Kingsport News (Newspaper) - March 1, 1943, Kingsport, Tennessee The Weather in east portion and er followed by colder in in west portion Virginia Moderate KINGSPORT NEWS Tie Paper With The Pictures VOL 1 NO 204 KINGSPORT TENN MON MARCH 1 1943 8 PAGES 5 CENTS Ration Calendar Sugar Stamp No 11 Is good until March 15 Gas Stamp No 4 is good until March 21 Coffee Stamp No 25 in good until March 22 Shoe Stamp Xo 17 is good until Juno 15 JAPANESE ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA Thaws Help Hazis Hall Red Drive Germans Seize Two Rail Towns Below Kharkov Tile announced recapture of the important Russian of Lozovaya and below Kharkov and the S arny acknowledged serious in this area where lie had sought to drive to Sea of Azov and trap armies in the Donets Straight From Moscow Stalin Amazes World's Military Leaders By Personally Directing Red Army To wards Elimination of Germany By Henry C Cassidy This is the first in a series as well as state matters in fact 1918 as a civilian commissar of of defense and became once as well as in name and is plotting food for southern Russia during more a soldier Stalin already thc downfall of their civil war He found a military I New York J who started his Joseph career as a During the first great battle be- has hi situation bordering on the I fore Moscow he kept in close touch 7 nest he same cit Th'S S One thC firSt plunged his first with he front I know of at least 11 J S i j have asked me since military venture becoming chief of rases in vnich S to the United States on the revolutionary military council commander said f Stahn really running the there He won the battle of your situation and then j is already planning personally the The answer is emphatically In the years before the situation future campaign wnich ne is sure It is since the victory at war he a keen How he I will lead come what may to thc Stalingrad that Stalin has assumed Of military affairs He amazed eventual defeat of title supreme by his knowledge of This does not mean that I am a But for months before that the basis of scattered confidante of Stalin knowing his his Kremlin he was sitting at the hile talking Lord tions it is not difficult to make a secret plans hopes and aspirations conference table of his he casually corrected composite the British former minister of He sits at the head of his con- pan hp fl since no outsider has ever AT Russell the most publicized star never seen on the screen has reason to smile for her film The Out- has at last had its world premiere Red Cross Goal Urged By FOB Washington JP President thus the powerful Russian appeared to have met check after 100 brilliant davi c: both because ira and quagmires from thaws did not admit the but the midnight communique as recorded j ly Soviet Monitor used the serious for first time in how the Germans were bringing up fresh troops throwing into action on tee zarch Five consecutive Nazi to have been mashed German Claims Germans said Russian were killed and thousands in the sectors in days ending Friday is about 110 miles of Kharkov and ira 75 south of Kharkov lies Roosevelt asked the nation Sunday cf Kramatorsk contribute at least to A Berlin radio commentator the Red Cross for its greatest Lud-.vig Sertorius said in now that we are engaged broadcast tonight that the a war to decide whether all hi pushed on toward Izyum 35 concepts of mercy and human of Kramatorsk are strong enough to northeast of Lozovaya IJs also said that ini H Davis chairman of i sector which may he the the American Red Cross read the area the fighting con- Chief Executive's message over Based Sunday for networks for Mr SES in front of one inhabited who js recovering from an locality which changed hands disturbance The President recalled that he MO Nails Killed recently visited the North African theater of war and said that By the end of the day Soviet ever our fighting all over had firmly established the American Red Cross ulves ir inherited the ig by their side extending always adding that arrn Of helpfulness and com- fort Proclaiming the month of w persons are that and office with his general staff 7 t his marshals or drafting outlines of the tremendous m of fer his politburo operations telephoning to his planes were dls me Very few they are bers of h But after living with the orals in the field and overseeing sian people throughout the 20 their victories months of their war I car say He is not an that what they well know that gist Stalin is their leader in military He went to Tsaritsyn in June he took over promptly the See on Page 10 Took Over When the war came to Russia ence table At the sides are the members of his or eral staff They hear full up-to-the-minute reports on the military situation brought in by a modern teletype Allies Beat Oii German Assaults and 30 en- ezy were loft on the Tne Russian March as Red Cross Month and i for contributions Mr I toid Americans that Foe Reinforcing Positions North H Huge Island Allied Headquarters in Australia eral MacArthur's command announced Monday that the anese were constantly reinforcing their troops in a island perimeter enveloping the upper half of indicating the enemy is taking up a position in readiness The involving the largest forces ever in this area north of could be either for an offensive against Australia or a fathered fight a spokesman said The communique Our air sance over the past weeks reports a constant and growing ment in all categories of enemy strength in the island perimeter the upper half of tralia The enemy seems to be con- his main effort in aration on this front Such an assemblage of major force cates he is taking up a position in readiness Preparing The concentration in ail troops ships and planes also includes the New Guinea area where General Arthur's forces smashed the enemy Next Nazis Suffer Heavy Losses In Soldiers i London Daily Express said Monday that the giers radio had reported muu anu British Eighth Army had launched ping at sea over a wide area of the Nimitz Indicates Drive for Bases About to Begin Washington An indication in the sector of Papua that America's naval in the and now are driving close to Pacific about ready to undertake a drive for from maua in the northeast This statement on Japanese re in recent weeks for from which industrial centers can b9 ex brought direct and attack came Sunday from Ad- plains the heavy bombing of both Japanese land positions and mira Cheater W its offensive against the Mareth Line in southern Tunisia held by Field Marshal Rommel's troops Allied Headquarters in North over Southwest Pacific including baul in New Britain and the Faisi areas of the Solomons These Allied aerial assaults de- signed to smash Japanese forces assembled in the jungles and hills of tropical islands extending from of the Pacific fleet We arc now the cross roads of tiie pacific campaign said a radio broadcast sponsored by thc Red Cross His prepared statement was released by attacks exploded of tropical islands extending Through the front extending Solomons East to Dutch mar ield the iines Serrat to Djebel Mansour in in the West were continued jin of pasc northern Tunisia Saturday but with blows at have turned back en- communique announced Sunday in Timor in the Kai south pacific The loss that Allied troops had beaten off and and Lae in New of marks assaults ir six sectors and captured Guinea more than 850 prisoners in two Ground Troops Retreat days At the same time the air forces of the Middle East command he first de- feat of that kind suffered by tlie Japanese in Limes Tougher Going ing down 11 German planes In southern Tunisia I In the central sector The aerial struggle and the ment on Japanese reinforcements From on he continued the disclosure that going will bo tougher as we Japanese ground troops now had undertake the cask of driving tlis been driven from the j enemy from prepared positions lie had located the one of you who has a friend i -e as southeast of or relative in uniform will bin regular mid- iUre thc significance of this said merely in your own heart 1 a further AMERICAN TANK BREAKS BARRICADE IX TUNISIA An American tank thunders through a barricade on the road to Tunis This picture is from At the a film distributed by Warner Brothers under the auspices of the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry Photo was made at e Germans had gained K sector miles east of Kramatorsk sector thc one of their units of that city had tee and disabled In another sector a American commanders of the men on the sea and land fronts also joined by radio in thc appeal General Dwight D Eisenhower speaking from North Africa Each of you has a son husband or very dear friend ing somewhere in the armed forces The American Red Cross counterattacked h h e organized hack to his initial toB those tne saiu t s Advanc that have no place in official tables but do so much fori Grocery Stores Begin Cashing Blue Coupons Washington Grocery store Deer In Hurry To Go Through Courthouse Doors Sparta Wis The County courthouse was closed day but the front and rear doors gaped open RAF Ends Month With Heavy Raids on Nazis The plate glass in both iwas shattered when a deer crashed where American and Allied combat teams captured Kasserine and drove on ito the southwest the German was reported continuing A new attack developed along the northern coast line In the area of Cape Serrat where the Italians to push westward along the Mediterranean They were thrown back by French troops who reported taking a considerable number of prisoners Lose Tanks In attacks in the about 30 miles south of Serrat the Germans made Islands Islands the communique said some progress at infiltration of Prime Minister John Curtin has This attack was made on bombers Allied lines but lost seven tanks alternately stressing the day afternoon and at about ilia nt Sunday in the fighting in this area where Ber to Australia and also asking same timo dive bombers made the more aid from the United States air of the on Hie air at starting one large and two small fires One en- emy Zero fighter was ir thc assault on the two American fighter area between Wau and i has been building in the conquered in New Guinea areas The Japanese in this area now It is our job to destroy his ships have been hurled back 30 miles and planes and to neutralize his from the scene of a recent defeat as we drive at Wau which is only 35 miles positions from where wa low the big enemy base at can reach with our shells maua the communique said and bombs his industrial nerve centers 70 enemy dead were counted in Preceding the admiral's address one locality the navy issued a communique OR The statement on the his territory which Japanese threat to Australia under- i of new successes in the campaign scored repeated official warnings of attrition against the Japanese by Australian leaders that the Dauntless dive bombers hit and set ger to this continent still was afire a transport ship an 1 one of despite Japanese reverses in the two corvettes escorting it in the Coral Sea and on Guadalcanal area of the central Solomon Hold Strong Points hold innumerable shot to THAWS HELP on Page 10 lives of hundreds of MEDITATIONS By Alley A HEAP LIFE BUT AIM UV BEAT A December 7 when Japanese bombs books were issued and the house wives and grocers coached fell on that naval base Then ing that We are now nt thc roads of the Pacific campaign commenting on the conditions QPA offered Sunday some ad- battle and weather he to tne Budget your ration points OPA Offers Advice Paul M O'Leary rationing chief From now on the going will be tougher as we undertake the task of driving the enemy from pre- pared positions he has been ing in the conquered areas End of Cold Wave in Sight As March Arrives 1 Budget your the blue A B nnd C stamps for buying canned foods over the tion period which is the entire month of March 69 Feared Lost After Coal Nine Explosion airfield at and but Mosquito bombers hit at strong points Hengelo Holland and Arada and at nearby Liege in Belgium These daylight raids followed day completed a cycle of sustained and day attacks by British i Mansour where the Germans j launched diversionary drives two ese rams a d the stin was h at western Germany ing on but Gen Ju night by RAF bombers Axis troo s had made made ro captured were those J LUC raid Thursday night then were up by Bearcreek Mont J Rescue -S the Allied strong workers labored Sunday night to 2 Prepare your shopping 60 miners trapped in the before you go to the store Smith Coal Mine since J will help you to shop economically forenoon but hope for the men of the British planes Sunday's daylight American British and French time and saving points 3 Spend your high point stamps ebbed steadily and escorting de- Thirty-six hours after an 1 first By doing so you will avoid sjon ripped through the mine the I the danger later in the month of valiant crews completed i Moderate temperature and the I having no stamps of proper tion of an emergency blower ram as on a large There was no indication that end of the cold wave on March 1 was indicated in weather reports proper nomination to pay for a rationed drive fresh air item Grocers cannot make where the sought escape from gases I Thc regular blower was wrecked Thursday That will save The blast five men and topped tons your time the grocer's time chances of the other 69 Romek last year the RAF was late Sunday March is considered Jin stamps the windy month however weatherman says the breezes will j Shop Early tne explosion be missing Monday Shop early in the day Shop H No low temperature record -n through the season was set the last day of February as the mercury ranged from 25 to 53 during the day Spring officially arrives in three weeks APPOINTED Washington Donald D Stauffer vice president of rauff Bryan New York tising agency has been appointed chief of the domestic radio bureau of the Office of War Information it was announced Sunday targets were deeper into the one bomber was j miners may lost While there were no official re- ports on the weight of bombs I i hurled at Hitler's Europe in iruary's raids well-placed speculated that the tonnage Good Morning A Little Chuckle To Start the The Japanese vantage points above spread through former Dutch British and Australian land territories Koepang on Dutch Timor is only about 500 miles northwest of Darwin Allied base on the North Australian down and planes were lost The World Today By Tlin Nazi high command confirmed claim makes that German Salamaua in upper New Guinea is only 400 miles from the continent Late in January after the j T- nf o S troops recaptured Kramatorsk ing of a Japanese army Papua General MacArthur might be and Lozovaya important rail on fringe of Donets Basin in by sive strokes of coordinated air and land forces rather than a advance He based I his conviction on new methods tested in the Papuan campaign It may be that the Japanese are preparing against the possibility of some bold Allied stroke but the front successes months of Russian Through officially i the time of war workers who shop assistant general manager of the reported to dropped an late tonight iage of more than tons a 5 Don't be impatient In There's a long possible chance month first few days of operation that they may have survived but the program it will take it's almost beyond hope grocers clerks longer than before j Escaping gases which slowed the to check your purchases already had overcome 50 There are points They were treated at an ing March for each member of hospital at Red Lodge family These arc the blue stamps five miles away See Grocery Stores on Page 10 I See MIXERS on Page 10 Notice Newsprint Is now rationed After you have read this paper please hand to some other reader Natchez old Negro applying for ment at a sawmill told the fore- man he classified In the draft Amazed the foreman asked to are his card It was dated 1917 but the gro explained that the card said keep it with you always ACCIDENT FATAL Memphis Joseph Samuel Hathcote carpenter was killed here Sunday night when struck by an automobile near the city limits He was the city's seventh traffic fatality of the year Allied units in northern Tunisia hurl back Axis attacks from Cape Serrat to Djebel Mansour with heavy casualties inflicted on enemy Over SOO prisoners taken since Feb 26 German withdrawal in ine are characteristic The push toward Guadalcanal finally stopped by the j if ir U S Marine landing last August Japanese transport and corvette was an apparent Japanese stab to fired by U S dauntless dive cut Allied communications to ers in attack on enemy shipping ir tralia from United States central Solomons area is no indication that the i ir -ir -ir Japanese ad- in Province f the largest number of long-range Australian ever used in the northwestern sector ing In at ground level just after dawn Sunday and completely prising the enemy A spokesman and Kwangtung Provinces RAF bombers roar over ent to complete cycle of continuous Allied night and day bombings and close out February said the greatest damage ever war's month of most devastating without the use bombs also was done of j and intensified attacks on Europe The Japs With This Short Slogan Won for Miss Sonia Hamilton Route 2 Box 148 Jonesboro Tenn The Kingsport News Pays for Each Slogan Published Mail Your
