Red Army advances threaten Orel as German retreat accelerates
Soviet communique reports the Red Army closing within five miles of Orel with German defenses cracking under pressure. Soviet units push from the south and east, seizing towns near the railroad and threatening a complete encirclement, while intensified air and sea actions disrupt German transports.
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Oscow
Orel
Els
Serilosses
Voroshilovgard
Germany
Belgorod
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
American Missionary Woman in Japan Reported by War Radio
An 80 year old American widow Mrs. Henry Topping living in Japan for years was cited by War Information as a former missionary who served as a Japanese radio propagandist during the war.
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Ashington
Ofdf
Woma
Henry Topping
Japan
Arion Woman Charged in Husband's Death
Mrs. Gladys Da Vance, 39, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the death of her husband Terrey Lee, 38, principal of Inwood Elementary School. He died June 2 after a cigarette lit upon arising caused an exit in his gas filled room.
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ARION
Gladys DaVance
Terrey Lee
InNwood
Inmate killed at state hospital by attacking man
Cleveland State Hospital inmate Wagenknecht, 54, was struck by a fellow inmate believed insane. Superintendent H. P. Lee ordered police action as staff investigated the fatal incident amid security concerns. The report notes ongoing inquiries and hospital responses.
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Tate Hospital
Eveland
Cleveland State Pital
Ry Wagenknecht
H. P. Lee
Wallace vows all out production push to curb big business
Vice President Wallace, addressing the Iowa State Federation of Labor, urged strong opposition to corporations seeking to return after the war to capitalism of scarcity. He declared he is itching to fight and that agriculture, labor, and business can prosper only through all out production.
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DES Moines
Wallace
Iowa
Hitler
Many Enlisted Women Asking For Discharge
Fort Custer Michigan report shows 21 percent of WAAC members in three companies requested discharge rather than reenlist for regular army service. Lieut. A T Etcheson said the survey found many were wives of soldiers expected to be overseas but remained in the United States. Others cited home needs due to illness in the family.
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Fort Custer
Mich
WAAC
A. T. Etcheson
Etcheson
War Department
United States
May Delay Taking of Essential War Workers
Col C W Goble state selective service director said replacement schedules would be considered when the induction of pre Pearl Harbor fathers begins this fall. Capt Lester J Burbidge said fathers in cooperating plants might not be called before early next year.
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Columbus
C.W. Goble
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Lester J. Burbidge
Ballet Dancer Fired From Federal Economic Post
John Bovingdon, described as a ballet dancer, was dismissed from his $5,600 yearly post as principal economic analyst for the Office of Economic Warfare. He had been appointed recently to the OEW and refused a resignation urged by the OEW director.
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Washington
John Bovingdon
Dies
Office of Economic Warfare
Bovingdon
OEW Post
Leo T. Crosley
OEW
Medical Men Are To Discuss War Service
Dr C C Sherburne of Columbus president of the Ohio State Medical Association said the council would meet soon with Dr R H Markwith state health director to discuss developments on a federal offer to provide free maternity care for wives of enlisted service men
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Columbus
C. C. Sherburne
Ohio State Medical Association
R. H. Markwith
Army breaks down how Italians were strafed in Sicily raids
The Army released a blow by blow account of U S air operations over Sicily Sardinia and the Italian boot in July detailing 12583 offensive sorties 12460 tons of bombs 342 planes probably 54 more destroyed 3 Axis ships sunk 10 damaged and 190 U S aircraft losses Rome was bombed by 272 heavy and 249 medium bombers on July 19 dropping 1101 tons on railroad yards July raids used fragmentation bombs to disrupt air bases and lure fighters into costly battles at Catania on Independence Day 7056 fragmentation bombs targeted airfields.
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Washington
Sicily
Sardinia
U. S
Mediterranean
Rome
Catania
Italians Start General Withdrawal From Balkans
Reports from the Balkans say Italian troops are withdrawing from Greece and Montenegro toward Albania in a broad retreat. An unconfirmed report claims two Italian divisions capitulated after fighting Serbian guerrillas and were allowed safe passage in exchange for arms and transport. The moves may weaken German plans to defend Greece Bulgaria and parts of Yugoslavia.
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Istanbul
Greece
Albania
Balkans
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Five Month Old Killed in Second Story Window Fall
Walter Goodman, five months old, died after rolling from a bed and through a second story window in Lima. Authorities described the incident as a tragic accidental death and said no foul play is suspected.
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Lima
Walter Goodman
Induction of Plant Workers Opposed By Executives
Los Angeles AP A House military affairs subcommittee heard that new selective service rules would draft 57 000 Pacific Coast aircraft workers. Douglas Aircraft warned that this would remove 20 400 weekly engineering hours and slow design work on Army and Navy bombers to only 7 percent of current progress. Vega Aircraft warned tool and die maker inductions and material shortages could hinder B 17 production.
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Los Angeles
House
Military Affairs Subcommittee
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Army
Donald Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
California
Douglas
Tech
Navy
H. E. Ryker
Vega Aircraft Corporation
Protection of Fixed Incomes Urged by Congress
Washington reports a debate on war revenue options narrows to income tax hikes or a potential federal sales tax. Treasury and tax experts discuss an excess profits levy while a sales tax bloc grows in Congress. Chairman Doughton pledges to defend the "fixed income" class affected by wartime earnings.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Congressional
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Northwest Hunt Kidnaped Infant Missing in Albany Hospital
Albany police admitted no lead in the abduction of two day old Judith Gurney daughter of AFL official W. B. Gurney. The infant, born Sunday, vanished from a second floor Albany hospital nursery within 48 hours. Footprints were found in a flower bed below the window.
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Albany
Ore
Judith Gurney
AFL
W. B. Gurney
Albany Hospital
Instructor in Draft Evasion Arrested in New York
The Department of Justice announced the arrest of Stephen Weinberg, 50, accused of teaching New Yorkers how to evade the draft by simulating deafness mental incompetence and organic disorders. He is described as a notorious impersonator and deceiver of World War days.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Stephen Weinberg
Department
Farmers Will Be Free Soon
Washington. President Edward A. O Nea of the American Farm Bureau federation says farmers will gain more freedom next year to decide their crop and livestock programs. He notes a shift away from central government control toward local, individual control after a talk with War Food Administrator Marvin Jones on the 1944 food program planning. Jones announces a plan for record plantings of 80,000,000 acres for food and feed crops and to keep livestock production near current peak.
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Washington
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O’neal
Marvin Jones
Jones
Hitler Health Reported In Germany Causes Anxiety
A Stockholm Reuters dispatch quotes the Bern correspondent of Nya Dagligt Allehanda saying Adolf Hitler’s health is causing anxiety in Germany and that discussions about a potential successor have begun.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Bern
Nya Dagligt Allehanda
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Luftwaffe Lieutenant Krug at Large After Prison Break
Nazi prisoner Hans Peter Krug, who testified in Max Stephan's treason trial and aided his escape, is at large after swimming with fellow detainees at Gravenhurst Ontario and not answering roll call.
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Luftwaffe
Hans Peter Krug
Max Stephan
Krug
Gravenhurst
Ontario
British Airmen Idle After Two Weeks Blasting
After two weeks of near constant action over Hamburg and other German targets Britain's heavy bombers rested. The Air Ministry said Allied air fleets from the British Isles dropped 21,520 tons of high explosives on Germany and occupied Europe in July, far surpassing Nazi raids on England. Axis losses totaled 1,202 aircraft, while Allied losses stood at 596. (Note: This summary preserves entities and figures from the source.)
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London
Britain
Hamburg
Germany
Air Ministry
British Isles
Europe
Axis
England
Malta
North Africa
Middle East
Opposition to Draft Signals Wariness Under Hoover
FBI figures show 877 convictions for failure to register from 1940 to 1943 far fewer than 1917. J Edgar Hoover said 1940–43 compliance was in a spirit of willingness and cheerfulness while only 7,190 complaints were handled, with 5,455 nonwillful violators and 435 ineligible cases.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
FBI
Vine Street Church of Christ Appeals Over Expelled Members
The Vine Street Church of Christ board prepared to appeal to a higher court after Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Wickham dismissed a petition to restrain 16 expelled members from entering the church. Attorney C. B. McClintock said the case would go to the Ohio Supreme Court if needed.
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Mount Vernon
Vine St. Church of Christ
Common Pleas
Fred B. Wickham
Delaware
C. B. McClintock
Canton
Ohio Supreme Court
Playing Politics With American Lives
Senator Wheeler accuses the Selective Service plan to draft fathers after October 1 of using United States lives for political leverage at a peace conference. He cites House deferral efforts and his own bill to exempt fathers until January 1, 1944, noting Army figures show sufficient troops through 1944. The piece also reports fathers face tougher odds for commissions as October draft looms, with many headed to Navy and longer basic training.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Russia
Belton
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army
Allies Launch Final Sicilian Push Toward Axis Defenses
Allied forces push in Sicily as fresh American troops join the assault on the Mt Etna line. German high command resists while heavy naval and air bombardment targets Axis defenses along the northern coast and near Messina Strait. US heavy cruisers seen in Sicilian waters for the first time, bombarding positions near Cape Orlando.
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Sicily
Mt. Etna
Messina Strait
Sicilian
Cape Orlando
Messina
Lisenhower Based at Malta as Allied HQ for Sicily Strike
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is based at Malta where Allied headquarters direct the Sicily invasion. The Army spokesman said Axis reinforcement through Messina has ceased as Eisenhower lauded the island's people for enduring heavy bombing.
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Lisenhower
Malta
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Messina
Veterans Lead Push as Allied Forces Break Mountain Axis
Dispatches from Allied headquarters say German defences around Mt. Etna are cracking while Americans push along the Tyrrhenian coast toward Messina. Harold V. Boyle notes heavy Luftwaffe opposition and that German ground troops appear weaker than those faced in North Africa.
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Mt. Etna
Tyrrhenian
Milazzo
Messina
Harold V. Boyle
Associated Press
U.S Seventh Army
Americans Push to Messina in Sicily Offensive
American units after 23 days of Sicily fighting are relieved by a veteran Tunisian campaign outfit. Fresh troops join Moroccan Goums to assault strong German defenses with Long Tom 1155 artillery as Allied pressure builds for an all-out invasion of Italy amid talks of peace protests and stiff Italian resistance.
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Messina
Sicily
Italy
Akron Motorists Barred From Gas Rations
Richard Taylor and Jesse B. Darragh were barred from receiving any further gasoline rations until December 31, 1944 after an OPA hearing found they possessed a stolen ration book. Commissioner C. A. Rogers oversaw the suspension.
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Cleveland
Akron
Office of Price Administration
Richard Taylor
Jesse B. Darragh
C. A. Rogers
OPA
Tax Chiselers Targeted in Wartime Revenue Drive
The Treasury said it collected about 56.445 million dollars from tax cheaters over the past year and removed several prominent violators from circulation. The list includes a professional card sharp, a wealthy lottery czar, a racketeering tax adviser, and two purveyors of Blue Sky mining stock.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Georgia Voters Approve 18-Year-Old Voting Amendment
Unofficial results from 206 of 1,735 precincts show Georgians support lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 with 16,810 in favor and 5,265 against. The statewide ballot measure reflects growing majorities for the change.
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Atlanta
Jungle Battle Near Munda Air Strip In Pacific War
U S infantry push through jungle toward the Munda air strip eastern edge as Japanese defenses dig in across coral caves and log bunkers from Kekele Village to Bibolo Hill. In New Guinea, air strikes destroyed nearly 200 Japanese barges, signaling Allied gains near Salamaua.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
Kekele
Bibolo Hill
Salamaua
New Guinea
Ohio Poultry Showing Big Increase This Year
Columbus report from the Federal State Crop Reporting Service shows Ohio farms produced about 38,631,000 chickens this year, up 14 percent from spring 1942. Prices received by farmers for agricultural products are higher than a year ago, while hog prices are 60 cents per hundredweight below July 1942 levels.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Use of State Parks Increasing in Ohio
Columbus July sees 670000 visitors at state highway roadside parks state maintained. Hal G. Sours says July attendance doubled June figures reflecting gasoline rationing close to home and higher park use across Ohio.
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Ohio
Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Ohio issues 672817 fishing and 614106 hunting licenses
The State Conservation Division announced year end figures showing 672,817 fishing licenses and 614,106 hunting licenses issued in the year ended July 30. Conservation officials noted steady licensing activity across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Conservation Division
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