$100000 Fire Wipes Clinchport Dozen Homeless
A $100000 blaze in Clinchport Virginia destroyed A C Bowling and A M Rhoten Department Stores the old Farmers and Merchants Bank building the post office four warehouses and several homes leaving 12 families homeless. The fire likely started in Lane's apartment above the Bowling warehouse after 11 am. Mrs Sissia Falin helping move items was injured. One drug store and one breezy store survived. Goering and Kesselring Captured by U S Seventh Army in Paris report notes Goering sentenced to death and details his many titles and wife Emmy Sonnenmann.
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R. Y. Wolfe
Clinchport
Scott County
Kingsport
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Mira
J. M. Bowling
Henry c. Kidd
Bree Etry
Lane
Sissia Falin
Goering
Kesselring
Reich
Hitler Paris
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Albert Kesselring
U. S
Seventh Army
Sixth Army Group
Hitler
Western Front
Germany
Reichstag
Forestation
Opera
German Academy of Aviation
Emmy J. Sonnenmann
Molotov Leaves UN for Moscow to Resume Warsaw Talks
San Francisco reports Soviet Commissar V. M. Molotov departed for Moscow after brief stay at the United Nations Conference. Negotiations aimed at broadening the Warsaw Government are expected to resume there.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
United Nations Conference
Moscow
Warsaw
Wartime Pay Policies To Be Continued Indefinitely
Washington reports War Mobilization Director Vinson stated the Little Steel wage formula and all wartime pay stabilization policies will continue with emphasis on wages as prices. He said continuation depends on the shift back to peacetime conditions. George W. Taylor and William H. Davis will announce the wage control program. Davis has spoken to reporters and Taylor will hold a news conference tomorrow.
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Washington
Vinson
George W. Taylor
War Labor Board
William H. Davis
Davis
Taylor
Invasion Talk By U S Military Leaders 1945
Allied commanders discussed plans for invading Japan as U S forces reported continued air raids and carrier operations. Nimitz warned against expecting a rapid conclusion while Japanese defenses on Okinawa and in the Philippines faced heavy pressure with ships sunk and air losses mounting.
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Japan
Lalanda
Indo-China
Tokyo
Europe
Nimitz
Tha Mikado
Okinawa
Teijiro Toyoda
Nippon
U. S
Korea
U.S. 14Th Air Force
China
U.S
Mindanao
Philippines
Davao
Balete Pass
Cagayan Valley
Chimgking
Reds Said Bombed In Czech Territory By Romney Wheeler
London report notes Russian troops entered Planes bombed Prague and three other Czech points as hostilities in Europe were declared ended. German ports Le Gdorient St Nazaire La Rochelle were said occupied with Dunkerque remaining unsurrendered. Russia proclaimed unconditional surrender of Germany before dawn, with Berlin formalities noted.
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Romney Wheeler
London
Prague
Republic
Europe
Atlantic
le Gorient
St. Nazaire
la Rochelle
Dunkerque
Channel Sport
Russia
Germany
Truman
Churchill
Eisenhower
Horrerd Ak Rohs
Frauga
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Melnik
Kralupy
Terezin
Right To Base At Any Point Dominates UN Talks
The United States seeks authority to base forces anywhere deemed vital to security. Disputes over trusteeship of seized territories and Pan American security influence loom as Molotov departs, with Poland's fate and Warsaw government reorganization on the docket as Harriman and Clark-Kerr head to Moscow.
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San Francisco
United States
V. MM. Molotov
Mexico City
Security Council
World Organization
Sif
Truman
Molotov
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
Arechibata Clark-Kerr
Moscow
Warsaw
Russians Celebrate Victory as Moscow Roars in Joy
Moscow fills with thousands at 1:10 am after Levitan announces Soviet victory in Europe. Citizens flood streets in nightwear, weep, pray, and sing while American GIs dance with factory girls in Red Square amid jubilant crowds and siege of celebratory chaos.
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Moscow
Red Square
Stalin
Woran
Child
Ant Levitin
Rena
Germany
Soviet Union
Levitan
Marshal Stalin
Pope Urges Lasting Peace Based on Justice and Confidence
The Pope called for a peace built on justice and mutual confidence as Europe seeks lasting security after the war. He praised God for peace and urged rapid reconstruction, release of prisoners of war and internees, and return home to aid Europe’s recovery and end East Asian hostilities.
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Europe
Far East
Fie
Street Scene Crowds and Victory Afternoon Show
Street crowds stream from Union Service into bright sun after a victory program. Newsboys wander town with bundles of papers as pedestrians move past with tucked under arms. The big tap sheds glow along Gene ter Street as the circus arrives for a day of showings.
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Geneter Street
East State Men and One Virginian on Casualty List
War and Navy Department casualty lists released reveal a Virginian Navy death and multiple Tennessee and Southwest Virginian service members. The report lists Navy dead and missing, Army dead, wounded in Europe and the Pacific, with several Kingsport and Bristol names among the casualties and wounded.
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East State
Leslie M. Bright
Church Hill
Tenn
James Herley Fleenor
Gordon M. Fleenor
Bristol
Navy
Nat Forrell
Joan T
Helge M. Witzer
Johnson City
Europe
David F. Gilman
Myrile Gilman
Westmoreland Avenue
Kingsport
Pic
Everett Jenkins
Beulah M. Jenkins
Joneshers
Will A. Meade, Jr
Virginia L. Meade
Highland Park
House To Probe Sugar Situation
Chairman Anderson said the House Food Investigating Committee will probe an unusually large diversion of sugar into boot leg whisky. The panel will question Internal Revenue Bureau officials and summon OPA witnesses after testimony that 700,000 to 800,000 tons more sugar than the War Food Administration allotment was consumed last year, with about 140,000 tons excess used in the first quarter this year.
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Rwasmngton
Anderson
C-Nm
House Food Investigating Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
OPA
War Food Administration
Joshua Bernhardt
WEA
WFA
Bernhardt
House Views Truman's Speech Aims at Japan Surrender
President Truman's unconditional surrender message for Japan drew mixed reactions in Congress. Senators Johnson and O'Mahoney offered cautious optimism while warning against peace feelers, as the White House clarified that surrender would end the war and restore soldiers to civilian life without extermination or enslavement.
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House
Truman
Washington
Toy Man
Japan
Congress
Tokyo
Johnson
D-Cole
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Hitler
Germany
Sallora
Fumled
Thuir Fang
Kingsport Unites For V-E Day Service Observance
About 700 residents gather in Kingsport Civic Auditorium for a Union Service praising peace in Europe and honoring families of service members. Ministers, civic leaders, mothers and businesspeople share reactions to VE Day news and reflect on postwar adjustments.
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Civic Auditorium
Europe
Kingsport
Aimple
America
Waas
Allen Dryden
T. P. Johnaston
BE. L. McConnell
Maple Street
Final Act Of Surrender Takes Place In Berlin
Berlin ceremony marks end of Germany’s armed forces as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel Admiral Karl Dönitz and Reich Air Minister Hermann Göring signed on behalf of the Wehrmacht while Allied officers led by Arthur Tedder and Georgy Zhukov witnessed the historic surrender in Karlshorst.
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Reims
France
SHAEF
Germany
Lefe
Front
Hans G. von Freideburg
Gustaf Jodl
Wilhelm Oxenius
Jodl
Sir F. E. Morgan
Francois Sever
H. M. Burrough
Allied Naval Expeditionary Forces
Walter Bedell Smith
Eisenhower
Ivan Chermineff
Ivan Susloparoff
C. A. Spaatz
U. S. Amy
J. M. Robb
Ivan Zenkovitch
Signal Corps
Harold King
Aliiea
Berlin
Red Army
Karlshorst
Luftwaffe
D-Mnachief
Wilhelm Koltel
von Freldeburg
Stumpe
Sir Arthur, Tedder
Gregory K. Zhukov
Carl A. Spastz
U. S. Army
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Prench First Arms
Ickes summons miners and coal bosses to move stalemated talks
Interior Secretary Ickes summoned anthracite operators and miners to a meeting aimed at breaking a stalled contract dispute that halted hard coal mining. The talks follow United Mine Workers resistance to extending a wage contract that expired April 30, with sessions ongoing in New York for over a month.
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Vwasrangton
Ickes
Hay
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Two Kingsport Men Reported Killed In Action
War Department dispatches revealed the losses of two Kingsport fathers in Europe. Phc. Samuel Kyle, 34, of Mrs. Mary Estell Pendleton Kyle, died April 20 in Italy after a period overseas with the Fifth Army. Lt. Waller HE Jones, 21, of Mrs. E. G. Jenna, 1520 Waverly Road, died April 20 in Germany serving with the Seventh Army. Jones trained at Camp Haan and Camp Carson before combat in the Vosges Alsace. Kyle earned a Combat Infantryman Badge and other medals. Kyle leaves a one-year-old daughter, Mary Louise. Both families mourn as sons served in the European theater.
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Kingsport
War Department
Fighting Sons
Mary Estell Pendleton Kyle
Samuel Kyle
W. D. Kyle
Italy
Mra
Jenna
Waverly Road
eQtate Bon
Waller HE
Jones
Nisn
Seventh Army
Germany
France
Camp Haan
Calif
Camp Carson
Cole
Fort Bragg
N. C
Vosges- Alsace
Kyle
Fifth Army
W. D.i Kyle
Lynn Garden School
Skyle
Mary Louise
Robert E. Eye
Truman Signs Draft Extension
President Truman signed the Selective Service Act extension as a compelled step to sustain military operations against Japan. He said the draft could run for a year from May 15 or until the war ends, with reluctance to avoid implying consent to new restrictions on the War and Navy Departments. The bill bars 18 year olds from combat unless they have six months training, a restriction sought by War and Navy officials during congressional consideration.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Consreas
War and Navy Departments
House
Senate
Army officer commends Kingsport State Guard after inspection
Captain D G McArthur of the Fourth Service Command praised Kingsport units of the Tennessee State Guard after a Tuesday inspection at the Civic Auditorium. He reviewed the machine gun company regimental band and medical detachment and will inspect Company E riflemen tonight. He noted volunteers teaching him about firearm efficiency and praised the truck driver school run by S/Sgt I B Supy. Following the review, McArthur toured the city and its war plants with local guards officers.
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D. G. McArthur
Fourth Service Command
Kingsport
Tennessee State Guard
Civic Auditorium
Machine Gun and Chemical Company
Guard
McArthur
State Guard
I. BY. Supy
Kingsport Guard
Curfew Lift For Horse Racing Sparks Midnight Debate
Fred M. Vinson announced a curfew ban on horse and log racing was lifted effective today. He said the action does not alter Office of Defense Transportation limits on shipment of race horses and directed questions to ODT officials.
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Vinson
Washington
Airfew
Fred M. Vinson
War Mobilization and Reconversion
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
AP Director Urges Eisenhower To End Censorship Now
AP executive director Kent Cooper urged General Eisenhower to abolish military censorship in Europe after the war ended. He asked that Edward Kennedy, AP Paris chief, be allowed to explain how he broke the surrender story and to state the Supreme Headquarters position on security elements involved. Kennedy had been suspended after telephoning the story to London, with Paris staffer Morton Guiburd also suspended.
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FDON
Europe
Gen. Eisenhower
Kent Cooper
Assoociated Press
Gen
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Kennedy
Paris
London
Cival
Associated Press
Atni
Morton Guiebrod
Associated Press Paris
Cooper
Stimson
Hisenhower
War Department
Ity
Ed Kennedy
TVA Bond Issue Okayed By Vote in Johnson City
Johnson City voters approved a 2 005 000 bond issue to finance TVA Power purchase by 2 443 to 286. The ruling clears the city to acquire East Tennessee Light and Power properties as part of the public distribution system plan. In the same election Sam F. Taylor and M C Roush won city commissioner seats, unseating J R Zimmerman. Carlton A Jones Jr and John E Anderson won two school board seats in a five seat race.
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Johnson City
TVA Power
Upper East Tennessee
East Tennessee Light and Power Company
Sam F. Taylor
M. C. Roush
J. R Zimmerman
Taylor
Roush
Zimmerman
Carl A. Jones, Jr
the Press Chronicle
John E. Anderson
Careful Driver Wins City Safety Council Award
Wednesday's careful driver Harry Kelly of 340 Lynn Street receives two theater tickets after adherence to traffic rules on city streets. License 56243.
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Kingsport Safety Council
Harry Kelly
Lynn Street
Kelly
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