Lewis Maps Strategy in Mine Dispute
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers Policy Committee meet to set the strategy for the next phase of the mine dispute with the administration and coal operators. They weigh government takeover terms under the Smith Connally act and discuss potential contract talks with operators outside Appalachia. The panel may address underground travel pay, War Labor Board approval, and AFL re affiliation moves.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Congress
UMW
Appalachian
War Labor Board
Matthew Woll
Photoengravers
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Chicago
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Baby born during patrolmen's tired day
Two New York City patrolmen Francis Cook and Howard Hegerick helped a man Hartman after his wife went into labor. They fetched breakfast for two crying children and delivered a 7-pound baby boy before sending the father to his defense job.
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New York
New York City
Francis Cook
Howard Hegerick
John Hartman
Helen
Hartman
Train Derailment Injures Sixty-Six Near Nashua
A Boston bound passenger train derailed near Nashua New Hampshire injuring 66 people with nine hospitalized. About 325 passengers were aboard when the crash occurred just after 3 PM and 509 feet of track were repaired to restore normal service. The third car from the engine bore the initial derailment while the rear coaches stayed on the rails.
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Nashua
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
U S Jobs Service Expands to 309 Army Navy Hospitals
The United States Employment Service now operates in 309 Army and Navy hospitals to assist men about to be discharged with disabilities. WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt says the program aims to place veterans in permanent jobs and help them resume normal life. Discharged personnel are interviewed and connected with local veterans employment representatives or offered training through the VA or US Office of Education.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Army and Navy
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Veterans Employment Representative
Veterans Administration
United States Office of Education
Papuan Yank Detail Holds Lonely Spot
War dispatch from New Guinea on July 17 describes Douglas Harbor defenders under Gen. MacArthur advancing toward Salamaua. Capt. Alvin Gannon and Capt. James Baker share a tent amid jungle patrols as Japanese bombers raid coastlines. A single crocodile tragedy marks the harbor’s only casualty. locals boast keepsakes from recovered battle debris.
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Douglas Harbor
Papua
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Alvin Gannon
Portland
Gannon
James Baker
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Baker
Jock McKenna
America
Head of Connecticut OPA Moves to General Manager Post
Chester A. Bowles, longtime Connecticut OPA head, agreed to take the job of general manager of the OPA. He will report to Washington on Tuesday July 27 and begin work soon. Bowles and his family had been on a radio free vacation cruise off the Massachusetts coast when he learned of the offer.
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Hartford
Conn
Chester A. Bowles
Connecticut
OPA
Civilization
Prentiss M. Brown
Washington
Massachusetts
Brown
Hyannis
Mass
Bowles
Italians Routed at Agrigento as Allied Advance Pushes On
Allied forces advance in Sicily as Italian artillery and infantry surrender after a three day battle to defend Agrigento. Brig Gen August de Laurentis, commander of the 207th Coastal Division, is among the captured with thousands of troops. Civilians cheer the Americans while prize weapons and supplies are seized.
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Sicily
Agrigento
Porto Empedocle
August de Laurentis
207Th
de Laurentis
Edward Boryez
Detroit
Boryez
Borycz
Pvt
al Griebstein
Boston
America
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Spellman Sees Smuts in Pretoria
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York arrived in Pretoria from Lourenco Marques and met Premier General Jan Christian Smuts during a July visit.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Francis J. Spellman
New York
Lourenco Marques
Jan Christian Smuts
Buffalo Firemen Save Girl Sinking In Power Canal
Niagara Falls July 19 Firemen Albert J. Wills and Harold E. Gadsby pulled Adeline Watt 49 of Buffalo from the Niagara River near the power canal forebay. Wills lowered 15 feet by rope to reach her and seized the eye bolt, then Gadsby aided with a life hitch as bystanders helped pull all three to safety.
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Niagara Falls
Albert J. Wills
Harold E. Gadsby
Adeline Watt
Buffalo
Niagara River
Wills
Gadsby
Miss Watt
McCarter Honored by Elks in North Central District
Ogdensburg July 19 Herbert L McCarter of Ogdensburg was named district deputy grand exalted ruler for the North Central District. The appointment announced by Frank J Lonergan grand exalted ruler covers lodges in Malone Saranac Lake Little Falls Rome and Herkimer.
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H. L. McCarter
Elks
Argentina Mourns Vice President as Offices Close
Buenos Aires observes a nationwide closure of government offices for the funeral of Argentina's vice president Adm. Saba H. Sueyro who died Saturday night from duodenal ulcers after a brief illness. No information is yet available on the successor.
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Allen Haden
Chicago
Dually News, Inc
Buenos Aires
Adm
Saba H. Sueyro
Sueyro
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