Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1945, Nice, Alpes Cote D'Azur                                The weather forecast Nikeem Arsemus continued fair maximum temperature forecast by Matig Nane Airport t weather station the Southern France edition daily newspaper of armed forces in the european theater of operations one year ago today american armoured forces crashed through shattered Ger Man lines Belmo Cou Tances after capturing Tomt Strong hold front the 138 july 1945 one franc reviews cd Utiss Carrier planes w raids on Japan pilots say battleship was sunk president Truman returns the Salute of the color guard of the second 508th Parachute passing in review at an air Field at flanking the president Are first Canadian army cd sir 21st army up chief of staff air marshal sir Arthur commander of the second tactical of and air marshal sir James plane hits Empire state wreck kills w new july least 19 persons were killed and scores were injured today when an army bomber flying through heavy fog crashed into the 86th floor of the Empire state worlds tallest dead included six members of the planes the Type of plane has not yet been bub witnesses reported it resembled a the Accident occurred about the plane struck on the 34th so Side just West of fifth witnesses said they heard three distinct and saw flames shoot up the buildings Tower and of the burning plane fall to tiie building swayed one witness said the 102story building swayed As though hit by a while a Man work ing on 70th floor said the Structure moved about two two elevators crashed from the 88th floor to the the plane two bodies were taken from the a number of elevator attendants were reported two reported injured were Kay an elevator and John Tihey were on the 79th floor and were said to be badly police reported that 11 floors above and below the place of Impact were in flames and every ambulance from Manhattan Hospital was firemen reached the 85th floor about am and found 11 women seriously huge crowds gathered about the Structure As flame and smoke poured from its High mayor Laguardia arrived on the scene soon after the first Mani Ioas train blows up  july least seven persons were killed and scores were injured last night when a Marseill bound express rammed into the rear of a munitions train and set off a series of explosions which set ire to both trains and spread ruin through the nearby town of Saint explosions continued Over a period of four and it was feared the toil would mount much higher when the ruins of the trains and 3uildings wrecked by the explosions were the munitions train was operated by French according to and no american military personnel was involved in lie if he crowded express was reported to be travelling 50 Miles an hour when it overtook the freight which was slowing Down to make a the passenger locomotive slowed file president Given Truman july Truman was today at the Little White House with a file of the first american news paper to be published on conquered German edition of the stars and the bound in leather and embossed with his was presented to Truman by Paul managing Edi accompanying Elliott was Cape Max officer in the president told Gilstrap and Elliott he intended to add the Book to the White House Tokyo softens surrender Defi into the last cars of the then sell led on the there was a period of silence broken Only by the cries of panic stricken Pas then the initial explosion shaking the entire town of Saint roofs were blown from the continuing explosions made Rescue work Vancso seized base per led july 28 chinese troops have captured Yang so and Are fighting in the streets of the High com Mand announced b towns were former 14th of the Advance into larg est air base City in Southeast climaxed a four week drive from 90 Miles to the Southwest enemy troops in 45 Miles below were wiped out after a 48hour nurses Given priority july nurses having 70 or More and mar ried nurses whose husbands have returned Home from overseas serv ice will be Given preference in reassignment to duty in the the chief surgeons office said today in announcing a redeployment pro Gram for the eos nurses unmarried nurses with fewer than 55 Points will be assigned to army of occupation hospitals 01 sent directly to the Pacific without visiting the nurses having a class d Phy Sical profile will not be sent to the but May be assigned to army of no nurse who is More than 35 years old will be assigned to a Field unit unless she her commander agree she is More than nurses left for the in june on their Way to the redeployment will no be completed until next 4way control begins in Vienna siberian reds in mock fight july 28 ing under conditions simulating Battle was described today in red army in an article from the siberian military the Story reported use of machine antitank barbed mine hand grenades and 76 and 45 my guns against an attacking Berlin residence Rule set july 28 pre vent overcrowding in mar Shal Gregory Zhukov today or dered that nobody May enter the capital to establish permanent Resi Dence unless in Possession of a Spe Cial permit from the Berlin com july 28 joint occupation of Vienna b France and rus Sia was begun today when Small British and american army unit entered the austrian final deployment of the occupy tog garrisons must await a meet ing of the four Allied commanders with the civilian population Cor tinting to be fed by the Tokyo Domestic radio yesterday rimmed earlier sem official reject Ion of the Allied demand that Japan surrender now or be de so japanese listeners have not heard any official rejection of he surrender Home Broad arts said merely that the Empire would adopt a policy to strive to Ward completion of the greater last Asia War in conformity to the hitherto established Basic Princi Milder phrasing than domes assertion that Japan would fight to the bitter whether the Domestic version left the door open for later acceptance of the Allied surrender offer was not from chinese Mili tary spokesmen quoted japanese a commander in South As telling his own peo continued on Page 8 b32s Active Over Japan new july 28 numbers of sister ship of the Are now in action against the War depart ment disclosed the new with a Speed of better than 300 Miles an Are regularly rocking the enemy along with 20th of the announce ment the b32 is the first Large land plane equipped four Lade reversible which Brake the ship in emergency powered by four 18cylinder Wright the b32 has a ceiling com parable to that of the Tihe b32 is about pounds lighter than the july Hundred and British car Rier planes renewed their As saults on the japanese Home land at Dawn today and pilots reported an enemy battleship had been sunk and several other warships left blazing fiercely and probably out of action for the the the third this marked a resumption of car Rier strikes after two Days of bad reporting on results from tues Days and wednesdays Nimitz said that at least 25 Jap anese warships were hit and Pun Ishing damage was inflicted in the Kobe kure area of first pilots Over that same area today encountered Little sunk three Navy hellcats landed Poi ind bombs on warships already heavily damaged in previous raids on the battleship which air men said was lying the sea Bot Tom was the her decks were an associated press correspond ent reported the japanese without a single heavy warship fit for is now so paralysed single destroyer Force could vanquish celebes strikes july 28 ers and bombers of the far Eastern of bombed and strafed 12 airfields in attacks on celebes and South China sea islands tuesday and Macarthur announced can bomb japs out july 28 could sit tight and eventually bomb Japan out of the Barney new Deputy commander of the strategic ass in the said Japan is As isolated As it is hard to visualize How the japanese will be Able to continue for Manj More Giles Thunder scares covering Luxem july 28 Hermann former Luftwaffe suffered a heart attack during an electrical storm Here it was revealed s flight Square pm cant see Jap capitulation july 28 Cap tured japanese officer said today that nip ponese civilians would fight endlessly unless the Ameri cans convinced them surrender would not mean death or degrade the officer said an official sur Render would constitute a betrayal of the japanese who had been sold on the idea of a holy and that it might Lead to a the a second lieutenant in the veterinary surrendered in the Sierre Madre Moud gains a week july american awol since was fatally wounded Friday in the place de 1opera while fleeing from a ser Geant escorting him Back to his unit at be the army Public relations office disclosed to one Bullet fired by the sergeant seriously wounded Henry 47yearold the announcement did not identify the dead Soldier or the the shooting occurred inside the subway station after the pfc leaped from a truck and dashed through the crowded according to the the ser pursuing the pfc into the called to him to when the pfc raced the sergeant the first shot struck two More shots felled the the it was was a Mem ber of the 904th reinforcement tax up receipts billion july 18 ans governments income from taxes reached a the 12 months ended june the internal Rev Enue Bureau this com pared with tax receipts of dollars last