Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur The stars and stripes saturday july 21, 1945 Quot a Quot Quot a a a flame onto Ove �3� by Wade Jones and Stripe i r 3. rigidly ruled brawling i most View of France to the of u a troops leaving bombing of the City last summer besides bul a. A the acute. Crowds. A mss shoot 5? port which fair bowl u�7 so dark Here com p fan amp or Fitle on is attic to contend dough italian a and French it is the the elaborate contain the lights that Finkh on Andoff and show the location of Assembly and staging areas h up a the natio Asl has of Canad if Divi Deau each country Traff Kocand a Haring losses and profits on7 the same basis. Canada declined to enter the pooling agreement on the grounds that it mighty mean sacrificing the profitable air business on the North Atlantic route to Britain. British minister of civil aviation Viscount Swinton told a press conference at the conclusion of the first Commonwealth air transport Council a fact some of Britain s around the world Ajr. Toes such As routes to India South Africa Australia and new. Zealand might run at a loss and pooling would be the most economical Way of sharing the losses. 1,500,000 pcs Fred London july 20 Reuter a in the two months since Germany a surrender almost 1.500.000 German pcs have been released in the american zone radio Luxembourg said today. Apr War crime trials of arsons a in nested with the notorious Bel Fen concentration Camp win begin to it Rie Middle of August the Ovate generals Dirice announced. Josef Kramer the Camp commandant and 70 guards who served under him face trial. All defendants 20 of whom Are women Are imprisoned at Celle. It r the Belsen workers will be tried n groups rather than individually to Cut the length of the trials to about one week. I Ujj the death penalty will be sought by the prosecution for most of the defendants. Any executions will be carried out by firing squad. More than 2,000 persons including Large numbers of women and children met death in the Belsen Camp. Many weakened by torture and starvation died after aided troops occupied the area. Nimi a Justice seized Berlin july 20 apr Helmut Pirk a member of the special court which dispensed Nasi a jus Poland. Has been captured of Willersdorf a British occupied suburb of Berlin. Pirk admitted in a signed Star tement the a a Shab Biness of my conduct a adding a we justices Weie Mere chess figures shoved around by our superiors. Hess memory i lost. Wife says a is amps presses to secret nazi flame throwing tank shoots fire instead of 75mm. Shells. Capable of searing targets 100 Yards Ftp of the medium tank s fuel capacity is 2$s Gallons. It can fire in any direction from a revolving Turret picture shows demonstration at Edgewood Arsenal m<1 by Seymour 8harnik stars and stripes staff writer pfung6tady, Germany july 20�?a red faced stare and stripes staff has discovered that for More than three months it has been publishing its Germany edition immediately above a nazi underground War Plant site. The Hindelang Germany july 20 apr Pau Rudolf Hess who insists that her husbands flight to Scotland oct 5, 1941, remains As much of a mystery to her As it is to the rest of the world announced today that the former Deputy fuehrer had Quot undergone certain psycho physical changes during his Captivity in England. She said Hess latest letters had mentioned the disappearance of chronic stomach trouble and the loss of All recollection except of herself and their sow eight year old Wolf Rudiger. French figure profit on pcs Paris july 20 apr a plan for using German labor to help rebuild France without endangering French wage Levels and at the same time turning Over a profit to the National government has been announced Here. In. A edouard Maillet labor ministry manpower director said the scheme involved hiring out germans at prevailing wages. Only a Small part of the wage would go to the germans however. The remainder would be paid to the French government. The fact that employers must pay the same wages for German labor As for French is expected to give French workers priority on jobs and protect wage standards. Envoy nipped in Market Paris july 20 Reuter a an ambassador two judges and 2,000 financiers were among 6,000 persons fined for dining in Paris Black Market restaurants since Jan. I. Network of subterranean Chambers and passageways was a found by a staff member exploring the cellars of a brewery close by the papers printing Plant. An Entrance from the brewery courtyard led Down into Large factory rooms filled with lathes and Metal presses. The cold passages Walls dripping with moisture connected the compartments of an expanding labyrinth. Narrow winding Stone stairways led past huge brew Ery vats into the anteroom of the Nna Rhinot Rah Rye apparently never used the factory apparently had not yet been put into operation when seizure of the town by seventh army troops interrupted the work of setting up the Plant. However the machines were in place the fixing of Power connections and the importing of Stock production could have begun almost immediately. Interrogation of civilians employed in the brewery indicated the factory was designed for production of opel engines for motor vehicles and possibly for air planes. The Grey bearded caretaker of the brewery s vat rooms said he had assumed the americans knew of the plants existence. Disease killing japs in Burma with British forces Burma july 20 Reuter a japanese Are pulling out of the Bitting Bridgehead below the old Irrawaddy River bed because their units isolated from supplies and artillery support Are losing the Battle against disease and starvation. A the most urgent task of the japanese is to Rescue from the foot Hills of the pegu mountains several thousand japanese infantry Ridden with sickness. Tokyo knowing the Bridgehead would be of no use in the Reconquest of Burma also knows the decisive blows of the War will not be dealt in Burma which is proving a costly liability in personnel and equipment. Japanese Are running riot in several villages in the Moulmein sector East of Bitting. A coldblooded massacre is reported from pne Village East of Moulmein. The japanese lined up the inhabitants outside their huts and carried out mass executions. Zionist Parley opens july 31 London july 20 Reuter a the first world zionist conference since 1939 will open Here july 31. Consolidation o f organizational machinery almost completely disrupted by the War is expected to be the main topic of discussion. Another problem to be considered is emergency measures for displaced jews in Europe. A proposal for 100,000 jews to immigrate to Palestine in addition to the 75,000 allowed by the already exhausted White paper has been submitted. Sixty prominent zionists Are expected to arrive to a few Days. Or. Stephen Wise and rabbi Hillel Silver Are expected this week As part of the . Delegation. World news Roundup Hamburg so boats Iii open next week Hamburg schools which will eventually serve More than 100,000 children will open Here next week. Approximately 10,000 will attend classes immediately. Buenos Aires eighty intellectual associations signed a Public declaration asking Argentina a government to re establish constitutional rights and announce an Early Date for elections. London the International chamber Al Cem meroe which was head Bertred let Paris before the War seen will Reagan in Oslo three shipload of German soldiers will have been evacuated from the British zone to noway with the departure of two ships from Mandal Small norwegian seaport. Evacuation from the Brit ish zone which comprises the Southern tip of Norway is expected to reach a Peak of 6,000 soldiers weekly. London in the absence of prime minister Churchill sir John Anderson Hanc Eltor of the a Fito apr will preside at meetings of the British Cabinet. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden who would normally Presidio in Chure Hihn a absence is also at tending Tbs Potsdam conference. Rome the fifth us. Army has recovered Mare than 8,300,000,000 lire deposited to German government accounts to italian Banks according to the Allied commission. An additional 1,200.000,006 lire to Cash has been conic rated from German army organizations. Paris a thirsty parisians drank 500,000 Gallons of soft drinks on Bastille Day when the thermometer reached is degrees. Food ministry officials reported. London pledging the Netherlands anew to the fight against the japanese or. Johan Logeman dutch minister for overseas territories said his countrymen Are willing to shed blood for the establishment of an Independent indo Asia but not for the restoration of colonial supremacy. Cairo restrictions on Trade Between Egypt and Russia were removed through an agreement reached Between Britain Russia and Egypt. Mars Force is disbanded . Won t use i German plants Frankfurt july 20 apr Germany a War production machine will not be revived by the allies to be turned against Japan. American policy is to smash the German War machine for Good and to defeat Japan with tools forged in american factories an official of the . Production control Agency said yesterday. Some products and equipment for the army Are being produced to Germany he said but no Large scale resumption of output is contemplated. The Leica Plant at Wetzlar is producing cameras Hydrogen peroxide used As Al bomb fuel is going to the us. And German plants Are making Aerial cameras lenses and Range finders. Lack of essential materials the Scarcity of fuel and the difficulty of retooling and converting from the metric system to inches Are among the barriers to Large scale production to Germany. Chunking july 20 ans ill Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer a Headquarters has announced that the Mars task Force an american combat team which helped Clear the japanese from Northern Burma and later was transferred to China has been disbanded. Wedemeyer a Headquarters disclosed june 4 that the 475th inf. Reg. And 124th Cav. Reg. Of the Mars task Force had been to China for several weeks after having been flown Over the Himalayas. Europa to sail for . In fall Washington july 20 apr the former German liner Europa third largest ship afloat and once the Holder of the Atlantic Blue ribbon will be used this autumn As a troop ship for redeployment of americans from Europe to the u�., the War department announced. The 52,000-ton Craft is expected to make two round trips monthly. It had a peacetime capacity of 2,128 passengers but is being refitted to carry More than 5,000. Russians eager for Adolf news Moscow july 20 apr Moe cows press and radio have shown an Active interest to reports from the . That Hitler and Eva Braun his mistress fled to Argentina and Are living there at the present time. Red Star army newspaper ran a cartoon showing a sea full of rats wearing German helmets bearing swastikas swimming for a Shore marked Argentina Over age at 66? nuts says Sarge Fairfield calif., july 20 an8 a with typical Flatbush eloquence a sgt. Harry Quot pop Rudolph voiced his Gripe today against an army which sent him Back from the Central Pacific because he was a a overage a pops Only 86 and hell Tell anyone he a the oldest i on Active duty. A there a nothing wrong with me a said the Veteran of three wars. To As Well As any of Toee kids Over
