Allied Push Traps Rommel Near El Alamein Front
Allied columns press on in Egypt driving Rommel’s forces toward retreat as Cairo reports British flanking moves threaten the Axis line. Auchinleck’s troops constrain the Axis corridor west of Alexandria and prepare for possible showdown near the coast.
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Egypt
United Nations
Claude J. BE. Auchinleck
Calro
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean Sea
el Alamein
Rommel
Thhe
Alexandria
Cairg
Tobruk
Nie
Auchinleck
Hightay
Ellamein
Cairo
Chinese Forces Make New Gains In China War
Associated Press reports from CHANGEING July 10 that Chinese forces recaptured Chungshu 45 miles southwest of Nanchang and Tsungten seven miles south of the Japanese base at Nanchang. The high command said Japanese troops were ambushed near Kinngsi, with early gains including Nancheng Thwang and Poyang recaptured from Japanese incursions.
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Associated Press
Chungshu
Nanchang
Hunan
Tsungten
High
Kinngsi
Nancheng
Thwang
Poyang
Chellang
Tsunejen
Kwangtung
Changshu
Jangsi-Hunan Prailway
New Hope For Hospital-Sewer Jobs Resurvey Report
Major Ralph Gregg of the U S Public Health Service and H O Davison of the Federal Works Agency conducted a resurvey of Cary Hospital on Thursday. They met with association officials, toured the facility, and reinforced hope for federal funds for a 28 bed addition and release of materials. A $50 000 federal grant had been allotted with the association to raise a further 35000.
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Cary Hospital
Ralph Gregg
U.S
Feslow Service
H. O. Davison
Federal Works Agency
Greig
Davison
New York City
Pittsburgh
William Coy
Major Gregg
Tlhe U.S. Public Health Service
Gregg
Green
U.S. Public Health Service
Berlin Claims 3 Ships Sunk In Arctic Convoy Attacks
Berlin reports German submarines and bombers sank three ships from a British American convoy to Archangel. The 38 original merchant vessels were reduced to 35 by these attacks, with two ships of 6 000 and 7 000 tons respectively sunk by submarines and a third by bombers.
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Berlin
Archangel
Nazi Bases Bombed In Northern Zone Raid Deepens War Effort
Moscow reports heavy damage to German airfields in northern Norway and Finland used to mount Arctic supply runs to Russia. Russian forces claimed strikes on Murmansk and Kola peninsula hubs, destroying 20 bombers and fighters and damaging 27 others, amid an Allied convoy attack context.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Norway
Flland
Arctic
Russia
Warfont
Tirpite
England
United States
Finland
Murmansk
Kola Peninsula
Red Armty
Corry Boys 15 More Leave Saturday for Induction
Twenty five Corry youths are set to depart Saturday morning for induction into the U S armed forces with four physical exams to follow at Erie. They will join the July contingent for the local district as Whith County sends 181 of its 168 quota. Names include Helge Bowwall, Clifford Lawson, Fred Christensen, Theodore Sarnicki, Alfred Pless, Nicholas Papathopanios, Jerome McFarland, Jordan Kacear, Michael Skales, Nick Sawehyn, Harry Reynolds, Glenn Hepler, Glenn Kimmy, Donald Foley, John Oldb, Tony Messina, Harold Anderegga, Raymond Root, Francis Johnston, Robert Carroll, Freeman Millspaw, Earl Gathers, Richard Stedman Jr, Claude Price, Thomas McCray. Forty carry boys left for Erie today and if exams go well, will pass through tonight en route to New Cumberland.
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Corry
Union City
U.S
Claude Franklin Price
Thomas Roger McCray
Erie
New Cumberland
Hitler reinstates Von Brauchitsch as army chief
London reports Adolf Hitler yielded to high command demands and reinstated Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, who led Nazi conquests, amid rumors of military shake ups and plans for a new Russian offensive. The Daily Mail claimed Brauchitsch directs operations again as winter pressures mount and Moscow campaign resumes.
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Hitler
von Brauchitsch
Sn Assocraven
London
Daily Men
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Stockholm
Berlin
Daily Mail
Russia
Brauchitsch
Moscow
von Brauchitech
Miller
Switzerland
Germany
von Brauch- Itsch
City Engineer and Federal Official Review East Smith Street Sewer Plan
City Engineer Don Williams and Federal Works Agency official Wally Davison discussed the East Smith Street relief sewer project and Bear Creek extension after inspecting the proposed disposal site. They reviewed delivery of pipe and the potential reallocation of 935,000 funds for the Second Ward program as a Federal reconsideration decision on the sewer appeal nears.
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Wally Derhe
East Stulilt
East Smith Street
Bear Creek
Willams
Smith Street
Plan Classes for Auxiliary Firemen Here
One hundred members of the Stanford Hose Company are expected to take an oath of allegiance as auxiliary firemen. Fire Chief Andrew Paulson announced plans for instruction classes and a Monday meeting at the Paris Ward fire station. County wide instruction for teachers of groups is planned, with Wat erford likely chosen as a central site. Instructors from every community will teach local firemen, and plant fire units are being organized to learn pump and hose operation as defense participation is arranged.
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Stanford Hose Company
Andrew Paulson
Paris Ward
Waterford
Paulson
Elso
Germans Set Up Belgian Defense
London July 10 A Belgian government spokesman said Germany extended its defense area along the Belgian coast to curb air traffic and limit travel to within three miles of home. Roads to the coast are being widened for mobilization while German radio said Marshal von Rundstedt toured the Low Countries.
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London
Gerd von Rundstedt
Low Countries
Roundup of Aiders in Nazi Trial in Amelia
Washington July 10 The military trial of eight Nazis accused of coming to Amelia by submarine to sabotage industry enters a new public information phase as the Office of War Information releases bulletins. Prosecution hints at testimony on the chase and capture of the German-born saboteurs while NBC broadcasts suggest possible treason charges against those who aided the defendants after their arrival.
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Associated Press
Washington
Serecy
Amelia
Office of War Information
Bifilals
Wiilch
Interes
Prank R McCoy
Omelaston
Dimer Divis
Aine
Aine 9 Conferance Among Presiden
Roosevele
Sacre Uny
Stimson
Davis
Promoig
McCoy
Priaones
Bevin
Bilt
BBC
J. Edgar Hoover
NBC
Hoover
Admiral Nimitz Survives West Coast Plane Crash
The Navy reports Admiral Chester W. Nimitz commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet escaped serious injury in a west coast plane crash. Co pilot Lieutenant Thomas Morton Roscoe, 29, of Oakland, Calif., was killed. The crash occurred at an air field near a west coast port of the United States.
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Washington
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
The
Pacific
Neel
United States
Thomas Morton Roscoe
Oakland
Calif
Students Robbed at Pittsburgh University Dormitories
Bandits robbed twenty male students at four University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech dormitory houses on July 10. Suspects stole four sums totaling 266 dollars, rifling rooms where trousers hung and clothes draped over chairs. Police report ongoing investigation.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Ables
Twenty Known Dead In Morgantown Mine
An explosion at the Pursglove No. 2 mine near Morgantown West Virginia killed twenty workers. Officials said the blast trapped men inside and 18 bodies had been identified. Rescue teams and company officials labored to reach other workers as the mine operated near the West Virginia Pennsylvania line.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Andy
Mike
Fie
reSeuk
Shire of
Pennsylvania
Wat
Virginia
Inureau
Allied and Greek Leaders Sign Wartime Pact in Washington
From Berlin and London today comes word of a Greek government in exile leader Tsouderos and U S Secretary Hull signing a master lend lease pact after Roosevelt and King George VI agreed on war aims. British coastal operations report sinking two Axis minesweepers and damaging three others in night action off the coast, with bomber operations and one aircraft missing.
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Washington
Hull
Emanuel J.tsouderos
Roosevelt
George I
London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Mose
Swift trial of Buffalo youth in treason case
Newark July 10 swift prosecution of a German born spy suspect. Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr, 29, American citizen by late father, is arraigned on espionage charges. Bahr, educated in Buffalo and RPI, was seized by the FBI aboard the diplomatic exchange ship Drosusingholm. Hoover said the Gestapo instructed Bahr in espionage and secret writing. $7,000 found on him was to finance transportation and information gathering.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Inn Ai
United States
Herbert Karl Friedrich Hehr
FBI
Drosusingholm
Bahr
Buffalo
Rentsalaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Europe
Teland
M “Bahr
Germany
P. £. Foxworth
New York
FEI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Gestapo
Spain
Switzerland
South America
Hoover
U.S
Inflation fears rise as money in circulation grows
Washington reports money in circulation outside the treasury and Federal Reserve rose to 12,377,118,781 dollars, about 204 dollars per person, propelled by wartime spending. Wall Street shows activity with stocks volatile, wheat prices inch higher, and price control and farm loan measures pending Senate approval and potential presidential signature.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Iis
New York
Wall
Senate
Chicago
AID FOR SMALL FIRMS LIKELY UNDER WAR PROGRAM
Washington July 1 Members of four House committees favored subsidizing small business operators to help them survive during the war. Chairman Patman said Henderson will testify next Wednesday and be asked for his view on a plan outlined by Philip D Reed head of the War Production Board. Reed warned that about 2000 small industrial firms unable to fit into the war program and lacking materials for civilian production may be forced to shut down beforeOctober 1.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House Committee
Patman
D-Tex
Small Business Committee
Tenderson
Philip D. Reed
Mail Tries
War Production ‘Board
Reed
Industriat
New drive in Rossosh region and rail line cut
Adolf Hitler's invasion armies swept across the Upper Don as Soviet dispatches reported heavy fighting near Voronezh and Rossosh, with German efforts to widen advances along the Rostov railway and push toward Stalingrad. Red Army counterattacks north and northwest of Orel and near Kupiansk aimed to blunt the German offensive, as reports described large enemy gains and fierce battles across the central and southern fronts.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Upper
Don River
HaLier Ols
Ross
Voronezh
Moscow-Rostov
Don
Voroneay
Russias
Mul Germag
Hitler
Red Star
Fed Star
Weil Amay
Stubbarry
Veromtah
Orel
Bak
Sealer
Rostov
Caucasus
Rossosh Inkilent
Fedor von Bock
Kupentshe
Russia
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