Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Tus weather forecast for Nice Mars Euler area sunday air maximum. Temperature 92. Forecast by Mari name Airport weather station Southern France edition vat in no. 131 ripes Cha fart Ritaa tha Atar of Opuntia at Ore year ago today in Normandy . Force crossed the sever Stiyer six Miles East of Lessay them a tick East amp and Southeast of Omen made sum Progress. Sunday july 22. 1945 on sailings for . To drop by Wade j0ne8 stars and stripes staff writer Paris july 21�?the number of troops sailing direct from this theater to the . Will be at least 40 percent less next month than in july com z transportation officials disclosed today. A a the reduction is a direct result of increased troop movements to the Pacific it was pointed out and conforms to plan. Moat of the ships now used on the Atlantic run will sail next month from Marseille whose traffic will be triple that of july. Ships far outbound Man it was reported in quarters outside the transportation office that some of the Atlantic ships would be used to transport from the . West coast to the Pacific troops waiting for shipment to the fronts. The transportation office said direct troop movements to the states would be markedly increased in september when most of the shipments to the Pacific via Marseille will have been completed. La Havre the Bra talk trips be Havre whence the great majority of bound troops have sailed will handle Only about 35,000 next month it was stated. However be Havre will also transport in Small Craft to the us approximately 30,000 men on leave and 25,000 being redeployed to the states via England. Jurors chosen to try retain he May retire Paris july 21�?a 24-member jury was chosen today to decide the Fate of marshal Henri Philippe Petain whose treason trial opens Here monday at the Palace of Justice. The jury is composed of 12 former members of the Senate and chamber of deputies who voted against Petain in 1940 when the marshal became chief of state and 12 members of resistance movements. It is entirely male. State prosecutor Andre Hornet used none of the six challenges he was permitted under Law but defense Counselor Fernand payer used three striking two women off the jury list. Petain will be transferred tomorrow from it Mont Rouge where he has been confined since his return to France before be Day. It Gan. Ban Lear there Toas no evidence he hear cheer jeer Creet Lear s Homecoming Boston july 21�?cries variously interpreted by newsmen As cheers Quot Yoo Hooe Quot and just Plain Quot boost came from the Soldier crowded deck of the liner Mariposa today As it. Gen. Ben Lear walked Down the gang Plank in Boston Lear who once disciplined troops training in Tennessee for shouting Quot Yoo Hoo Quot at girls returned from Europe with 2,833 veterans two thirds of them sick or wounded. The general who directed the Eto reinforcement system last Winter showed no evidence of having heard either the cheers or Boos from the vets. He added a a now i expect to go on the retired in new York the Queen Elizabeth brought Home 14,576 officers and men of the 44th inf. Div. Marlene Dietrich was on hand to Dangle her famous legs in Welcome. The 44th Homecoming marked the first time an entire division had arrived on a single ship. Also Docking at new York were the Monticello Lejeune Bret Harte Nish Maha Marine Panther and Hospital ship Frances y. Slanger which brought Home the second inf. Div. And the 11th regt of the fifth inf. Div vet medics held in Sailor death Washington july 21 ans a three attendants of government operated St. Elizabeth a Hospital were in custody today awaiting grand jury action in connection with the death of a Sailor mental patient at the Hospital. They were held under 1,500-Dollar Bonds after a coroners jury heard testimony they struck and kicked the Sailor s-2c Clark j Leeper 22, formerly of Phoenix aria. Leeper died wednesday of a ruptured liver. The three defendants Are Fred a. Brown 40 Lloyd l. Lavey 50 and Samuel h. Siegel 38. = Ranc Best Honshu Shanghai hit japs get ultimatum win salvation by surrender is own advice \ 3.3 v a a a a. Quot a i a a 1 a Washington july 21 ians a the . Officially told the japanese today that unconditional surrender is Quot the Only Way you can make possible the salvation of As an alternative Japon was offered a a virtual the proposition was made in a japanese language broadcast by capt. E. C. Zacharias former naval attache at Tokyo now described by the office of War information As Quot an official spokesman for the government. The broadcast was the 12th in a Quot very special series. Meant for . Toot some quarters suggested the talk was intended to explain the meaning of unconditional surrender to americans As Well As japanese. Zacharias told japanese leaders they face two alternatives. A a one is the virtual destruction of Japan followed by a dictated peace. The other is unconditional surrender with its attendant benefits As Laid Down by the Atlantic charter a he said. The charter pledges adherents not to seek to Rry trial aggrandizement to sponsor no territorial changes unless approved by affected Peoples to permit Peoples to choose their own form of government to permit Victor and vanquished alike Access to Trade and raw materials to Freedom from fear and to work for the abandonment of the use of free japs Wake Hanse Washington july 21 ans a two survivors of the uj8. Garrison on Wake Island have escaped to this country to reveal new details of Japan a abuse of pm conventions. They Are Marine 1-lts. John a. Mcalister 27, of Blue Mountain miss., and John p. Kinney 30, of Colfax Wash. Details of their escape from the Shanghai prison Camp were not disclosed. The pair said defenders on Wake surrendered to prevent further Slaughter of unarmed civilians 70 of whom had been killed along with 49 marines when the Island was finally Given up to Strong enemy forces dec. 23, 1941. The japanese killed two wounded men in a surrendered Hospital forced All members of the surrendering Garrison to strip and tied them to posts and allowed captives no food and Little water for two led flattops Washington july 21 ans a the Carrier Shangrila was vice adm. John s. Mccain s flagship during the recent Flattop raids against the japanese Homeland. Navy Secretary James v. Forres Tal said today. The name was chosen in memory of the late president Roosevelt a statement that the planes for it. Gen. James Doolittle s first bombing of Tokyo in april 1942, were launched from 3 report we re working by erne8t lei8er stars and stripes staff writer Berlin july 21-�?the first crypt ical Quot Progress report from the big three conference was issued today by representatives of the american delegation Here. The official statement said Quot much serious business is being done Quot and that Quot the work of the conference is going outside the secretive sessions themselves it was divulged the president dined with assistant Secretary of War j. Mccloy it. Gen. Lucius Clay Gen. Eisenhower a Deputy on the Reich control Council and adm. Emory s. Land head of the maritime commission. Later in the evening the president at his own request was called on by col. L. Curtis Tierman of Kansas City chief chaplain of Usset and an old Friend of or Truman. They were together in the 129th a in. Of the 35th inf. Div. In the last War. Berbin s More is lowest army Chapin ins declare plane crash kills 12 Sydney Australia july 21 apr twelve persons a 11 British aboard an .raf1 Liberator were killed yesterday when the plane crashed in flames soon after taking off for an undisclosed destination. Berlin july 21 up a Berlin today is probably the most immoral City in the world according to us army complains Here. Scores of girls and women hang around Street Comers looking for soldiers. They Hope to get a cig Aret a bit of chocolate. Or just a in among ols Berlin s women Are known As Quot easy but dangerous a since venereal disease in the Reich capital and throughout Ger Many Quot is seven out of every ten civilians on the streets Are women Gorman vets object Minden Germany july 21 apr for fraternizing with British soldiers several Fraulein Here have Nad their Heads shaved by discharged German soldiers who have their own ideas about senators urge Island control Washington july 21 ans a . Senators today demanded that the country retain Complete control of strategic Pacific islands follow a president Truman s statement in Berlin yesterday that the Jub. Is not seeking Quot one piece of most senators agreed with the president in general but several said they hoped he did not mean to relinquish the Pacific islands. Need bases Byrd sen. Harry Byrd a chairman of a delegation of senators who discussed the Pacific islands question with american delegates at the recent san Francisco conference asserted Quot we must retain those Island bases. We need them to keep the future peace in the sen. Robert Taft a Ohio declared that he Hopes All the islands North of the Equator remain under american control. Bases essential Hatch sen. Carl Hatch . Said he is certain the president agreed with the views of the army and Navy that Island bases Are essential. Sen. Edwin Johnson a Gok it suggested that perhaps Truman was referring Only to the european War. But sen. Allen Ellender a la believed the president was being Quot too Liberal Quot Quot we ought to have control of some of the military bases in other parts of the world he said. Am Arthur s fliers Busy float still veiled Manila july 21�?the pre invasion assault on Japan continued yesterday As Gen. Macarthur s air forces made their first attack on Honshu and hit Shanghai heavily for the second straight Day. Fighters of the fifth and seventh ass bombed and strafed Railroad facilities factories and waterfront near Kush Kino and Miyat Conejo on Honshu Japan s main Island. Other Philippines based Craft pounded Tomitake Airfield on Kyushu. 268 planes hit Shanghai from Okinawa More the 200 heavy medium and attack bombers bombed targets in the Fly nah i area reportedly a concentration Point for japanese troops withdrawing from Hunan province. There was no word from american and British warships and Carrier planes of the third uj8. Fleet which bombarded Tokyo boy wednesday and thursday. Night patrol planes of vice adm. Tho Tan c. Kincaid s seventh Fleet started fires in the Canton Industrial area of Southern China. Japanese planes returned to Okinawa wednesday and thursday after an absence of nearly a month. Two were downed by anti aircraft fire three were shot Down by american fighters and three others crashed Forrestal raps air sea merger Washington july 21 ans a suggestions that air Power be made a separate Branch of the armed services was opposed by Secretary of Navy James v. Forrestal and assistant Secretary for air John j. Sullivan at a press conference Here Forrestal said the surface and air forces Are a team and the Quot Success of our Navy is built upon this cores Colombia head quits Bogota Colombia. July 21 up a president Alfonso Lopes bounced his resignation.24 Clos killed in arc bla8t Viar Bogio Italy july 21 up a known casualties resulting from an explosion Here wednesday in an american red Cross enlisted Many a club reached 92 today with the death toll mounting to 30. The casualty list includes 24 american soldiers and 12 civilians dead and 48 gis and 12 civilians injured. A soldiers involved were members of the 92nd div. Or attached units. Rescue squads Laboured through the night removing rubble. No official statement on the cause of the explosion has been warned on la Lego sales Paris july 21�?lt ool John e. Blacks tone acting staff judge advocate of Seine Section repeated a warning today that All personnel subject to military Law Ore prohibited from Quot engaging in business for profit in the european theater. Referring to an order by Gen. Eisenhower Blackstone said it was the interpretation of the judge advocate s office in Seine Section that the statement prohibited the Sale or Exchange of any property Quot personal or otherwise which insulted in Quot personal profit Folio hits Trenton Trenton n. J., july 21 ans a swimming pods and playgrounds were closed Here yesterday As City health officer or. Wilholm 1-Mountford announced live new costs of infantile paralysis in 84 hours
