Chinese Forces Capture Tayu in Biangsi Province Advance
Chinese High Command reports capture of Tayu in Biangsi Province 175 miles northeast of Canton and 45 miles from the former U S Air Base at Kanhsien. Spearheads push beyond Tayu toward Keanhsien as Japanese counterattacks loom. new gains reported southwest toward Kweilin with battles near Liu chow and Liuchow rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Tayu
Biangsi
Canton
Kanhsien
High Command
Keanhsien
U.S. Ddth Air Force
Kukong
Liuchow
U. S
14Th Air Force
Kweilin
Linuchow-Kweilin
Liuchow-Hengyang
Aney
Lojung
Luchai
Besidgs
Chungtu Unita
Chungtu
Amoy
Chikhu
Grew Says Japs Use Purported Peace Feelers In Dissension
Acting Secretary of State Grew accused Japan of using peace feelers to sow dissension in the United States and among the Allies. He said no peace offers had been made and that the goal remains unconditional surrender. He detailed four alleged peace feeler indicators and framed them as psychological warfare by a defeated enemy.
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Grew
Washington
United States
Bulume Ao Yesemie Grew
Pergon
Japanage
State Department
Tokyo
Far East
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Manila
Franco May Visit Prime Minister At Vacation Spot
Reports from Hendaye France suggest Generalissimo Francisco Franco crossed from Spain to confer with British officials at Bordaberry Chateau near the Franco Churchill vacation area. British embassy attaches joined talks while No. 10 denies any planned Franco Churchill meeting.Mrs Churchill cancels Sprain visit due to weather. Churchill at Hendaye expresses disappointment about delayed greeting with Franco.
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Jean de Luz
France
Churchill
Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Spain
Bordaberry, Chateau
Madrid
Associated Press
Branco
Downing Street
Sprain
Del
Luke Ortega
Birs
Senate votes to force FEPC record on tax and race issue
Senate leaders push for a roll call on FEPC funding amid a war appropriation stalemate. The push to force a House vote comes as negotiators seek a token FEPC fund and avoid liquidation while addressing tax cuts and agency funding amid partisan maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
The
Treasury
Congress
House
FEPC
Mittee
Alag
Cannon
Capitol
Fepc House
Storm Rips Lehigh Valley. at least six dead reported
A severe electrical storm struck the Lehigh Valley causing heavy rains and high winds. Four people died in Bull Run area as a stone wall collapsed, trapping residents. more than 25 Girl Scouts were marooned but rescued. Rivers rose, roads flooded, bridges closed, and power lines failed across Phillipsburg to Northampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipssburg
Lehigh Valley
Bull
Easton
Wollen
Phillipsburg
Northampton
Delaware River
Binston
Pennsylvania
Jersey Central
Allentown
Weather Bureau
Hall
John Horbrow
Egypt
Dutch Troops Secure Key Areas in Balikpapan Bay
Dutch and Javanese volunteers seized the upper Balikpapan Bay area near the Balikpapan oil fields as Gen Douglas MacArthur reports two amphibious operations. Australian forces battled encircled Japanese in Balikpapan town refinery district while probing north and west from the airfield area. American air units bombed along the coast to halt Japanese resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Balikpapan Bay
Borneo
Balikpapan
I Douglas MacArthur
Soomber
Wainhosar
Kurlange
Telaktebang
Caps Baroe
Bay
Pandansari
Seventh Division
Marizgar Airfield
Former Press Employee Sara Leslie Ties To Washington Role
Miss Sara Leslie, once a proofreader for Kingsport Press, left to join the State Department in Washington, D. C. after attending a San Francisco conference as a Stettinius staff member. She has served two and a half years, covered Dumbarton Oaks and other major conferences, and previously taught in Bristol and Banner, North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Leslie
Kingsport Press
Washington
San Francisco
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Mra
T. R. Leslie
Leslie
Kingaport~ ‘Press
State Department
Washington, D.C
Dumbarton Oaks
Bratton Woods
Atlantic City
Chicago
Mise Leslie
Bristol City
Banner, Bik
N.C
Tennessee High School
Virginia
Intermont College
Westhampton College
University of Tennessee
Jap Defeat Seen By Next Summer
Vice Admiral Daniel E B Harbey, commander of the Seventh Amphibious Force, predicts Japan will be defeated by next summer. He says the military and government know it, and questions whether Japan will continue fighting until its country is destroyed or until they can no longer fight.
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Dan Francisco
Japan
Adm
Daniel EB. Harbey
U. & Seventh Amphibious Force
Manila
Washington
Navy Department
Street Scene Snippet Shows Daily City Life and Delays
An early morning urban vignette depicts a cheerful Negro boy washing drug store windows despite light rain, a passerby noting futility, a restaurant sign saying gone to bank, and a married couple oblivious to each other as they cross paths, until the husband shouts a return hello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banc
Cops Probe Two Break-ins Here
Kingsport police investigated two break-ins reported after 11 p.m. Monday. At the Kingsport Baseball club, manager Hobs Brummette said about 100 dollars in cash, two catcher's mitts, a case of soft drinks, and four boxes of randy were taken from the ball park during a game. Money and spraying equipment were stolen from the player dressing rooms. Ray's Place on East Sullivan Street reported glass broken in front and rear windows but nothing appeared missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
Hobs Brummette
Randy
Brummette
Ray'a
Sullivan Street
Glaas
Charter Is Subject Of Stiff Exam
Eugene Donald Millikin, a Colorado Republican, emerged as the chief Senate critic of United Nations Charter provisions during Foreign Relations Committee hearings. He questioned State Department officials on many sections of the 19 chapters of the San Francisco agreement as debates over reservations and the proposed world security council began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene Donald Milkin
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
San Francisco
Millikin
Taft
Robio
Connally
D-Tex
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Leo Pasvolsky
Pasvolsky
League
Tax collections in state show decline for year
State Finance and Taxation reports a total net of 51,734,012 for 1943-44, down from prior year by 3,621, with other departments earning about 3.5 million, a drop of 100,000. Despite overall revenue decline, eight taxes reached record highs including franchise and income taxes. Gasoline taxes totaled 20,313,836, down 554,708 from 1943-44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Aa — Lax
Atata
State Department of Finance and Taxation
George F. McCanless
John F. Nolan
McVanleas
Department of Finance and Taxation
De Gaulle Sets October 14 General French Election
Gen De Gaulle announces a general election for October 14 to decide the fate of the Third Republic and whether to retain or discard the 1875 constitution. Voters will elect a new national assembly and determine if a constitutional change is needed, with a provisional president power under the new framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Sinca I
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Navy and Army Planes Hit Tokyo Air Bases In Major Raid
Pacific war update details Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet striking Tokyo and surrounding airfields with over 1,000 planes. Nimitz reports complete surprise as carriers, battleships, and cruiser groups support the assault.
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Navy
Halsey
Tokyo
3Rd Fleet
Guam
William
Bull) Halsey
Western Pacific
Third Fleet
John & McCain
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
McCain
Nimitz
J. F. Shafrath
O. C. Badger
J. Tones
L. J. Wiltse
G. F. Rogan
A. W. Radford
T. L. Sprague
Lexington
Essex
Independence
San Jacinto
Indiana
Massachusetts
South Dakota
Iowa
Chicago
San Juan
Springfield
Atlanta
Norman Paige
American Broadecasting Company
Carriers
Japan
William F. (Bull
Radio Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Osaka-Kobe
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sap
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Philippines
Nippon Sangyo Keizai
Guadalcanal
B-2s Sent Over the Homeislands By Maj. Gen. Curtis BE. le
2Th Air Force
Pilota
Wakeyama
Gifu
Saka
Sendai Sendai
Utsube Ofl
Tokkaichi
Tokyo Radio
LeMay
Osaka
Honshu
Kochi
Shiko— Iku
Kyuishu
Shikoku
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
Army Air Forces
Sakai
Roger Ramey
58Th Wing
Sendai
Saipan
Sith Wing
Wakayama
Japanese Admit Some Eight Hundred U S Planes In Raid
Japanese Imperial Headquarters acknowledged today nearly eight hours of raids by American carrier planes. The communique says some eight hundred planes participated from an enemy task force raiding in waves over the Kanto District beginning June 10. Tokyo radio had said the attacks began after 5 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lindstey
Admiral Halsey
Third Fleet
Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Guam
San Francisco
Japanese Camel Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Kanto
Tokyo Radio
Asia Sphere Said Attainable With Determined Push
The report notes rapid Japanese withdrawals across Southeast Asia with Allied forces poised to regain large areas within six months. It mentions the Hengyang corridor closing, Burma battles, Borneo pressure, and Mountbatten’s command to reconquer Sumatra Malays Singapore as Japan concentrates north of the Shanghai Hankow line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Aouthern Asia
Brae Mirsady
Hengyang
China
Burma
Thailand
Borneo
Louis’ Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Sumatra
Singapore
Shanghai-Hankow Line
Canton-Hong Kong
Allies Solve Food Problem In Berlin
The three allied powers announced that Berlin’s nearly three million civilians will be fed by contributions from all allied occupation zones in Germany. Soviet Marshal Zhukov American Lt. Gen. Clay and British Lt. Gen. Weeks were cited in the official statement. Separately, the Interstate Commerce Commission asked for a rehearing on a Supreme Court decision affecting railroad passenger rates in four southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Lucius D. Clay
Ronald Weeks
Germany
ICC
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Three-Front War On Food Black Market Looms
Washington moves target food black markets from three directions as Clinton Anderson becomes agriculture secretary and allies with OPA. Lawmakers vow investigations while Anderson plans to widen poultry distribution and allow non federally inspected slaughterers to ship meat cross state lines under Patman era rules. Chairman Pace outlines a push to curb illicit trading and ensure adequate meat for government needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Mart
Anderson
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
OPA
House Food Investigating Committee
Chester Bowles
Unequel
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Patman
Pace
D-Ga
America First
Careful Driver Misa Eidson Wins City Safety Award
Misa F. Eidson of 170 East Ravine Street won Kingsport Safety Council's careful driver award for careful driving and observance of traffic regulations in downtown traffic. Her license number is on file as In 5-1085, and she has been mailed two theater tickets as the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa F. Eidson
East Ravine Street
Kingsport Safety Council
Misa Eidson
Traf
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Wolfram
Franco
Stettinius
Charter
Stiff
By al Cocking
Asia Sphere
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