Four Japanese Bases Hit by Allied Planes in Southwest Pacific
Allied air forces pounded four Japanese bases in the Southwest Pacific, with heavy activity at Munda and Bougainville. Liberator and other bombers dropped tens of tons of ordnance, starting fires and hitting airfields while ground defenses were reportedly being softened for an invasion. Several Japanese fighters were shot down, one Liberator and two Allied aircraft were lost, and U.S. ground troops neared Munda.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Bermhers
Munda
Solomons
Avengers
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Bougainville Island
Kahili
Vangkanau
Rabaul
Salamaua
Maloo
Salamaus
Malolo
Boho
Dutch New Guinea
PV Bosts
Cape Gerhards
Lae
Huon
Kula Gulf
Faisi Ares
Washington
Isis
Navy
Army
Holtz Bay
Attu
Island
Gas coupon renewals lag as July 21 deadline nears
Officials report renewal applications for A basic gasoline ration books are lagging with July 21 expiry. Applications must be in by Thursday to be processed. late submissions after July 15 will be held over until after July 21. Volunteers are available to process timely applications.
Allied Hospital Ship Sunk Off Sicily After Lighted, Anchored
An allied hospital ship fully lighted and three miles off Sicily was sunk Saturday night by enemy bombers. Four hundred wounded aboard were transferred to safety despite the loss. Police and FBI hunt for ration thefts in Detroit as agents pursue thieves who stole stocks of ration coupons and certificates from two offices. Authorities recovered 41 expired ration books discarded in a downtown sewer.
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North Africa
Sicily
Detroit
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gratiot Avenue
Weekend rains flood Adrian fields and slow harvest
Two and a quarter inches drenched Adrian and much of Lenawee County on Saturday and Sunday, flooding farm fields and eroding corn stands. Some soil loss will reduce cultivation this year, and wheat threshing delays are noted. Traffic slowed on US-223 west of Adrian as showers persisted. A hay stack burned Saturday near Adrian township. Benton Harbor and St Joseph endured rail line washouts and flood damage to crops, with erosion and soil loss reported along Ox Creek and the St Joseph river.
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Adrian
Lenawee County
Rome Center
Devils Lake
Us-223
Wolf Creek
Lenawee
Edward Purdy
Adrian Township
Adrian Fire Department
Benton Harbor
St Joseph
Pere Marquette
St. Joseph’ River
Fortress Of Europe on Alert For New Allied Thrusts
Allied invasion of Sicily dominates reports from Berlin Rome as four bridgeheads are acknowledged. Mussolini and King Vittorio Emanuele seen publicly. cabinet meetings and expulsions hint at morale strain. Naples arrests and wartime censorship cited alongside food shortages from rail disruption.
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Fortress of Europe
Associated Press
Bern
Europe
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Sicily
Berlin
Rome
Milan
Mussolini
Vittoria Emanuele
Fascist Party
London Daily Mail
London
Naples
Alfred Cuceo
Tl Giornale
Italia
AXIS
Fading at Wolf Creek Dam Undergoes Concrete Facing Construction
Floyd Carpenter Adrian contractor started work today on a concrete facing for the earthen embankment at the south end of Wolf Creek dam to prevent rainfall eroding the dam spillway area. Concrete steps and aprons will extend down the slope and flank the spillway. project estimated at three to four weeks.
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Floyd Carpenter
Adrian
Wolf Creek
HO OE. Smith
Bombard Sicily Defenses From Italian Air Bases
American Liberator bombers operating from Middle East bases supported Allied troops storming Sicily by heavily bombing two Italian airfields in the south yesterday. They returned without loss, it was announced today.
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Italy
Cairo
Middle East
Sicily
Hoss
Germans Admit Robin Moor Attack
New York July 42 Berlin radio acknowledged the American merchant ship Robin Moor was sent to the bottom by a German submarine. The Robin Moor, torpedoed and sunk in the south Atlantic on June 1 1942, carried no munitions claims the owners stressed. The sinking strained U S German relations as the ship bound for British and Portuguese ports faced protest.
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New York
Berlin
Robin Moor
South Atlantic
CBS
U. S
Uguese
Africa
Parsons
South-America
Strike Curtails Transportation In Lansing
Lansing runs cut by over half as Inter-City Coach Line drivers stage a swing shift strike. About 65 AFL drivers stayed away in groups to protest a War Labor Board wage recommendation, leaving 13 of 30 buses in operation and reducing the East Lansing Lansing run from 10 to three. Union president Strickland said drivers acted of their own accord.
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Lansing
Inter-City Coach Line Company
James A. Gibb
Amalgamated|Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of
America-Afl
East Lansing-Lansing
Lewis J. Strickland
Labor ‘Board
WLE
Army
Pasenger
Gibb
Defective airplane parts report by Truman committee
The Truman committee shifts focus to two aviation issues after a broad review. It will issue a report on aircraft crashes and investigates postwar landing rights on foreign fields funded by US money. The group has turned evidence on defective Wright engines to the Justice Department, prompting a reply from Curtiss-Wright president Vaughan calling the charges false and unwarranted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman Committee
United States
Truman
D-Mo
Senate
Mead
D-Ny
Brewster
R-Me
Aviacy
Air
Justice Department
Department
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Ohio
Army
Navy
G. W. Vaughan
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Wright, Aeronautical
Vaughan
Wright Aeronautical
Vandenberg urges war cabinet to aid Roosevelt
Senator Vandenberg proposes a formal war cabinet to steer home front efforts and curb the palace guard influence. He urges Roosevelt to distance from the “fourth team” to ease clashes with Congress as 1944 campaigns loom. He warns politics will intrude on wartime decisions from both parties.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Sen
Germans Continue Drive In Russia
London dispatch reports the German army pressing the 200 mile Orel Kursk Belgorod front with its summer offensive into a second week. Soviet communiqués claim a 400-tank assault in Orel Kursk sector smashed and two towns recovered. German and Russian sources note a wedge near Belgorod toward Kursk while Russians counter-attack. The broadcast cites heavy Red Army losses: 1,709 tanks and 1,197 planes, with claims of enormous Soviet casualties in the Belgorod area.
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Associated Press
London
Orel- Kursk-Belgorod
Orel-Kursk
Orel
Donets
Belgorod
Kursk
Red
CBS
Fs Ae
Geropiganda Agency
International Information Bureau
Ihe
British bombers and fighters raid France Belgium
British raid force strikes German war sites in France and Belgium. RAF Boston bombers hit powerhouses near Bethune, while Typhoons Mustangs and Spitfires attack rail lines in Belgium and northern France. US Eighth Air Force reports Fortress raids on Caen Abbeville airfields with three bombers lost amid poor weather.
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London
France
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Boston
RAF
Tinistry
Bethune
Jock Gates
U. S. Eighth
Air Force
U.S
Ate
Caen
Abbeville
Continent
Britain
Stimson Arrives in Britain for Axis War Planning
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson landed in London and spent a quiet day becoming acquainted with American army officers. He was scheduled to confer with Prime Minister Chamberlain on forthcoming moves against the Axis and to inspect American troops stationed on the British Isles. A press conference was planned for a later time.
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London
Henry L
Stimson
United States
Slater
British Isles
Allied Forces Push Deep Into Sicily From Syracuse
Allied forces led by Montgomery and Patton push along Sicily's eastern coast racing toward Catania and Messina after capturing Syracuse and Licata Gela. American and British units repulse enemy counterattacks and seize airfields accelerating the bridgehead as planes and ships pour in supplies.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Juy
Montgomery
Catania
Syracuse
Sicily
Patton
Licata-Gela
Gela
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Egypt
Messina
Licata
Geia
Edward Gilling
Florida
Ragusa
Modica
Algiers
Tuflisa
Morocco
London
Reuters
Stars and Stripes
Tunlisia
Licata J
Wadi
el Akarit
Tunisia
Messina Straits
Britis H Eighth Army
Europe
Bullish Market In Wild Animals
CHICAGO July 12 02 a brisk market in wild animals was reported by Edward H Bean rector Brookfield Zoo A year ago the market was in a slump but recent months show growth with about 15000 worth of animals sold The Milwaukee zoo bought four hippopotamuses and one rhinoceros for 8000 Milwaukee expects hippos to add to their family next year An 11 months old giraffe sold to Memphis zoo for 2250 an elephant aged 35 years brought 2500 wildebeests baboons civet cats and other animals changed hands to various buyers totaling gains for Brookfield Zoo
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Chicago
Edward H. Bean
Brookfield Zoo
Bean
Brockfield
Brookfield
Milwaukee Zoo
Milwaukee
Memphis Zoo
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