Truman reshuffles cabinet adding West figures
President Truman announced a four way cabinet reshuffle elevating West region officials and replacing aging members. Frances Perkins is replaced by Lewis Schwellenbach and Tom C. Clark becomes Secretary of Agriculture while Anderson takes over Rural Electrification and War Food duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Agriculture and Labor
Late Yeaterday
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
al Shough
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Dallas
Francis Biddie
Frances Perkins
Lewis B. Schwellentbach
Washington State
Rep
Clinton P. Anderson
Special House
Ike Schnellenbach
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Istter
WFA
Mir
McMurray Case Goes To Jurors
At noon a jury prepared to begin deliberations in the manslaughter case of Paul McMurray of Lynn Gorden. He admits striking Rufus Kindle 16 on the Gate City Highway but disputes witness testimony of excessive speed and recklessness. Trial notes the rainy foggy morning, unlit truck, and a near pass before Kindle was hit by the car door. Two murder trials were also scheduled for Thursday.
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Paul McMurray
Lynn Gorden
McMurray
Rufus EB. Kindle
Gate City Highway
Kindle Bay
Kingsport
Kindle
Elli Tibbs
Mw Bank
Joe Yeary
Circuit Court
Sale Of Poppies For Veterans Aid By Legion Auxiliary
Mrs W D Brooks treasurer of Hammond Post unit of the American Legion Auxiliary says the memorial poppy sale Saturday benefits living and dead veterans of both world wars. Volunteers will distribute the poppies and all proceeds go to relief for disabled veterans and families. The drive emphasizes personal attention and rehabilitation to help keep families intact until the veteran can return home. Wearing a poppy shows support for those who served and for the war’s living victims.
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W. D. Brooks
Hammond
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Hfe
Legion
Auxiliary
Okinawa Cup Shuri Clash Wide as Forces Close In
U S and land units pressed a pincer hold on Shuri as Okinawa battles rage along Naha Yonabaru and Chinen hills. Seventh Division pressure to Shuri, Fourth Marine spearheads drive into Naha, heavy fighting across the front, with Japanese counterattacks repelled and supply lines already cut.
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10Th Army
Shuri
Okinawa
Naha
Yonubaru
77Th Statue of Liberty
Seventh Division
Yonabaru
Gaina
Yamabaru
Fourth Marine Regiment
Asata
Merce House
Glrinamwa
Chlea
Naha-Shuri-Yonabaru
Yorabaru
96Th
Jare
Archibald V. Arnold
Attu
Leyte
Hilla
Yonaibaru
Tokyo Harbor
City Serviceman Freed In Europe Slows Cleanup In Pacific
Philippines progress slows on seven fronts as Sixth Division units pursue Japanese across North Borneo Tarakan Island and Solomon Islands. Australian forces clash sporadically around Wewak and along the Buin Trail as Allied cleanup proceeds yard by yard in postwar operations.
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Philippines
Rusales
North Borneo
Tarakan
Wewak
British New Guinea
Buin Trail
Bongainville
Solomons
Record of War Bond Drive and World War II Updates
Kingsport reports $745 88125 total War Bond subscriptions with $206.26 day gain and notes Bond purchases through May 30 include a Diamond Horseshoe premiere. Fighter Hoskins, 24, freed from a German camp, is honored, with service details and hometown ties. Roosevelt administration seeks executive reorganization to flexibly reshape agencies. Philippine frontline actions describe Luzon advances, ground gains, air support, and ongoing campaigns as heavy fighting continues toward Cagayan Valley and Manila outskirts.
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HE Bonda
Klniwport
War Finance Committee
Pravious
Billy Rose
Heinrich Himmler Takes Own Life After Capture
The Exchange Telegraph Agency and Reuters report German leader Heinrich Himmler, 44, killed himself with poison three days after capture by Allied forces in Lueneborg. The British Second Army confirmed the death, marking the removal of a top Nazi war crimes figure from trial consideration.
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London
Heinrich Himmiler
Polaon
Allion
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Reuters
Exchanges Telegraph Agency
Terance Duncan
General Hodges Arrives in Atlanta Civic Celebration
General Courtney Hodges of the American Army landed at Langley Field from New York with 46 overseas veterans to be honored in Atlanta. Army bombers and fighters roared overhead as the aircraft arrived for a civic celebration in the city.
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Acinta
Courtney H. Hodges
American Fleet Army
Army‘air Base
New York
Rhine
Germany
Jatata
Army Air Abe
Gas Ration Boost Expands A and B Driver Allowances
Washington announces a 54 percent increase in rationing for motorists, lifting A and B category limits. A-coupon gains allow six gallons weekly per car, up from four, with B drivers eligible for extra supply if they demonstrate need. This national equalization follows wartime shifts as officials warn boosts may be temporary and tied to military demand.
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Washington
Uncle Sams
Midwest
CPA
Petroeum Administration For War
Naie Opa
Chester Bowles
Bowley
Jap Troops Hit Morotai Tokyo claims daring landing
Tokyo radio reported a daring Japanese counterlanding on Morotai Island off the Philippines in a February broadcast heard in San Francisco. It said hot engagements followed between U S PT boats and Japanese landing craft with all Japanese troops apparently unscathed.
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San Francisco
Morotai
Philippines
Radio Tokyo
Federal Communications Commis
Lion
U. S
Tokyo
Street Scene Child Drives Mini Car Outsized For Shopper Trip
A street scene shows a child riding a bright aluminum toy car born as a regular vehicle, parked before a grocer. A sixteen year old mocks her aunt’s age, saying she’s “real OLD” while a white trader humorously tests cutlery at a dinner party, prompting laughter among diners.
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Grocer’s
Child's Auto
Subdeb
Tokyo Ablaze From Nine Million Tons Of Fire Bombs
Guam reports nine million pounds of fire bombs dropped by over 550 Superfortresses in the Pacific war surge on Tokyo. Fires spread across the Shina gawe industrial area near the Imperial palace district as high winds widened the blaze. Brig. Gen. Powers cited spreading fires while a City of Santa Monica crew noted the glow on the return. Japanese communique claimed palace garden arson and Okasaka palace compound burns, with Tokyo broadcasting unverified fighter losses.
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Guam
Tokyo
Luther A. Jones
Monroe
Japan
Shinagawe
Nippon
Piets
Thomas &. Powers
Charles Holder
Santa Monica
Calif
Santa Afenica
Imperial Palace
Okasaka
Tolyo
White House Sets Plans for Early Big Three Meeting
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross announced that an early meeting of the Big Three is in the works. He said Harry Hopkins and Joseph Davies have preliminary missions to Moscow and London and do not replace the projected Truman Churchill Stalin conference. He could not specify timing or place.
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Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
Harry L. Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
London
Ross
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Hopkins
Davies
Peace Group Basis Cited At Meeting
In San Francisco a peace group basis is cited as the United States pushes for firm and friendly postwar negotiations to build an effective United Nations. President Truman plans to address the conference closing session while Hopkins carves out a path with Stalin to break the Poland stalemate and open talks among the Big Three.
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San Francisco
United States
Europe
United Nations
Walegatosa
Truman
Harry Hopkine
Preimier Stalin
Kremlin
Washington
Germany
Poland
Hopkins
Stalin
Russta
Aldes
Britain
Russia
Wsr
Thia
Hunt for Nazi leaders narrows as Himmler, Ribbentrop hunted
Allied raids and reports tighten the search for Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Doenitz, Jodl, and other Flensburg figures reveal fragments about escapes and Hitler’s fate, while a Russian intelligence note claims the Führer died softly from an overdose administered by a doctor identified as Prof. Morei.
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Paris
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hiter
Karl Doenitz
Mecklenberg
Doenitz Imme Jodl
Himmler
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Doenitz
Hitler
Berlin
Goebbels
Fuhhrer
Morei
Germany Enters Era Of Atonement As Allies Dissolve Last Government
Germany has entered an era of atonement as the last fragments of its government dissolve, leaving the nation partitioned into Allied zones with no unified political or economic life. Officials discuss potential puppet regimes, while the Allies dismantle the high command and plan selective German labor for reparations under occupation.
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Germany
Fairs—Pa—Germmany
Reich
Alps
Socialife
Karl Doonite
Oider
Piisenhower
Flensburg
Allied Supreme Command
Gen
Hisenhower
Churchill Starts Choosing Members Of New Government
Prime Minister Churchill began forming a caretaker government after the coalition dissolved. He aims to fill most cabinet posts by the weekend as Labour and Liberal ministers depart, with the King expected to appoint the temporary government to serve until the next general election. The Conservative-dominated Parliament will sit until June 15 before dissolution, with voting on July 5 and a new Parliament likely by August 7.
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London
Churchill
Bec
London Press
Britain
Commons
Labor
Independent Daily Mail
Theas
Clement {Itloa
Exneat Bevin
Herbert Morrison
Blackpool
King George
Careful driver earns city award for careful conduct
For the third day in a row a woman driver received the Kingsport Safety Council daily careful driver award. Mrs Frank J Brownell of Wataura Street with license 5-1010 was given two theater tickets for driving carefully through a school zone as children returned to school.
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Kingsport Safety Council Daily
Frank J. Brownell
Wataura Street
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English Channel
Pacific
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Instautumn Co
Wrensfort -on-the-Main
Carmany
Francis Biddle
U.S
James
Hosking
Johnson
Stalagruft
Booth
Olivaa
Hos
Congress
Arias
Luzon
Baguio
Manila
Balete Pass
Gavi
25Th Division
Stanley R. Carson
Talladega
Alp
Highway Five
Briete
Cagayan Valley
Santa Fe
Charles J. Marins
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
Naziiam
Himmier
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
General Hodges
Atlanta
Heinrich Humumlor
Bowles
PAW
Ralph K. Davies
Atate
Lucius D. Clay
Gon
Eisenhower
Kreis
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