Sevastopol siege and North Africa battle report
German forces renew assaults on Sevastopol as Soviet Red Army claims stubborn defense with 2500 Nazi dead reported in yesterday’s fighting. In North Africa Rommel strengthens at Bir Macheim while Allied counterattacks push back axis forces amid air and ground combat.
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Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Crimea
Red Star
Great
Black Sea
Neil Ritchie
Bir Macheim
Erwin Rommel
Taranto
Price Ceiling On Dresses and Coats Revised
Washington policy revises price ceilings for fall and winter dresses and coats, basing prices on current costs plus last fall’s margin. The updated rule allows higher labor costs only if tied to pre April 27 wage agreements or collective bargaining contracts.
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Washington
Kingsport Tests Blackout During Citywide Drill
East Tennessee city observes state blackout with near total darkness in ten minutes. Civilian Defense reports gratified results and no intentional violations while lights flicker in limited pockets. Police report minimal traffic and one fire, no casualties or injuries.
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East Tennessee
Kingsport
C. P. Edwards, Jr
Broad Street
Walnut Street
Bristol Highway
Roy Pyle
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport Civil Defense Thanks Community For Blackout Cooperation
The Civilian Defense unit of Kingsport thanks residents for their cooperation during the blackout. Officials praise volunteers who prepared for the event and announce ongoing efforts to build a larger, more efficient organization with more auxiliary firemen and police. Further blackouts will occur with varying warning times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Defense Organization
Kingsport
Bund Leader and Four Others Indicted by Jury
Federal grand jury indicts Gerhard Kunze Anastase Vonsiatsky and three others for conspiracy to violate the espionage act by supplying defense information to Germany and Japan. Indictment covers 1941 to 1946 period detailing data on U S army navy and military facilities.
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Hartford Conn.p
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Bund
Anastase Vonsiatsky
Germany
Japan
Otto Willumeit
Chicago
Wolfgang Ebell
el Paso
Tex
Kurt B. Molzahn
Philadelphia
United States
Knox Outlines Submarine Battle Plans In Closed Session
Secretary Knox gave senators a confidential outline of plans to combat submarines off U S coasts in a closed subcommittee session. Chairman Truman and Senator Kilgore stressed keeping top anti submarine vessels with main naval fleets. Kilgore called the destroyer the most effective submarine weapon. Knox said the talk covered the whole submarine subject and could not disclose details.
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Washington
Knox
Senate
Truman
D-Mo
Kilgore
DW. Va
Forty Students to Attend Summer School
About 40 students have registered for summer classes at Dobyns-Bennett. Classes begin Friday at 8 a.m. with final registration Thursday. The usual summer enrollment is around 60. Sessions run six days weekly through July 31. Instructors include Ruth Ramer Grace Elmore Paul Counce Leroy Sprankle and C. K. Koffman.
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Dobyns- Bennett
C. K. Koffman
Koffman
Ruth Ramer
Grace Elmore
Paul Counce
Leroy Sprankle
Mr. Koffman
Sergeant McCracken Promoted at Keesler Field
Robert B. McCracken, son of Mr and Mrs John H McCracken of Kingsport Tennessee, has been promoted to sergeant at the Air Corps Technical school at Keesler Field Mississippi.
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Times’ State News Service
Keesler Field
Miss
Robert B. McCracken
Air Corps Technical School
Sergeant McCracken
John H. McCracken
Dale Street
Kingsport
President Reagan orders nationwide scrap rubber drive
President Roosevelt announced a two week national collection of scrap rubber items to assess available reclaimable material and avoid immediate gasoline rationing. He likened the gas rubber issue to a mystery novel and noted uncertainty about end results. A Californian proposed poinsettias as a rubber source, claiming high yields, with other ideas including milkweed and goldenrod for potential alcohol and butadiene production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norris
The
Californian
Germans threaten new terror after Heydrich death
Berlin dispatches say retaliation will sweep across occupied Europe. Executions in France average ten daily. Czechs shot in groups after Heydrich’s assassination. broad penalties loom in Bohemia Moravia, Yugoslavia and Poland. Balkans casualties show 475 Italians killed and 28 missing in May.
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Born
Switzerland
Reinhard Heydrich
Czecho- Slovakia
Germany
Berlin
Prague
Paris
Amsterdam
Poland
Yugoslavia
France
Heydrich
Gestapo
Balkans
Midway Battle Reports Clash Over Losses And Disputed Victories
Imperial Tokyo minimized the Midway disaster while admitting U S forces sank an aircraft carrier and damaged others. Ensign Gay described carrier fires as planes attacked. Tokyo claimed Aleutian engagements and battles in the southwest Pacific and China fronts.
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Imperial Tokyo
Midway
United States
George H. Gay
U. S. Navy
Japan
Tokyo
Alaska
Bering Sea
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Far North
Aleutians
Aleutian Islands
Dutch Harbor
Imperial Headquarters
U. S
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
New Guinea
Portuguese Timor
China War Front
Nanchang
Kiangsi
House Ways and Means predicts tobacco tax hikes likely
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee predicted today that moderate increases in excise taxes on cigars cigarettes and smoking tobacco probably would be approved.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Major oil branch stations named scrap rubber centers in Tennessee
President Roosevelt announces a scrap rubber drive with designated collection centers at branch stations of major oil companies in Tennessee. rural residents unable to deliver scrap rubber or metals can have WPA trucks call for them, said state salvage chairman Leonard Sisk.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Leonard Sisk
WPA
Sisk
King of Greece to arrive in Washington for six day visit
King George of Greece will reach Washington today for a six day tour. He will be guest of honor at the White House tonight.
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Greece
Washington—.P
King George
Washington
White House
Financier Cheney Dies in Arizona Desert Trek
Benjamin Pierce Cheney a 76 year old financier and Boston social leader per ished of thirst in northwestern Arizona after a futile 20 mile trek for water. Coroner said reversing direction from his stalled car would have reached water in time. Found by cowboy Lee Eaton after four days. An empty canteen marked his last hours.
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Kingman
Ariz
Benjamin Pierce Cheney
Boston
Arizona
E. E. Wilson
Cheney
Lee Eaton
Jap Progress Indicated West of Chuhsien
Fighting 12 miles west of the besieged walled town of Chuhsien was reported by the high command as indicating Japanese progress in closing the 180 mile gap between Chekiang and Kiangsi forces.
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Chungking
Chuhsien
High Command
Chekiang
Kiangsi
British War Casualties Report to Commons
London The British empire's armed forces suffered 183550 casualties in the first two years of war ending Sept 2 1941. Clement Attlee told the House of Commons the total included 48973 killed 46363 wounded 58458 prisoners 29156 missing. United Kingdom losses 144982 with dominions 23824 and India Burma 8591 plus colonies 6153.
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London
British Empire
Clement R. Attlee
Dominion Affairs
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Dominions
India
Burma
Colonies
OPA To Discuss New Rules At Tennessee Clinic
An information clinic for retailers and wholesalers in the region will meet at the John Sevier Hotel on June 22 under the Office of Price Administration and the Distributive Education Service of Tennessee. Officials say the session aims to clarify explain and interpret government price orders and controls with July 1 record requirements also on the agenda.
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Johnson City
Upper East Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
John Sevier Hotel
Office of Price Administration
Distributive Education Service of Tennessee
OPA
Local Draftees Training At Knox Fort Knox Armored Force
New draftees arrive at Fort Knox Kentucky for 12 week basic training in the Armored Force. Kingsport area men listed include Pvt. Paul D. Slater Church Hill Pvt. Christian Kyle Rogersville Pvt. Clarence H. Richardson Rogersville Pvt. James R. Richards Rogersville Pvt. Lee S. Charles Rogersville Pvt. James C. Hicks Church Hill and Pvt. Verlin Simpson Kingsport.
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Times’ State News Service
Fort Knox
Armored Force Training Center
Kingsport
Paul D. Slater
Route 5
Christian Kyle
Church Hill
Clarence H. Richardson
Rogersville
James R. Richards
Lee S. Charles
James C. Hicks
Verlin Simpson
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Associated Press
English Channel
RAF
Ames
Ellis Binkley
OCD
Say
Bulletins
Times Staff
Billy Williams
Cherry Hill
WKPT
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