Big Four In Accord On Changes To World Charter
The Big Four reach near agreement on Dumbarton Oaks plan edits at a San Francisco conference. Officials say progress is encouraging as Molotov Eden Soong meet. regional defense provisions and security council authority are still being discussed. Senate Naval Committee members attended with trusteeship proposals.
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Hightower
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Moscow
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Eden
Britain
Soong
China
Six Four
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Stettlnian
United States
Senate Naval Committee
Exyrd
D-Va
Eastland
D-Miss
Tobey
R-Nh
Capehert
R-Ind
Big Four
Hitler Chancellery Fire Hints at Unknown Death Location
Red Star dispatches fromBerlin claim the Chancellery burned while authorities search for Hitler’s body. Goebbels and other officials are cited as shaping theories of whether Hitler died by his own hand. Soviet troops entered the building and found dead German soldiers as flames intensified.
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Wilhelm Truste
Hitler
Red Star
We €An
Thefuehrer
Goebbels
Fed Star
Chinese Offensive Turns Jap Threat
A Chinese counteroffensive aimed at routing a four pronged Japanese threat to the U S Chibi Jiang airbase pushed Japanese armies into retreat on all fronts.
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Associated Press
U. S
Chibkiang
Broadcast Broadcast Cites War Crisis and Burma Push
Head of Council cites broad coverage of war in Tokyo papers as government faces criticism. Reports note 16,564 American casualties in Okinawa with 2,978 dead, and Japanese deaths near 21,000 at Okinawa. Paratroop-led forces seize Rangoon amid heavy rain while Davao in the Philippines is captured with light resistance. Mrs. Neufer announces NBC radio play Going Home for May church council.
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Chincao
U. S. 14Th Air Force Base
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Naha Line
Okinawa
U. S
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Rangoon
Burma
Davao
Philippines
Mindaanao Island
C. H. Neufer
Kingsport Council of Church Women
NBC
Council
Eight Kingsport Groceries Pay OPA Violations
Kingsport grocery store owners paid sanctions totaling 300 dollars to the United States Treasury after OPA Price Panel hearings. E. McAmis chaired Wednesday's session with C. H. Adams leading Friday's. Fifty four of 180 stores called, as price ceiling rules entered a second year and education phase was deemed over.
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Kingsport
OPA
E. McAmis
United States Treasury
McAmis
C. H. Adams
Menna
Flag flies over 363 hard coal mines in U S
Washington reports the flag above 363 Pennsylvania anthracite firms as government seizes mines and orders striking miners back to work by Monday amid deadlocked wage talks. Ickes oversees operations to keep mines open while wage agreements are sought, with Truman stressing war effort risks from continued strikes. John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers have not yet accepted a War Labor Board extension.
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John L. Lewid
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War Labor Board
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Laver
Carter Coal Company
West Virginia
Solid Fuels Administration
T Heromalittur
Alrikes
Japan
Truman
Street Scene Oddities and Urban Repairs
Downtown workers endure a bricked up doorway during renovations as a street lamp post is damaged by a team of huskies. A commuter pays a fine for missing a street tag while authorities investigate the curious scene and the disabled post blocks the street.
12-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Holston River
Robert Reynolds, 12, son of Dane Reynolds of Long Inland, drowned at 1 20 p m in the Holston River at Eastman Bridge after leaping from a boat. Mowell, 11, and Bil Rines, 15, swam to shore. Reynolds could not swim well, swift current hindered rescue. He is survived by his mother and eight siblings.
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Dane Reynolda
Long Inland
Holston
Eastman Bridge
Geng Mowell
Cox
Mowell
Bil Rines
Paul Riner
Reynolds
Papers Seized From Laval's Suitcases in Spain
Spanish authorities seized two large suitcases from Pierre Laval containing political and Vichy government documents. The papers were sent to Madrid for examination while Laval, a prisoner awaiting Allied disposition, was allowed to retain a substantial amount of francs and jewelry.
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Wereuunn
Spain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Madrid
Many Nazi Units Fall To Red Army Front News
Moscow reports heavy German capitulations as Red Army advances on the Russian front. Prisoner toll reaches about 145000 with hundreds surrendering hourly. Berlin dispatches note officers saying they have fulfilled their duty to Hitler and face uncertain fates.
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Red Army
Moscow
Uni
Wehrmacht
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Volkaturreers
Paul Joseph Goebbela
Hitlerland Goebbels
Air Units Attack Germans Fleeing Toward Denmark and Norway
Allied air forces pressed a retreating German flotilla toward Denmark and Norway with dawn patrols over the North Sea and Baltic. U S Ninth Air Force Thunderbolts claimed 11 ships sunk or set afire, RAF Beauforts and fighters damaged and sank dozens more, while ships burned in every direction. Nazi troops fled by sea as British troops prepared to capture them.
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Denmark
Norway
North Sea
Baltic
Ninth Air Force
RAF Coastal Command
Air Ministry
RAE
RAF
Dunkerque
Germans Fleeing Reds Create Prisoner Feeding Crisis
German soldiers surrendering to American and British forces by the thousands panic to reach Allied lines. London papers warn Britain cannot feed or house the growing prisoner population, while the U.S. resists taking more due to shipping and troop redeployment concerns.
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London
Britain
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
Ninth Army
Elbe River
Surranden
Gallaghar
United States
the Express
U.S
Collapse of Nazi Hold Opens Northern Italian Front
British forces and Allied units push toward surrender as Germany’s grip dissolves. Doenitz and Montgomery reportedly confer near Flensburg while Danes and Swedes report varying German capitulation talks. Eisenhower confirms Holland, northwest Germany, and Denmark have surrendered to Montgomery’s 21st Army Group.
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London
Aftontidningen
Doenitz
Fuhhrer
Marshal Montgomery
Flensburg
Supreme Headquarters
Denmark
Sweden
Kaj Schou
Associated Press
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Stockholm
Schou
Wilhelmshaven
Norway
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Karl Hermann Frank
Protectorate of
Bohemia and Moravia
Ludwig Schwerin von Ixrosigk
German Reich
Albert Speer
Germany
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Reich
Paris
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Tomore
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Montgomery
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21St
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Austria
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Innsbruck
France
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Oslo
Floniaburg
Kiel
Denimpark
Scandinavia
Schleswig
Hartier
Tha
Dr Young Speaks In City Tonight at Dahyrs Bennett High
The Kingsport Safety Council hosts its third open meeting of the year at 7:30 with Dr R C S Young delivering The Social Effects of Accidents. The talk continues a series to raise Kingsport awareness of home school and work safety. Young is assistant director of the Georgia State Department of Corrections.
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Kingsport Safety Council
R. C. S. Young
Dahyrs-Bennett’ High School
Georgia
Kingsport
Dr. Young
Georgia State Department of Corrections
American Legion District Meeting Set Across City
American Legion posts from Rogersville to Kingsport gather Saturday at the Legion Home for a district meeting in Greeneville. Paul Scott of Hammond Post No. 3 says guests include George Caldwell Knoxville department commander Bob Roberts Erwin department vice commander G. W. Steagall Nashville department adjutant Major Ira Gumbill Mountain Home and Otto Wall Russellville. A 7 p.m. dinner precedes a business meeting and a dance with music by a Greeneville orchestra. Members and auxiliaries will attend and post commanders assist in presiding.
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Ospicaen Lowered
ID Uppur East Fennessee
American Legion
Legion Home
Paul Scott
Hammond
George Caldwell
Knoxville
Bob Roberts
Erwin
G. W. Steagall
Nashville
Ira Gumbill
Mountain Home
Otto Wall
Russellville
Scott
Greeneville
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Rogersville
Johnson City
Newport
Elizabethton
Morristown
Mountain City
Sneedville
Rutledge
Cumberland Gap
Bristol
Jonesboro
Kagan
Kingsport
Truman Wins First Showdown
President Truman secured a 51 vote victory in his first congressional clash as the House upheld his veto on a measure to restrict farm workers from the draft. A surprise Capitol visit by the new chief executive preceded the vote, but overrides failed to reach the two thirds required.
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Truman
House
Capitol
General Marshall Calls For No Quick Draft Cut After V E Day
General Marshall told House Military Committee chairman May that the Army cannot meet May and June replacement needs and may face about a 50 000 man shortage over the next three months. He noted Eisenhower reports about daily replacements and warned against assuming immediate cutoffs while campaigns in Europe continue. May’s panel opened closed door talks with military leaders on postwar demobilization and Army plans.
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Juctiona
Cian
George C. Murulinth
Army
May
House Military Committee
Germany
Marshall
Eisenhower
Wien
Europe
Hisenhower
MacArthur
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Pacific Ocean
British Raids Hit Rhodes and Alimnia Coast
British raiding parties struck inland Rhodes and Alimnia on the night of May 1 destroying three gun positions and German supplies camps and vehicles. Enemy losses included at least 30 killed and over 50 captured with several vessels sunk or destroyed. Allied escorts ferried numerous enemy craft to surrender at Ancona with 500 Germans taken prisoner.
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Mediterranean
Rhodes
Alimnia
Adriatic
Poth
Trieste
Ancona
Careful Driver Award Named for Hinga Port Safety Council
James B. Thomas of 1126 Watauga Street won Friday’s Careful Driver Award from the Hinga Port Safety Council for safe driving in a school zone. He has been mailed two theater tickets for his careful conduct and stopping to let children cross the street near the Ne area.
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Hingaport Safety Council
James B. Thomas
Watauga Street
Thomas
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