Russians Break German Hedgehog Line At Gzhatsk In Big Victory
Soviet forces stormed Gzhatsk 60 miles southeast of Vyazma and beyond, capturing the town after fierce fighting. The drive toward Smolensk continued as Russian troops pressed west of Vyazma and seized multiple localities. Reports also claimed heavy German losses in the Donets Basin and further gains west of Sevsk as Moscow’s advance rolled on.
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London
Siv
Gabatsk
Moscow
Gzhatsk
Rahov
Vyazmil
Smolensk
Avalan
Rzhovy
Osuga
Vyazma
Kaluga
Red Army
Rzeney
Vyama
Bulle- An
Bry- Anak-Kiev
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Rostov
Rzhev
Vyazmi
Smolansk
Rahev
Vyamma
East Tennessee Soldiers Held as Prisoners of War
Wartime release lists 1242 American soldiers captured by Japan including 14 officers 10 warrant officers and 12811 enlisted men. Next of kin across 48 states the District of Columbia Canada and Panama Canal Zone notified. names include Hemann Millie Houten and others from Johnson City and surrounding areas.
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Uno Philippine
United States Army
Iritas
States
District of Columbia
Canadas
Panama
Chinal Zone
Enneascana Hed
Ar Ineluce
Otiton
Stath Bergeant Hemann
Millie Houten
Yoxter
St. No Tl
Johnson City
Agietey
Shi Florey
Truther
Unreal
Baily Vm
Sbc Ts
Ervin
Uson
Meather
Spring St
Cherokee Village housing project to start at Sullivan Street
Paul H. Schwendner, president of Cherokee Village Incorporated, announced that construction would start Tuesday on 220 single story brick homes in a West Sullivan Street valley near Bloomingdale Road. The units will be two or three bedroom duplex style, with a park and shrub screens planned, water lights sewers to each unit, and a new street arranged parallel to Sullivan. The project adds to 270 homes under construction by Kingport Defense Homes Inc in Winston Terrace, addressing a long housing shortage in Kingsport.
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Paul H. Schwendner
Cherokee Village Incorporated
Sullivan Satrest
Bloomingdale Road
Schwencner
Cherokee Village
Klaas C. DeBoer
James Hanton
All of
Chicago
Sullivan Street
Board of Mayor
Lehwendner
Lhat ‘Cross War Chest
J. EB. Wright
Bery
Kingsport
Schwendner
Kingaport Defense Homes, Inc
Winston ‘Tarrace
Schwerdner
West Sullivan Street
Cheroker Village Incorporated
Kingsport Utilities
Paul H Schwyradner
Area B Drivers Urged to Stay in Line in Johnson City
Wingaport police traffic division issued a directive Saturday urging Area B motorists to remain in line and cooperate with officers to keep traffic moving from 6 30 to 8 00. Drivers should pull off the highway when picking up passengers and not pass or stop cars in front. Seven arrests had been made for violations at Sullivan and Center streets near Johnson City highway.
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Holston Ordnanes
Alorm
Wingaport
Ave
Sullivan
Center Streets
Johnson City
Soldier Halts Roosevelt Jeep in North Africa
Private Charles L. Carroll recounts stopping a jeep in which President Roosevelt rode. He followed orders to halt all vehicles and check credentials, learning at once the occupant was the president. Roosevelt praised the idea, then showed his dispatch and saluted.
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Africa
Bluabeth
Charles L. Carroll
Roosevelt
North Africa
Charles A. Carroll
Dent Roosevelt
U S Bombers Hit Brest and Lorient Bases
United States bombers struck the German naval bases at Brest and Lorient on the French coast in a fourth continent raid in eight days. Liberators hit Brest and Lorient amid strong enemy defenses. one bridge and a power house were damaged. No fighters or flak disrupted the mission, and no combat losses were reported by the bomber group, the Boomerang Boys.
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London
Brest
Lorient
RAF
Baze
U. S
England
France
Joseph Carter
Lawton
Oklo
Ike
Carters
Kenneth
Robert Gray
Oklahoma City
Kenneth James Moberly
Moberly
Lae
New ‘Guinea
Kroapsa
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea convoy loss includes three light cruisers
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports that three light cruisers were among 22 Japanese ships lost in the sinking of the Bismarck Sea convoy by Allied air forces. The communiqué notes the enemy's ships included 12 transports with troops and details Allied aircraft operations and losses.
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Australia
Bismarck Sea
High Command
Enerry
Douglas MacArthur
Swedish Army Blast Kills 6 in South Sweden Exercise
An explosion during Swedish army unit training in South Sweden on Saturday killed six soldiers and seriously wounded twenty, with twenty seven or thirty injured in total. Causes are not yet known. The report notes a Berlin dispatch citing casualties and ongoing inquiries.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Transocean
Hateling
Sweden
Essen Left in Flames By RAF Raid On Krupp Works
British and Canadian bombers hit Essen for the tenth night running striking the Krupp Armaments Works with 150 two ton bombs. Pilots described a huge orange cloud and flames rising hundreds of feet as the assault burned for about 40 minutes. The raid involved over 800 planes, with 14 bombers lost. German reports claimed 15 bombers destroyed and noted damage to civilian areas.
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London
Essen
Krupp Armaments Works
Aumuyilion
Krupp
Aril I
RAF
Sail
R. E. Taylor
Boonville
Indiana
RCAF
Hitler
Berlin
Antia
Air Ministry
Besen
Police Raid Seizes Liquor In Kings Port Arrest Made
A man was cited to appear Monday in magistrate W. M Showalter's court to answer charges of possessing liquor. Two raids Saturday night in the Kingsport area yielded 10 pints in a vacant lot adjoining Circle Court and 74 pints 10 half pints and seven quarts at the Hi Hat Club on Bristol Highway. Officers from the state highway patrol and local deputies participated, including Acting Sergeant Frank Williams Patrolman 4 VY Argo Walter Smith and others.
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W. M Showalter
Kingsport
Frank Willams
Circle Court
Bristol
Hi Hat
Reid
4. VY. Argo
Walter Smith
Tennessee State Highway Patrol
J. H. More
Tennssee State Department of Finance and Axation
Dewey McConnell
George Bradley
Joe Churchwell
Tom Bragg
J. B. Upchurch
Eighth Army Destroys 21 Nazi Tanks In North Africa Push
Allied forces report Rommel’s Axis launched a dawn assault against Montgomery’s Eighth Army in Tunisia. Despite loss of 21 German tanks, British troops held, with American and British gains at Pichon and Sidi Bou Zid, and renewed pressure on Rommel’s flanks near Kairouan and the Mareth Line.
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North Africa
Marshall Irwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Sir Bernard Montgomery
el Alamein
Egypt
Romimel
Libya
Montgomery
First Army
Mareth Line
Rommel
Tunisia
Kasserine Pass
Jurgen von Arnim
Pichon
Sidi Bou Zid
Desert Panzer Army
Sfax
1St Panzer Division
Paniaer
von Arnim
Africa
Kairouan
First
Sedjensne
Naples
Piohon
America
U.S
Fald Pass
Pichan
Sausee
Nayles
Two Japanese Destroyers Sunk in Solomons Action
U S Navy reported two large Japanese destroyers sunk as U S forces bombarded Vila and Munda in the Solomons on Friday night. The action marked the first surface clash this far north in the archipelago. The convoy mission in the South Pacific succeeded despite enemy torpedo planes.
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Washington P
South Pacific
Vila
Munda
Salomon Islands
Navy
United States
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Knox
Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt Wounded in Africa on Tunisian Front
Quentin Roosevelt grandson of Theodore Roosevelt was wounded on the Tunisian front while serving as forward observer and liaison officer for an artillery unit. He was hit in the back by shell fragments but was reported in good shape and out of danger two days later.
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Oyster Bay
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
North
Africa
War Department
Quentin
Nonhew
Prezidmn
Chambray
Ena
Serine Pass
Liewk
Charles B. Viall
Winerbury
Conn
Roogevely
Viall
Cale
Harvard
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Harold W. Bench
Savannah
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North Atlantic
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Argabright
Oll
Cadie
Kingaport
McAuliffe
J. H. Madlin
S. A. Anderson
S.J. Bingham
Tommy Temapleton
R.A. Johnson M
TL. Duffes
Jedae Sblomon
Roses Powers
John Hoy Cantain
J. A i
Broughton Metchins
Ray Bela
H. N. Horsley
A. Clark
BE. MeAmis
R. Kansoy
Raleigh Hampton
Blappy Homesell
A. B King
Ben W. Duggan
Cam
R. Peedal
Tr. Armitage
Alien Dryden
B. Freels
F. F. Hale
W. R. Hillman
T. Hing
Kyle Huddle
Val Edwards
W. S. Waddell
D. W. Bleck
H. BE. P. Clifford
Milton Jevault
TP. Beas
Te. S.C. Minnich
John ©. Pally
Jess
N. Robinson
ARCA
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Thyes
Gladwin Hou
Mubo
Salamaua
Warla River
Mima
Teddy
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