Philadelphia transit strike deepens as Army takeover stalls
The Army-backed effort to restore Philadelphia Transportation service collapses as most shift workers refuse to relieve those who kept cars idle. Only 7.3 percent of normal vehicles run at 5 pm with 31 six car subways and one trolley active. Leaders vow to continue the stoppage amid warnings of arrests for obstructing return to work.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation
Broad Street
Market Street
Red Arrow
Board of Commissioners
Upper Darby
J. F. Hammond
Red Arrow Lines
Washington
James P. McGranery
McGranery
United States
Fair Employment Practices Committee
U. S. Employment Service
Governor expands liquor sales ban to Upper Darby
Governor Martin extended Philadelphia liquor sale prohibitions to adjoining Upper Darby Township Delaware County at the request of local officials. The move follows yesterday's proclamation for Philadelphia amid a citywide transportation strike and anticipates further closings in surrounding areas.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Philadelphia
Upper Darby Township
Delaware County
Township Board of Commissioners
Dozer Dies After Being Hit By Car on Route 53 Near Stoystown
Joseph Dozer, about 60, died in Community hospital Friday from injuries after being struck Thursday night on Route 53 between Kimmel's Park and the Stoystown bridge. Coroner Dosch cited a fractured skull and other injuries. Ira Jamison, the driver, stopped after witness Mrs. Clara Mutz yelled to stop. no inquest will be held.
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Joseph Dozer
Kimmel’s Park
Stoystown
Philip C. Dosch
Ira. Jamison of
Friedens
Dozer
Clara Mutz
Mutz
Jamison
A Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Calvin Frey
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Calvin Frey of Jennertown at 10 30 p m Friday at Community Hospital.
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Freys
Calvin Frey
Jennertown
Community Hospital
Somerset seeks weed control under Ordinance 568
Notice to property owners cites Ordinance 568 forbidding uncut weeds after August 1 and allows abatement by borough officers. It states the nuisance declaration, entry to cut weeds, and recovery of costs plus a 20 percent penalty from the landowner or firm in control by legal action. H Everett Musser.
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Borough of
Somerset
U S and Canada Hit by Wartime Labor Strikes Paralyzing Transit
About 37,000 workers idled across the United States and Canada as transit and war plant strikes spread. In Buffalo 2,000 Houdaille Hershey workers settled. Detroit GM gear and axle plants risked closing due to part shortages. Philadelphia halted four days and Montreal trolley and bus service stopped amid union shop disputes. Readings and Illinois plants added nearly 3,000 idle. In Ottawa Illinois Libby Owens Ford stopped 1,400. Can ton Harvester idled 300. Chesapeake West Point 500 walked out. Over 16,000 more across 15 plants affected.
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United States
Canada
Houdaille-Hershey Corporation
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet Gear and Axle Division
Pontiac
Mich
Norwood
Alanta
Towanda
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Francis Biddle
War Department
Montreal
Reading
Amalgamated Association of Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Ilinois
Carbondale
Ottawa, Ill
Libbey - Owens - Ford Glass Company
International Harvester
Canton
Ill
Pulp and Paper Mills
Chesapeake Corp
West Point
War Labor Board
325 Strike In Pittsburgh Plants
An unauthorized strike of 325 workers at two Pittsburgh plants of Pennsylvania Transformer Co. brought district idle war workers to over 2,700. The walkout, the third in a month, followed the dismissal of five workers accused in a prior strike as CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers urged the company to return to work.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Transformer Co
Cio-United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Dewey Back Tracks From Saint Louis
Dewey returns to Pawling after a two day meeting with 26 GOP governors in Saint Louis. Governors issue a 14 point policy statement urging federal state cooperation and unity of thought to solve national problems. Dewey asserts Republican chances remain strong despite war news as he resumes campaign plans with Bricker and a New Jersey delegation set to visit Albany.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
St. Louis
Albany
Pawling
N. Y
GOP
Missouri
New Jersey
Walter Edge
John W. Bricker
Ohio
America
United States
Hitler orders ruthless purge of German army
London reports Hitler ousted 12 officers and branded them traitors after the Junkers revolt. A five man court of honor will try purge targets with the people's court, while eight officers are already dead or in self destruction and two have defected to the Russians. Major names include von Witzleben, Fellgiebel, von Hase, Stieff, and Rundstedt.
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Court of Honor
Richard Kasisctiks
London
Adolf Hitler
Junker
People's Court
Nazi
Star Chamber
Berlin
Hitler
People's Court General
Erwin von Witzleben
France
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Friedrich Olbricht
Claus von Stauffenberg
von Quirnheim
von Haffen
Ludwig Beck
Wagner
Freytag-Loringhoven
Schra
Mikolajczyk and Stalin Hold Parley in Moscow
Polish premier Mikolajczyk met Premier Stalin in the Kremlin for over two hours discussing Poland's diplomatic future. Diplomats viewed the talks, with Mikolajczyk preparing to meet the Polish national committee, as a hopeful sign. He stayed in contact with U S Ambassador Harriman and British Ambassador Kerr.
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Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
London
Committee of National Liberation
Stalin
Kremlin
Mikolajczyk
W. Averell Harriman
U. S
Defenders of Guam retreat northward as American forces close in
U S Pacific Fleet reports Guam defenders retreating to the island's northern end with less than a third of the island remaining to be conquered. Japanese losses exceed 7 800 with about 7 000 effective troops left for a last stand as American infantry and marines pursue through wooded terrain. Far south at New Guinea allied lines hold after heavy Nipponese casualties on an exhausted Japanese force of about 60 000.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Seadlong
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Marianas
Britsh New Guinea
Allied Forces Enter Florence After Damaging German Defenses
Allied troops broke through the Gothic line south of Florence and pushed toward the Arno, leaving only the Ponte Vecchio intact after Nazi demolition. British, New Zealand, and South African units pressed the city’s outskirts while German defenses collapsed and 5,000 prisoners were reported captured in 24 days.
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Florence
Arno
High Command
Eighth Army
Japs Make Hasty Flight From Dutch New Guinea
General Douglas MacArthur reports the Japanese are withdrawing from Geelvink Bay strongpoints in Dutch New Guinea and evacuating Manokwari and Nabire areas. He says the second Japanese army’s effectiveness nears end as losses grow calamitous. In British New Guinea, trapped Japanese forces stage four futile attacks along the Driniumor river near Aitape.
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Southwest Pacific
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Bouglas MacArthur
Manokwari
Nabire
Noemfoor Island
Dutch New Amea
British New Guinea
18Th
Aitape
Driniumor River
Folklore Tales Highlight Somerset Rotary Talk
C D Culler of Johnstown shared folklore he verified about early settlers near Confluence after 1769. He traced Jersey Settlement and Brothers Valley movement, noted Berlin as Boston of Brothers Valley, and recounted dream towns like Pine Grove near Beulah roads that never materialized.
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C. D. Culler
Johnstown
Somerset
Somerset Rotary Club
Confluence
Jersey
New Jersey
Brothersvalley Township
Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley
Cumberland
Somerset County
Berlin
Boston
Pine Grove
Walker
Beulah
Philadelphia
Ballot System Established for Pacific Voters
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced a ballot distributing and returning system for every eligible voting man in the Pacific. The system is directed by Captain Marion Eppley of Newport Rhode Island, with fleet unit and shore base commanders named as voting supervisors.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl] Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Marion Eppley
Newport
R.I
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Finn Cabinet Resigns as Mannerheim Might Form New Government
Premier Edwin Linkomies and his cabinet handed in their resignations to Finland's new president Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim in Helsinki. Mannerheim is asked to govern until a new cabinet is formed, with no one yet appointed to form a government.
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Stockholm
Edwin Linkomies
Finland
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Helsinki
Mannerheim
Dont Dawdle Sign Warns Against Doodle Dallies Divel
In southern England a World War II anti aircraft battery posts a sign with a playful warning to avoid delays. The message reads If doodle dallies, don't dawdle, Divel, reflecting wartime morale and resolve.
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London
England
Allied forces near Brest and St Nazaire drive toward Paris
U S tank columns advancing across Brittany near St Nazaire and Brest push toward Paris as 75 miles separate advancing forces from Brest. Columns approach Nantes while others sweep east of Avranches and Rennes, sealing off the Brittany peninsula. Bradley’s command overruns Rennes vicinity towns as a broader breakthrough unfolds.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Brittany
St. Nazaire
Brest
Paris
Loire
Nantes
Derval
Chateau-Briant
Edward D. Hall
Associated Press
Fougeres
Avranches
Rennes
St. Malo
St. Lo
France
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
Orne River
Bradley
Bain - de - Bretagne
Mauron
Broons
Maryland and Nearby States Weather Forecast
Maryland Saturday sunny hot and humid with scattered afternoon thin showers in the mountains. Eastern Pennsylvania Saturday generally fair hot and humid with afternoon thundershowers west and north portion. Western Pennsylvania Saturday some cloudiness hot and humid with afternoon and evening thundershowers. West Virginia Saturday hot and humid with thundershowers in the afternoon and evening.
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West Virginia
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