Royal Arrival on the West Point u cooperate
Police stations across the Southeast received many calls from motorists seeking gas or fearing they must abandon cars for the night. In Washington the curfew affected 126 stations. Retail Gasoline Dealers association director Harry R. Wainwright reports daytime sales up 10 to 25 percent. New Jersey defense council petroleum coordinator W Garrison Metz says compliance is general, but the sales ban does not seem to solve the gasoline problem.
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Washington, D. C
Harry R. Wainwright
Retail Gasoline Dealers Association
W. Garrison Metz
New Jersey Defense Council
New Jersey
Clash of pickets and deliveries disrupted near Uniontown
State police patrolled Fayette and Somerset counties as CIO lumber workers picketed to halt deliveries. Glessner reported 40 to 30 pickets scattered when officers arrived, with one man claiming about 250 unionists took part. First of 900 trucks rolled toward Uniontown amid mounting tension.
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Conus Motor Police
James Blair
Glessner
Fayette County
Uniontown
CID
CIO
Fayette
Somerset
CIO Lumber, Timber and Sawmill Workers Union
Lumber Truck Strike Shrugs Off CIO Demands Across States
Winchell in the Navy picketing roads since June 21, lumber operators declare deliveries will go ahead as timber supplies run low. Unaffiliated Tri-State Lumbermen and Truckers union members, having signed a wage-boost contract a week earlier, move loads from Morgantown West Virginia to Friendsville Maryland Addison Elliottsville Ohiopyle and Markleysburg all in Fayette County.
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Tucks
Tri-State Lumbermen and Truckers Union
CIO Union
Morgantown
W. Va
Friendsville
Addison
Elliottsville
Ohiopyle
Markleysburg
Fayette County
Strike Parley Is Last Hope For Reopening Plant
Huntington Aug 4 A conference of American Car and Foundry company officials union and state and federal representatives prepared to seek resumption of work at the plant closed since July 22 when a one year contract expired. SWOC demands wage scales union shop check off dues and vacations with pay. About 550 workers were employed plus 400 more expected when orders for 1300 cars for Chesapeake and Ohio are started. State Labor Commissioner Sattler said his department would attend with governor Neely endorsing state conciliation.
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Huntington
American Car and Foundry Company
L. J. Smith
U. S. Conciliation Service
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
SWOC
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Charles J. F. Sattler
Neely
R. W. Ward
Claims Army bill sparks six month limit push
Opponents in the Senate push to cap extension of service at six months while House foes vow to fight any longer extension. Senator Taft backs six months as Wheeler warns of broader hemisphere battle after passage. Walsh condemns selective service as a lottery dragging civilians into protracted military service.
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Congress
Senate Military Committee
Wheeler
Taft
Ohio
Walsh
Senate
House
Germans Push Advances Near Moscow and Estonia
Reported battle updates claim 10,000 Soviet troops captured west of Lake Peipus in Estonia with tanks and supplies seized. DNB also notes Nazi forces gaining territory, killing 2,300 Russians and taking thousands of prisoners and M1 tanks in an unnamed northern sector. Italian sources claim a portion of the outer defense and the old czarist capital were "liquidated."
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Moscow
High Command
Lake Peipus
Estonia
DNB
Red Army
Ttalian
Soviet Union
Frontline reports show Russians resisting with heavy losses
Dispatches note widespread Russian resistance and steep German casualties in the east while the Romanian led southern front under Antonescu faces imminent battle with the new Italian expeditionary force. Stranded motorists across New England and mid-Atlantic states hire horses for fuel shortages amid growing wartime strains. In Atlanta, the Georgia Retail Petroleum Dealers Association distributed Ickes cards pledging support for the secretary.
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Dyb
Geresl Ton Antonescu
Maine
New Hamphire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Atlanta Ga
Ciation
Ickes
SOVIETS ADMIT ARSE SQUAD HEADLINES OF THE FRONT
Soviet wartime communique reports intensified air and sea actions against German and Finnish forces in the Arctic Baltic and Black seas. Submarines claim sinkings of an 8000 ton German steamer off Varda and 18000 tons of transports and tankers in the Baltic. Docks at Constanta damaged by bombs hit a German destroyer. Front lines show a stubborn Kiev push with fighting around Korosten and Belaya Tserkov while Smolensk and Leningrad corridors remain hot.
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Moscow
Arctic Ocean
Norway
Baltic
Black Seas
Norwegian
Varda
Red Navy
Score
Black Sea
Constanta
Kiev
Ukraine
Russia
Stalin
Korosten
Bela Tserkov
Zhitomir
Smolensk
Leningrad
Gas Station Neons Fail to Light Up New England Roads
Across New England traffic on major routes was reported near normal though the famous service station neons were largely dark. reports said compliance with the blackout order was near total while travelers found highways to beaches and mountains quiet and desolate.
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New England
Rivers Planned to Run Through Uniontown to Coal Mines
The plan envisions rivers continuing from Uniontown toward the Monongahela coal mines, outlining a route to connect water flow with mining districts. Local officials discuss potential industrial and transport implications for the region.
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Uniontown
Monongahela River
RAF Continues Raid Netting Heavy German Losses
The RAF described the raid as terrific with Hamburg docks and railways punished while Kiel and Cherbourg were hit. Four British planes were missing. Daylight missions targeted France while a patrol ship and a gun emplacement on Ameland were struck. In eight weeks of the offensive 90 ships totaling nearly 300,000 tons were sunk in northern waters. America’s Eagle squadron member Gregory Daymond, Los Angeles, age 20, downed a bomber yesterday, bringing his tally to three and the squadron to five.
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Hamburg
Kiel
Cherbourg
France
Ameland
RAF
Gregory Augustus Daymond
Los Angeles
Eagle Squadron
Typhoon HITS Continues Rampage and Guam Details
Pan American officials in San Francisco said the trip to Manila avoided the typhoon and ferried more passengers back to Guar. Four men at the aerological station watched for over 25 hours warning island inhabitants of the storm. Guam spans 32 miles by four to ten miles, covering 205 square miles with about 20,000 residents.
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Manila
San Francisco
Guar
Guam
Vox Pop Heard In New Series Debuts And Homecoming
The week includes Cal Tinney’s Monday Wednesday salty commentaries from New York and a homecoming, plus Freddie Martin’s orchestra weekly from Hollywood and Vox Pop on CBS and NBC Blue. Other highlights include a West Point Vox Pop, BBC relays via MBS, and a packed turn tonight of war news, music, and comedy across networks.
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New York
Special News Service
Cal Tinney
NBC Blue
Freddie Martin
Hollywood
CBS
Vox Pop
West Point
England
BBC Radio
U.S
Nbcred
Chicago Symphony
Blondie
Nbc-Blue
Basin Street
Ted Steele
MBS
Morgan
British Invasion Plan Aimed Far North of Finland
Rumors suggest Britain contemplated a northern invasion to divert German strength and aid Russian supply lines. Neutrals pointed to Petsamo and the Rybachi Peninsula as likely targets, with Norway eyes brightened by a potential fleet air arm campaign to boost resistance against German rule.
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Finland
Filand
Filand As the. Most’ Likely, Spatsibly ‘Near Petsamo
Rybaci
Petsamo
Norway
Fleet Air Arm
Russia
Sister and brother rescue attempt ends in tragedy
Wilbur Dye, 17, recovered the body of his sister Veda Mae Dye, 14, forty minutes after she became entangled by the roots of a tree while diving in the Kanawha river yesterday. The incident occurred in Charleston during a late afternoon recreation.
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Charleston
Wilbur Dye
Veda “Mae
Dye
Kanawha River
What Mo Uniforms Benito Mussolini Picture Stuns Panicked World
A stark photo shows Benito Mussolini in a rare pose not in uniform, diverging from his usual fascist salute. The image captures him seated among delegates in a technical corps setting, signaling a curiously informal moment for the Duce.
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Benito Biikno
United States
Duce
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West Point Academy
Benito Mussofini
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