve potential votes against the san Francisco peace charter. An associated press poll of 73 senators found none asserting outright opposition. Eighteen were undecided. Pacific continued from Page i planes to bomb Oil storage facilities at banking China. Two japanese freighters were sunk in an attack on the Canton waterfront other planes blasted Formosa. Visiting Okinawa Gen. H. H. Arnold chief of All army air forces predicted Little of Japan a Industry would be left by fall. Artistic Success Only Philadelphia june 24 ans a the Philadelphia orchestra announced that its recently completed season was one of the Quot most artistically successful in its history. But the annual report showed a net deficit of 25.478 dollars. Manila june 24 ans a the 37th div. Raced northward today along the Broad Bagayan Valley in Northern Luzon toward a Junction with filipino guerrilla troops who have Cut the Jap Garrison in Northern Luzon in half by capturing the town of tug Garao. Frontline reports said the guerrillas led by col Russell a Volckmann have been resisting japanese counter attacks for two Days. At last reports the 37th had pushed 13 Miles North to within 17 Miles of the guerrillas. Walker in . Post Dallas june 24�?lt. Ger. Walton h. Walker former commander of the third army xxx corps yesterday became chief of the eighth service command