Strikers Return To Work In Philadelphia After Army Ultimatum
Leaders of a five day strike in Philadelphia ordered followers back to work as the army threatened to operate transit systems. McMenamin and four others faced Smith Connally act charges after a radio broadcast announced the return. By midnight all but one subway line resumed limited service and officials prepared to take control if needed.
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Philadelphia
WCAU
James H. McMenamin
General
McNenamin
Philadelphia Transportation Company
William C. Dixey
McMenamin
Frank P. Carney
PRT
Frank Thompson
National Selective Service
Washington
Strikers Agree See Page 2
Lieut Michael Richard Hall reported killed in action in the European theatre. He was in the U S medical corps and went overseas around June. His wife Mrs Virginia Shirley Hall of Philadelphia, formerly of Bluefield, expects to join family after official notice.
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Michael Richard Hall
Virginia Shirley Hall
Bluefield
Hall
Philadelphia
W. L. Shirley
Boone Street
Lieut. Hall
Newa
Lieut
U. S. Medical Corps
Co. D. Blake
Shirley
Dewey says New Deal lacks competence for war-to-civilian shift
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey returning from a campaign trip says the New Deal lacks the competence needed to begin an orderly reconversion from war to civilian production. He favors an integrated program to cancel contracts and shift sub contractors as reconversion begins, warning of delays if not done promptly.
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NEW Deal
Pawling
N. Y
Aus
Thomas E. Dewey
Germany
St. Louis
Louis
Dewey
Europe
Repo
Galea
Horse Racing In Germany Banned
Berlin radio announced that horse racing in Germany was discontinued immediately to release manpower for total war, a move reported by Associated Press. The ban affects racing events in Germany as the nation mobilizes resources.
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New York
Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Postwar Durable Goods Price Increases Forecast
Washington reports surveys from government and trade sources show new cars refrigerators and washing machines may cost 20 to 35 percent more postwar. Radio sets rise 15 to 25 percent while vacuum cleaners ovens and refrigerators could jump 25 to 35 percent. OPA plans a policy statement by Aug 15 and factors include wage costs materials and taxes.
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Washington
Deset & Survey of
Office of Price Administration
OPA
WPB
Yanks strike in Biak and New Guinea push
Allied forces reported a new landing on Biak island in the Schouten group cutting off Japanese remnants. Another American push in British New Guinea near the Driniumor river caused heavy Japanese losses as Gen Douglas MacArthur announced a full retreat of the Japanese from Geelvink bay and Vogelkop.
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Southwest Pacific
British New Guinea
Driniumor River
Aitape
Drinium
Biak Island
Schouten
Korim Bay
Mokmer
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Vogelkop Peninsula
Carolines
Nazi Submarine Sunk In Atlantic After Depth Charge Attack
A coast guard manned destroyer escort and a French destroy escort sank a Nazi submarine in the Atlantic recently after depth charge attacks. First contact was made by the coast guard vessel under command of Com.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Com
Stilwell Reports Burma Advance and China Aid Expanding
Southeast Asia Command says Stilwell's Chinese troops push two thirds of Waingmaw and near Myitkyina, with no Japanese between Burma forces and Yunnan. Stilwell discusses road plans to China and notes ongoing China relief flights as Myitkyina falls after a three month siege.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Irrawaddy River
Myitkyina
Joseph W. Stilwell
Waingmaw
Stilwell
Burma
Yunnan
China
Bhamo
Chungking
Mogaung
Triwette
Heat Wave Grips Atlantic Seaboard and Midwest
An unprecedented heat wave breaks records across Atlantic Seaboard cities with New York 94, Boston 99, and New Haven 96. Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Michigan get rains but fatalities reported. Soo locks shipping halted after storms. Texas eases with 97s. Nashville drought persists as temps stay near 80 in the area. West Coast Los Angeles records a cooler night as the heat shifts.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Mid
New York City
Boston
New Haven
Conn
Danbury
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Panoise
Michigan
Trost
Soo Locks
Lake Superior
Texas
Kas
Fort Worth
Nashville, Tenn
Los Angeles
45 Laborers Killed as Train Derails in Georgia Crash
In Georgia last night a Atlantic Coast Line passenger train hit a broken rail derailing 14 cars. At least 45 Negro laborers returning home were killed and 32 injured with four more bodies believed trapped. Soldiers in a hospital car were among the derailment victims.
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Stockton
Atlantic Coast Line
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville
Ga., Was One of Six Coaches Derailed, But Acl
Moody Field
Valdosta
Waycross
Montgomery
Ala
ACL
C. G. Sibley
Wilmington
N. C
Sibley
Sib
Albany
Maer
Hollywood Fight Night Ends With Scuffles on Balcony
A double main event on Hollywood's fight circuit drew a crowd as Band Leader Tommy Dorsey faced Actor Jon Hall on a Dorsey balcony where Hall suffered facial injuries and Dorsey left with a bruised nose. Barney Oldfield clashed with Prince Romanoff amid claims of a phony act and a black eye reported by Oldfield.
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Hollywood
Tommy Dorsey
Jon Hall
Dorsey
Hall
Tommy
Pat Dane
Barney Oldfield
Prince Oe
Romanoff Resoff
Oldfield
Romanof
Russians Pound Toward Czech Border As Carpathians See Key Junction
Russian forces seized the Stryj road junction in the Carpathians and pushed toward Czechoslovakia on invasion routes. North of Warsaw, Soviet units widened bridgeheads along the Vistula and captured dozens of towns while German reports spoke of heavy pressure as reserves rushed to key passes.
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London
Stryj
Carpathian Mounttains
Czechoslovakia
Pravoa
Yurgbudzie
Kaunas
Lwow
Czech
Wyszkow
Beskid
Ivan
Mizyun Stary
Stry
Mizyune Stary
Carpathian
Vistula River
Sandomierz
Krakow
German Silesia
Nida
Konev
Vistula
Poland
Silesia
Warsaw
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Siedlce
Berlin
Siedice
Proszew
Mokobody
Swiniary
Kowiesy
Kozuchow
Kamineczyk
Invasion Costs 115,665 Casualties In France
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports total casualties from the June invasion in France. U S losses tallied 69 526 with 11 026 killed 52 wounded and 6 831 missing. British losses reached 39 594 Canadians 6 545. Churchill notes American forces now outnumber Britain’s.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
United States
Churchill
House of Commons
Americans Press Guam Advance in Jungle Fight
U S Pacific Fleet announces quickening advances on Guam as Priday drives Japanese back to a fourth of the island. Nimitz reports 22 000 evacuees and Chamorro natives scarce in the north. Third week of conquest sees Lumuna and Amantes points reached, isolating Japanese in the northern tip.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Priday
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
America
T7th Army
Lumuna Point
Sassagar Point
Amantes Point
Tumon Bay
Troops Occupy Florence Area Front Near Arno
Eighth Army troops seized the southern suburbs of Florence and moved along a 25 mile front for an Arno crossing assault. German paratroops were seen on the north bank inside the city as fighting flared briefly near the Arno.
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Arno River
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Arno
Harold Alexander
Florenine Front
Montelupo
Jassiere
Fiorence
Signa
Bagno-Aripoli
Coalition forms against federal unemployment bill for war workers
A bipartisan coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats opposes a federalized unemployment benefits system for dismissed war workers. Supporters deny states’ rights infringement as Senate debate opens. Senator Russell joins Ga. rival George bill backing state control. Vandenberg schedules GOP conference to align party stance.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
Vandenberg
Michigan
Blican
GOP
Sev
Allied Armor Drives 75 Miles in One Day to Brest
Allied forces reported a 75 mile advance in a single day into the port of Brest on the Brittany peninsula as American units push toward Paris. Separate columns moved 27 miles east toward Paris while others closed on Nantes and St Nazaire, with Brest bombed and pen facilities blasted by British bombers.
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Austin Bealmear
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Brittany
Brest
Loire River
Paris
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Pontivy
Lorient
Morlaix
Europe
Normandy
Heavy bombers pound targets from Brest to Germany in big raid
More than 1,400 American and British heavy bombers hit Nazi targets from Brest to Germany in clear weather. Over 1,100 American Fortresses and Liberators returned to northwest Germany, while 100 RAF Lancasters struck submarine pens at Brest. Thunderbolts Mustangs and Lightnings escorted the raid, downing 29 German fighters in air battles and shooting down three more.
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London
Brest
Germany
Brittany
Sal
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Menamin
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Effie Cherry
Cherry Sisters
Effie
Addie
Marion
Oscar Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Gov. Dewey
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Stategic Isle
Nafi
Buma
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