Miners in Southwestern Pa Reserve Work Amid Picket Protests
A labor clash in southwestern Pennsylvania escalates as 500 diggers at Big Gates mine resist crossing picket lines. About 5,000 UMW locals weigh entering mines despite union policy, while Isabella locals at Weirton Coal renew defiance. U S Steel to halt 12 of 37 blast furnaces and cut Clairton by products output by half as coal shortages bite.
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Big Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
UMW
Weirton Coal Company
Isabella
National Policy Committee
B. I
U. S Steel
Clairton
Allied Forces Press Toward Messina With Key Ports Seized
Allied forces push toward Messina as ten important ports are seized and seven counter attacks repelled. In Kursk, von Kluge’s drive enters the second week on similar ground to July 5 with 2,500 tanks and 1,068 planes lost. Russians claim many German tanks destroyed and 2,000+ killed in Belgorod, Orel, and Kursk sectors.
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Messina
Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Kursk
Associated Press
Belgorod
Red Army
Red Infantry
Fogellbe
Eee
143 Needed As Blood Donors
Call goes out for 143 more blood donors for the clinic to be held Friday and Saturday in Rochester and Frederick. Officials urge immediate volunteering as the deadline nears and stress that giving blood is a painless operation with nearly no inconvenience.
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Wochester and
Frederick
Movable Stamp Booth Sales Reported Amid War Stamps Drive
Receipts of aes in war stamps were the total reported for wae. Euzzie Wechcome leads the booth this week. Those wishing to buy stamps should dial 5421 as the Girl Scouts urge support for the Shangri La drive.
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Euzzie Wechcome
Frederick County Men Report At Roanoke Station
Frederick County men from the July selective service call left for Roanoke Virginia this morning for physicals and potential induction into the armed forces. The list includes Ailes Armel Catlett Daley Ebersole Ferrell Fletcher Grim Good Graber Goble Hoover Hernden Haw Jones Keckley Kline Legg Legg Mauck Orndorff Orndorff Smith Spaid Smoke Strosnider Strosnider and others.
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Frederick County
Selective Service
Roanoke
Armed Services
Id Ailes
Thomas Garland
Daniel Armel
Carter
Frank Henry Cooper
Charles Edward Catlett
Lee Daley
Eston Boyd Singer
Henry Theodore Ebersole
Lester Thomas Ferrell
Jennings Bryan Fletcher
Robert Ralph Grim
James Flavius Good
John Bernard Graber
Arthur Allen Goble
Gerald Hoover
Banks War Time Services To Be Program Theme
Local bankers announced a program on Tuesday July 13 from 10:30 to 11 focusing on Banks in War Time at the Philadelphia National Bank. George T. Newell vice president of the Manufacturers Trust Co of New York City will speak alongside local bankers, businessmen, farmers and manufacturers. The program includes armed forces payroll cash and banking accommodations.
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Philadelphia National Bank
George T. Newell
Manufacturers Trust Co
New York City
One Negro Soldier Killed in Shenango Camp Riot
At Camp Shenango Pennsylvania on Sunday evening a clash between white and colored troops left one black soldier dead and six wounded. Military police secured the area as a board of inquiry led by Col Zim E Lawhon investigated.
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Shenango
Camp Shenango
Army Press Relations Office
Zim E. Lawhon
Post
Fortress Of Europe Stirs As Sicily Invasion unfolds
The European fortress braces for new thrusts as Allied forces push into Sicily with at least four bridgeheads. Axis capitals Berlin and Rome react with public calm amid reports of Mussolini and King Vittorio Emanuele attending in Rome. Arrests and propaganda efforts ripple through Naples as tension rises.
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Bern
Europe
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Sicily
Berlin
Mate
Milan
Mussolini
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Enthua
Be London Delis Mail
London
Naples
Alfred Cucco
Fascist Party
Patton Commands American Force In Mediterranean War Plan
A wartime summary lists key Allied leaders in the Mediterranean operations. General George S. Patton Jr is named commander of United States forces in Sicily under overall Allied command led by Eisenhower. The document cites Admiral Cunningham as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean and other senior officers including Admiral Ramsey and General Alexander.
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Vallesta
Malta
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
Sicily
Sir Mander
Mediterranean
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham
Allied Forces
Sir Harold Alexander
United States Naval Forces
Henry K. Hewitt
Ameri- Commanding
Can
Carl A
Northwest Afrishal
Arthur
Stratefic Air Force
Local notes on farms and fishing amid rain
City and county brief items report threshing yields in Clarke County with wheat at Gilbert Royston farm and Berryville pike producing 340 bushels from 15 acres and 1 366 bushels from 64 acres. Heavy rains threaten fishing in Front Royal area while local anglers adapt thanks to stored tackle.
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Winchester
Rileysville
South Branch
Front Royal
Rileyville
G. Frank Beaver and Son
George Eagle Farm
Berryville Pike
Clarke County
John Lloyd’s Crew
Gilbert Royston
Ten Grandsons In Armed Services From One Family
Mrs Mollie Weston of Jonesville Route 2 notes ten grandsons in uniform across services. The list includes Tech Sergeant Jack Weston Private Bob Weston Staff Sergeant Edward Hedrick Sergeant Billie Hedrick Private Hubert McNeil Corporal James McNeil Sergeant James Weston Private Charles Burchette Private Everett Weston and Seaman John Hill Weston.
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Pennington Gap
Mollie Weston
Jonesville
Route 2
Tech
Jack Weston
Bob Weston
Edward F. Hedrick
Billie V. Hedrick
Hubert C. McNeil
James E. McNeil
James O. Weston
Charles B. Burchette
Everett Weston
John Hill Weston
Ho'ds Inquiry in Death of John H. Quick
A coroner like hearing into the death of 69 year old merchant John H. Quick was adjourned without a verdict. Witnesses, including Quick’s son and a post office employee, testified that the front door was locked and the back door unbarred from inside. The FBI identified a bullet as fired from Quick's gun and findings at the store argued against a robbery motive.
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John H. Quick
C. W. Hollis
Quick
John H. Quick, Jr
Post Office
Robert
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Samuel W Brooks 87 Dies in Loudoun County
Samuel Webster Brooks 87 longtime businessman and former vice chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee died Saturday in Loudoun County. He worked 25 years with International Harvester and was a member of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Grace Brooks Leesburg. Survived by four grandchildren including Private James W Brooks US Army and Sam Brooks Jr of Winchester.
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Samuel Webster Brooks
Loudoun County
Philip and
Mary Greggs Brooks
Brooks
Democratic Committee
International Harvester Company
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Grace Brooks
Leesburg
James W. Brooks
Sam Brooks, Jr
Winchester
Mary
Bombers Strike Munda Heavily In Latest Raiding
American bombers pounded four Japanese bases in the Southwest Pacific on Sunday with the heaviest blow at Munda. More than 176 tons of bombs hit the strongholds and at least nine Zero fighters were shot down. Liberator losses: one aircraft and two Allied fighters.
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Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville
Napoli
Syracuse
Sicily
Catania
Milo
Sciacca
Gerbini
Reggio Calabria
Bombers Hit French Belgian Targets In Western Europe
British bombers and fighters targeted German communications and war industries in France and Belgium to pressure western defenses. RAF forces hit power houses near Bethune, and Typhoons, Mustangs and Spitfires attacked railway lines in Belgium and northern France, damaging locomotives tugs barges and lock gates. Two fighters were lost. US Eighth Air Force reconnaissance reported German airdromes at Caen and Abbeville.
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London
France
Belgium
Hitler
Boston
RAF
Air Ministry
Bethune
Prance
Fighter Command
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Caen
Abbeville
Money lenders offer five percent loans in city
Two city men advertise money to lend at 5 percent interest. Herbert, Larrick, and Attorney Grlocis are named in the notice, with page and column cues suggesting a brief legal or classified context.
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Herbert
Larrick
Grlocis
Allied push into Sicily gains pace toward Messina
Allied forces seized Licata Gela and multiple southern ports as Montgomery and Patton led a swift advance along Sicily's east coast from Syracuse. Air power blasted Axis columns, while 400+ enemy vehicles were destroyed and 2,000 prisoners taken as Allied naval and air units supported the bridgeheads.
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Sicily
Montgomery
Catania
Syracuse
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Egypt
Africa
Messina
Licata
Gela
Edward Gilling
Floridia
Matc
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Pittsburgh
William McGaffin
Ragighsiean
Thomas F. Hawkins
Patton
Sir Bertram Ramsey
Pecan Mae Gag
British Montgomery
Sir Arthur Tedder
Cy Mee
Sees
H. R. Nottinger
Timberville
Scranton
Woodstock
Nottinger Ottinesr
Friendship Company
Bill” Argenbright
Bernard Hodgson
Loring Fletcher
Harry Lewis
John Barnett
Doug Barnett
S. W. Brooks
Loudoun Co
Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Licata-Gela
Gla
Pachino
Cape Passero
Avola
Noto
Pozzallo
Scoglitti
Ispica
Rosolini
Livorno
Winchester Evening Star
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