Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Nice Marseille area monday partly Cloudy maximum temperature 80. Forecast by Marignani Airport weather station the St Nice Marseille edition daily newspaper Al . Armed farces vol. 1�?no. Ill tripes in the theater of Opert two one year ago today . Army s chief Engineer j reported germans did com9 Patent Job of selective demo lit ion in Cherbourg hampering recovery of port. Day july 2, 1945 one franc on a Wing a mid a statement of charges troops return tops schedule 265,000 in july Paris july 1�?the return of Eto soldiers to America is ahead of schedule com z he. Said today announcing 265.000 More men will be redeployed in july. By june 20, the latest Date for which figures Are available More than 310,000 soldiers had left for the states More than 500,000 will have returned by the end of july. Approximately two thirds o f those going Home this month will be in redeployed troop units. The air Force is redeploying to the . Some 40,000 soldiers the ground forces some 102,000 and the service forces 34,000. 43,000 v pointers going Homo the remaining one third of the july shipment will be made up of casuals men not assigned to units. Of these it is expected that 43,000 will be High score potential discharges and 13.000 will be cd and wounded. More than 115,000 soldiers left j Europe for Home during May although the announced quota for the month was Only 84,000. Com z attributed the increase to Over capacity loading of ships. Vessels Are carrying More men than bunks and soldiers therefore sleep in shifts. Surface vessels took Home 268,000 of the men who had left by june 20 and the remainder�?42,000�? went by plane. Yanks scouting invasion Jap radio says Guam july 1ans a the  Fleet has recon loitered 12-mile-Long Okino Trabu Island 40 Miles North of Okinawa As a prelude to invasion Tokyo radio said today 24 hours after american occupation of Kume Island 50 Miles West of Okinawa was officially announced. Okino Trabu comparatively Flat and dotted with Rice Fields is in the Amati group. It has a Small Harbor on its Northwestern Side at wad Omari. It is less than 300 Miles from Kyushu Southern most japanese Home Island. The 20th of said 50 super fortresses obtained excellent results in saturdays demolition raid on the big Oil refinery at Sadamatsu on Japan s main Island of Honshu. Fighters hit Kyushu thunderbolts struck Kyushu destroying four planes oof the ground at two airfields. Waters off Kyushu were combed by thunderbolts and Navy bombers which Sank or damaged 18 enemy vessels. Marine corsairs and avengers raided Takishima Island and the Kamamis. Three Small enemy raids against Okinawa Cost the japanese one plane shot Down. Baka plans foiled it was disclosed that the enemy had made plans on Okinawa for launching hundreds of the 500-mile per hour Baka bombs but were crippled by the Jub. Invasion. Size of the installations and the care with the Bakas were hidden indicated the Faith the japanese had in their new weapon. Story and picture of Baka bomb on Page 4. Wildcat fighter somewhere in Pacific comes in for Carrier Landing top with propeller chewing up wooden flight deck leaving Trail of kindling. Pilot was unhurt and plane Only slightly damaged. Below burning h Al id a ver drops engine onto deck As firefighter on Wing rescues Pilot from cockpit gunner second Man has already escaped. Map photos Oder to bound Poland in West Warsaw july 1 apr Poland s Western Boundary will Fol Low the Oder River and the Baltic sea Premier Edward Kosubka mor amp ski told the polish socialist party Congress today. The Oder Hows within 50 Miles of Berlin. The premieres statement was the first official disclosure of the boundaries of reconstituted Poland. 3 0 a c e n t a camera is n Orden sight Cleveland july 1 ans a checking on a 14-year-old boys Quot camera Quot two policemen today discovered that the instrument was a Norden bomb sight valued at 15,000 dollars. The boy said he bought it from a companion for 30 cents. Search of the companions room revealed two More bomb sights which the youth said he had bought from a third boy for 30 cents each. Police Are Hunting for the third boy. Et0usa bows to new unit Spaatz leaves for secret Job Paris july 1�?. Forces european theater the permanent american military organization in Europe during the occupation and redeployment came into being today. Usset replaced Tousa european theater of operations us. Army and will absorb functions of sheaf supreme Headquarters Allied expeditionary Force which is going out of existence. Except for winding up its affairs sheaf ceased operations with the creation of Usset com z said. Change for Eisenhower with the dissolution of sheaf which directed the strategy of the War and the co ordination of Allied forces Gen. Eisenhower will relinquish his title As supreme commander but will remain As theater commander of All american forces in addition he will continue As military governor of the american occupation zone and head of the american Section of the Allied control Council for Germany. Usset will absorb All agencies of Tousa and will include us staf . Strategic and tactical air forces and american naval forces in Europe. The sixth and 12th army groups also Are to be dissolved. Paris july 1-Gen. Carl Spaatz us staf commander left Europe yesterday to assume new but undisclosed duties. It was not indicated whether he would go to the Pacific with his strategic air forces now being redeployed. Us staf units which remain in the Eto As part of the occupation Force will be commanded by it. Gen. John k. Cannon former chief of the Mediterranean based 12th of it was stated authoritatively. Most of his us staf staff including Brig. Gen. E. P. Curtis chief of staff accompanied Spaatz. 400.000 homeless in Munich Munich july 1 apr some 400.000 former Munich residents have been warned not to return. Twelve thousand Homes and 62,000 apartments were destroyed. Byrnes named to state dept Kansas City july 1 ans a appointment of James f. Byrnes to succeed Edward r. Stettinius or. As Secretary of state was announced Here last night. White House press Secretary Charles g. Ross who made the announcement for president Truman said nomination of the 66-year-old South carolinian would be sent to the Senate monday. Senate approval appeared certain. Since the resignation of Stettinius and his appointment to the United nations Council last thursday it had been a foregone conclusion that he would be succeeded by Byrnes a former Senate colleague and close Friend of the president. Byrnes will accompany the presi Dent to the big three meeting in i Berlin. Towns seized in indo China chunking july 1 apr chinese troops have penetrated into French indo China at several Points and have occupied several towns including Dong Van a and Chun Chinfu it was. Announced today. The penetration does not however represent an invasion aimed at ejecting the japanese from Indochina. Meanwhile it Gen. Albert o. Wedemeyer commander of us. Forces in China has resumed after an 11-Day, 2,100-mile inspection trip of chinese and american installations in North China or my hats repatriation of pro nazi russian pcs blast precedes de Gaulle Clermont Ferrand France july 1 up a a bomb exploded in a cafe Here yesterday injuring one person a few hours before the arrival of Gen. Charles de Gaulle and the Sultan of Morocco. Camp Shanks n.y., july 1 ans a embarkation orders for the repatriation of 150 russians captured while serving in the German armed forces have been cancelled As an aftermath of a riot Friday at fort Dix n.j., and the men have been brought Here Quot for further  fifteen minutes after a heavily guarded truck Convoy had reached a new York pier where the men were to Board the Navy transport Monticello for Russia counter manding orders arrived. Three russians committed suicide in the riot at fort Dix which maj. George r. Paul fort Dix Public relations officer said was in protest against their repatriation under the Yalta agreement providing for reciprocal Exchange of soviet and us. Citizens. The army said seven prisoners received minor gunshot wounds and two others were slightly injured. Three american soldiers suffered cuts and other injuries. The new York daily news said the russians charged their guards when Quot they were ordered to assemble for sailing orders Friday night. Three hanged themselves the paper said Driver strike delays papers new York july 1 ans a newspaper delivery truck Drivers struck today preventing usual distribution of five sunday newspapers. Members of the newspaper and mail deliverers Union voted yesterday 1,648 to 41, to strike As a result of a dispute involving wages vacations overtime and Severance pay. 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