Yank Airmen Hammer Sicily And Sardinia
Allied air forces blasted Sicily and Sardinia, downing 39 Axis aircraft in a single day and targeting ships and airfields. Major General James H. Doolittle led the Northwest African air command in the strike, focusing on Mussolini’s island fortresses and Sardinian targets amid reports of peace envoy activity in Algiers and new martial law measures in Italy.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
Vunakanau
Truk
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Bene Bena
Lae
Seamen Describe Sinking Of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba
Two survivors from the Escanaba disaster recount the blast that sank the cutter in the North Atlantic with 58 lives lost. Boatswain's Mate Second Class Baldwin and Seaman First Class Malley describe their escape and rescue, noting they clung to a log and were pulled aboard the Raritan as the ship vanished. Commander Peterson Newton, and others aboard the log were separated in the chaos.
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North Atlantic
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A. Baldwin
Raymond Malley, Jr
Chicago
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U Peterson Newton
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O'Malley
Raritan
Daniel C. Davis
Sea First
George W. Gme
Head threatens to quit if home front activities are curbed
Washington reports show the OWI and OPA battles in Congress over subsidies and domestic war information. Elmer Davis warns he will quit if OWI domestic operations are abolished. Hill and McKellar push to restore funding and oppose subsidies, while some senators favor ending OWI and subsidies if better measures follow.
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Alabama
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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OPA
Congress
Thomas R Smoot longtime Bluefield salesman dies in Huntington
Thomas Richard Smoot known as Cousin Tom died yesterday at Huntington Hospital after eight months of illness. Born August 12 1874 in Wittens Mill Virginia he lived 28 years in Bluefield. He married Kate Litz in 1902 and left a family including Kathryn George W Smoot Frank L Smoot and Thomas Smoot Jr. Also survived by siblings and relatives. funeral arrangements pending arrival of the body with interment planned in Tazewell County cemetery.
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Wittens Mill
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Ella Witten Smoot
Tip Top
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Kate Litz
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United A Travelers Association
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Beaver High School
George W. Smoot
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Grand
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Frank Litz Smoot
United States Army
Fort Knox
Thomas Nee Smoot, Jr
Roanoken
Sam Smoot
E. Neel
West Graham
T. M. Greer
C. P. Brown
Jenna Smoot
New Cemetery
Army Navy Amphibious Force Created for Invasion Roles
Washington announces a new combined army navy amphibious force designed to spearhead major invasions of Europe with units already in Pacific service. Training aims to unify army and naval procedures for seamless future landings, with leadership under Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell and Rear Admiral Alan K. Kirk coordinating operations and tactics.
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Navy Department
Pacific
Attu Island
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Amphibious Force
Pacific Fleet
Navy reports 17 Japanese planes added to losses at Guadalcanal
The navy reports 17 more Japanese planes destroyed in the Guadalcanal battle, bringing enemy losses to about 16 to 1 in American favor. Only 26 of 120 in the strike force escaped. Two U S pilots were rescued after several planes were shot down. An unknown number of Japanese planes raided the area Thursday night without damage.
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Guadalcanal Island
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Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Norfolk and Western to Expand West End Yard at Bluefield
The Norfolk and Western Railway announces the purchase of 65 to 70 properties for expanding the West Bluefield yard near the West Virginia Virginia line. The $200000 land acquisition lies around the car repair yard and Virginia State Highway 85 underpass east of Bluefield station. Some parcels are on the north side of the tracks and others on the south side.
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West Virginia-Virginia
Prowler Suspect IO Questioned After Capture
Eugene Mosley the suspected escaped convict known as the Barefoot Prowler was questioned by police in Bluefield after transfer to Mercer county jail. Officers checked heelprints but found cuts on the suspect heels, possibly to obscure markings.
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Bluefield
South Bluefield
Mosley
Mercer County
Princeton
Miners and Owners To Meet In Effort To Solve Pact Dispute
Miners and owners plan talks today to end the labor dispute and restore a work truce that ended at midnight. The plan aims to avert strikes and resume operations.
West Virginia Coal Miners Idle After Wage Dispute Shutdown
Charleston reports about 6,000 West Virginia coal miners idled as wage talks faltered. Monongalia county plants with around 1,000 workers halted operations while in the Williamson area roughly 1,200 stayed away, striking nationwide wage friction.
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World Today Invasion Era Strikes Hit Italian Airfields
Reuters reports heavy air strikes collapse Italian air fields as pre invasion pressure builds. Italian envoys discuss North Africa with French figures seeking a compromise leadership plan while both sides weigh defense roles and chief command.
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Italy
Reuters
War News Outlook to Open Major Allied Offensives
The 1943 summer opens with Allied plans for decisive operations across Europe Africa and the Pacific. British Indian command reshuffle signals intensified anti-Japanese campaigns as Italy and Germany face renewed pressure and the Guadalcanal air battle marks a turning point in the Pacific.
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Germany
War Production in May Declines
Washington reports a split on May output with Patterson urging faster war production while WPB officials note overall arms output rose about 2 percent. Army ground forces, including tanks and ammunition, fell 5 percent under needs and 3 percent from April, but total war production remains about two percent higher than last month.
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War Patterson
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United States
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Patterson
Donald M. Nelson
Army
Navy
Air
Maritime Commission
Soviet Bombers Hit Nazi Bases
Soviet long range bombers attacked German airfields late Friday night, targeting the base northwest of Bryansk behind the Orel front. Fire was caused at ammunition dumps and repair buildings as Red airmen reportedly returned safely. Moscow noted French fighters now fly with the Red Air Force as part of the Normandy squad.
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Bryansk
Orel
Moscow
Rea
House completes war bill debate in historic spending package
Washington reports the House finished debate on a $71,510,873 war department appropriation, with passage expected by unanimous vote Monday. Remarks emphasized rapid, united effort against the Axis while protest noted cuts to a front line painting project.
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Robertson
D-Va
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McKinley
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Takeite
Congress
Stoppages Spread as UMW Talks Delayed by War Board
Coal miners strike spreads amid delayed talks between John L Lewis and operators. The War Labor Board ruled against portal-to-portal pay in soft coal, while about 55,000 miners already quit. A joint session recessed till Sunday as policy committees met.
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United Mine Workers
Washington
UMW
John L. Lewis
McDowell County
West Virginia
Fairmont
White House
Claud B. Campbell
Roosevelt
Associated Press
John L Lewis
Alread
Antil
Lewis
Fame
Umws
Congress
UN Inter
Car crashes through Mercer garage plate glass window
Spectators on Scott Street saw a car drive from Mercer garage showroom through a large plate glass window at about 8 pm. A 12 year old boy rode in the car and could not stop it as the glass shattered and the vehicle halted with front wheels on the pavement edge. No injuries reported though another car caught fire twenty minutes later and firemen were called.
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