Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes tuesday july 17, 1945 it top a con the non Large scale american re today or in occupied to Stan and brow eur jr., chair Roan party s National committee to begin an eleven state Western tour today. In a pre departure statement Marneil said it is now becoming apparent that the re party will control Canto next year s elections and Effort is being made to insure the party wih be prepared to the heavy responsibilities such control will  Fate Well Quot will go first to Denver. July it then to Salt Lake City july 21, los Angeles july 23, san Saef Eood july ss5, Portland aug. % Seattle aug. 4, Spokane aug. 6, Boise. Aug. 7 and Cheyenne aug 9. Foxhole Comfort Back to to too Many civilians wanted their a Oatlene As usual War or no War so these Joes being redeployed from Camp Shanks n.y., to it Lovio wash., had to ride Oft hours cramped in hot badly ventilated Day coaches. Palastine plan offered in . A big shakeup in a foreseen a a a a t Washington july if up a Gen. Omar n. Bradley is planning to give the veterans administration a Quot big so amp Keupp when he takes Over As administrator aug. 1. Bradley is expected Back from Germany Early next month to replace Brig. Gen. Frank t. Hines resigned in a Post that promises to be. A Quot hot Semi Quot of government after the War. Bradley is reported considering a suggestion that the a be Quot militarised and its medical department headed by a surgeon general who would be an army officer. The Agency has always had a civilian status. Bradley has asked the House veterans committee to postpone any action on the question until he can make recommendations. Col. Howard Rusk army air Force convalescent Section head is reported slated for a High Post possibly surgeon general on the strength of his past work. A number of Hines appointees sure slated to leave. The budget Bureau is completing a a reorganization plan to be submitted to president Truman upon his return from Potsdam. Ash Noton july 16 a in Terna Tion Aliza t ion of it Klestinez As part of a program for the solution of conflicting interests in the iffy Kyle Hast was advocated tonight by the foreign policy Asso a research staff report said any course the . Pursues Quot must be developed in relation to our broader Poncy especially with respect to Britain and Russia Quot. I nuts traitors returned Stockholm july if Reuter the return to Norway of 500 nazi sympathizers who sought Refuge in Sweden has begun. Pastor defends Patton stalk san Gabriel calif., july 15�? the pastor of Gen. George s. Patton s Church Here said yesterday the third army commander had been the target of Quot unjust criticism Quot for telling sunday school children Quot you Are the soldiers and sailors and nurses of the next  in his Sermon at St. Mary s Cathedral the pastor said he believed Patton opposed War but that the general was Quot probably Militarist to the True sense and May think War  pm guards Tako a Shine to Friendly Snappy chief continued from Page 1 borne town Quot to a sgt. James Campana of Chicago company color guard. Quot you ought a seen the old Man Quot Campana said. Quot he was going around saying done to touch me. Just take a look at the hand that Shook the hand of the president Quot Falbo said that the president looked fresh and Quot very Well  to Pic James Brassier of Philadelphia what was even More important was that Quot he looked like a  Brassier who s fully expecting to spend the sift of his life overseas is very to civilians. Arrival was a scene of great excitement. There were so Many generals around that the guard Only came to attention for the four and five Star variety. Quot when the two Star generals came by Quot said Campana Quot it was just like a Bunch of t-6s.&Quot Quot that was the first time i be seen any brass running around Quot said pfc Vincent Noboa of Solvay n. Y. Quot and they were really running  the doughs said that there were a number of Burly looking secret service men with the president and Quot you should have seen the maps they were really Sharp Noboa said. First veterans hit Okinawa-. Trail Okinawa july 16 ans a a colonel and a technical sergeant were the first soldiers through the Okinawa classification Center which opened yesterday to process servicemen for return Frump col. George h. Lennox of Cambridge mass., had 152 Points and to sgt. Louis zade of Portland ore., 138. Fleet shells flatten City continued prom Page 1 Petely burned to the ground. Steel Mills t and other plants were destroyed at Kama Shl on Honshu Island and at Buroran hokkaido a key War manufacturing Center. In addition 128 japanese ships and 92 planes caught on the ground were damaged or destroyed in the two Day bombardment. An attack by More than 50 Marianas based super fortresses at the same time seriously damaged the important Oil refinery town of Sadamatsu on Honshu Island. In other weekend air action announced by Nimitz Navy planes of Fleet air tog one destroyed rail and port installations at Gen san and Heiko on the East coast of Korea Only 150 Miles from soviet Siberia. Flying More than 1,600 Miles from their bases on Okinawa the planes blasted hitherto untouched targets to one of Japan s great provincial Industrial areas. Three fliers lest the third Fleet s raid was carried out at a loss of just nine planes and three fliers. The heavy bombardment Fleet mini Rio or yesterdays strike which was spearheaded by the 45,000-ton battleships Iowa Missouri and Wisconsin poured 1,000 tons of shells into the steel City of minoan Nimitz said. This tonnage would he roughly equivalent to the maximum bomb Load of 500 flying fortresses on a 500-mile Mission 90,000 Raf men in Reich Force London july 15�?More than 90,000 Royal air Force fliers and ground Crew personnel will assist in the Aerial policing of Germany the air ministry announced. The British air Force of occupation Bafo came into being yesterday with formal dissolution of the rap s second tactical of and its reincarnation As an occupation Force. Headquarters will be at bad Eilsen near Hanover. Details of the us. Share in the occupying air Force have not yet been announced nor have the russians indicated their contribution. A Reuter dispatch quoted Luxembourg radio As saying schools for training German prisoners of War for eventual police work in Germany had been setup to the us. And in the american zone of occupation. The report has not been confirmed. Rerun non nazi politicos list 5-pt. Program by a staff writer r Berlin july 15�?a five Point program for reconstruction of the Reich was outlined at the first meeting Here of the four party German Quot National front Quot Berlin newspapers  meeting conducted without military surveillance brought together the anti nazi political parties authorized Here by the russians. They Are the social democrats. Communists Christian democrats and Liberal democrats. Platform outlined a statement signed by five committee members for each party said the program for joint action was 1 1�?to cleanse All vestiges of Hitler ism from Germany and to rebuild the Reich on an anti fascist democratic basis free from ideas of militarism 2�?to promote common efforts for Quick reconstruction of German Economy. 3�?to establish Legal rights on a democratic basis., 4�?to establish Freedom of ideas and conscience and to respect All religious briefs. 5�?to regain the Trust of All other Peoples on the basis of Mutual respect to pursue honestly All tasks assigned by the occupational forces acid to recognize the duty to make amends for German s past crimes. Brest step Forward the meeting marked a great step foward in the rebuilding of German political life. Whether a proposed National front mass meeting will be permitted by the Allied occupation authorities has not yet been disclosed but it seems Likely since All moves of the political parties thus far have been approved by the soviets. Pacific dim out legally ended san Francisco a july 16�? Western defense command today ordered already suspended dim out regulations on the West coast terminated aug. 1. The dim out was put in effect aug. 5, 1942 judge to head Washington july 15 ans Justin Miller of los Angeles associate Justice of . Court of appeals has been selected president of the National association of broadcasters it was announced last night rumanian rap Western allies London. July 15 ire ter a anti american and particularly anti British propaganda is being disseminated to Rumania with the tacit approval of a Quot police government Quot which he restricted All news channels except the radio the London sunday times reported. Declaring that the future regimes of Balkan states Are Quot one of Europe s outstanding problems Quot a times correspondent wrote that communists dictated the policies of the present rumanian government. Soviet unionists to . Moscow july is up a a soviet Trade Union delegation headed by Secretary general Vasily Kusnetzov is going to the u.8. Shortly at the invitation of Cio president Philip Murray. Food shipment 2 million tons Washington. July 16 ans a army shipped 2,045,829 Long tons of food principally wheat and flour to feed european civilians in the 17 months ending May 31, the War department announced today. Shipments included More than 2.000.000.000 pounds of wheat 1.250.000.000 pounds of flour and 428.000.000 pounds of canned meats sugar and flour. Goods rationed in the us. Were eleven percent of the total there has been no procurement of meat for civilian feeding since last december. Orient bound units in  new York july 15 <an8>�? a contingent of 355 european veterans All scheduled for redeployment to the Pacific after furloughs arrived hero aboard the transport Isaac Coles and what to Camp. Kilmer n.j., for processing. Units were the 324th base depot 145th Ord. Co., 309th pm det 1060th engr Utility det. And 81st real. Det. And battalion Headquarters. Lehman May quit Unrot to Torce retie showdown Washington july 16 ans a there is Quot an outside Chance Quot Herbert h. Lehmon May resign next month As director general of United nations Relief and rehabilitation administration associates disclosed to night. They emphasized however that the former new York governor would quit As International Relief chief on Only if he thought his departure would rally the Public behind Una Ray a efforts to obtain food and other supplies for liberated Europe. Lehman now touring Europe May announce his decision at next month s Urra Council meeting in London. He Quot wants intensely Quot to stay until the vast Job of Healing wounds of a amp room Europe and the Par East is finished one close associate said but he is willing to sacrifice this personal desire. Countries which Urra feels should contribute More foodstuffs clothing and other supplies Are chiefly the ., Canada and latin american Lehman has charged that these nations Are shirking and have contributed Only a minute percentage of the supplies they have promised