Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather for Toast for Nice Marseille area a thursday9 partly Cloudy maximum tempeh Tura 86. Or a All by mar Linane Airport weather station my we Wei fair it a a half million soldiers Washington june 27�? congressmen said today they expect the War department to announce lowering of Points required for army discharge from 85 to either 80 or 78 within a few Days. It was disclosed at the same time that of the 1,300,000 soldiers to be discharged on Points by next june 600.808 will come from ground forces 400.000 from air forces 300,000 from service forces and 100,000 from hospitals training centers and replacement depots. Congressional sources available to the associated press were the authority for the forecast of reduction in the critical Point sore. It Oom z Headquarters in Paris said no information had been received on the final critical Point score i army insists on minimum according to reliable information  House military affaire committee there will be no lowering of automatic the charge age below the present 40. Maj. Gen. O. S. Henry assistant chief of staff cd. A Hon Leoo it would Oost the army 000.000 men during the next year if the Tje were towered to to. And would Cost 700,000 men if age were dropped the 30. It the rate of Dacha tree will be increased to 300/100 monthly Start ing next january the committee was informed and by the end of next june All eligible for Point discharge will have been  ground forces will be reduced by 900,000, from 3,200,000 to i 2,300,000, Henry said. In addition to the 4004100 to be discharged on Points 400,000 ground troops win be shifted to the air and Deroteo forces. The service forces will be reduced by 100,000, from 1.700,000, but with i 300,000 men getting out on Points. The air forces will be Cut by 300,000, from 2,300,000 to 2,100,000. Washington june 27 cans a the House passed the 38,500,285.-951-Doilar army Supply Bill for fiscal 1946 yesterday with virtually no debate on the huge Money items in the measure but two hours of discussion on the Point system and the relative merits of butter and Ole Margarine. Ole Margarine lost so did efforts to change the Point system. Rep. Albert s. Engel a Mic backed by rep. Louis o. Rabaut a Mic fought unsuccessfully for discharge of any Soldier who is the father of four or More living children. Engel said such men a have no place in the  cites expensive example he cited the Case of a 43-year-old Man with nine children who was killed on Luzon. Engel said that in allotments and pensions the government will pay a total of from 22,000 to 29,000 dollars Over a period of years for the 18 months the Man served. The Ole Margarine butter controversy developed Over an amendment by rep. W. R. Poage a Tex which would have eliminated a ban in the army Supply Bill against the use of Oleo or butter substitutes on army menus. It lost by 80 to 54. The funds provided in the army Supply Bill boosted to approximately 246.000.000,000 dollars the total made available since july 1, 1940. Patton ignores Mauldin barbs it not in new York too. A Marly a million Gotham resident swarmed to Coney Island in Beach the other Day to get a dip and a whiff of Asa air. Can Yon spot any Quot bars Brm 9 Beautiful Quot swim Mats an tha i Piaf Tokyo jitters Rush of him East i Chine a. Shanghai v Okinawa june 27 ans a the Bemeda led Hara Kiri mutilated bodies of the japanese commander and chief of staff on Okinawa have been found in shallow Coral Graves at the Southeastern tip of this 13<mdthe bodies have been identified As it. Gen. Mitsura Ushijima commander of the japanese 32nd army and it. Gen. Isamu Cho his chief of staff. A prisoner described the hard Kiri ceremony about 4 am june 22 both generals went to a narrow ledge at the Entrance to their huge Cave Headquarters. A heavy comforter was placed on the ledge and Over it a White Sheet symbolic of death. Ushijima Knelt on the Sheet his head Bent slightly Forward. Cho Knelt on his left an adjutant with drawn Saber stood on Ushijo Lmax a right. Both generals bared their Abdomens. As Ushijima plunged a knife crosswise into his bowels the adjutant swung his Saber downward severing the general a spinal column. He tumbled Forward dead. $ of amp Nav a Kume in a Guam june 27�?Allied invasion of Kume Island 50 Miles West of Okinawa was reported by Tokyo radio today and enemy air broadcasts reported More Allied Fleet movements Only 150 Miles from the japanese Homeland. According to enemy broadcasts Allied troops went ashore on Kume tuesday and fierce fighting is in Progress Kume is due West of Okinawa a capital of Naha and within 300 Miles of Formosa. Its Western coast is eight Miles Long. One height on the North end rises Over 900 feet and another near the South end up to 920 feet ships near Kyushu radio Tokyo asserted that an Allied a invasion Fleet of 200 ships was nearing the islands of Ammal and Kinkai Halfway Between Okinawa and Japan and 160 Miles from Southern Kyushu in the Jap Homeland. Other Allied ships it declared continued to mass at Okinawa. The japanese news Agency declared Japan to be ready for an invasion of China. Kume Island 60 Miles West of Okinawa identified by enemy radio As scene of now Landing. A stars and stripes map by Marsh 500-super raid Cost 5 planes Guam june 27 ans Good to excellent results despite soupy weather were obtained on yesterday s massive strike by 450 to 500 super fortresses against ten japanese aircraft and arms factories according to preliminary reports. Five b29s were lost from the orce that dropped 3,000 tons of bombs. Would be Jap suicide crashers were evaded or blown from the sky by guns of the super forts and their iwo based escorting Mustangs. No details were available on the Mission of 50 b29s in a raid 14 hours later on the  ube Oil refinery 18 Miles Southwest of Nagoya. This target Japan s principal remaining aviation gasoline refinery had never before been a primary objective. Hamilton mass. June 27 ans a Gen. George 8. Patton or. Commander of the third army today dismissed criticism of Hen by Bill Mauldin creator of a up front with Mauldin a As Quot just one of i those Mosquito bites you Are bound to  Mauldin former stars and stripes cartoonist discharged from the army three Days ago said Patton a a tried to Tell me what i should think and what i should  pattern said he would leave july 2 for Europe to resume command of the third army. Reds Parade in Sofia Sofia june 27 up a the russian third ukrainian army paraded in Sofia today before 1004 00 Prynn yanks speeding us withdrawal London june 27�?britain�?Ts three super liners of prewar Days a the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mary and the acquit Anlas will carry at least 504 00 american soldiers Back to the us. Each month but most of the troops will be those now stationed in the us Brig. Gen. E. F. Koenig of of the us. Disclosed today. A a we re definitely closing Down in the us a Koenig told a press conference. However he declined to predict when the last tank would be out of the British Isles. Another disclosure made by Koenig was that the largest number of us. Troops in the us at one time was two million in january. 1944. Yanks filipinos near Luzon link Washington june 27 up a radio Telephone sender Between the . And France and Norway is expected to be available for the Public late this year the War production Board said today. Ike takes time for Short rest Hollandia new Guinea june 27 apr a wac Corporal and 14 escorts marooned in Shangl la. Valley in new Guinea were caught in tha Middle today when tribal warfare broke out among aborigines. The stranded party reported by Walkie talkie that fighting had not yet reached the Valley but was swirling closer As Shangrila natives tried to beat off an attack by an unidentified enemy with bows and arrows and Spears. Wac Cpl Margaret Hastings of Oswego n.y., it. John b. Mccollom of Trenton to. And 8gt. Kenneth Decker of Kelso Washington., were the Only survivors of 23 persons in an army plane which crashed into a Imi Intai Raki Ltd May 12 on a sight seeing trip. The 12 with them Are parachutists who carried supplies. Capt Cecil Walters commanding  said tit natives had erected stockade around their villages. Sentinel towers have been mounted and warriors scan the Countryside for raiders. Tests Are being made to determine if Rescue could be effected by a glider or if a spotter plane could land in the Valley and take out the party one at a time. Walters reported Cpl. Hastings was Quot getting along with 14 men As Well As any woman could. So far nobody has Cut any  dubbed a a Queen of the Valley a she lives in a Quot Royal boudoir rigged from a Parachute. Be Havre june 27�?vii corps Headquarters win sail from Here sunday a year after it spearheaded the first army in its assault on the Cherbourg Peninsula. The Headquarters is scheduled for a Short stay in the us. Before heading for the Pacific theater. It Gen. Joseph l. Collins is Torpa commander