Vatutin Troops Close In On Key Rovno City
Russian forces under General Nikolai Vatutin press toward Rovna in old Poland a vital German communications center 110 miles south of Pinsk. The attack forms part of a larger northern Pripet offensive with 230000 men on a 260 mile front around Leningrad and in the Ukraine, as Soviet engineers prepare crossings of the Horyn River.
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Vatutins
Old Poland
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Rovna
Pinsk
Vatutin
Pripet
Rovno
Warsaw
Sarny
Imevivaniys
Russia
Toyvard
Nevegrad Volynski
Royna
Mart
Ita
Ohe
Tuchin
Horyn
Garingrad
Vatitla
Leningrad
Novosokolniki
Veliitie-Luki
Riga
Nevel
Red Army
White Russia
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Friel
Pinsis
Mvere
Bel
Ukraine
Vatulin
Missionaries Believed Killed by Indians in Bolivian Jungle
report from Santa Cruz quotes missionary George Haight alleging 9 missionaries from the South American Indian Mission were attacked by tall armed Indians after a jungle expedition. Haight describes items found and a belief the missionaries were slain. US embassy may send a patrol to verify. Chicago group identifies five men as Cecil and Robert Tye plus four others. A separate note mentions AFL executive council meeting in Washington on labor units in government agencies.
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Yonaleu
Santa Crux
George Maight
Santiago
Santa Crus
Alto Anys
U.S
Brice Baum- Bardner
U.S. Army
Rohare
Santa Orua
Ales
New Tribex Mission
Chicago
Cecil AL
Robert Tye
Eide Munter
David Bacon
Saginaw
Mich
George Hosbach
West Branch
Micho Plea von Labom
Nips Continue To Lose Ships And Aircraft
Allied air and naval forces in the Southwest Pacific pound Japanese targets as P-40s destroy several planes near Sandar and Allied bombers strike Arawe and Rabaul. A 10,000-ton vessel sinks, and six Japanese ships are attacked off Kavieng amid ongoing campaign to weaken enemy shipping. Admiral Nimitta praises coordinated American land sea and air power in a radio broadcast.
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Southwest Pacific
Sandar
New Guinea
U. S. Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain
South Pacific
Rabaul
Ares
Kavieng
New Ireland
Day of Mourning After San Juan Earthquake
Argentina observes a national day of mourning as flood of deaths and injuries from the San Juan quake overwhelms relief. Estimates place 300 bodies recovered, thousands more feared dead, with damages and crops valued in the hundreds of millions of pesos. President Ramirez to oversee rescue. International aid from Britain, Germany, and the United States en route.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
San Juan
Pres
Ramirez
Germany
Cordell Hull
U. S
Norman Armaur
Red Cross
Stars and heroes visit Kingsport for Fourth War Loan Rally
Ann Savage Lon Chaney Sr lead a six member group in Kingsport for the Fourth War Loan Drive rally at Civic Auditorium. The event includes Army Navy veterans Dale Collie John Benverities and Dan Tarr, with a 8 15 p m program after a 8 05 rally. Admission is free bond purchases encouraged via on site facilities.
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Ann Savage
Lon Chaney Sr
Kingsport
Cily
Civic Auditorium
B. M. Brown
War Finance Committee
Lon Chaney, Jr
Dale D. Collie
John B. Benverities
Dan Tarr
United States
Bristol
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Brown
Chaney
Kingsport I
Wolf Man
Miss Savage
Prssport
Broad Street
Market
Broad Streets
Jean Johnson
Hooth Et
H. E. F. Diltford
Kingsport Merchants Association
Deluan
Ingsport
Cloud's Condition Said To Be Good After Operation
Kingsport city manager Frank La Cloud is reported in Philadelphia to be recovering well after a serious operation on Monday. I R Peeltal city recorder said wires indicated the procedure succeeded and Cloud is resting comfortably. Obituary notices report Harold Glare Kennedy 48 advertising director of Relbook Magazine, born in Hudson Maine.
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Wonritor
Frank la Cloud
Kingsport
Philadelphia
I. R. Peeltal
City Recorder
Philadalphia
Mr. Cloud
Assuyted
Harald Glare Kennedy
New York
Harold Clark Kennedy
Relbook Magazine
Hudson
Allies Ponder How To Get Poles Reds On Speaking Terms
Washington and Moscow weigh the offers to restore diplomacy between Poland's government-in-exile and Russia. Hull's plan to mediate covers only relations, not Poland's border dispute, with Pravda hinting at British-German talks as a pressure play. Analysts cite Moscow's stance as domestic, while Britain faces pressure to reaffirm unconditional surrender.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
Hull
Poland
State Department
Pravda
Cairo
Lwa
von Ribbentrop
Communist Party
Thfs
Germany
Anthony Eden
Kingsport Merchants Plan Bond Rally For Employees
Kingsport merchants plan a bond rally at the State Theater to support the city’s Fourth War Loan Drive. Store staff will take off Wednesday morning, with opening hours delayed to 9:00 9:30 p.m., to allow all employees to attend. Speakers include B M Brown and Rev L B Cole.
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Staf
Kingsports
Kingsport Merchants Association
A. Godwin
B. M., Brown
War Finance Committee
Kingsport Man Convicted For Theft Of Autos
Kingsport man Mevon Servier ville Samuel Wy McQuire, 38, pleaded guilty in Sullivan Circuit Court to grand larceny for three automobile thefts from Bristol and Kingsport. A jury fixed three years and a day for each count to run concurrently. Garson McNutt, of Kingsport, was found guilty of housebreaking and larceny with a three year and a day sentence. Most cases involved driving an auto while drunk. one jury case was heard for felonious assault in connection with a November 21 incident.
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Tate Mevon
McNutt
Kingsport
Aves
Coon Mo'ol
Walter Hickman
Charlie Howard
Circuit Court
Faye
Labor Draft Hearings Postponed on Capitol Hill
Washington reports the House Military Committee voted to indefinitely sidetrack President Ran govel's national service legislation, delaying action for the time being. Chairman May said the move holds the measure for now but does not close the door to later consideration as Senate hearings proceed.
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Washington
Rangovel
Capital Hill
House Military Committee
White House
May
Dky
Ahalance
Senate Military Committee
House
iMay
House Committee
Ickes Aide Cast As Middle Man In Letter Controversy
Interior official’s assistant appears as intermediary in flap over a famed letter predicting Wendell Willkie’s GOP nomination. Senate inquiry cited George Briggs and Nelson Sparks in a chain involving Harry Hopkins’s alleged forgery claims.
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Ickes
Washington
Jetter
Wendell L. Willkie
Villai
Hoplina
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Wendell Wililsie
Langer
R-Nd
Senate
Willie
George
Briggs
Nelson Sparks
al- Yan
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Willkie
Coopers
Southhaven
Frank Philips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Barllesville
Okla
Tennesseans Receive Naval Promotions in 82-Officer Group
The Navy announced promotions at Naval Air Station, with two leading to full lieutenants: Daniel T. McGown of Lagge and T Douglas Vaughan of Sewanee. Rosalyn J. Nashville, a WAVE, advanced to lieutenant.
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Memhis— JP
Thrace
Allied push near Cassino probes Gustav Line positions
American patrol crossed the Rapido north of Cassino probing German Gustav Line fortifications while French forces took Sant Elia and Valvori northeast of Cassino. Canadians, with tanks, gained a foothold near Tommaso as weather varied and air raids targeted rail and road networks in Italy.
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Allied
Algiers
Rapido River
Cassino
Sant' Elia
Rapico
Ait
Sant’ Elia
Valvori
Rome
Adriatic
Tommaso
Fifth Army
Galea
Eighth Army
RAF
Falo
Bartic
Sibenik
Churchill Back in London After Illness and War News
Churchill returns to the House of Commons in London after recovering from pneumonia in the Middle East. He signals a possible summary of war plans and declines immediate changes to his duties while outlining cautious steps toward Western invasion.
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Londons
Churchill
London
Middle East
Somalia
Europe
Church
Oliver Locker-Lempron
Herbert Willam
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rome
Britain
Roosevelt
Stella
Teheran
North Africa
House of Commons
Hlkek Wigaly Churchil
Lily Howse
Howse of Commons
Agat
Clement Attlee
Chiang iKai-sheik
Cairo
Stalin
Germany
Ate Ulee
Marrakesl
Morocco
Tito Wounded Rumor Sparks Cairo Radio Broadcast
Cairo radio aired unconfirmed reports that Tito Yugoslav Partisans commander Josip Broz Tito was wounded in Monte Negre fighting. The Partisan communique offered no confirmation as Free Yugoslav station had first broadcast the rumor.
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London
Marshall Tito
Cairo
Tito
Josip Broz
International Brigade
Spain
Committee For National Defense
King Pater
Bosnia
Glamvoc
Banja Luka
Brac
Split
British Papers Attack Separate Peace Story
British newspapers denounce Pravda's report of a British German separate peace as false. They highlight Foreign Office denials and note no Moscow confirmation, with mixed editorials criticizing the rumor's spread and potential impact on Allied unity.
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London
P—Phe Bris Piesa
Pravda
Lon ‘Don
Daily Mail
Manchu Guardian
Foreign Office
Moscow
Coma
Nist
Mosco
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John Edward Wilson
Draft Board
Gert Hans von Gontard
Selective Service Act
Draft Board No. 20
Wilson
Tal
Veri Igonvard
Tate Adolphua Busch
St. Lawes Breyer
Arnold A. Hutschnockey
Francis X. Grattana
Michael Mangano
Miiness
Chattanooga
Waller R. Chamberlain
Grin Excete Five
L. D. Miller
Tadio
al- P Tech
Portugal
Manchester Guardian
Sland
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
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