Allied Bombers Strike Gerbini Air Field Sicily
Allied air forces from North Africa and the Middle East bombarded Gerbini and four satellite fields in Sicily for a 36th hour. Liberators dropped 265000 pounds of high explosive and fragmentation bombs, wrecking hangars runways and dispersal areas while shooting down enemy fighters.
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RTA Africa
North Africa
Iberators
Middle East
Gerbini
Tn ' Uthero Sicilia
Geri
Relenta
Gerbins
Ican Command
Pat Che
War Meat Committee Orders Slaughter Permits Countywide
A county war meat committee announced new rules to stamp out the black market in livestock. Slaughterers must obtain owner certificates signed by owner and killer, with full animal and permit details, and all slaughter must have a permit. The rules affect lockers, abattoirs, and farm slaughterers, with permits issued by the War Meat Committee. The committee includes Albert Logue as chair and other local officials.
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Waton County War Meat Committee
War Meat Committee
Opta
Ar Meat Committee
County War Meat Committee
Albert Logue
Emmett Hollis
I. L. Wooten
H. Belmar
Elizabeth Py
County War Price and Raning Board
Solomon Baxler
World War II Daily Briefing Snapshots
The Pacific theater sees US Navy forces near Kula Bay clash with Japanese ships, with reports of sinking or damage and at least one American loss as Allies push toward New Georgia. In Belgorod, Russia reports heavy fighting with significant losses. In the Mediterranean, Allied airstrikes hammer targets around Catania while Axis bases face bombardment. Chiang Kai-shek urges Allied strikes to seize material and reclaim territories from Japan.
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U. & Navy
Kula Bay
Victory
Solon Charges Newsprint Slash Blow At Press
Congressman Maas of Minnesota says the War Production Board threatens press freedom with newsprint quotas. He cites a new newsprint cut for the current quarter, up to five percent for larger papers, accusing the WPB of control and censorship. He vows restrictive legislation to counter the move.
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Solon
Washington
Maas
R-Minn
War Production Board
WEB
Mans
House
WPE
Osing
Rationing Board Anticipates Auto Tire Shortage
County War Price and Rationing Board officials warn of tire shortages as Government purchased tires enter the market to replace scarce local supplies. July quotas show small increases but remain unlikely to meet demand for Grade One and Grade Two tires, trucks, buses, and related tubes.
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County War Price and Rationing Board
Senate Reverses Stand Over CCC Subsidy Measure
In a dramatic turn the Senate moved to preserve CCC operations while blocking the subsidy program for food processors. Conferees must harmonize sharply different Senate and House proposals continuing CCC lifeline without subsidy rollbacks as administration aides oppose the plan.
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John B. Wiggos
Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
House
Man Nabs Prowler After Long Chase By Auto and Foot
Camp Rucker soldier Samuel Hawking was held in Hoveton County jail on first degree burglary charges after Sherman Davis of 210 North College Street chased a prowler by car and on foot for blocks, guiding officers to the suspect. The incident began when two women screamed during a break in at their College Street room. Davis pursued the burglar, donned trousers, and sped after him to the Central of Georgia tracks where he continued on foot and then overtook the suspect, handing him to police.
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Hoveton County
Sherman Davia
North College Street
B. G. Farmer
Samuel H. Hawking
College Street
Davis
Central of Georgia
Kursk Front Developments Reported By Berlin Radio
Berlin radio quoted a German military spokesman saying the main Soviet fighting line near Kursk and south of Belgorod remains under German attack with breakthrough claims. The dispatch notes reports of intensified fighting along the central Soviet front as troops clash between Belgorod and Orel.
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Freas
Berlin
Kursk
Moscow
Associated
Preas
Belgorod
Ore
Kursks
Belgorod-Kursak
Oral
Vin
DNB
Tura
Nelf
More Gas Troubles Face OPA In East's Vacation Travels
The Office of Price Administration announced a July 15 vacation permit for Eastern States allowing one round trip to a vacation spot on the driver s regular ration coupons. Outside the 13 eastern states the vacation drive remains unrestricted. The plan aims to ease shortages while enforcing A ration sufficiency, sparking protests from those seeking short local trips.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Smice
Prantien
Brown
Olidala
Tno
State Revenue Shows Drop In Nine Months
State revenues for the nine months ending June 30 totalled 36,055,010, a slight decline from the prior year. Tax items mostly rose except gasoline tax and lubricating oils. income and railroad taxes posted gains while tobacco and motor carrier taxes rose modestly. Dowling cited declines in corporation franchise tax and gasoline revenues as notable exceptions.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. C. Dowling
Dowling
Newsmen Asked To Assist OWI
Washington AP The Office of War Information asks prominent editors and publishers to form a committee to help craft low cost home front news coverage. Palmer Hoyt, OWI director of domestic bureau, announced nine members to meet July 18, including Roy Roberts Lawrence Winship George Healy Jr Paul Bellamy Mark Ellhridge Gardner Cowiss Jr Fred Gaartnar Wilbur Forrest H D Pauleen and others.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Congress
Palmer Hoyt
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Lawrence L. Winship
Boston Globa
George W. Healy, Jr
New Orleans Times- Picayune
Paul Bellamy
Cleveland Pisin Dealer
Mark Elhridge
Louleville Courier- Journal
Gardner Cowiss, Jr
Dee Moines Register and
Tribune
Hoyt
OWT
Fred Gaartnar, Jr
Detroit News
Wilbur Forrest
Resistant
New Yor Maral
H. D. Pauleen
Fargo
Perun
H. DB
Fourteen Cases Tried In Common Pleas Court
In the criminal division before Judge Lawrence Oakley fourteen cases were tried today, most charges for vagrancy and public drunkenness. One assault case was continued. All but one defendant were Negro. Six pleas of public drunkenness earned five dollar fines or ten days in jail. One case was continued, another appealed on $100 bond after a guilty verdict. Two Negro women pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received ten dollar fines, with thirty days in jail or ten days with hard labor to pay. One vagrancy case was not prosecuted. A guilty plea defendant earned five dollars or ten days on a similar charge. Eighteen cases were on the docket.
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Court of Common Pleas
Lawrence Oakley
Postmaster General Aides Deny He Used Loaded Dice
AP reports testimony at a Post Office Department hearing where H W Roswell accused Postmaster General Frank C. Walker of using loaded dice in friendly games. An assistant called the claim ridiculous, noting Walker allegedly admitted to owning only standard backgammon dice.
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Warkhington
Frank C. Walker
Walter
Walker
H WA. Roewall
The
National Police Gasette
Postoffice Department
Magasine
Gazette
Rowwall
Hi J
Roswell
Roewell
Giraud to Meet Roosevelt in Washington Talks
French commander Henri Giraud and his staff head to the White House for a 4:20 p.m. meeting with President Roosevelt. He will stay at Blair House, with Admiral Leahy and staff to discuss war conduct with U.S. and Allied leaders during the Washington visit.
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Washington
Henri Giraud
North Africa
French Committee For National Liberation
Housa
Roosevelt
White House
Giraud
Gtaff
Mr. Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
White Hound
Leahy
Blair House
Executive Mansion
Nazis Send Troops To Dodecanese Isles
London report says German forces moved French troops into the Dodecanese Islands seen as potential Allied stepping stones for a Balkans invasion. Berlin claimed Yugoslav and Greek guerrillas were being wiped out to strengthen Axis defenses, while London acknowledged Axis pressure but dismissed mass guerrilla casualties as fantastic.
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London
Garmana
Algiers
Dodecanese
Balkengs
Berlin
Axia
CBS
New York
Greece
Plana
Aouthern
Europe
New A Coupons To Replace Books For July Use
Basic A gasoline coupons arrive at the county War Price and Rationing Board to replace books. The sheets contain 48 coupons in strips of eight each valid for two months. The first set, Number seven, is valid July 32. All holders of B and C books must apply for basic allotments as well.
Attempt To Revive U S Crop Insurance Rests On House Vote
Washington AP report on a Senate bid to revive the FCIC tied to the House vote on a large deficiency package. The amendment sought 7.82 million for FCIC to insure wheat and cotton for another year, while a separate provision would fund self-liquidation at 3.5 million. The House and Senate faced disagreements over farm and war agency funding within a broad war-time appropriations package and related labor security measures.
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Washington
Senate
Feders Crop Insurance Corporation
FCIC
White House
Russell
D-Ge
House
Houma
Benste
Federal Works Agency
Miasouri Valley
Midwest
War Department
War Manpower Commission
WMC
OPA Owl
Chiang Urges Allies To Attack Japs Now
General Chiang Kai shek urged the United Nations to strike Japan at once to shorten the war and reduce costs, saying Japan is weakest now as resources near exhaustion. In anniversary greetings from London, Churchill cited North Africa and the East as evidence of future success.
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Allee
Ata
London
Churchill
North
Africa
Four Others Badly Damaged In Kula Gulf Battle
Allied and U S Navy reports describe a major Solomons action in the Kula Gulf near New Georgia. American forces claimed victory with the probable sinking of six Japanese warships and damage to four others, including the cruiser Helena. The loss of the destroyer Strong and a damaged Helena were noted, with Rendova and Viru harbors seeing renewed shelling and Japanese air force activity checked.
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Washington
Sean
Kiska
Navy
Gay
United States
South Pacifica
North Pacific
Kula Gulp
Jeruless Helens
Helena
Yater McDamiel
Australia
Salomons
Japmnnes
Pacific
Kula Gulf
New Georgia Taland
Fen
Dongles
MacArthur
Kull Gulf
Crofeers
Ong
Frank Knox
Bremerton
Wash
Alee
Rendove Island
Solomons
New Guinea
German Desertions In Norway Reported
London sources say Norwegian contacts report General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst posted notices in German camps denouncing rising desertions among occupation troops. An underground Norwegian paper, smuggled to London, quotes him urging troops to stay at posts and stressing preparedness. Deserting comrades reportedly fled to Sweden.
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London
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Norway
Noway
von Falkewerst
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Ee Vera Anderson
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
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