U S Scores Initial Victory On Attu Kingsport Meat Quota Talk
An OCD panel in Kingsport urges higher local slaughter quotas to ease meat shortages amid wartime demand. It cites influx of war workers, insufficient out of town supply, and a substantial local stock of cattle calves sheep and hogs. The group recommends granting local packers a larger quota to feed the greater population.
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B. A. Richyardson
University of
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Slaek Bering
M Beene
C. RB. Young
R . Beyik
Ma Shipley
Rey F. Ball
Mack Shipley
Europe Still Rocks Under Allied Bombs
Allied bombers attacked southern Germany and swept northern France and Belgium while coastal aircraft damaged five ships. Beaufighters and torpedo aircraft hit a convoy off the French coast, sinking two merchant ships and abandoning others. Allied daylight raids continued on Lorient Bordeaux and Keroman U-boat base with intruder patrols over northern France and Belgium. London endured further night bombings as the air offensive persisted across southern Europe.
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Lorient
Bordeaux
Keroman
Alghero
Sardinia
Agein
House Delays Pay As You Go Tax Bill Debate
Washington reports the House, facing a possible presidential veto, moves to send the Senate approved income tax bill to the White House. President Roosevelt signals reservations, while Speaker Rayburn and Republican leaders press for final enactment with a conference to seek compromise amid three possible paths.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Treasury
Germany Promises Italy Aid Invasion Assurance
German officials pledged aid to Italy as invasion threats mounted, with Berlin signaling joint effort on the southern front. Rome warned Mussolini of possible abandonment if Italy faltered, while observers suspected Allied moves toward Sicily and Rome bombardment to pressure Italian leadership. The broadcast claimed Italian morale would hold, citing air defense readiness and German air support along the southern coast.
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Wake Island raid reported by Navy in Wake island bombing
Washington AP Army Liberator heavy bombers attacked Japanese installations on Wake Island on May 15 but bad weather limited observations. Two Japanese Zero fighters were confirmed destroyed, one probably destroyed. May 16 Dauntless dive bombers with escorts hit Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel Island as part of a long series of Wake assaults since 1941.
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William F. Halsey
Midway
Centaur Hospital Ship Sunk by Japanese Torpedoes
Allied Headquarters reports the Australian hospital ship Centaur was sunk off Australia by a Japanese submarine last Friday. 363 aboard, 64 survivors, 53 crewmen and staff perished. only one of 12 women nurses saved. General MacArthur condemned the "unrelenting savagery" of the attack. Survivors spent 36 hours on rafts and a shattered wheelhouse amid sharks while awaiting rescue.
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Sips
Nations Strive To Make Food A Peace Instrument
In Hot Springs Virginia the first formal meeting of a UN conference opens to mobilize food as a tool for global peacetime reconstruction. Delegations from 43 governments and representatives from France and Denmark attend as experts discuss hunger poverty and malnutrition versus unmarketable surpluses and potential plenty.
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Hot Springs
United Nations
United States
Hearings Start On New Sullivan County Circuit Court Cases
Sullivan County circuit court entered the second day of its May term with hearings on 67 new criminal cases. Myron Bell pleaded guilty to five larceny counts and faces three days per count. Max Brandon was found guilty of drunken driving on bank counts, awaiting a new trial. J. J. Gilliam faced felonious assault, pleading not guilty, while J. M. Crawford’s robbery and assault case was dismissed for failure to prosecute.
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Sonny” Bell
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Bristol
W. C. Malone
Ilse
Gilliam
J. M. Crawford
Kingsport
Bray
Swilvan County Circoun Court
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Andrew Warkleraad
Clarence Litton
Henest & Humphreys
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Lermy
Knut
Sinle
Miles Galloway Q
Dear
Brayl Mubter
Glenn Barb
L. FH. Nn
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Gate Cig
Wsie
Wallace
W. T Sereker
Pci
Coal Truce Extended Until May 31
Washington P reports a soft coal walkout was averted by renewing the truce to May 31. John L. Lewis urged miners to keep working under the retroactive extension as deadlines neared, amid rival talks between the United Mine Workers and operators with Interior Secretary Ickes. The Wet Labor Board said it remains the government’s sole agency to handle the case.
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Ickes
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Jlyuce
Limténight
Wet Labor Board
Lewis
United States
Eid
Fekes
Beardh
Wayne Morse
Department of the Interior
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Lew
Jsheis
Gohessons
Gilmer Martin Reported Killed In Action
Gilmer E Martin is reported killed in action as War Department records confirm a North Sea battle death. His mother Mrs Avie Martin of Isingsport learns of the loss via Red Cross telegram after earlier notice of missing in action. Survived by father Dave Martin and siblings, the 19 year old Jonesville area native attended local schools.
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Avie Marin
Howard Hil
International Red
Martin
BE. Martin
Jonesville
Dave Martin
Isingsport
Hurston Martin
U. S Navy
Woodrow
Harold
David Martin
Ningsporti
Goldie Hammonds
Ningsport
Attu Ridge Captured Signals Turn in Aleutian Campaign
American forces report the main Japanese defense position on Attu island has fallen after securing a ridge. Knox says troops closed in from Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay, with lighter than expected casualties and naval and air support aiding the push through rough weather.
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Aleutians
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Tahad Cove
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Attus
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Chichagof Harbor
United Army
Retail Grocers Observe New Hours
Retail grocers in Kingsport and nearby merchants will close their stores on Wednesday afternoons starting this week. Business hours will run 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays to allow clerks a half day off during the summer months.
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