Italian Agents Aid Sicilian Invasion
NEA Military Writer Thomas M Johnson reports on Allied efforts to mobilize Sicilians against Fascism. Underground networks, propaganda, and covert operations connect Sicily with Africa and Italy as measures unite to weaken Mussolini’s regime and prepare liberation through intelligence, espionage, and possible guerrilla action.
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Thomas M Johnson
NEA
Sicily
Italy
Familia
Mussolini
1 O'Brien
Africa
Masi
Allied Intelli Re
Tsng
Rndy
Min Atries
State Department
Baldi
Cavour
Big Creek Song Convention Held in Cottonwood
The Big Creek Convention held a Fourth of July session at Cottonwood with active participants including Harvey Etheridge Leburn Eads Jude Morgan Abel Farmer and several others. quartets by Stamps Baxter Henley's Harmony Boys of Montgomery and Impromptu provided highlights. A memorial hour honored O Smith. Next session set for Rehobeth on the second Sunday in September.
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Big Creek
Ging
Cottonwood
Harvey Etheridge
Leburn Eads
Jude Morgan
Abel Farmer
Ray Brookins
L. A. Powers
Ray Conner
Oscar Woods
Mr. Woodham
Estes
Garrison
McCormick
Stamps-Baxter Henley
Harmony Boys
Montgomery
O. Smith
Coolidge Burdeshaw
Rehobeth
Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column on Family Strife
Dorothy Dix counsels a husband torn between his wife and mother. She notes the husband must take a firm stand or risk ongoing misery from their jealousy. The piece also includes a second column about workplace boundaries and a teen asks if she should finish high school, with guidance to complete schooling for better job prospects.
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Dorothy Dix
Flar
Aleo
Mothe
Mise Dix
Ball Hits Heel Player Recovers On Green
ABSECON New Jersey AP J Cole Holloway recovers after a ball struck his injured heel on the green. Holloway had a dislocated heel but continued playing. the impact snapped the bone back into place and he won the moment with a smile.
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Absecon
N. J (Ap
Saya J. Cole Holloway
Holloway
Sicily as a strategic pawn in conquest history
A sweeping account notes Sicily's long role as a strategic prize between empires from Greeks and Romans to Greeks and Carthaginians and later Italians. It traces Garibaldi's 1860s campaign, Norman and French rulers, and a culture shaped by waves of conquest. Emigration to the United States is highlighted, with 204000 Sicilians migrating 1897 to 1904 to help build urban America. A side item recounts a Kansas City license plate mix up with Goofoo in a police blotter.
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Nea Fern
Sicily
Mediterranean
Africa
Europe
Italy
Mfar
Garibaldi
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Ferdinand
Naples
Cavour
Pied Mont
Marsila
Stellans
Charles of Anjou
Eroupe
Frederick
Feland
Calle Tts
United Sta
Land of Opportunity
America
Toiday
Tha Jatifonds
Treeless Smokies Peak Summits Covered by Grass
Several higher peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains are bare of timber yet their summits are cloaked with heavy grass, a striking contrast to slopes below. The observation notes a shift in vegetation on the range.
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Great Smoky Mountains
Holiday Travelers Face Late Problem
New York reports a big Fourth of July exodus as Eastern trains and buses fill up. DDT warns thousands risk being stranded during the return rush while railroads note record volumes far surpassing Memorial Day levels. Officials urge avoiding travel. highways run sparsely compared with rail gaps and price office enforcement tightens over driving bans.
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New York
Regional Office of Defense Transportation
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rai
Long Talang
New York Central
Pennsylvania
William Curren
DDT Rai Dmvision
Josephb. Eastman
ODT
William J. Clark
Betty Grable Weds Orchestra Leader in Las Vegas
Betty Grable and Band Leader Harry James were married in a Las Vegas hotel room at 4 15 a m. The ceremony lasted five minutes with Dr C H Stoin performing. Grable, 24, from St Louis and James, 27, of Beaumont Texas were to depart for Hollywood for film and radio work.
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Las Vegas
New
Betty Grable
Harry James
James
New York
Miss Grable
Lloyd Paine
Bt. Louie
Mo James
Beaumont
C. H. Stoin
Ae Ghe
Hollywood
Jeter
20Th Century-Fox
Jackin Coogan
Louise Tobin
Elephant pair separated by zoo gunfire incident
A zoo in San Francisco reported Babe and May elephants in adjoining rooms disturbed by Army and Coast Guard practice firing. Superintendent C N Baldwin found the separated animals together after a battered door between their rooms. American railroads show a dramatic drop in rolling stock since 1817 with far fewer cars and locomotives.
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Ran Francisco
Babe
May
Zoo
Army
Coast Guard
C. N. Baldwin
We The Women by Ruth Millett’s wartime guidance
The essay counsels war wives traveling with husbands to camps to avoid home envy. It urges adapting to new towns, quickly making friends, and sharing house and child responsibilities. It notes unhappy wives cling to home life and warns against worrying over details or pushing chores onto husbands. It also mentions German WWI prisoners in Guam and the length of Dutch canals.
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