Invasion of France viability eyed in war weather forecast
Dewitt Mackenzie weighs whether good fighting weather will hold for an Allied invasion of France this year. He notes time, logistics, and the Quebec conference as key factors, with Russia pressing for a land front in France while Mediterranean options remain plausible.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Quebec
Hitler
Fuehrer
France
Reich
Mediterranean
Balkans
English Channel
Rome open city seen as Axis ruse by British press
British papers questioned Premier Badoglio's Rome declaration as a trap to spare Italy from bombing. London editors urged continued Allied air attacks while Rome warned citizens. Observers suspected Germany guiding Italy to shift the war capital as Axis forces retreat from Sicily.
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London
Rome
Pietro Batlogioe
Great Britain
Lore Beaverbrook
London Daily Express
Italy
Winston Churchill
Canada
London Daily Mail
Bacoglio
Sicily
London Express
Hitler
Badoglio
Draft deferment logic debated by Congress and fathers
The article discusses fatherhood and draft regulations, noting that non-deferrable jobs may entitle, or rather require, deferment limits. It explains that Congress could choose war needs over deferments, making certain fathers non-essential and subject to conscription if precautions fail.
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Congress
War labor draft expands to critical war industry roles
Draft orders broaden labor pools by assigning workers to essential war production. Officials including Lawrence A. Appley urge minimizing need for a formal pool, while new rules cover machinists, tool designers, miners, and factory positions in both defense and nondefense sectors. The report notes extended eligibility for roles in manufacturing and services tied to wartime output.
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Miu
Tovamotre
Tianus
Soi Dow Trimmers
Western Pa coal chief backs 1943 production goal
B H Canon of the Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association says the nation will reach 600,000,000 tons of coal in 1943 despite a lag. He notes strikes in June July and manpower losses to the armed forces as reasons for western Pennsylvania shortfall, but asserts the national quota will be met.
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Pittsburgh
B. H. Canon
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Canon
Richard Maine
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Maine
Whle Battle
Maize
Pennsylvania
Battle
First Allied observers view German atrocity corpses in Russia
Allied reporters in Russia witnessed a field behind a prison where medical specialists of a state commission on German atrocities were at work. They saw a ditch with a pile of bodies shaped like burlap bags and examined each body on a table to determine the cause of death.
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Russia
Conference aims expand beyond military victory
President remarks on future political issues after total victory and recall of the need for united action among United Nations including Russia. Eden, British foreign secretary, and an American State Department spokesman are expected here, signaling broader talks. Eden and Sumner Welles may plan Moscow talks afterward.
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United Nations
Russia
Anthony Eden
American State Department
Foreign Office
Eden Witd Sumner Welles
Uneder
Moscow
Two Americans credited with downing Japanese planes in Alaska
ADAK Alaska Aug 16 Two veterans who had never before faced enemy planes claim credit for downing one Japanese aircraft each amid a 43 minute Donnybrook over the Para mushira base. Star Sgt Charles Ray and Jean William Niehaus described the combat as they fired on rising suns and watched planes go down.
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Adak
Alaska
Fve
Kiska
Donnybrook
Paramushira
Milan Besieged as War Rages Across Europe and Africa
Reports from the frontier describe Milan engulfed in flames after air raids and crowds crying for peace while refugees stream toward the front. Russian forces threaten Bryansk and Kharkov as Britain and Germany wage aggressive air campaigns across Italy and Western Europe, with Allied ships and U boats claimed sunk in the ongoing battles.
U boat daily record marks three months of loss
Axis submarines are said to have been destroyed at roughly one a day over May June and July in Allied sea offensives. A joint Roosevelt Churchill statement notes over 90 U boats sunk and warns of remaining enemy submarine reserves while U.S. undersea boats continue to hit Japanese shipping. Navy reports list six American warships lost including Pickerel Maddox Plymouth PC 4 6 Sentinel and Redwing, bringing total U.S. warships sunk overdue or destroyed since the war began to 110.
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Italy
Badoglio
Milan
Germany
France
Netherlands
St. Omer
Poix
Athens
Lille
Vitreen-artois
Merville
Vlissingen
Berlin
Portsmouth
England
Orel
Karavhey
Joseph Stalin
Bryansk
Bryanek
Spas Demensk
Kherkov
Getorais
Ukraine
Red Army
Dnieper
Kharkov
Churchill
Roosevelt
White House
Ieludt
Maddox
Seitian
Prckerel
U. S
G Supmerine
Sicily
Pec Rege
Washington
United
Roosevelt Churchill
Pacific
Informer’s law out moded needs amendment not repeal
Pittsburgh August 16 Attorney Charles J Margiotti urged that the informer’s suit law should be amended to curb abuses but not repealed. He represented Morvis L Marcus in a case against electrical contractors yielding 215000 verdict and 360000 to be paid by agreement. He said the act allows a citizen to sue for government fraud suspicions and urged DOJ time to file before private action.
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Pittsburgh
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Morvis L. Marcus
U. S
Pittsburgh Markets and War News Summary
Markets in Pittsburgh show moderate produce demand with several fruit and potato prices listed for U S No 1 and Maryland and New Jersey varieties. Livestock prices are given for hogs cattle calves and sheep with range figures for different weight classes. Also notes on Army dentistry staffing and wartime instrument shortages alongside a brief feature on the Woodwind bugle and aviation output.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
West Virginia
Virginia
McIntosh
Pennsylvania
Chippewas
Katahding
Long Island Cobblers
Katahdins
Maryland Cobblers
Washington Long Whites
Gasoline Rations Cut in Middlewest and Southwest
Washington announces cuts to gasoline allowances in the middlewest and southwest to three gallons per period, with expectations of a small eastward shipment increase by September. OPA official Bowles says a ban on pleasure driving may be lifted in the east on September 1, pending cooperation, while men-essential driving remains restricted and old ration books are replaced to curb counterfeiting.
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Washington
Middlewest
Chester Biwles
Aha Wer
Office of Price Administration
Bowles Sai
OPA
Stock market era list of company equities and tickers
A dense ledger of stock symbols and percentages covering many U S corporations and industries. Includes Amoco and Al Chem, General Electric, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Union Gas, Penn RR, US Steel, Westinghouse, and Woolworth among others with varied percentage figures and note-like abbreviations indicating share or bond data.
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al Chem & Dye
Smelt & R
T& SF
Bala Loco
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Avlat
Both Steel
Sly Borden Co
Briggs Mt
Budd Mtg
Chesty Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & EL
Cons Edison
United Affrerait
United Corp
United Gas Trip
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West Union Telat
West el & Mfg
Woolworth
Curb
Free Bond & Share
Tarnroad Corp
Southern Oil
Obituary notes for Fyock and North in Jefferson County area
Obituary items report the death of Manvey M Fyock 76 from Grant Township Indiana County after living in Johnstown and Baltimore connections. Survived by widow and six children, burial at Decker Cemetery near Penn Run. also an obituary for Barbara North of Anita Jefferson County dies at daughter’s home after short illness. notes she was born near Reynoldsville and was a Presbyterian Church member. Also a Pittsburgh bishop birthday note on the 100th anniversary of the Catholic Diocese with growth from 33 to 448 churches.
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Maanvey M. Fyock
Johnstown
Grant Two
Indiana County
Mr. Fyack
Bethlehem Steel Co
Marely
Cherry Hill
Peter
Elizabeth Fox
Cglassie
Good Frock
Chester
Paul
May Ripple
Baltimore
Clyde
Uth Ward
Ilinoisy
Jean
Charles
Trude Fyouk
Mgrs
Linnie Aydie
Penn Ryn
Fyouk
Decker Cemetery
Penn Run
Barbara
Anita
Jefferson County
James B. Herlran
Ernest
Neilbryun
Strikken
Willian
Lydia Pifer
Reynoldsville
Presbyterian Church of Panic
Fittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Michael O'Conor
Roy Decker
Zion Cemetery
Fay Keener
Issac
Elsie (Adams) Keener
Hame
Srady Myers
Plarmville
Oak Ridge
John
Tolerio
Q. Ernest
Nellie Mears
Harry Williams
Youngstown
M. M. Nulph
Climax
Irvin
Allied planes strike Balikpapan and near targets in SW Pacific
Allied warplanes hit Balikpapan and targets around New Guinea and Salamaua as MacArthur's air forces report a highway of action with 48 Japanese aircraft shot down, 5 Allied planes lost, and 99 tons of bombs deployed on oil facilities and ships.
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South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacAichi
Pacific
MacArthur
Balik- Papan
Borneo
Komlatum
Tae
New Gineau
Sankor
New Britain
New Guinea
Obituary notices from Punxsutawney area with multiple deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Elvie Fay Keener and Charles F. Scott and brief notes on survivors and services. Keener died near Youngstown after relatives in several states, with services at Myers home and Zion Church planned. Scott, a corporal from Cherry Tree, died in California following a jeep accident with military rites planned. Hawk infant son of Lewis Hawk died after a week in hospital, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Charles FE. Scot
U. Is. Aly Corps
Blythe Field
Calif
Scott
Fort Knox
Indiana Public
Ernest
R. & P. Coal Company
Hawthorndon
Macedonia
Ohio
Reeder
Mabel Isenberg Scott
James McGlynn
Cuyahoun Falls
Jessie
Lewis L. Hawk
Indiana
Lewis Lo
Dulla ‘Yasko? Hawk
John Yasko
D. C
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Nora Eddington
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