Behind The Scenes At Yalta Talks
The article describes a behind the scenes view of the Yalta conference, detailing preparations and personal moments among leaders. It notes Roosevelt and Churchill meeting with Stalin in Crimea, the rough route through mountains, and the setting described as Roosevelt Executive quarters with rooms for dining and discussion. It mentions the tense political climate and preconference talks shaping postwar agreements.
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Densite
Elpas
Tomissar Wfa
Ister
Churchill
Winston Ng
Ramagat
Batyner
Stalin
Li- Pace
Yzila
Roosevelt
Alexei
Nicholas
Tharan
Nother
Ailles
Geroth
Tau
Yalta
Russia
Street scene details a pedestrian blocking traffic amid confusion
A fragmented report describes a pedestrian signaling to park a car for a disabled woman in a busy street. The scene includes police absence, a car in a no park zone, and brothers or sisters involved in a tense moment as traffic shifts toward motor vehicles.
Americans Push East From Rhine Bridgehead
First Army infantry drove east from the Rhine bridgehead toward a six lane Autobahn linking the lune with Frankfurt. New gains widened the bridgehead to nearly six miles with heavy fighting reported to 60,000 to 70,000 enemy in the crisis area. Capture Hill reports mention Lt Gen Hog troops seizing a hill north of Hoenningen near Caublenz.
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Paris
First
Rhine
Lune
Frankfurt
Main
Courtney Hog
Hoenningen
Caublenz
Switzerland
Marche
von Fundsted
Berlin
Ludendorf
Remagen
Westerwald
Ruhr
Germany
Contmunig
Walther von Model
Rundstedt
Brodel
Western Front
RAF Bombers Batter Barmen In Big Raid
RAF heavy bombers struck Barmen on the Ruhr fringe after Dortmund and Essen losses, with 1100 planes and 5000 tons of explosives in a daylight raid. U S 15th Air Force Fortresses and Liberators from Italy bombed Regensburg, while Mosquito bombers hit Berlin in a 21st straight night operation. Continuous Allied air power followed dawn with renewed strikes and claims of crushing effect on the German defense.
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London
Barmen
Ruhr
Dortmund
Essen
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Regensourg
Munich
Harmen
Berlin
Bisenhower
Francis Smith Third Speaker In Lecture Series
Francis Smith, lecturer and traveler, will be the third speaker in Rotary International Institute lecturing on Australia New Zealand and the South Pacific. The talk is set for 8 34 p m Wednesday in the game room Civic Auditorium. Smith, from Carhetta, served in the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean including Malta and was discharged January 1945. He later worked as range manager for the Australian National Band tour in 1926 27 and acted in British broadcasts in 1930. Second Largest Dortmund, a Ruhr Valley city, endured heavy bombing threats and served as a major transport hub for western front troops and supplies as RAF used diverse bombs.
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A. Francis Smith
Rotary
International Institute
Austeniia
New Zealand
South Pacific
Givic
Sraith
Carhetta
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Malta
United States
Canada
England
British Broadcasting
Argyle British Film Productions
Dortmund
Ruhr
RAF
Levee Holds Against Flood As Break Spreads In Tennessee
The main ten mile private levee in Dyer County Tennessee continued to hold back the swollen Mississippi while a 300 foot break to the south released floodwater across 40 000 acres and forced 230 families from homes. Convict labor sandbags the levee as engineers warn of rising river levels and possible crest near Cairo Illinois. In Arkansas lower White River Levee caving at Jackson Bayou kept authorities stocking emergency supplies and troops monitoring the area. A second emergency loop goes in on Hannaberry Lake near Reydel as crews race to shore up the line after February 23 breaches.
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Memphis
Tony
Dyer County
Tennessee
Mississippi
Dyer
White River
Arkansas
Jackson Bayou
Arkansas River
Hannaberry Lake
Reydel
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Keefe Pushes Probe Into All Federal Agencies
Rep Keefe demands a congressional investigation of all government corporations following charges of un named Commodity Credit Corpora tion staff involvement in speculation scandals. The House voted 359 to extend the life of the CCC after a pledge to fire and prosecute any official found guilty. Keefe announces a four democrat three republican special House committee to scrutinize the entire government corporation system and call for abolition or tighter congressional oversight.
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Washington
House
Keefe
R-Wis
Coal Operators Map Replies to Lewis Demands as Strike Vote Looms
The United Mine Workers and bituminous operators negotiate amid a looming nationwide strike. About 400,000 workers will vote March 28 under NLRB plans, with results due March 29. The board budgets 300000 for the poll and will deploy 4000 agents to oversee voting.
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Washington
John Lt. Lewis
NLRB
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ntional Labor Relations Board
Smith-Connnally
Edward R. Burke
Southern
Red Cross Drive Reaches $30,000 in 1945 Fund
A.D. Brockman, chairman, reports the Red Cross War Fund drive has totaled 30,977.29 as of Monday night. Though above the city quota of 25,800, officers expect near 340,000 by drive end. downtown theater collections continue through Wednesday as solicitors and plant salesmen finish contact.
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A.D. Brockman
Red Cross
Brockman
Road to Berlin Distances For Front Lines
From Zellin the Eastern front is 2 miles, Remagen bridgehead on the Western front 270 miles, and Reno River on the Italian front 644 miles. These figures map Allied and Axis positions as fighters push toward final victory in Europe.
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Berlin
Zellin
Remagen
Reno River
Japs Retreat In Philippines China And Burma Fronts
Japanese forces retreated in two areas as Allied advances pressed on multiple fronts in the Pacific. Mindanao saw Zamboanga and nearby villages fall to Forty-First Division infantry, while Bataan and Luzon held under harsh bombardment. Chinese counterattacks overran Sulehwan airbase and moved toward other former American airfields as Marines and Gurkhas pressed operations around Iwo Jima and Mandalay. Nagoya suffered major damage in a large air raid as US bombing continued.
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Philippines
China
Dirleton
Log Banos
Manila
Batan‘gas
Luzon Island
Sulehwan
U. 8
Formoza
Itig
Clark Field
Borobers
Twa
Tokyo
Surma
Dufferein
Mandalay
Japan
Nagoya
Atchi Aircraft
Bitokya
Phire
Fourth Marine
Iwo Jima
Indo-China
Two Fort Soldiers Killed Same Day in World War II
Two Fort men Pfe William C Thomas and Pfe Orville Lee Cox both entered service on February 7, 1943 and were killed in action. Thomas died January 13 in Belgium after training at Camp Wheeler Camp Reynolds and Camp Atterbury. Cox, serving with the Seventh Army as a radio operator, was killed January 25 after battles across North Africa Italy France and Germany. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Cox Route 5 and had a wife survivor.
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Kings- Fort
Pfe
William. C.thomas
Orville Lee Cox
Thomas
Cox
Wil Thomes
Belgium
Camp Wheeler
Camp Reynolds
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Sullivan High School
Fraser-Brace Engineering Company
Ruty Crawford
Private Cox
Clarence Cox
Route 5
North Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Seventh Army
Five 17 Year Olds Enlist In U S Navy
Five 17 year old youths from Kingsport and surrounding area enlist in the United States Navy. The group includes relatives of Cox and others connected to Kingsport. Training details and addresses are noted with families listed. The article records the enlistment and the names of kin in the Kingsport region.
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U. S. Navy
The
Tennes
Kingsport
Eastman Corporation
Nashville
United States
Cox
Camp Naval Reserve
R. R. Watson
Hood
Texas
Kingsport United
States Navy
Earl Cox
F. Paul Cox
A.J. Morgan
Wal. 3c
Ter
Carl Blanke
Route South Pacific
Robert Cox
J. C
Donald’ Elwood Chris
Roy Cox
Tan
Hubert
Dana Crawford
Walter
Otto Christian
Fordtown
Deakin
Ruth Cox
Alden Keith Winegar
Church Hill
Russians Push Across Oder Toward Berlin From Bridgeheads
Red Army forces crossed the Oder River near Kuestrin and Frankfurt and pressed toward Berlin from bridgeheads at Goeritz and Lebus. Kuestrin reportedly fell, with heavy fighting continuing around the city as Germans claimed to still defend approaches to Berlin. Russian claims of gains contrasted with German denials of crossings. Local breaches toward Stettin and near Danzig were noted as siege tightened on Königsberg.
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Lando
Oder River
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Berlin
Goeritz
Lebus
Mucacow
Oder
Moscow
Red Army
Stettin
Danzig
Moscow Bee
Konigaberg
Hulls Physical Condition Improves for UN Conference
Washington reports Hull, the former Secretary of State, shows marked recovery after months bedridden in Bethesda Naval Hospital. He now sits up mornings, weighs about 179 pounds, and doctors aim for him to attend the San Francisco United Nations conference opening April 23, though his trip depends on continued progress over the coming month.
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Washington
San Francisco
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Hull
United Nations
Stet
Stintus
Iut
Roosevelt
Stettinius
James E. Dunn
Stettinitis
Elly
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate Deliberations Weigh Controversies Across Committees
The Senate faced heated debate as it weighs a House nurse draft bill and a Missouri Valley Authority proposal. A TVA receipts transfer to the Treasury and full appropriations loomed, with jurisdiction clashes between Murray and Bailey over committee control and a revolving fund reduction proposed by McKellar.
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Senate
Military
Tennivessee Valley Authority
Treasury
TVA
University of Alabama
Senator Biulhead
D-Ala
American Troops Drive Nazis From Monte Spigolino
Allied forces report the seizure of Monte Spigolino in the Apennines northwest of Pistoia with light German counterattacks. The action extended into the Belvedere area as Fifth Army lines widened by several houses southwest of Monta Rumici and advances occurred south of Salvaro without opposition. Artillery from the coast region continued to target forward positions as patrols pressed contact with enemy units.
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Monte Spigalino
Pistoia
Monte Belvedere
Monta Spigolino
Pisusinatico
Lucca
Modena
Belvedera
Fifth Army
Bologna
Monta Rumici
Salvaro
Allen Lectures In City Thursday
Barry Eyes, AP war correspondent, will lecture in Kingsport at the Civic Auditorium on March 15 instead of Friday as previously reported. The talk substitutes for Margaret Bourke White who stays in Europe until Germany is defeated.
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Barry Eyes
Associated Press
Kingsport
Civie Audictorium
Times-News
Allen
Margaret Bourkes White
Germany
Careful Driver Wins Safe Driver Award in Kingsport
A taxi driver named W. H. Clemons of 4 Cab Company won Kingsport Safety Council’s Tuesday safe driver award. The license number 5-Taxi-11 is cited. He earned theater tickets for cautious driving and signaling through the city, per council notes.
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Kingsport’ Safety Counci
W.H
Clemons,’ 4 Cab Company
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