Americans Blast Jap Base At Java In Surprise Raid
The 3rd Division public relations office at Camp Rucker says Lt Gen Lloyd R. Fredendall flew in to confer with Maj Gen Paul W Haade and inspect division instructions and Second Army troops during an inspection visit. He previously commanded corps in North Africa.
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Java
Camp Rucker
3Th
Lloyd R. Fredendall
Second Army
Paul W. Haade
35Th
Fredendall
North Africa
Bombers Rain Incendiaries on Soerabaja in Major Java Raid
Allied forces led by Liberator bombers struck Soerabaja in the Dutch East Indies, targeting ships, refineries, warehouses, and rail facilities. The raid caused towering fires and heavy smoke, with all bombers returning safely. General MacArthur reported effective incendiaries and explosives, while Japanese batteries opened but failed to stop the attack.
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R C. Yates McDaniel
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Amermy
Soerabaje
Javagines
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Jury Acquittal For Mrs Holloway in Husband Death
In Montgomery AP report Kathryn Holloway, 55, white redhaired, was acquitted of beating husband Dave Holloway to death with a feather duster handle. The 150 bruises body was found at their home. Jury reached not guilty after 1 hour 35 minutes amid applause.
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Montgomery
Kathryn Bolloway
Dave A. Holloway
Eugene Carter
Holloway
Roy Weeks
Garden City
Fle
Norman Spann
Axis drives advance as Sicily falls and Rome battles rage
AP reports Allied forces push into Sicily with Palermo seized while Montgomery tightens grip on Catinia. Red Army battles intensify at Berthern as German defenses endure. Axis reports claim heavy casualties and aerial attacks near capital amid broader theater struggles across Sicily and Eastern Europe.
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Associated Press
Sicily
U. & Armored
Palermo
Montgomery
Catinia
Grough
Oral
Berthern
Aly
Berlin
Bartia
Axis
Patrieta Fn Cee
Hearings In Probe OFFCC Activities Stop Until Aug. 9
Public hearings in the House committee's FCC investigation were recessed until August 9 as a subcommittee prepares to probe so called Gestapo phases. Committee leaders clash over access to records while FCC officials defend cooperation and deny motivations to generate headlines.
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OFFCC
Washington
Houses
Comemundations Commision
FCC
Cox
D.-Ga
Coun Wal E. L. Garey
James J. Fly Yeu
Navy forces shell Kiska for seventh time in Pacific drive
Naval communique says heavy and light surface ships bombarded Japanese positions on Kiska Island for a seventh surface attack aimed at softening defenses for an amphibious assault. Fires started, enemy guns returned fire but no U S ships damaged. Concurrent raids hit Funafuti in the Gilbert Islands as Japanese bombers attacked the central Pacific base.
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Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Kiska Island
Navy
Aleutians
Kiske
Ares
Kisks
Wir Ral
Associated Press
Today
North Pacific
Wunafuti
Hillce Islands
South Central Pacific
la Weal Dam
Rot Bevin
Funafut
Pearl Harbor
Bolomens-New Guinea
Central Pacific
Funafuti
Allied air raid hints emerge from Europe briefings
AP dispatches report mention of daylight Allied air raids as possible targets in Europe. North Africa headquarters notes Palermo lightning strike repercussions felt across Italy and the Balkans amid Rome street demonstrations. Washington says coffee rationing removal is being considered with no final lifting date yet, awaiting OPA announcement in coming days.
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North Africa
Palermo
U. S
Italy
Balkans
Madrid
Rome
Washington
Office of Priot Administration
OPA
Jury Chosen In Palmore Trial In Houston Court
The Washington Palmore trial for the 1961 slaying of Cortina Warren in Donalsonville began in Houston Circuit Court. The morning focused on jury qualification and striking, with a noon recess after the judge instructed jurors to return at 1 pm. Palmore, age 44, was indicted in July 1961 by a Houston County grand jury and previously convicted in circuit court.
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Washington Palmore
Cortina Warren
Donalsonville
Houston
Luch
D. C. Halstead
Palmers
Washington Parramors
Hewston County
Roosevelt Studies New Price Control Plan
President Roosevelt said the administration is studying new plans for price control and economic stabilization. He noted no ideas have been agreed on and that any plan would require congressional approval due to costs. Labor and other groups are in a bind as food prices have not fallen to September 15 levels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chif
Congress
Ture
Moscow Appeals To Nazis To Oust Hitler and Seek Peace
Washington officials viewed Moscow’s new National Committee of Free Germany as a bold probe into Germany’s future. The manifesto called for a genuine national government, armed operations, and immediate peace talks, seen as a tool to weaken the German home front and aid the Red Army during its counteroffensive, while not contradicting the Allies’ unconditional surrender policy.
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Richard G Massock
Washington
Moscow
Hitler
National Committee of Free Germany
Reich
London
Fivesia
Germany
Red Army
Moscow Radio
Moscow Committee
United Nations
Free Germany
Stalin
Roosevelt
Prima
Churchill
Inel
50 000 Nazis Slain In Ten Day Drive Near Belgorod
Soviet forces reported a ten day offensive fact at Oreya and Bolkhov. About 50 000 Nazis killed and prisoners taken as Red Army advances four to five miles in the Orel sector. A column neared Orel from the east while another moved toward Belgorod region amid heavy German counterattacks.
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Belgorod
Moscow
Oreya
Bolkhov
Orel
Ruslan
Coal Operators Cool To UMW And Illinois Model Pay Contract
Washington AP reports weak enthusiasm for the model pay pact between United Mine Workers and Illinois Coal Operators Association. Operators demand War Labor Board enforcement of signed contracts for underground travel time while noting few if any similar agreements. UMW says the Illinois agreement serves public interests and may support hearings.
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UMW
Illinois
Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
O& Today
Ditgers Coal Association
Whetriet No. 12
Lewis United Mine Workers
Willan H. Davis
Lewis
Asien
Congress
United Mine Workers of America
Diinois Coal Operators Association
WLB
Tinos Group
Bey
Excaae
Fem
Women Workers Clean Up Rough Language In Shipyard
Portland Oregon AP report notes women workers at Henrys Zip Zip shipyard reduce profanity in West Coast yards. Maria Martin, assistant personnel manager, says Tin Hat Tommy speaks less harshly in the presence of Juanita Welder and Beulah Borser. She believes the change stems from women taking control of the shop floor.
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Fred Rampson
Portland
Ora
West Coset
Sle
Jane Martin
Crisp
Brisk
Henry
Oregon Shipbuilding Corp
Tommy
Juanita Welder
Beulah Borser
Angie
Martin
Ashe
New Transportation Strike Threat Faces Los Angeles Workers
A widespread strike threat looms for Los Angeles transit as the Pacific Electric workers vote to strike at 2 am Sunday over wage increases. Los Angeles Railway Co workers were recalled after a 24 hour stoppage, with tensions centered on wage levels and War Labor Board decisions affecting bus and streetcar service across 65 communities in the greater LA area.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
Brotherhood of Railway
Pacific Electric Railway
War Labor Board
Brotherhood
Pacific Electric
Fred M. Vinson
Hiewine
Harbor District
Los Angeles Railway
Pacific , Electric
Los Angls
AFL
Association of Street Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employes of America
10Th Regional War Labor Board
Dothan Sub Officer Awarded Navy Medal
Lieut. Charles W. Rush Jr of Dothan receives the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism aboard a United States submarine. He enrolled in the Navy in February 1841 after graduating from the U S Navy Academy at Annapolis. Vice Admiral A Carpenter praises the award in the citation.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Charles W. Rush
Dothen
United States Aubmarine
Rush
Matin Street
U. S. Navy Academy
Anneports
Stroyer
Allies Hope Rome Open City Declared Says FDR
President Roosevelt said Allies still hope Rome will be declared an open city to spare lives and prevent attacks. He cited airports and rail yards aiding German and Italian traffic and called Rome raids sometimes necessary to save lives, while denying comment on Pope Pius XII’s letter.
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Rome
Washington
Roosevelt
Fazelate
Pope Pius
Cuba
Roma
Britain
Byrd Named State Guard Captain in Alabama Unit
Felons John P. Shealy, commanding officer, announced the appointment of Ransom O Byrd as captain and supply officer of the Third Regiment Alabama State Guard. Byrd, formerly a first lieutenant in Company B of the Guard, will also serve on Shealy’s staff as the regiment reorganizes this week.
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Ransom O
Byrd
Alabarme State Guard
John P. Shealy
Bate Guard
Errors Delay Some New Gasoline Ration Books
The County War Price and Rationing Board announced that mailing of new basic gasoline ration books, effective yesterday, will finish tomorrow except for applicants with incorrect forms. Many wrong applications were returned or corrected at board offices when possible. Some motorists with only dealer rations may be without gasoline until their forms are corrected and new books issued. Old gas coupons expired Wednesday at midnight, and information operators were warned not to accept any mime or misprints.
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County War Price and Rationing Board
Allied forces capture Palermo as Western Sicily falls
Allied headquarters report Palermo, Sicily, fell after rapid American advance from central Sicily. Patton’s Seventh Army swept from Ba ta, trapping thousands of Italian troops and splitting the island, with Catania and Etna defense lines under mounting pressure from Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Canadian units nearby.
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Erelman Morin
North Africa
Cvntrun Ging
Palermo
Largua
Sicily
Tadas
Seventh Army
Patton, Jr
Bana
Gicly
Comat
Biellian
Italy
Cap Bon
San Stefano di Camastra
Ban Stefano di Camastra
Fiona
Leonforte Arca
Enna
Ita
Basiis
Catania
Mount Etna
I Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Netz
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DNB
Merlin
Reuters
London
Catenian Plain
Algiara
Patton
Cty
Sfelly
Morocen Radin
Axi
Marsala
Trapani
Nn Special Communiour
Maltay
Gartiann
Alslers
Associated Press
Broadeaat
Ttaffor
Eighth Artway
Algiers
Thalad
Aled
Diepetches
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Wig
Coz
Soseried
Commission
Fly
Fry
Army
Garey
FCC Cousci
Charles R. Denny
Artey
Board of War Communications
Deany
Feyalee
Cor
Wew
Elmer Davis
Hheertag
Kiska
Barilh
Europe
Palmore
FDR
Nazi Sailor
Atlantic
Dothan
Navy Medal
Pres
Alliean
State Guard
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