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Stgeorge Thompson of Bor a Chaster mass., and four Compa Nims Flere chased 16 Jai Toto a Clearing held by 960 enemy a two spa of 1 a a a. A a a. % the japs brandished guns swords and grenades but Thompson called out Quot tobacco to Baccoli and offered them cigarettes. Some japs dropped their weapons and reached for to smokes. # a a tit Slaughter and suicide the Jap officers All were accompanied by women. Suddenly one of them killed his woman with a sword saluted Thompson handed his sword and wrist watch to him then stepped Back Teh Yards and blew his head off with a grenade. Other japs followed his Lead and the Slaughter of women and suicides continued at the rate of one a minute. Still outnumbered the marines continued to offer cigarettes while Thompson kept in touch with Headquarters by a portable Radia just As the smokes ran out reinforcements arrived and the Jap survivors surrendered. Then 996 civilians emerged from a nearby Cave and surrendered. Harry i Truman describes is flight from Washington to the West  Washington s gov. Mon c. Wall a Gran listens in at his of Floe in stats # Cape Tol in olympic = name Reich streets for two Presidente of a a a it a i Weimar Germany july 2 Cap a nazi names have been Wip de off Weimar a new Street map and in their place How Are names like Abraham Lincoln Washington and Boron von Steuben. The new map reads like a roster of the men and women who either led the revolution of 1619 or played leading roles in the Weimar Republic. Adolf Hitler Strasse has become Karl Liebknecht Strasse the fuehrer plats is now Karl Marx plats and Ludendorff Strasse has been changed to Ernst ,1 Quot a it it a a a a >., a a ,.Normandy unit Okinawa Agar said that in a 1�?president tru. That francs As Large i part As possible a Coal production a it is believed the French allotment would equal 49 percent of Tbs Coal extracted in the Sones occupied by the Western Powers. Germany a prewar Coal production in the West was approximately a Liff Lwi Tom a imports from Germany will supplement what can be produced in prance about 40 million tons in peacetime., a i a British Bill Ding 224-seat plane 1 Washington july 2 ans a the first engr. Special brig., which saw action in North Africa Italy and.Normandy was among the first units to land on Okinawa thus making the brigade one of the first army units to fight in the Mediterranean european and Pacific Heaters the wat department on of Day in.Normandy the brigade suffered 90 percent casualties. It was transferred from the Eto through the us. To the Pacific last february the second and third engr. Special brigades also Are in the Pacific. 102 and doughs get a circus  fed totos Phoenix arts., july 2 ans a thunderbird Feld no. 1, which graduating More than 12a60 fliers is closed. Gotha july 2�?a circus Complete with clowns bareback riders sawdust and trained animals run by a briton and featuring performers of half a dozen nationalities is giving thousands of gis of the 102nd inf. Div. And attached putt an old fashioned american lip. Sent is Gotha the circus was located at Zwickau about 100 Miles away a couple of weeks ago. Fifty three two and a half ton trucks and four tank retriever a for the elephants a were dispatched to bring it to Gotha the circus under a big top that covers seats Lor almost 4,000, is owned by Harry Williams a British National who has been in the business 40 years. The division band which plays circus music Complete with Oom pahs features gm3gt Bruce Carter of Brooklyn who played for the Clyde Beatty circus. Red army men i return Home 400,000 Dps staying in . Zone in Reich 12th army group july 2�? the 400,000 Odd displaced persons who will remain in the . Occupation zone of Germany present a major headache according to it. Col. Joseph Carson do Branch chief., nearly 350,000 of these will be poles he said. Only 34,000 poles fewer than ten per cent of those in do Camps in this army group area have elected to go to their Homeland at present occupied by the russians. Sharp contrast it this is in Sharp contrast to the vast repatriation of russians Carson a Aid. Of More than 1,300,000 russian Dps 1.250,000 already have been turned Over to the soviet. In return 225,000 Western europeans have been transported from russian occupied Germany to Allied areas. Of More than 8,000,000 Dps estimated to be in Germany the 12th army up. Has handled More than three and a half million two and a half million of whom already have been repatriated. The rest remain in Camps or at Large in the is. Acme. Carson said it was not american policy to compel displaced persons to return Home. He indicated they would be maintained in Camps by american military authorities at least until a new policy we is set. By Howard Byrne stars and stripes staff writer Budapest july 2�?hundreds of thousands of tired but triumphant russian soldiers Are moving homeward along roads leading eastward from Austria Czechoslovakia and Hungary. The russians Are pressing every Type of transport into service and the vehicles vary from american made jeeps and 6x6s to russian counterparts German lorries and thousands of civilian cars. Gal Tiafilo eos / traffic cops along the roads in the russian Zonce Are usually Young women who do a Snappy routine with red and yellow signal flags in Vienna one russian Soldier refused to obey the traffic woman Shalt signal and drove through it she dropped her Flag shouldered her Rifle and shot him out of the Wagon. Russian soldiers warm up quickly to americans and when the conversation turns to the Allied War in the Pacific red army men unanimously indicate they regard the japs As fascists and As much their As the germans. Jobs for vets in state dept Washington july 2 ans a the state department 1� looking 400 new foreign service offi and Hopes to get most of them from men and women of the armed services and veterans of the present War. With its Job of representing this country abroad vastly expanded the department said it was now convinced that Quot the most suitable Talent to draw from is among the men and women who have fought to win the War and therefore have a vital and personal interest in building a lasting  qualified applicants will get examinations and gis who pass the examination and get appointments will be Given discharges except in cases of overruling military necessity. Applicants must be Between 21 and 30 years old. London july of a stratosphere 2�?construction luxury Airliner capable of flying from in Mon to new Yorman 12 hours with sleeping accommodations for 72 passengers he begun to England. The 115-ton ship which is expected to be ready for trans Atlantic service in three years will be Able to carry 224 Day passengers on Short flights. Sex aide to Ike quit Washington july 3 ans William Phillips former political advisor to Gen. Eisenhower resigned As special assistant to the Sec Reurer mrs. Mary Mckeogh of now York came along to songs Boss when m-8gt. Mickey me Keogh orderly for Gen. Ele Nohower at tended a now York reception for the supreme Oom Mander. Mickey is being discharged negro i fails senator claims Washington july 2 ans a the negro Soldier has been Quot an utter and abysmal failure in this War sen. James o. Eastland in mass declared during debate on the fair employment practices committee. He said this View was Given him and other senators by High ranking generals on a recent trip to Europe. Eastland charged that the All negro 62nd div., Quot had the beet equipment and the Best training of any division we had but Quot could not be placed to a responsible position to the  Italy partisans hand in arms germans thank yanks for Aid a a. With 30th army. Div., Germany july 2�?at least one German Community wants to erect a memorial to american soldiers. The Small town of Diesendorf in the sur Valley recently was almost washed out by a Flash flood. Soldiers of co. A do ninth tank bn., of the 20th army. Div., saved Many lives and Large amounts of property. In a letter to the company a commander the Burgermeiste of Diesendorf wrote Quot we want to put the names of those heroes of humanity on a memorial and fix it locally in a worthy place 1 please give All the Many soldiers who gave such Brave help on the night of horrors the Best thanks of  Udine Italy july 2 Reuter a More them 12,000 italian partisans handed in their arms and ammunition Here after marching past it Gen. Richard Maccreery commander of the eighth army in the town Square. The partisans tossed rifles bazookas and belts of ammo on heaps guarded by British maps. Ace Garbeski misses Orient Oil City pa., july 2 ans a it. Coi Francis Gabreski credited with destroying 28 German planes in combat before being taken prisoner said today that his request for Pacific duty had been denied. Newsman a dam okayed Washington july 2 ans a a distinguished service news medal As an a amp Rcw to War correspondents such As the late Ernie Pyle was approved by the Senate military affairs committee. Marine takes care of Man with Bugle Okinawa july 3 ans a lots of gis have talked about it. Irving Berlin wrote a song about it but. Marine Chi Joseph Stelmach 25, of Allentown. Pa., did something. He killed a bugler. The bugler was a Jap on Okinawa