Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes Frankfurt on main july 16 apr surrounded by piles of tearing Gold Bullion sufficient. To pave Broadway and Hogsheads of precious stones British and american experts today were identifying the greatest looted treasure Ever assembled under one roof. In Frankfurt a Reich Bank where every available space was packed with the fabulous loot experts of the . Treasury and the Bank of England examined the nazi stolen treasure ranging All the Way from Bullion to Gold and Silver fillings taken from the Teeth of murdered jews. Get it hold it Quot our Job is to get it hold it and inventory it a Bernard Bernstein director of the finance division of the to amp. Group control Council said. Quot but an accurate estimate of the total value never can be  according to col. Bernstein the collection represented 53 separate deposits hidden by the nazis and discovered by american troops in their surge through Germany. In some rooms of the Bank paper currency totalling billions is packed in Canvas bags from floor to ceiling. Bullion is piled like cordwood one Cache alone contains almost the entire Silver Reserve of the hungarian government and one Large room contains nothing but securities from almost every country in the world representing tens of millions of dollars. Warsaw july 16 up a virtual expulsion of All germans from within the new frontiers of Poland is the amp Imp of the new polish government although this policy at the moment is tempered by local needs in restoring the National Economy. Some germans have been evacuated from Danzig and the surrounding area but there has been no mass movement. The 250,000 germans still in this Region Are being tolerated Only because polish labor is so scarce that the crops could not be harvested and reconstruction work could not Progress without the Aid of the germans. The poles have established local government in German Silesia which they expect to obtain for Poland at the peace conference. Established with bed army consent the Logal government already has settled 300,000 peasants on farmlands of this Reich District. According to records submitted to the War department by the 337th inf. Of the 37th dish Flo Dominic Mozzott 13, of Providence is the Man who fired the last shot of the european War. Mezzetta was on patrol near Klenov ice Czechoslovakia the night of May 7 and fired at a nazi who Hod wounded Hie buddy. Don t go hems Rome july 16 up a troops of the polish second corps have been told by their commander Gen. Anders that if they return to Poland at the invitation of the new National Unity government they Quot go not to Poland but Russia and riot to a free life but Captivity and  however Anders said his soldiers would not be prevented from resigning and from returning to Poland. Washington july 16 apr the weather which nearly wrecked the Allied invasion of prance May shape strategy in the Pacific for the next few Quot months. This is the typhoon season in Asiatic Waters and the japanese undoubtedly Are counting on the possibility of these storms to discourage any major Allied invasion operations against China or their Homeland. The japs have historical precedent for their Hopes. In the 15th Century Kublai Khan sent an invasion Fleet of More than 4,000 ships against Japan but shortly after ote troops began going ashore a fierce typhoon hit the Fleet wiping it out. The few soldiers who already had landed were annihilated. From now until so Tombor the japanese called that typhoon the Quot Kamikaze a or divine wind. In this War they have bestowed that name on their suicide planes. Typhoons Are born in the South philippine sea during july August and september. Like hurricanes they vary greatly in size and strength but any of. Them probably would disrupt even a Modem invasion Force. On. The average there Are two to four typhoons a month during july August and september enough perhaps to scare the Navy of any major undertaking in the typhoon area during that time v. However occasional typhoons will not ground super forts very  protect Europe a food a do go Nome London july 16 upts four prominent polish generals who commanded the polish army in Britain have appealed to their men to Quot fulfil their patriotic duty and return to Poland a the London news chronicle reported today. According to the paper the Appeal highly impressed the troops and the number of those willing to return to Poland is a rowing considerably. Paris july 16�?the turning Point is near in a Post hostilities Battle to protect Europe a scanty food Supply from depletion by epidemics of animal disease according to veterinary officers of us feta a g3 division. The Hoof and Mouth disease swept the continent after world War i and if a similar epidemic were to break out now among livestock millions of pounds of meat. Would be destroyed and starvation would result for thousands. Rigid veterinary controls such As inspections at frontiers destruction of diseased animals and immunizations an outbreak of animal disease on a Large scale has been averted. But the danger is still great say veterinary officers. Animals Transfer Bis is far More important than the diseases which destroy meat Are those which animals transmit to human beings such As anthrax und ulant fever scabies and tuberculosis. From 30 to 70 percent of Europe a milk cattle Are tubercular. A Quot the Battle against animal disease is plotted on a huge a a operations Quot map. The map contains All available information concerning disease spots and directional flows in Germany Italy Switzerland Portugal Spain and even North africa.453,000 rifles lost in et0paris july 16�?More than 800,-000 Smau arms v including 453,000 my rifles and almost 11,000 pieces of towed artillery and mortars were lost or destroyed in the War age inst Germany according to maj. Gen. Henry b. Sayler Eto chief ordnance officer. These losses do not include the destruction or junking of 16,156 tanks ads. And other combat vehicles. 1 highest losses occurred in the Normandy Campaign the Advance across prance and the Battle of the ardennes. Fifty four percent of a my rifles in the hands of troop in the ardennes Campaign were lost or destroyed. Other Small arms losses throughout the War included carbines. 125,600 machine guns 110,000 .45-calibre pistols 62,000 Springfield 1903 rifles 47.000 bazookas 34,000 and bars. 18,750 Tyrol searched for Hitler body London july 15 up a searching parties Are combing the Tyrol mountains on the austrian italian Border for hitlers body As the result of a Quot faint clue that it May have been hidden there the sunday dispatch reported today. German prisoners taken by americans a a laughed at the ideas that hitlers body had been burned in Berlin and implied the body was buried in the mountains the newspaper said. There was said to he in custody a member of the German secret service who claimed to have been part of the burial unit. Our old Friend Fri Tow Quot the shape Verne of new York Nemon Euratee the latest in Beach Grabi a swim suit of spun Glass thread with transparent sides. Far modesty s Sake the suit has a print pattern in certain placet but not enough to hide Quot the Quot shape so curve and. Well  to reds All lend lease Washington july 16 in8 a exports to Russia in 1943 were practically 100 per cent lend lease while Britain received 95 per cent of exports under the lend lease program the department of Commerce announced. In the same year 98 per cent of . Exports to Turkey were lend lease As were 96 per cent of those to India and 93 per cent to China. Latin America received Only a a Small portion of lend lease goods. Paris july 16�?nice Little touches that Aro reminders of civilian Days such As breakfast in bed a neighbourhood tailor who does speedy pressing and a night watchman who opens the door in the wee hours Are available to married service couples on leave at the red Cross Cham bikes hotel in Paris there a always hot water a few of the 35-Odd rooms have their own Baths and although Quot the elevators a trifle whimsical end the phones a bit eccentric a according to mrs. Helene 8. Lord. Red Cross director at the hotel Quot everyone seems  both officer and enlisted couples May stay at the chair bikes but if the. Husband is an pm he and his wife eat at the Columbia red Cross club if he is an officer the couple takes their meals at the Mayflower red Cross  demand for rooms is heavy and mrs lord is afraid that some Day Shell have to turn away a couple which would make her very unhappy. Most of the guests remain for three to seven  slays mistress self Gen. Allen decorates 17 Paris july 16�?brig. Gen. Frank a. Alien jr., 8haef Public relations director decorated 17 american and British officers and enlisted men who served under him