Philadelphia Strike Leaders Dismissed After War Work Halt
Philadelphia transit workers return to duty after a weeklong walkout halted war production. The Army maintains 100 percent service as four strike leaders McMenamin Carney Thompson and Dixey are dismissed amid Smith Connally act charges.
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Paul F. Ellis
Philadelphia
Arsenal
U.S. Army
Henry L. Stimson
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Philadelphia Transportation Company
War Manpower Commission
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Army
WMC
FEPC
James H. McMenamin
Frank Carney
Frank Thompson
Liberty
U. S
Gerald A.ieeson
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McMenamin
Thompson
Carney
Dixevy
Thefts Puzzle Tucson Police In Two-Week Spree
The sheriff reports more than $100 in losses as detectives catalog stolen purses rings and watches. Lt S H Moseley’s purse is found but he remains missing with officers urging him to claim his property. Detectives Herron Burke and Camacho, from Denver, recount the trio’s tale and motives in a Tucson case.
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Herron
S. H. Moseley
Sheriff's Office
James Burke
Jesus Camacho
Denver
Colo
Tucson
Cooler Repairs Stall At University Of Arizona Building
University of Arizona officials report the administration building cooler system remains out of condition after repairs from July 3 to August 2. Workers are again at the motors repairing, following an earlier motor ring burn out and reassembly that held until Saturday.
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University of Arizona
Soldier Dies of Burns at Huachuca Fire
Technician 5G Eldone Blunt aged 24 died in the post hospital at Fort Huachuca after suffering burns on July 28 while fighting a fire at the residence of Mrs. Benedicta G Wells on the military post. The blaze began from fumes from gasoline used in cleaning clothes.
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FT. Huachuca
Eldone Blunt
Benedicta G. Wells
Blunt
Two Major Labor Disputes Unsettled
Two major labor disputes in the United States and Canada remain unsettled affecting about 8,500 transportation workers after weekend settlements. An estimated 4,500 AFL truck drivers in Minneapolis Saint Paul Omaha and Kansas City idle over wage talks with the Midwest Operators association. In Montreal some 4,000 tramway workers strike after government rejection of compromise proposals. Overall about 19,500 workers idle nationally with 11,000 in 19 other disputes. several plants resumed, including five GM plants in Detroit returning 7,000 workers. R. R. Nickerson cites 1,400 Libbey Owens Ford workers voting to return in Ottawa Illinois. St Louis amphibian Navy-tank plant and Chicago Screw also idled. Additional disputes kept 6,300 idle in Carbondale Illinois and Marion Indiana areas.
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Labor Front
United States
Canada
AFL
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
Midwest Operators Association
WLB
Washington
Montreal
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Ottawa
Ill
R. R. Nickerson
Libbey- Owens-Ford Company
St. Louis Car Company
Chicago Screw Company
Carbondale
Marion
Ind
Anaconda
Russians Near East Prussia Advance In Baltic Drive
The Red Army pressed toward East Prussia from the Niemen region and along a 1200 mile front from Finland to the Carpathians. General Cherniakhovsky's forces moved above the Niemen toward Tilsit and Memen while signposts marked progress near the border. Soviet artillery and air power pounded positions as reinforcements arrived in the Virbalis sector and Warsaw battles loomed large.
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Tolbuchkin
Finland
Carpathians
Joseph Stalin
Drohobvez
Galicia
Russia
Poland
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Niemen River
Tilsit
Baltic
Memen
East Prussian
Virbalis
East Prussia
Kaunas-Konigsberg
Moscow
Warsaw
London
Ghetto
Allied advance pans across Brittany to Brittany coastal front
British Canadian and American forces press along a 50 mile front from Domfront to Mayenne as Vire and Mortain fall. Planes and ships block Brest and Lorient, with De Gaulle urging Breton uprising and U boats cornered near Lorient.
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Brittany
Chateau-Gontier
Paris
Mayenne
Ambrieres
Laval
la Houssaie
Loire River
Domfront
Avranches
Varenne
France
Vire
Mortain
Vire-Domfront
Brecey
Brest
St. Malo
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Lorient
Brest’s
Breton
Bordeaux
Admiralty
Nantes
St. Nazaire
Vannes
Noahs Ark dove likely modern homing pigeon kin
Officials say the dove sent from Noahs Ark was probably a Rock dove, the same species as today’s homing pigeons. They note the bird’s lineage links ancient legends with present scientific understanding of pigeon species.
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Noah's Ark
New A-11 Gas Coupon Counterfeiting Reported
Washington Aug 7 The new A-11 gasoline coupon not valid on the east coast until Wednesday has been extensively counterfeited the office of price administration reported today Several counterfeit types have been seized with agents learning from underworld sources that large numbers of bogus A-11 coupons have been printed distributed to peddlers and sold to black market dealers Some may be in motorists hands.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Hollywood Brawl Between Jon Hall and Tommy Dorsey Ends in No Probe
Hollywood officials said no investigation would be opened into the fight between actor Jon Hall and bandleader Tommy Dorsey after Hall suffered serious injuries. District Attorney Howser and Grand Jury chairman George Armstrong indicated no charges or formal action would follow unless requested by involved parties. Hall, who declined to sign a complaint, faced possible weeks of absence from film work and potential plastic surgery to repair facial injuries.
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Hollywood
U.P
Grand Jury
Jon Hall
Tommy Dorsey
Fred N. Howser
George Armstrong
Hall
Dorsey
Sunset Plaza
Great ports bolster invasion forces in German submarine era
Naval officers forecast that at the climax Germany would be unable to mount major submarine strikes again, as these ports proved valuable for assembling invasion power and war effort.
Supervisors Move to Reorganize Sheriff's Office Space
Sheriff Ed Echols says the board plans to take cattle inspectors’ desk area for the county engineer, leaving no gun room or adequate space for investigations. He notes the sanitary department lacks funds to equip offices and urges keeping desk space for inspectors. No board member could be reached for comment as the county building closed.
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Ed Echols
Board of County Supervisors
Sheriff Echols
State Sanitary Department
Sheriff Echols Asserted, “and If the Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office
Echols
Board of Supervisors
Mrs Valencia 106 Dies In Tucson Home
Aurelia Valencia 106 who came to Tucson in 1919 from Nogales Mexico died yesterday at her home 61 West Jackson st. She lived with daughter Miss Aurelia Rocha and is survived by daughters Mrs Beneranda Frijo Mrs Marcelo Fisher and Miss Rocha and grandchildren. Body lies in state tonight. Requiem Mass at 9 a m tomorrow at San Agustin cathedral followed by services at Holy Hope cemetery at 5 p m.
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Aurelia Valencia
Tucson
Nogales
West Jackson Street
Culiacan
Saratoga
Mexico
Aurelia Rocha
Beneranda Frijo
Marcedas Fisher
San Agustin Cathedral
Holy Hope Cemetery
Brigadier General Killed While Leading An Assault
Brigadier General Nelson M. Walker of Pittsfield Massachusetts and assistant commander of a U S infantry division was killed while leading an assault on a German machine gun position in a hedge row. He died within hours from a severed thigh artery. His son Lt Perrin Walker serves as an aide to the division commander. His widow and daughter reside in Pittsfield where the daughter aids Red Cross work.
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Normandy
Nelson M. Walker
Pittsfield
Mass
Perrin Walker
Gen. Walker
Army
Washington
Pearl Harbor
France
Doris Walker
Nancy
Former Arizonian held in deaths of wife and son
Ignacio Candelaria, 59, formerly of Winslow, Ariz., is held in Albuquerque for the dual stabbing deaths of his estranged wife and her adopted son who tried to protect her. Undersheriff Dan Padilla said Candelaria signed a statement claiming his wife bewitched him and that he killed her when she refused to cure him. The killings occurred at the wife’s home near Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ignacio Candelaria
Winslow
Ariz
Dan Padilla
Candelaria
Here
Present Situation Halts German Sports Program
MADRID Aug 7 AMN reports that championship sports matches in Germany have been suspended due to the present situation Berlin dispatches said today.
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Madrid
AMN
Germany
Berlin
Funeral services for Nellie Jackson at San Agustin
Mrs Nellie Jackson of 19 Bonita street dies Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 4 p m from San Agustin cathedral with burial in Holy Hope cemetery by Reilly funeral company. Survivors include husband George W Jackson two sons Ricardo Melendez El Paso and Joe Jackson Phoenix and daughter Mrs Hope Di Campli Tucson.
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Nellie Jackson
Bonita Street
San Agustin Cathedral
George W. Jackson
Ricardo Melendez
el Paso
Joe Jackson
Phoenix
Hope di Campli
Tucson
Holy Hope Cemetery
Reilly Funeral Company
Torrid August Weather Curls Grass On Ranges
Phoenix August heat has grasses curling on Arizona ranges after mid July rains. F Lee Kirby, supervisor of Tonto national forest, notes lack of later rains left grass to curl after reaching about three inches in height in some areas. A Douglas area thunderstorm added .36 inch of moisture.
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Phoenix
Arizona
F. Lee Kirby
Tonto National Forest
Kirby
Douglas
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William Shirley
Box 129
Joseph Tucker
Hollywood Fight
6Th Ave
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la Rose
Arthur G. House
Congress Street
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G. & G. Airlines Co., Ltd
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San Agustin
Sid Moeur
Arizona Committee Brewing Industry Foundation
Benefit Association
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N. Stone
Tucson Tire & Boot Works
S. 6Th Ave
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