Fifty six feared dead in Osage mine disaster
Osage West Virginia May 13 rescue crews locate 47 of 56 men believed killed in a massive No. 8 Christopher Coal Company explosion. crews retrieved 29 bodies. 4 workers succumbed wearing oxygen helmets. total missing listed as 66 with revisions expected. corporate officials say the mine employed 450 men and was rock dusted and inspected recently. spectators and state guards crowd the pit mouth as efforts continue to reach remaining victims.
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Evertion
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Christopher Coal Company
Tony Flee
Christopher Coil Company
T. B. Grifith
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Dannery
Bartley
Frank Christopher
N. P. Whinehart
State Department of Mines
State University
Morgentown
West Virginia State Guard
Allen Jones, Jr
Mick Winneheck
Fred Mongold
Tom Cordwell
Demand Congressmen Waive Gas Rights for Unlimited Supply
Senator Downey of California proposed a resolution to waive gas rights and allow unlimited gasoline under the rationing order. Some senators fear voter backlash while Rep. Paddles defends taking the unlimited gas card to return to constituents. Registration tax peak as lawmakers receive ration cards in the Capitol rotunda for 17 eastern states and the District of Columbia.
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Downey
Calif
Tamerrow
Charles I. Paddls
D-Pa
Oline
District of Columbia
Crash Fatality Case Held Over in Erie County Court
The case against Prips of Lebite Range Muh Village for an alleged manslaughter in the death of Rev. Ludiwith Garlson near Union City was postponed to the next Erie county term. Witnesses will be notified in Erie and Metnity. Garlson died days after the rear collision involving Range’s truck and Tracy Montague’s car.
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Ludiwith Garlson
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Erie County Court
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Carlson
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Garlson
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Pittsfield
East Main Street
Duidge Miles
Williams of Red Sox may be drafted next call
Cleveland May 13 Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams still holds a deferred status and his draft case is reopened Public relations officer Major Ernest M Culligan said Williams case was discussed at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention He noted the nation faces a growing manpower shortage with hopes of a ten to twelve million man army and a shift from civilian to military roles Ted Williams case and draft board actions remain unsettled Minneapolis May 13 Ted Williams remains deferred and his case has not been reopened according to George W Price Williams draft board chairperson Ronald Beney 10 injured at Red Oak school Buell's Corners serious forehead wound six stitches Memorial Day planning set for Veterans Memorial Day observance with James P Rossiter Eric attorney to speak and veterans committee chairmen in charge
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Id Williams
Boston Red Sox
Ernest M. Culligan
Selective Service System
Culligan
Williams
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Welva
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Ted ‘Williams
George W. Price
Willams Draft Board
Salt Today
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Spsytansbore
Red Oak School
Buell's Comers
Veterans’ Memorial Day Committee
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Eric Attorney
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Veterans Committee
Burma battles shift as Japanese push toward Rangoon
Reuters dispatch reports strong Japanese columns north of Myitkyina and from Lungling toward Paosisa as Japan aims to cut the Burma Road and threaten Chungking. British forces under Alexander retreat toward India while MacArthur’s Pacific fronts show no land action. Reinforcements to New Britain and New Guinea bases are noted as air activity increases. Allied air power hammers Japan, with fighters in the skies as bombers are scarce.
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Associated Press
Reuters
Douglas “MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
New Giles
Fourteen Killed In Day's Bomber Crashes
Washington May 13 Fourteen airmen were killed in separate bomber crashes from coast to state lines. In Everett Washington Second Lieutenant Howard F Porter of Middletown Pennsylvania died when a two motor bomber crashed in a wooded area near Puget Sound. Private John Pellish Jr 19 of Mingoiail Pa a gunner perished with three others near Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma. Aviation Cadet Robert Shoup 20 of Butler Pa crashed during a training flight near Enid Oklahoma. Naval Aviation Cadet Kenneth Wright McCormick 23 of Aldan Delaware County Pa died in a collision of two navy planes at Pensacola Florida. The Everett wreck sparked gasoline ignition and ground impact. It was the eleventh bomber crash in the Pacific Northwest in ten days. In Corry Pennsylvania plant worker Lewis Bemis lost the left index finger in an accident at Corry Wood Products Company and received hospital treatment.
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Midlana
Everett
Wash
John Pellish, Jr
Mingisville
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Robert Shoup
Butler
Enid
Okla
Kennetix
Wright McCormick
Aldan’ S
Delaware County
Pensacola
Fla
Puget Sound
Pacific Northwest
Wreck Prompts Roadbed Repairs On Mele Railroad
ERIE railroad crews race to repair the roadbed after a disastrous derailment. Westbound track reopened late morning. eastbound work advances with debris removal nearly complete. Trains rerouted via W NY P spur causing minor delays. passenger service reduced but expected to resume mainline routes later today amid ongoing cleanup and traffic impacts.
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Wreck Stene
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Four Die as Winds Hit Northeast Nebraska Farms
Bulletin reports wind storms in northeast Nebraska near Ewing Elgin Osmond and Foster last night killed four people and destroyed farm buildings and livestock many farms damaged and livestock lost across the affected towns. Concurrent dispatches from Tokyo Cairo and Washington note Malayan rubber shipments to Japan May 23 and Allied air and naval actions in Africa and the Coral Sea.
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Singapore
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Nichi Nichi
House Group Starts Final Tax Debate In Congress
Washington May 13 The House Ways and Means Committee narrowed differences on personal income tax changes after excluding treasury experts from its talks. Doughton and others signaled possible votes on exemptions rates and normal tax plans, weighing reductions in exemptions and credits against higher rates and corporate taxes.
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Associated Press
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House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Chatrean Doughton
D-Nc
Agavin Owen
Colin F Stam
Heart of the
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
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Morrenthew
Police inspector quits to join construction firm
Officer Glen Deleon, long in charge of city parking meter enforcement, resigns to join White Unnetruction Company. Dickson, another officer, leaves for Lewiston to begin work as a foreman inspector with the same firm. Police department vacancy remains unfilled.
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Glen Deleon
Lewiston
Omier Dickson
Two Arrested At Erie As Dangerous Enemy Aliens
FBI day reported two men identified as German aliens were taken into custody on presidential warrants for dangerous enemy alien charges. They will be moved to Pittsburgh for alien enemy hearing board review. Authorities withheld names.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Today
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Charles S. Uhl
Pittsburgh
Alien Enemy Hearing Board
Wetern Pennsylvania
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RIK
Conma
Eric
Kyrthaeuser Bund
Friedrich Gerken
Tak Prite Gerken
Ded Street
Wttle Puehree
Olly Richhard Nather
West Sth Street
Charles F. Uhl
United States
New German Offense Shell Described As Surprise Weapon
The German foreign office, as quoted by the Neue Berner Zeitung, says the Kerch offensive may use a new type shell that detonates with such force as to deafen and immobilize people over a wide area and may produce gunfire as a by product. The piece notes prior claims they would not use gas, but suggests a possible exception.
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Glen Miller Elected to Pine Grove Cemetery Board
Glen Miller was elected to the Pine Grove Cemetery Association board of directors at the owners meeting held in Hornblock Tuesday evening. Elton J. Simmons, Walter H. Scott, Raleigh Von Tassel, and Arthur Colegrove were re elected. Simmons named president with Scott as vice president. D. Warren DeRosay named secretary and treasurer after office consolidation. D. E. Leach resigns due to health. Frank May named superintendent. Pvt T G Williams reports to New Cumberland induction center for active duty.
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L.eper
Pine Grove Cemetery Association
Kaspelations
Hornblock
Stylten
Elton J. Simmins
Walter H. Scott
Reteigh ¥. von Tassel
Arthur Colegrove
Elton Simmons
Olin W. Bracken
D. Warren DeRosay
E. Leach
Cemetery Association
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Prank May
Mister
Leachton
Laval plots action as Paris bombings shock Nazi ties
In Paris and Vichy amid confusing politics Pierre Laval faces allied Axis pressures while Berlin leaders press to secure French collaboration. Reports say Goering delays talks, Dorlot eyes a Paris-based government, and Paris bombings trigger German reprisals. Pennsylvania papers report rising subscription costs.
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Laval
Submarine Attack In St Lawrence River Threatens Inland Waterways
May 13 reports from AST, LAWRENCE RIVER PORT describe that a German submarine torpedoed a merchant ship in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and entered the St. Lawrence river. Casualties are feared as several survivors are ashore in remote fishing hamlets. officials decline to name towns. The incident signals submarine penetration deep into Canadian waters, with details on survivors and locations emerging gradually.
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Lawrence River
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Vale
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Atlantic Ocean
Deminion
Germans Say Five Day Action Now Decided
Moscow denies extent of reverses as Berlin reports capture of 40,000 and huge equipment and supplies. Reds encircled, signaling a major shift in the eastern front. Authorities dispute casualty figures and strategic outcomes amid conflicting dispatches.
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Berlin
Soviet Claim: Battle on Kerch Isthmus Decided in Favor of Germans
Soviet and German dispatches detail heavy fighting on the Kerch Isthmus in Crimea as German forces push toward the Caucasus oil region. Hitler headquarters claims annihilation of encircled Russians and 40,000 prisoners, while Soviet communiques report no major gains and ongoing battles across the peninsula.
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Gutewre
Caucasus
Ures
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Fetch City
Hitler
Germuet Hieb
Herel
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Etch
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Crimean Panhandie
Keres Peninsula
Thiery
Lieutenant Oswalt to Report May 25
Harry G. Oswalt Jp manager of Hotel Corey for years has earned a commission as first lieutenant in the U S Army Air Corps and is ordered to report at St. Beach Florida on May 25. He will report to the Florida shore and not later than May 1 to the RAF School for temporary duty with later assignment to Dorp Texas after training at the gulf coast air center. Mrs Oswalt and daughter plan to make their home in the city.
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U.S. Army Air Corps
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