Kingsport Launches Fourth War Loan Drive
Kingsport opens its Fourth War Loan Drive on Tuesday with an aggressive program of civic participation. Army equipment and an armored convoy are planned for a downtown display to boost bond sales, with a target of about $200 in bonds per salesperson and rewards for milestones.
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Cassino
Camp Forrest
Schivan County
Treasury Department
Market and
Broad Streets
J. Fred Johnson Company
Destination Tokyo
Civic Club
Houth
Kingsport Boy Scouts
James Young
B. M. Brown
Brown
Sulliver County
Brown Tod
Allies Gain Ground In Pacific Campaign Amid Heavy Skirmishes
Allied advances in the Southwest Pacific include capturing Hill 660 at Cape Gloucester and pushing toward Saidor and Madang as Japanese raids strike American holdings. American bombers hit Hongay power plant in Indochina while Allied forces target supply lines along New Guinea coast. Navy crews also damaged Japanese ships near Rabaul and Simpangan Merkingwu. In Knoxville, two teenage girls and two young men are held on Mann Act charges amid hotel arrests.
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Mediterranean
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Trieste
Henry L. Lain
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Hongay
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Akyab
New Britain
United States
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Saidor
Madang
Sailer
Una
New Cuinea
Uligan
Navy
Ramage
Simpacn Merkngwu
Rabaul
Knoxville
Tennes
Lt Vears
Mann Act
PRL
William Murphy
Murphy
J. P. Swafford
U. S. Didief
Tames Meek
Lalcon
Blountville
Sullivan County
Sheburne Ferguson
Sullivan Circuit Court
Onurl
Ferguson
Dudge
Dudge Ferguson
New
San Francisco
Kingsport
Willian M. Dalton
W. B. Castle
Warren Gentry
R. B. Stump
Old Kingspark
Reds Rap Polish Reply To Curzon Line Proposals
Moscow rejected Poland’s Jan 14 offer to negotiate a new border on the Curzon line and said it would not enter talks with a government with which relations are severed. The broadcasts also cited Katyn graves charges and named a Russian medical commission led by Lt.-Gen. Burdenko to investigate war-dead Polish officers.
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Moscow
Katyn Forest
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Nikolai N. Burdenko
People's Commissariat of Health
Burdenko
Royal College of Surgeons
Alexei Talstoi
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Wilelai
Austin Orthodox Church
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Lal
Hott
Russia
London
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Soviet Offensive Pushed Toward Latvian Border
A nine mile front drive by the Red Army toward the Latvian border amid German positions. Moscow reports say First Ukraine Army has advanced 100,000 Germans killed or captured in three weeks, with key gains near Rovna and Novgorod.
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Novosokol
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Nikolai F. Vatu‘ha
Ukraine
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White Russia
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Pinsk
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Bug River
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Warsaw- Odessa
Dnieper
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Nasva
Novasoldinisti-Duo
Eisenhower Takes Command For Allied Invasion
General Dwight D. Eisenhower said he would take over the Allied invasion command with the operation well advanced. He stressed a joint Allied effort under his leadership, coordinating with Roosevelt and Churchill as the Mediterranean front expands from the Balkans to the Pyrenees and southern France.
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Dwight D. Eissenhower
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Mitler
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Churchill
Germany
United King
Hisershiaver
Service Draft Bill Faces Campaign Clash in Washington
President Roosevelts push for national service authority provokes strong opposition from Democrats and Republicans. Hearings start before the Senate Military Committee as lawmakers weigh labor draft plans and possible campaign use. Senator Wheeler says the proposal won’t become Democratic platform policy while Senator Ferguson predicts public uncertainty over wartime labor shifts. Secretary Stimson and draft officials back the Austin-Wadsworth bill, arguing it would reallocate workers to meet production needs amid unemployment.
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Shoutel Dolisaeilon
Mich
Michigan
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Ferguson
Tainty
Wheeler
Mont
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Chat Graces
Secretary of War
Stimson
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Senate Military Committee
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Austin R-Vti
VOW To Honor Army Navy Plant For TNT Record
The Army and Navy will award the Volunteer Ordnance Works plant in Chattanooga with a pennant today for its TNT production record. Col Thomas IX Vincens will accept with 40 representatives from management and employees. Lieut-Commander FF A Wesphal will represent the Navy. The works fate plans layoff of a number of employees from Jan 1 due to reduced orders, tied to Allied military successes abroad.
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USNR
Atlanta
Navy
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Donald 3. Hyde
Rumors of Separate Peace Talks With Germany Surface
Pravda reports two English officials met with Joachim von Ribbentrop in a Pyrenees coastal town to probe terms for a separate peace with Germany. Tass and the Soviet monitor echoed the claim, noting no state confirmation and British and Allied cautions amid wartime secrecy.
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Pragin
Lodny Bhiait
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Pravda
Calvo
Pyrenees Peninsula
Spain
Mortugali
Communist Party
Pyrenees
von Risbentrop
Tass
London
Emmiot
Frank Cloud to Undergo Serious Threat Operation
J BR Peekway inmecorner announced that Frank LL Cloud of Mingsport will undergo a serious threat operation at Jefferson Respite in Philadelphia on Monday. Cloud traveled to Philadelphia last week for examination and doctors decided the operation is necessary. The city manager has been troubled by his illness and arranged the specialist exam. Mrs Cloud left Sunday for Philadelphia to be with him.
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Peekway
Frank LL. Cloud
Mingsport
Jefferson
Philadelphia
Justice Dept Says U S Can Still Hold Mines
The Justice Department ruled that ongoing work stoppages allow the government to retain seized coal mines. Despite production resuming, Attorney General Biddle said productive efficiency has not met the War Labor Disputes Act threshold, delaying return to owners.govt holds about most mines. 85 mines without UMW contracts and no stoppages are returning.
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Sevreny
Teleest
Biddle
Vokes
Confederate Vet Celebrates 98th Birthday in Bristol
Confederate veteran General Jamei Howell marks his 98th birthday in Bristol. The longtime United Confederate Veterans commander urges locals to support the war effort against the Axis and to subscribe to Revel, Watfoam, while his aide assists in his duties at the office.
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Vax
Jamei Howell
Lie States
United Confederate Veterans
Taday
Howell
Poe
Listilgly
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