Women of Wilbur Stage Mine Strike
The Wilbur coal town near Hooversville saw 40 housewives prevent miners from entering the pits for three days over sulphur tainted water. They demanded clean water and warned workers of more action if demands were not met, amid a broader war-time labor tension and stalled pipeline repairs.
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Wilbur
Hooversville
Stoystown
Coal Company
Jers
Co. T. Oaks
Wilbur Coal Mining Company
S‘ony
4 Lane Turnpike Addition Plan In Harrisburg
Harrisburg plans call for a four lane divided highway linking the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a new 15.15 million dollar bridge over the Susquehanna as part of an 18 million dollar past-way program in the Harrisburg area. Highway Secretary John A. Shroyer presented the plan and Mayor Howard E. Milliken released details after city officials reviewed routes. The scheme also links the bridge to U S routes 422 and 230 and provides access to U S Route 22 north of the city at Fort Hunter.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna
State Highway Department
John A. Shroyer
Howard E. Milliken
Fort Hunter
Judge Welsh orders grand jury probe into strike motive
Federal Judge George A. Welsh charged an 11 man 9 woman grand jury to uncover any political or racial motive behind Philadelphia wildcat transit strike. He urged finding who engineered the action and why noting potential national election repercussions. Four leaders face Smith Connally act hearings next Monday.
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Philadelphia
George A. Welsh
Welsh
Hoover
Naturalization Court
Whch
Army
Ickes Urges End to P and R Anthracite Strike
Secretary Ickes demands John L. Lewis and R. E. Taggart halt a five week wild cat strike in Shenandoah and Mahanoy City Pennsylvania. He cites losses of 390000 tons and calls for immediate talks to restore production under the wage agreement.
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John L. Lewis
R. E. Taggart
Washington
Ickes
United Mine Workers
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Shenandoah
Mahanoy City
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Locust Summit
St. Nicholas
Solid Fuels Administration
Lewis and Taggart
Mr. Taggart
Actor Sues Tommy Dorsey for Forty Thousand Dollars
Los Angeles reports a $40 000 damage suit filed by Antonio Icaza of Pomona against Bandmaster Tommy Dorsey. Icaza claims Dorsey attacked him on a balcony during a party injuring him and causing cuts to Screen Actors Jon Hall and Edward Norris. The suit names seven John Does and two Jane Does and cites threats during the pre dawn clash with Dorsey and his wife Pat Dane involved.
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Los Angeles
Tommy Dorsey
Antonio Icaza
Pomona
Dorsey
Jon Hall
Edward Norris
John Does
Jane Does
Icaza
Hall
Pat Dane
Norris
Cowboy Tot Killed by Rifle in Toy Gun Play
Unio ntown reports four year old Stanley Rider Jr died when a .32 caliber rifle fired during a toy gun game with his older brother Robert. The accidental discharge occurred last night at the family home in nearby Revere.
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Uniontown
Stanley Rider, Jr
Revere
Robert
Americans seal Guam capture as island near Pati point
U S Pacific Fleet reports Guam fully conquered except inland near Pati point. Nimitz says 5 000 Japanese remain, over 10 000 enemy dead counted, Mt Santa Rosa and Yigo village fell, enabling further advance toward the Philippines. Allied forces also strike Halmahera airfields with heavy bombers.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Pati Point
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Roy S. Geiger
Marianas
Tinian
Saipan
Philippines
China
United States
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Washington
Mt. Santa Rosa
Yigo
Nimitz
Phillippines
Halmahera
Russians Press Advance Across Baltic Front Toward Riga
Soviet forces report heavy fighting along the eastern front with gains east of Schirwinat and near the Vistula while widening bridgeheads toward Warsaw. German defenses claim stubborn resistance and reorganized lines, as Baltic corridor gains threaten 250000 Germans in Estonia and Latvia and Riga area.
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W. W. Hercher
Adg
East Prussia
Ccussions
Higawallia
Daugava River
Warsaw
Siedlce
Vistula
Bug
Sandoimir
Skole
Carpathian
Beskid Pass
Raseiniai
Tilsit
Bialystok
Old Poland
Knyszyn
Lyck
Lapy
Baranov
Czecho- Slovakia
Carpathians
Baltic States
Estonia
Latvia
Ivan C. Bagramiah
Baltic
Riga
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Eisenhower Establishes Command Post in Normandy
General Dwight D. Eisenhower has moved his supreme command headquarters to Normandy to stay close to the fast Allied offensive. His tented camp near an airfield houses officers, WACs, and MPs guarding him around the clock while he conferencees with Montgomer y and Bradley and maintains instant contact with London.
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Howard. Cowan
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Forces
Supreme Command
WACS
Bernard L. Montgomery
Omar Bradley
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
London
Harry ©. Butcher
CBS
New York City
Ackack
Butch
Pole Pleased With Stalin
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk the Polish premier in exile said after meeting Joseph Stalin he would return to London with new proposals on rival Polish regimes. He claimed Stalin desired a strong independent democratic Poland and urged durable cooperation with Russia now and in peacetime.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Aus
Stalin
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
London
Poland
Russia
Von Papen Returns to Germany After Turkish Break
Berlin radio reports Franz von Papen former German ambassador to Turkey has arrived in Germany from Ankara after Turkey severed relations with Germany. He will report immediately to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.
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New York
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Germany
Ankara
von Papen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Allied Air Push Near Caen Strikes German Armor and Fuel Routes
Allied forces pressed a day long assault south of Caen targeting a major German tank concentration while Canadians advanced in the sector. RAF and Ninth Air Force pilots hit submarine pens, patches industries, and bridges to deny reinforcements, with heavy bomber and fighter escorts claiming several German planes shot down amid murky weather over southern Germany and western front targets.
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Ned Nordness
Lonndon
Caen
French
Uwilhdung
Germany
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Raison
St. Quenin de la Roche
Falaise
Mortain
Gay Oy Marauaelis
Hayos
Ninth Air Force
Frome
Seine River
Oise
Paris
Seine
Sea
Atlantic
le Harre
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
U. S.S
Eighth Air Force
Detroit
Fighteen
Florence beset by shortages and looting amid river battles
Florence faces food and water shortages as German and British forces hold river bridgeheads on both banks of the Arno. Looting and civil strife spread while a destroyed power plant leaves the city without light and water, with civilians indoors awaiting relief. Nine miles north of Arezzo, Monte Grillo is defended by British forces against five enemy counterattacks.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Italy
Geran
Arezzo
500 German Subs Sunk Sunk
A joint Anglo American statement reported more than 500 German submarines have been sunk since the war began. Issued under President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, it said Nazi U boats were ineffective in July, a month crucial for continental operations, and that July submarine losses exceeded merchant ship losses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Erman
Not Up to Standard Noted in Par Ragut Navy Report
At Farragut Idaho on August 9 an examining officer wrote NUTS in a report to flag an office as not up to standard after puzzled staff investigated the meaning of the initials.
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Farragut
Idaho
Parragut Naval Training Center
Allied forces surge toward Paris in Normandy drive
Lt Gen Omar Bradley's forces push through Brittany and central France as St Malo falls and Le Mans is occupied. Allied columns reach within 87 miles of Paris while Brest, Caen, and Falaise come under pressure. Canadian and British units widen wedges and tighten the choke on German defenses. Eisenhower shifts HQ to Normandy as Americans press the front.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Brittany
St. Malo
Amer
Nan
Loire
Angers
Nantes
France
Falaise
Orne River
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Normandy
le Mans
Rennes
Paris
Bradley
St. Lo
Avranches
Laval
Brest
First
Caen
Somerset Werther 24 Hour Temperature Report
Weather observer reports 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 38 p m Wednesday with maximum 88 and minimum not provided. Year ago maximum 0 and minimum not available.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Western PA and West Virginia
Partly cloudy and quite warm Thursday and Friday in western regions. Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania see fair conditions and warm afternoons with moderate night temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
West Vironna
Maryland
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