Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Guam july 19 ans a British heavy Bombero May join american flier in the Pacific increasing to ten the Allied air groups coordinating their devastating raids on Japan. Lieut. Gen. Barney m. Giles commander of the . Army strategic air forces has completed a series of conferences with British air marshal sir Hugh Lloyd involving Quot the possible assignment of a British heavy bomber Force to work under Suaste a file a of Nice already engaged in daily assaults Mem fix japanese Hom in Ltd Are a oth air forces b29s Fleet air wings 1 and 18, with their privateers liberators and mariners fifth and seventh maps with their Thunderbolt fighters. Liberator and Mitchell bombers the army a seventh fighter com hand with its Mustangs and second and fourth Marine aircraft wings with their corsairs avengers and Mitchells. Okinawa eighths Bast a Llu a it. Gen. James h. Doolittle a eighth aah adding b29s and possibly b17s to file ass ult is scheduled to begin operations from Okinawa about mid August All of these Aerial commands except 90th of operate from the Ryt Kyu in amp 5 a Tai. At least four other air forces also Are attacking the japanese Empire but but the Homeland these a re 18th aah and seventh Fleet aircraft from the Philippines area and 11th aah and North Pacific Fleet air Ulfig which attack from the Bok Watto the Kuril % f a a i % it goal Scarcity hits German France May end Guillotine use Paris july 18�?the French government is considering substitution of the electric chair for the Guillotine Standard a method of capital punishment Here since the French Reyo Luton in 1788. The foreign ministry has been asked by the ministry of Justice to discuss with the . The efficiency of the a hot seat a with special reference to its humanitarian aspects. Since the War the Guillotine has been largely supplanted by the firing squad More expeditious than the cumbersome Guillotine if the ministry of Justice decides to adopt the electric chair it probably will place orders with an american firm. Frankfurt july 18 Reuter a absolutely no Coal for household heating will be of tarnished germans in american occupied areas of the Reich this Winter it according to Brig. Gen. Clarence Adcock assistant chief of staff of Usset. To meet the Coal shortage germans throughout the sane Are already gathering firewood from local forests. The Only Coal available in the american sector Gen. Adcock said will be earmarked Lor German hospitals. This fuel problem caused principally by Lack of transport has also aggravated the expected Winter food shortage by preventing operation of canneries to the us. Area Gen. Adcock War hero a Pinai francs july 18-More details of the heroic but Little publicised work done by isolated american units in. Pushing the germans out of Yugoslavia and racing ready for last Falls British invasion of Greece were disclosed Here with the award of a Silver Mur to Cpl spro Psarakis 28, of Brooklyn and the 82nd airborne div. C bom to Sparta Greece Psarakis fought ten months behind enemy to mpg with the 2671st special recon. element of the Security shrouded Esq before being wounded in an attack on German positions on the vital Athens Salonika Railroad. His citation credited him with enabling. Allied forces to destroy seven important rail Bridges guarded by the enemy Garrison. Despite leg and head wounds Psarakis a helped oust the entire German force50,000 seized. By Reich yanks Frankfurt july 18�?fifty thousand suspected nazis have been arrested to the last two months and Are jailed in the american occupation zone. A a arrests have risen sharply since be Day the us. Group control Council reported. They averaged 200 a Day the first week of May but now the total is 700 daily and the increase is expected to continue. A those rounded up include High nazi leaders former government officials Gestapo agents 88 members a Werewolf squads and others who the Council feels May later develop into a menace. Security units have not located any fully organized resistance ban s end called mistake London july 19 up a lord vane uart outspoken advocate of a hard peace said in a broadcast to America that the fraternization ban had been lifted too soon and termed it a Germany a first a Lxi dealing with germans a he said a a the greatest mistake is not to mean what you say. Any Concession they see As weakness. This flouts the experience of the last War when we also fraternize too soon. That is one reason Why we had this second murderous a hell Hawks decorated Fritzlar Germany july 19�? the 388th hell Hawk up. Of the ninth of has been awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to its presidential citation for destruction of a Large ammo dump on the East Bank of the Lebe. In Southern Germany. The hell Hawks were the first ninth of unit to Fly operationally off nazi soil i rescuer fists medal ninth of bomber base France july 18�?for saving the lives of six children and an elderly woman when a flying bomb struck a London orphanage Cpl Chester a. Morris 111, of Macon ga., and 418th bomb gp., has been awarded the soldiers medal. Paris july 18�?Cpl. Nathan Silverman the hot Dice roller who became hotter us tier the Collar when he discovered he lost a Musette bar containing his 5,000 Dollar winnings is missing but not the bag and its Small Fortune. Capt. Nello r. Maitino of the air corps has informed the stars and stripes that he has the bag with 48 postal Money orders for 100 dollars each and Cash of around 200 dollars plus Silverman s identification papers and pay Book but has been unable to locate Silverman the captains Apo is 133 the Captain is attached a it Sil Vermanus outfit the 88th troop Carrier Squadron. On wednesday july 11, Silverman took a plane for Germany and thus far cannot be reached through channels. Silverman had called the stars and stripes from Stuttgart Germany. In a Effort to locate his Money he did not explain How he happened to Trust the Money to a Musette bag nor Why he was taking the postal orders farther from Home where he hoped to Send them. The bag was found. Capt Maitino said at Airstrip b48. Five Miles from Amiens France by a Friend of the Corporal. 8gt. Lincoln c. Fleetw tryt Holland Queen reported sick Paris july 19�?about 158 american displaced persons seeking repatriation after fleeing former nazi dominated countries will be sheltered and fed in Paris soon by the Seine base sections g5 division. The men women and children All claiming american Titi Enship. Are being temporarily cared Lor by the american Aid society and the Little Sisters of St. Vincent de do no London july ,19 it apr Queen Wilhelmina has been suffering for some Days from an acute lung illness the Netherlands radio reported today. A bulletin issued by the Queens physicians said that a a the illness has taken a favourable course but some time will be needed for her majesty to overcome the affects of the ovation for Clark in Rio Rio de Janeiro july 19 ins a Gen. Mark Clark former 15th army group commander received one of the greatest ovations Ever accorded a foreigner tuesday when he arrived by plane from Europe permit it it to ii a
