Kingsport Honors WWII Dead With Memorial Observance
After church services in Kingsport, citizens attend a Memorial Day program featuring the Seventh War Loan film premiere and brief services for local WWII dead. Pvt. Ezra H. Fleenor returns from German imprisonment to speak, while D. H. Rosier and Fleenor address the crowd. The color guard and national anthem mark the ceremony as War Bond gifts support veterans.
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Kingaport
War Finance
Kingsport
Ezra H. Fleenor
Germany
Krosler
Fleenor
Hammond Post No. 3
American Legion
Allen Dryden
D. H. Rosier
B. M. Brown
Kingaport War Finance Committee
America
Millions Mourn Nation's War Dead On Memorial Day
Americans marked the 77th Memorial Day with parades, services, and cemetery tributes for the war dead. Wreaths were placed at the Unknown Soldier and Roosevelt graves. In Chicago, graves were decorated and a military parade was planned. Memorial activities extended to San Francisco Bay and Boston with regional observances.
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Associated Press
Europe
Pacific Islands
Gham
Normandy
Aslington National
Jranklin D. Roosevelt
Lyde State
Chicago
Muangrail
Gen. Marie
W. Clack
Anny
Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of the Confederacy
San Franciso Bay
Oakland
New England
Boston
Boston Common
Clare Boothe Luce Predicts Soviet To Fight Japanese
New York Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce says Russia is a fresh strong army in Asia and will clash with Japan after Europe is secured. She asserts Germans are defeated and Russian forces will emerge as Europe’s strongest and extend influence to the Pacific, noting deserters from Soviet lines to join Germans.
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New York
Clare Bootha Luce
K-Conn
Russia
Asia
Germany
Europe
Luce
Gallana
Food Rationing Till 1950 Forecast By Senator Wagner
Senator Wagner predicts rationing will continue through 1950 with OPA extended to June 30 1846. The banking committee approved the extension by 10 to 5 after hearings with Price Administrator Bowles and George Davis. Enforceable federal inspection of slaughterhouses and efforts to curb the black market key to future shortages.
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Wagner
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
Japan
Taft
R-Ohie
Chester Bowles
William H. Davis
Bowles
Davis
Treasury
Sunday church scene ends in small change drop
A stylishly dressed woman at a Sunday service drops a quarter into the collection plate then takes 20 cents in change. A street editor on the prowl is seen being entertained by baby chicks at a window. Cuban hall players at the rationing board endure a tiring exchange over a shoe stamp request amid clerks.
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RK Street Stone
Marines Enter Shuri Castle and Tokyo Burned by Superforts
Allied air offensives devastate Tokyo and Yokohama as Maj. Gen. LeMay reports 1,800 B-29s dropping over 12,700 tons of incendiaries on the two cities. Destruction spans 51 square miles of Tokyo with widespread ruin, while Yokohama endures major fires sparked by clusters and incendiaries.
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Heart of
Tokyo
Guam
Curtis E
Ironpants) LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Hirohito
Yokohama
LaMay
Japan
LeMay
Old Fortress Withstands 18-Day Attack
Guam reports Marines penetrated Shuri Castle, a 16th century fortress key to Okinawa defense. Leif Erickson notes Company C, Fifth Regiment, First Division, spearheaded advance and entered the castle after surprising defenders in the moat. Other Fifth Division units moved toward Nahg Yonuhar Highway. Sixth Division pressed toward Naha as Japanese resistance remained stiff near Shuri.
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Okinawa
Associated Press
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Castle
John H. Griebel
Hartford
Conn
Griebel
Anato
Nahg- Yonuhar
Seventh Infantry
Naha
Naha Canal
Est
Neta
Fortresa
Vern Haugland
First Marine
Wana Ridge
Shuri
Tith
96Th Army
Haugland
Yonabaru
Keraders
Seventh Division
Sayhild
Baten Bay
Chinen Peninsula
Shur
Chan
Co. Jackson Gitlis
Archibald V. Ammold
Ottawa
Serious Outbursts Threaten Syria France Lebanon
Violence across Syria escalates from Aleppo to Hama and Homs as Syrian artillery targets the French legation and military positions. Reports say 80 to 100 killed and 400 to 300 wounded. a train derailment near Daraaneus injures 11. No compromise from France or the Levant authorities.
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France
Lebanon
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Legation
Darmasetus
Aleppo
Hama
Homs
Doran
Daraaneus Neir
Teansjerdun Travtar
Hamdanich
Kawakeb
Jamil Mardam Bey
After Three Months Yanks Cut Shimbu Line in Luzon
After three months of heavy combat the U S Sixth Army completed the ambushing of the Shimbu Line fortifications in the Sierra Madre east of Manila. The capture of Wawa Dam by the 7th Infantry Division marked the fall of the Inat strongpoint. Japanese withdrawals into eastern mountains loom but U S forces press the advance. The Ipo and Wawa Dams secure Manila’s water supply as mounting fighting continues near the Mari kina River.
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Manila
Thatal
Balloon Bombers Launched From Japanese Islands
Washington reports Japan is launching gas balloons toward the United States from the home islands. They travel up to 125 mph and may take about 120 hours to reach. An automatic device drops sandbags and incendiaries at set altitudes as the balloons drift across the country.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Lyle F. Watts
U. S. Forest Service
Blue Network
Forest Service
Watts
Homb Ie
Smaller Powers Gain At San Francisco World Security Conference
At the World Security Conference smaller nations secured two gains against the Big Five. They persuaded the council to require any country whose armed forces are used by the Security Council to participate in the decision. Canada would contribute to decisions if its troops are deployed to suppress aggression.
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United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
Security Council
Canada
Unions Increase Strike Notices Since 1944 Amid Negotiations
The War Labor Disputes Act notices rose sharply after Jolie J. Levis action, with weekly counts surging into March. NLRB and Conciliation Service data show most notices withdrawn or not culminating in strikes, while most affected mines eventually reached new contracts after extended talks and government seizures.
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Washington
Jolie J. Levis
Twlo Denne
Shea Yvotiia
Guren Durlay
Lewis
Simcoe
Yourrage Firutes
Manus
Ioas
Marely
Oy (Inc
United States Conciliation’ Service
National Laver Re- Vutiona Board
Minty
NLRB
Roosevelt
Conciliation Service
Eesaerivania
Af Ua
Weather Upsets Hopes For Lush Harvests In 1945
Weather continues to hinder planting across the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard. Cool wet conditions threaten corn and soybean crops vital for meat, milk, and eggs in 1946. War Food Administration officials warn policy waits on farmer weather and looming leadership changes. Talks with the War Department seek a fall farm labor program, with prisoner availability uncertain yet. Truck crops show abundance and price declines as markets adjust postwar.
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Middle West
Seaboard
War Food Administration
WFA
Anderson
D-Nm
Thomas
D- Kta
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Truman
Wickard
War Department
Marvin Jones
Wheeler
Jones
Europe
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
BAE
Biennial Poll Tax Fight Splits Democratic Ranks In House
A renewed push on the biennial poll tax to vote in federal elections has stirred Democratic tensions in the House. A discharge petition, now with 218 signatures, shifts control from the Judiciary Committee and risks pitting Southern lawmakers against Northern colleagues over whether states may require poll taxes for voting in primaries or general elections. Seven Southern states maintain poll tax laws, intensifying the party rift during the Truman era.
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Hougze
Truman
House Judiciary Committee
Taber Seeks Bill to Cancel House Expense Allowance
Rep Taber a Republican from New York says he may introduce legislation to cancel the 82500 expense allowance approved by the House. He accuses Chairman Cannon of striking him during a confrontation over the pay raise and tax free 2500. Cannon would not confirm the incident.
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Rep
Taber
RNY
House
Appropriations Committee
Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations
New Yorker
Careful Driver Wednesday Winner Named in Hingsport
Charley B. King of 341 West Ravine Street received the daily Careful Driver Award from the Hingsport Safety Council. King, license 54029, was mailed two theater tickets for driving carefully through school zones while children crossed the street.
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Hingsport Safety Council
Charley B. King
West Ravine Street
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