Turkey Likely Break With Germany May Aid Allies
War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues Turkey could sever ties with Germany and join the Allies, opening air and naval bases and a Danube front. He notes this would cut Hitler’s access to Bulgarian and Romanian support, disrupt German food and resources, and threaten southeastern Germany, with Rome and Bulgaria seeking an exit.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Ilin
Turkey
Germany
Berlin
United Nations
Hitler
Bulgaria
Romania
Danulin
Hungary
Rosnia
Lad
Ditter
Ormandy
France
Tleris
Italy
Uehrer
20000 Idle In Work Stoppages Across Plants
The Associated Press reports about 20 000 workers idle due to labor disputes, largely from five Detroit plants making Pratt & Whitney engine parts. Nationally about 13 000 more were out, with disputes in Granite City Illinois Roebling New Jersey Buffalo New York and other sites.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Pratt & Whitney
Chevrolet Gear and Axle
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Steal Castings Company
Commonwealth
Granite City
United Steel Workers Union
Roebling
N. J
United Steel Workers of America
John A. Roebling & Sons
Buffalo
Houdalle-Hershey Corp. Houde Engineering Division
Ashland
Shell
Calyton Manufacturing Company
United Steelworkers
CSO
Nick Conley
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Marion, Ind
WLB
John ‘Harsch
Cleveland
Iglass
Ball Bros., Company
Muncie
Ind
Federal Mogul Co
San Francisco
Calif
KSTP
Minneapolis
Minn
Tragic Drowning at Dam Claimed Inquest Not Needed
Venturine of Nicktown vanished while attempting to untangle a line in water six feet deep after his driftwood snag. Fire units and grappling hooks recovered the body near the hole at daylight. Coroner recorded accidental drowning. funeral arrangements set for St Nicholas Catholic Church Nicktown with several relatives noted.
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Venturine
Francis Sherry
Joseph Lesnock
Carl Ludiman
Portage
Alverda
Conemaugh
Aremen
McDermott
Robert Williams
Conengugh
Leroy Shaw
Albert Petovk
Sherry
Ebensburg
Spangler
Eyniglios
Josephine
Anady) Venturine
Nicktown
Redlands Coal Co
Heilwood
Violet
Barringer
Amsterburg
East Prussia
Pilleg Goutheast- Josephine
Edith Mae
Allien
Suwalki
Angie
Feneral
Pilsit
East Prussian
Andrew
Truax
Madison
Wis
Frank Certo
Washington
D. C
Margal
D.C
Isabel
Cleveland
Joseph
John
Genevieve
St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Marinus Ferg
Penurch Cemetery
Lawrence blasts McCormick over Roosevelt fourth term
Harrisburg dispatch reports former Democratic national chairman Lawrence accuses Vance C. McCormick of wanting to hamstring America by tradition rather than by the will of the people in opposing a Roosevelt fourth term. Lawrence cites Roosevelt's 1940 third term victory as the sovereign people's choice and asserts the welfare of the people is paramount in presidential elections.
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Harrisburg
Avid L. Lawrence
Vance C. McCormick
America
Roosevelt
Lawrence
Cormick
Harrisburg Patriot
The
Evening News
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Monsoon's daylight raid on Anshan proves monstrous
A B-29 crew led by Major William Kingsbury aboard the Monsoon bombed the Anshan factory complex in Japanese occupied China, destroying iron and steel facilities. Despite aversion from fighters and heavy flak, the crew pressed a second strike on a Japanese airfield near Chenghsien after losing key instruments and encountering smoke and engine issues, returning home with aircraft in peril but mission accomplished.
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China
Japan
Anshan
Mukden
Mulkden
Iteelf
Benda
Sprawlng
William Gc. Kingsbury
Redlands
Kingsbury
Donald Barton
Harlan
Gulf of Po
Yellow Sea
Bangkok
Thailand
Smitty
Bory
Perry
Gulf
Barton
Chenghsien
Burton
Allied push stirs heavy actions near Florence Italy
Nazi infantry and tanks halted the Eighth Army in hills southwest of Florence as Allied artillery hammered German units. In the Arno front both sides traded big gunfire while Poles reported combats near Senigallia. Polish forces claimed 108 guns and over 2,000 German dead with 2,800 captured during recent operations.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
Pisa
Senigallia
Rimini
Desert Airforce
Varne
Wye Great Tuscan Art Center
San Michels
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth
Italy
Hitler
Ancona
Dewey Tally in State With GOP Governorship
In a state where Republicans hold the governorship a senator tally shows a majority in the national House. Party leaders led by Gov and Mrs Edward Martin planned a large turnout to greet the presidential nominee and his wife and parade them to a downtown hotel where meetings would run to 10 p.m. He would depart Fitzaburgh tonight and reach Springfield tomorrow morning for talks with Gov Dwight Green of that state.
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United States
National House
Edward Martin
Fitzaburgh
Springfield
Conferances
Gov
Dwight Green
State
Marianas push and Pacific offensives broaden alert
Gen Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz announced rapid advances across the Pacific from Guam and Saipan to Tinian and Halmahera. Marines cleared Guam harbor approaches and swept Ninian town on Tinian while light airfields opened on Us hi. Casualties were reported for Guam and Tinian, with strong Japanese resistance remaining on the southern portion of Tinian as raids extended toward Mindanao and the Caroline islands.
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George C. Kenney
New Guinea
Halmaheta Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Guam
Port Apra
U. S. Naval Base
Marianas
Orote Peninsula
Tinian Island
Ninian Town
Tranz-Island
Tinian
Ushi
Green
Nimitz
Pacific
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Apra Harbor
U. S
Saipan
Nimite
Halmahera Island
Mindanao
George Kenney
Fers
Halmahera
Vogelkop Peninsula
Sorong
Manokwari
Truk
Woleai
Namol
Ponape
Carolines
Nauru Island
Hunan
Hengyang
U. S. Air Force
Koiso
Japan
Tokyo
Manila
Reconversion Dilemma Faces Congress After War End
Congress ends a five week recess and faces reconversion legislation to ease peacetime economic return. Committees study demobilization and job creation for up to 20 million war workers and 10 million veterans, with war stockpiles and plants to be disposed of. Estimates of postwar supplies range from 15 to 100 billion dollars.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Germany
Senate
House
Capitol
Messages Often Delayed In War Department Notices
War Department reports many messages notifying relatives of soldiers are delayed due to wrong or fictitious addresses. Some careesen reporting home addresses, some soldiers have no living relatives. Long-serving personnel may have lost track of kin or be separated from families.
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Washington
War Department
Puppy Love Denver Mrs Yellen Feeds 12 Pups by Hand
Mrs R Yellen cares for 12 German boxer pups by hand feeding 144 meat balls daily. She ties a string around a pup’s neck after he eats his quota to identify finished eaters, preventing choking when feeding from bowls later.
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Denver
Yellen
Obituary notices of several Indiana County figures
Multiple obituaries from Indiana County list William Michard Price born May 1 1934 died Sunday at home in Homer City James Brice of Homer City daughter son sisters and brothers Funeral at home Interment Diamondville Cemetery Harry Schrader 71 Carmichaels former policeman died suddenly April 27 1973 in Nemacolin Buckeye Coal Carmichaels Elks services held private interment St Bernard s Cemetery Mrs Ella Mae Young Fagan 73 Spangler died yesterday born February 26 1871 survived by husband Harvey J Fagan foster daughter Dorothy Blackford Johnstown siblings. funeral at Cockport Methodist Church Burial Cockport Cemetery Alice Bracken Campbell 61 Indiana resident died Saturday 9 p m wife of Lawrence D Campbell surviving husband son Kenneth Campbell siblings and buried Oakland Cemetery William J Cribbs 86 Plumville died after months of illness, services at Bowser Funeral Home.
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William Michard Price
James Brice
Holmer City
Homer City
Harry ¥. Schrader
Carmichaels
White Township
Indiana County
William and
Mary Faith Schrader
Indiana
Nemacalin
Buckeye Coal Company
Margaret ‘McDonald Schrader
McDonald
Edward
Nemacolin
Reynolds
Marjorie
Andrew Lafferty
Pittsburgh
W. ©. Schrader
George Mahon
George D. Leydie
Charles Schrader
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Punxsutawney
Indiana Lodge
Leydie Funeral Home
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Ella Mae (Young) Fagan
Spangier
Green Township
Calvin
Jane (Lockard) Young
Harvey J. Fagan
Dorothy Blackford
Johnstown
Harry Young
Etta Claycomb
Emma‘ Claycomb
Commodore
Frank
Eva Buterbaugh
Elzabeth Huéy
Cockport Methodist Church
Ralph Karalfa
Cemeters
Fagan
Spangler Methodist Church
Alice (Bracken
Campbell
Water St
Lawrence D. Campbell
Westborn
John
Margaret Johnston Bracken
Indiana Methodist Church
Kenneth Campbell
Charles Bracken
Arlings ‘Ton, S. C
Minnie
B Bracken
Harry McAfoose l
Perry Fleming
Robinson Funeral Home
David R. Graham
Oakland Cemetery
Seven States Hold Primaries This Week
Seven states plan primaries this week with Dewey meeting Missouri governors in St Louis to bolster his nomination. New York votes on Rep Hamilton Fish and Missouri Attorney General Roy McKittrick faces Senator Bennett Clark as parties seek pivotal early wins. Tennessee Kentucky Virginia Kansas and a Democratic Connecticut convention round out the schedule.
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Associated Press
St Louis
Thomas E. Deway
Dewey
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Springfield
New York
Hamilton Fish
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Fish
Augustus W. Bennett
Newburgh
Abel
Maxwell Anderson
Wendell J. Willkie
Anderson
Clark
Harry S.truman
Roy McKittrick
McKittrick
House
Kansas
Virginia
Tennessee
Connecticut
Kentucky
Funeral services set for James Rankin Shaffer in Avonmore
James Rankin Shaffer died Saturday at 7 00 p m in his Kiski Township home. Survived by wife Mildred F Shaffer three daughters Mrs Homer Schall Dixonville Mrs Samuel Tanville Latvia and Mrs Arthur L Covert Apollo four sons William Harvey Howard and John Avonmore Edmond two brothers William C Alliquippa Fred M Cleveland Ohio one sister and 30 grandchildren Funeral services tomorrow at 2 30 p m from Avonmore Free Methodist Church Rev Ralph Caige in charge Burial in West View Cemetery Friends may call at the family home.
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James Rankin Suafper
Kiski Township
Solomon
Amanda Shaffer
Mildred F. Shaffer
Homer Schall
Dixonville
Samuel Tanville
Latvia
Arthur L. Covert
Apollo
William
Harvey
Howard
Avonmore
John
Edmond
William C
Allinquippa
Fred M
Cleveland
Four Years Ago Today in World News and War Violence
Four years ago today on July 31, 1940, reports note a government ban on exporting aviation gasoline to countries outside the western hemisphere. In Europe a lone British aircraft dropped bombs on the center of Hannover, Germany, amid ongoing aerial warfare and strategic disruptions.
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Western Hemisphere
Hannover
Germany
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Dear
St. Mary's
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E Tapfahter
Oscar
George D. ‘Smith
Baton Rouge
Brown
Diemondville Cemetery
William J. Cribbs
Plumville
Bowser Funeral Home
Caribbean
Arctic
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