Chinese Troops Break Through Gate Of Yangso
Chinese forces report breakthrough at Yangso gate south of Kweilin in Chungking bulletins. Street fighting ongoing as they drive a wedge into the Hunan Kwangsi Railroad to curb enemy escape, with road blocks set near Kweilin and Chauanhsien. A separate attack at Chennankwan and Pingjiang repelled.
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Chungking
Yangso
14Th Air Force
Kweilin
Liuchow
Ewerlin
Hunan -Kwangsi
Kwangsi
Hunan
Chauanhsien
Dong Dang
Hanoi
Chennankwan
Pingjiang
South China
Senate Debate Reveals 3-Point UN Charter Plan
Washington report details a three point program to implement the United Nations Charter amid Senate fireworks delaying ratification. Plan seeks charter ratification with limits on troop use for peacekeeping, a fall law granting Security Council voting authority to the President for police actions short of war, and later approval of a US troop and equipment pledge to the council. Led by Senator Lucas D II, the plan aims for simple majority approval of the military agreement, provoking debate after Senator Hatch challenged Dulles that the agreement would require two thirds. Wheeler defends Dulles while noting chairmen’s alignment with the test.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Security Council
U.S
Congress
Lucas
Lucas D-Ii
Council
Hatch
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Churchill And Party Start Home From Potsdam
A four engined passenger plane carried Prime Minister Churchill and his party from Potsdam to England after a Big Three meeting. Eden and Attlee traveled with him as observers while foreign officials conduct talks for the next day. If the British election tilts Conservative, Churchill may return by Friday. a Labor victory could delay further participation in Potsdam.
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Forndam
Churchill
England
Anthony Eden
Clement R. Attlee
London
Truman
Stalin
Foreign Office
Laon
Britain
Alexander Cadogan
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav Molotov
Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
Josef Stalin
Potsdam
Germany
Signal Corps
Berlin
Daladier Attacks Vichy Regime as Traitors of France
Former Premier Edouard Daladier testifies that the Vichy regime under Marshal Petain was a plot to destroy republican institutions. He says on June 25 a new order arose, overturning the Republic, as delegates left Vichy and the nation watched a coup d etat. Petain attends the trial at 2 22 pm as the first French ex leader to face a court since World War II.
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Paria
Edouard Daladier
Vichy
Marshal Petain
France
Republic
Daladier
National Assembly
Petain
Louis VE
Japs Withdraw In Borneo Area
Australian troops push two miles along the East Borneo coast within 50 miles of the Samaurinila oil field as Gen Macc Arthur reports. A Japanese truck convoy was spotted likely carrying 18 trucks. RAAF Liberators attacked Celebes and Kittyhawks with PT boats hit water craft and buildings in Mandar Gulf.
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Mariia
Att
Batochampir
East Borneo
Macc
Arthur
Samaurinila
Mondhy
Raaf Liberators
Celebes Islands
Kittyhawks
Mandar Gulf
Celebes
Street Scene Notes From a Busy Urban Day
Fragmented OCR describes a woman climbing a truck in a peach scene and a young couple with a baby, conveying a bustling street tableau with unclear details about observers and actions. The account hints at everyday urban activity including a mother, father, and child amid noisy surroundings.
U.S. Rollback Flounders on Clothing Price Cuts
Washington reports the U S rollback plan for clothing prices stalled as OPA expands concessions to fabric makers. Woolen and worsted fabrics may match pre rollback prices for rest of year, with 1944 levels guiding 1948 revisions due to wool shortages. Wider garment price cuts appear unlikely this year.
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Washington
OPA
Morgenthau Budget Reform Proposal Sparks Treasury Debate
Washington's Morgenthau proposes returning budget preparation to Treasury stirring opposition from Budget Bureau officials who say it is a presidential staff unit. He urges Treasury policy control over spending and government agencies, with initial coordination by a national fiscal affairs committee chaired by the Treasury secretary and eventual executive-branch consolidation.
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Washington
Kenry Morgenthau
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Harold D. Smith
The
Smith
Department
Morgenthau
Con- Sess
Fred M. Vinn
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Agriculture Department
National Housing Agency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Genthau
White House
Con
Gress
Vinson
Truman
National Committee For
New York
State War Finance Committee
Newomen
NHA Approves 55 Housing Units For City
The National Housing Agency approved a new war housing program of 60 family dwellings for Kingsport. NHA Administrator John H. Blandford authorized the project, with 25 units for Negro occupancy and 30 for whites. Prices: 15 homes at 4000 dollars sale, 10 rentals at 30 dollars monthly. white units 26 sale at 7000 dollars, 5 rentals at 60 dollars monthly. Applications for priority assistance should be filed with the Federal Housing Administration in Memphis.
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National Housing Agency
Kingsport
Atlanta
NHA
Robert K. Creighton
John H. Blandford
Memphis
B. W. Horner
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Building
Tenn
Creighton
Aussies Invade Release Choiseul Claim
Australian troops invaded Choiseul and reportedly liberated the island by-passing Bougainville. The broadcast to the FCC said landing occurred earlier with Nipponese clearance underway. American Marines landed October 28, 1943, then withdrew a week later from Choiseul.
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San Francisco
Choiseul
Solomon Island
Federal Communications Commission
Bougainville Strait
Bougainville Island
Bougainville
Down Under
Salomon Isands
Stage Set For Gradual Ease Of Price Controls
Washington stage set for gradual removal of price controls on minor commodities. Authority granted by Stabilization Director William H. Davis, with Bowles, to clear way for ceilings on civilian goods returning to production. No specific items listed. likely many qualify, including costume jewelry, fur coats, some liquors, and scrap aluminum. Bowles notes major items will retain ceilings.
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Washington
Wiliam H. Davis
OPA
Davis
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Frank Merrill Heads For U S Assignment From India
New Delhi announces Maj. Gen. Frank D. Merrill has left the India Burma Theater for an important assignment in the United States. The exact nature of the post was not disclosed. Merrill led Merrill’s Marauders before yielding Burma task force command to Brig. Gen. Theodore F. Wessels last August due to health.
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New Delhi
Frank D. Merrill
India-Burma
U. S
Merrill
Haisan Group
Southeast Asia
Burma
Merrill's Marauders
Theodore F. Wessels
Hla
Tokyo Prefecture Becomes Thoroughfare for U S Planes
Tokyo radio reports Chiba Prefecture about 20 miles from Tokyo has been turned into a busy thoroughfare for Superforts Liberators and Mustang fighters. The broadcast says authorities are aware Chiba may be the invasion debut site, with Chiba on the Boso Peninsula facing Tokyo Bay, a likely invasion entry point.
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Tokyo Radio
Chiba Prefecture
U. S
Tokyo
Shira
Muntang
Associated Press
Sed
Chiba
Boso
Tokyo Bay
Navy Planes Hit Shanghai Defenses and Ports
Navy based in Okinawa launched waves of planes against Shanghai defenses while Army units bombarded the city. Libera tors disrupted an eight-ship Japanese convoy en route to Shanghai. Big daylight strikes by 5th and 8th Air Force breached weather limits to crater three airfields, damage waterfront and ships in the Whangpoo River. Reports say several ships sunk or probably sunk and fires raged at Kiangwan airfield.
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Manila
Shanghai
MacArthur
Hig
Korea
Dutch East Indies
Malaya
5Th
Wth
Whangpoo River
Kiangwan
B 29s Blow Up 7 More Cogs In Jap Industry
Seven more cogs in Japan s war machine were blown apart in Tuesday s great B 29 strike. Elev en of the 625 B 29s reported today. In the second 36 hour industrial sweep, 75 to 100 Superforts bombed three oil refineries near Tokyo at midnight. The Osaka Nagoya district suffered heavy damage on the Osaka arsenal and Sumitomo light metals plant as a record loss of one plane was acknowledged.
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Guam
Japan
U.S
Tokyo
Osaka-Nagoya
Osaka
Sumitomo Light Metals
Superforis
Nips Get First 24 Hour Raid From Americans
Guam AP reports Japan’s home islands shaken as the Third Fleet presses a round the clock carrier strike. Carrier planes hit Kure and Honshu airfields while ships bombarded Kushimoto and Kanagawa Prefecture. Allied losses include ships and planes. 200 carrier planes were active north of Honshu with British and American air forces contributing.
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Guam
Third
Smaoking
Japan
Kure
Nimitz
Honshu
Pilol
Associated Press
Richard O'Malley
Rier
Sad
Kushimoto
Tokyo
London
Kanagawa Prefecture
Tokyo Bay
Kanazawa
Cape Nojima
Hokkaido Island
American Broadcasting Company
Shikoku
Nippon
Halsey
Fleet-Air
Navy Adopts Paint Discharge System For Personnel
Washington notes Navy officers and enlisted may apply for discharge if they reach the point totals. The paint system, placed in operation yesterday, grants one credit for each year of age at the nearest birthday plus another for every four months of active duty since January. Minimums: 53 points for reserve line officers and enlisted reserves, 55 for reserve supply corps, 57 for civil engineers corps. Commanding officers have up to three months to act on applications in this country, six months if afloat or abroad, to avoid impeding efficiency.
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Washington
Navy
Supply Corps
Civil Engineers Corps
Japanese Death by Own Action Bomb Threats Reach U S
Soviet Red Star cites Domei report via M. Markov noting Japan plans high altitude piloted death devices and trans pacific raids on the United States within about 100 hours, as part of a propaganda view of wartime threats amid naval blockades and aviation pressure.
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Moscow
Damei
Red Stay Today
Japan
Pacific
United States
Red Star
M. Markov
Four From Area Enlist In Navy
Four area youths reported to the Navy Reception Center at Nash Ville for enlistment in the U S Naval Reserve. The enlistees are Thomas Jefferson Harrison 17 of Rogersville Ralph Harlen Shanks 17 of Rogersville Charlie L Freeman 17 of Surgoinsville and James Fred Land 17 of Gate City Virginia.
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Navy
Nash Ville
U. S. Naval Reserve
R. R. Watson
Thomas Jefferson Harrison
Main Street
Rogersville
Ralph Harlen Shanks
Charlie L. Freeman
Surgoinsville
James Fred Land
Gate City
Halsey calls for wheeled fleet to chase Japs inland
Admiral Halsey, with the Third Fleet 100 miles off Japan, pledges a fleet with wheels to pursue Japanese forces inland after coastal advances. He praises heavy naval gunfire, B 29s, and Okinawa airpower, saying Allied efforts press toward the heart of Japan. He warns the enemy remains capable of damage but vows no halt.
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U. S
Japan
Halsey
Janes
Tokyo Bay
Third Fleet
Haluny
Two Thousand Japs Die In Burma Trap Defense
Allied forces claim over 2,000 Japanese deaths in a three day battle to trap enemy units in Southern Burma near the Sittang River. Communiqués report 257 prisoners and heavy losses from artillery and air strikes as fighting extends along a 37 mile road between Toungon and Nyaungiebin.
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Valentia
Burma
Sittang River
Ania
Sateen
Pegu
Toungon
Nyaungiebin
Pyu
Heho
Alles
Taunggyi
Teungoo Nyamnglebin
Careful Driver Awarded by Kingeport Safety Council
Careful driver Miss Lady Boyd Sutherland of 7400 Johnson City Highway wins Wednesday’s Kingeport Safety Council careful driver award. Miss Sutherland, a longtime member, was recognized for safe driving on city streets and received two theater tickets as the prize.
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Lady Boyd Sutherland
Johnson City
Kingeport Safety Council
B Vard
Sutherland
City
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Charles
Pittsburgh
Homer Wise
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U.S. Army
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Borneo
Street Seven Department
Frank Merrill
Okinawa
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