Doolittle Leads Raid Shocks Japan and Wins Honor
Brigadier General James H. Doolittle led a daring air raid on Tokyo and Nagoya as U S intelligence called the strike a vital objective. President Roosevelt decorated Doolittle with the Congressional Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony, with Marshall Arnold and Mrs Doolittle present, while the raid disrupted Japanese morale and inflicted damage on an aircraft plant.
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Washington
Japan
Attes H. Doolittle
Navy
Tokyo
Nagoya
White House
Roosevelt
Jimmy” Doolittle
Jadan
United Nations
Doolittle
Tne
Euit
Alr
George C. Marzhall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Service
Marshall
Arnold
Doolite
Los Angeles
War, Department
Russia
Florida
California
Navy Seaplavics
Meet McTavish at the Danny Scot Meet in Kingsport
The Kingsport Times office hosts Meet McTavish this Friday and Saturday with a special feature pages promising real Scotch thrift and powerful offers from fifteen Kingsport merchants. The plan aims to save money through a streamlined advertising method, urging readers to watch for the pages and take advantage.
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Kingsport
Kingsport Times
Ima
Sendy
Kingsport Merichants
Hazard Man Shot Spurs Deepening Fear in Hazard Ky
In Hazard Kentucky a gunman wounded Richard Sheegog 28 on Main Street amid rising tension after Bertha Lehman 26 a church worker was slain last week. James L Robertson 25 confessed to a separate assault and murder in Lexington. Officers say Robertson’s arrest followed tips from Sheegog’s brother, with Bill Combs 28 arrested nearby. Sheegog survived with minor injuries from a bullet that hit his artificial leg and grazed his shoulder. no grand jury is planned as officials move to close a local negro cafe. Police maintain security and continued civil defense concerns as McKee County authorities coordinate responses and reassure the public.
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Hazard, Ky
Bertha Lehmen
Kheva
al Negro
Hazard
James L. Robertson
Lexington
Wuss Lenmar
Richard Sheegag
Robertson
Miss Lehman
Hazard City
John M. Combs
Sheegan
Luther Risner
Bill Combs
Combs
Roy Baker
Sheegog
Baker
Charlie Cornett
Ernest Thompson
Fayette County
Manuel Cornell
Perry County
Jackson
Civil Defense
Fran, Thys
Adi Highway
Senate to exclude farm products from RC C purchases
Washington reported agreement in the senate banking committee to exclude farm products from the Commodities the reconstruction finance corporation would be authorized to buy and sell under pending legislation for the price control program. London insurgents demanded Churchill appear to answer charges of slackness in the war effort. New York major general Follett Bradley said a blue alarm sounded for the New York area at 1 06 a m and the all clear at 10 25 a m with no reason given.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
London
Hous of Commons
Churchill
New York
Follett Bradley
Airforce
Eastern Defense Command
Party Divided On Whip Position In House Vacancy Followed Boland’s Death
Washington debate over how to fill the vacancy in the house’s unofficial majority whip role after Rep. Patrick J. Boland of Pennsylvania died. Veterans disagree on whether the appointment should come from the speaker’s discretion or from the majority floor tender order.
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Washington
Patrick J. Boland
Pennsylvania
House
Farm Bloc Backs Parity in Senate Price Battle
Farm bloc leaders pressed for parity prices as the Senate weighs an amendment to a 680 million agriculture appropriation bill to bar sales of government stock below parity. In the Senate banking panel, debate focused on broad RF C authority to buy and sell commodities at the price administrator’s request. The House had already boosted FSA funds by 25 million and borrowing authority by 55 million for rural rehabilitation, while a compromise would allow sale of 125 million bushels of surplus wheat for livestock feed, facing concerns over corn price impacts.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farm Bloc
Wagner
D-Ny
United Front
FSA
Red Army Pushes Back Nazis in Ukraine and Crimea
Russian forces under Marshal Semeon Timoshenko drive on a 120 mile front from Kharkov and Kerch, crushing German counterattacks and capturing large localities. Soviet troops advance with cavalry, tanks, and air support, while 17 German aircraft are downed. The big offensive strains German plans and draws fresh US troops to northern Ireland for carrier forces training.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Ukraine
London
Timoshenko
Additien
Adolf Hitler
Germany
English Channel
AEF
United States
Northern
Ireland
Kerch
Joan J.pershing
U. S.navy
Crimea
Reuters
Yenikale
Kerch City
Verch Strait
Caucasus
Balance Of Military Power Shifts To Allies
A senior military observer in London says Western Europe’s balance of power now leans to the Allies for the first time since the war began. He cites large American troop convoys to Northern Ireland, intensified Canadian and British training, and revived Allied seapower as key factors aiding an eventual offensive with about 203,000 American troops. He notes German forces are outnumbered on both the eastern and western fronts for the first time and warns German deterioration, though the army remains first class.
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London
Europe
United States
Germany
Nothern
Ireland
Britain
Atlantic
The
Coral Sea
Pacific
Russian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Ural Mountains
China
Cheklang
Shanghai
Japan
Burma
Yunnan
Four GOP Nominees Picked For Sullivan County Posts
Sullivan County GOP nonpublic session names Worley Fain for trustee Ward Gardner for highway commissioner E. Milam for sheriff Roy Clarke for county schools superintendent with a full ticket expected at next Monday’s 7 50 p m gathering. Other offices to be filled include register of deeds county court clerk circuit court clerk and county attorney, with candidates from a Democratic primary contest noted for comparison.
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Woewing Aluel
Merobers
Brountville
Rongees
Brown
Register of Deeds
Fain
Gardner
Jere Mottern
Lot Piney Flats
J. W. Erwin
Bristol
Baum Gardner
Loss of Empress of Asia Sinks Troop Transport Near Sumatra
Montreal's Empress of Asia, 30900-ton converted transport, was sunk by Japanese dive bombers while carrying Imperial troops to Singapore on Feb 6. About 100 seamen survived. 44 crew and officers may have perished. Chief Officer D Smith reported a fiery sinking off Sultan Shoal near Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies. Official notice cites permission to announce the loss last spring during Far East duties. Cardinal Baudrillart, rector of the Catholic Institute in Paris, died at 83 in German-occupied Paris.
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Montreal
Canada
Singapore
D. Smith
Sultan Shoal
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Admiralty
Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited
Far East
Kwa Warg
Paris
Rome
Alfred Cardinal ‘Baudrillart
Catholic Institute
Cardinal Baudrillart
Increased Output Seen By Leaders
Washington A 25 percent rise in output from current facilities was forecast by congressional leaders who backed the war production board's plan to slow plant expansion to speed weapons delivery. Senators said mat erials would flow to ships planes tanks and guns over new factories, with some protests anticipated from communities harmed by contract cancellations. Senator Van Nuys and others still supported the ruling. Hollywood P There a new member of the Phil Harris domi cile. A daughter weight 7 pounds 2 1 2 ounces born to Mrs Harris known as Alice Faye in San Antonio ex 2 Memphis Tenn today was awarded the 1943 Southern Baptist Convention without opposition. The contention voted to meet on May 12.
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Washington
War Production Board
van Nuys
D-Ind
Hollywood
Phil Harris
Harris
Alice Faye
San Antonio
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
Germans Rehearse Invasion Along French Coast Says Writer
Lisbon reports German forces in occupied France total 409000 to 600000, rehearsing daily for invasion with a small-boat fleet and a 12000 plane capacity. Competing Nazi groups clash over control of army, propaganda, security, economics and embassy in a tense power struggle.
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France
Army Propaganda
Pestapo
Sujiposed
Economic Service
Gestapo
Germany
Jap Troops Pouring Into Burma War Warns of Imminent Major Offensive
China warned of grave danger as Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s armies faced a major Japanese offensive. Japanese reinforcements were reported pouring into Burma and a large air armada massed beyond the coast. Allied planes pounded Akyab as MacArthur’s forces fought to blunt incursions toward India and Port Moresby endured a heavy air assault.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Australia
Burma
Chienese
Chungking
Tokyo
Ispan
Asia
India
Iran
Persia
Harold Alexanders
RAF
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Pauglas
MacArthur
Diera
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Gore Proposes Compulsory War Bond Saving Plan
Rep Albert Gore of Tennessee spoke to the Tennessee Bankers Association about his mandatory war savings bill. He argued banks should not finance the war alone and urged distributing bonds to all citizens with a one percent interest rate, deeming higher rates unjustified.
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Knoxville
Albert Gore
Town
Tennessee Bankers Association
Carthage
Attlee Notes Western Front Possibility in War Debate
In a Commons war debate London, Dominions Secretary Attlee said opening a western front against Germany is in their minds though transport problems constrain moves. Churchill did not speak. Greenwood urged decisive action to aid the Soviet Union and strike against Hitler while Iceland Reykjavik talks were suggested for closer allied unity. Attlee affirmed Russia support and Moscow supply routes despite difficult seas and foresaw gradual shift from defense to offense as Allied strength grows.
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London
Clement Attlee
Dominions
House of Commons
Germany
Churchill
Soviet Russia
Australia
Burma
Indi
Arthur Greenwood
Soviet Union
Hitler
Reykjavik
Iceland
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Labor
John H. Martin
Russia
Murmansk
Attlee
Sheriffs Seek Salary System Across Tennessee
Nashville Governor Cooper considers a proposal to place all county sheriffs on a state wide salary system. Sheriff E B Brammitt of Carter county wrote to the governor urging support for legislation to abolish the current See system and inaugurate a state wide safety system for law enforcement officers.
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Nashville
Cooper
E. B. Brammitt
Carter County
Brammitt
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