Miners Vote to Resume Work Across Appalachian Fields
A wave of return to work spreads through West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Tennessee and Kentucky as United Mine Workers locals vote to restart operations tomorrow. Officials say about 67 000 to 75 per cent of miners may return with Alabama and Pennsylvania districts showing varied reactivation, aiding steel mills and war production.
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Pittsburgh
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
UMW
Birmingham
Alabama
West Virginias
Plig
Clara
District 3
Uniontown
William Hynes
District 4
Fayette County
Great
Steel Company
William Hargest
Ray Edmundson
Illinois
Virginia
No Stopping Work Governor Urges Uninterrupted War Production
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the 20th annual Pennsylvania veterans encampment elected Earl A. Seitz as commander and heard Gov. Edward Martin demand no halt to work on the home front. He warned against peace feelers, urged 100 percent American loyalty, and supported mandatory flag salute participation. The encampment backed Joseph A. Stack for national junior vice commander and elected state officers including James F. Colley and Nelson A. McCloskey. an auxiliary slate was chosen. A resolution mocked Interior Secretary Ickes by proposing renaming his Maryland estate Tojo land or Hirohito manor.
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Pittsburgh
Earl A. Seitz
Sharpsburgh
Edward Martin
Congress
Gov. Martin
Aainst
Joseph A. Stack
Allegheny County
New York
James F. Colley
Dubois
Nelson A. McClos
Lillian Stevenson
Wilkinsburg
Florence EB. Anderson
Harrisburg
Evelyn Woods
New Castle
Ickes
Harold Ickes
Maryland
Tojo Land
Hirohito Manor
Locals Continue Strike Amid Anthracite Dispute
Seven United Mine Workers locals voted to remain on strike in Wilkes-Barre area as 55,000 of 83,000 miners idle. Negotiations in New York postponed to tomorrow afternoon at union leaders’ request to press employers and urge a return to the anthracite fields. Locales not returning include Glen Alden Coal three collieries, Huber Woodward and South Wilkes-Barre, Baltimore No. 5, Harry E. Colliery, Pagnotti Enterprises, No. 9 Pagnotti, and Eddy Creek colliery at Olympiaaut, totaling about 4,300 plus 600 and 500 and 800 and 600 men.
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Wilkes-Barre
United Mine Workers
UMW
New York
Glen Alden Coal Company
Huber Woodward
South Wilkes-Barre
Baltimore No
Hudson Coal Company
Harry E
Pagnotti Enterprises
Expect More Miners To Work This Week
Indications Sunday afternoon showed many county mines likely to reopen after a week long closure. Two hundred miners have been on strike, with local union leaders urging some work despite refusals. Some mines are already operating while others face pay losses and rising living costs amid broader national coal shortages.
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Harrison
Emploes
Saxman Coal and Coke Company
75 PTC District Two Will Return to Pits
John Ghizzoni of Homer City an International executive board member of the United Mine Workers predicted that 75 percent of district two pitmen would return to work tomorrow with 80 to 90 percent of Indiana county's 7 500 miners back Monday after balloting at locals including Clymer Helvetia Waterman Acosta Shanksville Grassflat and Clearfield counties reaching about 2 000 members in Indiana Somerset and Clearfield counties.
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Johnstown
United Mine Workers
John Ghizzoni
Homer City
UMW International
Indiana County
Ghizzoni
Clymer
Helvetia
Waterman
Acosta
Shanksville
Somerset County
Grassflats
Clearfield County
Antonescu Arrives in Rome Amid Axis Talks
Romanian Vice Premier Mihail Antonescu arrived in Rome, reported by Vichy radio via the Associated Press. Berlin sources note plans to meet Venice officials, and earlier Swiss dispatches questioned his loyalty to the axis over a Balkan entente idea.
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Rome
Mihail Antonescu
Italy
Balkans
Vichy Radio Today
Associated Press
Berlin
Antonescu
Venice
Giuseppe Bastianini
Adolf Hitler
Ion Antonescu
Axis
Vichy
France
Hare predicts European war end in 29 months
Auburn New York June 27 Representative Fred P Hare Jr of Somerset Pa Republican member of the Pennsylvania legislature predicted the European war may end in 29 months but Japan would require at least four more years to be subdued He spoke at the Fraternal Order of Eagles state convention in place of Lt Governor Thomas W Wallace of New York.
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Auburn
N. Y
Fred P. Hare, Jr
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Europe
Japan
Hare
Thomas W. Wallace
New York
Order of Eagles
Meyersdale Officer Dies In Georgia
Capt. Theodore Englehart 20 of Meyersdale Pa an infantry instructor at Fort Benning Ga died after a machine gun discharge incident. He was a Gettysburg College graduate and ex J M Cook Candy Co manager and borough council member. Funeral planned at Zion Lutheran Church with military escort.
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Fort Benning
Fort Benning, Ga
Theodore KR. Englenart
Meyersdale
Capt
Englehart
A. C
Ruth
Eloise
Lois
William
Gettysburg College
J. M. Cook Candy Co
Zion Lutheran Church
Roy Dunkleberger
Russians Ambush Finns and Push at Front
Russian troops behind enemy lines wiped out a Finnish company, seized prisoners and booty. Finland recaptured a strongpoint near Ruka jaevi with 350 Russians killed. Across the Donets and western fronts, German reports say Russian attacks, tank actions, and air losses.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Rukajaevi
Wayclan
Balakieya
Donets
Kharkov
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Smolensk
Comunique
Velikie Luki
Caucasus
Arctic Murmansk
Volga
Buban
State Unemployment Checks Total $77,910.80 For Week
State Treasurer G Harold Wagner reported 5,308 unemployment compensation checks issued during the week ending June 18. Total payout reached 77 thousand 910 dollars and 80 cents with Somerstes checks totaling 252 dollars.
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G. Harold Wagner
Somerste
Allied bombers strike Messina in Mediterranean raid
Allied forces pound Messina for the third time in 36 hours as American Fortress and RAF bombers hit the rail terminal and oil facilities. Reports say the city erupted under a heavy bombing, with multiple victories credited to U. S. airmen from Gary Indiana Huntington Park California and other locales. Italian and German communiques describe convoy attacks and tanker fires amid renewed signs of a broader Mediterranean push.
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Mediterranean
Africa
Messina
Sicily
North African Command
Wellington
Cairo
Essina
Italy
Rome
Tunisia
Tech
Gene W. Royse
Fairbanks Ave
Gary
Ind
Marion A. Alley
East St. Louis
Ill
Sgt
N. Duncan
Ellington, Mo
Alley
Fargo's famed target eye guides North Africa air base unit
Technical Sergeant Marvin E. Fargo of Clearfield Pennsylvania commands Marauder bombers on official visits to Italian islands and the mainland. He uses the Norden bombsight to set range and then directs the pilot while an officer leads the formation. Fargo, with 15 combat missions and two oak leaf clusters, prefers staying on the job to returning to officers' candidate school.
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North Africa
Marvin E. Fargo
Clearfield
Fargo
United States
Chinese general claims Japanese burned wounded after rout
Gen. Wu Chin Wei says during the battle for Chungking’s gateway the Japanese fired their wounded and cremated bodies, leaving charred limbs as they fled. He notes officers and men were injected to render them insensible before burning. He says bodies were sent to Japan and a crematory near Ichang was used.
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Yangtze
Wu Chin Wei
Yangtze River
Chungking
Japan
Ichang
Bombers pound Hitler’s realm eight straight nights
Across the Atlantic and in the Pacific, Allied air forces attacked German and Japanese positions. In the Aleutians, six raids on Kiska targeted the Japanese garrison with Liberator and Mitchell forces, while in the Solomons area Liberators hit Ballale and Poporang bases. RAF Mosquitoes and bombers smashed western and northwest Germany for the eighth consecutive night, targeting air fields, radio stations, and shipping channels with Beaufighters and Spitfires supporting the raids.
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Washington
Kiska
Ventura
Aleutians
Ernest Agnew
London
Hitler
Germany
France
Paris
St. Omer
J. E. Johnson
Coastal Command
Air Ministry
RAF
le Creusot
Ruhr
Rhineland
Friedrichshafen
Krefeld
Mulheim
Spezia
Italy
Elberfeld
Wuppertal
Bochum
the Ruhr
RAP
Machen- Gladbach
Duesseldorf
U. S. Air Force
Huls
U Boats Ordered Home From Atlantic and Mediterranean
Ankara reports a Balkan source says many German U boats are ordered to return to German and Italian bases. Submarines in the Atlantic will head to German ports while those in the Mediterranean move to Italian bases to be ready against allied invasion fleets.
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Ankara
Germany
Balkan
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Nazi Chief Fritz Schmidt Dies In Accident
Berlin radio said Fritz Schmidt regional chief of the nation al Socialist party in the Netherlands and commissar general of occupied Dutch territories had a fatal accident while on an official tour. Hitler ordered a party funeral for Schmidt, the fifth Nazi official in Holland to be killed in six months.
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London
Berlin
Fritz Schmidt
National Socialist Party
Netherlands
France
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Schmidt
Holland
Poles Ready For Action Say Polish Army Longs For Combat
Polish Premier Wladyslaw Sikorski told a Beirut broadcast that the Middle East force is spoiling for action. He praised the Polish soldier’s resolve and said the path to Poland lies through battle with the ancient foe. The broadcast was picked up by the British ministry of information.
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London
Wladysalw Sikorski
Beirut
Middle East
Lebant States
Sikorski
Poland
British Ministry of Information
Washington backs up Gen. Eisenhower amid North Africa rift
Washington signals full support to General Eisenhower as Allied supreme commander in Africa. Officials say he must curb De Gaulle and Giraud political factionalism to protect American troops and supply lines, and to avoid jeopardizing trans Mediterranean operations. British cooperation will continue despite De Gaulle tensions.
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Washington
trans-Mediterranean
Eisenhower
French Africa
Politi
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
de Galulist
Vntail
West
Africa
Giraud
de Gaulle
Italian Fleet Leaves Base Under Mysterious Circumstances
A British radio report quoting Arriba says Italy's fleet has departed an undisclosed base for an unknown destination. The CBS relay notes the departure is shrouded in mystery and suggests the fleet may be heading for offensive operations.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Arriba
Unseasonably Warm Monday With Scattered Thunderstorms
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect continued unseasonably warm conditions on Monday with thundershowers in the afternoon. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia anticipate warm weather with afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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