Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Iii rim v1 the weather forecast for Nice mar Settle area a thursday fair fresh northerly winds maximum temperature 81. Forecast a by Marignani Airport weather station daily vol. In no. 121 of Porat Hefti one year ago today Briff. Gen. Theodore a Roosevelt son of famed Quot to amp a it died on Normandy of a heart attack and was buried with military honors. Thursday one fran 7th div. Hussies invade balikpapan154 Jap millies. Guam july 11 ans a More than 1,000 Carrier planes of a . Third Fleet task Force won Complete Mastery of the air Over Tokyo yesterday destroying or damaging at least 154 enemy aircraft in attacks on 80 airfields in the capital area adm Nimitz announced today. There were no to reports fcb Ntim using feet a a tick a Quot Lut i to and Okinawa based fighters continued to Rake Kyd Ashti southernmost Jop Home Island. It was the sixth fighter raid in a week i no japanese aircraft were reported in the air Over Tokyo recon Ais men of a Beach party of the Veteran australian 7th div. Move across a Bridge into Tho outskirts of burning Balikpapan Rich Oil Center of Borneo. Tho stubborn a soles now control All Balikpapan  control Balikpapan Bay Davies Eden adjust views London july 11 up a Joseph e. Davies former . Ambassador to Russia and now a presidential trouble shooter today conferred with foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to adjust Anglo american viewpoints before the big three conference opens in the Berlin area this weekend. Davies talked with american ambassador John Winant saw Eden Early today and will Fly to Paris and thence to Berlin. He is not expected to visit prime minister Winston Churchill now resting at men Daye in Southern France. President Truman meanwhile was Halfway across the Atlantic aboard the Cruiser Augusta which is expected to put him ashore at a North european port late this week from where he will Fly to Berlin. The associated press said russians role in the Pacific War was one Issue awaiting big three discussion we sifts China death verdict Washington july 11 ans a sen Brien Mcmahon a Conn disclosed today that he had intervened in the Case of two army private in China who wrote that they were condemned to be executed for the death of a chinese woman after an altercation with villagers. Mcmahon said h e informed under Secretary of War Robert p. Patterson had radioed to China for a Complete report. The soldiers Are John v. Brennan of West Hartford conn., and James Coooer. Of Norwood Ohio. Brennan wrote an aunt that he and Cooper mounted a water Buffalo at a chinese Village a a intend ing to take a of ride and have a Little  villagers objected. A 71-year old woman succeeded in pulling Brennan off and he fell on her and she died three hours later. Gen. I k e returns flies in new cs4 Frankfurt july 11�?Gen. Eisenhower came Back to the continent today arriving Here after a 15-hour trip from Newfoundland in a new 054. Also aboard the plane were the general a son it. John Eisenhower col. Ernest r. Lee aide de Camp and a sgt. Sue saurian of Detroit Gen. Eisenhower a Secretary.500,0q0th 91 sails for Home roat yields in Argentine Mardel Plata Argentina 11 ans a a 700 ton nazi a boat which App Arency had cruised the Atlantic for 18 weeks surfaced today inside Mardel Plata breakwater and surrendered to a a the commandant of this submarine base. Her be pedalled Young commander Otto Wermouth and his hungry Crew of 54 clambered from the submarine to an Argentine tender and handed Over a Small handbag containing the a boats insignia. All were placed under custody strike halts milk delivery Detroit july 11 ans a an estimated half million persons were without milk for the third straight Day today As deliveries of 30 percent of Detroit a milk Supply were tied up by a walkout of 1.000 Creamery employees. Waters declared safa London july 11 a it a a the Waters of the Atlantic the Mediterranean the Baltic North White Black add red seas Are now considered Safe from attack by enemy forces the admiralty announced in response to an inquiry concerning War risk insurance. Be Havre july 11�?the 500, 000th Soldier to embark for the . Under the army a redeployment and readjustment program boarded the converted freighter Marine Angel Here today to sail for Home a discharge and his old Job As a bus Driver. He was pfc John s. Pinney of Toledo former member of co. A 38th inf., second  who had amassed 108 Points i it a \ it a a Long As i get there a he said nonchalantly a a done to mind if there were 498,999 ahead of  Pinney Holder of the purple heart and the Bronze Star landed with the second div. In Normandy on a Day plus one. 7�jn flown Home in Paris com z said that 70.000 men sent Home thus far have gone by plane. It listed this timetable second and fifth inf. Diva last units scheduled to Clear be Havre tomorrow. 20 the army.  body moving to be Havre for july shipment. 28th inf.  detachment scheduled to sail from be Havre tomorrow. Rest of division in Assembly area command near  air trips near Seaman pickets Flay Bonus Cut Washington july 11 ans a pickets carrying placards protesting a a wage cuts strolled before War shipping administration Headquarters and regional offices yesterday the action was part of a demonstration voted by the National maritime Union Cio against a reduction in seamen a War bonuses scheduled to take effect sunday. The Quot Bonus Cut was ordered by the maritime War emergency Board which does not belong to the was. The Union is asking that War risk bonuses be continued until wage schedules Are rearranged t o guarantee Ordinary seamen working seven Days a $37 40 weekly Manila july 11 ans a australian seventh div. Forces have captured thar Panda Aari refineries of Balikpapan and have seized Complete control of Balikpapan Bay with a new amphibious Landing on the Southern Shore Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced today. The new Landing third to be announced in Balikpapan Bay within the last 24 hours was made sunday afternoon at Djen Ebora Peninsula four Miles North of Penadjas by Anse troops taking off from the Penadjas area Frost no Ayusa Anchorage Allied Force now hold Complete control of the Shore area of Balikpapan Mac Arthur said indicating the huge Anchorage soon May be utilized by Allied Fleet forces planning new moves against the enemy. Macarthur Sake australian planes Are now using bases in Borneo giving his of Dunand air bases Over a 1.700-mile line from Okinawa South Westward. Front dispatches said that japanese retreating from Balikpapan were organizing a new Center of resistance in the area of 200-foot High mount Bato Hampar about six Miles North of Balikpapan. At the opposite end of the line other tank led australian Force almost a mile As they Ham yesterday and Only two Sanee planes were sighted near the Carrier task Force described amps a a the greatest Mobile striking Force in land or sea  y both reconnaissance units were shot Down and not a single a vessel was damaged by enemy action Nimitz said next invasion awaited meanwhile As Japan was Given a temporary respite after its worst Aerial pounding Nimitz disclosed that aah units based in the Yuk Yus Okinawa had been placed under command of Gen. Macarthur. Nimitz said he a retaining con Troi of naval aircraft in the area for the task of a a tightening the naval blockade of Japan and destroying japanese naval forces and shipping preparatory to to Dffutt amphibious assaults Only one b29 was lost in the attacks against five cities. Results ranged from Quot Good Quot to a a excellent Quot japanese radio reported the or naval task Force had withdrawn a a some distance southward Quot and that no strikes were made by it today. The japs said the Carrier raids lasted 12 hours gained mered through a series of enemy Road t blocks Northeast of Maggar Airfield on the Road to the Rich East Borneo Oil  draft order halted London july ii apr regular air service Between Berlin Paris and London planned by air transport command awaits completion of repairs to Tempelhof Airfield taken Over by occupying yank troops in the Reich capital Ato officials disclosed today. A Columbus Ohio july 11 ans a Ohio selective Are vice today cancelled its order for pre induction examinations of Goodyear Plant workers with occupational deferments. Col c. W. Goble state director said the order issued in the midst or a strike a week ago had been cancelled because the Navy had taken Over the Akron rubber  retake fifth airbase enemy cot 2-Muuon ton bomb read Tycho from Jbf Washington. July 11 ans a the massiveness of the air War against the Axis with the dropping of the 2,000,000th ton of bombs in the raid on Tokyo was illustrated in statistics released by the array air forces today. Some of the statistics it would take a Convoy of trucks each carrying 12 bombs standing bumper to bumper and stretching from Boston to san Francisco to transport the weight of explosives dropped. Aah fighters and bombers have flown More than 2,300.000 sorties to Dute the equivalent of keeping 1,800 aircraft in the air daily since Pearl Harbor. More than 19,700,000 flying hours have been logged and More than 3,100.000.000 Gallons of gasoline consumed it took 34 months to drop the first 1,000,000 tons of bombs but Only nine months to drop the second million. Aah planes have destroyed More than 40,000 enemy aircraft in All chunking july ii ans a chinese soldiers have recaptured the former american airbase at Xincheng in Tiangsi province and Are within 15 Miles of another evacuated Airfield at Kan Hsien 210 Miles Northeast of Canton the chinese High command announced today. Xincheng abandoned by Izaj. Gen. Claire l. Chennault a forces Jan 29, was the fifth airbase recaptured in the current chinese drive. Meanwhile. It. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer a Headquarters reported that for the first time in months Japan a Southeast air forces had put up fighter opposition tour. Planes. A. Y a a a Quot p38s of the 14th of were attacked by four Jap fighters Over French indo China. One Jap plane was damaged and All american aircraft returned Wedemeyer Sak Senate accepts Sultan for in Washington july 11 Ansi a nomination of temporary la Gen. Daniel i. Sultan to be inspector general of the army with the permanent rank of major general was approved today by the Senate military committee. He will succeed maj Gen. Virgil Lee a a Terson whose term expired feb. Luther deck Miller was conf Caa Edas chief of army chaplains. Theours and have sunk a of More than 2.300 000 tons of i feeding maj Gep. William if shipping a i noid who retired june 30. Total a the rank of brigadier general