Tire Inspection Stations Change for Taylor County
The Office of Price Administration will reclassify all Taylor County tire stations effective August 1 1944 into Official Truck and Passenger Tire Inspection Stations or Official Passenger Tire Inspection Stations. Truck and Passenger stations will inspect tires on all vehicle types. passenger stations cover passenger autos and farm equipment. Designated Truck and Passenger stations include Dunlop Tire Shop Grafton Layman's Repair Shop and Murphy's Esso Station among others in Grafton and Flemington, with several outlets listed as Official Passenger Tire Inspection Stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Bernard P. Kinter
Taylor County
Office of Defense Transportation
E Main St
Grafton
W. Va
Vandergrift's
Main St
Joseph R. Walters
Rt. 3
Allied push near Florence faces stiff German counterattack
Eighth Army reports hostile forces five miles from Florence before a German sally into San Michele seven miles southwest of the city. Allied forces note costly counterattacks as a delaying action while an Indian division clears areas south of the Arno between the Pesa and Elsa rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
San Michele
Arno
Pesa
Elsa
Weekend police report notes two drunkenness fines
Mayor C O King said the city had one of its lightest weekends for arrests with two men fined for drunkenness. Warren L Taylor paid $5 and costs and has until tomorrow noon to raise the fine. Jay Cline posted a $6 bond for appearance and surrendered when he failed to appear for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. King
Warren L. Taylor
Jay Cline
Russians Advance With Red Army Near East Prussia Front
The report notes German and Soviet positions as the Red Army pushes on a broad 68 mile front toward major targets. It cites Cherniakovsky leading attacks near Sambor Stryi and Insterburg while Kaunas is evacuated and several East Prussian towns lie within striking distance of Berlin and other key cities.
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East Prussia
Transocean Agency
Kaunas
High Command
Poland
Junkers
Cherniakosky
Augustov
Prussian
Moscow
Berlin
German Silesia
Riga
Baltic
Latvia
Gulf of Riga
Czecho-Slovkia
Krakow
Radom
Tallinn
Estonia
Miriampole
Lithuania
Masurian Lake
Sambor
Stryi
Old Poland
Carpathians
Insterburg
Suwalki
Tri- Angle
Tilsit
East Prussian
Memil
Konnigsberg
Card of Thanks to Mrs J H Caroll
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of our husband and father Mrs J H Caroll.
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J. H. Caroll
Rationing Roundup Terse July 31 Updates
Ration details cover meats fats processed foods sugar shoes gasoline fuel oil and new OPA rules. Canned corn returns to ration list with updated point values and several fruit preserves become ration free effective yesterday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Adminstration
OPA
Leaking Tower Mystery in Pisa and Balloon First
The Pisa campanile’s lean has puzzled architects since 1174 with Bonanius and William of Innsbruck tied to its construction. Its shallow 100 foot deep foundations and failure to reach perpendicular highlight engineering challenges. The note adds that air is a mixture of gases and not a chemical compound, and mentions the first ascent by J F Piatre de Rozier in 1783.
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Bonanius of
Pisa
William of
Innsbruck
J. F. Piatre de Rozier
France
Allied drive sweeps seven mile front in Normandy clash
German defenses crumble as Gen Bernard Montgomery leads British and Canadian forces along a seven mile front from Caumont at dawn. The offensive, aided by Allied air superiority, captures Galet amid multiple towns while an American spearhead nears Granville within three miles of the coast. About 600 tanks participate as Avranches looms as a strategic anchor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caumont
Galet
St. Martin-Des-Besaces
Coutances
Granville
Avranches
Gavray
Povn
Tessy Sur Vive
Paris
Labor disputes in Detroit add to home front unrest
The Associated Press reports about 20 000 workers idle in Detroit area plants tied to Pratt & Whitney airplane engine parts as a series of plant walkouts expands from a single site to five in Chevrolet Gear and Axle division. Nationwide, about 13 000 more stay away from work. Other strikes include Granite City Illinois and Roebling New Jersey as labor leaders seek settlement amid pay disputes and sympathy actions. Also notes wrestling’s universality and a historical fact: Austin Texas was once named Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Pratt & Whitney
Chevrolet Gear & Able
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Stell Castings Company
Granite City
United Steel Workers Union
John A. Roeblin
Conroy
Trenton
Buffalo
Houdaile Hershey Corp
Houde Engineerings
Ashland
Kyshell
Clayton Manufacturing Company
United Steelworkers Cio
Nick Conley
John Harsch
Cleveland
Ball Bros. Company
Muncie
Ind
Federal Mogul, Co
San Francisco
Calif
KSIP
Minneapolis
Minn
Ten Day Furlough for Staff Sgt. John Ford Returns Home
Staff Sgt. John M. Ford, recently back from two and a half years in China, arrived from Newton D. Baker hospital Martinsburg to visit his Maple avenue parents for ten days. He served under General Stilwell, survived malaria, and was wounded before returning. Edward Anderson, hospital physical instructor, accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Ford
States
China
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Luther Ford
Maple Avenue
Ford
Adjutant General's Office
Stilwell
Edward Anderson
Thanks for sympathy after Mrs. Rose Martin's death
The family of Rose Martin extends heartfelt thanks to the Warren Methodist Church choir Bartlett Funeral Home and all friends neighbors for expressions of sympathy beautiful floral offerings and for the use of their cars. Children Mr and Mrs Scott Martin.
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Warren Methodist Church
Bartlett Funeral Home
Rose Martin
Scott Martin
Report on Soviet Consulates at Varna and Burgas
Report notes continued activity near Soviet consulates at Varna and Burgas on the Black Sea coast, once under German control, with Nazi press criticizing Turkey and warning against a perceived misstep. Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter claims London and Washington back Bolshevism to influence Turkey away from Moscow and Germany. Auction bridge origins trace to three Englishmen in India.
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Black Sea
Varna
Burgas
Turkey
Beobachter
London
Washington
Moscow
Germany
Congress Faces Postwar Rebuilding Challenge and Jobs
Congress grapples with postwar reconversion as about 20 million war workers and 10 million returning veterans seek civilian jobs. Analysts warn of massive surplus goods and war plant divestment, with estimates of postwar surplus property around 15 billion dollars. The White House notes ongoing shifts as lawmakers recess and continue to shape unemployment benefits and education loans.
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Senate
House
Office of War Information
Congress
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Dent Wiles Esso
Vincent's Repair
Flemington
Pure Oil
Everett
Eighth Army
Eal
ALLNL
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
the Nation
U. S. Railroad Retirement Board Employment Service
U. S. Employment Service
WMC
Switzerland
Piedmont
Freno
Lombardy
Parma
Italy
Venezia
Austria
Adriatic
North America
New Mexico
Sont
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Umalune's Drug & Chemical CO
City of
Austin
Texas
Waterloo
Foo
Charles Kelley
ARM 3-c
USN
Miami
Fla
Norfolk
St. Augustine High School
Kelley
Augustus Marple
W. T. Robinson
Graham Street
Valley Head
Randolph County
Roscoe Marple
Fort Bragg
N.C
Marple
Robinson
Camp
Kenneth M. Newton
Westover Field
Mass
Roy M. Newton
Fred L. Williams
Alabama
D. A. Willliams
Grafton-Morgantown
Orville Isner
Park View
Pvt
Williams
Camp Blanding
Robert
Bob) Williaams
Naval Hospital
New York City
William Williams
England
Eee
Elizabeth Knicely
Washington Street
Edward Manning
Manning
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Main Street
Carl Lynch
Lynch Funeral Home
Walnut Street
Virgil C. Allamong
Allamong
Worshams College of Embalming
Chicago, Ill
M. J. Lynch
India
Tia
Mal Ko
Bronal Finance CO
Deveny Bidg
Fairmont
White House
Washington, D
Seno Blacque
Presta
The
Salvation Army
Gospel Tent
George Bennett
McGraw Ave
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