Warships Stalk Tokyo Coast In Major Allied Raids
U S and British warships renewed attacks along Honshu and Tokyo as 1500 carrier planes pounded air fields and industrial sites. Dockyard plants, a steel mill, copper refinery, and arms factory were reported destroyed from Hitachi to Mito, with naval bombardment led by the Iowa and supported by British units.
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Associated Press
Arrier
Tokyo
Japan
Yaterday
Domai
Ibarachi Prefecture
Hitachi
Mito
Eidachi
Imperial Palace
Iowa
Domei
Guam
U. S
Radio
Chin
Honshu
Sukegawa
James Lindsley
U. S. Third Fleet
Adv
Chester W. Nimitz
Ickes to Seek Clarification of Present Status
Washington-JP Harold L Ickes, a veteran cabinet member, seeks definition of his status as Truman weighs his future. A resignation seems possible, with Ickes potentially leaving as Interior Secretary or taking an Anglo American oil mission to London. He holds multiple wartime and policy roles including Petroleum Administrator for War and Solid Fuels Administrator.
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Washington
Harold L Ickes
Truman
Ickes
Interior
London
Roosevelt
Berlin
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
Fred M. Vinson
The
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Capital Auditorium Commission
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
National Power Policy Committee
War Production Board
Smithsonian Institution
National Archives Council
National Forest Reservation Commission
National Park Trust Fund Board
Truman holds separate talks with Churchill and Stalin
President Truman met separately with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin at Potsdam. He chaired the conference, was joined by James Byrnes on the visits, and pursued a swift program aimed at Victory over Japan and settling European disputes as part of the Big Three talks.
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Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Byrnes
James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Cnse
Missourian
Big Threa
Japan
Europe
Chinese Troops Close On Kweilin In Six Mile Advance
Chinese forces push within six miles northwest of Kweilin after a sudden advance. Other units seal routes from Liuchow and Chaishu while Kanhalen falls in Southern Kiangsi, cutting off the enemy’s escape toward Hunan.
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Chungking
Hhilling
Kweilin
Ining
Highway Center
Striple-Field
Juchow
Yungfu
Kanhalen
Kiangsi
Kweilin-Hengyang
Chaishu
Kwangai
Hunan
Liuchow
Hsiujenhsien
City Considers State Plan To Extend Highway
City and State officials study extending the present highway through Area A to Bristol Highway. Bids were advertised with a deadline, a committee will investigate, and plans include widening, grade changes, and rights of way. Cedarview storm drainage and school sidewalk additions were discussed, with one sidewalk project set for force account at about 4000 dollars.
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Bristol
State Highway Department
J. H. Armitage
L M. Fuller
W. L. Holyoke
Public Worka
Kingsport
Clinchfield Railway
Cedarview
Law Court Jury Awards Woman 3000 Damages
A Kingsport jury awarded Mrs. Hannah Quillen $3,000 in damages after an October fall at Rialto Theater. She had sought $25,000 for injuries from the accident. The trial was part of a day docket that included multiple civil actions, settlements, and continuances in Isw court. Also, Judge N. B. Hargraves was elected head of the American War Dads chapter in Chattanooga.
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Feingeport Law Court
Hannah Quillen
Kingsal Theaters, Inc
Quillen
Rialto Theater
Isw Court
Stanley Miller
William B. Dempsey
Fraser-Bracy Engineering Co., Inc
Hiarl Wade Ely
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Harnest Collins
Charles W. Jones
Shields Wright
National Casualty Company
Elijah Church
Mead Corporation
City of Kingsport
Sonny Gilliam
Aston Good
Clinchfield Railroad
G. H
Dads
Chattanooga
American War Dads
N. B. Hargraves
Hamilton County General Sessions Court
Congress May Agree To President I Man Surplus Plan
Congress hesitates on replacing a five member board with one man in charge of disposing of surplus property. Truman warns of mounting surpluses while Senate opposition centers on board structure. Symington is likely to lead the plan with a one man system opposed by some lawmakers who want broader representation. The House defers action as the vote nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Truman
W. Stuart Symington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Johnson D-Cole
Agriculture
Ferguson
R-Mich
Executive Department
Maybank
D-Sc
Snd
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
William L. Clayton
U S Navy Loses Two Ships At Borneo
The U S Navy reports the loss of two motor mine sweepers in the Borneo area, YMS 50 and YMS 365, each with about 35 crew. No fatalities or missing personnel are listed, but casualty details were unavailable. YMS 465 was commanded by LtOg Fred G Hue Jr and YMS 50 by LtOg Blake G Stern.
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Borneo
Og Fred G Hue
New Orleans
Og Blake G. Stern
Logan
Iowa
Street Scene Foodish Fragments At Local Market
A group of boys pounces on half a watermelon set aside for their enjoyment. A young woman pauses after navigating crowds at a grocery, warning a friend about a soap shortage. Shoppers mockingly munch scraps and remnants at the counter as goods run low.
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Scoula
Travel By Train Expected To Be More Unpleasant
Travel by train will become more uncomfortable as the Office of Defense Transportation orders first call on virtually all passenger rolling stock for military use. Most passenger coaches and all dining and lounge cars are being set aside, with about two thirds of Pullman sleepers already in military service and another 1,000 cars to be reassigned. Some civilian schedules may be canceled to meet needs, while efforts aim to avoid outright train discontinuations. Two Marines, Cpl. Jack Braxton Peel of Johnson City and Pvt. Earl Willis Hickam of Hiltons, Va., are listed wounded in action in the latest casualty releases.
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Washington
Ravel
Office of Defense
Paal
ODT
Cr. H. Buford
Association of American Railroads
J. Monroe Johnson
East
Tennessee
Virginia
War and Navy Departments
Cpl
Jack Braxton Peel
U. 5S. Marine Corps
Hammett B. Peel
Johnson City
Pvt
Earl Willis Hickam
Marine Corps Reserve
Willies M. Hickam
Hiltons
British Heavy Bombers May Join U S Fliers In Pacific
British air power may join American fliers in the Pacific region, boosting allied air groups to ten as Lt Gen Barney M. Giles and Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd discuss possible assignment under AF. Existing forces include the 20th Air Force B 29s Fleet Air Wings 1 and 18 with their Liberators and Mariners, the 7th and 7th AAFs with Thunderbolts, Liberators and Mitchells, and the Second and Fourth Marine Aircraft Wings with Corsairs and Avengers. Mid August would see Doolittle’s 8th AAF add B 29s and possibly B 17s from Okinawa. other air forces attack the empire from the Philippines and Solomons to the Kuriles. Seven British and joint chiefs staff officers join the brief.
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Guam
Pacific
Barney M. Giles
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Usastaf
Huyh Lloyd
Giles
20Th
Air Force
AAFS
Army
7Th Fighter Command
Marine Aircraft Wings
Sth
James H. Doolittle
Okinawa
Ryukyun
Japanese Empire
13Th Aaf
Seventh Fleet
Philippine
11Th Raf
North Pacific Fleet Airwing
Solomons
Kuriles
Drive Toward Final Vote On Bretton Woods Is Made
Washington leaders pressed for a final vote on the Bretton Woods plan with Senate approval hoped by nightfall despite amendments. Chairman Wagner of the Banking Committee said opposition would likely be limited, while Taft Milikin and Thomas push restrictions on debt abrogation currency guarantees and gold silver parity. Critics warned pouring US funds could harm the dollar and leave the nation with little to show for the plan on page 12.
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Washington
Bretton Woods World Bank Fund
Senate
Wagner
D-Ny
Banking Committee
World Bank
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Cole
Thomas
Okia
Tafters
Bretton Woods
Milikin
Hart
R-Conn
Brooks
Wheeler
Dmont
Australian Patrols Press Jop Positions On Road
Aussie combat patrols push toward Jop positions along the Samarinda highway and Sambrodja area as Diggers consolidate for a drive through derricks and installations. MacArthur reports yard by yard advance to 7 miles northeast of Balikpapan with Samarinda 6 miles away. Sepinggang Airfield used two weeks after capture. northern Luzon resists with remnants crafting makeshift weapons. Sixth Division averages 50 Japanese deaths daily. Bougainville likewise sees constant small attacks as Japanese hold entrenched positions.
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Manila
Samarinda
Sambrodja
Douglas MacArthur
Balikpapan
Sepinggang
Luzon
Kiangan
Pacific
Bougainville
Solo Qoons
Nevada withstands Japanese blows in final war patrols
Washington report details battleship Nevada absorbing a flaming plane hit and five shell impacts from Okinawa shore batteries. Despite damage, she returned to action within four hours, then engaged coastal batteries again on April 5, firing her 14 inch main guns 71 times. The ship logged multiple casualties but continued duty, with seven Kingsport area sailors aboard, including Marines and Seamen.
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Washington
Nevada
Okinawa
Navy
Reumaze Seer Beauey U
Normandy
Cherbourg
France
Novada
Kingsport
Kenown
Robert D. Jordan
Jamey A. Scott
Marine Corps
Paul ®. Skaggs
Clifford C. Claus
M. Price
William M. Tate
James B. Ryker
Pie. Scott
States
Hitler Reported In Hideaway On Antarctic Island
Adolf Hitler reportedly took refuge on Queen Maud Island in Antarctica after rumors spread he and Eva Braun escaped to Argentina aboard U 530. Ceasar Ameghino called the Argentina-Argentina claim false while Brazzaville radio cited La Critica. The U 530 surrendered July 1 to Argentine authorities, with Argentina and Britain awaiting handover. The British Admiralty noted four German submarines unaccounted for.
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Associated Frese
Adolf Hitler
Antarctic
Ceasar Ameghino
Hitler
Argentina
Patagonis
Brazzaville
NBC
la Critica
Eva Braun
Queen Maude Island
Mar del Plata
United States
Great Britain
Ameghino
San Clemente del Tuyo
Careful Driver Wins Swank With Hingeport Safety Council
Mrs. Carrie Dickson of Bristol Highway is named Wednesday's winner for observing traffic rules while driving on city streets. License number 53837 accompanies the award as part of the council's careful driver swank, though theater tickets have not been mailed.
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Carrie Dickson
Bristol Highway
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