War Dept and Senators Press Pay-As-You-Go Plan in Anthracite Crisis
Wilkes-Barre reports the War Department summons Pennsylvania’s striking anthracite miners to a mass meeting urging urgent return to work amid a coal shortage feared to rival wartime crunches. The 11 day wildcat strike spreads to Hazleton, affecting 16,000 miners, with demand for higher wages and lower dues. The twelve-member anthracite committee urges compliance to maximize coal for national needs while the industry negotiates pay and dues disputes and prepares for a six day work week under a government plan.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
War Department
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
James Henntinth
United Mie Workers
Charles W. Kenwood
Washington
Phikdalputy
Mark S. James
Ponssylvania
Sik
Aight
Emerg Frenay
Committee of Twelve
Notwces
UMW
Waypol
Coal Stocks Low Hearing From DeLury Urges Action
Leaders urge action as coal stocks run low with no anthracite shipments for weeks. Dealers warn winter supplies may not suffice, forcing changes in fuel use. soft coal and bituminous supplies are adequate for now while Buffalo reports delays affecting eastern Pennsylvania and other major cities.
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DeLury
She Journal
Cory
Buffalo
Lesshan
Pennsylvania
Congressional Leaders Push Pay As You Go Tax Plan
Washington leaders advocate wider source deductions to fund a pay as you go tax system backed by President Roosevelt. Key senators urge withholding methods, extending the 3 percent Victory Tax to regular income, while stressing periodic payroll deductions to curb delinquencies and maintain annual revenue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senale Finance Committees
George D-Gay
la Pollelta
Ven
Debe Riel
Rhembes
Jyysep
Beardsley Runil
New York
Ierchant
Biome
Audi
Georgi
LaPollette
Vanderbore
Gui
Bombers Launch Major Assault on Bizerte Port
Allied air forces conducted a large strike on the Bizerte harbor as Major General Carl Busdilla and Lt Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower oversaw new bombardment operations. American bombers, fighters, and support units attacked the port area amid heavy anti aircraft fire, causing widespread damage and disrupting enemy defenses.
Runaway youths detained. parents plan Union city trip
Two Corry boys ran away and were detained in Toledo today. The parents of one boy arranged to travel to Union City tomorrow to bring the youth home.
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Ruidaways
Toledo Lodey
Unio
New Raids Announced Against Japanese Bases
The Navy reported a new raid by American bombers on a Japanese base at Rekata Bay in the Solomons. Allied forces also attacked enemy installations at Bougainville and Kiska, with Rekata Bay located about 2,735 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. The Japanese have held Rekata Bay for four months, and the raid marks the first U.S. strike there in some time, suggesting enemy strengthening in the area.
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Washington
Gan
Rekata Bay
Solomons
Navy
Bougsin~ville
Kiske
Rekuta Bay
Guadalcanal
New Delia
India
Burma
Aulhedung
Mayu River
Akyab
Mayu Peninsula
City Sees Record Cold as Thermometers Dip
A brutal cold snap gripped the city with official readings near zero. The business district reported 4 above early morning after a low of 4 above and a daytime high near 24. By 4:30 AM the temperature held around 4 above as winds persisted.
Jap Convoy Pounded In Lae Harbor
Allied air pounding near Lae New Guinea wrecked a Japanese convoy while troops closed in Bannndons Buna. The communique cited 38 enemy aircraft shot down in the action and 20 more warplanes destroyed beyond transports lost since January 6. General MacArthur praised Australian and American forces and awarded distinguished service honors for courage and efficiency during the Papin campaign.
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Buna
Bannnands
Douglas MacArthur
Australis
We New Guinea
Papin
Temin
New Britain
Damages Awarded In Tyrone Grade Crossing Deaths
Pittsburgh June 9 Damages totaling 34735 against the Pennsylvania Railroad were awarded in two suits arising from fatal grade crossing accidents. John Fisher Jrof Tyrone was awarded 20000 for the death of his wife Marguerite Fisher and George Ratt of Tyrone received 4735 for the death of his daughter Joyce Ratt aged 15. The trials were held in the dormant pleas court here yesterday.
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Pittsburgh
Aetial Railroad
John Fisher
Tyrone
Marguerite Fisher
George Ratt
Joyce Ratt
Liquor Board Reconsiders Quota System and Appeals
Harrisburg report outlines clarifications in the 1939 quota law. It urges reducing the number of taprooms, allows appeals from lower court decisions, and notes transfers to quota units, while acknowledging non retroactivity and the need for further legislative action. The board calls for stronger authority to cancel liquor licenses and modernizing the system.
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UCC
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James
Martin
Nazi Prisoner Now Expecting Early Release
A letter from Lieut. Hugh De Lury, captured in North Africa, reports hope for early release from a Neel prison camp. He notes the American consul’s efforts and anticipates leaving by January or February, recounting training at Port Benning and service with the 112th Infantry before capture during North African fighting.
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Mu Qlid
George DeLusy
Hug DeLwy
Corry Bey
Neel
Bela Held
Atria
Debary
Atros
de Lury
Legation
Tazzlers
Moretoa
Printroones
Port Benning
Cony
North Africa
Escapes Crash In Which Six Others Died
An Army bomber crashed after takeoff from Greenville, S C. Aiquippa Pa., resident Ivor P. Evans 19 escaped after hours in a Florida swamp with five crewmen dead inside. Pilot Second Lieut William M. Putt, Houston Tex, missing. Evans suffered a broken finger and bruises and sought warmth at daylight.
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Tallarassen
Pia
Ivor P. Evans
Aiquippa
Ught Ater
Greenville
S. C
Marvin T. Thompson
Bedford
William M. Puttmay
Houston
Tex
Evans
Wamp
Authoress Faces Escape Charge in Miami Indictment
A grand jury in Miami Pennsylvania returned a three count federal indictment chargingAuthoress Ur Sule Parrott with the escape of a soldier from a military prison stockade three days after Shrisiehas. The trial date is slated for February as per the indictment.
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Miami
Pla
Ur Sule Parrott
Shrisiehas
Corry postal workers shift to forty eight hour week
Corry post office adopts a 48 hour week with time and a half pay for extended hours. Twenty-one employees including city carriers and clerks will be affected. Saturday afternoon delivery resumes and windows stay open later, ending years of no Saturday service. The move standardizes operations over a six day week, the first 48 hour schedule since 1931.
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Gosty
Havite
Corry
War Bulletin Briefs From Cairo Moscow and London
Bulletin items report Japan and China declaring war on the United States and Britain from Nanking, Allied raids on Burma and Burma bases by American and British air forces, RAF bomber activity in the Ruhr Valley, and a Russian push in the Caucasus. Reports note Greek and Allied air actions, losses and movement across multiple fronts with terse combat updates.
Eleven bodies recovered from burning mine disaster
Rescue workers recovered eleven bodies from the Pursglany Mining Company mine at Smoke-filled Robinette, as 18 miners remain missing after an underground fire trapped a section of the mine. Foreman Quinn died trying to save others, while Robitel, Dent, and 16 others escaped but were unable to help behind the wall of fire.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
Pursglnye Mining Company
Jas
Chuy Quinn
Smather
Robitiel
Quinn
Probe Tampering of 35 War Tanks
Oakland Gd Jan. At least 35 Army tanks were rolled at a wellway siding for examination after army officers were informed they had been tampered with. Seals on each tank had been broken and several men were seen acting suspiciously near the siding according to residents.
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Oakland
Wellway
Wie Eoning
Draft Act May Be Revised To Put Married Status On Statewide Basis
Washington January draft revisions possible as House Military Affairs Committee weighs shifting selective service oversight to the War Department. Chairman May says no proposals yet but may back state-wide criteria requiring married men with children to wait for eligible singles, matching earlier Senate reluctance and conference outcomes. Representative Kilday plans to reintroduce the proposal next month with May's support.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
May
D-Ky
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
House
Senate
Ad Beer
Kilday
Moscow Ridicules Berlin Broadcasts Amid Front Advances
Soviet dispatches report three Russian armies pushing toward Rostov and gains along the Don river basin. Troops under Rokossovsky reach near Strakhay and Sulsk while others advance west of Stalingrad. The Caucasus front claims progress and higher casualties for Germans as the front buckles under renewed Soviet pressure.
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Moscow
Caucasus
Associated Press
Don River
Rostov
Red Army
Georgievsk
Tiedt
Constantin Rokossovsky
Strak~ Hay
Tm Subway
Oon
Yerement
Stgingrad
Tvts
Kacele
Velikie Luki
le Leningrat
Micklay
Comeminus
Occagion
Ars
Plas
Pssiins
Hinlerite Argay
Wervano 6Pen
Bulletin
Rea Artenavi
Greve
Mack
Audh
Fighting French Take El Gatrum
London dispatch reports General Jacques Leclerc's Fighting French have stormed and captured the Axis outpost of El Gatrum southeast of Murzuk in the Libyan desert. The advance pushes Leclerc's forces northward from Ene Chad toward Murzuk as they press toward Tripoli region.
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London
Jen
Jacques Leclerc
el Gatrun
Noutheast
Murauch
Murzuch
Tripoli el Gatnm
BY Amel
Leclerc
Ene
Chad
Srea
Sebhu
Mfursuch
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Liquor Board
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