Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Hie 4the stars and stripes saturday july 38, 1945 a by Joseph Fleming and Richard Lewis stars and stripes staff writer a res july 27�?how Many pairs of Nylon stockings wrist watches and cig amp ret lighters May be bought at the Seine Section pm a a colonels and generals gift shop a Good Many persons Don t know and what s More they Arentt for  i to be Pursuit of this information look these reporters past the pm a a main gift shop where officers and Wam on pass May Purchase one piece of jewelry and one bottle of Retinas to a second floor Back in addition to the usual Rattan off Cigar ets Candy and toilet articles colonels and generals can bit Kleather purses women a gloves expensive perfumes Silver cig Aret lighters and Nylon stockings. Stan in 8hep prominently displayed poster \ the Matas gift shop notified major captains and other ranks of Juht limitations imposed on their purchases but no such sign was visible in the Back room. All. Questions on the matter were referred by a clerk to the pm manager who referred them to the Heine Section Exchange officer who ref ted them to the chief of the Amy Exchange service who referred them Back to the seize Sec Fittan Exchange officer who could it be reached on the phone at late hour this afternoon the main gift shop which does net Cany nylons wrist watches or Chanel no. 5, is open Only to men on Cleave but the stockings and atheer luxury items Are sold to any colonel or general who happens drop in a Bare legged at the pm explained. To French girl no shy violets these red Diamond Joes flying a huge Banner identifying its  As the fifth a a red Diamond Quot div., veterans of Iceland Ireland England and the continent the transport Gen. A. W. Greeley arrives in new York with the division s second inf. Regl. _ y total 100,000 Washington july 27 ans a a a a meet the needs off the Pacific War the army has increased its infantry strength by Mere than 200,000 since april of last year it we announced today. Gen Jacob i Devers commander off army ground forces said 26,404 men have been transferred to the infantry proper while 77,713 have joined the Parachute japs spurn Luzon truce Manila july 27 ans a american guns in Kiang an s Quot death pocket on Luton ceased firing for seven hours yesterday to give trapped enemy soldiers a Chance to surrender but not one of the japs reported by natives to be commanded by i. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita took advantage of the truce. H planes had dropped thousands of leaflets outlining the hopeless situation of the enemy troops. A sixth div. Artillery observation unit watched the japs digging positions on Mountain skies ten Miles Northeast off Kiang an during the truce. Two minutes after the truce ended seven batteries hit the spot with a Salvo off 84 rounds followed by a similar Salvo plus 72 rounds from 105s. This brought Over 17 japs who bowed to a guns where words had failed. The transfers were in line with the War department policy  and strengthening the Baste fighting Arm of the army Quot Devers said. The men were trans-jj�8b from the air forces service forces and other ground forces branches. Navy assigns negro officer new York. July 27 ans a Ensign Samuel l. Gravely new York is the first negro officer to be assigned to a fighting ship the Navy announced today. Gravely was assigned May 2 As Tomun cations officer of sub Chaser of 1264, the second naval Craft to be manned by a predominately negro Crew. Eto go refuses 30 Day furlough Camp Kilmer nj., july 27 an8 �?t-5 Gordon Geistweite jr., 23, newly arrived from Europe told officers he would not take the 30-Day furlough granted All men before they Are sent to the Pacific but would spend the time in an army reception Center. Geistweite who fought in the Ruhr pocket said he would not go to his Home at Bainbridge pa., Quot i made a Promise to myself when i left Home two and a half years ago not to go Home on a furlough unless it was for Good. 1 done to intend to break that Promise. He  germans want Hunting rifles Frankfurt on main july 27 a a request for Hunting rifles on the grounds that wild game would augment a meager diet and eliminate a growing menace to crops has been made to Allied military government officials by the germans. Under military government regulations Possession of a fire Arm by a German is punishable by death. So far All requests for Hunting rifles have been promptly turned Down. Laps plan wooden planes san Francisco july 27 ans a Japan will convert some shipyards into plants for making wooden aircraft Tokyo radio said. President met by the sees troops in Franj Kurt 1-sgt James c. Hooker sr., oct Glass 23, 2969th rein. Co. A sgt d. F. Fischer 546th bomb sad. H384th bomb up h maj Robert v. Bernier he command Usset 2-lt. Edward b. Connors Camp Lucky strike Cpl. Chester Flack arc he Tousa sgt. Bruce b. Melvin he Battery. 384th a. 50 prime winners named in a amps War Bond contest the letters of 50 contestants out of 36,074 submitted in the stars and stripes War Bond contest Quot my savings and Post War plans a have been selected As the prize winners of automobiles radios and refrigerators col. Jet Ferm h. Fulton Eto War Bond officer announced. A Board of 11 judges composed of enlisted and officer personnel of All branches of service in the Etor selected the winners who will receive certificates of awards redeemable not More than one year after discharge. Auto winners winners of late Model automobiles or tracks a pvt. John d. Parker co. A 16th inf. William o. Noblitt 6577-536, 101st Gen. Hospital 2-lt. Edward b. Bergman 1403 aah base 4jnit opt. A to Mok 136th stat. Hospital /1-lt William d. Guy he. Command us base chaplain James v. Pardy 62nd Gen. Hospital Lac. Col John w. Bell 1519th pm in. Avn. A sgt. Loys h. Moore 701st bomb sqd., 445th Gas sgt. J. C. May 601st sqd., 398th bomb up. T-3 Flora p. Smith Ord. Sec., com z he. B-8gt Thomas w. Sykes 332nd bomb sqd., 94th bomb up. A sgt. Merle e. Blevins 491st bomb gp., 853rd bomb sad. Pvt. George Nishie 90th Gen. Hospital Erwin Gerald Swett 39142076, det. Of patients Hospital Plant 4174 a sgt. Daniel k. Meigs. Co. K. 264th inf. Refrigerator awards winners of Refrigeri tears. 2-lt. Robert b. Hightshoe 334th sqd., 95th bomb up. Cpl. Charles 8 Lonsbury he.  Ato it 1400th aah base unit it. Charles b. Sydnor 394th bomb gp., 584th 8qd. T-5 Thomas m. Pryor medical sec., he Vii corps to sgt. George c. Ruckel. He. Sad. 2nd air div sgt. Robert c. Brandt det of patients Hospital Plant 4319 pfc James t. Oliver 4410 pm service co. Sgt Monette Gunby he etio�o6a Allen f. Lovejoy 01283-983, 232nd co., 39th bn., Apo 176 by Curt Weinburg stars and stripes staff writer Frankfurt july 27 a president Harry s. Truman looked Over some of the crack fighting troops of his army in the Vicinity of Frankfurt yesterday and his troops had the first look at president Truman. Both apparently were Satis Fie with what they saw. The president on a Short leave from the big three conference reviewed the men of the Veteran third army div. And. The 84th inf. Div., after flying from Berlin. The president and his party which included Secretary of state James f. Byrnes arrived in three c-54s and were greeted by Gen. Eisenhower. After inspecting the troops of the crack armoured unit the president made a Short Impromptu address to the members of the third bn., 334th inf. Regt., the 71th�?Ts Honor guard at  see chief following a luncheon at the 84th division Headquarters or. Truman talked to 262 officers and enlisted men of the division who come from Missouri. Gen. Eisenhower who stayed in the background All Day did not accompany the president on the review. Instead he chatted with la Gen. Wade h. Haislip commander of the seventh army. After the president completed his review he waved to newspapermen who greeted him with Quot i  he smiled at the correspondents looked at his dust covered shoes and remarked that for a change he was walking through Sand instead of water. Radio prize winners winners of the radio floor Model .2-lt. Alice m. Kranz 170th Gen. Hospital r a sgt. Lewis Serafyn medical det., 177 tin Gen. Hospital t-4 Ralph w. Geffken Battery a 464th Archt. A in. To sgt. Paul Wilhelm h amp s co., 355th engrs., is regl pfc Fred Demske jr., Section 3, sad. A bad 2 1-lt. Stanley e. Norris 327th for. Control sad. It. Col. Hugh f. J. Arundel port veterinarian fourth major fort t-4 Annette Perry Johnston g2, he. Usset rear it. Report h. Turner 188th rein. Co., 45th rein. In. Pfc William b. Mcnulty co. A 103rd medical in. Winners of the radio table models sgt. Walter r. Luffman Section 19, bad-1 sgt. George a. Lee 1451 labor supervision co., 120th labor supv., Center sgt. Robert l. Jennings co. A 66th inf. 1-lt Edward m. Ferry or 53rd for. Sad. 36th up. Pfc William p. Morrison co. A 120th inf. 1-lt Thomas l Matthews jr., 651st Gran. Amu. Co. T-3 Noel w. Enl medical det 71st army. For in. To sgt. T. E. Powell det medical dept., 825th conv. Center t-5 Glen l. Taylor co. A 135th army. Engr. In. Pfc o. B. Clark he. Sq., ninth air div. Col. Fulton said Quot the volume and the sincerity of All the letters received in the recent contest clearly indicated the Eto Soldier is thinking and saving for the Day when he will return to take his place in the postwar . It is also apparent that Eto men dont expect the government to hand them any Fejna on a Silver  10,000 troops of 9th of due Home in aug Assembly area command. July 27�?redeployment of elements of the ninth of will be accelerated with almost 10,000 flight and ground troop6 arriving aug. 3 and 10 at Camp new York. A new record for processing a Large air corps unit was set when the 386th bomb. Up. Left Camp new York july 23 after a stay of seven Days. It is leaving for the Pacific by Way of the us. The 386th. Known As Quot corbins crusaders Quot after its commanding officer col. Thomas g. Corbin of Freemont n.c., has 1,024 officers and pm and carried out b26 bombing missions Over Europe during its two years in the Eto. Airmen to arrive scheduled to arrive at Camp new York on aug. 3 Are 8,717 ninth of officers and pm and an additional 2,465 Are expected aug. 10. They comprise three fighter groups with a complement of 750 men each and a number of air Force service units. The troops will probably spend bet Wen 10 and 15 Days undergoing processing in the Assembly area command. The units expected to arrive aug. 3 include the following 965th, 971st, 404th fighter Gas 446th Sig. Bn., heavy construction aviation 313th and 436th troop Carrier Gas 91st a depot up. He. And he. So. Of 94th air depot up. 359th Ai drome 9q. 1990 Ord. Amin. Co., aviation t62ad chem. Co., aviation 816th med. Air evac. So. 209th med. Dispensary aviation loth med. Supply pit., aviation 309th depot Supply so. 336th depot repair so. 37th med. Supply pit., aviation 1963rd. 1294th, 1356th, 1996th, and 1 Borttl my co., aviation second historical unit 474th pm pit. Air depot so. 324th Sig. Co., Wing 336th Sig. Co., troop Carrier Wing 296th and 9�,8th so. Depot co., aviation 1967th, 2604th and 3202nd pm truck co., aviation 94th depot Supply so. Those units scheduled to arrive at Camp new York aug. 10 Are 112 and 173rd Liaison  423 night fighter so. 82nd fighter control so. I arsed Sig. Co. Wring 1306th my co., aviation and first service command he. And he. So. 8avlngs 4 during the stars and stripes War Bond drive from Loffay 1 through. July 7, Eto soldiers purchased a total of 82,777,020 War Bonds for Cash and made class b allotments of $34,921,796. According to the rules of the contest the prize winners will receive certificates of award. These certificates can be redeemed upon discharge from the army. However the winners must make arrangements to accept delivery of their prizes not later than one year after their discharge. Should a Winner die prior to the delivery of the prize it we old be presented to the beneficiary named by the Winner on the certificate of award. These certificates Are otherwise non transferable. New frat Rule stops arrests Frankfurt on main july 27 apr after one week of limited fraternization with germans american troops Quot still regard them As a beaten enemy and do not consider them Brothers by any  that is the opinion of it. Ool Redmond j. Connolly Provost marshal for american he. Command. Connolly is Well pleased with the Way soldiers Are living up to the relaxed regulations that allow them to talk with adult germans in Public places and reported that there has not been a single arrest for violation of the fraternization order since the relaxation. The relaxation has raised Soldier morale Connolly said. He said the first regulations had made both soldiers and civilians appreciate that one was the con querer and the other the beaten enemy. . Permits funds abroad Washington july 27 apr americans May now Send up to 1,000 dollars monthly to any european country eligible for remittances for the support of individuals and their families the Treasury department announced. This increase doubles the previous monthly maximum allowed and applies to Italy France Poland Belgium and Greece among other countries. Remittances May be sent through Ordinary banking channels. Bonnet to return to Paris Washington july 27 ins a French ambassador Bonnet has informed the state department that he is returning to Paris for a it Brief visit within the next few Days. He plans to return to the . Soon to prepare for Gen. De Gaulle a expected visit