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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1944
Page
1
The report notes renewed Allied pressure near the Philippines with operations toward Palau and Peleliu. British and American forces press offensives aimed at breaching defenses, while carriers and aircraft strike Japanese positions. The push seeks rapid victory before year’s end, with heavy action reported aboard the Pacific front.
The American Legion today advocated U S participation in a free world association backed by force to prevent future wars. The convention urged occupation and disarmament of Germany and Japan, urged universal military training, and called for peace talks inclusion for World War I and II veterans while maintaining faith in U S foreign policy.
London reports RAF heavy bombers targeted Munchen Gladbach and Rheydt behind the Siegfried Line, hitting two key rail lines feeding German forces. Large fires started. two planes lost. Mosquito raids struck Reich rail and road targets. Berlin said Allied daylight raids continued over Bavaria.
A Chinese cabinet spokesman stated the situation in China is very serious as Japanese forces campaign to split the country. He said ample preparations are under way for the defense of Kweilin in Kwangsi Province. The briefing noted U S air actions near Fanese and the closing of strategic facilities as influence from political decisions looms.
Moscow reports a major Baltic offensive pressure on the German lines in Latvia as the 61st phase of a Russian autumn campaign pushes steadily toward Riga. The attack threatens a rapid German retreat, with the front described as menacing and persistent.
Danish unrest eased in Copenhagen with calm returning after street clashes reported yesterday. The Free Danish Council urged Danes to halt fighting but continue general strikes through Thursday to oppose the government. Russian Baltic offensives pushed deep into Estonia Latvia and Lithuania, with heavy losses for German forces as the Red Army advances toward Riga and Valga.
The War Food Administration reported a sharp drop in lend-lease food deliveries to Allied nations in August, totaling 558.6 million pounds versus 1.08 billion a year earlier and 522.9 million in July. About 80 percent went to the United Kingdom and other British possessions, 41 percent to Russia, with the remaining nine percent to Greece, North Africa, West Africa, the Netherlands, Poland, Yugoslavia, and the French Committee of National Liberation.
The action grants several Soviet republics authority to conduct their own foreign relations and operate military establishments. Some republics have already begun using this right, granted by the supreme Presidium of the Soviet Union.
A Tokyo broadcast cited by the U S Federal Communications Commission quoted Sadao Iguchi as calling rumors absurd while reports from Burma said the Fifth Indian Division reached Tongzang near Tiddim and Allied forces pressed across the Manipur River to reinforce the push on Tiddim. Relations with German puppet states Hungary, Croatia, and Czechoslovakia were severed by Finland.
The Associated Press reports Finland, burdened with heavy reparations, cedes key territory to the Soviet Union while agreeing to disarm and turn over German troops. Allies would use air fields and merchant fleets. Karelia and Viipuri are noted losses as the armistice terms fix the border and set postwar plans.
The salvage committee and collectors were commended for assisting the scrap drive to gather waste paper magazines fat scrap metal and cans. Dale Street led with the largest Monday haul nearly two truckloads and Dorothy Street ranked high on Tuesday. Thursday’s route included Holston Heights Riverview Branch Street Arch Street Roller Street Reedy Street East and West Center Street East and West in Street Market Street East end West in Street Clay Street Shelby Street Cherokee Street and Iron Circle to Station.
A late worker on a Meigwood Kingwport bus flushes and exits after stumbling in, shirt in hand. The bus driver honks as the man, still in motion, answers with confusion while a janitor at News Today Turk advertises nearby.
Diplomatic sources indicated Washington and London may soon recognize General Charles de Gaulle's National Committee as a provisional government. The idea reportedly arose at the Quebec conference with Churchill, Eden, and Roosevelt, with Britain and the United States preferring provisional status until French elections and a constitutional government are established.
American Fifth Army breached the Gothic Line after a week of heavy fighting along a six mile front near Florence. Troops stormed steep slopes and seized Cantel Guerrino and Lacroce heights, pushing into the line and advancing toward Firenzuola. British Eighth Army attacked Rimini on the east coast, threatening the Po Valley as the campaign continued.
Sullivan County jury heard final arguments in the manslaughter case of Steve Godasy and Ralph E. Dayly of Kingsport. The defendants face charges tied to the January 2 Holston Ordnance Works crash that killed P. W. Young, a war worker aboard a bus collision after his car was struck by the bus driven by Davis. The defense contends the bus was forced left when sideswiped.
A New York Herald Tribune front dispatch reports German commander Driscoll urging Nazi minded leaders to push subordinates to the rank of company commanders as a core for a future global war. The document quotes insistence that every armed force member must know it is necessary to save officers for another war aimed at world leadership.
The Southern Printing Company of Nashville Tenn bought full ownership of the Elizabethton Star. Sili man Evans announced the acquisition, noting 100 percent stock ownership and related securities. Milton Bangs, longtime Star attorney, said he will continue practicing law in Elizabethton and remain the paper’s attorney for the Tennessee Press.
A compact notice outlines road preparations for a Berlin event labeled Bigser Day featuring iPage Taree and related advertising. The fragmentary item notes local planning and vendor involvement in the lead up to the event.
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