Nazis Renew Offensive Against Soviet Defenses at Kursk
Soviet communiques report German forces entering the second week of the Kursk battle with only minor gains after seven days of heavy losses. The German raid claims 28,000 prisoners, and 1,640 tanks and 1,400 guns captured or destroyed in Belgorod area per German radio.
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Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Kursk
Associated Press
Belgorod
Red Army
Red
Orel-Kursk
Back-to-Work Move Begins in Pennsylvania Mines
Insurgent miners in Southwestern Pennsylvania resume work at four large captive pits and several smaller mines after a week of stoppages that idled about 14,000 workers. Pickets at Big Gates halted 500 diggers, and Weirton Coal’s Isabelle local renewed defiance of the UMW back-to-work order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Major Steel Company
Pittsburgh District Steel Mills
Big Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel
Weirton Coal Co
Isabelle
UMW National Policy Committee
Two Youths Killed by Train Near Dillonvale
Steubenville coroner Ray Slee said two youths Chester A. Porter 18 of Long Run and Howard W. Thompson 18 of Newton were sitting on the track when struck by a locomotive near Dillonvale yesterday. They apparently failed to hear the approaching train.
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Steubenville
Ray Slee
Dillonvale
Chester A. Porter
Long Run
Howard W. Thompson
Newton
AFL Loses Bargaining Election at Clay Plant
The National Labor Board announced the AFL United Brick and Clay Workers failed to win a collective bargaining election held June 28 among Picbrico Jointless Firebrick Co. employees in Firebrick, Lawrence County, Ohio. Ten votes were cast for the union and 19 against.
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Washington
National Labor Board
AFL
United Brick and Clay Workers
Picbrico Jointless Firebrick Co
Lawrence County
Curtiss Wright Official Declares Helldiver Troubles Largely Solved
General Manager J P Davey of Curtiss Wright’s airplane division plants in Columbus said most problems hindering Helldiver production for the Navy have been solved. He responded to Truman Committee criticism noting the aircraft designed to exceed existing single engine dive bombers in range speed and bomb capacity has been designed and built despite acknowledged plant troubles.
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Columbus
J. P. Davey
Curtiss- Wright
Navy
Senate
Truman Committee
Washington
Davey
MacArthur Lock Dedicated At Sault Ste Marie
A new Sault Ste. Marie Canal lock named for Gen. Douglas MacArthur was dedicated. Built by the U S Army engineers in 13 months at about 14 million dollars the 800 by 80 foot lock supports ships with a 39 foot draft and speeds ore carriers to steel mills.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army Engineers
MacArthur
Great Lakes
Istanbul presses hail Allied invasion of Italy turning point
Istanbul newspapers banner the Allied invasion of Italy as a turning point in the war. Editors mark the event with dramatic headlines and emphasize its significance for Turkey and the regional conflict.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Italy
Ihe
New Cabinet Is Demanded by Senator Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg urged a war cabinet to direct home front activities and replace the so called palace guard, arguing the existing kitchen cabinet lacks confidence and the palace guard must be demobilized soon. He predicted further administrative reorganizations after Congress returns.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Congress
Janet Blair Marries Army Band Arranger in Hollywood
Janet Blair wed Sgt. Louis Bush, army band arranger at Santa Ana air base, and former pianist-arranger for Hal Kemp's orchestra, in Hollywood. The ceremony marks a high profile union of a leading actress and a military music professional.
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Hollywood
Calif
Janet Blair
Sgt. Louis Bush
Santa Ana Air Base
Hal Kemp
Studio Gald
Canadians Overrun Pachino Peninsula In Sicily Invasion
Canadian assault troops aided by a British formation overran Pachino Peninsula within 24 hours after landing at Costa Dell Ambra. Casualties were light with fewer than 40 wounded reported, while over 700 prisoners including 15 officers were captured. Navy gunfire supported the advance as Italians offered little resistance and no enemy aircraft appeared.
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Long Crescent
Pachino Peninsula
Costa Dell Ambra
Pachino
Negro Soldier Dies in Camp Racial Battle
SHENANGO Pa One Negro soldier was killed and six others wounded in an encounter between white and Negro soldiers at Camp Shenango Sunday evening A statement from the Army press relations office said colored soldiers armed themselves with rifles and began firing into a white area A colored soldier died at 1047 p m in the station hospital six other colored soldiers were admitted for gunshot wounds A board of inquiry was appointed by Col Zim E Lawhon to investigate
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Shenango
Camp Shenango
Army Press Relations Office
Post Hospital
Zim E. Lawhon
Steel Furnaces Cut Output From Coal Strike
YOUNGSTOWN 4 Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation reduced output at six big Ohio works blast furnaces by about 25 percent for a second time due to a coal strike. To conserve coke the furnaces run at the level of four and a half furnaces, likely lowering steel tonnage.
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Youngstown
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation
Ohio Works
Travel Restrictions Cut Ohio Vehicle Revenue
Columbus report shows wartime travel limits reduced revenue from vehicle related certificates and licenses. Highway Director Hal G. Sours notes titles, auto and driver licenses dipped from 27,451,556 dollars in early 1942 to 25,986,207 dollars in the first half of this year.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Ohio
Allied Push Drives Through Sicily Capturing Ports
Allied forces under Montgomery and Patton surged along Sicily's southeast coast from Syracuse toward Messina after capturing Licata Gela Pachino and dozens of coastal towns. American units repelled heavy armored counterattacks near Liata Gela while air and naval power supported rapid landings and 45 enemy planes were shot down.
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North Africa
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Catania
Syracuse
Sicily
George S. Patton, Jr
Liata-Gela
Gela
Eighth Army
el- Alamein
Egypt
Montgomery
Messina
Licata
Pachino
Cape Passero
Avola
Neto
Pozzallo
Scoglitti
Ispica
Rosolini
Napoli
Milo
Sciacca
Gerbini
Reggio Calabria
Allies Press Sicily Invasion Drive From Shore to Coast
Allied forces advance through Sicily driven by American and British units. Air and naval support hammer targets from Catania to Ragusa while Pozzallo surrenders. Parachutists and glider troops hit coastal defenses as 2000 ships form a vast invasion armada.
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Sicily
U. S. Signal Corps
Nea
Catania
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
Edward Gilling
North Africa
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean
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Ini
Europe
Walter P. Leginski
Chicago
Tony Ferrari
Somerville
Mass
Bernard A. Driscoll
Gary
Ind
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Clay Plant
Army Band
By Ross Munroe
Ital
U.S
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Bougainville Island
Kahili
Vunakanau
Rabaul
Salamaua
Mubo
By Daniel DE Lice
Sicilian
Algiers
Ragusa
London
New York
Africa Veterans In
Van
Stars and Stripes
Tunisia
el Alamein
Wadi el Akarit
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