Miners protest shuts Alabama and Pennsylvania mines
Miners nationwide abstained from work as the War Labor Board’s portal to portal pay ruling sparked a wage dispute. In Alabama three mines closed and in Pennsylvania shifts walked out, affecting several hundred workers while UMW leaders weigh next steps and potential out of court wage settlements under national policy.
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New York Central
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Weirton Steel Company
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Duesseldorf in ruins after heavy RAF bombing
The air ministry reported Duesseldorf, the Ruhr district’s administrative center and key western German city, heavily devastated after a large RAF night attack that also hit Muenster and other Ruhr towns. Authorities estimate the fires and destruction cover about 1500 acres, with substantial reconstruction required and wartime work undone.
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Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Norra
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Ann Examinati
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Tye
Muenster
Ruhr
Rhineland
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Duessidorf
Germany
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Italy Peace Rumors Tee Up Algiers Envoys
A Reuters dispatch from Algiers reports rumors that Italian peace envoys have arrived in the city. Names floated include Umberto II and Marshal Pietro Farogno, though confirmation is lacking. London officials say no solid evidence of peace envoys exists. The Italian cabinet met with Premier Mussolini and approved several decrees according to Rome radio.
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London
Reuters
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Eabineé
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Rome
Raclo
Japs Plan To Destroy Parker Dam Details Revealed
Testimony before a sub committee after Pearl Harbor described how 380 pounds of dynamite and 100 caps could blow Parker Dam, which supplies water to Southern California. Ralph Stringfellow testified Jap engineers visited the aqueduct system regularly, possessed maps of the dam, and took photographs near Lake Havasu. Documents from the War Relocation Administration were reviewed to show relocation aims, as deputies noted local opposition to the Japs in Parker.
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Dap
Pearl Harbor
Colorado River
California
Dios
Ralph Stringfellow
Metropoltan Water District
Parker Dam
Aqueduct
Poston, Avia
Lake
Havasuah
Stringfellow
Earp
Ariz
Phioenix
NEAD
Fleeing Arrest Two Youths Shot by Police Patrol
Two Latino youths fled after causing a disturbance at the Gomez bar on East Commerce. Police N. W. Graves and B. Thanas fired 11 shots as the car sped away, wounding the 21 and 20 year olds. Officers chased to LaPitte Street. both injured, taken to Robert B. Green Hospital.
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Plstols
Woune
Gomezz
East Commerce
Jorenting
Bycamare Street
Commerce
LaPitte
Robert B. Green Hospital
British Viceroy Wavell and Auchinleck Named for India
London announces Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell to be viceroy of India and General Sir Claude Auchinleck as commander in chief in India. Creation of a new East Asia command signals Britain and the United States joint effort to defeat Japan after Europe. Wavell succeeds Linlithgow October 1. Auchinleck takes over immediately.
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Gandhi
United States
London News Chronicle
Sir Archibald
Rory Doonderst
Reuters
Allied Divebombers Strike Jap Positions Near Australia
Allied air action reported from Australia and surrounding seas describes dive bombers attacking two Japanese villages near the Selaru Islands, barge strikes off Cape Gloucester, and bombers sinking or damaging vessels. Boston and Mitchell aircraft supported ground positions near New Guinea while ambon area airfields were observed from a distance. An enemy plane was shot down by a Beaufort near the Arafura Sea.
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Balamaua
Boston
Austria
Ambolnia
Lata
Catalina
Arafura Sea
Beaufort
French Reach Compromise in Provisional Government
A compromise proposal to resolve disagreements between General De Gaulle and General Giraud on army organization was reported. The plan, advanced by moderationists of the 14 man Nations Liberation committee, would create a national defense committee with De Gaulle as defense commissioner, Giraud as commander in chief, Monnet as armament commissioner, Philip as interior and resistance commissioner, and either Georges or Catroux as senior generals.
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Geneals de Gaulle
Giraud
de Gaulle
Ing Frimee
Moderaves
Committee of Nations Liberation A
National Defense
M Cnier
Jean Monnet
Andre Philip
Résistance
France
Alphonse Georges
Georges Catroux
Man Injured in Fall Down Shaft at Bakery Alley
Pete Segovia of 1428 Vere Cruz Street was admitted to Robert B. Green Hospital Saturday with severe cuts and bruises after falling into a shaft in the alley behind the St. Ann Hotel bakery. The accident occurred Friday afternoon.
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Pete Segovia
Vere Cruz Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Allsy
St. Anahroy Hotel
Nazi Drives Significantly North of Misensk Front
Military observers assess German counterattacks near Misensk in the Orel sector of the Russian front as increasingly significant. The Germans reportedly throw reserves and heavier equipment to regain ground lost to Red Army troops, with both sides massing reserves and supplies in pivotal sectors, suggesting no clear breakthrough imminent.
Allied Air Force raids sink 39 enemy planes over Sicily
Allied headquarters report 39 enemy planes shot down in daylight Sicily strikes. Flying Fortresses hit Messina while P-38s bombed Milo and other targets in Sardinia and southern Sicily. Docks and rail yards damaged. eight Allied planes did not return. A second item notes a lecture by Dr. George T Sanchez on “Education for Peace” at Our Lady of Loreto.
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Messina
Comiso
Sicily
Middle East
Milo
Slefly
Olbla
Golfo Avancli
Sardinia
Ternal
Parapant
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Olbia
Conmuntaue
Golfa Ar
George T. Sanchez
Jaxwell
inter-Amestcni
Latin- American Institute
University of Texas
Edvcation
Our Lady’ of Line Lake Can Go
Witness recounts Guadalcanal air battle and Jap defeat
AP war correspondent J Norman Lodge describes a major air clash over Guadalcanal. About 120 Japanese planes attacked Skylark harbor and ships, but American defenses shot down 32 zeros and numerous dive bombers, with fighters striking back and driving the rest away. The fight underscores heavy losses for the Japanese and marked the worst beating since their August landings to the Solomons.
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Associated Press
Norman Lodge
Guadalcanal
Norman Longe
Airforce
Smid
Addttion
Miers
Donnybrook
Dale Jale
Kahlii
Bougain~ville
Solomons
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