Allies Hit 207 Jap Ships In 2 Days
Allied carrier planes destroyed or damaged 207 Japanese vessels and 430 planes in two days as U S destroyers penetrated Suruga Gulf to bombard a large aluminum plant. Nimitz announced Monday and detailed raids across Honshu and at Kure Maizuru including carriers Amagi Kataura and Tone.
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U. S
Suruga Gulf
Guam
Nimitz
Tokyo
Japan
Honshu Island
Kure
Maizuru
Amagi
Kataurgal
Tone
Moe
Ong
Honshu
Fiers
Nimits
Frest
Shimizu
Schroeder
Harrison
Nippon
Lalaminuma
Hes
Gulf
DLS
Massachusetts
Hamamatsu
Stalin Ill Delays Big Three Talks at Potsdam
Stalin, ill with a slight cold, missed two days of talks with Truman and Attlee at Potsdam. A public relations officer said a Big Three meeting was planned for the afternoon, with Molotov present Sunday. Officials cited secrecy and a payoff stage in negotiations, with resumed talks possible by Thursday or Friday.
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Potedbus
Stalin Han
Presid Truman
Attion
Naren Potsdam
Ameri Public Vilations
Cor
Respordenta
Vyacheslav Molotov
Truman
Atties
Stalin
Senatorial Unity Opens Over Charter Appointment Power
Washington debates Truman appointing a Security Council delegate without Congress defining authority. Connally asks the State Department to see if legislation is needed for Edward Stettinius Jr to serve. Vandenberg Taft and Taft urge Congress to set the office and powers. No objection to the temporary post, but enabling legislation is likely to be pressed.
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Washington
United Nations
Truman
Security Council
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Edward Stettinius, Jr
Pha
Connolly
Vandenberg
R-Mich
San Francisco
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Jatt
Petain Trial Witness Details Secret Telegram to Darlan
General Weygand testified at Marshal Petain's High Court trial that Petain ordered the admiral to cease operations against Allied forces during the North Africa landing. Weygand, testifying in civilian dress, claimed Darlan favored the Germans when Africa was invaded in 1942. He did not confirm whether Darlan received the telegram.
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Paris
Siuxiune Weygand
Marshal Petain
Adam
Jean Darlan
United States
North Africa
Germany
Republic
High Court of Justice
Petain
France
Weygang
Darlan
Africa
2000 More Japs Said Killed By British In Burma
The Southeast Asia Command reports an additional 2000 Japanese killed in the lower Sittang River bend area, raising enemy deaths in days of fighting to over 6000. More than 600 captured. Bitter fighting north east of Rangoon near Pyu and along the Rangoon Mandalay Railroad. Indian troops killed about 300 of 200 Japanese in a village northeast of Pyu as British forces cleared another village eight miles northeast of Pyu.
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Calcutta
Sittang River
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Rangoon
Bentween
Rangoon-Mandalay
Sittang
Pyu
Smith Named Director of Civil Administration in Allied Control Council
Brig. Gen. Luther Smith, of San Antonio Texas, appointed director of civil administration for the Allied Control Council to oversee de Nazification and reconstitution of the German government. Former chief of civic affairs for the Army Air Forces, he led missions to Latin American nations and received honors from Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Nicaragua. A West Point graduate in 1924.
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Boesch
Germany
Luther 5. Smith
Li W. Lynwood Avenue
San Antonio
Tex
United States
Allied Control Council
Smith
Army Air Forces
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Nicaragua
West Point
Careful Driver Boyd Ritter Wins City Safety Award
Boyd EB Ritter of 120 East Charlmont Street is Tuesday winner of the Kingsport Safety Council’s careful driver award. Ritter’s license number 5603 and his feat of careful driving earned him two theater tickets by mail.
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Boyd EB. Ritter
East Charlcemont Street
Kingsport Safety Council
Mr. Ritter
City Street
Tug Of War To Pull Truman From Center Is Taking Shape
Washington reports a Democratic rift over Truman's center course. Left wing senators Pepper Mead Magnuson convened allies to draft a 12 point social and economic program urging support from the President, while right wing blocs warn of a fight to shape legislation as Congress reconvenes.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Segal
Congress
Mr. Truman
India
Robert E. Hannegan
CIOP
Philip Murray
PAC
Sidney Hillman
Hirozelt
Labor Party
Great Britain
Pepper
Dfila
Mead
D-Ny
Magnuson
D- Wash
New Servicemen Address Updates Sought by Kingsport Times News
The Kingsport Times News asks families to mail service members addresses and status changes for the European Theater rotation. Send names, current and forward addresses, and explanations of status to ensure future issues reach personnel en route home or reassigned, with copies reserved for those traveling or awaiting transfer.
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Jon
Rt. Nawmn
Kingsport Times- News
Europe
Pacific
Kingsport Times-News
Moon
Army Pilots Add 20 Jap Ships To Toll
General MacArthur reported that Army Mitchell bombers added 20 enemy ships to the toll as they attacked near Kure and Kushu, with the Haruna battleship sighted heavily damaged and beached. Over Sunday 500 sorties were flown by Far East Air Force bombers and fighters, tallying five warships and 91 merchant vessels damaged or sunk in Japan’s vicinity.
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Kure Naval Yard
MacArthur
Far East
Kure
Haruna
Kura
Kushu
Korea
Japan
Japs Reinforce Bougainville as Australians Gain Ground
Allied dispatch reports Japanese reserves reinforce Bougainville while Australian forces seize half of the island's cultivated areas in the southwest. Floods slow cleanup as heavy artillery fire raises difficulty, with 85,000 Japanese in the Solomons and near Rabaul. Casualties and captures are noted on New Guinea and Bougainville fronts.
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Manila
Japsnoise
Bougainville
Shortland Island
Numauma
New Guinea
Kokoda
Owen Stanley
Solomons Islands
New Britain
Rabaul
Wewak
Prince Lee Bougainville
Changes In China Likely Before Soong Moscow Visit
Premier T. V. Soong relinquished the post of Foreign Minister on Dec. 23, 1942, handing it to Gy. Wang Shih-Chieh in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at accelerating the war against the Chinese Communists. Soong plans to resume talks with Premier Stalin in Moscow upon his return. Wang, a Chiang Kai-shek confidant, is known as liberal and has led negotiations with the Communists since last May.
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T. V. Soong
Moscow
Stalin
Soong
Wang Shih-Chieh
Japan
Wang
Chiang Kai-shek
Yamashita Escapes Attack Near Last Hideout
United States forces pressed within six miles of Yamashita headquarters in Hungdau as Maj. Gen. Hurdis division and Filipino units battered Ifugao Ridge. In two weeks of brutal assaults with heavy artillery air support they cleared defenders and killed dozens, while Japanese counterattacks aimed to hold the line along highways 4 and 11.
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Morth
Luzon
P— Cruel
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Yamashite
Hungdam
Ifugao Ridge
Hungdau
Kiangan
Charles E. Hurdis
Shimbu
Manila
James M. Garrison
Park Street
Columbia
8. C
Two East Tennesseans Named In War Casualty List
Only two East Tennesseans appear in the casualty list released Tuesday by the War and Navy Departments. Pro. James H. Skidmore of Oak Ridge and Cpl. Kennie C. Southerland of Greeneville are listed as Marine Corps personnel wounded in the Pacific.
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East
Mead Group Pushes Centralized War Agency Control
The Mead Group pressed for centralized control of war and reconversion agencies, calling Interior Secretary Ickes to testify on coal shortages and coordination failures. Senator Mead warned of potential transportation breakdowns and urged action from President Truman and War Mobilizer Snyder to ease miner releases for reconversion efforts.
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Washington
Mead Ward
Truman
Interior Ickes
Cross Purposes
Mead
D-Ny
John W. Snyder
New War Mobilizer
Office of War Mobilization
Snyder
New York
LeMay Reveals 12 Japanese Cities Targeted by Air Force
General Curtis LeMay listed twelve Japanese cities for impending air attacks with 13 million residents in the affected areas. He warned evacuation is urgent as B 29s will torch key industrial and transport centers on Honshu Hokkaido and Kyushu. Cities named include Mito Maebashi Toyama Nagano Fuku yami Otsu Matsura Nagaoka Nishinomiya Hakodate and Kumura. Six cities from the original list were already struck with no Allied losses.
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Guam
Curtis &. LeMay
20Th Air Force
LeMay
Japan
Mito
Maebashi
Toyama
Nagano
Fukuyami
Otsu
Matsura
Imme
Honshu
Nagaoka
Nishinomiya
Hakodate
Hokkaido
Kruume
Kyushu
Satuday
Koriyamta
Seven Die When Train Hits Car In Greene
Seven persons including five children died when a Southern Railway train hit a stalled car at a crossing two miles east of Greeneville Tennessee. The victims were Stella Metcalf 29 her husband John Metcalf their children James 42 George 11 Mary 9 Ruth 4 Eva months and housekeeper Zilla Fillers. Greene County officers said the car stalled on the crossing before the collision.
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Greeneville
Tenn
Here
Southern Railway
Stella Metcalf
John Metcalf
James
George
Mary
Ruth
Eva
Zilla Fillers
Greene County
Laval Surrenders to U S Officials in Occupation Zone
Pierre Laval, former Vichy head, flew from Barcelona to Ling Austria and surrendered to U S authorities in the American zone. A U S spokesman gave no further details. Laval had left Barcelona in a German crewed Junkers 18 and faces death in absentia from France.
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Frenkfort-on-the-Bialn
Spain
Pierre Laval
Ling Austria
U. S
Barcelona
United States
Laval
France
Street Scene Witnesses Whimsical Chaos on Market Street
Readable fragments show bystanders laughing at a perplexed worm faced dog encounter and a phantom cat ahead. Two youths in a car call out bus stop instructions at a busy terminal while a crowd moves through Market Street traffic.
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Rash
Cat
Giite
Trxinah
Effersen
Market Street
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Katsuragi
Hee
Okinawa
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Empire State Building
New York City
JP Wirephato
Weygand
Empire State
William F. Smith, Jr
Watertown
Mass
Latham
Als
Mobile
Ala
W. F. Smith
Birmingham
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad
China
Yamashita
Hurdis
Mead Group
Iokes
Greene
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