Coal Miners Ballot In Strike Vote
Four hundred coal miners across the region vote on whether to strike or accept a central war labor pact led by John L Lewis. Details indicate ongoing negotiations with operators and government mediation, with results expected by Saturday night and potential wage adjustments discussed.
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Elesao
Perkins
Lewis
Perins
Reperte
Toether
Ney
Hey
Befus Fodom
Ickes
Trator
Road To Victory Distances Between Allied Armies
Approximate distances separate the western Allies and the Russian armies. U S Third Army about 245 miles from the Lohr area in the First Ukraine Army front on the Neisse River. C3 First Army about 230 miles from just west of Wetlar to the First Ukraine Army front on the Neisse. Eriisa 2nd Army about 225 miles from east of Wesel to the First White Russian Army front on the Oder. Ninth Army about 330 miles from the Essen area to the Front White Russian front on the Oder. U S Seventh Army about 330 miles from the Mannheim area to the Seinve front.
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U.S. Third Army
Lohr
First Ukraine
Neisse River
First Army
Wetelar
Eisse
Eriisa 2Nd
Wesel
Oder River
Ninth Army
Essen
Forst
Oder
U. S. Seventh Army
Mannheim
Seinve
Latest News Bulletins Gdynia Falls To Russian Troops
Russian troops captured the Baltic port of Gdynia as Marshal Stalin announced tonight. Also reports say escaped prisoner Emory Atkins of Kingsport was captured in Lebanon Virginia after fleeing Blountville. Ninth Army seized Hamborn near Duisburg. German and British actions and Roosevelt urging quick passage of manpower bill were noted in briefs.
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Gydnia
Jondon
Baltic
Gdynia
Stalin
Bristol
FDR
Washington
Roosevelt Todey
Senate
Ninth Army
Hamborn Huenne
Germany
Hamborn
Fritz Thyssen
Duisburg
More Than 50 Enter Kids Kite Tourney Saturday
More than 50 entries have already been received for the gel bite contest to be staged Saturday at the golf course and Riverview Housing Project. W C McHorris city recreation director announced.
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Riverview
W. C. McHorris
McHorris
Midland Drive
John Cox, Jr
Washington School
Douglass School
Civic Auditorium
McHarris
Argentina Moves Toward War Entry With Allies
Argentina declared war against Japan and Germany, aligning with allied nations to strengthen Western Hemisphere defenses and curb Axis aggression. The decree follows the Chapultepec Conference and signals a shift in diplomacy, with a new foreign minister to be appointed. La Nacion noted the move as a domestic liberty and international rule interpretation.
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Argentina
Japan
Germany
Chapultepec
Mexico City
Cesar Ameghino
Oscar Ibarra Garcia
la Nacion
Kingsport Merchants elects W. B. Greene president
At a large Kingsport Merchants Association meeting W. B. Greene of W. B. Greene Company was chosen to lead the group for 1845 succeeding J. A. Godwin. A slate of officers and four directors was approved, with vice president Ruas A. Brashear and secretary W. B. Freels. Edits note 132 local women have joined the WAC since Feb 1944. Drills and service editions discussed.
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Kingsport Merchants Association
W. B. Greene
W. B. Greene Company
J. A. Godwin
Ruas A. Brashear
Brashear Motors Company
Greenz
W.B. Freels
Freela @Drug Company
S. H. Anderson
Fred Johnson Company
P. I.basinger
John Hay
H. Kress Co
Kermit Young
The
Little Stores
Mr. Godwin
Kingsport
Marvin ©. Prince
U. S
Johnson City
Stars and Stripes
Edith Gessing
WAC
Godwin
Greene
Allison
Ten Boys Report For Navy Enlistment In Kingsport
Ten youths from Kingsport were announced as enlistees for the U S Naval Reserve at Nashville. Names include Elmer Guy McGrady Robert E Nunley R C Bryant Joan Franklin Manis Jr Hubert Lee Helton Edward Ross Stepp William Clayton Craddie Jess Verlon Gladson and James Bledsoe. They are all 17 years old and listed with addresses around the area.
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Hubert Lee Helton
Edward Ross Stepp
Federal Street
William Clayton -Cradie
Church Hill
Tenn
Jess. Verlon Gladson
Rogersville
James Bledsoe
Broadway
Raba River advances spur Red Army push near Austria
Russian forces breach the Raba River in central Hungary as part of a major spring offensive toward Austria and Vienna. The Third Ukrainian Army penetrates toward the Danube while fighting rages at Sarvar and Gyor. German and Russian reports place ongoing clashes across Danzig and Gdynia as Berlin reels from the front. A Moscow dispatch notes supply lines geared for spring action and new crossings of the Oder are reported northwest of Kuestrin. House opens holiday with no business until April 10 as World War II dominates agenda.
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Ey Nitharunanschke
London
Danube
Czechoslovakia
Vienna
Raba
Hungary
Austria
Sarvar
Gyor
Berlin
Lebus
Moscow
Danzig
Gdynia
Feodor Tolbukhin
Storm
Red Army
General Clark Forecasts German Retreat in Italy Soon
General Clark, Allied commander in Italy, warned that a German retreat northward is inevitable sooner or later and called on patriots to prepare to impede the withdrawal. He said Italians in the central Apennines would be asked to assist his armies and to block routes from Bologna to the Brenner Pass and rail lines to the Alpine passes. The front was quiet aside from a drizzle and minor patrol clashes as Germans reportedly pulled back from several areas.
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Huue
Warn W. Stark
Italy
Clark
Apennine
Bologna
Brenner Pass
Petrols
Navy Planes Bomb and Strafe Southern Shores of Japan
Navy carrier planes bombed and strafed the southern shores of Japan amid warnings of mounting American bombardments on the Ryukyu Islands as preparations for Okinawa invasion continued. Tokyo reported B-29 raids on Kyushu and Iwo Jima air operations, with ships damaging Nipponese cargo vessels along a wide arc toward the Celebes. Reports from Tokyo and Domei conflicted on Okinawa landings as Nimitz remained silent about Sunday actions.
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Japan
Associated Press
Tokyo Raido
Ryukyu Islands
Okimawa
Nippon
Cebu
Philippines
Tokyo
Kyushu
Iwo Jims
Hachijo Island
Gates
Celebes
U. S
Kerama Islands
Okinawa
1One
Domei
Iwo Jima
Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Two Kingsport Men On Newest Casualty List
War Department released a roster listing Tennessee and Virginia casualties including two Kingsport soldiers. Eight Tennessee soldiers wounded in Europe, one killed, and four East Tennesseans held as prisoners. Virginia cases include three POWs, three wounded, and one death. Prisoners named are Riley, Robinette, and Sutherland along with Elm Bristol, Coeburn, Appalachia, and Haysi connections.
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Kingsport
Tennessee
Virginia
War Department
Alonzo Kennedy
Nannie M. Kennedy
Route 2
Kermit Q. Sage
Hlien Hill
East
Sullivan
Albert J. Hall
William R. Rogers
Laura Q. Rogers
Bristol
Bufara
Simmons
Cornia Simmons
Morristown
Europe
Germany
Blaine E. Livingston
Lawrence W. Livingston
Jonesboro
Ned Lyle
Rebecca J. Lyle
Erwin
Ralph C. Marahall
Maxie B. Marshall
Rogersville
Dallas M. Smith
Lennie H. Smith
Finey Flats
Carl J. Creech
Georgia Creech
Coeburn
Clarence M. Everidge
Lorena Everidge
Appalachia
Garland B. Glovier
Ida R. Glovier
St. Paul
Ray E. Honeycutt
Margaret Mf. Honeycutt
Norton
Old Man River Flood Spreads Across Tennessee And Nearby States
Mississippi floodwaters advance through West Tennessee bottomlands with over 70 000 acres inundated in Dyer and Lake counties while Missouri and Arkansas face high stages. Levees hold in some spots but risk rises with potential heavy rain. Bonnet Carte Spillway bays opened near New Orleans to keep the river under strain as Memphis expects a crest near 39 feet.
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Memphis
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Dyer
Lake
Wappapelo Lake
Wappapelo
White River
New Orleans
Bonnet Curie
Regional WLB Votes Pay Boost For Common Labor
The Fourth Region War Labor Board adopted a five cent an hour wage boost to common labor in the Southeast for voluntary applications for wage adjustments. Regional Chairman M T Van Hecke said decisions will still be case by case. The board set a tap ered scale above 55 cents and may grant flat across the board increases when practical.
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Atlanta
Fourth
War Labor Board
WLB
M. T. van Hecke
Ase
Careful Driver Wednesday Wins Kingsport Safety Award
Mrs Gladys Wilkerson of 14 East Ravine Street received the Kingsport Safety Council award for careful driving. Her license number is 5820. She has been mailed two better tickets for careful drivership on busy city streets.
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Kingsport
Gladys Wilkerson
East Ravine Street
Wilkerson
Germans say 3rd Army reaches Gemuenden in swift German advance
Paris AP reports German high command claiming Third Army tanks breached northeast toward Graefendorf and Gemuenden, as Eisenhower forces press through disintegrating German lines. Allied armies push toward Frankfurt and Giessen, with Franks occluded by blackouts and rapid breakthroughs across the Ruhr region.
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Paris
Heart of the Reich
Berlin
Ruhr
Third Army
Gemuenden
Graefendorf
Eisenhower
Giessen
Allied Bombers Evacuate Berlin As War Plants Hit
Allied air forces attacked Berlin and Hannover with U.S. Flying Fortresses and Mustang escorts, forcefully causing evacuation orders for women and unneeded civilians. Armament plants and tanks in Spandau and Falkensee districts were targeted during the daylight assault, a fifth major Berlin raid this year, with DNIS confirming evacuation steps and Japan eyeing Tokyo similar measures.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Hannover
Reich
Spandau and
Falkensee
DNIS
Tokyo
Thesday
England
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Ralph J White
Ward receives notice that Ralph James White of Linville Street has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Army effective March 1. He earned 25 missions over Germany and occupied Europe, led a B-17 Flying Fortress squadron, and served as lead plane commander. A West Point graduate of 1942, he holds the Distinguished Flying Cross with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Soldier's Medal. His wife and daughter Suzanne recently visited his parents in Kingsport and are staying with Mrs. White's mother in Ossining New York.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
R. J. White
Suzanne
Colonel White
Kingsport
Diplomat Says Japs Expect Nazi Leaders To Flee To Japan
Romanian diplomat Victor Gutzulescu traveling from Tokyo to Moscow reports Japanese expect Adolf Hitler Heinrich Himmler and Benito Mussolini to seek refuge in Japan as Germany falters. He notes widespread defeatist sentiment among Japanese and doubts they will quit, despite American air raids. He cites severe living conditions and weight loss among officials on diplomatic rations.
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Japan
Moscow
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Victor Gutzulescu
Guizulecco
Manchuria
Guizulesco
Guizalesco
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Grant Crawford
Moline
Ill
Wittlich
Co. A
26Th Infantry Division
John JB. Riley
Mary C.' Riley
Ralph O. Robinette
Bessie M. Robinette
Joshua P. Sutherland
T. C. Sutherland
Haysi
Old Man River
3Rd ArmyAt Gemuenden
Rhine
River Main
Westphalia
Muenster
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Emmerich
George &. Patton
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Frankfurt-on
Main
Frankfurt
Offenbach
Hesse
Thoburn Wiant
Patton
Aschaffenburg
Enunden
Gemagnden
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Seventh
Lower Rhine
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Ralph J. White
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