U S Policy Focuses On Red Issues
Secretary of State Stettinius argued for closer U.S. relations with Russia and a mediator role among the big powers. The wartime find in the UN framework hinges on Big Five restraint and potential veto. British and French moves in the Middle East drew attention as Hopkins and Davies eyed a Big Three meeting to resolve eastern Europe conflicts.
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San Francisco
Stettinius
Russia
United States
United Nations
World Security Council
BN Agpresser
China
Britain
France
World Organization
Ance
London
Ninth Army
Middle East
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Truman
Europe
Ielesatee
Senate
League
Soviet Union
Anderson Plans For More Meat For Americans
Washington reports future Agriculture Secretary and War Food Administrator designate Anderson outlined plans to boost meat supply through higher production and improved distribution. He warned current rules favor restaurants and pledged abundant production and better channeling to grocery stores to reach average consumers. He linked this to fighting black market operations.
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Washington
Ren. Anderson
Blue Network
Anderson
Jackson Speeds Work On Nazi Indictments
London reports associate justice Robert H Jackson moved quickly to review Nazi indictments after arriving from Paris. He contacted Lt Col Joseph Hodgson, American War Crimes Commission member, and planned further discussions with other commission members to accelerate war crimes trials. The British Foreign Office welcomed progress but gave no timing for action. The War Crimes Commission, excluding Russia, has kept identities of alleged criminals mostly private. Jackson was appointed by President Truman in May.
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London
Robert H. Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
United States
Paris
Jackson
Joseph Hodgson
War Crimes Commission
Foreign Office
Truman
Justing Jackson
Russia
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Trum
French Mandates Threaten Collision in Levant Showdown
Diplomatic observers in London and Washington see France facing a choice between pressing demands with force or withdrawing to avoid imperial prestige loss amid rising clashes in Syria and Lebanon. In Syria fighting erupts as French troops clash with locals. Homs under cross-fire and a damaged government building wall. casualties exceed 200 near Hama while Bedouins approach from the east.
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Lonagen
Maddie
Syria
Lebanon
France
London
Levant
Washington
Associated Press
Damascus
Premmier Jamil Mardam Bey
Homs
Hama
Sarail
Syr ‘Aga
Prs
War Production Chief Sees 4.8 Million to Lose War Jobs
Washington reports WPB chairman J A Krug forecast six months hence 4,800,000 workers and fighters to be released from war work, with 1,000,000 leaving armed forces and 4,100,000 absorbed by civilian economy and military needs. Unemployment expected at 1,300,000, 600,000 lower than three months earlier.
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Washington
WPB
J. A. Krug
Krug
Dobyns Bennett 109 Seniors Hold Class Day Events
Dobyns Bennett High School held a class day Tuesday in the Elam Auditorium. Duncan Kincheloe presided as president with seniors presenting history, poetry, songs, a class will, prophecy, and gifts. Final exams run Tuesday afternoon through Friday. The Junior Senior outing is Friday afternoon with theater, swimming, supper and a Civic Auditorium dance. About 300 students are expected. Margaret Phlegar and Dorothy Wand serve as senior and junior advisors and chaperones.
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Abd Dobyha-Bennett
Duncan Kincheloe
Erhoor
Civic Auditorium
Margaret Phlegar
Dorothy Wand
Street Scene: Man Tearing Letter Near Waste Container
A man rips a letter into scraps and tosses them toward the wind while standing two feet from a Broad Street salvage container. An elderly gentleman struggles to be gallant as a woman exits a post office door, delaying and chatting. A shopper asks a clerk about a gleaming Egyptian polish vegetable, marveling at its shine like new shoes.
Grand Jury Closes Two Roadhouses
A Sullivan County grand jury led to the closure of two roadhouses in Kingsport on charges of operating as public nuisances. The Bathhouse on Bristol Highway and the Barrett place in Ole Kingsport will stay shut indefinitely. indictments to be heard at the September circuit court term. Names of other sites were withheld pending service of papers.
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Kingaport
Sullivan County
Grand Jury
Amos Robinson
Bristol Highway
Barrett Place
Ole Kingsport
Sullivan
Robinson
John Louis
Blountville
Squeak
Wat- King
Patsy” Kuster
R. C. Barratt
Harrison McCann
May
Shelburne Ferguson
Aussies Capture Hill On Tarakan
Australian infantrymen on Tarakan captured Weeds Hill a Japanese munitions storehouse after a devastating fire and bombing raid. Navy supporters bombed and strafed, air bombers completed the attack as Australian troops moved in. In southern Bougainville, Australian forces consolidated and pushed patrols behind the Japanese forward area.
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Melbourne
Weeds Hill
Tarakan Taland
Bornenwaa
Navy
Department
Bougainville
Davies To Meet With Naval Leader In London Talks
Davies met Britain's first lord of the admiralty Brenden Bracken and planned lunch with foreign secretary Anthony Eden. He was to see Prime Minister Churchill as speculation grew that Pacific war matters were on the agenda. The Times suggested Davies compiled a personal report for President Truman and cautioned no official statement would likely be issued before Washington.
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London
Joseph BH
Davies
Truman
Britain
Admiralty
Brenden Bracken
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Times of London
Eden
Bia
Washington
the Times
Yanks Gain In Wake Of Raid On U S Ships
American forces pushed on Okinawa as air raids on the fleet claimed light to moderate damage. Seventh Division units advanced toward Yonabaru and isolated areas around Shuri while Marines pressed along the Wana Ridge, facing stiff Japanese resistance and counterattacks amid driving rains.
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U.S
Graim
Okina
Tauddy
Shuri
Chester W. Nimitz
Sai
Bhuts
Tenth Army
Sixth
Lemuel CG
Shepherd
Naha
Marine Patrol
Quayama
Okinawa
Associated Press
al Copking
184Th
Roy A. Green
Yonabaru
Ogushuku
Shinzate
Chines Peninain
Seventh
Karizute
Tera
Keystone
Sixth Marines
Tith
Nth
Pedro del Valle
Wana Ridge
Daylight Raid Heaviest on Yokohama and Tokyo
US B 29s in a six day operation deliver a third and heaviest daylight strike within 20 miles of the Imperial Palace. Over 450 aircraft drop 3200 tons of bombs on Yokohama while smoke and fires mount across auto, aircraft, shipbuilding and rubber plants. Japanese claims report 30 planes shot down though aircrews say interception was light.
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Guam
Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Nippon
Kawasaki
Dap
Fall Of Wawa Dam Appears Imminent As Yanks Close In
Distressed Manila water supply threatened as mechanized infantry advances on Wawa dam. Seizure would end a phase of operations against remnants of the Japanese Shimbu line in the Sierra Madre east of Manila. Macarthur reports ongoing push toward Santa Fe and Villa Verde trail with limited opposition.
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Wawa Dam
Manila
Wiwa
D&th
Sierra Madre Mountains
Santa Fe
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Dovigias Macarthur
Villa Verde Trail
Philippines
Kingsport Bond Drive Pushes War Loan Effort
Kingsport leaders urge bond purchases to aid the Seventh War Loan and wounded veterans. E bond sales near 800000 toward a 1000000 city goal as film premiere plans for Memorial Day with Diamond Horseshoe featuring Betty Grable and Dick Haymes are arranged.
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Pan
Kingsport
Army
US Treasury
Ringeport
Betty Grable
Dick Haymes
British announce total war casualties in empire forces
Prime Minister Churchill reported 1 128 315 British empire war casualties, including 307 201 killed, across 88 months. The death toll was over a third higher than the pace in the First World War over 52 months.
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London
Churchill
British Empire
Jittery Japs Shake Up Navy Command In New Posts
San Francisco dispatch reports a Japanese naval leadership shake-up with Vice Adm. Jisabura Ozawa replacing Adm. Soemu Toyoda in three top fleet commands. Toyoda becomes chief of the naval general staff, Koshiro Oikawa moves to supreme councillor, and Onishi becomes vice chief of the general staff.
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San Francisco
Jisabura Ozawa
Soemu Toyoda
Domei
Torny
Federal Communications Commission
Toynda
Dleet
Naval
Hoehail
Toyoda
Naval General Staff
Adm
Koshiro Oikawa
Ozuwe
Naval Staff College
Takuha Onishi
Philippines
Jap Withdrawal From Liuchow Said Underway
Unconfirmed reports say Japan is pulling back from Liuchow in Kwangsi as Chinese troops press a two pronged attack on the Liuchow rail junction. Chinese gains include Nan Ning, Pinyang outskirts, and Hwaiyuanchen advances west of Ishan, while speculation grows that Japan plans to retreat to the Yangtze or Yellow River lines.
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Chungking
Liuchow
Kwangsi
Nanning
Yungning
Pinyang
Hwaiyuan-chen
Yang River
Ishan
Linchown
Chingse
Yangtze
Yellow River
China
Shanghai
Hong Kong
J.nes
Ching-Indo-China
Indo-China
Canton
Guard Officers Map Plans For Summer Training
Guard personnel and staffs meet in Knoxville to map plans for summer training replacing the annual encampment at Camp Forrest. General James Gleason and Tennessee state guard leaders discuss a first of its kind meeting to organize summer drills with attendees from the Third and Sixth Regiments and Nashville staff.
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MTEC
Letincssee
Stile
Vamp Forrest
Gleason
Cal
Hilton Butler
Tennessee
Rufun Fort
R. A. Bailey
Nashville
Nihe
Kingsport State Guard
W. J. Donnelly
Fred L. Johnson
W. FF. Winders
W. S. Argabright
J. 8. Turpin
Enis C. .Dlokley
Careful Driver wins Kingsport Safety Council award
Tuesday's winner of the Kingsport Safety Council Careful Driver Award is D. Cox of 114 East Rybine Road. Mr. Cox has been mailed two theater tickets for driving carefully over city streets. His license number is 5-2110.
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Kingsport Safety Council
D. Cox
Ryvine Road
Cox
Truman seeks 25 dollar weekly aid test of Congress influence
President Truman championed emergency payments up to 25 dollars a week for displaced war workers and faced a Republican Southern Democrat coalition in Congress. House Chairman Doughton doubted quick action while Senate Chairman George showed interest but warned approval may not exceed the GI Bill’s 20 dollar maximum. George planned a conference with Truman to learn more before introducing a bill.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Southern Democraft Coalition
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
Senate Finance Committee
May Calls For Discharge Of All Over 35 Except Key Men
May, chairman of the House Military Committee, urged immediate discharge of soldiers over 35 except key personnel. He noted postwar plans to lower ages were insufficient and argued many 45-plus troops should go soon due to family and financial burdens. He cited war manpower figures and current service totals through April 1.
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Wahington
May
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