Kingsport Soldier’s Mysterious Escape Mystery From War
A Kingsport family contends with the fate of nephew Charles Holland Hickok, missing in action since the fall of Corregidor. Since 1942 they report no word beyond war department notices, and questions persist about his survival, escape, and current status. The narrative suggests a potential remarkable tale of heroism and endurance that may unfold.
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M. M. Goodman
Eola Avenue
Charles Holland Unk
Corregidor
Philippine Islands
War Department
Hickok
Army Signal Corps
Ing
Goodmans
Sunimer
Generming
Meing
Fort Mcke
Immore
Sanco
Leta General Hospital
Walter Reed Hospital
Montgomery Ward Companys
Abingdon
Glade
Japanese Claim U S Airfield Falls
Tokyo radio reported the capture of one of three remaining advanced American airfields in China as U S Fleet carrier forces tallied the most remarkable record of ship and plane destruction in the Pacific war.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
China
U. S
Dewey Sketches A New Type Of Speeches In War Signal
An almost unopposed raid on the central Philippines by sea and air sank 22 Japanese ships and damaged about 70 surface craft while destroying 36 planes. Adm Chester Nimitz reported the cost of the Sept 23 raid was ten planes and eight airmen. The campaign, part of daily attacks since Sept 8 by Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur, has wiped out 1,014 Nipponese planes and sunk or damaged 360 ships. Seven interceptors fought back and all were shot down as attackers hit Cebu Leyte Negros Mactan and southern Luzon. A flying boat from MacArthur’s forces sank a 19,000-ton transport near Jolo. Japanese reports claimed Tan chek and other airfields near Kunming were threatened, while Chennault’s 14th Air Force faced strategic shifts as Japan pressed toward Chauking.
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Philippines
U. S
Adm
Chester W. Nhmity
William Halsexs
Pacific
Cebu
Leyte
Negros
Mactan
Luzon
Nimitz
Tokyo India
Cataling
Douglas MacArthur
Philppines
Jolo
Tokyo Comminique
Tan[gbuke
U.S. Airlfields
China
Kweilin
Liuchow
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
Kunming
Chungking
Tanchek
Paoching
Third Seventh Armies Advance Toward Belfort Pass
American forces on the southern Als front push toward Belfort Pass within 21 miles of the Vosges gates. Patton and Patch’s units gain three to five miles while 82 tanks are knocked out. Rambervillers nears amid a large-scale battle four days of intensified fighting.
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Jones M. Long
London
Ap— Doughboys
Belfort
Vosges Mountains
Rhine
Germany
Aachen
U.S
First Army
Echterbasch
Ae Chal Prizzle
George
Patton
Alexander M. Patch
Rambervillers
Nancy
Maas
Meuse
Holland
Kleve
Reichswald
Forest
Sittard
Agreement In Security Conference Ends Russian Talks
Rydoin M Hightower reports that Dumbar ton Oaks conferees announced a large measure of agreement on a world security organization during the six week Russian phase. A joint statement from Stertivius Cadogan and Gromyko says discussions have yielded workable general framework and peace machinery.
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Rydoin M. Hightower
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
World Organization
Stertivius
Alexander Cadogan
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
United Nations
Churchill
He Stresa
Freight Crash Kills Ten and Wrecks Two Trains
A Missouri Valley collision at 7:30 pm between the Calumet freight and the No. 10 Sioux City to Omaha passenger train left ten dead and about a hundred injured, with many treated in Council Bluffs hospitals. Names include Ben White and Edwin Mayer among the dead, while a two year old girl and several soldiers are among the injured. the crash occurred on a switch outside Missouri Valley.
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Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Fe. Crook
Nebr
Chicago and North Western Line
Missouri i Valley
Ben White
Edwin Mayer
Ashland
Ida McLdman
Movilie
Ia. Paul
Spraish
Laverne
Minn
Defeats Cast Gloom Over China Loss of Bases Feared
In Chungking the mood runs bleak as Chinese and American leaders warn the United States may lose more air bases in China. General Chennault is blamed for past setbacks while Japan presses advances toward Kweilin Tanchuk and Liuchow. Recovery will be slow with Chinese divisions worn thin and morale strained by long warfare and misperceptions of Pacific victories.
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U.S
China
Preston Grover
Chungking
Japan
Claire L. Chennault
Kweilin
Tanchuk
Liuchow
Kurming
Pacific
President orders speedup of plans to neutralize Germany after war
President Roosevelt ordered a faster program to make Germany harmless after surrender, placing it under State Department guidance. The directive to Leo Crowley from the Foreign Economic Administration aims to prevent future German aggression by accelerating postwar economic planning, with cooperation from military authorities and other U.S. agencies.
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Germany
Associated
Brees Washington
Roosevelt Toflay
State Department
Leo T. Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration
Morgenthau
Tively
Point Sayen
Crowley
Department of State
Foreign Service
United Nations
iSee Germany
FEA
Fifth Army Troops Take Mount Battaglia
Fifth Army troops report capture of Mount Battaglia 11 miles from Imola on the Bologna Rimini highway after fighting in rain and mud. They seized three key heights along the direct north route to Bolognese while aerial support was limited by weather. British Eighth Army made gains in the Po Valley sector as German counterattacks continued.
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Romé
Fifth Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumeine
Bologna
Fifth
New Zealand
Germany must never re arm warns United Press man
Ralph Heinzen United Press director for France warned Kiwanis Club members at Kingsport Inn that Germany must be kept under rigid control on steel iron and oil supplies to prevent a future war machine. He cited German hoarding and warned Hitler could again rise from a small following to lead a nation of 82 million. A full account of Heinzen's address will appear in Sundays Kingsport Times News.
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Germany
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
France
Kiwanis Club
Junenson
Kingsport Inn
Heinzen
Reich
Hitler
Kingsport Times-News
Helpren
Kiwanis
Jess Swicegood
WHPT
United Press Bureau
Atlanta
FDR Denounces Argentina For Nazi Influences
President Roosevelt condemned Argentina for growing Nazi-Fascist influences while Nazi forces falter in Europe. He warned Argentina against breaking inter-American defense ties and echoed Churchill’s view that nations are judged by their war roles. He cited Nazi radio broadcasts as fabrications aiming to deceive Argentines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Argentina
Churchill
Great Britain
Mazi
Nighttime Venice street scene with slick streets and foam
A nightlong downpour leaves city streets crowded with spray and foam as cars glide by like vessels. A sailorly young woman braces for a narrow path as tar cateens whistle around the corner while a mild flirtation unfolds from a car window. A perplexed rider returns from a drug store without a prescription, explaining to his mother that he could not read the doctor’s notes.
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Canal
Wko
Serote
Flurry Of Flying Bombs Strikes England At Dawn
London and southern counties faced a dawn attack as new flying bombs were launched by Germany. British fighters claimed two robot bombers shot down over the North Sea, with reports that the Nazis were releasing robots from planes after losses on their bases along the continental coast.
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London
Air Ministry
North Sea
Jnpat
High Ranking Nazi Official Reported Dead
Berlin radio announced the death of Joseph Buerckel a veteran Nazi official at 49. He served as civil administrator of Lorraine and Moravia and governor of the Saar and held posts in Austria and the Reichstag. The broadcast credits him with oppressing Jews and enforcing Nazi alignment after Austria's annexation.
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Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Lorraine
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Saar
Germany
Buerckel
Berlin
Pedica
Neustadt
Reichstag
Soviet offensive reshapes Hungary front in Balkan clash
Soviet drive against Hungary gathers pace from Romania and Yugoslavia with a 100 mile arc along the Romanian frontier. Russian troops push toward Lupkow Pass from Poland toward Czechoslovakia as Danube crossings near Turnu Severin are reported and Czechoslovak border movements await clear area. Hungarian premier reportedly asks terms via Turkish ambassador as a Turkish contact is noted.
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Moscow
Hungary
Anu Uquata
Rurson LL
Frantisek Nemec
DNE
Red Army
Danube
Iron Gate
Turna Severin
Europe
Auto chiefs warn car production to wait after V E Day
Detroit leaders from General Motors Chrysler Ford and Packard told reporters that if the war in Europe ends before January 3 production of a new passenger car would still take six to eight months. They emphasized that wartime cutbacks would not hasten peacetime reconversion and outlined the scale of plant and tooling changes required.
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Detroit
Europe
C. E B. Wilson
General Motors Corp
K.T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
George T. Christopher
Packard Motor Car Company
Wilson
Christopher
Keller
Chrysler
All Night Rain Hinders Traffic In Kingsport Area
Heavy overnight rain swamped Kingsport area causing street flooding and overload on tax and cab services. By 2 a.m. 2.41 inches had fallen at the city filter plant. total September rainfall reached 3.71 inches, higher than August and July totals. Bus service ran with minor delays and all inter state coaches reported on time arrivals.
Thirteen Men Report For Induction At Fort Oglethorpe
At Fort Oglethorpe Georgia the Selective Service Board announced thirteen men reported for induction into the armed forces. Seven will serve in the Navy including Rufus Clarence Lowe Kenneth Dolen Basil Lee Morrison Clyde Edward Arnold Jack Harris William Dewey Morelock and Theodore Edgar Anderson. Six will serve in the Army including Robert Ace Pitts John Oster Frye Clayton Isaac Hickens John Fields Jr Eawin Corns Minnick and Palmer Freeman some transferring from Sneeville Tennessee or Newark Ohio.
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Fort Oglethorpe
United States
Selective Service Board
U. S. Navy
Rufus Clarence Lowe
Kenneth Dolen
Basil Lee Morrison
Clyde Edward Arnold
Jack Harris
William Dewey Morelock
Theodore Edgar Anderson
Snee@ville
Tenn
S. Army
Robert Ace Pitts
John Oster Frye
Clayton Isaac Hickens
John Fields,, Jr
Eawin Corns Minnick
Palmer Freeman
Newark
Ohio
Road To Berlin and Russian Fronts Highlight War Progress
A Western front report notes 305 miles to Kleve and 2 Russian front 810 miles from Warsaw, with Italian front lines near Belogse. The terse dispatch lists distances as allies advance and fronts shift amid ongoing operations.
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Kleve
Warsaw
Sid Sires Soutit
St Belogse
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S Goodmans
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Islands
Charles H. Hickok
Thomas Beet
Repu
Rachel
Dewey
Oma
Tulse
Repub
Ets
U.S. Airfield
Belfort Pass
Bow Balder
Ani
Brussels
Ren Eithes
Lig
Ford
Tee
Ster
Ermany
Belgium
Coble
Arnhem
Zuider Zee
FDR
England
Henry Ford
Commission
Ithatea
Selective “Service
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