Fall of Mussolini Prompts New Italian Government
Mussolini reportedly captured while fleeing to Germany as Badoglio forms a new Italian government under King Victor Emmanuel III amid fears of Italy's exit from the war. Allies urge calm amid unrest. meanwhile Sicily sees Americans capture Terimini near Palermo as Axis forces defend a shrinking front. Air and sea offensives intensify with raids on Hamburg, Warnemünde, Kiel, and other targets as Allied forces push across the Pacific and toward northern Italy.
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General Badoglio
Victor Emanuel C.ountry
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Alps
Weekend Police Arrests Range Across Disorderly to Assault
City police reported 26 arrests over the weekend amid charges from disorderly conduct to assault and battery and violating the law. Chester Pearce of Dothan was arrested early yesterday by city detectives Taylor Hicks and E J Strickland and ABC Investigator at 2am.
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Aguor Lew
Chester Pearce
Dothan
Taylor Hicks
E. J.strickland
ABC
Eight Axis broadcasters indicted for treason by U S justice
Eight Americans including two women, broadcasting from Germany and Italy for the Axis, were indicted for treason in Washington. The cases allege promotion of enemy aims to sap US war effort, with possible death penalty. Defendants include Ezra Poond, Robert H. Bent, Frederick Kaltenbach, and Douglas Chandler among others, all with Axis links.
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Italy
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Biddle
James W. Morris
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Ida
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England
France
Robert H. Bent
Sumter
D. C
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Europe
Frederick Wilhelm Kaltenbach
Dubuque
Iowa
Army
Nagi
Lord Hew-Haw
Douglas Chandler
Chicago
Boston
United States Navy
Baltimore
Marabal Badoglo orders Italian divisions home and recalls from Europe
Algiers reports Marabal Pietro Badoglo ordered 22 Italian divisions home from Yugoslavia and Greece and recalled three or four from France. In Washington the White House discussed the Pacific Pacific Railway wage dispute and Economic Director Fred M Vinson appointed a three member board to survey the dispute.
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Pietro Badoglo
Yugoslavia
Greece
France
Washington
White House
Pacific Precific Railway Company
Los Angeles
Fred M. Vinson
Napier Cadet Sarter Named Outstanding Member of Class 43 G
Cadet Lee Andrew Sarter Jr of San Luis Obispo California, a former UC student and athlete, is named outstanding member of Napier Field Class 43 G. Col James L Daniel Jr announces the honor as Sarter will be commissioned a second lieutenant and receive pilot wings at the commencement ceremony.
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San Lua Obispo
California
University of California
Napier Field
James L. Daniel
Sarter
Pont Headquarters
Ceremeniea
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Hes
Misa Lorraina Pefearl
San Luis
Thirty Indicted Over Mine Strikes in Southwestern Pa
A federal grand jury indicted 30 individuals in southwestern Pennsylvania on charges of conspiracy to prevent coal production. The indictments, tied to the Conally Smith anti strike law enacted June 25, allege defendants conspired to interfere with mine operations at the relevant soft coal fields.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Targ
Accepted Selectees From Dothan Listed
The Houston County Selective Service Board No. One announced the fares of registrants accepted for the Army and Navy at Fort McClellan last week. Army inductees include William E. Gamble, Joseph T. Bradley, Rorlang A. Hall Jr., and Arthur Durward Joiner. Navy inductees are Lawrence Byron Howard, Heredhel Tullis McClenny, and Joseph Eugene Peacock. All have returned home for a fourteen day furlough.
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Houston County Selective Service Board No. One
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Joseph T. Bradley
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Arthur Durward
Lawrence Byron Howard
Heredhel Tullis McClenny
Joseph Eugene Peacock
U S Reaction On Duce Ouster Is Wait And See
Washington reports Secretary Hull praised the ouster of Mussolini as a key step toward destroying Fascism. Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt called the Italian upheaval a potential internal crack for Axis powers, while she urged caution in speaking for the president.
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Mimtes
Stalin Directs Russian Drive To Take Orel
Moscow report says Soviet troops, inspired by Stalin’s front visit, broke German lines and advanced about four miles toward Orel, closing to within six miles of the Bryansk railway. German losses in men and matériel mount as counterattacks fail. Caucasus and Lake Yadogem fronts also see repulsed assaults, while a special communique notes stubborn German defense.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Bryansk
Lessea
Rad
Caucasus
Lake Yadogem
Orel
Shotgun Arm Amputation After County Altercation
Near Webb resident Trester Martin faces aggravated assault to murder charges after a late Saturday clash in which Otis Kirkland was shot and lost his right arm. Martin, armed with a 12 gauge shotgun, allegedly confronted Kirkland and a heated struggle ensued as Kirkland tried to disarm him. Henry Butta, identified as the local Black man involved, is noted in sheriff records.
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Webb
Toflay
Agaault
Otis Kirkland
Kirkland
J.T. Casey
Martin
Casey Ard
Cherga
Henry Butta
Allies Face Shift If Italy Quits War
Wartime dispatch by Wes Gallagher analyzes Italy's collapse potentially triggering a bloodless second front overnight. He argues Mussolini’s downfall would reshape Mediterranean strategy, shorten the war, and allow Allied airfields to strike Hitler’s Reich from northern Italy while Axis resistance in the Balkans falters and Greece moves toward peace.
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Wes Gallagher
Eisenhower
Mugsolini
New York
Italy
Germany
Maly
Hitler
Reich
Balkans
Greece
Night and Day RAF US Bomb Raids Hit Reich
London reports RAF heavy bombers targeted Essen and Ruhr hubs while MO-equipped fighters struck Hamburg Cologne and spread over northwest Germany the Low Countries and France. Twenty five planes missing and five enemy aircraft shot down. Fresh daylight raids followed heavy overnight offensive.
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Ruhr
Ten Aerial Bombardments Hit Kiska by U S Warplanes
Navy reports ten bombing and strafing attacks on the Japanese base at Kiska in the Aleutians. Army Warhawk fighters targeted airfield runways and gun emplacements. one U S plane did not return. Surface units also fired on enemy positions, marking the 30th bombing of Kiska that month.
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Kieke
North Pacific
Kiaka
New Sugar Stamp No 14 Valid From Aug 16
Washington AP reports Sugar Stamp No 14 in Station Book No 1 becomes valid August 14 and permits five pounds of cigar through October. Stamp No 13 expires August 15. OPA says early notice helps trade plan packaging and maintains rationing at about a half pound per person per week.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Three Negro Women Held For Fighting On East Adams Street
Three Negro women were arrested by the sheriff's force Saturday night on East Adams street during a street brawl. Special Investigator T R Knight said deputies acted promptly and dispersed the fracas. officers reported the incident on page 3.
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Apation
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Allies Take Western Sicily as U S Occupies Trapani
Allied forces in North Africa report the Seventh Army has occupied Trapani and Termini on the western Sicilian coast as part of a broad push to crack the Axle line toward Mesalna and the Italian mainland. More than 70,000 prisoners, including 56,000 Americans, have fallen, with German and Italian divisions still contesting the advance. The Canadians push east from Belly but face stubborn resistance as they close in on the Catania Etna Massina corridor.
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Alcuian
Marsani
George Patton, Jr
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Arca
Banda
No. UF
Balkans show signs of revolt amid Axis grip
From Istanbul July 25 AP dispatch reports rising unrest in the Balkans as Hungary and Bulgaria grow nervous. Bulgarian Premier Phiov issues decrees curbing youth political activity and restricting movement during air alerts under fire threat. Travel reports note tension and possible Axis slackening, while Germans remain solid in Greece and the Aegean, with revolts unlikely until Allied advance.
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Frank O'Brien
Istanbul
Nelay
Balkans
Hungary
Bulgaria
Bogdan Phiov
Mediterranean
Axis
Europe
Greece
Aegean Bee
Axia
Alabamians score hit on German fighter in Kiel raid
A U S Bomber crew led by Staff Sgt. Ive Bartom and Sgt. Shirley of Alabama battled a German FW 190 during a Fortress raid on Kiel shipyard. The enemy plane was shot down near Maine by gunners including Tech Sgt. Frank Brewer Jr. from Birmingham aboard the Rockhill special.
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Ive Bartom
del Barton
Maine
Shirly
Bartom
Badoglio Named Premier As King Fires Mussolini
Italy moved to martial law as King Vittorio Emanuele ousted Benito Mussolini and his Fascist cabinet, naming Marechal Pietro Badoglio premier. Reports say Mussolini arrested or attempting to flee to Germany, while demonstrations urged peace and Germany’s defeat. Badoglio framed a new order, banning public meetings and empowering troops to enforce compliance, with the Blackshirts kept under royal command as police and military roles shift.
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