Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Page 8the stars and stripes Friday july 27, 1945 Petain witnesses aft ii armistice bar Rich Aro Lewis stars add stripes staff writer pares july 26�?a demand that neither age nor sentiment be considered in the judgment of marshal Henri pfc Lippe Petain was voiced in the treason trial of the 89-year-<rtd marshal Here today by Louis Marin former president of the chamber of deputies which Petain a government ived in 1940. Marines statement came after Jules Jeanneney former Dent had branded the in Quot unpardonable and  mistake Quot in contrast to previous dramatic Festiona the Long winded speeches of tube former political leaders rang dully through the hot courtroom and put several jurors to sleep. Bad inn after the Chennault and a successor Begum chefs  to French my future Allied broke out Between renter pout a want truly i had a for terms fun Ceuta acted an am Littee argument Jose a that he was Petain and intervene Iii which third Lay with the Bradley a head a pee controlled 1,000,000, will be nok aug. Of it was revealed trucks Are hauling away and map boards on top secret strategy was to Stop von undated to a offensive. Troops who Fra the famous 12th team Don smoothly Are being transferred out to other units Bradley already at his desk As chief of a veterans administration in Washington. Dmm mass a a a aurnt form july 26�?an agreement establish uniform wage and Wing Scales throughout Berlin reached today at the third weekly meeting of the Allied Kom Mandan Tura. A of Monigue said maj. Men. Lioyd Park col. Gen. Alexander Gorbatov and maj. Gen. Lewis Lyne ub., soviet and British chiefs of Berlin s examined Quot ways and Mem to assure  there was no int Estloa that t Besom representative had any part in the meeting other measures to unify control of Berlin include 1�?agreement to reinforce controls on the Mack Market. 1�?uniform treatment of agencies of information and entertainment a Heaters cinemas. Radio the press Yyi other publications. A a a 9�?uniform procedure in removing disobedient incompetent or politically unreliable officials. A a a Survey of the population for rationing control and a study of population trends by att three nations. Mem feasibility of Blanket Price control was discussed but no decision was reached. Or. Jarthur Werner Berlin Ober Burgmeister gave a pledge of loyalty to the three chiefs. Russians seize la Ich valuables Berlin july 26�?an order confiscating All German stocks of Gold an it i Platinum and ours can be maj. Gen. Claire l. Chennault right whose retirement As Oom Mandor of ibo 14th air Ferat in China was announced a few Days ago chats with la Gen Librn e. Strassmeyer Oom Mandor of an Saaf units in Taihia. Picture woo taken in is Stra Tomoor promo Wood dec to Che Noum. Com z sett aug. 1 for name change Paris july 26�?beginning at noon wednesday aug. 1, own. Z Headquarters will be called Headquarters theater service forces european theater. The name a badge is a product of the general Post War reorganisation of the american military establishment in bump be. 8 men relieved m u beating chinese skew Weilin drive chunking july 26 a it a Chi need troops sweeping toward Al is mated Weilin from the South have broken through the South Gate of the walled town of Yang a site of a former us 14th air Force base the China High command announced. Yang a lies 40 Miles South of Weilin. To the North troops intensified their drive to take Weilin. Chinese artillery 13 Miles Northeast opened a bombardment of Linge Han on the enemy Garrison s escape mute to Central China in an Effort to prevent a japanese withdrawal. A 50-mile stretch of the Quot invasion in the soviet zone o Germany was issued today by russian occupation authorities. Immediate repercussions were expected on the order which gave a five Day limit on the surrender of the precious metals. The possibility was even considered that berliners would attempt to evade confiscation by transferring their hoards to the British and american occupation Sones cont Start and stripes London Burean London july 20�?after the theater inspector general s office in tote 1044 checked into allegations made by forma prisoners that they had beep beaten by guards at the tenth reinforcement depot Lichfield five officers and eight pm whose names were withheld were relieved of duty with a recommendation that some of them be court Martiale army officials disclosed today. An investigation which has been going on for Quot a Good Many weeks Quot hag is its objective the bringing of certain army personnel to trial the same sources said. Evidence gathering has required interrogation of key witnesses who have left the theater. Names of those against whom charges have been preferred Ai being withheld but officials assert the current investigation deals with no one connected with the present administration of the depot. Ool. Charles w. Pence Attica ind., took command from col. James a. Bailan Chicago or last february. Army authorities Are satisfied there have been no further incidents since the initial investigation began. Wheeler View on troop pacts gains support Washington july 26 and to powerful support developed in the Senate today for the argument that any United nations pacts assigning american troops to keep the peace will be treaties subject to two it thirds approval of the Senate the associated press reported. Another group of senators fearing this might spell defeat of the to be submitted Long after the United nations charter is ratified hotly argued that the documents will be agreements requiring out a majority approval by the Saab and House. Sen Burton k. Wheeler a it Monta critic of the charter took the position yesterday that the later pacts will be treaties. Sen. Tom. Connally of Tex said today that la his View they will be treaties and the same position was taken by Sens Wallace h. White or. In me and Robert a. Taft rom disagreeing sharply with the trial to continued from Page 1 j�s2�lmi�i�t 4p5ss5s55555i Loans until they Sank Union Sciota the blows of the Bele Guering  St four a boats reported held and dead Frh iriv apr were tossed into a cart off to a nearby graveyard and unceremoniously dumped into a common grave Quot he said. His 14 witnesses bore out his opening statement. Townsfolk Ace sad two of the indicted Margaret wittier and Kathe Reinhardt Sisters of inciting a mob to violence by crying Quot beat them to death beat them to pieces kill the  although witnesses said the six americans were escorted by two soldiers no Protection was Given them. A procession of Quot Finger pointers Quot quoted the 11 accused As saying Quot the Are the shot Down fliers let us put them to  one of the defendants Johann Opper was quoted As having said on the Day of the massacre Quot we beat them on the  Rio my Janeiro july 26 Reuter a two a boats were escorted to the brazilian port of Rio Grande by brazilian destroyers the Argentine radio said. The report added that two additional German submarines were being held at Rio Grande. Troops striking eastward along the coastal railway reached the suburbs of the Highway Junction town of Yeung Kong. 125 Miles Southeast of Canto ouster is denied by Morgenthau Washington july 26 Ansis Henry Morgenthau jr.,. Said today that president Truman had not asked him to resign As Treasury Secretary. He told a reporter he failed to make himself Clear in new York yesterday when he said his leaving was Quot not of my own choosing a statement which was interpreted As meaning he had resigned involuntarily because or. Truman asked him to make Way for Fred m. Vinson. Peace continued from Page 1 Wheeler View. Sen Soott Lucas full i referred to failure of the old league of nations to thirds approval of the Senate. Majority Leader Aben w. Barkley of Kentucky sided with Lucas and warned against anyone Quot lying in ambush to nullify pus solemn agreement when the Iggi Slatum comes  Churchill foes gain majority continued from Page i Churchill s Quot caretaker Quot government including five who held Cabinet posts. The latest tabulation showed parties supporting Churchill conservative 192, National 2, Liberal National 16, total 210. Psf Eli takes new Post Bah Antonio tex., july 26 cans Elk Gen. Alexander m. Patch jr., who led the seventh Araby in Europe assumed command of fourth army Headquarters yes to Sitka asserting that Quot the possibilities Are great that the worlds future depends much on Stalin a action Quot and that Quot these circumstances must be seriously considered by those responsible for Japan a  Newsweek Magazine today published a report that Stalin had carried a japanese peace offer to Potsdam for discussion by the big three. The Magazine said the japanese sought two assurances first that Russia remain at peace and secondly that the japanese Home islands escape invasion. In return the Magazine said the japanese would withdraw from Manchuria in favor of the russians and submit to us occupation of Korea and Formosa. The japs would also Quot recognize the principle of Independence Quot in indo China Burma and the Philippines the Magazine said. In Moscow the army newspaper red Star published a front Page picture captioned Quot the far Eastern War front Quot and depicting russian troops undergoing intensive training. The picture was accompanied by what was termed Quot the most exhaustive analysis of the Pacific air War Ever  0viliam jeeps git Fetuu info touches on an if wily my it wit Lyso variant i Tilsk tha company expects to build ten in 1905. Drivers need not worry about slapping for Mpa or Gatting caught Joy Riding. Go gets Home sees dying son new York july 26 ans pvt. John mag Lio called Home from Germany because physicians believe his two year old son Robert James is dying reached the child s bedside Here yesterday. Robert ill of encephalitis his lain in a coma since june it. The largest a a fonts mama at Roeie Tad Churchill himself was reelected to his seat in commons from the Woodford District by an overwhelming majority of 17,606 votes. But Many stalwarts of his government were ousted in their own districts by labor candidates. The casualties included such familiar names As Harold Macmillan air minister sir Walter Womersley minister of pensions sir Edward Spears former British minister to Syria and Lebanon Brendan Bracken first lord of the admiralty l. S. Amery Secretary of state for India Leslie Hore Belisha minister of National insurance and former War minister Geoffrey Lloyd who succeeded Bracken As minis tec of information Richard Law minister of education capt. Randolph Churchill son of the prime minister Duncan Sandys Churchill s son in Law and minister of housing and sir James Grigg War minister. Bov Srutis Defeated conservative Oliver Lyttleton president of the Board of Trade and minister of production was reelected however and group capt. Max Aitkin son of lord Beaver Brook another conservative was elected from the Holborn District of London. A notable Liberal casualty was sir William Beveridge author of the Security plan bearing his name. Labor party stalwarts such As Ernest Bevin and Arthur Greenwood won easily. Under the British system the party which wins the largest number of seats forms the government with the party Leader As prime minister a working majority in commons usually Means that a party must hold at least 50 More scats than All opposition groups combined. Despite the election outcome or. Churchill was expected to i return to Potsdam this week end for the conclusion of his conferences with president Truman and Generalissimo Stalin