Fire Destroys Clinchport Businesses In $100000 Blaze
Clinchport Virginia residents faced a terrifying morning as a major fire swept through the business district. Teachers kept students calm from a hill overlooking the flames while firefighters battled the blaze. Property losses surpassed 100000 dollars, with Henry Kidd and Mrs. W C Bowling suffering major damages to homes and warehouses. Eight families were left homeless, and several stores reported heavy cash and merchandise losses. Post office safes burned, delaying postal refunds.
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Clinchport
Henry C. Kidé
W. C. Bowiing
J. F. Wolfenbarger
Jess Robi- Relte
Wolfentarger
Lee Clinchport
End of European War Marked by Nazi Surrender
London reports a six minute Kremlin victory broadcast by Stalin as Nazi resistance collapses. Prague is liberated after a Nazi deadline expires. Doenitz orders ceasefire while German forces retreat from Baltic and French pockets and submarines may be used against Japan.
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Associated
Feesa
London
Moscow
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Reichsmar Shal Hermann Goering
Albert Kenselring
Luxembourg
Dunkerque
France
Reich
Kremlin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Germany
Kremln
Hitler
Russia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Latvian Courtland
Leningrad
Vistula
Danzig
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Austria
Karl Doenitz
Segeberg
Hamburg
la Rochelle
St. Nazaire
Loriment
Japan
Nine Area Soldiers Included In War Department Casualties
War and Navy Departments release casualty reports list nine individuals from the region among wounded and killed in Europe. Among the Virginians are S/Sgt Roy E. Lawson Pic William H. McClure and Stophel Jones. East Tennessee and neighboring towns are also cited with several wounded and three killed in action.
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Southwest
Jason Tf. Arthur
Houte J
Johnson City
Woodrow W. Gray
Vennie M. Gray
Bristol
Stophel
Mary
E. Jones
Morristown
Europe
Ralph E. Eling
Euza Elkins
East Stone
RicCoury
Ruth McCoury
Clincheo
Wayne KL Clark
Eunice Mr. Clark
Box 425
Appalachia
Neon Night Returns as Brownout Ends
Street scenes on Broad Street glow anew with neon indicating life after a brownout lift. A hula dancer from a circus blends gum chewing with a suggestive act, failing to fully woo the crowd while a gay young couple heads to a party in a motel car. The crowd remains unfazed by a yawning hologram near a missing car door.
Army Discharge Points System Sets 85 for Enlisted Release
The Army announces a point system for discharging enlisted personnel after victory in Europe. An 85 point threshold, based on service, overseas duty, combat awards and parenthood, will determine eligibility with a 44 point lower bar for Women’s Army Corps members. Officers face tougher criteria.
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Washington
Army
Europe
Women's Army Corps
War Department
Department
Selim Tember
Parenthood
UN Conference Faces First Big Test Today
San Francisco reports a key UN meeting debating enlargement of the Security Council from 11 to 14 or 15 nations. A Cuban proposal to add members is under review as delegates anticipate a vote and weigh regional versus world security, with Latin American calls for autonomous Western Hemisphere action sparking debate.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Security Council
Ater
Ist
World Organization
Western Hemisphere
Casualties In Reich Washington -P- April Fighting Costs U.S.
Secretary of War Stimeon announced the German theater battles in Abril produced 84,580 American casualties. The tally lists 5,324 killed, 25,407 wounded and 3,867 missing across the ground forces.
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Washington
Germany
Stimeon
Rains Add To Distress Of Those Homeless
In Clinchport Virginia rain added to the distress of residents after a Wednesday fire swept nine downtown buildings and a tenth. Eight business and apartment structures were ruined leaving a shell of a former bank. The fire near the post office gutted an upper story, with many uninsured and rushing to salvage belongings as onlookers gathered. Smoke and water hampered firefighting while families faced loss and displacement.
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Clinchport
Ralph Lane
Walla
Sammy Chapman
iSec Rains
B39s Open Leaks In Jap Oil Pipeline Warfront Update
B-29s opened leaks in Japan oil pipelines as 400 B-26s bombed inland sea fuel centers. Superforts supported Okinawa operations with airfields attacked while Marines advance on ridge lines. In the Philippines, 24th Division invades Samal Island. Hill Australiana captured near Tarakan. oil-field strategy cited by Maj Gen Chennault.
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Associated Press
Japan
Okinawa
Mind
Philippines
24Th
Samal Island
Samal Mes
Davao Gulf
Intteu Island
Japi
Tarakan
Borneo
Pacific
Nippon
Burma
Indies
Claire Chennault
China
Burma-China
Mth Air Force
Chihkiang
French Arrest Weygand and Noted Allied Figure In 1940 Arrest
Weygand, last French army commander before the fall of the republic in 1940, was arrested at night police said. Tennis champion Jean Borotra, also taken into custody, had been freed from German camps in the Alps. Borotra had led sports under the Vichy regime while Weygand later commanded French forces in North Africa.
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Axime Weygand
France
Republic
Waa
Jean Borotra
Ena
Aleo Waa Talon
Alps
Gen. Weygand
Maurice Gumelln
van Franch
Pravinualy
North Africa
Barotru
Hank
Department of Sports
Vichy
Kingsport's Own Tommy Pyle In Concert Tonight
Kingsport’s promising young baritone Tommy Pyle makes his first home concert at Cobyna Bennett High School auditorium tonight at 5 30 p m. He will sing Italian French English and German songs with John Travers as accompanist, backed by training at Peabody and TuiIliard.
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Tommy Pyle
Kingsport
Pyle
Cobyna-Bennett High School
Young Pyle
Charlotte
Peabody Conservatory
Frank Bibb
Monteverde
Scarlatti
Rosa
Dr. Arne
Schubert
Traume
Gruppe Aus
Bibb
John Travers
Baltimore
Powderry
Alexincdor Siliayek
Tuiliiard School of Music
New York
Arthur Newstead
Kesselring Says Hitler Dead Fuehrer Was Willing to Fight
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring told American war correspondents he believes Adolf Hitler is dead and would have preferred peace with Britain and America. He said Hitler avoided Russia and that the Nazi leader was overtaxed by the weight of his duties while praising allied generals Monty Patton and Tedder.
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Saoucuen
Auseret
Albert Kesselring
Hitler
Salaburg-Berchtesgaden
Kesselring
UT. 8
Tyros Jean Alps
der Fuehrer
Berlin
Boem
Karl Rudolf
Gerd von Rundstedt
Reichmarshal Goering
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
America
der Fuhhrer
Germany
Bernard L. Montgomery
George S. Patton
Arthur Tedder
Monty
Montgomery
Iannot
Parade To Set 7th War Loan Off In Kingsport
A Kingsport parade led by the Dobyns Bennett band will march from Fiva Pointy to Broad Street Monday to kick off the Seventh War Loan and drive the city past its $1,000,000 bond quota. The procession ends at State Theater for a rally and briefing of merchants before a $200,000 local bond drive. B Greene, Kingsport Merchants Association president, urged full participation and cited Truman’s call to action as motivation for shop owners and staff to join the parade and program.
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Dobyns-Bennett
Fiva Pointy
Broad Street
B. Greene
Kingsport Merchants Association
Truman
Soldiers Learn Today Chances For Going Home
The War Department announces a point values system to determine discharge eligibility. About 1,300,000 men will be released, including 450,000 in Blue Fopa, with rest in the Pacific and the United States. redeployment from Europe to the Pacific will take about a year, leaving an occupation force of 400,000 in Europe. War Mobilizer Vinson says Selection Service calls will continue.
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Washington
War Department
Combat Service
Pacific
United States
Europe
Vinson
House Seeks Treaty Power Change From Senate
The House pressed for a constitutional amendment to let the House share treaty making with the Senate. A 288 to 88 roll call backed the proposal but Senate Judiciary Committee members, already opposed, signaled likely rejection.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Soldier Hubert L. Wagner Killed In Action
Hubert L. Wagner of Infantry was killed in action in Germany on April 25. He enlisted February 2, 1944, trained at Camp Wolters, went overseas in November 1944, and served with the infantry. Survived by his mother Mrs Ida Wagner and five brothers and two sisters.
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Hubert L. Wagner
Ida Wagner
Edgewood Street
Germany
War Department
Wagner
Camp Wolters
Texas
Infantry
The
Silk Mills, Inc
Bristol
Gladys Wagner
Ruby Wagner
Kingsport
Perry Wagner
Cecil Wagner
Melvin Wagner
Clyde Wagner
Spindale
N. C
John Wagner
Virginia
Careful Driver Thursday award honors Horton B Laughters
The Kingsport Safety Council presented the Careful Driver Thursday award to Horton B Laughters of Rah Iay Street for consistently careful driving through city school zones. He received two theater tickets by mail as the prize.
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Kingsport, Safety Council
Horton B. Laughters
Mr. Laughters
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