Churchill speaks on air for war progress and alliances
London papers show restrained approval for Churchill’s 47 minute wartime broadcast praising Allied efforts and Stalin’s Soviet push. He forecast future invasions and warned against false alarms while noting American air power in Britain and Rome’s potential rescue despite Italy’s slow progress.
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Heavy Bombers pound at Essen in major raid
London reports heavy bombers attacked Essen with a massive raid last night dropping perhaps 2,000 long tons of high explosives and incendiaries on Krupp works. RAF and American air forces also targeted Hannover and Courtrai while mines were laid in enemy waters.
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Local Talent Show Opens Tonight At Civic Auditorium
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Kingsport presents The Dream of a Clown a two day revue at Civic Auditorium tonight at eight with an 80 man cast and Tunny chorus girls and singing stars A repeat is planned for Tuesday Tickets remain at Freely Drug Store and at the door before showtime Reserved seats are being sold.
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Democrats Defend New Deal Against GOP Isolationist Criticism
Washington updates show Democrats defending the New Deal and attacking GOP isolationists amid war aims. Senator Connally says diplomacy will serve wartime needs and outlines future planning under Hull while pressuring critics to focus on winning the war first. Senator Tunnell argues isolationists risk weak defense and a march to another world war if Congress tilts toward partisan battles.
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Allied Artillery Duel Shifts Focus at Cassino
Allied forces at Cassino engage in a renewed artillery duel aiming to neutralize German fortifications in the town's southwest. Bombardment targets include the Continental Hotel and Hotel des Roses, with a large explosion amid a cluster of six-barrel mortars. Ground action at Cassino is sparse. patrols operate as Anzio sees intensified infantry activity. Air forces strike targets in Northern Italy with multiple aircraft downed on both sides. German regrouping near the Ducal Palace Coliseum south of the town suggests possible new forays, as mortars keep up heavy fire toward the railroad station area.
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Senators Barkley and McKellar Face Possible Break
Washington dispatch reports growing strain between Senate leaders Senate Majority Leader Barkley and Senator McKellar over Tennessee Valley Authority policy. Once feuding, they have allied during past fights but TVA opposition risks new rifts. McKellar remains adamant against the TVA plan while Barkley presses the president’s tax bill veto.
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Street Scene of Near Collision Highlights Driver Mystery
A male motorist narrowly avoids a car that swerves from a curb as a woman driver is noted. An infant stroller occupant sleeps with a mother's bag in view while worms emerge after a rainy night signaling early spring.
Reds Poised For First Thrust At Enemy Soil
Allied forces report Japanese attacks in the Solomon Islands and Admiralty Islands area, with heavy Japanese losses at Empress Augusta Bay and limited American casualties. In Bougainville and surrounding islands, Allied destroyers and air units pound bases and installations, while mop-up operations continue after earlier island advances.
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Red Army Drives Toward Romanian Frontline Invasion
Soviet forces push to the Prut River border of Romania after breaking through to the area near Bessarabia. Red Army reports claim encirclements near Korsun and advancing from Dnieper Bend with weather hampering operations, while Berlin anticipates further offensives through Hungary and Romania.
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Lt Col Scherer named HOW Commander overseas
Lt Col Scherer becomes new Holsten Ordnance Works commander on overseas assignment. Col Ryan steps down. Lt Col Francis R. Senerer succeeds him. Scherer, Rochester native, studied at University College Dublin and MIT, engineers by trade, to reside at 1030 Watauga Street with family joining Easter Week.
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Supreme Court Rules Portal To Portal Pay For Miners
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that underground miners are entitled to portal to portal pay for travel from mine mouth to where ore is mined. Justice Murphy delivered the decision applying to employees of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad, Sloss Sheffield, and Republic Sites, operators of 13 Jefferson County mines. The ruling addressed whether workers under the federal wage hour act must be paid for all underground time, excluding lunch. The Federal Circuit Court in New Orleans previously ruled for the miners.
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Japs Make Some Progress In India
Japanese forces push toward Hobima inside the border with some gains north of Imphal while Japanese pressure near Timphal is contained. Allied units report heavy fighting on the Tiddim-Imphal road with tanks encountered and several destroyed. Megaung Valley sees continued Chinese aid against stiff resistance as Shaduaup falls to Allied forces. Washington reports Secretary Hull rebuking Dewey over claims the State Department asked British censors to suppress political news.
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Detailed Plans For Clean Up Drive In Kingsport
City officials and civic club representatives will meet with Civilian Defense Corps leaders to map plans for the Clean Up-Collect Salvage campesens set for April. CG K. i Koffman will preside at 7:20 p.m. in the City Hall council chamber with Rotary Civitan Kiwanis members and officials from the American Legion, City Manager F. L. Cloud, Public Works Director W. L. Holyoke, Fire Chief J. Roy Pyle, WKPT manager Jess Swicegood, and others from the Kingsport Times News attending. Also present will be Sullivan County Salvage Company leaders Arthur Daggett and Mrs. Carey H. Brown, Paw Scott, Dr. T. P. Johnston, Rev. BR. E. Greer, Mrs. Paul Scott, G. W. Anderson, and P. Edwards Jr, plus Civilian Service Corps speakers and coordinators as listed.
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GOP Charges Against Truman Trigger Political Storm
The Senate War Investigating Committee faces a partisan clash as Senator Truman of Minnesota and Republican colleagues trade accusations. Truman defends his leadership while Republicans claim the panel is being used to back a fourth term for Roosevelt, sparking a national political furor.
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Germans Report Commando Action Near La Spezia
German broadcast claims an American Commando force landed northwest of La Spezia on the Gulf of Genoa and was wiped out. The unit reportedly had two officers and 13 men. No Allied confirmation followed. The communique aired unusually and without explanation.
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