Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Nice Marseille edition the weather forecast for Nice mar Niue Rea saturday fair Maxim mum temperature 88. Forecast by Margo and Airport weather station one year ago today germans who had again penetrated la Hay do putts were thrown out after heavy Street fighting. Rally newspaper at i. Armed forces vol. 1�?�?no. 116saturday, july 7, 1945 in Pacific can of Washington july 6�? Gen. Carl a. Spaatz who a directed the strategic bomb eng that levelled Germany has been Given a Simitar assignment in the Pacific in a revamping of America s1 air command in that theater. Under Secretary of War Robert p. Patterson disclosed the appointment announcing at the same time the creation of a new All embracing Pacific us staf. The 20th apr the original super fortress air Force will form Iee Al the command. It will trans my f e r head Quad a i ters from Wash Mington to the a i Pacific where Wmk it will be under command of few maj. Gen. Cur Jbf tis Lemay. A a i t h e other m major part will Oen. Spaak eighth a commanded by it. Gen. James a. Doolittle whose medium bomb is carried out the first assault of the War against Japan. Both Lemay and Doolittle will operate under Spaatz who in turn will answer to Gen. Henry h. Arnold commander in chief of the entire . Army air forces. It. Continued on Page 8 340,000 Home from Europe Washington july 8 ans a three Hundred fort thousand soldiers arrived in the . From Europe Between May 20 and june 30, and a Large number have already been shifted to the Pacific undersecretary of War Robert p. Patterson disclosed. Quot you May accept my Assurance. The japanese will soon feel the Force of our increased air and ground strength Patterson told reporters. Mac handles 162,000 Rheums july 6�?a total of 103,000 troops arrived in the Assembly area during the first month of full scale redeployment operations it was disclosed today. No troops were redeployed directly during june but within two weeks Many of the units now in the Assembly area will leave for the Marseille staging area for shipment to the Orient Truman plans no Early . Delegates plane missing Montreal july 6 up a a transport plane carrying a number of officials from the san fran Cisco conference to Britain is missing on the flight across the Atlantic. The plane left Here monday. Ships at sea have been asked to search for the aircraft whose passenger list was not revealed. Hemstead n.y., july 6 ans a existence of an organized Racket whereby soldiers obtained fraudulent medical discharges and transfers from Quot hot outfits due for combat duty was announced today by the first of the fee for discharges was Quot several thousand dollars and somewhat les8 for Transfer to Safe branches of the army the air forces Public relations office said. Two officers and several men who allegedly obtained false discharges Are being held at Mitchel French occupy Berlin Section Berlin july 6 apr French troops Are occupying the Borough of Renwic Kesdorf in northeastern Berlin apparently indicating that Section will be a under French my during occupation. Renwic Kesdorf consists Quot chiefly of working class Homes but there is also a considerable Industrial District which was heavily bombed. Field. No names were made Public. The announcement did not give to Quot military members of the conspiracy at Mitchel Sej with full cooperation of the japanese commanding officer Smith John Elliot has been near Balikpapan Bornea
