Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather Quot forecast for Nice Marseige area thursday fair Mast mum temperature 85. By Marlin Ane Airport to Tabor station toes Dahy newspaper of . Nice Marseille edition vol in a no. 114 tripes him fit gym tact Otto m one year Abo today american troop captured the railway station at la Hay do puts and pushed on to South against Strong enemy opposition. Thursday july 5, 1945 one franc another Jap held is another a Day last Ridge won live natives burned by japs dutch say au8sie8 on Borneo or. Fighting on two sides of the Largo Oil Wleh Island. While latest Landing Orourre tfx it area of Balikpapan earlier invasion had put diggers ashore on Lashaun Island in the Mouth of Brunei Bay on the Northwestern coast of Borneo. Here they go ashore with heavy Armor. U.s., British flags Fly in Berlin zone units in Paris stand reveille no get ext to a a a. Paris july 4�? into the streets ask Colsin july 4�?flags of the worlds three mightiest nations and Narks of Paris and Versailles flew Over bomb cratered Berlin on this american Independence Day symbolizing completion of the Long awaited and much heralded joint occupation of the former nazi capital by victorious  British and russian forces. The lavish Quot Victory Parade that was to have been held on Unter de Linden was unexplainable de-4 played until a later Date possibly this Friday or saturday thus converting the comparatively simple Flag raising ceremonies into the main feature of the Day. Tank men of the second annd. Div. Officially became the u. S. Occupation Force at 1600 hours Berlin time when the russians turned Over the southwestern Section of the City All of which they have occupied since marshal Stalin proclaimed the fall of the world s largest City in the world on May 2, five Days before the nazi surrender. Bradley at Flag raising the russian Banner was hauled Down from the Adolf Hitler military Barracks in Dehlendorf and was replaced by the stars and stripes. American artillery guns fired an a round Salute while 100 selected veterans of the fifth russian guards army stood at attention beside Gen. Omar n. Bradley acting Eto commander witnessed the ceremony. A half hour later at 1630, a similar ceremony was performed in the it continued on Page 8 Joan in demand Chaplin pay her los Angeles july 4 ans a Joan Berry has begun court action to compel Charlie Chaplin to support her and pay her attorneys fees pending Appeal of her paternity suit against him. Miss Berry said she has no Money cannot work owes 450 dollars rent and has had to borrow a like amount for food and clothes both she and Chaplin have appealed from the judgement which ordered the actor to pay 75 dollars a week for support of the child and 5.000 dollars attorney fees. Vinden Lorg on staff Washington. July 4 ans it Gen. Hoyt s Vandenberg former commander of the ninth air Force was a appointed assistant chief of air staff of army air Force today. Vandenberg 46. Veteran of North Africa. Sicily. Italy trod the Eto succeeds maj. Gen Donald Wilson Goebbels body found in Berlin London july 4 Cap a the charred body of Paul Joseph Goebbels nazi propaganda minister has been found in the Reich chancellors in Berlin Moscow radio reported today. The body which the broadcast said had been Quot unmistakably identified a was found by film operators making a documentary picture of Berlin. The body will be included shortly before 6 30 am tomorrow wih Tumble tens of thousands of com z troops on a new routine of daily reveille formation and physical training ordered by Brig. Gen. Pleas b Rogers Paris troop commandant. Capt. Henry h. Hewitt executive officer of special troops said no enlisted personnel would be excused from reveille except soldiers who might be on duty at 6 30 am or ill or whose organizations for certain reasons might not begin standing reveille immediately. Capt. Hewitt said was would not have to stand reveille today but would have to do so in the near future. Officers in administrative positions will not have to stand reveille. Not discipline move asked whether introduction of reveille coming on the heels of stricter enforcement of Courtesy near Balikpapan Borneo july 4 apr the japanese army burned alive starving and sick slave labourers in a Hospital before driving the rest of the javanese and Borneo yaks aborigines northward toward the Samarinda Oil Fields Netherlands officials charged yesterday. In the film. The broadcast said storm troop i a uniform regulations was a Dis ers tried to Burn the body after its removal from an air raid  to yield Brussels feels Brussels july 4 up a King Leopold will abdicate on condition his son 15-year-old Crown Prince Baudouin succeeds him it was believed today. A Quot confidential message from Leopold believed to convey this fact was delivered today to Regent Prince Charles fluid to acting prime minister Achille Van Acker by attorney general Leon Cornil who returned from the monarchs residence at St. Wolfgang Austria. Cip nary measure capt Hewitt said it was merely adherence to regular army Garrison practice first Call will be at 5 45 am. Rooms will be cleaned and men will shave before falling out. Men living elsewhere than in army billets will be required to report for reveille with their respective groups capt. Hewitt said. Big opium haul Washington july 4 ans a about 20,000 dollars Worth of crude opium wrapped in British newspaper and shipped Here from new York was seized yesterday by narcotic agents. Two chinese were  attack 4 More cities Guam july 4 ans a nearly 500 super fortresses dropped 3,000 tons of fire bombs on four Industrial cities of the japanese Home islands Early today. The b28s sought dispersed War Plant targets in Orochi Tokushima and Takamatsu on Shikoku Island Between Kyushu and Honshu and the Honshu Inland sea port Himeji today s attack was the first on any of the four a cities each of which has a population of about 100,000. 21 centers scourged the assault raised to 27 the number of japanese War centers scourged by the 21st bomber command. It was the seventh b29 raid in eight Days. Adm. Nimitz Dally bulletin announced that Navy planes had sunk or damaged six More ships in enemy Waters raising the ten Day toll taken by Central and Southwest Pacific airmen to 217. Korean Waters struck Nimitz disclosed that liberators from Fleet air Wing 18, based on iwo Juna damaged two Small coastal cargo vessels South of Tokyo. Search privateers Sank a coastal ship Between Korea and Japan another off the West coast of Korea and two More in the yellow  target of plot claim Stockholm july 4 up a japanese Quot opposition officers Quot recently carried out a dynamite attempt on the Mikado a life asserting that Quot this time they did not want to kill him but Only warn command announcement stated him Quot according to an unqualified report in the newspaper tid Ningen today. Beachhead now 7 Miles Long two deep Manila july 4 Ansis australian seventh div troops stormed the last Ridge barring their Way to the Borneo port of Balikpapan and enlarged their invasion beachhead to seven Miles Long and two Miles deep front dispatches said today. Only a Small isolated enemy group is defending the Oil Center and the aussies have seized two major airfields near Soik Papan australian reports said. On the right flank australian elements captured Sepin gang and its Airport six Miles East of Balikpapan after a three mile Advance Down the coastal Highway. It was believed the Field soon would accommodate fighters and medium Bombera cacti defenders retired Maggar Airfield. 12 Miles North East of Balikpapan also was captured. 7 opposition was Light As the Aua Tralins Advance with tank sup port while Strong japanese forces were waiting on the beaches for the australian Landing sunday heavy Allied air and naval bombardment forced them to retire. The aussies were halted momentarily monday when a Large Oil storage tank blew up and filled with flaming Oil the Ravine at the foot of the last Ridge before Balikpapan. It Gen. Leslie a Morshead aus continued on Page 8 fliers wreck three Jap he. Chunking july 4 ans a striking at the nerve Center of japanese resistance in Centra China american fliers today virtually destroyed three enemy Headquarters near Changsha Southeast of Hankow a 14th air Force come Muni que said today. A a the concentrated blow by fighter bombers supporting chinese ground forces wrecked More than 03 buildings and scattered thousands olt japanese troops. Fighting continued in the streets of Lincheng 11 Miles Northwest of Luchow a chinese High t-5 disappears at Cagnes Beach vet accused of bigamy counters wife wed six a Corporal from the 201st Gen. Hosp. On a Riviera furlough apparently drowned yesterday at Cagnes sur Mer the enlisted menus bathing Beach six Miles West of Nice. 5 the Corporal whose name was j withheld disappeared while swimming with two companions about 25 feet from Shore they heard no outcry nor observed any struggle. Surra lifeguards searched the Al Cimity without Success and a Surra Harbor patrol boat spent the afternoon dragging the Beach without finding a body. A Philadelphia july 4 ans a two weeks ago mrs. Alice cheat Wood a pretty blonde waitress charged Hubby Morris Segal a discharged army Veteran with bigamy he had her petition indignantly claimed another wife and two children today after exhibiting patience that Only the army can teach. Segal saw her and raised her mrs. Cheatwood. He said has six husbands what a More Segal added three of her mates were servicemen from whom she was collecting allotment checks when mrs. Cheatwood courted him. �?�8he suggested we get married a he said Quot but i told her i wag already married that Sall right a she replied All we need to get your allotment and insurance is a marriage License Quot intimating that mrs cheat Wood could pm two and two together especially Frith knowledge that when a Man gets out of the army his allotment stops Segal said that upon his discharge she told him she tic longer loved him mrs Cheatwood has married to bolster his Case Segal told j again since he testified. The new the court of the romantic scene i Hubby is a  quits As Truman Aid Washington july 4 cans a Harry l. Hopkins White House adviser and wartime emissary for two presidents stepped out of Public life yesterday because 1 must take a  ailing for several years to patois 54. Turned in his resignation As special assistant to president Truman. Who accepted it in a letter expressing regret and Praise Quot for All your great and patriotic Sera ice to our  Hopkins win not attend the forthcoming Berlin conference in the same advisory capacity in which he accompanied the late president Roosevelt to previous big three meetings it Hopkins returned to Washington refer to from a special Mission in Moscow