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Publication: Southern France Stars and Stripes Thursday, July 12, 1945

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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Assur the stars and stripes thursday july 12, 1945 Paris celebrate time since displays  ranged by Honor of its ing the. Allied a tip a. 1 mayor new York is plans a out vote Sivea 9 a. Be Day fete lib France in general and Paris in particular will a a the French a fourth of july Quot a for the first today with parades Street dancing fireworks and other special events. V r in Paris will carry through four Days beginning latins smart selection has Ever there i the Rennes de place for these broadcast by loud squares and monuments ted and illuminated new y it re duly u ans lilt fourth pm Foch went into action soon after the Normandy landings pilfered 22,000 Battle casualties w u months of combat x bs5  Rosr sets outfit. Quot we evacuated twice our Normal strength Quot Blakeley said and added "1 want to land my division a rang Iwada is of two a 111 w w he  min s a the fourth doughs came Home aboard the Navy transport Hermitage formerly the italian liner Monte by r foe july 11 it apr Hitler that religious denied to generals condemned to death the connection with the bomb plot against his life last july. The hey. Peter Buchholz whose duty the last two years has been to extend spiritual Comfort to persons condemned to death in the plot sense in Berlin disclosed hitlers orders. The priest said that some 90 generals Field mar Shah diplomats and other High hinged in a Row at plot sense. A it. Devons mass., july 11 cans a pvt. Joseph v. Guardhouse Mcgee 26, whose two year sentence for slapping German prisoners was revoked Felt a a Gre signal protest admitted at an army of uric Mart Al yesterday is claims of heroism were false n a charged with being awol being intoxicated in uniform and giving false information about awards he was supposed to have Ved Mcgee pleaded guilty to All charges and was sentenced to six months Hare a labor and fined 35 dollars month for six months Mcgee said he never had receive fat a v. Me Fum the Silver Star nor the purple heart and said he never had been in combat As claimed in a sworn statement. Mcgee explained that scars on his hands were the results of Street fights. Maj. Charles h. Angelo Post psychiatrist testified Mcgee had a mental age of "11 years and six  maj. Leon a. Mccarthy Post adjutant testified Mcgee admitted in a sworn statement he had a record of 13 court martial convictions before coming to Devens. Charges ranged Iran being awol to in Keneas fighting disrespect to a Superior officer using a Hal track illegally and slapping nazi prisoners in France. Mcgee was sentenced by a general court martial in prance sept. 26, 1944, to two years on the charge of slapping German prisoners. He was serving time in the guardhouse at it. Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis when a congressman protested. Later he was released delicious Delovely Jinx Falkenburg is a sure Bette promote warmer feelings Between the u.8. And latin America Mexico a minister of the Interior has notified Jinx now married by the Way that she hat been a Heeti to Model travel posters. I a mtg ctr a proper Rhineland 9>ivislonsl�sted it zip Paris july 11�?incomplete lists of units awarded Battle participation stars for the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns have been made Public by com z Headquarters. Published also was a supplementary list of units receiving the ardennes Campaign Star. In addition to units listed in the stars and  a a stripes june 27, the following Mana a _ a Hipa m Jor units have been awarded the . To yield More Hospital poles French to negotiate military pact Warsaw july it up a Poland new government of National Unity will open negotiations with Gen. Charles de Gaulle a regime in Paris for a French polish military Alliance. Prime minister Edward Kosubka Mora ski told a group of correspondents after their 1,200-mile tour of Poland. The Premier also revealed that his government would seek a seat on the Security Council of the United nations organization. The announcements were considered reflections of Poland a determination to pursue a militant foreign policy in collaboration with the soviet Union a said the prime minister invited Quot practically All Quot poles abroad to return to Poland on a guarantee that jobs would be plentiful. 1 v Kosubka Mora ski said his government desired to hold a National election As soon As possible in accordance with the big three Yalta plan but that the balloting could not be until poles living abroad were Given a Chance to return the prime minister said his country would find itself handicapped by a Lack of technical specialists and engineers but that foreign specialists would be asked to help. He described Poland As the country with the greatest Industrial potential Between the soviet Union and Europe s Atlantic Seaboard. British poles talk London july 11 up a discussions Are in Progress Between the British and polish governments As How to hand Over to the new polish regime polish property in Britain and disposition of the polish armed forces in Britain including an army estimated at 250,000 men. / 5,000 left in Dachau Dachau july 11 apr fewer than 5,000 persons remain in Dachau compared with the 38,000 prisoners Here when the americans limited the notorious concentration Camp two months  a Ainars Paris july 11�?within the next month More hospitals in the Paris area will be returned by the us. Army to the French col. . Rich of the Seine Section medical corps declared. He said that the number and the dates were dependent on the Speed with which the american units were dependent on the Speed with / which the american units staffing the hospitals and their patients could be evacuated. In All 266,067 army wounded were cared for by Paris hospitals in the last ten months Rich declared motor cars Are moving off the famous River Rouge Assembly lines for the first time Sinoto feb. 7, 1m&, worker putting the finishing touches on the first new car to come through the line amps pull guard 5a a Onwu to melons Kansas City july 11 Ansis the army is using former farm boys to grow watermelons on Guam a and maps to guard the crop. This was reported by Alvin s. Mccoy Kansas City Star correspondent who said the army a first ten acre Patch of melons on that Island suffered from Economy of Scarcity because of unauthorized procurement. Quot these City boys done to know How to thump a Melon and they would plug All Green of tvs causing them to rot in the Field a he quoted an oficial. Nazi sex marshal retires to farm London july 11. Do a Field marshal Walther von Brauchitsch commander of the German army in its Early victories and advocate fat of the invasion of Britain in 1940, is living in retirement on a farm in Schleswig Holstein and is compiling his family history according to the daily Telegraph. Von Brauchitsch resigned his command in 1941 after repeated a . With Hitler ardennes Star Vii Viii and Xix corps and the fifth and seventh army. Dive. Central Europe Campaign army or up sixth and 12th. Arm it a first f i r e t airborne third seventh and ninth. Crepe Jii a i Xii Xiv. A vat Villi air borne xxx xxi xxii and Xxiii. I of entry division a first second third fourth fifth eighth. Ninth. 261 a 9811, 20th. 30th, 36th, 36th, a if 44th, 46th �3rd, 65th, 69th. 70th, 71st, 75th, 76th. 76th. 79th, 80th, 83rd, 84th, 87th, 80th, 90th, 04th. 96th, 99th. 100th, 102nd, 100rd, Loith and 106th. _ Arm roof div Lotona a second third fourth sixth eighth ninth. Tenth 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th and 20th. At mme division a 13th. 17th, 82nd and 101 St. Rhineland campaigns army Oreg so sixth end 12th. Army my of a rat third seventh ninth and 15th. Cerpes Lili a i Vil Viii. , Xiii Xvi. Xviii airborne xxx xxi and xxii. Infantry division a first second third fourth fifth eighth ninth 9841, 28th 29th, 30th, 36th, 36th, 42nd, 44th, 46th, 63rd, 66th, �9th, 70th, 7let, 755h, 7�th. 78th, 79th, 80th, 83rd 84th, 87th, 89th, 90th, shh 95th 99th, 102nd, lord 104th and 106th. Armeed do violent second third fourth. Fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth Jyh 12th, 13th and i4th. Ai Serne oivloieno�?13th, 17th. 82nd and let most Hundred of smaller units also were  Corsair makes its Bow Bridgeport july 11 ans a a powerful new Corsair has entered action in the Pacific the Navy disclosed and in its first encounter with the enemy a japanese Ain it Man was shot Down in two minutes Flat. The new Corsair designated the Vought f4u4�?differs from earlier models in that it is Gull winged and equipped with a 2,100 . Pratt amp Whitney radial engine capable of driving the ship at a rate of 425 Mph. Marine pilots who have flown the plane say it is one of the most powerful single seated fighters in the world. Delay granted in treason Case London july 11�?a three week delay to prepare his Case has been granted John Amery 33, son of the British Secretary of state for India who is charged with High treason for allegedly broadcasting enemy propaganda. Eclipse a Success in areas of North scientists agree scientific expeditions which had planted themselves in the Northern portions of the Globe to observe mondays solar eclipse generally agreed yesterday that the Sun had performed in a most admirable manner. The Sun in most cases was blotted out by the new Moon for 30 seconds or so lust As scientists had predicted. At Wolseley sask., where the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia had spent weeks setting up recording instruments the Sun was hidden for 34 seconds. The Royal Observatory at Greenwich radiated special time signals during the eclipse for reception by scientific investigators outside the British Isles in order that a com Parison could be made with similar signals sent out from Canada and Russia. The result of these comparisons will enable distances to be estimated More accurately in the future. The total Shadow started at Sunrise monday in Idaho and progressed along a 25-mile path until reaching Siberia. From Sunrise until Long after the eclipse residents of Helena and Townsend mont., saw a Beautiful Halo around the Sun. Visibility throughout the us. Midwest was poor but to the Large cities of the East particularly new York and Philadelphia thousands of persons watched the spectacle from the streets and building roof Tois  
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