Momentous Developments Feared After Roosevelt Churchill Meeting
Washington reports intensified hope of pivotal Anglo American policy decisions after a personal Atlantic meeting. Attlee to announce an important message in London at 9 a m EST. Hull silent on a potential Roosevelt Churchill conference and phrases about Far East and Russia German war.
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J. C. Stark
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
London
Clement Attlee
Privy Seal
Potomac
Hull
Atlee
Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
Moscow
Iceland
United States
Far East
France
Hugh G. Grant
Thailand
Japan
Grant
Alfred Duff Cooper
British Empire
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Philippines
New Economic Defense Board
Wallace
Attlee Set for Radio Address From London Broadcast
Maj. Clement Attlee, lord privy seal, to make an important radio announcement at 3 p.m. London time, with a recording to North America by 3:30 p.m. The speech, about five minutes, is expected to address issues of significant importance to the war effort.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
Attlee
North America
The
Daily Mail
Stephen Early
Washington
Roosevelt
Herald
New York
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Clement Attlee
Light Frosts Reported in Somerset County Districts
Reports of light frosts in the mountainous areas of Somerset County accompanied a dip to 37 at dawn Tuesday. By noon Wednesday temperatures rebounded to the high seventies, low eighties under sun, with a cool north wind. Kane recorded a 32 degree low, the coldest official reading, while fruit crops were not believed damaged.
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Montainous
Somerset
Kane
Icebox
Pennsylvania
Couple Injured In Turnpike Collision Near Somerset
An Illinois man Harvey Nortland 20 and his wife Maxine 17 were injured when their car rear ended a trailer truck on the Pennsylvania turnpike near the Somerset interchange. Nortland said he may have dozed after driving all day and night while en route from New Hampshire to Farmer City Illinois.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset
Harvey Nortland
Maxine Nortlland
Farmer City
Ill
Nortland
Turnpike Division
New Hampshire
Lady Mountbatten Plans Atlantic Flight to Thank Americans
Lady Mountbatten wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten said she would fly the Atlantic to express to the people of the United States the thanks of the Red Cross and St John for aid Americans have given.
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Lady Mountbatten
London
King George
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Atlantic
United States
Red Cross and
St. John Organization
DuBose Elected President of Cramp Shipyards
Rear Admiral William G. DuBose retired U S N was elected president of Cramp Shipbuilding Company today to succeed James Reed who died July 23 at Philadelphia.
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Cramps
Philadelphia
William G. DuBose
U S. N
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
James Reed
Stoystown Man Struck By Car Near Kimmels Park
Walter J. Johnson 67 of Stoystown was hit by a car driven by Arthur St. Clair on Route 53 near Kimmel’s Park. He suffered a compound fracture and bruises and was taken to Somerset Community Hospital where his condition was reported as fairly good. Johnson, a Read ing Coal and Iron Co. employee, lives alone in a shanty near the park.
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Walter J. Johnson
Stoystown
R. D
Kimmels Park
Somerset Community Hospital
Johnson
Arthur St. Clair
R. VD
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Kimmel’s Park
Acosta Miner Injures Foot in Coal Mine
Roy Hoffman of Somerset was admitted to hospital with a crushed left foot after a lump of coal fell in Consolidation Coal mine at Acosta. Condition listed as fairly good late Wednesday night.
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Roy Hoffman
Somerset
R. D
Consolidation Coal Company
Acosta
CIO Threatens US Steel Strike Over Wage Gaps
The CIO aluminum workers union warned Secretary Frances Perkins it will strike 20,000 workers at five Alcoa plants if the government does not intervene to end north south wage differentials. N A Zonarich said negotiations failed to yield reasons for the gap with the company offering no arbitration. Plants affected include Badin North Carolina Alcoa Tennessee Edgewater New Jersey Detroit Michigan and New Kensington Pennsylvania. The firm produces about 50 million pounds monthly for defense and recently granted a 10 cent wage boost.
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Pittsburgh
CIO Aluminum Workers Union
Frances Perkins
Aluminum Company of America
N. A. Zonarich
M. M. Anderson
Roosevelt
Badin
N. C
Alcoa
Tenn
Edgewater
N. J
Detroit
Mich
New Kensington
Fall Weather Brings First Cold Wave to Pennsylvania
The Associated Press reports an early fall chill sweeping Pennsylvania with frost at Kane and widespread low temperatures. A mass of polar air from Canada drove daytime readings down, with Philadelphia at 58 and Pittsburgh at 49 as winds cooled Ragweed season and hay fever sufferers.
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Canada
Ridgway
Parkers Landing
Allegheny River
Kittanning
Clarion
Kylertown
Clearfield County
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York
Scranton
Reading
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Mercury
Pocono Mountains
Paralysis Fatal in Wilmington Young Victor John Louis Meli Dies
Infantile paralysis claimed its first victim of the year in Wilmington as 15 year old John Louis Meli, son of former City Councilman Louis A. Meli and his wife, died today.
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Wilmington
Del
John Louis Meli
Louis A. Meli
Red Army Reports German Advances in Ukraine as Siege Persists
Moscow reports mixed gains and stubborn resistance across Ukraine as German forces push toward Kiev and beyond while Russian guerrillas disrupt supply lines. Izvestia cites resource limits for Germany and British assessments warn of Crimea and Odessa vulnerabilities amid a broader war of attrition.
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Bel Tserkov
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Here
Russian Information Bureau
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Staraya Russa
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Kakisalmi
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Red Naval
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Izvestia
Germany
Europe
Lenin
London Toll Rise in World War II Civilian Casualties
The Home Security Ministry reports 501 civilians killed or missing and 447 treated in July air raids in London. Since the war began, 42 257 killed and 53 125 injured. July deaths exceed June figures of 399 dead and 461 injured.
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London
Home Security Ministry
White House to Issue Statement Before Attlee Broadcast
The White House said early today it would issue a statement between 8 30 and 9 00 am EST. The nature of the statement was not disclosed. London planned to broadcast an important message from Clement Attlee at 9 am EST tomorrow.
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Washington
White House
Clement Attlee
Britain
London
New Weapon Spreads Fear In Germany
London reports Britain's fort ress bomber, an American made weapon, stirs fear in Germany and occupied Europe. Dispatches describe silent terror, undermined morale, and potential for upheaval from Norway to France as optimism grows in anti Nazi circles.
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Britain
Germany
Europe
Norway
Italy
America
Berlin
Hamburg
Adolf Hitler
Netherlands
France
Gaul
Teuton
Vichy
House Fails Power Grab
The House rejected a compromise on giving the President power to draft machine tools and defense production supplies. In a 254 to 51 vote the measure was sent back to the Senate House conference with instructions to restore originally approved provisions. Only one Republican supported the conference report alongside 49 Democrats and Rep Marcantonia.
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Washington
House
Senate House
Rep
Andrews
New York
Marcantonia
Al-Ny
Unrest and Discontent in France Reported
Geneva dispatch describes wide unrest in France acknowledged by Petain with resistance seen as largely unorganized except for the Communist party. Eyewitnesses cite railway protests at Saint Etienne and Lyon, anti-American sentiment near the border, and broad pro-British opinion among both occupied and unoccupied zones.
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Switzerland
France
Petain
Communist Party
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Lyon
Frontier
Syria
United States
Darlan
Food shortages strain wartime France under Vichy regime
From Vichy and Berlin reports, France faces severe food shortages as the Petain government moves to end departmental self sufficiency and tighten controls on transport. Prices soar for wine tobacco and meat with black markets thriving while wheat and potato crops look better.
Despondent Wife Plunges To Death In Philadelphia
Mrs. Theodore E. Ash, 62, fell nine stories from an apartment at Wissahickon Avenue and School Lane in Philadelphia. Her husband said she had been despondent lately. The couple resided in Pottstown.
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Theodore E. Ash
Wissahickon Avenue
School Lane
Pottstown
Berlin Holds RAF Bombers At Distance
Masses of Blenheims and American fortress bombers battered Berlin and other German targets in a night raid, with fires visible for miles. The attack hit the Krupp works at Essen, Kiel, Bremen, and several cities while weather hindered German defenses. Temporary setbacks included one bomber damaged by shellfire. Germans claimed 58 planes shot down.
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Essen
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Bremen
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Sal
Holland
le Havre
France
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Straits of Dover
Petain Speech Praised by Some Americans
Berlin reports say authorized sources warn certain U S groups may seize Petain’s remarks to justify intervention over Martinique. They call his stance a nod to Europe’s new order while praising U S friendship and criticizing capitalism and parliamentarianism.
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Berlin
Marshal Petain
Martinique
Foreign Office
France
Petain
Europe
United States
Darlan to Broadcast as Petain Regime Tightens France
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan prepared a 90 second national address to outline the regime’s tightening program. Informed sources said the message would be of extreme importance but withheld its subject. The speech was moved from 9 pm to accommodate Petain’s rebroadcast.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Philippe Petain
Czechs and Poles Arrive in Moscow for New War Accord
Polish Embassy counselor Rettinger and Czech Minister Fierlinger arrived in Moscow to negotiate fresh accords with Russia on diplomatic relations and joint anti German action. Russian officials and allied diplomats including Sir Stafford Cripps welcomed them.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Rettinger
Sdene« Fierlinger
Stafford Cripps
Germans claim near-siege of Odessa as Russians fight to the death
Berlin reports German troops closing on Odessa from the southwest west and north as Luftwaffe bombs the sea exits. Russian efforts to move troops to the Crimea are described, with German sources predicting a life and death battle for the city.
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Berlin
Odessa
Black Sea
Luftawaffe
Crimea
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Dunkerque
Crimean
Dienst
DNB
Dnieper
Erwin Kirchoff
Lake Ilmen
Page Pwo
Somerset Weather Report for 24 Hour Period
Daily weather summary by David Grove U S Weather Observer reports from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday show a maximum 67 and minimum 37 degrees. The temperature range compares to a year ago with no highs or lows recorded at 84 and 54 degrees respectively.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Weather forecast for regions in the mid-Atlantic
Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair skies with higher temperatures on Thursday and milder Thursday night. Friday brings increasing clouds and showers in the northwest. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect rising clouds, with Friday warmer and afternoon showers or thunderstorms. Maryland stays fair and moderately cool Thursday, warmer interior Friday with mountain showers at night.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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