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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1945
Page
1
The Kane Wan City Star recounts Alvin S. McCoy’s account aboard the carrier 1.8.8 Prank lin when struck by a lone Japanese torpedo off the coast. The ship was saved. six crew members were killed and many were injured.
The Franklin endured a devastating air attack off Japan, her crew fighting fires and maneuvering to safety. Despite heavy damage from bombs and a long tow, Captain Geitzes and the ship’s crew brought engines back and steered toward a port as destroyers and escorts rescued hundreds of sailors. In the Okinawa theater, Sixth Marine Division presses toward Naha and Shuri, capturing airfields and tightening the island’s coastal ring as combat intensifies.
A wartime report details B-29s and B-25s targeting Japan's fuel storage, with major destruction at Tokuyama, Oshima, and Otake complexes, plus a Nagoya firebombing. One B-29 was lost. reconnaissance confirms heavy blast damage and inoperative fueling facilities. President Truman signals possible U.S. relinquishment of part of its German occupation zone to France following talks with Georges Bidault. A city street scene shows pedestrians and a magistrate.
Reports say Pierre Laval may have landed in France but exact harbor remained undisclosed. British warship delivery and German marines in the Channel created a tense security posture as authorities planned heavy guard coverage at Atlantic ports. Australian Sixth Division advances against Japanese positions near Wirin Mig sion in the Wewak sector are described as deliberate and cautious.
Rain drenches the nation from the mid continent breadbasket to the East and South delaying planting and causing some crop damage. Frost adds to growers gripes while the Far West welcomes rain after drought fears. Experts weigh weeks of cold, soggy fields against potential recovery if sunshine returns.
The Washington The Hague Veterans Committee cited Albert Deutsch, a PM newspaper employee, for contempt for refusing to reveal sources for a series of articles attacking the Veterans Administration. The vote was 13 to 8 in executive session to pursue contempt, but Chairman Rankin declined to disclose individual votes.
President Truman invited French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault to the White House for diplomatic and military talks in preparation for the Big Three meeting. Bidault is returning from the San Francisco United Nations Conference as Truman coordinates with Allied leaders and military officials.
Washington moves to canvass wartime controls as the House Postwar Committee begins hearings on emergency regulations and rationing. Chairman Colmer says aims include returning to a free economy and assessing agencies like the War Production Board OPA and War Food Administration for possible rollbacks.
Flying Officer David Rosenthal of Calgary, now at a released war prisoner camp in Britain, explains how Allied prisoners lifted Nazi documents from a German officer’s car. They were marked passed by Winston Churchill and approved by British military censors before being returned days later.
Mrs Jasper L Collier learned from the American Red Cross that her husband S Sgt Jasper L Buck Collier has been liberated from a German prison camp. He was listed as missing in action January 23 over enemy territory and later reported as a prisoner. A Ninth Air Force gunner on an A 26 Invader, he served eight months overseas since enlisting February 1943 and had been awarded the Air Medal.
Fighting continued outside Foochow as Nese reinforcements from Lien- Keng and Mamoi forced Chinese withdrawals. Chinese high command reported over 400 Japanese killed in street fighting in Foochow, a treaty port near Formosa. In Hunan, Chinese forces claimed victory northwest of Shanmen and southeast of Kaosha with about 1,000 Japanese casualties.
Governor Jim Nance McCord spoke to civic club members urging a policy of thrift to bridge war and the early peace era. He warned that vast G I Bill funds could flood the economy and inflation if not managed with prudent spending and war bond purchases.
United States delegates at the United Nations Conference worry over widening gaps between Anglo American and Russian views. Americans accuse Russia of delaying a compromise proposal on regional organizations defending a member against armed attack. If Moscow agrees, hope for harmony among major powers may be renewed. otherwise Big Five consensus could falter.
An illustrated release confirms a group led by Otto Skorzeny planned to murder General Eisenhower last winter. The plot kept the Western Front alert through Ardennes fighting and involved Himmler’s top security circle. Skorzeny was captured by U.S. forces. Mussolini’s 1943 rescue figure noted as part of other Nazi hunt updates.
Kingsport total bond purchases rose to 512,468.75 on Thursday with 9,833.75 in individual bonds sold, War Finance Committee members reported. This surpasses half of the citys B bond quota of 1,000,600 and the E bond phase is halfway over. Sullivan County’s overall 3,333,000 includes Kingsport’s share. larger securities totals remain undisclosed. Washington says Bunds for mercy join slogans of the Seventh War Loan Drive as Ted Gamble notes evacuees from theaters rise to 40,000 monthly while medical needs and costs surge.
Kingsport merchants earn praise for cooperative curb market efforts during the East Tennessee Farmers' Convention held at the University of Tennessee. Mrs Homer DeGroot and Mrs Gilford Galloway led the program with Beadley and Waddell noting strong local participation and early prize promotions. Jim McCord and Senator Kenneth D McKellar spoke at the afternoon session.
Philippine fronts report major forces pressed from Luzon to Mindanao. In Central Luzon Maj. Gen. Wing's 43rd Division enveloped a large Japanese force near Ipo Dam as the Nipponese hold artillery and small arms. Mindanao saw 40th and 31st Divisions tighten a trap along the Sayre Highway with advances toward Valencia and Muaramag airstrip. A third trap closed near Davao with Woodruff's 23rd Division. Allied air power focused on Shini Ku Formosa base with a Liberator strike.
In Kingston Safety Council action, Crawford loses two theater tickets after being cited for careful driving in Jotun Crawtons. The incident centers on proper signals when turning and adherence to traffic rules in city traffic.
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