Senator Bailey Puts Forward Two Term Limit Proposal
Senator Bailey of North Carolina introduces a constitutional amendment to limit future Presidents to two terms. He insists the move is not political but observers note it could affect any bid by President Roosevelt. The measure is assigned to a subcommittee for study as party lines and timing influence its fate.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Gailey
Senate
Bailey
Roosevelt
Aftrth
Clidauwinai van Nuys
D-Ind
Juniciry Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Catinally
Texas
McFarland
Arizona
Mr. Roosevelt
Summer Heat Sets New 1943 Records In Pennsylvania
The Associated Press reports Old Man Summer settled in Pennsylvania with Philadelphia peaking at 93 degrees, Harrisburg at 92, Pittsburgh at 87, Reading 90, and Scranton Hazleton 89 as rest of state also near yearly highs. Forecasters warned of continued warmth.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mercury
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Hazleton
Scully's Gas Ration Books Suspended by City Panel
Pittsburgh June 3 4 The appeal panel of the city ration board suspended until September 3 the A and C gasoline ration books of Mayor Cornelius D Scully after hearing charges he violated OPA regulations by making a 350 mile round trip to his fruit farm near Shepherdstown West Virginia
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Scully
Pittsburgh
Cornelius D. Scully
Hi Fruit Farm
Shepherdstown
W Va
Petry Dies At Lions Club Dinner In Salisbury
Fred H. Petry a Salisbury barber and business man collapsed during a Salisbury Lions Club weekly dinner and died minutes later. Dr B H Hoke attributed likely coronary occlusion. Survived by Grace Petry and two sons Jack in Illinois and Fred Jr in Baltimore shipyards, plus two brothers and a sister. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Salisbury
Petry
Thomas Undertaking
Grace Petry
Jack
Illinois
Fred
Baltimore
Frank
William A. Petry
George DeLavier
Glencoe
Blast Disrupts Celanese Plant Injuring Dozens in Cumberland
More than forty people were injured, at least five seriously, when an explosion damaged a Celanese Corporation plant building in Cumberland Maryland. Ten admitted to Memorial hospital, eight to Allegany hospital, others treated at the plant. Blood plasma dispatched to Memorial. cause unavailable.
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Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America
Memorial Hospital
Allegany Hospital
City Health Department
Two Pennsylvanians Injured in Celanese Plant Incident
Statement from Cumberland lists Robert Shaffer and Curtis W. Bower of Hyndman as injured with cuts and burns and treated at a hospital. Estimated damage to the Celanese plant put at 0 000.
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Cumberland
Robert Shaffer
Curtis W. Bower
Nine draftees from Board 2 depart for induction center
Nine men from draft board No. 3 in the Beerils building left for the New Cumberland induction center after final physicals. Draftees include Charles William Race of Meyersdale, William Kerr of Addison, John Lloyd Lyons of Meyersdale, Richard Erve Menges of Berlin, Jack Lowry of Meyersdale, Glenn Lyberger of Meyersdale, Paul Miller Fritz of Berlin, Robert Felten of New Baltimore, and Gnngey of Catonsville Maryland.
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Draft Board No. 3
Beerils
New Cumberland
Charles William Race
Meyersdale
Willian E. Kerr
Addison
John Lloyd Lyons
Glee NW
Chinese and American Air Help Boost Yangtze Offensive
American-Chinese air forces dominated central China skies shooting down Japanese planes as Chinese armies pushed toward Ichang on the Langze. Communiques claim 100000 Japanese halted with 30000 casualties, while air strikes disrupted supply lines along Lake Tungting and the Yangtze.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
China
Langze
Ichang
Hupeh Povince
Werr
Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtse
Hupeh
Hunan
Kungan
Samme
Changyang
Enang
Yangtze
14Th
U. S. Air Force
Lake Tungting-Yangtze
Widow Receives Trees Estate In Pittsburgh Pro bate
The will filed for probate lists the estate of Joe C. Trees, Pittsburgh oil man who died recently, passing to his widow Edith Lehm Trees and her son Joe Benedum Trees, 12. The estate is valued at more than $100,000.
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Pittsburgh
Joe C. Trees
Edith Lehm Trees
Joe Benedum
Attu Nears Japan as War Briefing Flags New Attacks
Secretary of War Stimson signals imminent attacks on Japan proper during a press conference while Navy reports intensified air and sea actions in the Aleutians and the Bougainville front. Attu’s recapture puts U S forces within sinking distance of Japanese territory as air strikes target Kiska and Bougainville.
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Washington
Summson
Japan
Navy
Aivu
Aleutians
Kiska
Stimson
Attu
Kuriles
Samson
Axis
International Red Cross
Germany
Italy
Chenhagos Harbor
South Pacific
Tinputs Harbor
Numa Numa Harbor
Bougainville
United States Army
Tinpuis
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Food Parley Closes With World Abundance Program
At Hot Springs Virginia the United Nations food conference ended with a final act adopting a 30 resolution program to promote global nutrition and distribution. An interim Washington commission would lay groundwork for a permanent international agricultural authority as war aims to end tyranny and starvation.
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Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
United States
Washington
Richard Law
Russia
Alexey D. Krutikov
United Nations
Krutikov
Marvin Jones
Empire Room
Homestead
Allied destroyers cripple Italian convoy at Capo Spartivento
British and Greek destroyers attacked an enemy convoy to Capo Spartivento and sank two axis merchant ships and an escort torpedo boat without losses. A Greek destroyer took part, and an Italian destroyer was driven aground. Allied air forces also bombed Pantelleria and coasted Sardinia with no enemy fighters rising to oppose.
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Daniel DE Luce
N. Africa
Italy
Capo Spartivento
Pantelleria Island
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Sardinia
North Africa
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Italan
Salian
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rome
To- Gay
Teulada
Sarroch
Middle East
RAF
Aegean Sea
Davies Back From Moscow Mission Raises Roosevelt Stalin Churchill Talk
Joseph E. Davies returned from his Second Mission to Moscow and arrived in Washington at 4 51 p m. He went to the White House with Stalin's reply to President Roosevelt and spent about two hours conferring with the President, fueling speculation of a planned meeting among the three leaders.
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Washington
Joseph E. Davies
Moscow
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
White House
WMC Rule Called Unworkable by WPB Steel Group
Washington June 3 4 The War Production Board steel industry advisory committee says the War Manpower Commission regulation on new hires and the 48 hour week will create a vast unworkable bureaucracy and hinder steel production. W S Tower president American Iron and Steel Institute signs a letter to H G Batchelor WPB steel division director criticizing WMC for ignoring practical scheduling experience.
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Washington
War Production Board
Steel Industry Advisory Committee
War Manpower Commission
WMC
W. S. Tower
American Iron and Steel Institute
H. G. Batchelor
WPB
Steel Division
Spinach Surplus Prompts FDA Talks With Industry
New York city youths receive notice of a glut in spinach as the Food Distribution Administration says it will consult with packers canners and growers about the market situation.
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New York
New York City
Food Distribution Administration
President Orders All Coal Miners Back To Work
President Roosevelt orders about 500000 striking coal miners to return by Monday under war time authority. He signals possible use of troops and draft laws if disobedience continues and considers retroactive pay implications for a new contract. UMW officials defer comment as policy committee meets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Biddle
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Lewis
UMW
United Mine Workers
Selective Service Act
Chhef
Drive to End Coal Strike Under Push in House
Administration forces press to enact legislation to halt the coal strike. The House adjourned with a complex set of measures under consideration, including a substitute bill and amendments aimed at prohibiting strike actions in government plants and curbing others.
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Washington
House
Ramspeck
Connally
House Military Committee
War Labor Board
R-Ind
French National Liberation Committee Formed Under De Gaulle and Giraud
A French National Liberation Committee created to unite the de Gaulle and Giraud factions in the fight with the Allies moves to direct the French war effort until victory, with seven initial members and up to nine. New posts reorganize Algeria and Morocco leadership as plans for future leadership and command structure unfold.
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Eddward Kennedy
Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Japan
Pierre Laval
Europe
Robert Murphy
France
Giraud
de Gaulle
Alphonse J. Georges
Jean Monnet
Rene Massigli
Andre Philip
Georges Catroux
Catroux
Algeria
Marcel Peyrouton
Empire
Gabriel Puaux
Syria
Morocco
Auguste Nogues
Bonacat
North
West
Africa
Jean Mendigal
Jean Marie Bergeret
Mendigal
Bergeret
Wage conference adjourns without comment
A coal wage conference in New York, addressing both anthracite and bituminous issues, met for over two hours and adjourned today to resume tomorrow without issuing any comments.
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New York
Miner Hartman Returns to Work Amid Coal Strike
In Uniontown on June 3, veteran miner Charles Hartman reported to the Palmer works of H. C. Frick Coke despite a general coal strike. He has worked 16 years in pits, previously 19 years with the railroad, and said workers may return as government may order them back. He added President Roosevelt is bigger than John L. Lewis and the miners will learn it.
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Uniontown
Charles Hartman
Hartman
Palmer Works
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S
Africa
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
May Rainfall Measured At 6.84 Inches In May
David Grove the official weather observer reports May rainfall of 6.84 inches with one clear day twelve partly cloudy days eighteen cloudy days and twenty days with precipitation. The May total ranks highest since 1933 when it reached 7.85 inches. The warmest days were May 17 and 18 at 82 degrees while May 2 was the coldest at 23. June brings showers and warmth, with Thursday’s 84 degree unclouded day.
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David Grove
Grove
Sues Chaplin for Paternity
A paternity suit filed in Superior court charges film icon Charles Chaplin as the father of the unborn child of Joan Berry, a 23 year old aspiring actress. Gertrude E. Berry, guardian for the unborn child, seeks 10000 for prenatal care 5000 for costs and 2500 per month for support.
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Los Angeles
Superior
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Gertrude E. Berry
Somerset Weather Report Captures Daily Temperatures
Daily weather notice for Somerset by David Grove reports the 24 hour period from 5:30 p m Wednesday to 5:30 p m Thursday. Maximum temperature and comparison to last year are noted with a 81 and 58 degree equivalent in the record.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U.S. Weather Observer
Aes
Weather Forecast for Eastern to Western Pennsylvania and Maryland
A sultry spell continues Friday across Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia. Humid skies bring heat and high temperatures with little relief expected throughout the day.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Hyndman
Bittner’s Greenhouses
Lifford
Davies
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Committee of Liberation
Chaplin
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