Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes wednesday july 4, 1945sen. Con Nasiy signs the Charier Berlin District command Weimar july Day began in grand style throughout Faur and Saxony today As Long headed West to make Way for the russians in areas allotted them for permanent occupation. It was probably the biggest mass withdrawal of american forces in enemy territory and it will carry the re Flag approximately another100 Miles Westward into the arrangement Between armies every yank must out by tomorrow to the discretion of the when pfc hey win occupy Thene Sones. The switch in occupational troops is talk he place within a three Day instead of the previously nine Days apparently to a july 4 entry into Berlin civilians in the evacuate stood in dejected groups watching the Quot truely the grinning yanks Roll by. I bloc striving to Quot Dee West in enter to escape what they believed will he a dire Fate at the of the russians. Yong frantically declared they ,. Away in the Woods or hide in Cental is. A a meanwhile red army troops entering portions of their Sone were reported in the8�?Tcities of Schwerin Halle Leipzig Wei Plamen red Urt and is a. F president Truman and the United state delegation took on As son. Tom Connelly signs the to hated nations charter at san Frano too. Standing around the table Teft to right Are Trumen Edward a Stettinius 4fh Comdr. Harold Stassen Dean Virginia Gilder Solevo rep. Charles a. Eaton rep sol steam and sen. Arthur h. Vanderberg. The charter outlines the United nations up Gram to Quot end the Eoo urge of  or. Truman the presented the charter to the 8enata, the military affairs a a a committee will conduct hearing starting july 9th. Ppm w a Quot 1 to a a a Paris july 3�?on the heels of a he Levant crisis a new International problem was developing in Paris today Over the postwar status of Tangier the International zone on the moroccan Side of the Straits of Gibralter which Spain seized in 1940 and now is handing Back to International control. American British and French diplomatic representatives who were to open discussions on the zones future at the French foreign office this morning were forced to a state of bade to vote a win re entering Union a a Quot v y �.�? amp w a Trenton. A. July 3 ans a Dade county pop. 5,894 will willing to return to Georgia and the unite. In. The or. Flag Hast flown legally in Dade county since that Day in 1860 when Uncle Bob Tatum arose in the state legislature and cried Quot by the gods gentlemen if Georgia does not vote to secede immediately from the Union Dade county will secede from the state and become the Independent state of  during Independence Day ceremonies local citizens will cast an Oral vote in the Trenton town Square. If they decide to become just another of Georgia a 159 counties the stars and Barg will be hauled Down to be replaced by the stars and stripes. Clay denies reds thwart Berlin meet Frankfurt july 3 it apr suggestions that the russians Ana deliberately delaying the next meeting of the Allied control Council in Berlin or blocking agreement on what to do with conquered Gen Many were brushed aside by it Gen. Lucius d. Clay us. Deputy military governor in Germany. Quot we be never encountered any tendency by the russians to delay a a the Workings of the Quadri Parte government of Germany Quot Gen. Clay declared emphatically. Quot they have been most  while there have been no discussions on policy among the Oom randers in chief of the us. Bri. Tiara russian and French forces there is general understanding of the views of each government As a result of discussions held by the european advisory commission. American policy it is Learned will be to give the germans More responsibility in governing themselves with emphasis on government at regional or state level it is planned to restore the German press eventually with censorship after publication. Some time in the future there probably will be a centralized German administrative unit under Allied control to run posts Telegraph and other communications in a National basis. Tally the Firestone rubber co. Joined strikers at Goodyear and three other plants closed Down for a week to overhaul equipment. A in a Washington the War labor Board referred the Goodyear strike now in its 18th Day to economic Stabilizer William h. Davis. The Board has preceded slowly toward a seizure by the army or Navy both of which Are vitally interested in the v air plane tires produced by Goodyear and exhausted every resource before relinquishing the Case to . In All 55,700 men were Idle 15.000 at Firestone 18,700 at Goodyear and 34,000 at the three other firms. As a result rubber production practically ceased in Akron for the first time in 75 Yoerg the russian demand was transmitted to the French government sunday night via the French embassy in Moscow. Tangier which was made an International zone by a British French Spanish agreement in 1923, was taken Over by Spain in 1940, when France was Down and Britain was fending off  May of a Allied passage London july 3 Reuter a passage of Allied troops through Switzerland on their Way Home has been discussed at a conference at Berne according to the London times. It wag believed Switzerland would agree if the troops were unarmed. British and american units in Italy Austria and Germany probably would use the Swiss rail network which is intact.8 pcs on trial for stalag death la Ndon july 3�?eight German pcs charged with torturing and strangling a fellow prisoner in a scottish enclosure pleaded innocent today before a British military court. A the men All Young non commissioned officers allegedly killed Feld Webel Wolfgang Roester when he denied toeing a National socialist. The prosecution charges that Roester was beaten taken before a mock tribunal in a prison hut and then hanged. Several German pcs testified today against their fellow prisoners. They told the court that just before the body was found they heard Quot screaming and crying Quot coming from a nearby hut. Boston july 3 ans it a the arrival of the s. S. Daniel Huger with 339 european War veterans aboard today brought to More than 4,000 the number of gis landed in Boston in the last two Days. Among the latest arrivals were More than 3,000 officers and men of 95th div 397th inf. Regt. Which helped capture Metz the returnees were taken to Camp Myles Stan dish at nearby Taunton for processing.2,000 lose lives As plane Falls chunking july 3 up map proximately 2.000 persons were killed when a japanese plane shot Down in an air Battle Over Shanghai crashed into a crowded District of the former French Concession chinese press reports said today that Doe it Washington july 3 ans a the Guy who put you in the army is going to get a medal for it. President Truman today signed a Bill authorizing award of. Medals to unpaid personnel of the selective service system. Mackinac Island mich., july 3 ans a Comdr. Harold e Stassen a Delegate to the san Francisco conference proposed today a two Point program by which governors at the National governors conference Here could support the world Security league. Stassen listed his Points As "1�?do everything in our Power to insure continuing solid backing and support of the Home front to1 men who Are fighting in the  "2�?give Alert attention and study to questions of world policy to wage peace As successfully As we waged  Stassen former Republican governor of Minnesota urged the governors to support the world charter As Quot the policy of the people of the 48  crashes into escort Seattle july 3 ans a the u.sj3. Rail a destroyer escort arrived today for repairs after a Duel with five japanese Kamikaze planes off Okinawa april 12., the encounter lasted half an hour and at the end the sturdy Little ship had a grotesque decoration the Tail end of the one successful suicide plane sticking out. Of a Hatchway the crafts wings were sheared off. The planets 500-lb. Bomb Tore Loose and burst outside the ship spraying the port Side with shrapnel. Casualties were 21 killed and 38 seriously wounded. Four of the attacking planes were shot  airman Dies at Cannes new York july 3 ans a Clifford b. Harmon 80, donor of the Harmon National aviation trophy and Pioneer plane and Ballon Pilot died june 23 at Cannes. France his family announced today. Harmon suffered a stroke in Paris several years ago and was taken to Cannes at the outbreak of the  editor assails senator Norfolk  july 3 ans a countering a statement by sen. James o. Eastland a miss that negro combat troops Are an Quot utter and abysmal  p. Bernardo Young jr., editor of journal and guide a weekly negro newspaper Here declared today that More than a dozen High ranking military officials had praised negro troops a a overseas to his three War correspondents John Jordan one of the papers correspondents said he had received a statement from maj. Gen. E. M. Allmond who commanded the 92nd div. In Italy and quoted him As saying the unit Quot had maintained throughout the final phases of the italian Campaign the same magnificent performance for which they had been previously cited by Gen. Mark w.  the trooper dood it army pitch of 4 foul balls an old Soldier walks Home t-5 Charley trooper White who once won renown for shaving in bed while in the Canadian army transferred to the . Army and became a very Junior enlisted member of Gen Eisenhower s secretarial staff. Later he got a rewrite Job on the stars and stripes. A shortly after be Day Charley began a series on How the discharge process works but stopped uniting when if developed his records were missing by or. Charle8 White former stars and stripes staff writer a bean Blossom ind., july 3�?after a Long arduous operation your correspondent has achieve his objective and has that Little White paper Well in hand. In other a i dood it., a a the papers were passed out at 1535 hours and not a Man hesitated in the Forward Rush to get them. Then an officer made a Short talk thanked us on behalf of the War department and Shook hands with each Man. After that came a wild dash to the pay office. There was a cute trick there. We had signed the payroll and each Man received ail his Back pay minus deductions plus the first of three Hundred Dollar discharge payments. But they Only gave us $50 in Cash. The rest was by Check and we were Given window envelopes like. The Gas Bills come in addressed to our Homes. You put the Check in the envelope drop it in the Mailbox and then you re sure that girls who seem to like payroll towns will get Only $50 from each Soldier. But there was one final screw up in this Long process which they began by shipping me to the wrong sep Era Tion Center continued by cutting my Points Down to 60 they ended up 117 and completed by scratching me off the roster by a clerical error so that i had to sweat out More time in an agonizing repple dapple. Here was the final flaw that made me lose Faith in army clerks. Just after a Man handed me that discharge a sergeant looked it Over and said Quot say Soldier you la have to come Back after you get paid. They forgot to put your name on  they did too there a one serious admonition that should be passed on to Guys who now occupy the Foxholes of Marseille Nice Paris and various places get All your campaigns awards medals etc., entered on your service record now. Keep after Mem until you can see it done with your own eyes. Then you wont have to wait on this Side of the water where delay is truly torture