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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Fee Marseille eur Tom the weather forecast for Nice Marseige Arear wednesday fair fresh winds in Marseille area Maxi mum temperature 83. Feb recast toy Marignani Airport weather station one year ago today americans encountered heavy enemy apposition in the Vicinity of St. To but captured Pont Herbert. The St vol. 1�?ho. 120 wednesday july ii 1945big three talk seen s Quot t in week War in use a suicide sea London july 10�?president Truman a announced departure from the . Stirred new speculation Here today that his first meeting with prime minister Churchill and Stalin in the Berlin area would be held Early next at the same time no. 10 Downing Street again insisted there has Quot no truth whatever to reports that Churchill would Confer with Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain during the prime minister a current vacation near the French Span ish Border town of he Odaye. Franco standing by an associated press correspondent assigned to Churchill quoting Quot reliable reports a said Franco had arrived in Northern Spain just Acme the French Border. At the same time Churchill was said to tie holding conferences with British diplomats attached to the mar Darld embassy. From Moscow Reuter reported that Premier Stalin and his staff were preparing to leave Moscow. Announcement of president Truman s departure was made yesterday by the White House which a Aid he had sailed from a Virginia port last saturday. The president was accompanied by James f. Byrnes new Secretary of state and a huge group of advisers. Kill and be killed it objective of Jap suicide pilots. This remarkable photo was snapped by a Navy photographer is a Kaml kans a a Val piano roared in toward . Warship in Pacific. Exit. Is drafted As Buck private Atlanta july 10 ans sex it. William k. Dobson wounded twice in 14 months overseas service and then discharged is Back in the army drafted As a Buck private. He received a greetings from his draft Board after he had married and gotten his old Job Back. A a a a a a a 1 a Washington july 10 ans a Hie army has ordered that All personnel in the . Who have less than six months overseas service be Given foreign assignments if they Are qualified and can be replaced in their present jobs. Returning veterans and personnel disqualified for overseas service will take their places As fast As possible. Hie order called for replacement by May 1, 1940. While All physically qualified male military personnel Are affected a a special emphasis will be placed on those under 35, the announcement said. Men not included in the order Are special groups specifically exempted by the War department enlisted men Over 38, unless they request overseas assignment in writing physically disqualified officers and enlisted men and those covered by the policy exempting members of families from which two or More persons have been killed or made prisoners or lost. Charter passes first obstacle Post suspends in . Strike Manila july 10 ans a dutch East indies troops have made two new amphibious land Inga in Balikpapan Bay above the Panda Sari Oil refinery area Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced today. Australians have virtually completed capture of the refineries among the largest on Borneo. Dutch troops had to Cross the so Ember River which flows into Balikpapan Bay and then Cross the Estuary formed by the Mouth of the so Ember Wain Cesar and Balikpapan Rivers. Washington july 10 ans a sen. Arthur h. Vandenberg or Mich has steered the United nations charter past its first major Shoal in the Senate foreign relations committee by assuring members the . Could quit the world league at any time. Brisk debate Over withdrawal prove skins of the charter was touched off by sen. Eugene d. Millikin a Colo who contended the Security Council set up by the charter could in effect prevent c�u8. From quitting. Vandenberg a signer of the charter said the . Was free to withdraw a at its own unrestricted option a with Only the obligation of saying Why. New York july 10 ans a the new York Post has suspended publication As a result of the newspaper delivery strike which has tied up circulation of 13 other metropolitan papers Here. Despite a War labor Board ultimatum to return to work or face loss of closed shop and retroactive pay rights the Independent delivery Union still was on strike today. Readers of All major new York papers except pm which has an Independent contract with the deliverers formed lines As Long As it blocks to Purchase copies from newspaper offices. Eden recovered London july 10�?foreign Secretary Anthony Eden who had been suffering from the effects of a duodenal ulcer for a number of weeks resumed his duties at the foreign office today. M Artilur sees Borneo War French to try German Rennes. Brittany jul Yin Reuter a the first German War criminal trial to be held in France will begin thursday before a French military tribunal Here. British pull out in sitting advanced he sea july 10 ans a in the face of heavy at Tacke by cornered japs British forces have withdrawn from a Point on the sit Tang River Bend. Lord Louis Mountbatten she. Announced today. The British including wounded withdrew from Yaung Kasha 25 mile East Northeast of pegu where 7,000 japanese believed to be in the Bend area have been striking bit Terly seeking to escape eastward to Thailand. Sheaf july 10�?All but 13 soldiers were rescued when the British troop ship Empire javelin bringing the main body of . 15th army he. Across the English Channel was sunk by a tor Pedee or mine dec. 98, it was disclosed today. Survivors totalled 1,483 officers and men who were transferred to the French frigate la Esca mouche which had drawn up alongside the javelin. In addition to the thirteen men listed As missing Twenty were injured two seriously. The sinking was revealed in the publication of part of 15th army a history. The survivors jumped from the javelin to the decks of 1�?Tesear-mouche in 55 minutes a few min utes after the Transfer an explosion Shook the javelin which Sank stewards into the Channel. Setting sail from Southampton the morning of dec 28, the javelin moved into mid Channel where it was rocked by a terrific explosion at 1430. The blast was below the waterline and it left the ships rudder and propeller useless. Ool. Louis a Compton commanding the main Headquarters body attributed the Light casualty list to the conduct and discipline of the passengers and foresight and seamanship of capt. Mclean of the javelin capt. De Esquen Duplessis Lasso of la scan touche and commanders of assisting . Vessels. French Teri fast plane Paris july 10�?a newly tested French Pursuit plane is capable of nearly 500 Miles an hour the French ministry of air announced. The Quot softening up shelling of Balikpapan Beech borne be observed by Gen. Mac Arthur front a ship in the invasion Fleet just before the first wave of australian forces stormed the Jap positions  
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