Kingsport Gears Up For Governor McCord Visit
Kingsport readies for its first formal visit by Governor Jim McCord in over twenty years. The itinerary includes a three-club luncheon, speeches at Dobyns-Bennett High, a parade of the Kingsport Band, and a public welcome at J. Fred Johnson Park with pennant ceremonies. The governor tours industries and attends a concert by the State Guard band before an overnight stay at the Kingsport Inn.
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Kingsport
Tennessee
Jim Neacte McCord
Knoxville
East Tennessee Farmers’ Convention
K. D. McKellar
University of Tennessee Farm
Kingsport Inn
Governor McCord
Vislt Dobyns-Bennett High School
Tennessee State Guard
Civic Auditorium
Jim McCord
Col
Donnelly
Nko
Cobyne-Bennett High School
Broad Street
J. Fred Johnson Park
Appalachian League
Kingsport Club
State Guard
McCord
East Tennessee
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Atlantic Battle Cost Germans 500 Submarines
Admiral Jonan H. Ingram, head of the Atlantic Fleet, recounts the long anti-submarine campaign that sank more than 500 U boats and protected convoys. The report notes Allied successes, a major surrender near Newfoundland, and Japanese submarine activity in the Atlantic during 1944 and 1945.
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Washington
Nazi Germany
Jonan H. Ingram
Atlantic
Iceland
Africa
Ingram
Japs Try To Halt Aussies Advance In New Guinea
Australian forces repel three attacks from a ridge as Sixth Australian Vision Infantry and Commandos push south of the Wewak Peninsula. A new Australian movement threatens to cut off a Japanese retreat toward the Prince Alexander Mountains. Wirat Mission on a plateau south of Wewak falls to Australian control with large stores captured. Capes Boram and Moom shelled by naval and air units as Bougainville fighting continues with tank supported infantry encircling Japanese positions. Guerrillas along the Hongorui River and south of Buin Reed inflict heavy casualties in surprise raids.
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Melbourne
Australia
Australian Vision
Wewsk
North New Guinea
Australian Army Department
Prince Alexander
Wirat
Wewak
Noir
Capes Boram
Moom
Bougainville
Hongorui River
Buin Reed
Street Scene Theater Marquee Ends With War Bonds Slogan
Two elderly women in long skirts and Panama hats watch as War Lonn slogan on a theater marquee promotes buying War Bonds. A longtime champion faces a setback in a recent double header, narrowly defeated by a slim three-fan margin amidst the odd crowd scene.
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Gates
Lang
Hasbatt Ronter
Liberator of Benito Nabbed by U S Seventh Army
Lt Col Otto Skerzeny the man who led the raid that freed Benito Mussolini was captured by the U S Third Division. He was seized in an Att Valley village after a surrender bid and a later release, then reheld in an officer’s cage. A major identified him by his six foot four frame and the long scar on his left cheek.
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U. S
Seventh Army
Otto Skerzeny
Benito Mussolini
Taly
16Th
Att Valley
Kingsport Passes Half Way Mark in Mighty Seventh Bond Drive
Kingsport reports BE bond sales for the Seventh War Loan reaching 501 625 on Wednesday, lifting the city total above 1 million in E bonds though the national quota remains 4 billion. The drive emphasizes payroll deductions as part of the effort with Sullivan County contributing toward a 2.5 million overall Kingsport seeks 2 5 million in larger securities. In infantry bond sales, 1100 veterans tour states under the Here’s Your Infantry program to promote the drive.
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Kingsport
War Finance
Sullivans
Washington
The
Treasury
Ted Gamble
National War Finance Director
Confident on Bretton Woods pact ratification
Washington press reports reveal administration optimism that the Bretton Woods monetary agreements can be ratified. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a tariff authority bill 14 to 2, while Spence predicts enough support to advance a rodent ratification bill satisfactory to the administration.
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Bretton Woods
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Administration
Howe Banking Committee
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Spence
Dky
Ley Hitler Henchman Captured as Allies Strike Widely
American forces seized Dr. Robert Ley, a top Nazi official, amid a broad Allied move against Hitler’s inner circle. Reports say Karl Dönitz may be a prisoner of war and key figures like Himmler and Goebbels remain unconfirmed while war crimes talks begin in London May 31.
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Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Sdish Airborne
Ley
Frits Sauckel
Berchtesgaden
Bernard Streders
Kreisleiter
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Crimea
London
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Inege
Himmler
Joachim van Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Bormann
Goebbels
Yanks Knife Short Gains In Mindanao
In Mindanao, the 31st Division and 24th Division pressed north and fought fanatical Japanese remnants near Davao and Bukidnon, while naval air and PT boats attacked targets across Davao Gulf. Luzon saw guerrilla actions and heavy rains impede advances as the 43rd Infantry and First Cavalry moved toward Manila region.
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Davao Straits
Davao Gulf
Pisco Point
Luzon
Tuguegarao
Cagayan Valley
Isalete Pass
Manila
43Rd Infantry Division
Too Dam
First Cavalry
Nazis Planned Do Or Die Luftwaffe Attack On Allies
Allied bands reveal Nazi high command planned a massive do or die air battle to wipe out the U S Eighth Air Force. The plan aimed to destroy 750 to 1,000 American planes but pilots balked, many court martialed, and the mission was abandoned. German losses and allied bombing totals are reported in recent figures.
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London
Nasi High Command
Eighth Air Force
Dowa Range
Britain
Italy
Germany
Europe
RAF
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Peace Charter Stalls Over Big Powers Clash
Global peace talks press for a new charter as United Nations conference negotiators push amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan. Big Five members weigh limits on assembly power and consider regional defense provisions amid Moscow delays. Ambassador Gromyriov seeks Moscow instructions while officials study speech limits and faster amendment handling.
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San Francisco
Security Council
General Assembly
Conference
Assembly
Russia
Moscow
United States
Andrei Gromyiev
Stettinius
Germany
Big Five
Stuttalus
Dumbarton Oaks
Nazi Prisoners Put to Work in Allied War Effort
Allied forces mobilize German prisoners for redeploying American troops and gear in the Pacific war, reconditioning equipment for the Far East, and labor across roads and crates. They will also farm to avert famine in central Europe and assist reconstruction in Europe, with France and Britain planning large imports of prisoner labor. Lt Gen. Lucius D. Clay notes the Reich will face intensive labor needs as occupation begins.
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Japan
Pacific
Dar East
Atlantic
Europe
Russia
Britain
France
Germany
Lucius D. Ciny
Eisenhower
Reich
Superforts kindle huge new fires in Nagoya war plants
American B 29s dropped more than 3 500 tons of fire bombs on a 16 square mile Nagoya target area near the inner harbor and estuary docks. Fire and smoke roared along the waterfront as crews reported extensive damage to Mitsubishi, Aichi Aircraft Mizuko and related factories, plus numerous smaller shops and plants. Japanese claims of enemy losses were disputed.
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Iwo Jima
Fujisawa
Tokyo
Nagoya
George Walker
Ellington Road
Beaton
Mass
Japan
Ray Karpowicz
Hombld
Uining
Etty
W. C. Loehner
Milwaukee
Wis
Mit_subishi aircraft
Hitler’s hysterical reaction to Roosevelt death shocks Berlin
Adolf Hitler reportedly entered a fit of hysteria upon learning President Roosevelt had died. In his underground chancellery, he burst into maniacal laughter, then sobered, repeating the refrain I knew it as he paced the room. His secretary Gerhardt Herrgesell relayed the scene to Daily Liberation.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Nto
Roosevelt
Berlin
Liberation
Gerhardt Herrgesell
Hitler
Lorenz
Herrgegell
Fuhrer
Hidequa
Okinawa Death Toll Shrinks to 46505 As U S Presses On
Allied forces on Okinawa push toward Naha and Shuri Yonabaru amid heavy fighting. U S casualties reach about 3 7 04 Marines and soldiers with thousands more wounded or missing. Japanese losses run high as air and sea action continues around the island with multiple enemy counterattacks and coastal bombardments.
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Guam
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Tenth Army
Naha
Shuri
Yonabaru
OPA Says Rationing Is One Way Americans Share Food
Bowles explains per capita ration figures include direct and indirect supplies. He notes shrinkage and losses reduce carcass meat to about half the 115 pounds cited. Additional supply comes via manufactured foods and restaurant meals, with some meat available through black market or self production.
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OPA
Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Japanese Morale Damaged by Defeats in Hunan
Chinese Combat Command HQ reported an American observer found evidence of heavy Japanese morale decline from reverses in Hunan. The report praised Chinese morale and defense that halted the Japanese drive toward the Chikkiaung air base and noted Japanese losses of equipment and supplies. Fourteenth Air Force aircraft targeted Japanese rail and supply lines in the Yellow River region, with US airmen noting disrupted locomotives and communications.
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Chungking
Chinese Combat Command
Huenan
Chikkiaung
Hu~ Man
U. S. A4th Air Force
Fourteenth Air Force
Yellow River
Tito Proposes Yugoslav Troops Remain in Carinthia Under British Command
Tito Wesip Broz suggests US approve Yugoslav troops stay in Austrian Carinthia but under Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander. He replies to US notes re boundaries not to be forced before peace conference. Yugoslavia seeks no change in Trieste and Venezia Giulia. note says Russia backs proposal, US/UK silent.
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Tito Wesip Broz
U. S
Carinthia
Harold Alexander
Tito
U.S
Richard C. Patterson
United States
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Russia
Careful Driver Thursday Honors Henry P Sanders
Henry P Sanders of Route 6 Kingsport wins the Kings Sport Safety Council Careful Driver Award. He receives two theater tickets mailed for driving cautiously on city streets and using proper arm signals at intersections.
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Kingssport Safety Council
Henry P. Sanders
Kingsport
Sanders
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