A Day Wage For Illinois Miners Agreement Reached
Washington reports United Mine Workers sign a two year contract with the Illinois Coal Operators Association granting about $3 more per day to 93 000 Illinois miners plus 1 25 for portal to portal travel and a 48 hour week while basic pay remains unchanged. The deal hinges on War Labor Board approval and coal price relief and follows previous stalemates with Appalachian operators.
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Washington
John +L.ews
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Lewis
Illinois Coal Operators Association
War Labor Board
Gossebtiess
UMW
WLB
Whc
Smith
Deed Recorded for Property Sale on West Bowrth Street
A deed is recorded in the fee clerk's office for a property sale on the north side of West Bowrth Street in this city from Cero ne Kemp to John B. Hart with full consideration noted.
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Fee Clerk
Weperty
West Bowrth Strait
Cerone Kemp
John B. Hart
War Production Slump Lets June Output Linger Behind
Washington reports June war production near May levels with aircraft gains below 50 planes. WPB insiders warn the plateau may persist as design changes and material substitutions slow mass production of heavier warplanes and vehicles. Officials say morale shifts and contract fears fuel the lag, despite aims for a strong late-year surge.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPBH
Imal
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Coal Diverted To Steel Companies By Order
Washington July 21 Secretary Ickes ordered 5850 tons of coal diverted from other users to two steel companies. Fifteen mining firms in West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky were told to divert 54000 tons to Jones and Laughlin Steel Company and 4500 tons to Weirton Steel Company next week. The move targets shortage caused by strike-shrunken stockpiles and reduced Western Pennsylvania mine output.
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Washington
Ickes
Ster
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Steel Inndustry
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Weirton Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Germans on Move Report From Berlin Dispatch
Berlin dispatches report Germans streaming through the capital toward eastern destinations for safety from bombing. The exact final relocation sites were not stated.
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Storkholm
Berlin
Pope Urges Speedy Peace Amid Rome Bombing Loss
The Vatican radio released Pope Pius XII’s letter to Cardinal Marchetti Salviaggian, urging world Catholics to pray for swift peace after Monday’s bombing of Rome. He lamented damage to San Lorenzo Basilica and appealed for respect for Rome’s inviolability, hoping Papal influence would aid peace. A new chemical plant in Sisak, Yugoslavia, will produce sulfuric acid and copper sulfate.
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London
Vatican
Pius XII
Rome
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Salvaggian
Associated Press
Papal
San Lorenzo
Jeremiah
Sisak
Yugoslavia
Bottles for Liquor Limited Under Ration Rules
Baltimore notices tight discipline on liquor bottles as War Production Board cuts bottle supplies. Felix V. Goldsborough Sr. cites bottle shortages squeezing distillers and retailers, with 1942 reserve alcohol goals near completion and possible future beverage distillation approvals. Retailers plan short closures to conserve scarce stock.
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Baltimore
Balimore
Felix V. Goldsborough
National League of Distilled Spirits, Rectifiers, Inc
War Production Board
WPA
Goldsborough
Classification Talk At Frederick Rotary Club
Rev Charles F Freeman of Doyles Town Pa spoke at the Frederick Rotary Club weekly noon meeting at the Francis Scott Key hotel. The talk described his business as religion, its products and outlets, district managers and sales process. Introduced by Dr Henry L Stahr, presiding officer Elias Ramsburg Jr, with guests including James W Moyer and several clergy from nearby towns.
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Charles F. Freeman
Doylestown, Pa
Rotary Club
Frederick Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Mr. Freeman
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Carl Spaatz
Henry L. Stahr
Elias BR. Ramsburg, Jr
James W. Moyer
Mercersburg
Charles Zweizig
Greensburg
Pyrly Porter
Corning
N. P. Avoliingon
Baltimore
William C. Royal
Willam R. Barnhart
John L. Barnhart
Bairoko Bombed Heavily In Southwest Pacific Raid
Allied bombers in New Georgia harassed Japanese defenses dropping 133 tons of bombs on Bairoko harbor. The raid, the heaviest in the Southwest Pacific, followed by ground clashes near Munda and Komiatum with Japanese casualties reported including nineteen planes down and eleven likely destroyed.
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Southwest Pacific
New Georgia Island
Bairoko
Douglas MacArthur
Kula Gulf
Munda
Solomons
New Guinea
Komiatum
Salamaua
Madang
Bairoko Harbor
Aled Mortes
Pakoi Bay
Vella Lavella
Pentoel
New Britain
Fores
Fifteenth Billion Goal Set for Third War Loan Drive
Washington reports a 15 billion dollar goal for the third World War loan drive. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlined that non banking sources only will participate, with the issue largely resembling the second drive. The plan opens September 9 and aims to be the largest financing program in history.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Morgentaau
Thase
Federal Reserve System
American Bankers Association
Virginia Has No Farm Labor It Can Spare
Richmond Virginia officials said Virginia cannot spare farm labor for Maryland to meet an Eastern Shore harvest emergency. Maryland Governor O Conor asked War Manpower to mobilize about 2000 workers, but Virginia and the Carolinas would need to supply them. Assistant Commissioner Rosewell Page said Virginia’s farm labor is acute and only a few workers might arrive later to aid Maryland.
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Richmond
State Department of Aeriepunce
Virginia
Maryland
O'Conor
War Manpower Commission
Carolinas
Rosewell Page
Car Carburetor Fire On East Patrick Street
A car fire occurred on East Patrick Street near the Square on Wednesday evening. The blaze was extinguished before firemen from the Independent and United Companies arrived, causing only slight damage.
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East Patrick Street
Independent
United Companies
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Weed Recorded
Steel Company
C.E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
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Horalius
Vatican City
Mussolini
Venice
Menito Mussolini
Piazza Venezia
Victor Emmanuel
Colosseum
Lovely Kayser Victory
Bennett
MacArthur
David Dinterman
Thomas Miller
Lovettsville
Schnauffer Hospital
Brunswick
Berger’s
E. Patrick St
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