Destruction Hits Heart Of Japan Navy Shells Sao City
Allied air and sea forces pounded Japan as 1500 planes hit industrial targets from Kyushu to Tokyo. The Third Fleet shelled Hamamatsu while carrier aircraft swept Honshu annihilating airfields and rail facilities, with Tokyo plants targeted and reports of heavy damage across multiple cities.
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Heart of Japan
Sao City
Guam
U. S. Navy
Kyushu
Tokyo
Kure
Shoe City
Hamamatsu
Honshu
Kobi
Domel
Japan
Firat
Kento Army
Yokohama Naval Station
Domel Agency Sak
Nimitz
Domei
Ise Bay
Osaka
Halsey
General MacArthur
Far East
Navy
Big Three Clash at Potsdam in Final Conference Stretch
The Big Three leaders Attlee Stalin and Truman pressed toward a final communique at Potsdam after 11 days of topflight talks. Observers expect a swift conclusion with plans for postwar Europe and possible mentions of the Pacific war. The UN Charter ratification gives the President leverage, while Australia objects to a hard ultimatum to Japan.
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Iuman
Attlee
Stalin
Kon
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British Labor Party
Europe
Pacific
Truman
Peimary
Japan
U. S. Senate
Ruta
Britain
United States
Australia
Airmen Deal Heavy Blow To Jap Navy
Air corps from Manila and Okinawa reported fierce Saturday raids on major Japanese ships at Kure and Sasebo. Liberators attacked Haruna, Barama and escort actions while carrier planes hit unidentified carriers and a cruiser. Far East Air Forces claimed 18 ships destroyed or probably destroyed with 700 sorties and significant damage inland at Kyushu airfields.
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Manila
Hartina
Xure
Sasho
MacArthur
Far East Air Forces
Kure
Barma
Bure
Seventh Army Air Force
Haruna
Army
Navy
Colin Kelly
Ttwas
Adm. Nimits
Guam
Perhapa
Wtth
Air Force
Sasebo Navy Yard
Honshu Island
Far East
Malaya
Borne
Japan
Yoshima Iron Works
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Kumamoto
U S Plans Drive On Black Market And Tax Chiselers
Washington officials announced a nationwide push against black market activities and tax evasion. Attorney General Clark, Treasury Secretary Vinson, Agriculture Secretary Anderson, and acting OPA Administrator Rogers will coordinate the crackdown, citing joint action against four agencies to intensify prosecutions and curb evaders.
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Washington
Form C. Clark
Clark
United States
State Troopers End Stone Creek Snake Handling Cult
Virginia troopers halted a snake handling service at Stone Creek to destroy four reptiles used by the cultists. A plainclothes trooper mingled with the crowd and helped detain a man slipping a rattler under his shirt as a uniformed officer arrived. The scene closed with officers killing the serpent.
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Darden
Elon Crawford
St. Charles
Virginia
Stone Creek
Stone Mountain
Raymond Hayes
Cumberland
Virginia State Broogers
Greatest Force To Invade Japan, Fleet Spokesmen Say
Three senior U S military leaders promised Japan an unprecedented assault, asserting invasion would come in overwhelming force. Ramsey LeMay and Spaatz described a massive bomber campaign and fleet strikes aimed at crippling Japan’s cities and industry.
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Japan
Guam
Adm
D. ©. Ramsey
U.S. Fifth Fleet
United States
Curtis E. LeMay
20Th Air Force
Critical Senators Predict Smooth Road For Charter
Three senators previously critical of the administration foresee a smooth path for charter legislation. Wheeler, La Follette, and Reverscomb say limited presidential authority and small foreign contingents could avoid congressional controversy as the United States ratified the UN Charter 89 to 2.
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Washington
United Nations
Wheeler
D-Mont
la Follette
Congress
New League
Street Scene in Passing at City Restaurant
A man in city jail asks the desk sergeant for a magazine of detective stories. A young bus boy, about seven or eight, balances a tray of chinaware in a restaurant while a girl in a waitress uniform remarks to a companion about her 9 o clock wedding.
Japanese Casualties Rise in Philippines and Allied Advances
Manila reports 437,828 Japanese deaths to date with 4,477 more bodies counted this week and 587 enemy captures. American losses: 34 killed, 73 wounded. In Luzon the 37th Infantry probes east of Cagayan Valley. 7,500 Japanese remnants believed in rugged terrain, plus 2,200 more including two generals in central Luzon. Further garrisons and clashes noted near Mindanao and the upper Agusan Valley. Australian and U.S. air forces support ground troops, destroying river boats near Balikpapan and raids on Celebes air fields as Seventh Fleet bombers hit Bandjarmasin.
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Manila
Philippines
MacArthur
Luzon
37Th Infantry Division
Cagayan Valley
Aot
Wawa Dam
38Th
Apsarn
Mindanao
24Th
Jst
Agusan
Kibawe-Tolomo
Borneo
Samarinda
13Th Air Force
Balixpapan
Celebes
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Bandjarmasin
Housing Is Top Issue On Attlee's Program
Attlee's Labour cabinet drafts a legislative program prioritizing housing for Britain's homes. The opening Army Parliament session was postponed to allow Attlee time to finish his savings plan and prepare a speech outlining government aims.
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Attlee
London
Britain
Patadam
Mystery Man Testifies On Behalf Of Petain Trial
In a treason trial, Jean Lostaint-Lacau testified that blaming others for nearly a century of errors is horrid. The elusive witness, hustled in by judges after a police search failed, followed Edouard Herriot who claimed Roosevelt provided needed social materiel.
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Paris
Jean Lostaint-Lacau
Marshal Petain
Edsuard Herriot
Roosevelt
France
Herriot
Petain
North Africa
Chinese Troops Press Toward Hunan Border in Red Push
Chinese forces drive toward Hunan from Kweiin in Kwangsi as Lingling air base looms ahead. Lingchwan is besieged after a raid, while another column reaches Tarjungjiang near the Hunan Kwangsi line. U S air base Lingling previously abandoned to Japan. Lingling could amplify pressure on Hengyang railway hub.
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Chungking
Hunan Province
Kweiin
Kwangsi
Linging
Kweilin
Lingchwan
Hunan- Kwangs
Tarjungiiang
Lingling
High Command
Flying Tigers
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Shih Chieh Named To Succeed Soong As Foreign Minister
Wang Shik Chieh who led the Chinese mission to Britain was named Foreign Minister, replacing Soong Chungking who had held the post since December 1941 and became premier last December while retaining the foreign portfolio. Soong had just returned from Moscow meetings with Stalin and other Soviet officials.
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Chungking
Wang Shik-Chieh
Britain
T. ¥. Soong
Soong
San Francisco
Stalin
Moscow
Mead Committee Seeks One Man Control of War Mobilization
Senate Mead Committee urged creating a single strong head for war mobilization and reconversion. John W. Snyder would regulate price control, war production, and manpower, with OWMR as active supervisor and lines of authority strengthened. The report warns of unemployment if postwar absorption lags and pushes reconversion and foreign policy integration under the Secretary of State.
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Washington
Senate
Mead Committee
Office of War Mobilization
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Home Front
Truman
OWME
OQWME
Mead
D-Ny
Japan
Press Men Enter Austrian Capital
An American press convoy entered Vienna today in the vanguard of about 5,000 U S occupation troops. U S forces will join Russian British and French units in occupying the city as British and French convoys also entered from areas previously blocked under Russian control. The American party was commanded by Col Stanley Grogan.
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Vienna
U. S
Stanley Grogan
Careful Driver Dr. R. W. Pannell Wins City Award
Careful Driver Dr. R. W. Pannell of New Street won Monday’s Kingsport Safety Council daily careful driver award. Dr. Pannell, license number 50-773, received two theater tickets for observing traffic rules while driving in city traffic.
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R. W. Pannell
New Street
Kingsport Safety Council
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