British Army Takes Catania and Russians Occupy Orel
British Eighth Army captured Catania and moved around Mt Etna driving the German line on the east coast of Sicily. Moscow announced Orel and Belgorod had fallen to the Red Army as German forces retreated under heavy fighting.
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Catania
Orel
East Contial
Henry Co
Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Drel Salient
Harkov’salient
Belgorod
Voroshilovgrad
Smoensk
Oka
North Africa
Eighth Army
Mt. Etna
Paterno
Sicily
Mt. Ema
Misterbianco
Mt. Elma
Taormina
San Frastello
Mey
Sicilian
Messina
Ickes and Staff Confer With Midwest Congressmen on Gas Rationing
Administrator Harold L. Ickes and top staff met with 32 mid continent congressmen in Chicago to discuss potential changes in gasoline rationing for the Midwest and Southwest. Brown, head of the Midwest rationing committee, said the group sought reasons for Midwest limits while the East enjoys increased supplies.
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Chicago
Petroeum
Harold L. Ickes
Midwest
Southwest
Ickes
Mid
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Father appeals for return of abducted Albany baby
The father of four day old Judith Gurney urged the kidnapers to return the infant as his wife had done. A radio appeal was scheduled for 7:15 p.m. on the Pacific War Time network with police officials to participate.
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Albany
Ore
Judith Gurney
Pacific
Over & Northwest
Mutual
Palakc Cobs
Yanks and Japs Fight Near Munda Air Strip Fringe
Allied patrols report close combat along the south fringe of the Munda airfield on New Georgia Island as U S infantry push toward the center from the east while other units contest the western slope of Bibolo Hill. Navy Corsairs hit Shortland Island, destroying seven float planes and three barges as Japanese positions on Rendova Island fall under artillery and ground fire.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
Munda
Tts
New Georgia Island
Solomons
New Britain
Bibolo Hill
Navy Corsairs
Shortland Island
Bougainville
Salomons
Ithe
Pana Tune
Rendova
John Evans Held For Theft Of Grain At Fair Grounds
John Evans state fair grounds caretaker was held for circuit court on two grand larceny charges after arraignment before Judge C N Hall. Prosecution said about $1000 in feed grain stored in the 4 H Club building at the fair grounds was stolen with some grain found in another building. Evans signed a confession and was held on $2000 bond. he has been active in local politics and previously ran for county offices.
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John Evans
C. N. Hall
Fair Grounds
Armour& Company
Tie Company
Giock
H. W. Markey
Evans
Markey
Fairgrounds
B. B. McCluskey
Arraignment in Veblen Man Burglary Case
Clifford H. Beriolkin of Veblen was arraigned in municipal court on third degree burglary and grand larceny charges. He is held for trial at the next circuit term after failing to post a $3,000 bond.
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Clifford H. Beriolkin
Veblen
C. W.” Hall
Benolkin
Roy F. Patrick
Utah Avenue
Joe Reilly
Beadle County
Reilly
Sioux City
Iowa
Urges Early Market Of Range Beef Cattle
The agriculture department urged western stockmen to market their range beef cattle early due to drought conditions drying pastures. Officials said marketings now would benefit cattlemen and the country by reducing losses and stabilizing ranges.
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Washington
Southwest
Agriculture Department
Fall Of Orel and Catania Marks Inroads Against Hitlerism
War Today reports two pivotal advances on the Russian front at Orel and in Sicily near Catania. The piece notes advancing forces and the fortress like stance of Italian and German defenders as the wider front lines shift.
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Orel
Catania
MacKenzie
Eyein
Wory Grater
Selly
RAF renews air war on Germany with night raids
RAF Mosquito bombers struck Ruhr and Rhineland targets in renewed attacks on German industry. British naval aircraft sank three German E boats off Calais and damaged a fourth. U S Eighth Air Force escorts supported raids on Letrait shipyards in France, hitting the power plant and other installations. Typhoons also bombed Poix and Abbeville airfields. no enemy fighters were encountered.
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London
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Calais
Air Ministry
U. S
Eighth Air Force
French
Letrait
France
Poix
Abbeville
Fragmented Jazz and Classical Titles Collide in Menu
A garbled OCR list mixes musical pieces from overtures to tangos and waltzes with scattered names. It reads like a catalog snippet featuring titles such as Star Spangled Banner March Shenandoah and Arabian Nights along with stray author fragments and odd punctuation.
Free Symphonies Open in Hyde Park
Hyde Park will host the first nationwide symphonic concert series for small communities sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians. AFM president James C. Petrillo announced that the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will perform, though no date has been set.
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Hyde Park
New Stork
Roosevelt
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
James C. Petrillo
AFM
New York Philharmonic
Ontario May Get Coalition Rule
Wartime Ontario election returns suggest a coalition government led by Lieut. Col. George A. Drew as premier. Progressive Conservatives appear to hold about 38 seats, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation 32, Liberals 13, with two Laborites and one Independent Liberal also elected.
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Toronto
Ontario
George A. Drew
Progressive Conservative Party
Harry C
Nixon
Aajori Ity
Drew
Progressive Conservatives
Cooperative Commonwealth “Federation
Liberaly
Liberal Party
C.F. F
Halloting
Young Parolees Return From Plankinton Misadventure
Two 17 year old parolees from the state training school at Plankinton were recaptured in Sioux Falls after a two month spree. They admitted to various residences in Falls, confessing to a spree described as the youth life of Riley as they were taken back into custody by a parole officer.
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Riley
Plankinton
Sioux Falls
Falls
Harvest Aid Questioned for 1943 Farm Season
The extension service warns harvest operations start this month and tests whether farmers need army aid. North Dakota seeks 15,000 troops to gather spring wheat, pending war department approval. Over 60,000 agricultural workers have been imported from Mexico and the Caribbean to date.
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Agriculture Department
Extension Service
North Dakota
Marvin Jones
Wex
Paul V. McNutt
War Department
North’ Dakota
Mexico
Caribbean
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Abi
Harach
Eugh
World Events At A Glance
Allied advances in Sicily and Russia mark key WWII fronts. Soviet forces capture Orel in a major 1943 offensive victory as German defenses along the Berlin line retreat. Italy eyes armistice actions and Badoglio cabinets discuss terms amid heavy diplomatic activity.
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Associated Press
Sicily
Catania
Mt. Etna
Russia
Orel
Berlin
Orer
Italy
Badoglio
Messares
Rome
Stockholm
Hitler
Munda
Rendova Island
New: Guinea
Salamaua
King Rebuffs Hitler as Mussolini Fate Remains Uncertain
Madrid reports King Victor Emmanuel III refused Adolf Hitler's demand to hand Mussolini over for safekeeping after his fall from power. Goering had been in Rome to probe Mussolini's status. The king's stance signals continued Italian custody or exile rather than German seizure.
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Madrid
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Adolf “Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Reichemarshal
Hermann Goering
Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
Musso- Goering
Lind
Germans belittle capture of Orel in radio broadcast
The Germans dismissed the Orel victory as prestige, saying the high command aims to straighten eastern lines. The AP reports the broadcast claimed evacuation of Orel did not topple Soviet goals and noted civilians could leave west with German troops.
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Associated Press
Orel
Associated’ Press
West
Soldiers Commended For Handling Sicily Assault Support
Washington dispatch reports praised a commanding officer and transport units for efficient response during the Sicily assault. The War Department commended hundreds of troops and the carrier command for their roles in the land battle operations.
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Sicily
Washington
Ave
Carrier Command
Thorson
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Harlem
123Rd Street
7Th Avenue
New York
LaGuardia
CNEA
Munda Air Strip
Etna
Toainland
Geromt
RAF
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