Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The stars and stripes Page ,8 a when the lights co on pm com tans and letting japanese suicide tactics sorted Quot four to five times As Many Bis As Ordinary horizontal or dive Sta big methods a High ranking saturday july 21, 1945 rail Jam Laid to we failure victim today attributed absence of suicide attacks third Fleet to a Japa of planes. Commodore Dixie Kiefer Captain of the Carrier Ticonderoga which so obtained 337 casualties when struck by two kamikazes hear Formosa last january said a i believe the Jap air Force and factories have been so badly battered they Jurt done to have any planes to Send out there would be no better place to Impf tymm Otan off the coast of a Lllian right new of sofa Murf a adv amp Washington dispatch Normandy had stayed in i after being hit land five Sheila match 37. 00 casualties include and so seriously the battleship overnight who was wounded in 6� by bomb fragments said planes obtained Quot four to times As Many hits on naval ns5js3g8sss� saw Huv . I Tsuk. Two. A a a to a tumbling Ovar each other in the gloom of Piccadilly circus tit around the covered statue Al Eros and Start like yokels As the British capital lifts its blackout after five years. Hew does it look new Beys a in or Kalra a my six months slower i believe our task ten times As hard Quot Quot they were just build piloted suicide the belly of plane when we ent to. Perfected the Down most of of carrying army Birb sought launched from cans a the led officially More than been killed still hiding in mountains at the Northern tip of the Island the army Esti dead and wounded in the mopping up during the past month bring total enemy casualties to almost 126,000, More than double the original estimate on the size of the Garrison. No Trace has been found of several Hundred americans taken prisoner. Quot Maryams toll boosted Guam july 2s an8 a patrols on Saipan Guam and Tinian have captured or killed 13,932 japanese since resistance was crushed a on the of three Marianas islands last summer. Washington july 20 up a in the first formal move to restrict . Freedom of action on the world Security Council sen. E. H. Moore a okla today introduced a Resolution that would prohibit the american delegates Sanction of armed Force without specific approval of the president. Moore a Resolution would require the president to notify Congress whenever he authorized the Dele vote for armed Force. 1 debate on the world Moore argued the resold would provide proof of Good Faith to other members of the United nations and allay Quot the fears that Many people entertain that the charter May be implemented i Gay methods contrary to the i other senators predicted the charter would be ratified without restriction suggesting whatever imitations on military Force Are later written into the charter will depend on decisions of the big three at Potsdam two m Road to of Vio to Foto i a i9now a hero Lepanto ark., july 20 ans a two counties were disputing today for the Honor of welcoming a sgt. Jimmy Hendrix medal of Honor Winner who once was kicked out of the fourth Grade because the teacher could t make him behave. He was Bora in nearby Mississippi county but the family now lives Here in Poinsett county. Hendrix was awarded the medal for wiping out two enemy artillery positions and saving the lives of three wounded comrades during the Battle of the bulge while serving with co. A 53rd army. Inf. Bn., of the fourth army. Div. The 19-year-old sergeant is expected to arrive this weekend for a 30-Day furlough with his parents and ten Brothers and Sisters. Washington july 20 ans a charging that the army had. Done Quot Little Long Range planning with respect to redeployment a chairman James m. Mead . Of the Senate War investigating committee today offered two measures which he said might ease the rail transportation crisis 1. The possibility of choosing cities in Georgia and Alabama As terminals for Southern trans Atlantic air traffic instead of Miami this he said would eliminate the Long rail haul through Florida. 2. A suggestion that soldiers being flown Over the North Atlantic and destined for the West could be taken to a Chicago from newfoundlands saving rail traffic from Eastern terminals. A opon hearings planned Mead also charged that government agencies vitally concerned with redeployment were Quot generally not consulted and were apparently even in ignorance of some of the plans made by the army Quot he based his charges pm evidence gathered in closed sessions by a subcommittee investigating the transportation shortage. He said the group soon will hold open hearings so the Public Quot May be fully informed of the Bove sentence 10 to 20 years White Plains n.y., july 20�? James Bove Secretary treasurer of local 90, International Hod carriers building and common labourers Union a today was sentenced to ten to 20 years imprisonment on 74 counts of grand larceny and third degree forgery. Jeep parenthood studied in court Edward to see King Churchill Washington. July 20 apr Edward Duke of Windsor Quot out of a Job Quot since he resigned As governor general of the Bahamas told reporters today he expects to Confer next month with his brother King George i and prime minister Churchill the presumption was that the former King would ask what he could do next in Empire administration. The Duke said his american born Duchess twice divorced former Wallis Warfield Simpson will accompany him to England. Sailors in Eto a get . Leave Washington. July 20 ans a Navy Secretary for Restani has authorized officers of ships and stations outside the Continental . To Grant 30 Days leave in the us to officers and men of the Navy who have not been in the states for two years. Pails administrative offices of us. Naval forces task group in France said yesterday that the Mea. Sage outlining the Secretary s policy had been received several Days ago granting of the leave the Secretary said depends upon needs of the individual ship or station. The Secretary stipulated that the number of personnel absent on leave at any one time shall not exceed five percent of the total. Travel time will be allowed in addition to 30 Days of leave. Ninth of lists deploy roster Washington july 20 ans a the question of who created the jeep comes up again tomorrow when the Federal Trade commission has a hearing on its complaint against Willys Overland motor co., claims that h designed the famed army earlier hearings army officers testified the jeep was created Quot through the combined efforts of the army and several motor companies Quot a commission spokesman said. Carole Landis divorces flier bad Kissinger Bavaria 20�?thirty-nine More ninth of units totalling 6,892 officers and men Are scheduled to be cleared through Rheims Assembly areas command for redeployment through the us. By aug. 1, ninth Headquarters announced today. Principal units leaving this month Are the 396th bomb which will Fly its a26 invaders to the states and the second air service area command. Other units on the july redeployment list include 19th air depot of a 409th, 489th, 498th and 499th air service Ops. 898th 916th, 917tth and 997th air engr. Surins. 729 and. 73lst. 741st and 749th mate Lei so Dos. 96th, 99th and 3l8th Sta complement Sydn. 103rd, 814th. Siatti and 807th air operations Tiem companies 761st depot aviation ahem. Co. I of fish Sig. Depot co. 39�rd Sig. Co. Wing and 1939th. 12&5�o1 and 1956th my companies in addition 1.374 ninth of men with 85 or More Points Are being processed for discharge. During june 667 were discharged. Las vegas nev., july 20 ans a Carole Landis today was granted a divorce from maj. Thomas c. Wallace army Pilot whom she married in London in 1943. It was the actress third divorce. Ru88er Plant ordered seized Petroleum administrator Harold l Ickes has been directed by president Truman to take Over and operate the Sinclair rubber co. Plant at Houston tex., where workers voted to strike to enforce their demand for a Union shop. Or. Truman executive order said labor disturbances at the Plant threatened interruption in production of butadiene. Meanwhile r. J. Thomas president of the United automobile workers Cio said Victory Over Japan would be a signal for him to Start authorizing strikes. Quot there will be a lot of he warned. In Detroit 200 lumber Yards were closed making 14,000 workers Idle. The Yards were closed by owners. For seven weeks 700 Al employees of five lumber companies have been on strike in a closed shop dispute. In Warren and Newton Falls Ohio Telephone service remained paralysed As operators seeking pay increases continued their five Day old walkout. In new York All newspapers deliveries were Back to Normal. 32nd 600 Days in Lin Manila july 20 ans a the 08., 32nd Quot red Arrow Quot div., which claims the highest total combat time amassed by any american division in any War will Mark its 600th Day in the line tomorrow. St drenched in y. New York july 20 ans a a trip through a delousing chamber and a double dousing once by amp heavy downpour As they marched through the streets and second time when automatic sprinklers on a pier were set. Off accidentally fouled up the Homecoming of the fifth red Diamond division s second regt. Yesterday. Quot jeepers what a one i griped. About 3,000 officers and men of the second regt. Arrived aboard the Navy transport Gen. Greeley at pier 88 on the North River. Another transport the sea porpoise arriving at the same time brought Home. 3.100 men of the fifth division s tenth regt. When the Greeley docked medical officers ordered the second regt to a nearby pier for a pm. / / / / 5t&Quot do a. Wei on three men aboard the Greeley had been discovered with lice. Amid griping Over the four Block March an accidental fire alarm set off automatic sprinklers on the pier where the second regt. Debarked. Many of the men were drenched. On top of that a downpour of rain caught the men As they marched delousing. Through the streets. Then came the in steam and White powder used the delousing. The fifth div. Was the first to go overseas in this War but none of the original men who sailed from the states in 1941 and 1942 were among the arrivals yesterday a total of 28,340 soldiers debarked Here today a new record. Second div. Also rot uras Boston july 20�?elemente of j the Veteran fifth and second dive. Arrived yesterday after a seven Day voyage from be Havre aboard the army transport Gen. Richardson. The fifths contingent included 542 Headquarters band and Quarter master troops. Second div. Unite included 5.001 officers and men of the ninth inf. Regt., the 15th a in and the second signal co. Release upheld for objectors Washington july 20 ans a selective service officials have deferred inauguration of the Point system for discharging conscientious objectors pending disposition of legislation prohibiting such plan. The House military affairs committee has reported favourably a Bill which would eliminate objectors from the Point system. Some 850 were to have been discharged within the next year. About 3,000 in prison would not have been eligible. To safeguard the Point system the War department has turned Down requests of 50 Industrial and professional organizations for release of soldiers to civilian work. Acting War Secretary Robert p. Patterson said today. Requests he said Quot have ranged from 100,000 men for Coal mines to three men for Breeding Chin the word for it. Washington july 20 Ansi a the chinese ambassador Wei tao Ming had his own answer today to rumours of japanese peace feelers. The allies he said Quot should concentrate on defeating Japan rather than figure out a Way for her to surrender Quot \
