Philadelphia Strikers Face Grand Jury After Transit Walkout
Uncle Sam restored Philadelphia transportation as army control resumed service. Four strike leaders were dismissed and face Smith Connally act charges while FBI probes seek the causes of the walkout that halted 1.5 million riders in the nation’s wartime hub.
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ARMY
Spoksman
War Manpower Commission
WMC
FBI
PTC
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Vote to Open and Pave West Catherine Street
Borough council voted to open and grade the balance of West Catherine Street after a regular meet ing in the fire hall. Grading will start from the current pavement end to North Franklin street and an alley in Williams addition was vacated per Somerset Bus Company petition.
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West Catherine Street
L. Harrington Gibbs
W. Curtis Truxal
D. B. Specht
John I. Holderbaum
Franklin Street
Williams Addition
Somerset Bus Company
W. G. Critchfield
Richard Pile
Enfield Praises Saipan Flag Glory From Frontline Letter
Corporal Homer Enfield writes to wife Ida from Saipan about the first display of Old Glory atop a flagpole on the island. He recalls battles, pain, and beauty, noting church services, a memorial for the fallen, and a sunlit view after weeks in foxholes with lizards and crabs.
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Homer Enfield
Saipan
Ida Enfield
Siffora’s
Somerset Boys
Clyde Critchfield
Critchfield Electric
Helene Pritts
Clarence Lowry
Penney
Pfc
Zareivis
Cpl. Enfield
George Schenck
National Biscuit Company
Enfield
Thas
Hawaii
Marianas
Hundreds of Trucks Idle From Strike in Pennsylvania
In central Pennsylvania, a walkout by hundreds of truck drivers stalls over a new contract with the Brotherhood of Teamsters. About 300 workers from 12 companies idle in Lancaster and York, with draft boards canceling deferments under a work or fight policy. Emergency crews unload war materials as unions seek settlement amid WLB mediation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Washington
Lancaster
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
York
Seek
WLB
Leon Silar
300 Duraloy Strikers Vote Not to Return
Three hundred employees at Duraloy's Scottdale plant rejected a federal conciliator's plea to end a three day strike. CIO United Steelworkers officials and company representatives met the conciliator but could not agree on protest cited as a delay by the war labor board in issuing a revised wage schedule. The war labor board warned it would withhold the new schedule until the men returned to work.
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Greenburg
Duraloy Company
Scottdale
Cio-United Steelworkers
War Labor Board
WLB
Two Airmen Killed in Rome Plane Crash Near Airfield
11st Lt. William F. Cass of Syracuse and 2nd Lt. Orlando F. Del Vecchio of Rome died when a light twin engine Army bomber crashed between Rome and Oriskany near Rome Army Airfield. The crash occurred after noon with Del Vecchio’s home nearby. Del Vecchio’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gennaro Del Vecchio. Cass’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Cass of Wysox, Pennsylvania.
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Rome
N. Y
William F. Cass
Syracuse
Orlando F. del Vecchhio
Here
Rome Army
Oriskany
del Vecchio
Gennaro del Vecchio
Cass
Samuel T. Cass
Wysox, Pa
US Pacific Fleet reports Guam advance nearing completion
Admiral Nimitz said American troops pushed three miles in Guam's center to control about nine tenths of the island. Yogo village and nearby ammunition stores captured as Japanese losses mount in new Bonin raid where 11 ships sunk and 30 damaged.
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U. S._ PACIFIC FLEET
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Marianas Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Yogo
Santa Rosa Peak
Bonins
Bonin Islands
Chichi Island
Japan
PeRadio Tokyo
Renew Push On Japanese in New Guinea
Allied forces renew the assault in British New Guinea east of Aitape, inflicting heavy Japanese casualties as they cut inland toward Afua. Bomber strikes hit Yap island base, a 1500 ton Japanese transport sunk south of Ceram. In Sarmi Maffin Bay area Allied patrols report 160 Japanese killed and 232 captured, with 64 further prisoners of war.
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Southwest Pacific
British New Guinea
Aitape
Afua
Yap Island
Carolines
Yap
Douglas MacArthur
Ceram Island
Netherlands East Indies
Wewak
Sarmi-Maffin Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Wakde Island
Maffin Bay
Reds Unready To Talk Peace
The United States postponed postwar security talks with Russia and Britain for one week, from August 14 to 21, following a request for more time from the Russian government. Acting Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. said the delay could save time in the end as talks target a world league to preserve peace.
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John Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
Britain
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Pioneer Infantry regiment names leaders at 13th reunion
Jonas R. Smith of Philadelphia was re elected president of the 65th Pioneer Infantry at the 13th annual reunion in Shamokin. William M. Gaskin of Smithfield, North Carolina, was named secretary. About 500 veterans and family members attended.
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65Th Veterans In Reunion
Shamokin
Jonas R. Smith
Philadelphia
65Th Pioneer Infantry Regiment
William M. Gaskin
Smithfield
N.C
Russians near Kielce as push toward German border advances
Russian forces breach Polish defenses along the Vistula and move within 25 miles of Kielce as they seize Borts loyal oil center and tighten grip on Sombor. In the north, Baltic armies drive toward Tilsit and East Prussia with 50 towns captured.
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London
Vistula River
Poland
Smasnead
Kielce
Aner
Warpathian
Bortyslaw
Carpathians
Sombor
Czechoslovakia
Utrian
East Prussia
Germany
Moscow
Berlin
Silesia
Iven 5
Konev
Ukraine
Vistula
Krakow
Ivan C. Bagramian
Tilsit Anamemei
National Committee of Free Germany
Latvia
Estonia
Riga
Daily Bulletin
Madona
Gulbene
Tilsit
Dubissa
Col McNair General's Son Is Killed in Guam
The War Department announced the death of Col. Douglas McNair 37 in Guam. He was the son of the late Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair and served as an instructor in tactics. Survived by his widow Mrs. Freda McNair and infant daughter Benny Clare, and his mother in Washington D C.
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Washington
Guam
Douglas McNair
Lesley J. McNair
War Department
A. D. Bruce
Tith
McNair
Army Ground Forces
New St. Lo
Normandy
Bruce
Tank Destroyer Center
Camp Hood
Texas
Young McNair
Col. McNair
Freda McNair
Benny Clare
Santa Barbara
Calif
Washington D. C
Hooversville Soldier Cited for Meritorious Service
Aug. 1 Bougainville action honors go to Cpl. Telford C. Ashbrook of Hooversville for repairing communications lines under fire with the American infantry division. Pfc John F. Barsange and Cpl Bernard H. Marshall also receive Combat Infantryman Badges. Other Pennsylvanians cited include Colert Ker Tony Creek Mills S/Sgt Pete Asak Jr and T/Sgt William Haefner for a presidential unit citation with the division.
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Southwest Pacific
Telford C. Ashbrook
Hooversville
Bougainville
Ashbrook
John F. Barsange
Milldred
Bernard H. Marshall
Gouldsboro
Allied air power pounds Germans from dawn to midnight
Allied air forces bombarded German lines and rear areas in France and Silesia. RAF rocket ships and fighter bombers destroyed tanks and vehicles while heavy bombers struck rail hubs, depots, and oil plants from Brittany to the Paris region. U S and Italian based aircraft reported numerous enemy losses and several Allied aircraft missing.
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London
France
Brittany
VU. S&s
Amiens
Paris
Bordeaux
Bay of Biscay
Briages
Caen
Mortain
Avranches
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Belchhamer
Silesia
Breslau
England
Germany
Fifteenth Air Force
Haly
Alibanar
Allied push to break Gothic line on Arno near Florence
Allied forces mass for a major Arno river assault after reducing pockets of Nazi resistance along the Arno around Florence. Recon patrols seize Montelupo and Empoli but stay in no man’s land as Germans fortify the Pontassieve bend. Vatican fears Florence destruction are eased by assurances the city won’t be bombarded.
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Rome
Arno
Gothic
Eighth Army
Ine U
Fifth Army
Volturno
Sangro
Rapido
Florence
Florénce
Montelupo
Empoli
No-Mans-Land
Pontassieve
Harold Alexander
Pontassiere
Vatican
Brooklyn prisoner’s plea echoes in French town square
In Vannes France Aug 7 a chaotic scene centers on four scared Nazi prisoners surrounded by French resistance and amused locals. One prisoner shouts to the Americans Ich freund Ich von Brooklyn declaring his Brooklyn origins.
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Vannes
France
Brooklyn
Allied drive to Paris speeds amid German counterattack near Avranches
Allied forces advance within 120 miles of Paris as American troops smash a major German counterattack in the Normandy Brittany corridor. About 135 German tanks were destroyed by Allied aircraft in the Avranches area while ground forces push toward the Mayenne river and beyond toward the French capital.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Normandy-Brittany
France
Avranches
Mayenne
Omar. N. Bradley
Myenne
Laval
Brittany
Brest
St. Malo
Guincamp
Lorient
Cherence le Roussel
Somerset Weather Report for 24 hours
Daily weather summary from Somerset notes a high of 80 and a low near 42. The report lists the 24 hour period from 5:30 p m Sunday to 5:30 p m Monday with a year ago maximum of 81 and a minimum of 42.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
Weather Observer
Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Wésni Pacocr
Coeteteepeeeen Niet
Maryland and nearby rail weather outlook Tuesday
Weather reports predict considerable cloudiness and moderate temperatures with high humidity across Maryland and nearby regions. Eastern Pennsylvania shows moderate warmth with high humidity while western Pennsylvania remains fair and slightly warmer. West Virginia also faces cloudy skies and moderate temperatures Tuesday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Brandh
Philadelphia Transportation Company
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Husky
William C.dixey
Frank P. Carney
Ais
TWU
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McMenamin
Smith-Connally
Philip Hayes
West Catherine ST
Memoral Service
Polly Jane Shop
Somerset
Farm Bureau Co-Operative Asso
Duraloy
Otterbein Picnic
Conemaugh Two
Orval Kipp
Rockwood
Cassidy’s Orchestra
Leif Erickson
New Guinea
W. W. Hercher
Sepp Dietrich
Arrow
Fuehrer
Hitler SS
Dietrich
Kharkov
International
Europe
Italy
High Command
Ned Nordnsss
Noland Norgaard
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