Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Cd am july 29�?a Fleet of 550 to �,00 super fortresses yesterday reined 3,500 to prof explosive and fire Bombe on six of 11 japanese cities which despite the Advance notice Given the japs not a single plane was lost. Be Nelda wet cents out As Premier Kantaro Suzuki of Fleury snubbed the Quot surrender or i ultimatum issued from Potsdam of the u. 8. Britain and China. A Tokyo broadcast quoted the Prate As saying the government would a a tace no notice of this proclamation sixty bps flew from iwo Tek to dump their incendiaries on a smart in the northernmost part of ban Senate ratifies charter Washington j u i y 29 Ansis the Senate yesterday ratified the United nations charter setting in motion the machinery for a world organization to keep the peace. The vote was 89 to two the dissenters being Sens. William Langer . And Hendrik Shipstead a Minn. Ben. Kim Johnson a Cali who opposed the league of nations and voted against the charter in committee was absent because of illness and did not vote. Fifty three demo Crata 35 republicans and progressive Robert Lafollette wis voted for the charter. Pour other senators were absent and did not vote on the charter which is the Quot Constitution Quot of a 50-Nattnn league founded primarily on the principle of action by the ., great Britain Russia and China. Galleries unexpectedly quiet prom Potsdam president Truman greeted the vote with the declaration that it Quot substantially advances the cause of world when sen. Kenneth Mckellard ten the presiding officer announced the vote the packed galleries were unexpectedly quiet. Langer said he voted against the charter because he thought it i Quot fraught with danger for american institutions and the american Shipstead made no statement. The vote came after president Truman had assured the Senate that he would submit to both houses of Congress the matter of placing american troops at the disposal of ibs proposed United nations Security Council. War Cost nazis 4,064,438 men Berlin july 29 apr documents seized in Berlin listed Ger Many s casualties a excluding wounded who returned to services for army. Navy and air Force at 4,-084,433, from the beginning of the War until november 1944, it was Learned today. The figures were found among papers in the Home of Gen. Reineke. Propaganda chief of the German army who was captured in ten Surg. The British intelligence said there was no reason to doubt the authenticity of the figures. Army casualties on the russian fronts alone Cost Hitler 1,419,000 killed and 907,000 missing or captured. The report also listed 9,313 executions for All causes. Truman hits off fit a ship wives Here by Ernest Lei sen Start and stripes staff writer Potsdam july 29�?president Truman said today he would get Eto soldiers Home As quickly As possible and added he did not favor bringing Quot occupation wives Quot Over Here. Or. Truman said the . Must not remove its forces Over Here so quickly that the peace might be jeopardized but he said that Quot As soon As conditions warrant Quot american occupation forces will be retired. In the meantime he said the policy of bringing Low Point men overseas to replace those with High Point scores will be continued. Opposes a settling Quot in i Europe in an interview with the Stan and stripes or. Truman expressed opposition to bringing soldiers wives and families overseas. He said he did t want to Send americans out to Quot Settle however he characterized occupation Jas a Quot temporary proposition and indicated that the problem of soldiers separated from their families could Best be solved by getting the soldiers Back Home. The president declined to predict How much longer the War with Japan would last if the japs continued on Page 8 Bic 3 Parley a satisfactory by a staff writer Berlin july 29�?the 11th plenary session held by the big three today produced the skimpy communique now All too familiar to correspondents at the Potsdam conference Quot the work of the conference is progressing it was also announced that president Truman attended Church services within the compound in the morning. Clement r. Attlee new British prime minister arriving yesterday with foreign Secretary Ernest Bovin paid formal Calls on or. Truman and Premier Stalin before plunging into the plenary Seetoo. Last night which was attended by the big three a foreign ministers and top naval and military officers. Attlee entered the conference fully informed As to the prior Progress of the talks since it was die closed that he had been present at All Potsdam meetings before the British election and had had an Opportunity to see All documents involved. The work of the conference was carried on by staff members during the recess caused by Churchill s return to England. Supers blast five cities on Japan doomed list ultimatum is snubbed by Suzuki the for threescore of super forts in police Shu combing ruins for Empire state victims m wit new York july 29�?the army and the fire department opened Chat through interpreter bombers Pound enemy convoys investigations today into the crash of a b26 Mitchell bomber against the 102-Story Empire state building while Rescue workers still combed wreckage of two floors for victims. Thirteen persons were known killed and 24 injured six seriously. Ten of the dead were in the 79th-floor offices of the National cathode welfare conference. The other three were the occupants of the plane. The Pilot was it. Col w. F. Smith jr., 27, of Bedford mass an eighth air Force Veteran. With my were his Crew chief 3-sgt. Christopher Domitrovich 31, of Granite City 111., who took part in airborne landings in Normandy and Holland and a Navy enlisted Man. Tower unharmed fundamentally it. Gen. Hugh a. Drum retired chairman of Empire state inc., said that although the great skyscraper was shaken to its foundations engineers found that no fundamental damage was done. But repairs will take six months and Cost 500,000 dollars. Elevators Are operating Only to the 67th floor. The Tower will be closed indefinitely. The plane flying South Down fifth Avenue in dense fog hit the North Side of the 78th and 79th floors about 10 am yesterday and continued on Page 8 six or. The enemy were marked for despite the Given Datum a a. No Nota sixty dump their in the Shu Island the Supert Ortt northerly strike yet and their from i Typo. President Truman visited Generalissimo 8talin during the big three Cense Range recess sailed to permit the British leaders to go to London for the election count. Ivan Pavlov Center interpreted for the . And soviet leaders. Attlee promises vigorous work London july 29�?whatever the problems facing the new labor regime in England Britain today had the Promise of Clement Attlee the new prime minister that he would tackle the Job ahead without regard for personalities or sentiment Quot our honeymoon will be a Short one Quot Attlee told a cheering crowd As he boarded the plane for Potsdam late yesterday. Quot make no mistake about it fighting will Start we now have the clearest mandate from the people and we Are going straight Reuter reported from Moscow that Russia expects a Quot new Deal Quot in Europe to result from Britain s startling leftist swing. Observe a envisioned a revitalized Commerce Between the two countries with the possibility that russian Timber May be used to rebuild English Homes in Exchange for British machinery. Krug alarmed at Job quitters Washington july 29 ans a workers in aircraft plants Are leaving their jobs in alarming numbers Cri airman j. A. Krug of the War production Board said yesterday. Krug described the situation on the West coast As Quot very Manila. July 29 ans a bomb ers of Gen. Macarthur s command caught three japanese convoys near enemy shores thursday sent nine ships to the Bottom and Sank or damaged 82 other smaller vessels Many Laden with troops. One seven ship Convoy w a s wiped out by Mitchells of the fifth a in Tso Hima Strait Between Korea and Japan. One Liberator of the fifth a surprised a five ship Convoy 08 Miles Southwest of Korea and scored hits with 500-Pounderm on a 5,000-ton troop transport which May have Sank. Another Convoy was spotted by three liberators in Shimono Seki Strait Between Honshu and Kyushu. Two direct hits blasted a 6,000-ton freighter which exploded and Sank. The three bombers also Sank a smaller freighter. Mariner patrol bombers of the roving seventh Fleet wrecked or scattered 30 enemy Junks each carrying about 20 troops off Hong Kong. Bombers of the 13th Royal australian of hit and targets in the celebes. Medium bombers of the 12th of again attacked Itu Aba Island in the South China sea. Thirteenth and australian bombers hit a wide area of Borneo. The five the list of had dropped people to get mad Chin Smiy t Honshu and a Yajima on Shikoku a refinery near Shi Mossiii 45 Miles South of Osaka also was attacked. Earner Mustang from iwo ranged the Tokyo area for More than an hour strafing and rocketing airfields shipping and Power plants without meeting a single enemy plane in the air. Seven pits were lost presumably to Sefc ask but three pilots were saved. Business holds for von Quot a Chicago july 28 cans a pledges to earmark part of their postwar jobs for Veteran have been received from 384 in 16 states which have combined pay Rolls of More than ,000 join Industry for Veteran inc., de today. The organization with a Board of directory including Rotarte g. Dawes former vice pres octet of the seeks pledges from industries that at least 28 percent of postwar jobs will go the resuming servicemen and women. R it the plan was Pooce amp Ved by a Marine Veteran of 22 serv ice in the South Pacific James h. Simpson jr., a Chicago attorney who was a Marine corps Captain. Marseille Poe to process line units As Well As ask by Johnnie Brown stars and stripes staff writer combat troops will Start processing through lbs redeployment District after direct shipment of service forces from the Eto to the Pacific is completed of Section disclosed in Marseille. Oses statement released through the Public relations office said it to expected the combat men will be redeployed through the states. This would be in line with the policy of indirect a a a deployment from staging areas of Northern prance. Hie Peak of ask redeployment through Marseille s Poe will coma next month g3 said and two of the staging areas but Lect for a total capacity of 130,000 staged troops will close by oot 18. The 08 announcement said arte biggest of the three press lost one to open will close Between aug. 18 sad aug. 30, and to a St. Vio Toret staging area will close Between sept. 30 and oct. 15. Cala oldest of the three area is scheduled to remain open As Long As the Marseille port is used for embarkation of us a troops. Some at corps units will be shipped to the Pacific through the staging areas Here in August m was announced. The weather a forecast for Nice Marseiles area monday continued fair temperature 92. Cape recast by mar Finane Airport weather station a to. 1�?no. 139 owe vim my time a . Or a Asib go i the right teak m m84 Ceres som and Grap. Other troops took Percy. The Bettu ,. La the Caumont ares Adan Mosul j one franc 30, 1945 by a wok is Vitugi y
