Army Starts Cars Going In Philadelphia
Army troops guard Philadelphia transit as service resumes after a five day strike paralyzed the city. Maj. Gen. Hayes seized the PTC, four leaders jailed, and a curfew threat eased as workers returned before the Monday deadline.
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Philadelphiia
Philadelphia
Philip Hayes
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Roosevelt
General Hayes
John P. Turner
Army
James H. McMenamin
PTC
William C. Dixey
Frank P. Carney
Frank Thompson
McMenamin
Griffin
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Navy
Hayes
Biddle
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Market Street
Broad Street
20000 Idle From Strikes Across United States and Canada
The weekend brought some labor settlements totaling about 13 000 workers but roughly 20000 still idle across the United States and Canada. GM division plant workers ended a 12 day stoppage while other disputes kept truckers and workers idle in multiple regions.
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United States
Canada
Associated Press
General Motors Corporation Division
General Motors
St. Louis
Norwood
Kins
St. Paul
Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Dakotas
Krupinsky
CIO
St. Louis Car Company
United Steel Workers
Montreal
Que
Pennsylvania
van Lear
Consolidation Coal Company
Dies Urges Biddle to Probe PAC Political Abuses
Rep. Dies of Texas, chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee, asks Attorney General Biddle to investigate alleged CIO PAC interference in primaries and possible Hatch Act and election law violations. He cites funds and tactics used by groups linked to Sidney Hillman and Earl Browder and notes a new entity pledging up to six million dollars to back Democratic nominees.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Biddle
CIO
House Committee On un-American Activities
PAC
Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Earl Browder
National Citizens Political Action Committee
George W. Norris
AWOL Soldier Shot By Police in Philadelphia
Army says Frank Alba 18 had been AWOL since November. He raced barefoot over rooftops as Patrolman Francis Lydon pursued him, firing a warning shot then a fatal shot. Alba's wife, 21, who is expecting, survives. The uncle, Frank Salerno, provided a tip on his whereabouts.
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Philadelphia
Frank Alba
Francis Lydon
Frank Salerno
Lydon
Alba
Finley Resting Comfortably After Head Injury
Bob Finley Phillie catcher rests comfortably at Elizabeth hospital after being struck on the head by Ace Adams pitch during Saturday's game against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. Dizzy spells reported as he recovers.
Kephart Former Chief Justice Dies After Scalding
John W. Kephart retired chief justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court died at his Warwick hotel apartment aged 71 from burns suffered in a scalding accident last Sunday. He served 21 years on the court and 6 as chief justice, leaves a wife, two sons including State Senator E Evans Kephart and Deputy Attorney General John W. Kephart Jr, and a daughter. Funeral plans are announced for Wednesday in Philadelphia.
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John W. Kephart
Pennsylvania
Warwick Hotel
Burns
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
State Superior Court
Kephart
Florence
E. Evans Kephart
John W. Kephart, Jr
T. MacDowell Anderson
Navy
Supreme Court
Wilmoure
Cambria County
Samuel A
Henrietta Wolfe Kephart
Soldiers’ Orphans Home
McAlllisterville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilmore
Allegheny College
Meadville
Superior Court
U. S. Senate
Fairmont Park
Montana
The
Union League
Naval raids near Tokyo devastate Japanese outposts
Adm. Nimitz announced the United States wiped out Omura town on Chichijima and hit four other Bonin and Kazan islands. The two day raid sank 11 ships, damaged many vessels, and cost U S carrier airmen and planes with both sides suffering losses.
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U. S. Pacific
Quariers
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Chester W Nimitz
Chichi Island
Bonin Group
U.S
Japan
Omura
Chichi Jima
Nimitz
Port Lloyd
Chichi
Bonin
Kazan
U. S
Fast Carrier Forces
Iwo Island
Kazan Group
Bonins
Iwo
Kaiser Appointed Assistant Director of Research in Coal Program
Elmer R. Kaiser is named assistant director of research for Bituminous Coal Research Inc. in Pittsburgh. He has served since 1935 as a research engineer on the Battelle Memorial Institute staff.
Cut Enemy Supply Route To Driniumor Front
American troops in British New Guinea cut the main enemy supply route to the Driniumor front. MacArthur said the move could isolate forces near Afua village. Allied gains include 526 more Japanese dead along the Driniumor river lines and a total of 5,935 since July 12 in the Wewak Aitape sector. Prisoners report San Sapor landings surprised the Japanese, and Manokwari was anticipated. Allied bombers hit Amboina convoy, Yap Island, Palau, and Woleai.
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Richard Bergholz
Southwest Pacific
British New Guinea
Driniumor Front
Douglas MacArthur
Afua
Driniumoi River
Aitape
Wewak-Aitape
San Sapor
Dutch New Guinea
Manokwari
Sansapor
Amboina
Netherlands
Indies
Yap Island
Carolines
Palau
Woleai
Conference on Polish Unity Resumes After Four Hours
The Polish National Committee of Liberation and Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk opened talks to unite Polish authorities in exile. Delegations including Romer and Osuba Morawski met in Moscow to discuss reconciliation terms and set plans for a Monday session with leaders Witos Wasilewska and Zymierski attending.
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Daniel. DE Luce
Moscow
Polish National Committee of Liberation
Stanislaw Mikolajcyk
London
Milkolajczyk
Tadeusz Romer
Edward Boreslaw Osuba-Morawski
Wincenty Witos
Wanda Wasilewska
Mihail Rolia Zymierski
Chelm
Poland
Drohobycz Fall Signals Oil War Shift On Eastern Front
Soviet forces seize Drohobycz, Poland's prewar oil hub, as part of a large summer offensive led by Col. Gen. Ivan Petrov. Moscow reports 11 Russian armies on a 1,200 mile front from Finland to the Carpathians, with renewed push toward Ploesti and gains around the Vistula, while German broadcasts claim advances near Kaunas and Tilsit and a tank corps loss north of Warsaw.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Ley Craters
Germany
Drohobycz
Poland
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Marshall Joseph Stalin
Galicia
Russia
Red
Ukraine
Ivan Petrov
Sevastopol
Finland
Carpathian Mountains
Romania
Ploesti
Odessa
Black Sea
Dubissa
Kaunas
Berlin
Tilsit
San Vistula
Warsaw
Vistula
San River
Tarnobrzeg
Mielec
Tarnow
Wisloka
Moscow
Bug River
High Command
Third
Red Tank Corps
Fall of Brittany U-boat bases may curb submarine threat
London dispatch reports naval officers predict Brittany’s fall will cripple U-boat operations. Breaching Brest Lorient St Nazaire and Nantes docks could force subs to retreat, with allied patrols ready to reclaim damaged ports and disrupt remaining U-boat routes. A July air raid on Brest preceded American entry as RAF bombers target factory bunkers.
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John A. Moroso
London
Brittany
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Atlantic
France
Cherbourg
Nantes
Eighth Army Seizes Florence Amid Arno Street Fighting
Allied forces establish a foothold in Florence as both sides clash along the Arno with bullets whistling through streets. German artillery shells light the city while advancing troops press the occupation boundary.
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Arno
Allied Air Armadas Hit Berlin and German Targets
More than 2,000 American heavy bombers pounded Berlin and major oil refineries in Germany as Doolittle said allied raids had curtailed production at 23 refineries. Attacks also hit Toulon submarine pens and Rhone valley rail lines. RAF Lancasters aided in northern France.
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Ned Nordness
London
Berlin
Germany
James H. Doolittle
Eighth U. S. Tactical Air Force
England
Italy
Toulon
Rhone
France
U. S
Pas de-Calasargi
Eighth Air Force
Rhone Valley
Genshagen
Bradenburg
Marienfelde
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Kiel
Auto killer strikes two women near Mill Run
Uniontown Aug 6 Mrs Dorothy Hiles 20 and Mrs Turner 20 were struck by a car while walking along the highway near Mill Run 15 miles east of Connellsville. Hiles was killed and Turner seriously injured. police say the women sat down to rest and apparently fell asleep.
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Uniontown
Dorothy Hiles
Mill Run
Connellsville
George Engle
Turner
Hiles
Police Chief’s Car Stolen While Nap Wakes to Lead
Police Chief Charles Hollinger slept briefly and awoke to learn his car had been stolen. An anonymous caller later directed him to a side road five miles away where the vehicle was found. Hollinger says he is investigating the theft.
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Roversdale
Charles Hollinger
Hollinger
Festival at Geiger Hosts Supper and Program
The Ladies Aid hold a festival and supper at the Geiger church grove on August 9. Supper is served from 5 30 to 8 00 with hot chicken sandwiches. A program follows at 8 30.
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Geiger Church
The
Ladies Aid
Wage Readjustment Request Filed for Mesta Cranemen
Philadelphia August 6. A new application seeks wage rate adjustments for cranemen and chain men at the Mesta Machine company in Homestead. The request will be filed with the regional war labor board officials stated yesterday.
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Mesta
Philadelphia
Mesta Machine Company
Homestead
Regional War Labor Board
RWLB
Poles seize villages as Florence battles rage
Poles captured Brugnetto Monte di Ripe and San Vito beyond the Misa river south of Rimini as British forces push along the Arno near Florence. Allied reports say Florence is near being in allied hands while German troops retreat toward Rimini with weather limiting air support.
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Rome
Florence
Tuscan
Eighth Army
London Radio
CBS
Arno
Adriatic
Rimini
Brugnetto
Monte di Ripe
San Vito
Misa River
Empoli
Flying bombs hit London and southern England
Flying bombs exploded intermittently in London and southern England as rescuers worked through debris from last night. The air ministry said 56 storage depots in northern France were destroyed and 44 heavily damaged in recent bomber counter assaults. The American Eighth Air Force dropped over 1,000 heavy bombers on Germany for the third straight day while German defenses offered sporadic cross-channel fire and patrols.
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London
England
Air Ministry
France
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Americans Break German Line in Brittany Campaign
Allied reports say U S armored advances split the German center driving toward Le Mans as Mayenne Laval and Chateau-Gontier fall. US spearheads reach 100 miles from Paris while Brittany ports at St Nazaire Brest and St Malo draw closer to Allied control.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U.S
Breton
France
Paris
Brest
Mayenne
Laval
Chateau-Gontier
le Mans
Brittany
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Nantes
St. Malo
U. S
Rennes
Angers
Domfront
Avranches
Somerset Weather Report Snapshot
Daily temperature readings from 5:30 p.m. Saturday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday show a high of 78 and a low of 49 degrees. The text includes garbled OCR segments but conveys a standard weather daily summary with prior year figures.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Pege, Glcciakin
Maryland and Pennsylvania Weather Outlook Tonight and Monday
Weather forecast notes cloudiness and cooler conditions across Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Scattered showers expected this evening in several areas with Monday turning partly cloudy and cooler in eastern Maryland and western Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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