Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Cecial the weather forecast for Nice mar Settle area sunday fair maximum temperature 88. Forecast by Marignani Airport weath for station vol. In to. 124 Southern France edition rally newspaper of . Armed tripes theater of operations one year ago today front report placed Van guard of the divisions attacking St. To at one mite from the Toum at one Point Oft 3,000 Yards away at another sunday Uty 15, 1945 one franc in Reich the Allied non fraternization policy in Germany was modified drastically yesterday by identically worded orders from Cen. Eisenhower and Field marshal sir Bernard l Montgomery. Under the new rules american and British soldiers will be permitted to associate with adult germans on. The streets and a in Public  previously the fraternization ban had been relaxed to permit Contact with Small children. \. Followed Long Debato meanwhile in Austria an order by Gen. Sir Richard Mccreary chief of British occupation forces there relaxed non fraternization in that area. Mccreary said the move was made a in View of the Good behaviour of the austrian people associated press said the Anglo. American agreement on the change of policy for the Reich had been reached Only i the last 24 hours although the question had been de continued on Page 4 Berlin rally oked by . Berlin july 14�?permission to stage political rallies in the american zone of Berlin next sunday has been granted the communist party by us. Occupation officials the a reported today. This policy of allowing political meetings in the capital differs greatly from the practice in the american zone in southwestern Germany where political gatherings Are strictly banned. My officials disclosed that the maximum ration scale of 1,550 calories per Day As set for the Normal German consumer has yet to be reached by German food authorities in their first Effort to stretch existing supplies Over the coming months. In the British occupation sector British and Canadian maps walked into berlins notorious a a Femina in Quot nightclub packed with Well dressed women and troops and informed All British and canadians that the club was being put out of bound. First test is passed by charter Washington july 14 cans a the Senate foreign relations committee has approved the to United nations charter without reservation without change and without a dissenting vote. Committee approval of the peace preserving document came after five Days of Public hearings during which 75 witnesses testified and a half hour of debate. The treaty will be reported formally to the Senate next monday and debate on the Senate floor will Start july 23 unanimous vote is goal a poll of senators by the associated press indicated ratification by the necessary two thirds majority is assured. Democratic leaders even Hope for unanimous approval yesterday Alfred Lilienthal recently discharged Veteran and consultant of the american delegation at the san Francisco conference told the committee that the average Soldier wants a charter a a with guts in it a Green Murray testify in urging approval Lilienthal was joined by William Green Al president Philip Murray head of Cio John Foster Dulles adviser to new Yorkus gov. Thomas e. Dewey in his presidential Campaign and Norman Thomas socialist Leader. John Flynn a Magazine writer complained that the charter would link the a Job. With a a aggressor  Carl h. Mote of Indianapolis who said he represented Gerald l. K. Smith America first party National Farmers Guild and veterans of world warn also opposed the charter. British blast Nicobar Isles and Sumatra Calcutta july 14 cans a an unopposed sea air strike against Sumatra and the nearby Nicobar islands by ships and planes of the British past indies Fleet was announced today in a special Allied communique. A London daily mail report via Delhi quoted a Tokyo new Flash As saying that British troops had landed on Panama a Island South of Sumatra although the operations covering a seven Day period were carried out in the Bay of Bengal within sight of enemy occupied territories the japanese refused to contest them dispatches from the Fleet reported. For five Days beginning july 5, minesweepers cleared t h e seas around Cap Nicobar northernmost Island in the Nicobar Chain. Then warships in two bombardments blasted gun positions and Shore installations while Fleet planes hit harbours and airfields. At least two enemy vessels were left burning. Hellcat planes finished the operation by bombing airfields at Zhonga and Koeta Radja on Sumatra. Allied minesweepers operated in the approaches to the Malacca Straits Between Sumatra and Singapore without sighting a single japanese ship. 1,000 join in renewed assault a we a a a a Guam july 14 ans it a ships of the third . Fleet today began the War s first surface bombardment of the Japa Nese Homeland. Battleships cruisers and destroyers began hurling shells in the steel City of Hamaishi 275 Miles Northeast of Tokyo at noon Only a few hours after adm. Williamf8halseyi third Fleet commander had dispatched More than 1,000 Carrier planes against targets on the end my s Home islands for the second time in five Days. R a few hours after the bombardment began a special reported steel paper strikes in five cities new York july 14 ans a about 40,000 workers were away from their jobs today in strikes and work stoppages arising from labor disputes. In addition to new York four other cities were scenes of newspaper strikes. As the result of failure to negotiate new contracts newspaper publication was suspended in Birmingham ala., it. Wayne ind., Bayonne n. J., and Jersey City . Actress Maximova Dies los Angeles july 14 ans a Alla Nazimova 68-year-old russian bom actress died Here yesterday. 7-Bay Swiss leave Tours for yanks to Start Friday by Robert j. Donovan stars and stripes staff writer Paris. July 14�?seven-Day leaves and furloughs in Switzerland will begin next Friday and will be open to enlisted men officers was and nurses at a Cost of 35 dollars Usset announced today the furloughs one of the ultimate goals of the army a recreational program for troops in the Eto will be in the form of Tours on which troops travelling by electric train and Steamboat May visit Geneva Lausanne. Basle Zurich St Moritz Montreau Lucerne and other localities renowned for their Scenic Beauty. At the Start there will be four seven Day Tours touching different cities. Usset officials said that because of the a a mechanical problems of handling so Many men. The individual Soldier will not be Able to select a particular tour but will be assigned one. Nevertheless it was said each tour has been designed to give the Soldier a general View of Switzerland quotas for the first furlough group have not yet been announced but it was expected that before Long they would total upward of 5,000/a week. Usset officials explaining the 35 dollars charge for a Swiss furlough said that the Tours would be conducted by travel agencies not by the  army and that the Cost of food lodging and travel must be paid by the individual. June �?T46 Coal on discharges Washington july 14 ans a 1 except for men classified in 10 specialized categories All soldiers who have sufficient Points to be discharged will be out of the army by june 1, 1948, the War depart meat announced today. All men with 85 Points or More who Are now Back in the u. S. Or Are returning to the u 6, Are to be discharged As Scop As qualified replacements Are available the department said. Men possessing certain scarce skills must be held in service until replacements Are found however. The 10 current scarcer categories Are powerhouse engineers Marine engineers Telephone repeater men translators interpreters and voice interceptors in Asiatic languages orthopaedic mechanics radio intelligence control chiefs radio traffic analysts intercept. Operators weather observer teletype technicians one category transmitter attendants fixed station intercept operators fixed station cryptographic repairmen class one and two cryptanalysis technicians Tillar equipment repairmen instructor radar repairmen for reporting equipment instructor acoustic and electroencephalographic technicians Chennault quits its jots Bone v \ or a it a him it %  Gen. Chennault the japs Are beaten Calcutta july 14 can6 maj. Gen. Claire l Chennault Leader of the history making a a flying tigers a today announced his retirement As commander of the 14th . Air Force. Declaring Quot the japanese Are beaten in the air in China a Chennault Hopes to return Home As soon As transition of the 14th is made to augment u.8. Army a forces in China. It. Gen. Gorge Strate Meyer was named commander of the new air forces two Days ago. Belgians defy crowd decree Brussels. July 14 apr sup porters and opponents of King Leopold prepared to stage huge demonstrations Here tomorrow despite a new government decree Banning the gathering of More than four persons. There were indications that announcement of the King s status might be made shortly. . Mills Coke ovens and other Industrial plants were heavily dam aged. A smoke shroud Rose several thousand feet above the City. Five Milas off coast destroyers probably operated within five Miles of the target coasts. A a the third Fleet aircraft struck at Honshu targets farther North and at objectives on hokkaido northernmost of the Home Island. The planes flew in a thick fog however and there was no report Otruss Felts. The air assault like tuesday1 13-hour attack on Tokyo achieved Complete Surprise. Preliminary results of the bom a bar dment of Hamaishi were reported in adm. Nikita a fourth com Munique of the Day. His first announced the new Carrier strike his second placed total Jap Plana losses from times Day a raid at 34�, and his third gave initial news of the surface Force action. Once again 1ft identified some of the warship in the bombardment group a among them the battleships South Dakota Massachusetts and Indiana the latter continued on Page 4 r aussies Chase Man car japs Manila july 14�?japanese resistance Northeast of Maggar Airfield has collapsed and australian 17th div. Troops Are in hot Pursuit of enemy units fleeing northward. Meanwhile dutch forces completed capture of Karango Pento Sula at the head of Balikpapan a Bay. The allies now hold a salient along the Balikpapan Bienga Wail water pipe line about nine and one half Miles North of Balik Papst Aid against and Are pushing eastward Jap defences around it. Cham Par. Bato police pull bordello Bald in while House District a medals awarded crippled vet Battle Creek mich., july 14 ans a sgt. Frederic Hensel first . Veteran of world War ii to lose parts of All four limbs in combat received the Bronze Star medal As Well As the purple heart and three Campaign stars. The combat stars represent service on Guam Leyte and Okinawa it was on Okinawa june 2 that Hensel stepped on a mine and lost both legs above the knee and his left Arm above the Elbow. His right h d x5 i a Amouta cd Washington july 14 ans a police today raided an alleged bordello with a �?�20-Dollar minimum less than two blocks from the White House. Five women and five men including Quot two High government officials a were taken into custody. The men were released later without being identified but the women were held on various moral charges. Raven haired Carmen Beach 29-year-old Spanish dancer was charged with operating and being an inmate of a House of prostitution known As the a scientific Institute of therapy and Massage  two of the girls were puerto rican. It. Roy Blick of the vice squad said whips Bamboo Sticks and hrs to Ari a a Athi a of Annars Alle aft. By used for orgiastic beating of the girls while customer watched through peepholes were found in the House equipment including a loud speaker system for. Calling Quot time a was found in various rooms. Margaret Locke 57, alias Philomena Lockhart was charged As the loud speaker operator in 1043 the Beach woman had been found guilty of violating the Mann act. She was granted a stay from amp one to three year sentence to Appeal to the supreme court. Today a raid was made after it . Marshal posing As a Cus Tomer gained admittance. A vice squad barged in after him sending the inmates and patrons into a clothes scattering scramble. Police said