Regulation Of Coal Industry Seems Doomed By Rules
Washington July 6 Regulation of the soft coal industry under the Guffey Bituminous Coal Act appears dead after the House Rules Committee tabled a stopgap extension. The Ways and Means Committee had rejected a two year postwar extension, leaving the act to expire August 23 unless revived. President Roosevelt urged action in a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Doughton.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Sabath
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
United Mine Workers and Persons
Congress
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Miners Shuffle Back To Pits
Thousands of the final group of 50 000 striking miners returned to work as United Mine Workers leaders predicted almost all of the nation 521 000 coal workers would be back by nightfall. Reports showed about 470 000 men operated yesterday including July 4 holidays. they will receive time and a half and the same rate Saturday if they work every week. Some mines in Pennsylvania and Tennessee remained idle.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
By . &. Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Drought Threat Casts Shadow Over Nearby Farms
Farmers warn drought and heat threaten crops and pastures in Frederick and Clarke counties. Northwest Frederick suffers the most with tomato crops stalled and pastures burning while Clarke reports limited damage but warns of potential losses. Eastside Valley along Shenandoah reports a harsh season with variable hay yields.
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Frederick
Clarke County
Shenandogh River
O Sullivan Rubber Wins Large Army Sole Contracts
The Boston Quartermaster Depot announced awards for several million pairs of shoe parts. The O Sullivan Rubber Company of Winchester Virginia received 168 000 units for half soles. Holtite Manufacturing of Baltimore got 172 000 and The Rubber Company of Hag Harbor Maryland 110 000.
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Boston
Boston, Quartermaster Depot Today
O’sullivan Rubber Company, Inc
Winchester
Eee Holtite Manufacturing
Baltimore
Tae Ae Rubber Company
Hag- Some Md
Winchester Men To Report July 8
Winchester City Board announces men accepted by the United States Army 24 to report at the Hall Winchester at 6 a.m. July 8 1943. The bus for Camp Lee departs Winchester from the bus terminal at 6 40 a.m. Names include Harry W cor poral Leon F Douglas D Stickley Jr J.
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Winchester
United States Army
Hall
Camp Lee
Harry W
Leon F
Douglas D. Stickley, Jr
City And County Brevities
A chaotic scene on the Plaza saw youths decide on a diver’s tank for a firemen’s carnival attraction. The unit was improvised in a donor home setting before being removed by authorities after an officer intervened and children were taken to police headquarters, later released.
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Oeae Wien
Local Storages To Handle 275 Cars Of Potatoes
Government plans to store at least 275 carloads of potatoes in Winchester Berryville and Charles Town cold storage through September. Potatoes are from the Eastern Shore belt and may be kept to remove them from the open market or to supply armed forces. Reports say farmers were urged to delay digging early crops to prevent losses.
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Winchester
Berryville
Charles Town
Vacation Trips After July 15 May Be Indulged
Representative Hartley says the Office of Price Administration will relax gasoline limits in the 12 eastern states allowing A card holders to take vacation trips after July 15. A new order will permit seashore getaways for a week or two or a season to visit a summer home with an approved permit and use of A coupons.
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Washington
Hartley
R-Nj
Office of Price Administration
Seaboard
Eastern Conference of
OPA
Prentiss Brown
New Jersey
Allied Planes Over Channel Report and LoM Factory Bombing
RAF northern France reports no losses as planes fly over the Channel. Berlin weather favors observation of Boulogne Calais coast from Dover, and an RAF low level attack damages a 500 ton armed vessel off the Dutch coast. US reports satisfactory results from the Le Mans Gnome Rhone aero factory bombing by Eighth Air Force.
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London
RAF
France
Reich
Berlin
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Calais
Air Ministry
U. S. Army
Gnomerhone Aero
le Mans
Eighth Air Force
Blood Donor Clinic Seeks Volunteers for July Event
L G Sjostrum, chairman, reports only 63 volunteers for the Presbyterian church blood donors clinic July 16 and 17. Red Cross motor service will provide transportation. donors are urged to respond to ease Red Cross workload and speed plasma support for wounded servicemen.
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L. G. Sjostrum
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
Sani
German Offense in Central Front Met With Heavy Losses
Moscow reports on July 6 that German armored divisions and infantry attacking along a 165 mile front from Orel to Belgorod suffered heavy losses up to 50 percent in some units. Red Army said 586 tanks and 203 planes were destroyed in hours of fighting, with later reports of 152 more tanks, including Tiger tanks, knocked out. The battle spread near Kursk and Belgorod as both sides exchanged fierce combat over the Dnieper river system.
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Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Orel-Kursa
Hitler
Dnieper
Kursk
Berlin
Sikorski Death Shocks Allies As War Loss Deepens
London reports Prime Minister Churchill calls General Wladyslaw Sikorski death a grievous loss to the Polish government in exile and allies. The crash also killed Brig Gen J P Whitely, MP, among 15 aboard the Liberator. Sikorski lay in state at Gibraltar cathedral.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Gibraltar
J. P. Whitely
Sikorski
Middle East
Whiteley
Poland
Notice of Cherry Shortage for Former Customers
On account of frost and birds there will be no cherries for former customers. Co. L Nicodemus. See Public Sale Page 8.
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Co. L
Nicodemus
Furious Air Fight Flares Over Gerbini Raid
Allied North Africa reports a fierce air battle over Gerbini Sicily during a Flying Fortress raid. American gunners downed 30 of about 100 attacking fighters. Other Allied squadrons damaged targets at Licata Marsala and Sciacca. Dozen planes were lost. night bombers hit Villacidro and Catania. Messina ferry terminus and harbor facilities suffered fires and explosions.
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North Africa
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Sicilian
Sicily
Licata
Marsala
Sciacca
Villacidro
Sardinia
Catania
U. S
Middle East
Messina
Cairo
Headquarters War Bulletin
Berlin
Associated Press
Fourth Observed Without Mishap In Winchester
The Fourth celebrate d on the Fifth of July was quietly observed in Winchester and surrounding territory with no complaints about fireworks for the first time in years. One minor auto accident caused slight damage as two fenders touched. A parade by Winchester youths opened events, followed by a Capitol Theater party for about 700 youths and awards for posters and bicycles.
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Winchester
Washington
Capitol Theater
Jameson Dowdy
Pfc
Eleanor Nolley
Waac’s
Joan Coleman
Judy Grove
Hillyard
Donnie Fowler
Halifax freighter collision sinks crew in Bedford Basin
Eighteen men are believed drowned after a freighter collided with the Halifax Shipyards tug Erg in Bedford Basin just before noon. In Canberra Australia the navy says Australia will launch its first auxiliary cargo vessel for the United States this month with Mrs Nelson Johnson christening the ship.
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Halifax
Halifax Shipyards Ltd
Bedford Basin
Canberra
Australia
Navy Ministry
United States
Nelson Johnson
Chinese War Command Silent On July 6 Update
Chungking dispatch from July 6 reports the Chinese high command's last communique of the sixth year of the war with Japan saying there is nothing to report on the war situation.
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Chungking
High Command
Japan
Eden praises Hot Springs food talks as first postwar global forum
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons the Hot Springs conference achieved a successful outcome. He called it the first experiment in a comprehensive international discussion of postwar matters.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
U. S
Crushing Blows Predicted By General Chiang
General Chiang Kai-Shek warned on the eve of the six year war against Japan that defeat must come within two years. He said in his anniversary message that the seventh year would bring crushing blows and an Allied victory, noting Japan faces food and supply problems while UN powers grow stronger.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Eas Sepa
United Nations
Alllan
United States
Generiaias Che
Kai-Shek
Solomons Action Described As Not Decisive
Navy reports incomplete details on the Kula Gulf engagement near New Georgia Island saying it appears as a light surface clash with no decisive bearing on the Solomons campaign. The destroyer Strong was torpedoed and sunk during bombardment of Vila and Bairoko, with US losses and substantial enemy damage noted.
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Navy
United Inc Pine
Kula Gulf
Solomon Islands
Solomons
United States
Strong
Vila
Bairoko Kula Gulf
New Georgia Island
Kangara Island
Munda Ai
C Joseph Harold Wellings
East Boston
Mass
South Pacific
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Army Liberator
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D Island
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Navy Department
McCawley
Rendova Island
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