Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1945, Nice, Alpes Cote D'Azur The weather forecast for Nice Marseilles maximum forecast by Ilar Gaane Airport weather station Southern France edition the daily newspaper of armed forces ipes in the european theater of operations one year ago today in Normandy forces crossed the six Miles the at tack East and Southeast of Caen made slow 131 july one franc sailings for to drop by Wade Jones stars and stripes staff writer july num ber of troops sailing direct from this theater to the will be at least 40 percent less next month than in com z transportation officials Dis closed the reduction is a direct re sult of increased troop move ments to the it was pointed and conforms to most of the ships now used on toe Atlantic run will sail next month from whose traffic will be triple that of ships for outbound men it was reported in quarters out Side 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 the transportation office said direct troop movements to the states would be markedly increased in when most of the shipments to the Pacific via mar Seille will have been be Havre Britain trips be whence the great majority of troops have will Only about next it was be Havre also transport in Small Craft to the us approximately men on leave and being redeployed to the states via jurors chosen to try retain july 24member jury was chosen today to decide the Fate of marshal Henri Philippe Petain whose treason trial opens Meiere monday at the Palace of the jury is composed of 12 former members of the Striate and Cham ber of deputies who voted against Petain in 1940 when the marshal became chief of state and 12 Mem Bers of resistance it is entirely state prosecutor Andre Hornet used none of the six challenges he was permitted under but de sense Counselor Fern arid payer used striking two women off the jury Petain will be transferred Tomor Row from where he Lias been confined since his return to France before be vet medics held in Sailor death he May retire Shanghai hit japs get Ben Lear there was no evidence he heard cheery jeer Greet Lears july variously interpreted by newsmen As Yoo Hoos and just Plain Boos came from the Soldier crowded decks of the liner Mariposa today As Ben Lear walked Down the gang Plank in Boston who once disciplined troops training in Tennessee for shouting Boohoo re turned from Europe with two thirds of them sick or the who directed the Eto reinforced sent system last showed no evidence of having heard either the cheers or Boos from the he added now i expect to go on the retired in new the Queen Elizabeth brought Home officers and men of the 44th Marlene Dietrich was on hand to Dangle her famous legs in the 44th Homecoming marked the first time an entire division had arrived on a single also Docking at new York were the be Bret Marine Panther and Hospital ship fran which brought Home the second and the Lith regt of the fifth div win salvation by ow1 advice july 21 officially told the japanese today that unconditional surrender is the Only Way you can make possible the salvation of Jaas an Japan was offered virtual the proposition was made in a japanese language broadcast by c former naval Attachie at now de scribed by the office of War information As an official spokesman for the the Broad cast was the 12th in a very special meant for too some quarters suggested the talk was to explain the mean ing of unconditional surrender to americans As As Zacharias told japanese leaders they face two one is the virtual destruction of Japan followed by a dictated the other is unconditional surrender with its attendant benefits As Laid Down by the Atlantic he the charter pledges adherents not to seek territorial aggrandize to sponsor no territorial changes unless approved by affected to Peoples to choose their own form of govern ment to permit Victor and vanquished alike Access to Trade and raw to Freedom from and to work for the abandon ment of the use of yanks Lee Tell Wake House july 21 ans survivors of the Garri son on Wake Island have escaped to this country to reveal new de tails of japans of pm con they Are Marine John of Blue and John Kin of details of their escape from the Shanghai prison Camp were not the pair said defenders on Wake surrendered to prevent further Slaughter of unarmed 70 of whom had been along with 49 when the Island was finally Given up to Strong enemy forces 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 mar thurs fliers still veiled july pre invasion assault on Japan continued yesterday As Macarthur air forces made their first attack on Honshu and hit Shanghai heavily for the second straight fighters of the fifth and ass bombed and strafed Railroad fac tories and waterfront installations near Kus Kino and Miyako Ojo on japans main Philippines based Craft Tomitake Airfield on Inato surge land control beg 3 report were working Angrilli led flattops july 21 ans idl Iree attendants of government operated Elizabeths Hospital were in custody awaiting grand jury action in connection the death of a Sailor mental patient at the they were held under Lar Bonds after a coroners jury heard testimony they struck and kicked the s2c Clark formerly of Leeper died wednesday of a ruptured t the three defendants 40 Lloyd and Samuel plane crash kills 12 july 21 Apall aboard an Raf Liberator were milled yesterday when the plane crashed in flames soon after Tak ing off for an undisclosed Destina july 21 ans Carrier Shangrila was vice John Mccain flagship during the recent raids against the japanese Navy Secretary James Forrestal said the name was chosen in memory of the late president Roosevelt statement that the planes for James Doolittle first bomb ing of Tokyo in were launched from by Ernest Leiser stars and stripes Stajn writer july first crypt ical Progress report from the big three conference was issued today by representatives of the american delegation the official state ment said much serious business is being done and that the work of the conference is going outside the secretive sessions it was divulged the president dined with assistant Secretary of War Mccloy Gen Lucius Eisenhower Deputy on the Reich control coun cil and adv Emory head of the maritime later in the the pres ident at his own was called on by Curtis of Kansas chief chaplain of Usset and an old Friend of they were together in the 129th a of the 35th in the last july 21 senators today demanded that the country retain Complete control i of strategic Pacific follow ing president Truman statement in Berlin yesterday that the is not seeking one piece of Terri most senators agreed with the president in general but several said they hoped he did not mean to relinquish the Pacific need Harry Byrd chair Man of a delegation of senators who discussed the Pacific islands question with american delegates at the recent san Francisco con asserted we must retain those Island we need them to keep the future peace in the Robert Taft declared that he Hopes All the islands North of the Equator remain under american bases Carl Hatch said he is certain the president agreed with the views of the army and other pounded 200 planes hit Shanghai from Okinawa More than 200 heavy medium and attack bombers bombed targets in the Shanghai reportedly concentration Point for japanese troops with drawing from Hunan province there was no word from Amer ican and British warships and car Rier planes of the third which bombarded Tokyo Bay wednesday and night patrol planes of vice Thoman Kinda its seventh Fleet started fires in the Canton Indus trial area of Southern japanese planes returned to Okinawa wednesday and thursday f Ter an absence of nearly a two were downed by antiaircraft three were shot Down by american fighters and three others army july Lin today is probably the most immoral City in the according to army complains scores of girls and women Hong around Street Corners look ing for they Hope to get a a bit of or just a among berlins women Are known As easy but since venereal disease in the Reich throughout Ger Many is seven out of every ten civilians on the streets Are women German vets object july 21 fraternizing with Brit ish several Fraulein Here have Nad their Heads shaved by discharged German who have their own ideas about Navy that Island bases Are Essen tial Edwin Johnson suggested that perhaps Truman was referring Only to the european but Allen Ellender believed the president was being too we ought to have control of some of the military bases in other parts of the he Forrestal raps air sea merger july 21 ans that air Power be made a separate Branch of the armed services was opposed by Secretary of Navy James Forrestal and assistant Secretary for air John Sullivan at a press Confer ence Forrestal said the surface and air forces Are a team and the Suc Cess of our Navy is built upon this Colombia head quits july 21 up Alfonso Lopez announced his 24 gis killed in arc blast july 21 up known casualties resulting from an explosion Here wednesday in an american red Cross enlisted mans club reached 92 today with the death toll mounting to the casualty list includes 24 Amer ican soldiers and 12 civilians and 48 gis and 12 civilians in All soldiers involved were Mem Bers of the 92nd or attached Rescue squads Laboured through the night removing no official statement on the cause of the explosion has been soldiers warned on illegal sales july John acting staff judge advocate of Seine repeated a warning today that All personnel subject to military Law Are prohibited from engaging in business for profit in the european referring to an order by Blackstone said it was the interpretation of the judge advocates office in Seine Section that the statement prohibited the Sale or Exchange of any property personal or otherwise which resulted to personal polio hits Trenton july 21 ans pools and were closed Here yesterday As City health officer William Mountford announced five new cases of infantile paralysis to m
