Portal-Portal Pay Talks Collapse Between Coal Parents and Union
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers association and United Mine Workers end efforts to reduce to writing a $1.30 a day portal to portal travel time agreement. War Labor Board decision awaited. ONeill says only a temporary settlement was possible, while UMW refuses.
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WLB
Washington
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers Today
War Labor Board
Cheles O'Neill
Producers’ Association
O'Neill
William H. Davis
Ime
UMW
Davis
Pennsylvania
Oal
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Association
National War Labor
CIO Urges Veto of Connally Bill in Open Letter
CIO President Philip Murray urged President Roosevelt to veto the Connally Smith anti strike bill. He said it would encourage stoppages and corruptions of work and weaken the war labor board. The president responded that a direct reply was not yet available.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Roosevelt
Connally-Smith
Murray
Questin
White House
Labor
Perkins
Bureau of the Budget
War Labor Board
Senator Bridges attacks O W I chief in press freedom clash
In a senate speech Senator Bridges accuses Elmer Davis director of the Office of War Information of trying to silence the press to cover mal administration during the war. He defends Washington reporters as loyal, condemns Davis for smearing reporters and seeks to defend free press against government attempts to curb coverage.
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Bridges
Davis
Nation
New Deal
Washington
R-N. H
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Senate
American Newspaper Guild
Boston
America
Congress
Roosevelt
OPA
Col
President backs subsidies to curb food costs in inflation fight
President Roosevelt endorsed subsidies to hold down consumer food costs and urged lawmakers to propose a better method if one exists. He said no czar would oversee food matters and outlined ongoing debates in Congress over central food administration and subsidies as inflation looms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
House
Congress
Prentiss M. Brown
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Jenkinjones Man Prisoner of Japs
Joseph Robertson of Jenkinjones a U S Navy seaman second class has been captured by Japanese forces and held at a Pacific camp. Navy officials said one officer and four West Virginia sailors were taken, Robertson missing since October 31 1942 after enlisting December 8 1941 at Bluefield. Also named were Lt Edwin Robson Nelson Huntington Luther Hartzell Godwin Elkins Fart Stafford Huntington and Emery Eady Winnell Charleston all listed as captured or missing in action.
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Joseph Guill
Buddy) Robertson
United States Navy
Joseph Edward Robertson
Jenkinjones
Philippine Isla
Navy Department
West Virginia
Robertson
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Bluefield
Edwin Robson Nelson
Medical Corps
C. P. Nelson
Huntington
Luther Hartzell Godwin
Caleb Hartzell Godwin
Elkins
Fart Stafford
Milton Burns Stafford
Emery Eady Winnell
John H. Winnell
Charleston
Grand jury reports thirty two indictments in West Virginia case
The federal grand jury returned 32 indictments on the first day of the June term of the U S district court for the southern district of West Virginia. Judge Ben Moore criticized a false impression about food waste and the jury will resume at 10 a m to complete its work. Probation was set for three defendants including Robert Cotton, Bronnie Meadows, and Mary Elizabeth Patterson on various charges.
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Federal Grand Jury
United States Court For
West Virginia
Ben Moore
Grand
L. D. Feuchtenberger
Bluefield
Foreman
J. C. Bennett
Athens
A. S. Booker
Clifford M. Brown
Mason Claytor
William Daggy
Muliens
James T. Harvey
T. R. Holroyd
L. L. Jennings
Spanishburg
Paul Jones
Welcn
Andy S. Morgan
Baileysville
S. W. Nunnery
Northfork
R. H. Powell
Wilcoe N
Robert Cotton
Roanoke
Bronnie Meadows
Beckley
Mary Elizabeth Patterson
Government to Expand War Time Taxes Faces Doubt
Washington reports government machinery moves toward higher wartime taxes. Democratic leaders assure no new burden on income taxpayers this year, despite President Roosevelt seeking 16 billion dollars in additional revenues. A new tax law is likely to be written this fall but major provisions may not take effect before January 1.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
D-N. C
Tax Writing Ways and Means
Bombers Shoot Nazis Down By 6-1 Score
Washington reports American four engined bombers in Europe flew 18 daylight missions and racked up 571 German planes shot down, with about 187 probably destroyed and 231 damaged in aerial combat. American losses reached 106 aircraft through the recent week.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
RAF Raiders Hit Oberhausen as Part of Fourth Night Strike
Allied air action backs a fourth consecutive night raid on Oberhausen and Ruhr targets with cannon armed day fighters striking along the western edge of Hitler’s defenses. German reports acknowledge civilian losses and state 20 raiders were shot down, while Britain cites 18 planes lost in night sweeps.
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Hitler
London
RAF
Ruhr Valley
Oberhausen
Germany
Rhine-Herne Canal
France
Low Countries
Rhine
Dixmude
Belgium
Roubaix
Abbeville
Tactical Air Force
Channel
Calais
Duisburg
Dortmund
Hamm
Essen
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
Dieppe
Five West Virginians Reported Wounded in North Africa
The army announced that five West Virginians were wounded in action in the North African area. They are Pvt. Joseph V. Reel of Romney. Pvt. Mike S. Szymanek of Weirton. Pvt. Marshall O. Tracy of Arbovale. Pvt. Charles W. Walk of Bluefield. and Cpl. John Yorke Jr. of Bartley, with their mothers listed as next of kin.
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Washington
West
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
John Yorke, Jr
John A. Yorke
Bartley
Argonaut Sub Crew Accepts Death Over Surrender
Washington reports that eight officers and 94 men aboard the USS Argonaut accepted destruction rather than surrender after a patrol near Rabaul. The crew, led by Lt. Commander John R. Pierce, earned identical commendations from Rear Admiral Lockwood for a courageous attack on an enemy destroyer before the submarine was lost to a severe counter attack.
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Yank
Washington
U. S
Navy
Charles A. Lockwood
Pacific Fleet
United States Navy
Rabaul
New Britain
The
Argonaut
John R. Pierce
Mary T. Pierce
Brooklyn
Dennis Russell Hartman
Iris Rose Hartman
Foneswood
Roanoke
Thomas Moore Morgan
Bibby St
Charleston
W. Va
A .Mysiineki
Broad St
Norfolk
Allied Bombs Hit Messina As Sicily Attacks Continue
Allied air forces based in North Africa intensified night raids on Sicily concentrating on Messina. Wellington bombers struck the ferry approach and harbor area leaving rail yards and port facilities burning while no Allied planes were lost, according to official communiques from Ike and base bulletins from Malta and Cairo.
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Allied
North Africa
Strategic
Allied Air Force
Allies
Sicily
Messina
Italy
Mediterranean
Northwest Africa
Fisenhower
Malta
Cairo
Wife Of Governor Loses Gas Rations
A special inquiry panel ruled that Mrs. Herbert P. O’Conor improperly used occupational gasoline rations on a trip to South Carolina in a state owned car. The C book for that vehicle and a second for her personal car were revoked, and the personal auto’s A ration card was suspended for three months. Mrs. O’Conor did not attend the hearing.
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Baltimore
Herbert P. O'Conor
Maryland
South Carolina
Emory H. Niles
Baltimore War Price and Rationing Board
Board declines N and W request and grants 15 year use
Norfolk and Western asks Bluefield to abandon 30 foot street right of way. City declines relinquishment but grants the carrier 15 years use without compensation for track expansion. City Solicitor to inform RR attorney. Stolch window repair plan approved to meet zoning, restoring weatherproofing. Sidewalk reconstruction on Albemarle Street introduced by title.
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East End
Norfolk and Westernilway Company
Bluefield
Borden
Messrs Roth and Kerfoot
Norfolk and Western Engineering
Cn “S
Luther G. Scott
H. Stolch
Pen Mar Avenue
Zoning Appeal Board
D. M. Easley
Mercer County Circuit Court
Stolch
Albemarle Street
C. G. High
Mitchel
Evacuations and war news sweep Europe amid Allied bombings
Report from Nazi newspaper notes civilians fleeing Berlin and western cities as Allied bombing intensifies. Warnings claim Allied fleet massing near Sicily with alleged hits on ships and barges. Turkey hints Syria frontier closure. France says no decisive gains in Syria. Stillwell returns to Washington with grim assessment of Japan war, while Red Army claims four new Nazi attacks in the Ore region killing 400 Germans and destroying tanks.
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Europe
Berlin
Sicily
Russia
Redsa
Ore
German Civilians Evacuate Cities Amid Air Attacks
German newspapers report mass evacuations of civilians from cities as Allied air raids intensify. Authorities acknowledge morale risk while citizens seek refuge in rural areas amid heavy bombardment and alarms.
Air attack on Rabaul intensifies with four raids
Allied reports reveal nineteen Liberators dropped 23 tons on Rabaul New Britain in the latest wave, marking the fourth heavy raid since Thursday. Japanese forces countered with 57 planes at Bena Bena and nine at Dobodura, while totals for the four raids reach 135 tons on Rabaul airfields.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
Bena Bena
Lae
New Guinea
Dobodura
Rabeul
Lakunai
Q A
George C. Kenney
Wewak
Huon Peninsula
Slamaua
Papuan
Bena Henu
Allies mass near Turkey in eastern theater clash
Allied forces possibly moving toward Syria and Turkey are reported as British Ninth and Tenth armies with U S troops trained in Syria Palestine and Iran may be massing for a sea thrust toward Crete Dodecanese or Greece The Turkish Syrian frontier is said to be closed to prevent information leaks amid Axis invasion anxiety
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London
Ankara
Syria
Turkey
U. S
Palestine
Iran
Rhe Daily Herald
Sicily
Crete
Dodecanese
Greece
N Sa
Cis
Germany
Germans Drive Counter Attacks Repulsed by Soviet Push
Soviet reports say German counter thrusts in the Orel region were hurled back after two days of fighting. One German advance neared Mtsensk outskirts, but the Russian defense held, with about 400 enemy killed and tanks and material destroyed. Soviet air raids hit railway targets, causing big fires and explosions as battles shift to Kuban and Rostov areas.
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London
Orel
Mtsensk
Kuban
Caucasus
Rostov
Sevsk
Sauber
Poy Re
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John L. Lewis
War R Board
Centralet Producers
TF Connally
Oublidy
FDR
Brown
Chester C. Davis
Office of War Mobilization
OWM
Sidney Cohen
Lampedusa
Cohen
Tunisia
TAK
Aura Valley
Reich
Board
Stee Pere
World Today
Associated Press
China
Stillwell
Japan
Born
Switzerland
Allepersons
Mulhausser Tagblatt
England
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