Bombers Sink Three Japanese Warships Near Munda
Allied air forces report sinking a Japanese cruiser and two destroyers in a convoy attempting to reach the Munda airbase in the Solomons. Catalina scouts spotted the ships near Kolombangara as Liberators Mitchells and Avengers attacked, with four Allied planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Catalina
Vellagulf
Kolombangara Island
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia Island
Sarong
Dutch New Guinea
Fire damages Ada Mill in grain separator blaze
A heater bearing started a fire at the Ada Milling Company Wednesday morning in the grain separator room atop the building. Firefighters battled weak pressure and a three inch water stream until the flames were extinguished causing minor grain losses and about ten thousand dollars in damage.
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Ada Milling Company
Seagrove
Ed Haley
Drive May Cut Island In Two Defeat Axis In Sicily
Allied forces have seized Enna and pushed Axis units back, severing central Sicily and trapping many troops. British Eighth Army battered Catania and breached a Nazi counterattack as Axis retreat accelerates toward Messina.
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Messina
Patton
Catania
Belman Morin
North Africa
Enna
Sicily
Eighth Army
Sicilian
Palermo
Termini
Mount Enna
Paterno
Messini
Taormina
Patterno
Celtenissetta
Seventh Army
Piazza Armerina
Gela
Bernard L. Montgomery
State Department Controls Foreign Economic Moves
James F. Byrnes announced that the state department now holds supreme control of foreign economic activities after the Wallace Jones shakeup. He said Leo Crowley’s new office must consult the state department to align foreign policy and that coordinators will be appointed in foreign areas to unify civilian agency work. Byrnes also noted a completed wartime manpower survey will be presented to the war mobilization committee, with no details released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
State Department
Wallace
Jesse Jones
Byrnes
Leo T. Crowley
Board of Economic Warfare
Jones
United States
Soong In Pacific War Council Says War Length Is Anyone's Guess
Chinese Foreign Minister Soong told reporters after a Pacific war council meeting with President Roosevelt that the duration of the war with Japan is an unknown. He cited Admiral Horne's remark about fighting at least until 1949 and noted Allied ship losses and Paramushiro raid details.
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Washington
T. V. Soong
Pacific War Council
Japan
Frederick Horne
Pacific
Roosevelt
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Horne
Byrnes
Madang Sector Hit Heavily by Mitchell Bombers
Sturdy Mitchell bombers attacked the Madang air strip and ammunition dumps in New Guinea, delivering one of the largest 500-pound bomb loads on the Japanese base. A heavy fighter escort accompanied the mission 170 miles northwest of Salamaua. all Allied planes returned. A separate B-25 strike near Salamaua blasted a footbridge on the San Francisco River, a critical link for supplying Komiatum sector where Australian troops push enemy patrols.
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Vern Haugland
New Guinea
Madang
Salamaua
San Francisco River
Komiatum
O Haver Sentenced To Ten Years In State Prison
Lloyd O Haver, described as a one man crime wave in Ada, pleaded guilty to ten charges and was sentenced by Tal Crawford to the McAlester state penitentiary. The term totals at least ten years, with four years for assault and two years on three burglary charges along with months for six grand larceny counts. The FBI filed no charges after the county attorney’s actions.
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Lloyd O’haver
Ada
McAlester
Tal Crawford
O’haver
FBI
Rome Bombed Again by Allied Planes
Berlin radio reported that Rome was raided again last night by allied forces. The Reuters recorded broadcast had no independent confirmation and experts doubted a night assault, noting Monday’s daylight raid leaves no proof of a nocturnal attack.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Reuters
Indian Dawn Sun Dance At Fort Hall Reservation
Fort Hall Idaho July 31 Indian dancers in painted attire perform the dawn sun ritual of the Bannock and Shoshone at the Fort Hall reservation. The annual sun dance begins at sundown and lasts through today and tomorrow as tom toms underscore the ceremony.
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Fort Hall
Idaho
Bannack
Balkan Guerrillas On Offensive Now
Cairo reports a new guerrilla wave in the Balkans with Tito forces striking at Axis troops in eastern and central Bosnia. Tito’s Montenegrin insurgents reportedly captured towns and linked to Allied Sicily invasion through liaison with Draja Mihailovic’s forces. nearly 250 Axis supply trains on Croatian rails destroyed since spring 1942.
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Cairo
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Josip Broz
Montengrin
Tito
Sicily
Draja Mihailovic
Italians Trained for Emergency Invasion Signs
Rome based dispatch says the Italian Fifth Army has prepared the populace for a state of emergency in case of an Allied landing in Italy. Notices on walls warn that invasion would be signalled by bells and residents must remain in homes or air raid shelters day and night.
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Bern
Fifth Army Command
Rome
Greater returns for amount in vested
A classified ad note highlights higher value for vested investments in Ada. The piece outlines incentives or yield improvements for customers locking funds or assets, emphasizing better returns compared to standard rates. It points to a local financial firm offering advantageous terms and urges readers to inquire for specifics.
Hitler Could Profit By Giving Up Italy But Would Suffer Too
In Washington and Rome reports say Mussolini sought Hitlers help in reinforcing Italian defenses as Rome faced Allied bombing. Analysts speculate Germany may abandon Italy after a rear-guard defense, risking open city status for Rome and a Balkan front agreement.
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Hitler
Italy
Sicily
Rome
Brenner Pass
Alps
Germany
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Austria
Hungary
Paris
Bordeaux
Axis
Minimum Mercury Reading Climbs as Heat Persists
Residents endure sleepless nights with lawn-cot resting to dodge the heat as temperatures rise. The Tuesday low fell to 77 degrees, the highest minimum this summer, while a 102 degree maximum on Tuesday marked near record heat despite light afternoon clouds.
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W. E. Pitt
Weather notes show continued warmth with high 106 in McAlester
The day opened with forecasts of continued warm weather as temperatures rose across the state. McAlester reached a high of 106, the top reading yesterday and the previous day, while Ardmore reported the state's lowest at 74.
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McAlester
Ardmore
Anadarko Indian Denies Draft Notice and Pleads Guilty
Leroy Herman Ashley, 211-year-old Anadarko Indian, pleaded innocent to draft evasion after denying receipt of a draft notice. He told U. S. Commissioner Paul Showalter he was ready for the Army, with bond set at 1000 dollars and bound over to federal grand jury action.
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Houston
Tex
Rodney F. Chambless
Madison County
Gene Paul Norris
Montgomery County
Chambless
U. S
W. F. Carothers
M. J. Chambless
O. D Heath
Emily Jane Loy
Nuzis
Oklahoma City
Leroy Herman Ashley
Paul Showalter
Ashley
Showalter
Japs Raid Ceylon Reported By Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio said Japanese naval planes raided Ceylon Sunday night, bombing Colombo and Trincomalee ports off India's southeast coast. All planes reportedly returned to base. no British confirmation available.
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Ceylon
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
India
Colombo
Trincomale
Fierce Sicilian airbase assault by American troops at Biscari
American troops stormed Biscari airbase in southeastern Sicily on a 3000 foot plateau and repelled a counterattack by Hermann Goering division tanks and armored cars. RAF officers nearby witnessed the battle as wrecked aircraft and cratered runways marked the field.
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North Africa
Biscari
Sicily
U. S
Hermann Goering
RAF
Malta
Messerschmitts
Junkers
Heinkels
Republican leaders to meet postwar collaboration advocates
Washington July 21 Chairman Harrison E Spangler of the Republican National Committee agreed to receive a delegation from the unofficial National Republican Post War Association promoting a pro collaboration foreign policy after the war. The group asked for quick action by the advisory postwar council of 49. Glacier National Park Montana still shows remains of the ancient glacier age.
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Washington
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
National Republican Post
Spangler
Watson
Legion convention delays and fundraising for Cherokee Strip event
Guthrie reports the annual American Legion state convention will be held September 4 and 5 with over 300 reservations. ENID notes Legionnaires will raise funds for the Cherokee Strip celebration on September 16, streamlined to a one day fete marking the race for homes fiftieth anniversary and a war bond sale.
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Guthrie
The
American Legion
Alrea
ENID
American Legionnaires
Rutchman Who Made All Oklahoma Runs Is Dead
Frederick Wilhelm Dahlke age 78 and a Holland native died at his Oklahoma City home. Born December 9, 1864 in Bunde, he joined the 1889 Oklahoma Territory run, the 1891 Sac and Fox run, the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Strip, and the 1894 Arapaho run. He is survived by his widow and seven sons.
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Oklahoma City
Frederick Wilhelm Dahlke
Holland
Oklahoma Territory
Bunde
America
Cherokee Strip
Arapaho
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