Kingsport Times-News (Newspaper) - April 22, 1945, Kingsport, Tennessee WEATHER and Vol 1 No 18 Member Associated Press Kingsport Term Sunday April 22 1945 NEA Features Photos 28 Pages if Five Cents Combined Sunday issue Bear Roars Into Berlin Reds Near Junction Hands Of Units The U S Fifth and j ii Armies jve great fortress city and swept on 10 in pursuit of for their lives plain lark told his 15th xi as a defiant German beginning of final victory i the defenses at the o the Po Plain collapsed Id Eighth troops the east toward northeast of the Viliey to out off and the retreating enemy j Important of Bologna described s rail center of the was a victory for all ji Tis Second Corps of the American in- c the and con- a- ciry from east and the same hour rif Jj feH had become inevitable wker the hard-driving 1.1 Mountain revision cut highway Xo 8 Old Glory Flies Over le Island The Prew Some of the bitterest fighting of i the Pacific war marked small American galna through defended Japanese positions on southern Okinawa Fleet Adm Chester W reported late Saturday Washington tresses slammed destruction into Japanese air installations in Kyushu Island again day Meanwhile the American flag was raised over le Island yardi off Okinawa's west coast Doughboys planted the Stars and Stripes atop Mt after overcoming furious resistance The i tiny island now under Yank con- trol is being mopped up On south Okinawa high in the Hill ITS sector changed hands several times as the fortunes of battlo swung from side to side The hard hitting Yank ground forces were heavily supported by naval guns Army and Marine ar- tillery and planes Moscow Slow To Confirm German Report Paris Radio Says Armies Meet Allied Units In West Make Good Speed Sits B of defenses tin highway into the f is southeast M Saaw Boor M iho hour the -An Charles under a poured into fee tba southwest Wring group com- Umberto a la the final i A DOUGHBOY AWAITS is registered on the face of Pfc Joseph F seated at left of Philadelphia as he awaits treatment at the Division field pital on tne U S Third Army front The soldier on the floor is not identified AP Wirephoto from Yank the Army Weekly Red Announcement Recalls Hull's Remark announcement of a friendship treaty be- o a treaty be- tween Russia and regime threw into high relief last night a statement by Hull that the present for world organization once lost may never recur was no confirmation of the Polish report here but it wai j as probably true and as a dark shadow over diplomatic prepa had forces and the cover of i I Latin American Countries Demand Nation Voice By John M Hightower San Francisco Orations for the San Francisco Nations Conference ing Wednesday Hull former Secretary of State set out this country's hopes for the meeting which he called a turning point in in a letter April 20 He reported that health will not permit him to go to San Francisco at least in time for the opening of the meeting of the Proposed world jty council to give small nations Wrote Night Japanese night air raiders hit two central airfields on- central Okinawa but damage was minor The on northern nawa cleaned out enemy and brought all of Motobu la under their control Flying in support of fighting American ground forces or Okinawa Island Tank tresses have again heavily hit anese Nippon has mounted aerial smashes in de- i fensa of the vital Ryukyu bare I As fighting raged on the ern Okinawa front the rained demolition bombs on shu southernmost of Japan's land islands Bloody battling continued on er Asiatic fronts In the southern Philippines Moros joined Tank Doughboys on Pacific War Page 12 820 Yank Planes Attack In And Around Redoubt least 820 can planes attacked in and around tha south German National i representatives of Latin zh I American countries arriving for the i United Nations Conference which next Wednesday cover three main agency must be built upon the of foundations of law justice and fair dealing The a Bethesda Navs ff may make its last stand More than 300 Eighth Air Force j Fortresses escorted by 400 n tangs and Thunderbolts brought 1 A demand for four more eign ministers conferences arranged orary seats on the security council today and the and which under the Dumbarton Oaks can representatives went ahead nr plan has five permanent him an srang Anthony Eden British Foreign base at 30 T 1 f rt and strafing the jet seats and six which change ically for the other nations The I Secretary emerging from Latins said they would like to re- ference of an hour and a quarter The serve these four for themselves with Stettinius said that the i- 2 A prediction that Brazil would were as usual in complete into with an attack by A tnat Brazil would suai m complete a seek an additional permanent seat on all points discussed accon is Production and buses I The made of on the council for one of the Latin American nations 3 A intention to the inter-American ern into the proposed world without weakening the arrangement JHa Second Conference The Russian situation came up at the White House too in the second conference in two days between President Truman and W Averell U S Ambassador to carbon u a to three principal Moscow who hurried here when it Ministers Stettinius Eden was announced that Molotov would a o of Britain and Molotov of Russia come to San Francisco are not expected hero until See Conference Page 12 Officials disclaimed knowledge See Big Three Page 12 Urges Dim-Out On Victory Until Japan Is Whipped Minister affirmed that a j world security organization which we must build and shall build will also to absolutely i Ally of opening of the San Francisco of victory in the European war Security Conference went We may pause for a moment We may rejoice but it may only be for the purpose of regathering strength There may be dangers that people will feel after this long struggle and this great and undisputed victory over a able opponent that we can relax I cannot give the word for that Earlier Churchill indicated the possibility of either his ment or defeat in'the general tions scheduled after Day when speaking of the war against I shall have to ask he said or whoever stands in my place and whoever it may be I shall port We shall have to ask you for a new leap forward for a new lifting of the soul and body so that this second war shall also be free and open to all the nations of the indicating the eventual inclusion of neutral and enemy countries Ke added they must live in I peace and justice with one another there must be always the u m a speech to i essary force to restrain Inside such an organization from which we hope will a long and peaceful period will be the open avowed and inseparable friendship of the great speaking nations of the he said Standing in the great blitzed and one hundred twenty Invaders on the railyards at along the important line and not far from Adolf Hitler's Berchtesgaden re- treat Fighter bombers Ninth also attacked airfields destroying at least 34 grounded planes and aging others Other fighter ers pounded motor and rail lines ahead of the armored spearheads of the U S Third Army The Luftwaffe which has lost more than planes in the last two weeks failed to come up Bomber crewmen said they tered no German planes and only light flak in tho trip to Munich from which six bombers are ing All fighters returned Bad flying weather curtailed operations over northern and central sectors of the western front RAF Mosquitos set a record of bombing Berlin last night when probably more than planen Paria mal announcement that the American and Russian armies have joined in central many was expected today in a matter of hours Paris radio reported the dramatic junction already had been made and there were reports here that had made preliminary contacts Supreme ters did not confirm these reports and it was regarded here as certain that the actual formal meeting was still to that It come within hours not days Tho two Allies last were reported 32 miles apart east of Leipzig in an area about 75 south of Berlin and was in that sector around Dresden that the French said they had come together German Report However tho Germans said the Russian forces already were three four miles inside the Berlin city on the northeast and had cut around the city to Beelitz on the southwest while field reports from tho American front put those sians within miles of the U S Army drawn up on the Elbe liver An American reconnaissance ilane in contact with the Ninth Army's Infantry Division re- sighting Russian tanks east jf the Elbe Saturday afternoon U S 12th Army Group headquarters It was conceded however that It was only a matter of hours until i American and Russian troops shake hands across the waist of prostrate Reich The two Allies were last reported 32 miles apart east of Leipzig and about 75 miles apart south of Berlin Reach Danube The French said officially that the French First Army has reached the Danube within 10 miles of the Swiss border in the smash against See Western Front Page 13 r D Kingsport Man Named Director Chattanooga Raymond Wohlford of Kingsport D W Kimsey of Knoxville C P Parsons of Chattanooga and Frank May and L B Heitzman of Memphis were elected directors of the Credit Union League Inc at the annual conference here Saturday Officers will be elected at a directors meeting today Tom Doig of Madison Wia aging director of the National sociation of Credit Unions told the league the postwar job of the unions is to help as many cans as possible enjoy the peace gains reported on the Western Front in late dispatches was an American drive east of Bayreuth in which the Yanks captured Grafenwohr and reached Kemnath On the Eastern Front Moscow officially reported fighting west of the Oder River beyond In the south the Russians told of taking Forst Weisswasser and burg Berlin said the Red Army also was attacking broken arrow across the Oder south of Stettin AP Wirephoto Map Red Push Explains Why Ninth Stopped By Wes Gallagher Magdeburg great Russian breakthrough on the eastern front with latest reports putting the Red Army 35 miles from the Elbe River explains why the U S Ninth Army has been sitting on the Elbe for more than a week It seems obvious that the western front has been coordinated with the eastern front for present operations The day after the Ninth Army stopped on the Elbe and failed to ex- its bridgehead across the er tbo Russians kicked off in theirL big Berlin drive which now has all Americans heaw ul the i haTl of the Uni- us y as of Bristol Churchill am r-S only a f j his audience are coming to the I be brought to a aays journey Speaking gether free from any doubt each carrying a buster raided the capital six Street Scene Woman customer getting a thorough scolding from customer when after pouting about not being able to get at drug store counter her purse flies open revealing at least 10 packs tucked inside Huge elderly woman waxing profane at not being able to find a seat on the inter-city bus and stamping off still cussing to the next one around Little man arrested for public drunkenness thanking officers for finding him a place to sleep before he can stumble into a fic accident big Berlin drive which now has al the aspects of er that the western Allies drive from the Rhine displayed Had The Power The Ninth Army had the troops supplies and power to go on It still has them and many military men had thought it would have taken no more than ten days to put them into Berlin However had the Ninth gone on while the Russians kicked through German lines the troops would have be- come so entangled that it would have been difficult to tell who was whom and there would have been grave danger of an in- clashing with Russians The eastern and western fronts are not under one commander and are not easily controlled as are lied army groups such as the Brit- ish and Americans who have been working side by side with good liaison When the eastern and western fronts came close enough to unite it was a military necessity for on force to halt along some fined line and wait Only in way could an incident be avoided Apparently the joint chiefs o staff decided that the Elbe Rive would be the halting line Th Americans reached it first an See Strategy Page 12 Truman Blazes New Path Of Harmony As McKellar Takes Seat With Cabinet Tru man blazed a new path of tion between Congress and the White House Saturday with an in- for Kenneth D McKellar president pro tempore of the ate to sit at Cabinet meetings The action was believed to be un- precedented Not since Calvin Coolidge took over the presidency on the death of Warren G Harding has the nation been without a vice- president and the custom of having the Senate's presiding officer sit in on cabinet sessions was started by Franklin D Roosevelt Mr Truman however already las demonstrated his to perfect and maintain a solid with Capitol Hill and the he extended McKellar underscored that aim McKellar sat in at his first net session Friday occupying the seat reserved for the at the end of the long table The honor was perhaps the est yet conferred on the built Tennessee Democrat dean of the Senate by virtue of more than 28 years of continuous service Last January he was elected president pro tempore succeeding Virginia's ailing Carter Glass When President Roosevelt died and ry S Truman moved up to the White House McKellar became the Senate's regular presiding officer although his title remained un- changed By reason his increased duties he is -entitled to an tional a year compensation bringing his salary to an- But that is only a start in his of- duties He is chairman of the Committee on Post and Post Roads acting chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and an active worker on its sub- committees and a member of the Committees on Rules Library and Civil Service He has an important voice in proceedings of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Non- Essential Federal Expenditures ter known as the Byrd Economy Committee In addition he is a frequent and spirited participant in Senate de- bate In his new vantage point at net meetings McKellar will be in i position to render to the administration be available for instant consultation n legislative matters and from lis presiding officer he can smooth the way for administration measures in the Senate 16 Armies In Assault On Reich Capitol London The Germans announced last night that Red Army tanks had burst three to four miles inside the flaming strewn streets of barricaded Berlin in an overwhelming assault on the quarters encircled Nazi tal biggest prize of two: world wars Moscow whose official ports were running 24 be- hind German announcements did not immediately confirm the matic flash from doomed Berlin But a Moscow dispatch filed hours before said a Army entry into the Nazi citadel was imminent Sunday Scandinavian allograph today that Berlin residents were ing westward by tens of I sands in an effort to escape the j heavy Russian artillery barrage sweeping the city from the east I The Soviet high command said that veteran Russian forces who have marched miles from gates of Moscow in one of the greatest military comebacks in tory were engaged in fighting at Berlin's outskirts and had cap- tured Erkner on the city's limits and seven other fortress sub- urbs three to 16 miles from the capital Drunken Germans Hurling back suicidal charges drunken German troops the drive was officially within miles of the American armies standing on the Mulde River The Germans have rushed all their reserve units against the Russians in the Berlin suburbs aJ supplement to Moscow's que said The ground is strewn with thousands of dead German officers and men much booty has been cap- tured and many prisoners have been taken Farther southwest in Moscow announced that Marshall Y Malinovsky's Ukrainian Army was moving across the plateaus on the southern to Prague on a front While the Russians drove their steel wedge between the Germans in Berlin and those who have fled to the Bavarian redoubt announced that Russian heavy bombers had heavily blasted lin overnight adding huge fires to those set by a RAP Mosquito bomber raid Enemy Broadcasts Enemy broadcasts admitted that the whole areas of the capital were flames from the relentless aerial and artillery bombardment Raining blows on a heaten enemy the Russians who have fought their way to Berlin from the gates of Moscow also irreparably split Adolf Hitler's greater Reich into two isolated areas after a sensational overnight advance This great development left the terror-stricken capital without any escape routes to the south presaged an imminent linkup force with American forces Paris radio said a junction already had been made The Russians were within 32 miles of a juncture with American armies on the Elbe by Berlin's count and a dispatch from Allied in Paris said a ture was only a matter of hours But Berlin caught in a the Germans said never has been surpassed in as Russian War Page 12 Careful Driver H G Stone 1261 Watauga Street whose license number in is designated as the city's winner of the careful driver award presented by the port Safety Council Mrs Stone has been mailed two theater tickets for obeying the traffic signal while driving in an early morning rush despite the fact that a companion urged her through
