Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Southern France edition the weather forecast for Nice mar settles army Friday fair maximum temperature 69. Forecast by Mart Nane Airport weather station vol. 1�?no. 129 daily mews paper of . Armed in the european theater of operations one year ago today Adolf Hitler wag reported slightly burned and bruised at his Headquarters by a bomb thrown by an , Pfeifly 20, 1945 one franc taking ten before first session 1thi8 18 the fir8t picture of the big three taken when Harry 8. Truman and prime minister Winston Churchill met just several discussions already have been held by the leaders. 4-�? Premier Josef Stalin president before the conference opened. A signal corps photo record b29 Force drops 4,000 tons a ii in i a i i i ii a v a a a a via Ltd a a a ,. A a a a a a a ithe three Day old pre invasion of Japan reached a neuf Peak yesterday. Carrier planes found and blasted the Long elusive japanese Fleet while . And British warships shelled the Entrance of Tokyo Bay. A few hours later More than 600 super fortresses a record Force dropped nearly 4,000 tons of fire bombs on four Honshu cities. Meanwhile the enemy reported a . Carrier task Force hurled Day Long air attacks against Wake Island lost bit of . Soil in Jap hands. Wake 2,000 Miles West of Honolulu and 1,290 East of Guam was lost on Christmas eve 1941. F �?�4� 600 super fortresses bomb four cities Potsdam talks still cloaked by Ernest lei8er stars and stripes staff writer Potsdam july 18�?the big three Are now meeting regularly an official statement from the conference compound disclosed today but there was no indication Given of How often the meetings Are held. The big three foreign Secre tarte a Secretary of state James f. Byrnes foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov Are meeting regularly at 11 am to map out the Agenda for subsequent sessions of the chiefs of state. Byrne presided the first of the meetings by the foreign secretaries was held on monday with Byrnes presiding. The first Quot official dinner of the conference was to be Given by president Truman tonight in addition to prime minister Churchill and Premier Stalin five representatives from each of the three nations were to be guests of the president. Military Man called a Reuter dispatch from Berlin attached Quot very great interest Quot to the dinner saying the presence of five representatives from each government indicated that several military experts would join the talks presidential pres s Secretary Charles Ross announced that Gen. Omar Bradley has been called to the conference compound big three seeing gis a jeep show Berlin july 19�?the jeep show starring Mickey Rooney Bobby Breen and 60 other gis intended for troops in Berlin has been diverted to entertain dignitaries and soldiers in the big three conference compound. There Are ten seats reserved for conference bigwigs and the rest Are open to soldiers garrisoned in the Potsdam compound. First run movies Are shown every night to entertain conferees and soldiers the same movie is shown russian troops in the  Jap offers u. S. Declares Washington july 19 it a it a answering reports that Generalissimo Stalin had brought a japanese mediation request to the big three conference at Potsdam the state department today reaffirmed a july 10 statement that the . Had received no official or unofficial peace offers from Japan. Some sources Here said yesterday that a russian declaration of War against the japs might develop from the  probing depot beatings London july 19 up a Allegar Tama that beatings were administered american soldiers confined in the guardhouse of the tenth reinforcement depot near Birmingham England Are being investigated by the inspector general a office a . Army spokesman said today. Investigation began ten Days ago after the stars and stripes published a a bag letter from a combat infantryman who charged that Quot they beat me four times and made me double time against a Wall while two jailers held my arms and three others beat  four men involved another former prisoner said today that officers and non coms beat prisoners with clubs on order of the depot commanding officer. The process of collecting evidence May take several weeks since men who were at the Camp when the incidents allegedly took place last december Are now widely scattered. One officer and three enlisted men Are reported involved. Stars and stripes London edition said it had received other letters recounting alleged brutality at the depot and a bag published one this morning. Guam july 20 Friday api More Chan 800 super fortresses biggest single Fleet of the huge bombers Ever put in the air rained almost 4,000 tons of incendiary bombs on the japanese capital Island of Honshu in the pre Dawn darkness today. The b29s. Most of them Marianas based hammered Yokohama great Metropolis just South of Tokyo Choei an East coast fishery renter which is the primary source of protein food in the Tokyo area Fukui one of Western Honshu s most important Industrial cities and Okazaki which handles the Industrial overflow from nearby Nagoya and Hitachi which previously had been bombarded by the third Fleet to vets rail Japan a comparatively Small Force of supers hit the Amagasaki of the Nippon Oil co., just North of Osaka. It was the tenth Oil target singled out for destruction. Meanwhile. Gen. Mac Arthur announced from his Manila Headquarters that air Force veterans of the Mediterranean theater had joined the War against Japan. The Italy veterans raided Kyushu southernmost Jap Home Island on monday. They flew am invader at tack bombers marking the first use of this Type of plane in a major Pacific operation. Macarthur said the attacks were made by 350 planes. There was no interception and comparatively Little ack ack. Not a plane was  due in two weeks Washington july 19 an6 a the critical score for determining discharge eligibility under the army a Point system is expected to be announced within the next two weeks. A amnesia hero1 exposed As taxi spy Marshall hails splendid 2nd Berlin. July 19�?gis of the second army. Div., veterans of seven campaigns from North Africa to Germany saw More rank in a half hour yesterday than most outfits have seen throughout the War. Eight thousand stood at attention while american British and russian generals made an inspection along an autobahn Southwest of Here. In the Lead Hal track were Gen. George c. Marshall adm. Ernest j. King Britain s chief of staff Field marshal sir Alan Brooke and Brig. Gen. John h. Collier of Dallas tex., divisional commander. Marshall a comment was a a splendid looking outfit most impressive Quot new York july 19 apr Quot pvt. William Walker Quot self Styler new York doughboy who told . Officers entering Berlin that he had fought his Way into the German capital with the red army while a victim of amnesia was held today As a spy. Quot Walker a 20, was identified As Karl Wacker. A German spy by Fri agents who arrested him at Camp Upton . Where a As a Quot Battle shocked veterans a he had been a Hospital patient since june 10. A e. Conroy head of the Fri Here said Wacker admitted that he had been recruited into the nazi espionage service after being repatriated from the . In 1944. He denied however that he used the loss of memory ruse to get Back to America for spy work. Posing As Walker Wacker told army officers he had served with . Forces for two years landed a Normandy and was captured by a pvt William Walker Fri restored his memory germans escaped to join the russians taking Berlin. The attorney general a decision on action to be taken against Jim. In Boston Federal agents arrested Enrico Dinino 22, former italian air Force lieutenant who had masqueraded As an aah sergeant since Italy a surrender. Dinino lived in the us. From 1937 to 1940, then fought against the until his country a capitulation. Somehow he managed to Fly his plane As an escort to . Bombers and shot Down Over Greece was made a nazi prisoner in that country. When liberated Dinino identified himself As sgt. Henry Michman of the 12th . Of. He was brought Back to America and Given Muster ing out pay of 500 dollars. He was exposed when he demanded More Back pay. Dinino was to be married in a couple of weeks. His sweetheart has promised to stick by him Post his warships found in Tokyo a Bay Guam july 19�?remnants of the japanese Fleet in hiding since its overwhelming beating in philippine Waters last october were blasted today in Tokyo Bay a Yokosuka naval base As adm. William f. Halsey a Anglo american warships carried their bombing and a hailing of the enemy capital area into the third consecutive Day. While cruisers and Des tryese hurled hundreds of tons of shells into defences at the Entrance of the Bay flattops launched swarms of planes against the enemy Fleet remnants. 50 my. From Tokyo adm. Nimitz said Quot no report of damage to the targets is yet available because of poor visibility Quot there was no Aerial opposition but the japs threw up intense and accurate flak. Steaming to within 50 Miles of Tokyo itself the warships opened their bombardment at 11 pm yesterday continuing until Early this morning. They blasted Nojima Cape at the tip of boso Peninsula and along the Shore of eight Mil a continued on Page a it 1navy reveals big . Edge if All the warships the a Job. Had before the War were sunk the american Fleet would still be overwhelmingly Superior to the japanese As a result of new construction since Pearl Harbor and Japan a heavy losses. Placing Navy released figures on . Construction and current Jap strength Side by Side gives the following comparison uj3. Japan battleships 10 4 to 0 carriers 139 10 cruisers 46 Quot not Many Quot destroyers 370 Quot not Many the Carrier figures for both the . And Japan include both regular and escort carriers. Of the 139 american carriers 27 Are regular carriers including 45,000-Tonnenk and 112 Are escort carriers he is now at Ellis Island pending 1 bail. He will be tried aug. 1 . Uncovers32-in. Nazi gun new York july 19 Ansi a super heavy 32-Inch gun capable of firing five ton shells has been unearthed by american or Nanos experts in Germany Brig. Gen. Stewart Reimel. Chief of the new York ordnance department announced today. Gen Reimel also said that investigations at Hille Sleben and bad Blankenburg had led to the disco a Ery of artillery ammunition which could be fired 94 Miles. Caliper of the shells was not specified