Miners in State Pushed Toward June Contract Deal
Leaders report miners may return to work as War Labor Board pauses talks. District 17 chief George Titler urged resumption, predicting a contract before June 20. Many miners back Lewis's stance against strikes, while unions prep for a swift settlement with operators in northern fields.
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Feadline
War Labor Board
Millard “Cassiday
Logan
George J. Titler
Disstrict 17
West
Pocahontas-Tue River
Fitter
Titler
Lewis
Uni Nm
Monongah
Marion County
C. Fremont Davis
Bays
William Blizzard
District 17
G Ezard
Cedar Grove
Smithers
Eskdale
Tne
Tinion
Joseph Angelo
International Board
Toember
Fairmont
Ea Ale
Nazi losses mount on Soviet and Donets fronts
Soviet dispatches report more than 300 German fatalities in a four hour toll and over 300 more killed in a reconnaissance clash near Smolensk. The Red Army claims success across the central front with gunfire destroying German strongholds near Kharkov and Balakleya, including blockhouses and an observation post.
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Page Lybick
Red
Smolensk
Krimskaya
Kuban
Caucasus
Balakleya
Donets
Kharkov
Munition Ship Disaster Echoes From the Sea
Eyewitness Leonard recounted two explosions aboard a freighter and tanker, with the freighter sinking quickly. A deck cadet escaped, later boarding a life raft with about 20 men before a naval ship rescued them. Fire and flaming gasoline hampered escape as crew members perished on the deck. Leonard, escaping with minor burns, described shifting winds and blazes closing in. Coaxed by a shipmate, Acmesmman Martin Varnell of Manston Texas fled smoke and saw three dead men on the poop deck. He rode for over an hour before rescue by a coast guard vessel amid a firestorm ashore.
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Leonard
Acmesmman
Martin Varnell
Manston
Tex
Varnell
Ao Coast Buard
Bomber Pappy's Hellion Survives Crash Landing over English Channel
June 4 report details the crash of the American Flying Fortress Pappy's Hellion during a May 31 mission toward Lorient. Five crew parachuted to safety. others drowned or were lost after the bomber fell burning into the English Channel. Captain Cline, the pilot from Pineville, led a harrowing escape and, with survivors, vowed revenge as German fighters pressed the battle.
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Britain
Pappy
Erach
Lorient
English Channel
Vieney DB
Cline
Pineville
Janel
Paciny
Rakewilfs
Survivor recounts ordeal after freighter sinks near coast guard rescue
Euward Massagora, 20, of Newburgh New York, escaped a firey sinking of a merchant freighter after leaping overboard when awakened by a shipmate. Rescued by a coast guard ship following a two hour swim through an oil slick. Others on board, 40 crew plus 25 Bun crew of 28, were lost. Navy notes crew lists unavailable.
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Coast Guard
Euward Massagora
Kinner
Newburgh
N. Y
Naval Hospital
Matagora Inka
Felmvine
Matapora
Navy
Treasury contemplates spending tax amid tax reform debate
The Treasury and Congress debate a compulsory savings tax to replace or supplement income taxes. A flat spending levy of 10 percent, plus a 65 percent surtax for higher earners, would apply to single incomes over 5000 and married over 1000 plus per dependent. Married with three children earning 2000 would owe 200 under the plan. The proposal envisions refunds for the basic levy after the war. The administration opposes a general sales tax while a revised tax package nears Ways and Means review.
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Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House Ways and Means
Wiscom
Postwar air travel network outlined by OWI survey
The OWI survey projects rapid growth in transoceanic air traffic after World War II. By 1950 the U S could have hundreds of thousands of planes in service and a dense network reducing global travel times to under a day from major hubs. It predicts vast increases in passenger, mail, and express traffic under the American flag.
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United States
Air Lines
Globe
OWI
Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Seattle
Baris
Moscow
Rio de Janeiro
Istanbul
Cairo
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Shanghai
New Delhi
Chungking
Cape of Good Hope
OWL
State Restaurateurs Convene Here Today
About 250 West Virginia restaurateurs gather for the state association's first annual conventing at the Daniel Boone hotel. The event features a dinner tomorrow and talks by D. P. Brown and Robert G. Wise Bourn on wartime policies, with Robert G. Wilson from USA aviation headquarters addressing regulation and industry responses.
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West Virginia
Daniel Boone Hotel
D. P. Brown
Montgomery
Robert G. Wisebourn
OPA
Robert G. Wilson
National USA Aviation
Washington
U.S. Restaurateurs
2500 English Miners Vote to Resume Work
In Doncaster, twenty five hundred miners who had been on strike for three weeks over the dismissal of a worker for alleged insubordination voted to return to work tomorrow. The decision came after a pact to investigate the firing’s fairness.
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London
Doncaster
Ghogow Woman Assigned Red Cross Overseas Post
Alexandria Va June 6 0 American Red Cross headquarters announced staff assignments for overseas duty with the armed forces in North Africa Iceland Hawaii and Australia. Included in the release was Elsie Pat Myers Glasgow WVa recreation worker.
British Warships War News From Page One
British air attacks report heavy bombers from the Middle East striking Sicily, targeting Catania harbor. A dual raid over Southern Sardinia hit Monserrate and Porta Ponti di Rosmano, damaging ships and ground targets while defenses, including Me 109s and Focke-Wulfs, fought back and lost several aircraft.
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Vati
Pantel- Herla
RAF
Middle East
Acre
Sicily
Catania
Sardinia
Monserrate
Porta Ponte di Rosmano
Cape Terra
Wits
Chinese Bar Scene Details from Page One Continued
Chinese forces under alarm near Tianshan east of Chungking faced Japanese raids that did not reach the provisional capital. The Chinese retreat began along the Yangtze as Japanese units pulled back north of the Yangtze banks toward Jehang while fighter escorts and American air support harassed the retreating forces. A Chinese formation yesterday blasted Japanese units in two waves with heavy explosives and machine gun fire, inflicting severe losses on enemy tanks.
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Tianshan
Chungkins
Chungking
Allied Air Raids Hit New Guinea and Koepang
Allied aircraft blasted Wan New Guinea and Iyat targets inflicting damage as MacArthur reports. Fourteen aircraft including sixteen dive bombers and four fighters attacked Wan and nearby zones while bombers struck Koepang timing airdrome. Three Zeros were shot down in intercept attempts. Fires and explosions erupted at Reepang barracks and waterfront as another raid occurred.
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Arthur
Australia
Dune T—iMandayin
Wan
New Guinea
Sone
Iyat
MacArthur
Koepang
Timer
Younis
Tof Reepang
Pentoei
Japanese Air Raid on Wau and Temelee Causes Allied Losses
Enemy fighters raided Wau 38 miles southwest of Salamaua on May 17, with 47 planes causing major damage. Allied planes were all returned. a Japanese force attacked Temelee, smoke and fire reported, and casualties occurred on both sides.
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Wau
Salamaua
Baltimore Strike Ends as Transit Workers Return
Baltimore transit workers end a daylong strike and plan to return to work tomorrow after Baltimore Transit Company announces the resolution and impending restart of service.
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Baltimore
Dune
Baltimore Transit
Baltimore Tranet Ca
Connally Bill Aims to Halt Strikes on Seized Property
The Connally measure backs anti strike provisions tied to seized property and criminalizes calling, inducing, or aiding strikes on such property. It targets miners urged by Lewis and has support from James F. Byrnes and War Mobilization Director. The House amendments face compromise talks as senators seek alignment on the Smith-Connally bill.
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House
Lewis
Uing
James F. Dyrucs
Roosevelt Grandson In Accident Fatal Shot
William Donner Roosevelt, grandson of President Roosevelt, accidentally shot playmate Lewis Hore during a game at Edgemont, Delaware County. The 14 year old died after being taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital.
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Philadelpina
William Donner Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Montgomery County
Rushangsaid
Coconer Hashing
Lewis Hore
Aptdtore
Young Roosevelt
Mia
Elizabeth
Donner Winsor
Edgemont
Selburban
Delaware County
Mushang
Lewis
Marmet Red Cross forms new community unit
Marmet and nearby areas organize a Red Cross community unit under Xanawha Clay chapter with Guy Roberts elected chair and Mrs Frank D Warren as vice chair. Mex D M McIntyre named secretary. Meeting held Friday night to serve Marmet Hernshaw Chesapeake Winiede and Winkhrede Junction. Wednesday night Melvin EL Live.
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New Red Cross
Guy Roberts
Frank D. Warren
Ofa
Xanawha-Clay
American Red Cross
Marmet
Hernshaw
Chesapeake
Winiede
Winkhrede Junction
D. M. McIntyre
Melvin EL Live
Laundry misroutes wrap Captain OLeary's summer clothes
WASIINGTON June 6. Captain Michael Patrick OLearys laundry has been delivered after a convoluted journey. Laundry went from Long Beach to Hickam Field in Hawaii then Cairo and North Africa to London. It finally reached OLeary in Iceland on a cold day, containing summer clothes.
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Longearch
Cal
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Cairo
North Africa
London
O'Leary
Air Transports Command
Iceland
Meeting at Clay County Courthouse to Explain Community
Engood chapter executive will preside at a meeting in the Clay County courthouse with representative citizens of the section. Mrs Grace Wylie RC field representative Miss Catherine Terry home service secretary and Mrs Jean C Conner home nursing director will be present to explain community and organization.
Allied find 78 more planes after Tunisian victory
Allied forces report 78 additional Axis aircraft abandoned or wrecked at Tunisian airfields in Tinta Bizerte and Cape Bon as advances in the North African campaign continue.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Ihe Tinta
Bizerte
Cape Bon Arenas
Darter Submarine Launched at Groton Yard
The U S submarine Darter was launched at the Elvetrie Boat Co slipyard in Groton Connecticut. Mrs Edwin B Wheeler wife of the yard shipbuilding manager served as sponsor. This marks the eighth submarine launched at the yard in recent weeks.
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Groton
Conn
U. S
Elvetrie Boat Co
Edwin B. Wheeler
J Byrnes Viewed on War Time Living Costs Policy
Murray urged adherence to the presidential directive to stabilize living costs at the September 1942 level and criticized partial measures. Tests show ceramic heaters use less fuel than coal stoves and retain heat longer, with ceramic devices outperforming metal in heat retention.
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James F. Byrnes
Murray
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