Nazi Attack In Russia Stalled As Soviet Counterattacks Continue
Soviet midnight communique reports prolonged German stalled offensive in central Russia near Orel and Kursk. Russians claim success in Belgorod sector with heavy German losses including tanks and planes. Berlin radio notes strong Soviet pushes from north of Orel toward Suknichi as German reserves counterattack.
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London
Russia
Orel-Kursk
Orel
Belgorod
Kursk
Monitor
Berlin
Suknichi
Moscow
Radio
Red
OPA Official Lou R. Maxon Resigns in Protest
Lou R. Maxon deputy administrator of the Office of Price Administration resigns, charging the agency is trapped in red tape and politicized by a reform clique. He calls for reorganizing OPA with clear direction and cautions that without changes the war price program may fail.
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Washington
Lou R. Maxon
Office of Price Administration
Hundini
Detroit
Neral
OPA
Maxon
Max
Price
Printess Iown
Newsee
Prisoner Flees Virginia Road Camp in North Tazewell
Troy Wolfe age 25 escaped from Virginia road camp No 6 at North Tazewell yesterday morning at 9 o clock. He is five eleven tall 160 pounds with brown hair and eyes and is among several recent camp escapees. His sentence and charge could not be learned.
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Troy Wolfe
North Tazewell
Wolfe
Nazi Attack-See Page 2 Rain Damages Victory Gardens
A heavy rainstorm drenched the city causing flooding and street debris. Weather official O C Keeney reported 1.44 inches of rain between 4 30 PM and 8 PM. Victory gardens suffered damage in several districts, though many plants remained resilient. The storm caused the most property damage this year.
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Victory Gardens
O. C. Keeney
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Officials weigh meat ration boost as civilans face fewer canned foods
Washington reports the War Food Administration plans to trim civilian access to canned vegetables fruits and juices for 12 months while weighing a possible meat ration increase backed by OPA officials. Parity farm price policy deemed artificial by a government advisory panel amid debates on hog price supports and livestock incentives.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
WPA
Armed Forces
Lend Lease
Chester C. Davis
Food Advisory Committee
Army
Navy
Married Men to Enter Induction Call in August
Local board No 1 Mercer county selects married men without children for the August induction, per state headquarters. The August 18 call requires Category Three if Category One and Two are insufficient. Inductees receive a 21 day furlough. Registrants depart Bluefield Friday for Huntington for final physicals and enlistment.
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Mercer County
United States Army
Huntington
Bluefield
Draft Board
First National Bank
Mediterranean thrust nears Catania and airfields seized
World Today reports the Mediterranean British eighth army closing within 15 miles of Catania on Sicily as Americans seize two airfields in a 15 mile advance. Over 12,000 Axis prisoners taken. In the east USSR makes gains against German forces near Belgorod. In the Pacific Munda Salamaua and Lae bombed. Japanese Navy weakened by Solomon Islands campaign. Central Europe says fortresses and craft strike Lebourn area with German planes shot down.
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Mediterranean
Eighth Army
Catania
Sicily
Pacific
Munda
Salamaua
Lae
Solomons
War Advertising Drive Planned in United Effort
Washington reports a government and business mobilization to keep the public informed on war offensives. Leaders Nelson Davis Jones and Vinson announce a national drive for war message advertising. They urge public cooperation to meet production goals amid warnings of a tough period ahead and waste issues in food use.
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Washington
Voice of American Business
Erson
War Advertising Council
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Elmer Davis
War Information
OWI
Marvin Jones
Fred M. Vinson
Nelson
Jones
Jury Probes Work Stoppages In Soft Coal Fields
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh opened a probe into work stoppages in the soft coal mines. Allyn K. Renwick testified as district representative of Harold L. Ickes. The inquiry invokes the Connally Smith anti strike law with criminal penalties on those causing stoppages on government operated properties. U. S. Attorney Charles F. Uhl said miners operators and UMW officials will be called Thursday. Newsmen were asked not to name called miners.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Grand Jury
Allyn K. Renwick
Harold L. Ickes
Connally- Smith
U. S
Charles F. Uhl
United Mine Workers
Allied Airmen Hammer Sicily Defenses In Night Raids
Allied air forces strike Sicily for a fourth day, downing 42 enemy planes and damaging two destroyers while sinking two merchant ships. Liberators hit southern Italian airfields Cro tone and Vibo Valentia with heavy bombs, with no Liberator losses.
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North
Africa
Sicily
Orber
U S
Italy
Crotone
Vibo Valentia
North African Command
Boston
Auto Tag Deadline Extended To July 22
Charleston West Virginia July 14 The road commission extended the display deadline for 1943-44 automobile license wind shield stickers to midnight July 22 with no further extension. Commissioner Ernest L Bailey cited envelope delays and said envelopes are now available and the mailing rate is 10 000 per day urging immediate applications to avoid losing car use after July 22.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Ernest L. Bailey
Don McClaugerty
Invasion Becomes Pursuit Of Almost Non-resisting Enemy
Report from Sicily on July 12 notes the southeast Sicily invasion progressed rapidly with the armored spearhead reaching Palazzolo thirty miles from the beaches. Troops pressed inland despite limited transport and heat as Axis air forces failed to capitalize on early chances. One tank landing ship remained stuck for three days. invasion continues with the pursuit intensifying.
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Sicily
Palazzolo
New Planes And Troops Pour Into The Pacific Areas
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reports increased Allied strength in the Pacific as planes and troops pour in. He notes the capture of Attu and neutralization of Kiska in the Aleutians, coordinated Allied operations in the New Georgia campaign, and continued submarine destruction of Japanese shipping.
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Ng Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Attu
Kiska
Aleutians
South Pacific
New Georgia
Japan
Bombers batter Frange targets in Le Bourget raids
Allied daylight attacks over Paris suburbs hit the Le Bourget airport and four German facilities. The U S Eighth Air Force and British air ministry report eight bombers and four fighters lost, while claiming good results at Le Bourget Villacoublay Amiens Glisy and nearby targets. Fortresses shot down 51 German planes with aid from Thunderbolt escorts.
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London
le Bourget
Paris
Villacoublay
U. S
Eighth Air Force
British
Air Ministry
Amiensglisy
RAF
Dominion
Arrest of Rex Nipper for multiple Virginia break ins
Rex Nipper 25 of Richlands Virginia is jailed in Tazewell county after warrants allege he broke into the Buckland and Jamutolo homes on the Virginia side between midnight and dawn. Shoes found on Nipper matched Buckland's missing items along with $20 cash and a flashlight. He was arrested in Bluefield by police and deputy sheriffs for trespassing and faced charges on four additional homes.
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Rex Nipper
Richlands
Tazewell County
Curtie C. Buckland
North College Avenue
Bluefield
Joe Jamutolo
Virginia Avenue
Virginia
J. H. Poole
E. L. Mathena
Buckland
Nipper
Tazewe
Jaunutolo
Fall of Catania Port 19 Imminent in Sicily Campaign
Allied forces push toward Catania as British and American units report rapid advances on the Sicilian coast. More than 12,000 prisoners taken in five days, with Catania likely to fall and Messina within reach. Axis defenses appear paralyzed, observers say.
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Allied
North Africa
Britain
Eighth
Catania
Sicilian
Messina
Italy
Caltagirone
Eighth Army
Sicily
Urges Ballots for Service Men in 1944 Election
Senator Lucas from Illinois urges servicemen overseas to vote in the 1944 general election. He supports an amendment to provide voting facilities with ballots mailed in priority, and postcards for U S service members to apply for official ballots. Balloting would cover president vice president U S senator and representative.
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Washington
Lucas
D-Iil
National Radio Forum
Washington Star
NBC
United States
War and Navy Department
U. S
Airforce presses Munda assault in slow steady campaign
Allied reports say the Munda battle on New Georgia has settled into methodical blasting of foxholes and bunkers, with air forces targeting shipping and airfields. Mitchell bombers destroyed two Japanese barges near Munda Cove while Liberators hit Buka and Buin airfields.
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CC. Yates
Munda
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Papuan
New Guinea
New Georgia
Kolombangara
Byrnes Studies Gasoline Outlook Amid War Demands
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes announced a new review of oil supplies due to rising military needs. He met with officials from ODT PAW OPA and WPB to gauge the oil outlook amid growing wartime demand. A White House petroleum reserves review followed a broader high level meeting.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Petroleum Administration For War
PAW
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Production Board
WPB
White House
Hull
Navy
Knox
Interior
Ickes
Patterson
Herbert Feis
State Department
Roosevelt
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Signal Corps
Nea
BDU
Houdini
Tazewell Camp
Congressional Farm
World Today
Eastern Front
Central Europe
Lebourn
Ees
Hanmer
THE
Associated Press
Alan Humphreys
Combined British Press
Bombers
Frange
France
Virginia Side
Niscem
Tunisia
Fallen Augusta
Lentini
Carlentini
Mount Etna
Rommel
Egypt
Cap Bon
Reuters
Ward Lentini
Augusta
Algiers
Airforce
Guinea
Borders Strait
Munda Cove
Blackett Strait
Kula Gulf
United States Navy
Vella Lavella
Mitchells
Hauorthwest
Liberator
Payee
Buka
Buin
Bougainville
Kahiliana Buallale
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