Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The stars and stripes a i tuesday july 24, 1945 Friter a % Zhukov commander of rus Dan occupied Germany has informed anti nazi political chiefs that re has no wish to impose the soviet system on the Reich or editor of the social Democrat newspaper Das Volk Dis said Zhukov had notified German party chiefs of the stand Quot about two weeks ago. A interviewed at the first open meeting of the Christian democrats Quot the Rte amp a forty to his own social Dexy of fat Meier said organization of political parties Quot is a great things for rebuilding a democratic Ger Nany and expressed Hope that the Western allies would become less Quot cautious Quot in licensing political action. At the meeting a crowd of 500 d vigorously As or. Andreas Christian Democrat  a tor a religious basis in new democracy. The Christian democrats Are former members of the pro Hitler Catholic centrist party strengthened by additional Thrift elements. A Hemm also claimed that it would an injustice to condemn a who have been members of the nazi party saying Quot we must not forget that Many germans were forced into the. Party to hold their jobs or secure their  yanks to use London july 23 do a borne German military equipment will be need or american troops in the Padio maj. Gen. Henry b. Say tear Usset ordnance chief said. Declining to name specific items lie said German military supplies Are being examined with an Eye to Nee of Fth a pjs. Or its allies. The european army of occupation will not get the latest american weapons he declared but my d use present models. Of we disarm German come Fetalv Quot Saih the general Quot present armament for it to 15 and the Best of  equipment should go to no yield czech says London july 23 it a it a Czechoslovakia refuses under any circumstances to cede any Peschen territory to Poland and Quot if the allies decide otherwise they will have to Send their troops to Peschen to enforce their decision a or. Hubert Ripka czech minister of Trade till the sunday observer. Ripka in England an a Trade Mission said Quot this is not a question of National prestige but a vital economic necessity for the whole country. Quot our government and people will not depart from the principle that the pre Munich Frontier must be reestablished Between Czechoslovakia and  he denied polish claims that potes form a majority of the Peschen population but even if it were True he said Quot we would still be opposed to a territorial settlement in an ethnographical basis. He pointed out that Only about �?�4,0� czechs live in Poland while Many poles live in Czechoslovakia. Off fires Seii Borneo gain seventh div. Au8sie8 Advance into dense Clouds of Oil smoke As they Hunt out pockets of jape in Vicinity of Royal dutch shall rofl nory Noar Balikpapan on Borneo Sam Bodja Oil Fields richest prize of. Borneo Campaign also have fallen to diggers. Britain replies a a Suez tolls a. Its London july 21 a it a tolls on Ostean troop ships and 0arfa us Cut it Kandy Ceylon july 23 cans a the longest Supply Une in military history from America to Calcutta to chunking is delivering thousand of tons of War supplies daily to chinese a axles. Air cargo averages 50.000 tons monthly. Traffic along the american operated Ledo Burma Road moves on a 24-hour schedule giving China an unprecedented volume of Britain eyes new Industry London Jufer 39 apis British business men plunged deeper into postwar Industrial and Trade reconstruction today with announcement of a five year plan for modernizing and enlarging Britain s steel Industry a new scheme for handling a Malayan rubber monopoly and the establishment of an Export Trade i research organization. Work already has started on some phases of the steel program. \ t the British government has agreed to buy the total rubber output of Malayan managed under Arm which we a distribution of _ to _ for their economical use by a concentration of  television catches award. O f medals Manila july 23 it ans a it. Col Paul r Wing father of actress Toby Wing and a survivor of the Battle of Bataan was decorated for pictures he took secretly while a prisoner of the japs at Cabanatuan. Wing was awarded the legion of Merit in a televised ceremony at which 39 other officers and men were decorated. German Cache in . Reported czechs obtain Lidice revenge j the route began to function at maximum capacity Early this year when about 95 per cent of Allua cargo for that area arrived at i going through the dues canal which have stirred debate in the House of representatives provoked a British foreign office commentator to reply that it Quot is not within our Power Quot to waive the Bof talk has thus far refused to the tolls under reverse Tendon grounds that the corporation which owns the canal has its stockholders Neutral the former enemy of Italy. The British government owns 4t per cent of the Stock. Poland soviet Swap citizens mq0oow, july 23 Reuter a a soviet poll shr agreement for the release from 8oviet citizenship of potes and jews who were polish citizens on sept. 17, 1939, has been signed Here. The agreement also provided for the release from polish citizenship of any russians ukrainians Belo Rte stans. Ruthen lans and lithuanians who apply. Gas japs says London paper London july 23 apr suggest ing editorially that Poison Gas be used in the Pacific War the sunday dispatch declared that Quot we Are faced with the task of defeating Japan in the shortest possible  the dispatch observed that the allies have found Quot thousands of tons of Gas buried near the German horror Camp at Belsen and said that Quot it has yet to be decided whether to keep the Gas until the end of the War with Japan or destroy  Washington. July 23 an8 a German leaders May have created As much As 500 million dollars in the tjj5. In some Quot mysterious Swiss accounts Quot three senators just Back from Germany said. Sen. Homer Ferguson a Mich complained that the Swiss Quot Haven to been very cooperative in providing information about accounts which have been Frozen and Are being investigated by us. Authorities. Mutt smash cartels the three senators agreed that the first major step toward Demilita izing Germany is to smash Gen London july 33 Reuter a i a a a a Cartel and control Oer Siab How the czechs staged their own assets abroad. Lidice by forcibly evicting the in sen. Harley m. Kilgore do. Tire German population of the Vaj who headed the Senate Mili sudetenland Village of  was tary affairs subcommittee tour to reported by an eyewitness in the Europe said the us. Can almost daily express. Single hand edly eliminate cartels correspondent Peter Smollett said Mere by abstaining from them the germans were herded into a sen. Hugh Mitchell a Wash common searched for Silver and warned that despite her crushing jewels and then sent onto the Road military defeat Germany Suh is carrying their belongings. The world s third largest Industrial the czech police chief ordered pm wer and within five years could the mass Ertus Smollett ssi than she was in 1939. After 11 czechs were Kiuei in the explosion of an ammunition dump believed to have been touched off by a German. The nazis ordered the Village of Lidice razed after Quot Hangman Quot hey Rich was executed by the czech resistance in 1942. Smollett described the evacuation As the Start of a vast population Transfer. Admiral cats arc Post Washington july 23 ans a vice Adan. Adolphus. Andrews retired has been appointed american red Cross commissioner for the Pacific Ocean area. Roundup amp own amp a a my Sham oui neglect of Dps rom do my jewish victims of Nasi persecution Are being treated Quot with callous and shameful neglect Quot by Allied control authorities in occupied Germany the world jewish Congress charged in an Appeal to the big three at Potsdam. Quot under this control a the Congress said Quot their condition is the same except that they Are no longer in peril of torture and  Chung King Sweden has Reiser extra territorial Mesial rights in China tomter a new treaty the chinese Ferelyn 0 flies announced Washington Brig. Gen. Carlos p. Romulo Philippines resident commissioner in Washington said he welcomed sen. Millard Tydings of a Bill to pay the islands government 109,900,000 doll a is rower War damage to private hut he added the sum would be Quot far from  rom Uio added the filipinos estimated damage at 1,300,000.000 dollars. Tarita Spain hundreds of Atlantis whales which Leek a War time refuse in the quieter Mediterranean Haws begun a general exodus through the Straits of Gibraltar. Fisherman reported three big whales patted through the Straits saturday. Blackpool England a Resolution offered a sweeping new Industrial charter under which unemployed workers would receive the same Basic wage As those with jobs has been proposed by Ernest Bevin former minister of labor and approved by the transport and general workers Union. Chias80, Italy a Mussolini s a egret archives let of which is As id the have worried him greatly Ara safely in the hands of Allied authorities. Where and How they were found has not Boon Revo Olod but Thoy Aro now hold at tit Headquarters of Floid marshal sir Harold Alexander. London a three ton Magnet said to be the worlds most powerful will be used to study cosmic rays by an expedition of the Academy of science scheduled to leave late in july for it. Araguz in Armenia Moscow radio reported. Vigilantes lose Homes in Britain pilots lost legs but Fly again Washington july 23 ans a three airmen who Lay in Walter Reed Hospital each with a leg amputated took Gen. . Arnold at his word when he asked 11 he could do anything for them. Quot yes sir they chorused Quot let us Fly  today Cape Kenneth a Jeweh Cumberland ind., it. Joseph m. Hannon Boston and it. William r. Graham Coopers town . Are flying at Drew Field along with an airman with a missing Arm la London. July 23 apr British government authorities have taken Over the task of requisitioning empty houses from self appointed Quot Vig i Reuben g. Bork of Bowler wis. Piantes Quot who have been seizing a the men Are observation pilots and cant living quarters recently in an Are the first to Fly for the aah Effort to relieve the housing Short-1 after losing limbs age in England and Wales. Local authorities have been Given increased Power by the Central government to allocate labor and other resources for the repair of private properties. Ottawa defense Headquarters said count Alfred de Marigny husband of Nancy Oakes enlisted As a pro vate last week in the Canadian army. He was acquitted last year of the murder of his father in Law sir Harry Oakes at Nassau but he was ordered to leave the Bahamas. A a British Eaker Honor and pfc Washington july 23 ans a a three Star general and a Pic were among 22 americans decorated Here on behalf of King George i by lord Halifax British ambassador. In a ceremony at the British embassy la Gen. Ira c. Baker was made honorary Knight commander of the military division of the most honorable order of the Bath. Pic James c. Orbea of Xenia Ohio received the British Empire medal Liverpool basement was key to convoys Liverpool England july 23 apr one Small underground room in what used to be the basement of a big Liverpool office building has been disclosed As the nerve Center of the entire Battle of the Atlantic. From this room officers of the Western approaches command controlled ships from Denmark Norway Holland Sweden. France Britain and America. Twelve foot Concrete Walls protected the chamber. Every ship escort vessel and merchantman was tracked across a Chart and could be located in 39 seconds