Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Nice Marseille edition the weather forecast for Nice Marsule area sunday partly Cloudy maximum temperature 85. Forecast by marijuana Airport weather station one year ago today in Normandy an Allied offensive carried advanced elements to within one half Mue of the Center of Caen Dally newspaper of . Armed forces Yoi. 1�?no. H7 vet beefs bring Odt rail ban sunday uly 8, 1945 one franc Washington july 7 fans a returning veterans protests against inadequate and unsanitary Railroad accommodations today brought a ban on Oil civilian Pullman travel on trips of 450 Miles or less. The office of defense a transportation order will be effective at noon july 15. Only sleepers Are affected but it Means at least 1,895 More pullmans for military travel Odt estimated. J. Monroe Johnson director of the Agency said the order was necessary because of the Quot unexpectedly heavy arrival of troops Well in Advance of both officers and enlisted men have protested against Long trips in coaches they termed dirty vermin us overcrowded and lacking adequate washing or toilet facilities. Latest protests came from 200 veterans of the 95th div. And eighth air Force who Rode from Camp Myles Standish near Boston to Salt Lake City in old coaches. Temper of the veterans was not improved when they saw members of italian service units transferring from chair cars to pullmans in Kansas City on a trip from the Bast coast to Sacramento Calif. In Washington the wat department said the Only italian service units now being moved Are sick and disabled men who Are being repatriated. Its suicide for Jap Pilot but Kami Kouw technique sometimes paid off at Okinawa As shown in top picture. Flames and Mack smoke billow front stricken . Ship. Rights Carrier ask ack sends plane crashing into sea. Only nine a Emy ptas were sighted in the air As the p51a swept a Doten airfields Gas storage areas and shipping for the third consecutive Day. One Jap plane was knocked Down and 33 destroyed or damaged on the ground i Gen. Mac Arthurs fifth of fighters now operating from Okinawa again flew to the Jap Homeland attacking the West coast of Kyushu without opposition. Marseille july 7�?two uj3. Soldiers were killed and three were wounded two of them critically in a shooting near the Delta base Section parking lot Here last night. Another american Soldier with a carbine in his Possession was apprehended shortly after the shooting which followed an altercation. All personnel involved were americans. Marseille District military police and Cid authorities were investigating the affair which occurred shortly before Midnight. Washington july 7 ans a Fred Vinson of Kentucky War mobilization and reconversion chief has been nominated As Secretary of the Treasury by president Truman and the Choice was warmly endorsed by official Fjor Washington. The Nomina Tion will be submitted to the a a Fem Senate after the by presidents re turn a Ron big i. Three meeting and Swift Oon i formation of 55 a y e a r old Vomm kentuckian Long a popular figure in the capital was forecast. A recognized authority on taxation Vinson served seven terms in the House and More recently has held the posts of economic stabilization director and Federal loan administrator. Sheaf july 7�?supreme Headquarters and its combined command of the Allied expeditionary forces will be dissolved about july 13, it was announced today. Dissolution of sheaf comes 18 months after its formation in Britain. Exact time for formal disbandment will not be set until Gen. Eisenhower returns to the theater to bid Farewell to his staff and readjustment of some Allied forces in the theater has been completed. Eisenhower will Thep become the commanding general of . Forces in Europe and governor of the american occupation s escape in plane told London july 7�?all pit aft claimed Victory today in Britain a general election but the outcome was locked in the ballot Teumim secret not to be disclosed until the official counting july 2ft, when service votes Are in. There was some voting still to be done in constituencies. Where polling was postponed on account Oft a local Holiday. The most studied conservative opinion was that considerable strength had been lost hut that prime minister Churchill full would have a majority in commons. It was held Likely in these quarters that As Many As 75 seats had been lost. Labor party spokesmen maintain the voting went heavily to the left in Rural and Middle class areas formerly conservative stronghold Japan lavas on vital Stilwell Okinawa july 7 ans a Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell commander of the us. Tenth army which conquered Okinawa said today it would take More than air Power to Knock Japan from the War a it will take invasion to defeat at Pearl Harbor it. Gen. Roy s. Geiger commander of the Pacific Fleet Marine forces said Japan was Ripe foe invasion and . Troops could land there Quot anytime we want de Gaulle going to . Aug. 15 with seventh army july 7 it sgt. Robert f. Stretton of Oak Park 111., 72nd Liaison Sydn. Pilot saved the life of it. Gen. Alexander m. Patch seventh army commander last april 18, and won the distinguished flying Cross. Stretton was flying the general in a slow unarmed Liaison plane when me 109s pounced on him. He dropped his Small ship to Treetop level and hedge hopped among the Hills and other terrain obstacles until he had shaken the closing coast beaches Paris july 7�?qen. Charles de Gaulle has accepted president Truman a invitation to visit him in Washington about aug. 15, the Flench ministry of information primary purpose of the meeting is to Cement Franco american relations which appeared strained after de Gaulle declined an invitation to meet the late for at Yalta. All Seaside beaches will be closed for the remainder of the season due to danger from mines French government officials announced yesterday according to an a report from Paris however u8rra Headquarters in Nice said Riviera beaches used by , personnel had been checked by army engineers for mines. . Submarine lost Washington july 7 Reuter a the submarine trigger is presumed lost the Navy department , to try Gestapo agents Chiang sees big gains this year Paris. July 7�?twenty-one French and georgian Estepe agents including three women who chunking july 7 ans a Gen. Chiang Kai Shek declared today that a a the coming year will yield great results Quot and that chinese troops would Bear the main Burden of ridding the chinese Mainland of the enemy. May drop Peta in trial London july 7 Reuter a the treason trial of marshal Henri Petain May never take place a daily Herald Paris correspondent reported today new York july 7 ans a Back from the wars Frank Sinatra today panned Uso and army special service personnel saying they Quot did t know what time it Quot the voice Quot just returned from his first Uso Camp shows trip entered most of his criticism on the Type of shows the service organization has been sending overseas. Quot Thev have badly under rated the intelligence of the gis Quot he said. He declared that most of the men in the army a special services have never had any previous experience in show business and As a result they Quot did no to know what time it was Quot they might just As Well be out Selling vacuum cleaners Quot he commented. Sinatra who went overseas with comedian Phil silvers pianist sol Chaplin dancer Fay Mckenzie and dancer Betty Yea ton said he spent seven weeks in the Mediterranean theater playing an average of four shows a Day. Homesickness he said is the biggest ailment of soldiers who Are Quot the greatest audience i have Ever played the men received his show very Well he said and they kidded him while he was singing by screaming and squealing. Sold out hundreds of patriots to the nazis and looted 150,000,000 Franca Worth of goods from their victims will go on trial in collaborators court Here monday on pros son charges. Dec to Lato con. Buckner Honolulu july 7�?the distinguished service Cross has bean awarded posthumously to it. Gen Simon b. Buckner jr., tenth arw9 commander who was killed or Okinawa
