Yanks Bomb Hankow Target Areas In Heavy Air Raid
U S Army Air Forces Liberators and Mitchell bombers with fighter escort struck Hankow and nearby Wuchang in China. Over 19 Japanese planes were shot down and five more destroyed. two Liberators reported lost. Bombs hit hangars and workshops as fires spread in the damaged airfields.
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U. S. Atr
China
U.S. Air Force
Hankow
Wuchang
Hanton
Dapangse
Yangsio
Briky Holloway
Knoxville
Tenn
Totel
Joseph W. Stilwell
Banxon Ralé
Tokyo
Aparess
U. S
Associated Press
Clothing Drive for Russians Relayed by Local Effort
A community effort to collect clothing for Russian war relief starts with door to door canvassing by Boy Scouts. Contributions accepted at Civic Auditorium all day Friday until 5 p.m. and will be sorted by a committee led by Mrs. C F N Schram for delivery to New York. Volunteers invited by phone 2438. Also reported is Mrs. Frank Wilson recovering at Cinchfield Hospital after being struck by a train last Sunday, walking and then entering the path of another train, suffering injuries.
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Boy Senaty
Civile
Bante
Frank Wilson
Cinchfield Hospital
Mosquitos Are Bad In Berlin This Year
Allies report German city Berlin under air raid pressure with RAF Mosquitos aiding blackout of enemy broadcasts. Heavy bombers strike Berlin while mines are laid in enemy waters. Casualties touted if evacuation hadn’t reduced numbers. fires and firefighting mobilized. Allied raids target Western France and Paris area with power stations and airfields hit. Reduced enemy fighters encountered. aircrews downed and missing noted.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Tidningen
Europa
BBC
Natutral
Rouen
Trionneville
Mitchalls
Bernay St. Martin
Beaumont le Roger
RCAF
France
Belgium
Villacoublay
Paris
Housewives Asked To Help Fight Inflation In Area
Kingsport residents mobilize for wartime inflation control with a housewives pledge drive led by OPA and OCD officials. A house to house canvass aims to educate homemakers on rationing and the four price categories with a market basket of 400 staples to be publicized in September.
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Kingsport
Opaocd
OPA
OCD
PTA
Sront Batte
Upper East Tennessee
Sullivan County
Ead
Reds Push Westward Toward Kiev From Kharkov
Dispatches reveal the Red Army has reached about 170 miles east of Kiev and one third of the Kharkov to Kiev distance. Zenikov, near Poltava, fell as Red Star reported German forces withdraw after night river crossings. Ashtyrka, 25 miles northeast of Oposhnya, was captured after prolonged fighting, signaling a main westward thrust.
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Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Kiev
Zenicov
Red Bterssid
Poltava
Dnieper
Red Star
Zenkov
Red
Red Stars
Oposhnya
Ashtyrka
Enkoy
German Troops Fire Volley At Danish Crowd
Stockholm reports that German soldiers swept into Denmark to quell rebellion as crowds in Copenhagen and harbor cities faced volleys of gunfire. Gestapo presence grew, strikes disrupted production, and a state of emergency spread to Roskilde and six other cities with fatalities and injuries feared.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Tyazi
Copenhagen
Aftonbladet
Helsingor
Velle
Roskilde
Raadhwspladsen
Sedior
Malmo
Dagens Nyheter
Burmeister m
Danas
Fredericia
Ignat
Allehanda
Christian
Gestapo
John L Lewis on Defense After Government Pay Standstill
The United Mine Workers leader faces a shifting strategy as government control of mines continues and no portal to portal pay is approved. WLB delays and wage questions push Lewis to reconsider his next move while UMW sources deny implied threats of broad strikes.
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Washington
Jtohn L. Lewis
United Ming Workers
Lewis
War Labor Board
WILB
WLB
UMW
Foiley Committee
United Mine Work
Mountbatten Named Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
Roosevelt announced in Ottawa that Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of King George VI, would head a new Allied command in Southeast Asia. The move follows Quebec talks with Churchill on plans to aid China and pressure Japan, and signals intensified joint operations and a focus on reopening the Burma Road to supply Chinese forces and fuel Allied air operations against Japan. Mountbatten, a veteran of Britain’s Commandos, will coordinate amphibious and land actions, with aims to strike Rangoon and strengthen supply routes while coordinating with American plans.
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Churchill
Jefit
Québec
Louis Mountbatten
George VI
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China
Japan
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Britain
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North Africa
India
Ceylon
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White House
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French Committee For National Liberation
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Burma
Lord Lewis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Doughty Mountbatten
Min Churchill
Pacific
Mountbalven
Rangoon
Araken
Burma Road
Chiang Kai-shek
Igui- Wall
Douglas MacArthur
Upor
Mount-patten
Allied Lightning Raid Hits Foggia Ground Defenses
Allied fighters penetrate to 160 feet over Foggia in Italy and destroy and scatter ground targets. Lightning pilots report low altitude flight from Sicily to Naples and Taranto, engaging parked planes, while Fortresses and Liberators bomb rail yards and chemical works. Total Allied losses at 15, enemy losses 176 aircraft since last Thursday. Memphis officer Lieut Col George Macnichall awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Italy
Foggia
Naples
Adriatic
Confus Sion
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Wellington
Taranto
Navel
Crotene
Gulf of Taranto
Airdroxges
Sicily
Foggia Sirdrome
Air Crewa
Hely Ter
Middle East
Messerschmitt
Macchi
Ceaters
Raf Hallifax
George Macnichall
Memphis, Tenn
Carl Spartz
Building Of Giant Aircraft Is Asked
Washington reports Grover L. Loomis, a noted aircraft designer, urges the War Production Board to pursue large scale production of the Martin Mars cargo craft. He backs a bigger contract for the 0-ton freight machines and praises Army and Navy progress in speeding cargo aircraft output.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
Allies To Tread Middle Course In Post War Aid
United Nations aid policy framed by Eugene Staley urges careful balance between relief and self sufficiency. He cites 50 million under Axis rule needing humanitarian relief, military support, and long term reconstruction through soup kitchens, handouts, and economic restoration to speed self reliance.
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Lake Coucntching
Ontario
United Nations
Santa Claus
Simon Legree
Eugene Staley
U. S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
Staley
Canadian Institute On Public Affairs
Possale
Staley Salto Lek
BS Possitiu
Axis
Quetared
Kiwanis Club Annual Picnic At Lehanan Church
Kingsport Kiwanis Club hosts its annual picnic supper at Lehanan church near Fordtown Peldey night. The event features a meal by church ladies and a ladies night with members bringing their wives. Gathering begins at Kingsport Inn at six, aiming for a prompt start.
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Kingsport
Miners Walk Out In Ohio and Virginia Strikes
More than 1,000 miners left Powhatan mine and 550 quit Dunglen pit in protests over a War Labor Board decision. Superintendent Roy W. Fox reported shifts ended as workers expressed dissatisfaction. Other area mines remained operational. In Virginia, John W MeInturf noted a Clinchfield Volunteer with draft status changes due to an injury. Clarence Lynn Fuller remained hospitalized after an on site accident.
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Bellaire
O—P
Ohio Coal
War Labor Board
Powhatan
Powhatan Mining Co
Dunglen
Hanna Coal Co
Ji Roy W. Fox
C. L. Fuller
Dante
John W. MeInturf
Clinchfield
Clarence Lynn Fuller
Clinchfield Hospital
Wallace Backs Charter But Urges Care With Section 4
Vice President Wallace joined President Roosevelt in approving the Atlantic Charter but urged a careful second look at Section 4 before applying it to postwar aggressor nations. He warned against immediate equal access to trade and raw materials for Japan and Germany, noting short term implications and citing prewar scrap iron purchases as a cautionary example.
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Wallace
Tapan
Japan
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
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