Ickes Fines May Trigger New Coal Strike
Washington June 10. John L. Lewis denounces Secretary Ickes for fining bituminous miners one dollar a day for the June 15 walkout, warning of another work stoppage. WLB questions portal to portal pay and a $1.30 daily rate, while union officials plead no contract exists to justify penalties.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewi
America
War Labor Board
WLB
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
Wagner Labor Relations Nct
UMW
Fairmont
W. Va
Harlan
Pittsburgh
William Hargest
UMW District 5
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania
William H. Davis
Dr Clauson Sees United American Century Message
Dr Bernard C Clauson pastor of First Baptist Pittsburgh urged Somerset County Sunday School Association to embrace an American Century ethic. He traced 1776 to today emphasizing unity under E Pluribus Unum and the American way of living for world peace. He closed with prayer and urged balanced duty, cautioning not to bear the world alone.
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First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh
Somerset County Sunday School Association
Church of the Brethren
Clausen
Gladstone
Jefferson
Rodney
Hancock
Franklin
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
World Organization
Dr. Clauson
Elk Hills Oil Lease Scandal Sparks Senate Clash
In Washington, Senator Langer charged Secretary Knox with approving a secret oil lease to Standard Oil of California for Elk Hills naval oil reserve. A naval spokesman defended the move as in national interest, noting the government’s benefit and the rushed, single-day action without congressional approval.
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Washington
Langer
R-Nd
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Standard Oil of
California
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Naval
Whie House
Secretary of the Interior
Public Lands
Justice Department
Navy
Two Jailed After Hearing On Local Suspects
Two new inmates were added to the county jail after hearings before Justice C. J. Harrison Jr. Anna Nagy Chasar of Wilbur Mines, 32, mother of nine, faced desertion charges and a serious morality offense. Charles Chaney of Blackfield was charged with larceny of a wrist watch from Mrs. Emma Lanner of Rockwood and admitted theft. Both were recommitted to jail.
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Anna Nagy Chasar
Wilbur Mines
Chasar
Charles Chaney
Blackfield
Emma Lanner
Rockwood
R. D
Brothers and Sister Challenge Will Forgery in Orphans Court
In Pittsburgh on June 10 two brothers Carl Maratta and Paul Maratta and sister Katherine M Sayre contest a will written on a check that left Gertrude K Lare 80 000 to her husband Marcellus H Lare Jr claiming the document is a forgery. Lare a bank examiner found the will in his wife s pocket book after her death last June 25. Mrs Lare widow of George W Kilpatrick Connellsville coal operator and Lare were married in 1938. If set aside the contestants would share one half of the estate.
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Pittsburgh
Gertrude K. Lare
Marcellus H. Lare, Jr
Lare
Carl Maratta
Beaver
Paul Maratta
New Brighton
Katherine M. Sayre
Beaver Falls
State urges summer push to gather more rags
Harrisburg plants a summer drive to collect rags as the state salvage headquarters calls for higher collection through the coming months.
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Harrisburg
Somerset Faces Mass Evacuation After Simulated Bombing
Somerset County Civil Defense units coordinated a county wide drill simulating enemy air attack. 3,800 homeless and 500 dead or injured were projected as families were directed to Stoystown Berlin Central City Windber Meyersdale Hooversville and Rockwood evacuation centers under county leaders and OCD staff.
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OCD
Kenneth Lohr
Joseph Snyder
Motor Corps
Defense Transportation
Rosina Avenue
East Somerset
Patriot
Rosina
Main Streets
Edgewood Avenue
Walker Creamery
Somerset Lumber Company
Esso
South Edgewood Avenue
Somerset
Centrol
Stoystown Road
Rockwood
Shawleytown
Stoystown
Berlin
Central City
Windber
Meyersdale
Hooversville
George J. Krebs
Ralph M. Mitchell
United States Army
Blackout Knockout Injures Swain in New Jersey Bath
In Westmont New Jersey on June 10 a blackout proved costly for Charles Swain who, rushing to exit a bath tub and switch off lights, slipped and severely hurt his chin. He was treated at a nearby doctor's office after the incident.
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Westmont
N. J
Charles Swain
U S Air Force to Strike Many Targets in a Day
Maj. Gen. Ira C. Baker states the 8th Army Air Force will mass heavy bombers and mediums for multiple raids in a single day across several targets. He notes improved loss ratios, two sub divisions, and the aim to hit military sites while sparing occupied civilians when possible.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
United State Air Force
RAF
Britan
Ira C. Baker
U.S. Bomber Command
St. Nazed
Aennes
la Pallice
Cmmmander
Areca
Haker
Eakey
Balloons Used to Start Fires in Oregon Forests
Lt. Col. James W. Fraser reports enemy balloons with incendiary bombs dropped over Oregon forests in 1942. He notes balloons likely from submarines, timed to ignite fires, and urges loggers and mill men to stay alert for further attacks and tests by the enemy.
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Eugene
Ore
Oregon
James W. Fraser
Col
Fraser
Ting
Argentina Shuts Off Axis Codes And Recognizes Regime
The Argentine government cancelled axis code messages and ended daily 100 word transmissions to embassies as it aligned with the Rio de Janeiro resolution against Axis espionage. Germany and Italy recognized President Pedro Ramirez as nine nations hold formal acknowledgment. Paraguay and the United States debated recognition with Paraguay hinting at action. Vice Admiral Storni outlined inter American solidarity against armed conquest.
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Bufnos
Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Pedro Ramirez
Germany
Italy
Thh
Foreign Office
Erich Otto Meynen
Livio Garbacci
Ramoneo Cattillo
Washington
Higinio Morinigo
Paraguay
Hull
United States
Morinigo
Segundo Storni
NazI Crack Red Lines in Vain at Rostov
German forces supported by tanks and planes surged toward Rostov between Rostov and Taganrog but were repelled by a Red Army counterblow. The clash near the Caucasus gateway left 300 German troops, five tanks, and two planes lost, with no clear sign of a new large offensive. Air battles continued as Russian bombers hit German air dromes, including an attack on Yaroslavl.
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Rostov
Red Army
Moscow
Taganrog
Russia
Kuban
Caucasus
Sea of Azov
Yaroslavl
Greeks Receive Anti-Submarine Patrol Ship King George II
President Roosevelt presented Greece with the anti submarine patrol ship PC-622 in a Washington navy yard ceremony. The vessel, named King George II under lend lease, honors the Greek monarch as the Greeks resist Axis control and strive to reclaim their government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Acropolis
Parthenon
Washington Navy Yard
George II
Greece
Axis
Executive Dies in Wilkinsburg After 27 Years at Glass Firm
George H. Mayer age 75 and longtime sales manager at American Window Glass company died today at his Wilkinsburg home. He served 27 years with the firm until retiring in 1935.
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Pittsburgh
George H. Mayer
American Window Glass Company
Wilkinsburg
Truck Death Claims Albert Co. Lauffenberger at 64
Albert County resident Lauffenberger 64 of Akeley was struck and killed by a truck near Norarren with his son William identified as a survivor.
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Tru Warren
Uey Albert Co
Lauffenberger
Akeley
Norarren
William
Allied Air Strikes Pound Pantelleria and Sicily Fronts
American airmen blasted Pantelleria again and struck two Sicilian airfields near Mount Etna. Liberators destroyed 24 planes at Catania and Gerbini, with 250000 pounds of bombs reported. RAF Spitfires and intruder forces hit railways in western Sicily and southern Italy.
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North Africa
Pantelleria
Mount Etna
Middle East
Catania
Gerbini
Sicily
Tunisia
Rome
Malta
RAF
Italy
Italian High Command
Rome Radio
Allied Bombers Hit Rabaul Airdromes In Large Strike
Allied announces heavy raid on Rabaul New Britain by bombers dropping over forty tons of ordnance on Lauunai Vunakanau and Kapopo airfields plus a separate strike on Gasmata. The three hours of attacks ignited fires, damaged ammunition dumps, and were the heaviest since March 23.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
Port Moresby
New Guinea
MacCluer Gulf
Dutch New Guinea
Qokas Harbor
Vunakanau
Gasmata
Flight student charged in taxi driver robbery case
State Police Sergeant Vincent Bunch filed charges before Alderman Paul Thomas against Thomas Edwin Campbell 20 an aviation student at St Vincent college for robbing Ken neth Burke a Yellow Cab driver last Saturday night Campbell allegedly slugged the driver stole Burke s car and wrecked it Campbell from Forrest Alabama is held at St Vincent awaiting war department instructions at the Alderman s office in Greensburg today
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Greensburg
Thomas Edwin Campbell
St. Vincent College
Kenneth Burke
Paul Thomas
Vincent Bunch
Burke
Bunch
Campbell
Forrest
Ala
St. Vincent
War Department
Memorial service of Wimodausis Rebekah lodge set for June 13
The Rebekah Memorial and I.O.O.F. lodge plans a memorial service at Husband Cemetery on Sunday June 13 at 2:30 p.m. in connection with the I.O.O.F. gathering for members.
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Rebekah Memorial
Wimodausis
Rebekah Lodge
Husband Cemetery
Bombings Rage Across Italy as War Grows
London reports Allied air siege of Italy continues with Pantelleria bombarded for 18 days. Mussolini marks three years in war amid provincial government shakeup. Naval blockades and island assaults loom as invasion efforts mount.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Italy
Mussolini
Pantelleria
Regional Friday Rain Forecast Across Mid-Atlantic
Weather outlook for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia shows warmer conditions Friday across eastern areas with a few showers in the south portions. Scattered afternoon thundershowers are possible in parts of Maryland and western Pennsylvania with little change in temperatures in West Virginia.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily temperature range from 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to 5:30 p.m. Thursday reported by David Grove. Maximum and minimum temperatures are incomplete in the text but show a 63 degree value as a possible maximum.
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Somerset
David Grove
U. Ss. Weather Observer
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