Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               The weather forecast for Nice Marseilles Arm thursday dear continued Windy maximum temperature 66. Forecast by Marignani Airport weather station vol. 1�?no. 142 Ohe year ago today Church in reported to com Nons the germans had launched 5,340 flying bombs against Southern England mostly in greater London killing 4,735. Tote european theater of operation thursday August 2, 1945 one franc tammany win Gotham election new York aug. 1 ans a tammany Hall candidates for nine contested District leaderships swept to Victory in yesterday4 primary election according to unofficial tabulations. No City wide offices were contested. William Owyer was nominated without opposition As the democrats american labor party candidate for mayor and judge Jonah j. Goldstein a Democrat with top backing became the Republican nominee. Paris aug. 1�?pierre Laval accompanied by his wife arrived at Lebourget Ai drome tonight in the custody of French officials arid was taken to fresnel prison to await trial on charges of betraying his country to Hitler in 1940. Meantime defense attorneys in marshal Henri Philippe Petain a treason trial announced they did not intend to Call Laval to testify in the marshal behalf. Presiding judge Pierre Mon Gibeaux also said he did not anticipate calling Laval. The judge might take a deposition from the Arch traitor it was believed. Laval accused of betraying France in Reward for the Vichy Post of Premier was brought from Innsbruck Austria where american 65th div. Officers turned him Over to French authorities after his flight from Spain to Linz yesterday. Guards were on hand at the Airport to prevent violence. Already condemned to death in absent a by a Marseille court last september Laval has the right to a second trial in order that his defense might be heard a French official explained. Laval was found to have 10,500 dollars in uj3. 50-Dollar Bills when he landed. He also had 10,000 dollars in Swiss Money and some French and Spanish currency As Well As two cases of sealed documents believed to contain the Book explaining his actions As Vichy Premier which he and his wife worked on during their 90-Day stay in Spain. When the ju88 carrying Laval circled the torching Airport at Linz the 79th fighter air up. Stationed there considered sending up fighter planes. As the plane landed and an elderly Man and woman and two younger men in Luftwaffe uniforms stepped out two privates yelled Quot hey look it s  Laval wearing his inevitable White tie promptly identified himself to 2-lt. John Hildebrand and was placed under guard. He was searched for Poison. Nothing suspicious was found on him or his wife. Frankfurt aug. 1�?the first newspaper licensed in the american zone of Germany the Frankfurter Mundschau Frankfurt review published its first Issue Here today. It is scheduled to appear every wednesday and saturday. The paper is supervised by seven anti nazi germans six of whom have been in prison or concentration Camps. Collages or Wlla ii w wow Wop Huron &d., aug. 1 ans sen. Hadan j. Buah Leld rred collapsed yesterday aboard a train bound for his Miller . Home. He is in a critical condition. Japs using Pisa Bald Protection and Thor Call it4 japanese cities hit in record super blow attack of tons m talks a to suicide plane Breaks through a flak riddled sky to store a hit on the aircraft Oarr Ler intrepid operating off the coast of Luzon the Kamikaze aircraft was hit by sails and smell ing freely As it crashed on the carriers deck. Leahy letter read in Petain a defense by Richard lewi8 stars and stripes staff writer Paris aug. 1�?two us. Congressional observers who were present at marshal Henri Philippe Petain s treason trial today said they would launch an inquiry into a letter written on the marshals behalf by adm. William s. Leahy former . Ambassador to France and read at the trial this afternoon. The congressmen reps. Michael a. Feighan of Cleveland and Jomes g. Fulton of Pittsburgh who Are touring Europe As observers -4for the House judiciary committee preceding the presidents departure for washing on the . Cruiser Augusta will be aboard has renown. The president will Board the Augusta at Plymouth Harbor and proceed to a rendezvous the King who night. The King the Augusta to say us. Executive. The meeting sets a precedent in that normally the King remains in his Palace to receive visitors. The Potsdam conference of or. Truman prime minister Attlee and Generalissimo Stalin closed after a special session late yesterday no communique was issued on the session but stars and stripes correspondent Ernest Lesier wrote from Berlin it was probable a summary of the conference would be released in Washington Moscow and London within 24 hours. Tuesdays session the first in three Days because of Stalin a illness was a Quot fruitful one an informal announcement said and much work was disposed of rapidly and smoothly. Exit com a enter a tsp a Paris aug. In the army plans to close out virtually its entire establishment in Paris and throughout the rest of France by next july the stars and stripes Learned today As Oom z went out of existence and wag replaced by theater service forces. The new organization will carry on Oom z functions with com z personnel. It is headed by it. Gen. John o. H. Lee who commanded Oom z. Tbs s main Headquarters will be at Frankfurt rear Headquarters will be in Paris. The Paris offices will handle redeployment communications Between the rest of the army in Europe and the . And problems connected with liberated countries. Frankfurt will be in charge of Supply and administration. Said they wanted to know whether the letter which the Admiral wrote at the request of Petain a defense attorney had cleared state department channels and represents an official viewpoint in the uj3. The Leahy letter came As a Complete Surprise. Dated june 22, 1945, it read in part Quot it is impossible for me As chief of staff to become involved in the internal controversy in prance in which you find yourself enmeshed. Quot my knowledge of your personal and official attitude toward the Axis Powers is strictly limited to the period of january 1941, to april 1942, while i had the Honor of being . Ambassador to France Quot during that period you did on occasion at my request take action that was in opposition to the desires of the Axis and favourable to the Allied cause. In every instance continued on Page 6 inside Japan fire and fear Guam aug. 2 thursday a a record Force of 800 super fortresses carrying 6,000 tons of explosive and incendiary bombs executed a death sentence on four japanese cities Early today. Taking off from the Marianas late on the 38th Armi Ersary of the army air forces the b29s struck Mito Hach Ioji Nagaoka and Toyama All Honshu War centers. The record super raid came swiftly after under Secretary of Navy Artemus l Gates announced in Washington the japanese Fleet had been Quot wiped out As a fighting Force and Quot the Only escape from utter destruction is immediate sur 4 Render. The japs do not have a single battleship left  Gates said. The japs probably still have two or three carriers that May be operational but they Are no longer a serious threat Quot Oates said. Quot if the Jap Fleet has three cruisers left that can still steam id be very much surprised. They May have 15 to 25 destroyers and some submarines. July results listed Quot our ships Are free to room the enemy coast at will shelling harbours rail lines and vital installations a Gates continued. Quot for Jar pan the Only escape now from utter i destruction is immediate surren i  on the basis of official communiques july a combined Carrier and land based plane attacks have coat the enemy at least 1,546 ships and Small Craft sunk or damaged in Home Waters and More than 1,300 warplanes destroyed or wrecked. By Bonnie Wiley Guam aug. 1 Cap a the terror of life in blazing battered a a pre invasion Japan is reflected fully in japanese broadcasts. Quot we Are enduring the impossible grinding Teeth and clenching fists when we see the enemy planes penetrating our Homeland and proudly flying Over our Heads cry the japanese propagandists. One broadcast described How a great majority of Tokyo residents Are living underground and Only Quot desire to be provided with a minimum amount of goods and services necessary for  Tokyo radio reported evacuation of War factories from Japan a great cities was almost completed. Washington aug. 1 ans despite repeated american protests the japanese Are trying to protect target areas from bombing by locating War prisoners Camps nearby the state department said last night. The department said it was attempting to verify a Tokyo radio report that a War prisoners Camp was hit during the bombing of Kawasaki july 26 with casualties to american prisoners. The request for verification was made through the Swiss government and International red Cross. Japanese replies to a a protests the statement said Quot have been  the statement said the japanese although not a party to the Geneva convention governing treatment of War prisoners had agreed to conform to its prohibition against using prisoners to protect target areas. The department said american fliers Are briefed carefully on the location of All known Camps to minimize danger to Allied nationals. Philippine study completed Manila aug. 1 ans a Paul v. Mcnutt has completed a fact find ing Mission dealing primarily with health and Relief problems in the Philippines. He will report to president Truman. 45,000 planes in �?T45 surplus Washington aug. 1 ans a army air forces officers tool the Senate War investigating comm Ltd tee that �?T45,000 military planes would be declared surplus by the end of this year. The estimate was Given when the committee made a preliminary inquiry into the problem of disposing of surplus property. Sen. Hugh b. Mitchell a Wash said the committee was Quot dissatisfied Quot with Progress being made by the reconstruction finance corp. In surplus property disposal Laval jailed wont to Stuy Peilan 38th div. Lists big Luzon kill Manila aug. I ans a the 36th inf. Div., presently mopping up in the Sierra Madres East of Manila with the Aid of flip Lone. Reported today it had counted 25,000 enemy dead on Luzon a record for any division. In Northern Luzon the sixth and 22nd inf. Dive. Are Hemming in Jap Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita once known a the Quot Tiger of Malaya Quot in his final Mountain stronghold. Men of the Xiv corps have effected d juncture on Highway 11, thua completing capture of the last stretch of the important Luzon Highway. Several thousand enemy imms Are believed to be in the encircled area Northeast of Baguio summer capital of the islands. Nine Hundred eighty japanese were killed on Luzon monday largest single Days total since the Battle of Manila in late february. Frankfurt paper . 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