Pittsburgh Bridegroom Killed in National Pike Crash
A Pittsburgh bridegroom, Maurice Critchlow, was killed and his wife Amelia Criterion seriously injured when two 1941 sedans collided on the National Pike west of Addison near Confluence. Attendants Oscar and Geraldine Staude and two others were hospitalized with injuries. a Washington, DC man and companion suffered serious injuries in Uniontown hospital. Coroner Dr F E Sass opened an investigation as police described the westbound Critchlow car skidding into the Emig vehicle amid a detour caused by roadwork near Addison.
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Confluence
Washington, D. C
Uniontown
Addison
Maurice Critchlow
Oklahoma Street
Dormont
Cumberland
Oscar Staude
Scoumshe
Amelia Criterion
Confinence Hospital
Critchlow
Oscar James Staude
Bingham Street
Southside
Fittsburgh
Confluence Hospital
Geraldine Staude
Uniontown Hospital
George E. Emig
Hindekoper Flace
N. W
Dorothy Guy
Kensaw Road
Emig
F. E. Sass
Boswell
Somerset County
Jennertown
State Motor Police
P.e
National Pike
Wehouse
Vanadium Steel Corporation
Bridgeville
Amelia Perry
Miss Eck Is Fined $75 For Not Displaying Flag
Mary Louise Eck a field organizer for the Amalagamated Clothing Workers association was arrested in Meyersdale and fined 75 dollars plus costs for failing to display a United States flag at a mass meeting held in Sheppard hall. She pleaded guilty claiming the omission was not intentional as she rented the hall and expected the Sheppards to handle flag display. The case cites Pennsylvania law requiring a 52 by 66 inch flag at public meetings with penalties up to 100 dollars and 30 days in jail.
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CIO
Meyersdale
Mary Louise Eck
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Association
Sheppard Hall
Miss Eck
J. A. Blair
Somerset
Squire C. J. Harrison, Jr
Sgt. Blair
United States
Squire Harris
Sheppards
Pennsylvania
Purdon
Unite States
U S May Break Off With Vichy
U S status looms as crisis deepens over Petain and Darlan moves toward collaboration with Hitler. Hull signals alarm while senators forecast a diplomatic rupture with Vichy and possible U S occupation of French territories such as Martinique to block German influence. Roosevelt notes and questions center on defense of French territories in Africa.
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Capitol Bill
United States
Vichy
Martinique
Hull
Jean Darlan
France
Hitler
Petain
Adolf Hitler
Europe
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Gillette
Pepper
Mussolini
Clark
D-Mo
Aiken
R-Vi
Marshall Petain
Senator Connally
Pershing
Lafayette
Darlan
North
West
Africa
Roosevelt
Narrow House vote saves administration in draft bill passage
The House passed the army service extension bill 203 to 202 after tense voting. Amendments and recapitulations followed as members argued over recorded votes, with last minute corrections threatening a tie before final passage.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
House
Senate
Military Committee
Somers
Rep
Sutphin
D-Nj
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Rayburn
Short
Knutson
R-Minn
Japan presses east Asia aims amid warnings of new war
TOKIO August 12 Britain's and the United States warnings to Japan say further pressure would bring the worst situation. Kokumin notes Japanese resolve to expand east Asia while pursuing peace. Tokyo fears U S shipments to Vladivostok may feed the eastern front or reach China. London quotes a blunt line: if Japan wants war in the Pacific there will be war, if peace there will be peace.
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TOKIO
Britain
United States
Japan
Kokumin
East Asia
Washington
Pacific
London
Germany
U. S
Russian Pacific
Vladivostok
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
European
Russia
East
Shanghai
Kunio Akiyama
America
Trans- Siberian
Chungking
China
Thailand
Ishii
Two RAF Aces Reported Missing in Britain
London reports state Wing Commander Douglas R. Bad er and Acting Flight Lieutenant E B S Lock are missing. Bader, 30, legless ace with 15 German planes, earned the Distinguished Service Order with Bar and the Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar. Lock, 21, nicknamed Sawnoff Lockie, claimed nine victories in one week last September and earned the DSO and DFC with Bar after burns and 15 operations.
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London
Britain
Douglas R. Bader
EB. S. Lock
Bader
A. G. Malan
RAF
Channel
Lock
Sawnoff Lockie
Burns
Buckingham Palace
14 Tanks Arrive at Army Camp Pine Camp
The Army's Fourth Armored Division at Pine Camp New York received its first shipment of new 13 ton tanks. Fourteen tanks were unloaded from seven freight cars and driven onto the platform by Major General Henry W. Baird, the division commander. The tanks are the initial batch of 300 to be sent to the post from the Berwick plant of the American Car and Foundry company.
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Pine Camp
N. Y
Fourth Armored Division
Henry W. Baird
Berwick
American Car and Foundry Company
Russian Front Mounts Counterattacks Amid German Pushes
Moscow reports describe desperate fighting as Russian forces resist German motorized, infantry, and mechanized units in Ukraine. Communiques mention Red Air Force cooperation, destruction of four German torpedo boats and two transports, and 41 German planes downed vs 34 lost by Reds. Guerrilla actions include capturing a German general, seizing a locomotive, and crushing a tank column at Korosten.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Red
Leningrad
Red Air Fleet
Berlin
Red Army
Kakisalmi
Soltsi
Smolensk
Korosten
Kiev
Uman
Atrocities Charged to Nazis by Soviet Spokesman
Moscow reports that Russia accuses Germany of unheard of atrocities and violations against soldiers and civilians. Foreign affairs official S. A. Lozovsky says retaliation will be severe, describing Burns of eyes and mouths as the law of those who commit crimes. He cites torture, executions, and bombing of open towns by German forces.
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Moscow
Russia
S. A. Lozovsky
Foreign Affairs
Lozovsky
Hitler
Bomb Berlin Third Night
Berlin endured a third straight bombing as over 4,000,000 residents sought shelter after sirens warned of enemy planes. Flares lit the sky while searchlights and anti aircraft fire crisscrossed the capital. Officials said a limited number of bombs struck residential areas, killing and wounding unspecified numbers.
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Berlin
Calm Falls On East Front As German Offensive Checks
Moscow reports a comparative calm on the eastern front indicating Russian resistance halted the third German offensive from the northern lakes to Ukraine fields. Early morning communique says the front lines remain active with Red Air Force actions and troops along 1,800 miles of battle lines.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Red
Nazis Reach Black Sea Hem in Ukraine Advance
German troops stormed toward the Black Sea isolating large Russian forces around Odessa and threatening Ukrainian positions. German, Italian and Slovak units moved along the Bug toward Nikolaev as Russians are pressed to withdraw by sea. The Dnieper and rail lines are under German control, with significant Russian shipping and military losses reported.
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Bug
Ukraine
Berlin
Black Sea
Odessa
Red Army
Bug River
Nikolaev
Dniester
Ochakov
DNS
Dnieper
Kiev
France Joins Germany in Full Collaboration Voice From Vichy
Marshal Petain announced France would align with Germany in a long term collaboration to defend Dakar and other possessions, reorganize the government, and pursue a new European order. Admiral Darlan will take control of military structure as Petain appeals for U.S. understanding.
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Vichy
France
Germany
Marshal Philippe Petain
Russia
Ukraine
Petain
Paris
Dakar
Jean Darlan
Darlan Long
Marshal Petain
United States
Europe
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Flinn Named Chief Air Warden by State Council
Harrisburg August 12 Ralph E Flinn Pittsburgh business man was appointed chief air raid warden of the state council of defense today by Governor James in a wartime civil defense expansion Flinn succeeds his predecessor and takes charge of air raid readiness and related duties for the state.
Weather Outlook for Eastern US Regions
Eastern Pennsylvania forecasts fair and not quite so warm Wednesday with cooler night and Thursday partly cloudy. Maryland sees fair conditions not quite so warm Wednesday and somewhat warmer in the west, with cooler night and partly cloudy Thursday. West Virginia reports partly cloudy skies not quite so warm Wednesday cooler at night and Thursday some cloudiness with higher temperatures. Western Pennsylvania expects fair skies and moderate temperatures Wednesday, cooler night, and Thursday some cloudiness with slightly higher temperatures.
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Maryland
West Portion
West Virginia
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