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     Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Nice mar settles area saturday partly Cloudy maximum temperature 88. Forecast by mar Finane Airport weather station the St Southern France edition daily newspaper of . Armed forces vol. 1�?no. 137 tripes in the european theater of operations one year ago today american armoured columns from Petiers in the North and Marigny in the East joined in the outskirts of Cou Tances. Saturday july 28, 1945 one franc British vote shakes . Foreign office pos for Bevi labor swing amazes officialdom people Are even More surprised Winston Churchill s defeat in a labor landslide surprised most of the world yesterday but most capitals reflected the Washington View that Clement r. Attlee s accession to prime minister would not Lessen Britain a Pacific War Effort nor alter her major foreign policy commit pets. Explanations of the conservative rejection ranged All the Way from rep. John e. Rankin s suggestion of a Quot communist trend that should be a warn a Quot Etc. A a a ing to the american people to the new York times comment that it was a Quot natural  Quot the result is perhaps the natural reaction of a country sick of War and the symbols of War and moved above everything else by a desire for change Quot the times said. Wall Street slumps Wall Street disliked Churchill a defeat and losses on the Stock Exchange ranged from one to nearly three dollars. A official Washington was surprised. Outside official Washington the Surprise was even greater. Churchill s Blunt tor ism even though at times it seemed to Challenge american interests caught the imagination of americans and a majority of newspapers in the states made no Bones about their Hope that Quot pugnacious Winnie Quot would stay in office. In the capital sen. Warren Austin a it commented Quot we have grown to know or. Churchill Well Here and we like him but i have no doubt that or. Attlee will carry out the general policies and principles of or.  influence spen austins Vermont colleague sen. George Aiken expressed the belief that the presence of two million american soldiers in the British Isles Quot must have opened the common Peoples eyes when the gis re continued on Page 8 dog gone Berlin clubs face closure London july 27�?prime minister Clement r. Attlee took Over from Winston Churchill a Oday and immediately set about forming his new government to win the Pacific War cooperate with Russia and the . In building the peace and put through the socialistic Domestic program of his labor party. He pledged that winning the War would come first. Most observers agreed that Ernest Bevin Tough minded Trade Union Leader who mobilized Britain for War As labor Secretary would be named foreign minister and would accompany Attlee Back to Potsdam and the big three conference in place of Anthony Eden. Cripps for Home Secretary Reuters British news service mentioned Herbert Morrison for Chancellor of the exchequer sir Stafford Cripps Home Secretary or. Hugh Dalton Board of Trade sir William Jowett National insurance Arthur Greenwood health Arthur Henderson War . Alexander first lord of the admiralty and lord Listowel India. Churchill a future role was Uncertain. He was reelected to his seat in the House of commons. Churchill himself said Only that to regret that i have not been permitted to finish the work against Japan. For this however All plans and preparations have been made and results May come much quicker than we have hitherto been entitled to expect Japan ignores quit ultimatum Japan will Quot ignore a the three Power demand for unconditional surrender issued thursday night by president tru a Man former prime minister Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek and Quot will prosecute the War to the bitter end the japanese news Agency Domei said yesterday. Domei added in a broadcast that the japanese Cabinet had met to her a report on the us Render demand which was drawn up at Potsdam by or. Truman and Churchill then t a. A approved in chunking by 300 bombers Ali Limo Pesi Rah Shanghai by a staff writer Berlin july 27�?a Clampdown on night clubs in the . Sector of Berlin is being planned am authorities revealed. Quot most Quot of the 12 to 16 night clubs now in operation will be closed and the rest will be rigidly supervised officials said. Information service control chiefs who Are charged with regulating All information and entertainment agencies in the . Area say the move is being made to curb any trend towards Quot promiscuity and perversion which might arise among the currently demoralized Berlin population. Most of the night clubs Eire in the so hone Berg area officials said and they Are being closed with the approval and cooperation of the Burgmeister. Although not Given As an official reason for closing the night spots it is probable that motivating Factor in the move la a desire to prevent fraternization by american troops with Semi prostitutes. War s costs put at 325 billion Butch is being redeployed to the Pacific toe. Decked out in dog tags he boards a troop transport at Camp Stoneman calif., with his master 2-lt. Bill. Reesen of Atlanta a. Bio two await Attlee return by erhe8t lei8er stars and stripes staff writer Potsdam july 27�?the big two president Truman and marshal Stalin were marking time Here today waiting for the newest member of the big three to arrive from England so that their world shaping sessions could be renewed. Originally Britain a new prime minister Clement r. Attlee or. Churchill and Anthony Eden were scheduled to be Back by Friday morning at the latest but up to this afternoon none had returned. A the president presumably used the Day to rest. There was no further information on the Truman Churchill Chiang ultimatum to Japan but the fact that it was issued from Potsdam indicated that Stalin at least knew its contents. Whether he concurred is not known. Manila july 27�?More than $00 far East air Force bombers smashed Aird Romes and set raging fires at Shanghai wednesday Gen. Mac Arthurs Headquarters announced today and others attacked Southern Japan. Fires swept the japanese Industrial cities of Muta Matsuyama and Tokuyama As the result of a 2,200-ton fire bomb raid last night by More than 350 super fortresses. It. Gen James h. Doolittle told newsmen at Okinawa that the b29s eventually would make Japan Quot a nation without cities a nomadic people Quot japs 8end up fighters rear adm. Thomas Gatch Navy judge advocate general declared in san Francisco that Quot we could land on Japan today if we wanted to sacrifice the men.�?�. Enemy fighters came out of hiding for the first time in weeks to intercept the far East liberators As they swept Over Kyushu Island and attacked the air Center of Suiki. Seven of 30 Jap fighters were downed one b24 was lost adm. Nir Nitas communique from Guam reported bomb and rocket attacks by Allied planes on Ama my Island in the Ryukyu and the sinking of a Small freighter and three fishing vessels near Japan. There was no word on enemy reports of an Allied Landing on puget Island off the malay coast. New Reich head reported named new York july 27 ans a no correspondent Roy Porter broadcast from Berlin last night that the allies have selected As the head of the German government an anti nazi now living outside of Germany. Porter said the appointment would be announced Quot probably next  Quisling trial set Oslo july 27 up a the trial of Vidkun Quisling infamous norwegian Collaborator will begin aug. 20. Washington july 27 ins a world War ii has already Cost the . 325,000,000,000 dollars or nine times the amount spent to finance All of world War i. This was disclosed in the annual report of the outgoing Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau who announced that the net Cost of each Dollar borrowed was about one third of that of world War i. He added that the Quot interest bearing Public debt had increased 211,000,000,000 dollars since the beginning of the period of defense  460 Mph p51 ready for japs Inglewood calif., july 21 ans a North american aviation inc. Announced today that americans fastest propeller driven plane the p51h Mustang has been in production for months and is now ready for action in the far Pacific. The War department permitted the company to disclose the p51h will travel Quot Over 400 Miles an hour Quot has a combat Range of Quot Over 2,000 Miles Quot and will operate efficiently Quot up to 40,000  Jap Diplomat on peace trip Salzburg. Austria july 27 Cap a a Iboshi Oshima japanese ambassador to Berlin when Germany surrendered is in route to Tokyo under a High Allied priority to recommend that Japan surrender his Secretary told a Aird div. Authority Here just before leaving for the . It is not known who initiated the peace Mission but Secretary Toshio Yamanaka said Oshima was extremely anxious to prevail upon his government to meet Allied demands immediately. American authorities gave Oshima top air priority Over the objection of a general. Wac caving brass first crack at jobs Washington july 27 ans i of the wac As saying Quot the Cona a the War manpower commission Mission is surveying executive and Quot apparently is trying to help carry the military caste system into civilian life by giving officers the first crack at the Best jobs Quot Douglas Smith Scripps Howard Washington correspondent reported today. Smith quoted a recent memo to regional directors in which wac said Quot Many of these Young officers have married since they were called into service. They and their families Are accustomed to living on an officers income and they understandably do not want to alter their Standard of  the correspondent also quoted John l Craig. Ohio state director supervisory jobs in business Industry and government in Ohio As part of a National  the results Craig said would be embodied in a manual listing positions for which officers would be fitted. Some months ago the commission published a Booklet listing types of army Navy and Marine corps duties and the corresponding civilian jobs for which these duties fitted men. This Booklet was Quot conspicuously labelled a enlisted men Quot Smith wrote. Smiths dispatch said a wac official explained the separate booklets were planned at the request of the army adjutant general a office and the Navy Bureau of personnel and that the commission itself had no intention of discriminating against enlisted men. Quot shortly after a conversation with this writer Quot Smith added the official telephoned to say the officer position manual would not be published separately but would be combined with that of the enlisted menus Booklet whether this meant that separate jobs would be listed for officers and enlisted men was not Clear. Dental press Secretary Charles Ross last night refused to comment on what part Premier Stalin third Potsdam conferee might have had in drafting the ultimatum. The president ordered the office of War information to use every possible Means to get the Quot quit or be destroyed Quot instructions before the japs. Must oust a Deo Eivers terms of the ultimatum included surrender Quot now Quot and elimination forever of the influence of those who deceived and misled Quot Japan into embarking on a project of world Conquest. Quot designated Quot portions of Japan would be occupied until a Quot new order of peace Quot was established. Japanese sovereignty would be limited to Home islands defined As Honshu hokkaido Kyushu. Shikoku and minor islands. The Jap military forces would be disarmed then permitted to return Home. There was no intention to enslave the japanese or destroy As a race continued on Page 8 senators see Shorter War Washington july 27 Cap a the War will be shortened As a result of the Potsdam Quot surrender or be destroyed Quot ultimatum to Japan some senators thought tonight sen. Kenneth s. Wherry a neb said he wanted to compliment the president Quot for defining the terms of unconditional  just before the Potsdam statement was issued he had said an outline of terms no matter How Stern would hasten the end of fighting Cape i arts stand sen. Homer e. Capehart Rind another who has insisted on More precise conditions for the japanese told the Senate Quot the ultimatum spell out what we mean and have meant by unconditional surrender and i congratulate the president of the u.8.&Quot Quot if Japan desires peace and wants to save her Homeland from destruction i think she should accept these terms Quot sen. H. Styles Bridges . Said. Chairman Tom of Onnalie a Tex of the foreign relations committee said Quot unless the Jap Onesa intend to commit National Hart Kiri they will  super seniority attacked new York july 27 cans a Quot super seniority Quot for veterans was assailed last night by John Green continued on Page 8 contest winners listed on Page 4 the winners of the stars and stripes War Bond contest have been decided. A Complete list of the Lucky people is on Pago 4� prizes Are late Model Automo Biles radio and electric refrigerators. Tomorrows paper will carry in addition to the regular sunday Magazine a Complete Tomlo see  
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