Yank Infantry Task Force Lands Behind German Lines On Sicily
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports a second American amphibious landing on Sicily’s north coast. A task force breached German lines near the Nazo River, establishing a bridgehead east of Cape Orlando after dawn landings and repelling counterattacks with naval and air support. British Eighth Army advances toward Randazzo and Prajola. Etna slopes see village falls as air campaigns continue.
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Sicily
Belman Morin
North Africa
Cape Orlando
San Agata-Cesaro
Ftel
Nazo River
Messina
Sichly
Tornt
tAe
Tecni
Rome
Randazzo
Cesaro
Eighth Army
Waa
Bronte
Prajola
Zafferana
Betna
Mt. Etna
New York
Zafferana Ema
German Evacuation of Sicily Underway
Reuters dispatch from Sicily reports German evacuation in full swing with thousands of troops and heavy equipment shuttling to the Italian mainland under anti aircraft fire. Dispatches two nights earlier noted withdrawals as German forces retreat under bombardment from air and sea.
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London
Reuters
Sicily
Huronian Hero Fights Jap Forces Over Rendova
Details from the War Department recount how 41 Japanese planes attacking Rendova Harbor were shot down by 15 US Army Air Forces P-40 Warhawks with no losses. Second Lieut. C. W. Hay of Huron, S. C., scored a downing pass, while First Lieut. Cotesworth B. Head helped repel the formation. Hay, 24, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hay and former Huron High School student who married Lois Gullickson in 1942.
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Washington
United States
Rendova Island
South Pacific
United States Army Air Forces
War Department
C. W. Hay
Nevada Avenue
Huron
S. C
Cotesworth B. Head
San Francisco
Hay
D. A Hay
Huron High School
Huron College
Lois Gullickson
Oscar Gullickson
Canova
Allies Report Invasion Surplus Revealed by London News
London Financial News reports the Allies have a surplus of shipping for the first time since the war began, signaling readiness for a full scale invasion of Europe. The article credits rising American shipbuilding and lower enemy submarine losses as the main factors improving the shipping situation.
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London
Europe
London Financial News
Financial
Newa
Man On Bike Hurt Driver Fined In Accident
Lacorge W a Mocding 420 was fined 80 and given a 10 day suspended jail term by Municipal Judge Co N Hell after pleading guilty to reckless driving that hurt Ed Burrington who suffered head wounds and a leg injury when a Mosding car traveling at excessive speed struck the bicycle at Third Street and Dakota Avenue at about 2 55 am The driver said he did not see the bicycle until too late police report cited skid marks about 30 feet Also notes a polio death in Tulsa Donald Kirk age three and 26 poliomyelitis cases now treated
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Lacorge W
Co. N. Hell
Ed Burrington
Mosding
Burrington
Third Street
Dakota Avenue
Hall
Postwar cooperation among Allies shaped for discussion
DewITT Macken notes looming wartime conference will likely raise postwar cooperation among the United States Britain and Soviet Union with Roosevelt and Churchill to decide how the Allied pact will evolve after victory. He argues the topic is pressing and almost inevitable to arise at the talks.
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Dewitt
Macken
Kenzie
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Porty
United States
Ussia
Britain
Churchill Arrives At Niagara Falls In Special Train
Churchill arrives at Niagara Falls aboard a special train with a brief stop at Victoria Park Station. Russian papers publish Tass quoting Canada’s official statement on Churchill’s arrival. Roosevelt’s position on Russian participation remains unclear, with no published reply yet.
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Churchill
Niagara Falls
Niagara Salls
Unt
Prims Sae Ghyie
Dgby Ing
Toronto
Mary .Churchill
Auxiliary “Territorial Service
Victoria Park
Tass
Quebec
Canada
Roosevelt
Rainfall Spreads To Needed Areas In South Dakota
Rain began Tuesday in the southeast and spread Wednesday to dry areas aiding loom crops, pasture and forage crops. Chamberlain and vicinity saw 3.40 inches in three hours, with Parkston and Howard also reporting moisture boosts, while Mobridge and Watertown noted lighter amounts. widespread relief followed a dry spell.
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Sioux
Falls
Chamberlain
Syme. Com
Parkston
Howard
Mobridge
Watertown
U S Planes Raid Northern Part Of Jap Island Chain
American planes attacked the northern Kurile islands 1 200 miles northeast of Tokyo amid warnings of further enemy air appearances from the north The raid involved five Liberators and three Flying Fortresses operating from Aleutian bases A Pacific war update notes U S bombers also hit Paramu Shiru in the northern Kuriles on July 20 and reporting new Allied offensives in the Pacific Theater including actions near Irel and Solomons targets at Bairoko harbor and convoy raids near Ireland and the Wapanege The Chinese Sao Tang Pao urges simultaneous offensives on multiple fronts to shorten the war and pressure Japan
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Associated Press
Kurilev Island
Tokyo
Aleutian
U.S
Japan
Broadeast
Federal Communications Commission
U. S
Paramushiru
Kuriles
Attu
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Bairoko Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Ireland
Salaing
Sao ‘Tang-Pao
Sicily
Armericans
Cape Orlando
Cesaro
Randazzo
Prajola
Zafforana
Etnate
Mt’ Bina
Guardia
Russia
Red Army
Kharkov
Poltava
Owa
Dnieper River
Donets
Bonn
Ruhr
Rhine—land
France
Jowlands
Italy
Sern
Germany
Hordeaux
Toulouse
Kurile
South Pacific
U So
Bairoke Harbor
New Ireland
Selamauk
New Guinea
U S Oil Reserve Likely To Last 14 15 Years Says Bureau
Sheridan Wyoming August 12 The Federal Bureau of Mines said reserves of petroleum may be exhausted in 14 to 15 years at current consumption. Dr A C Fieldner chief of the Fuels and Explosives Service urged steps to supplement supplies by coal and oil bearing whale oil and other synthetic fuels. Senator Joseph C O Mah Wyoming led a Senate subcommittee hearing on synthetic fuel plans and funding.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Federal Bureau of Mines
United States
A. C. Fieldner
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Senate
Stepa
Joseph’ C. O
Baia Concert Hina i Catistonsta Details
Event notice notes a concert directed by a named director on August date with a late afternoon start. The fragment specifies time around 8 P M and mentions staff or organizers in a brief scheduling line.
New Gas Ration Set for Midwest Outlined
Chicago August 1 Raymond McKeough regional administrator of the Office of Price Administration said new gasoline rationing for the Midwest was decided in Washington but he declined to reveal the ration amount or effective date An announcement would be made in Washington At a meeting with Midwestern congressmen recently Harold Ickes petroleum administrator urged a reduction in Midwest gasoline consumption.
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Chicago
Raymond 3.McKeough
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Allied bombers hit German targets in Rhineland raid
American Flying Fortresses attacked Gelsenkirchen Wesseling and Bonn in Germany’s Rhineland. U S Army Air Force reported 25 bombers lost in daylight raid while escorting Thunderbolts and Spitfires claimed over 20 enemy fighters shot down. British and Allied fighters supported. anti aircraft fire heavy over targets. Gelsenkirchen near Essen.
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London
Gelsenkirchen
Wesseling
Bonn
Germany
Rhineland
U. S. Army Air Force
Gel Selling
Struc
Rhine
U.S
Kassel
Poix
France
Courtrai
Belgium
Merville
Ruhr
RAF
Peony
Bond
Colas
Rai Crepl
Mately
Sweden halts trade with Italy by German rail refusal
A Swedish official statement, issued in Stockholm on August 12, reports that Germany will not transport Swedish goods to Italy on its railways. The German railway director says no transport to Sweden is possible. The action signals a cut in Swedish Italian trade due to German policy.
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Stockholm
Germany
Sweden
Italy
Reich
Atate‘toda mi
Plane Hit Gable Unhurt After Raid Over Germany
London reported Capt. Clark Gable rode in the lead Flying Fortress of the U S Eighth Air Force during a raid on Gelsenhurst en, returning to base unhurt after enemy anti aircraft fire cut 15 holes in his ship. Maj Theodore R Milton of Washington led the pilot group while Lt John B Carraway of Raleigh trained the crew for a gunnery film.
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Gable
London
Clark Gable
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Gelsenlarchen
Theodore R. Milton
Washington
D. C
John B. Carr
CNW Appeals State Denial To Drop Two Trains
The Chicago and North Western Railroad appeals a state order denying discontinuance of trains 106 and 107 between Watertown and Pierre. The railroad cites rising passenger demand expectations and ongoing losses, seeking to convert freight service to mixed trains to meet transportation needs amid rationing effects.
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CNW
Sioux Falls
Chicago and North Western Railroad
State Public Utilities Commission
Watertown
Pierre
The
Utilities Commission
Clark
Redfield Faulkton
Gettysburg
Onida
Blunt
Tro
Tracy
Minn
Pierge
I ‘Éween
Chicago and North Western
Loures
Dee
Loxa
Req
Red Army Near Kharkov After Blockade and Bryansk Push
Soviet forces closed within seven and a half miles of Kharkov from the northeast while severing the Popovka Kharkov railway along a ten mile stretch. West of Kharkov the drive against Bryansk pressed on with coordinated tank infantry and air support as German towns fell back.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Poptava-Kharkov
CRBS
Bryansk
Red Star
Army
Oreli
Karachev
World Events At A Glance Extremes of World War II Activity
Global war brief notes coordinated Allied air and sea actions across Europe Asia and the Pacific. American and British forces push near key Italian towns while Soviet troops threaten Kharkov and Donets regions. U S and British air raids target Bonn Ruhr and French fronts as Japan warns of more enemy planes amid Pacific operations.
Victory Garden Show with 4-H Achievement Day Planned
In Beattie County 4-H clubs and committee members led by Keith Potter Bill Wagner and H H Hedblom plan an Achievement Day along with a Victory Garden Show. Local stores offices and groups are urged to provide picnics and suppers for the fair. An entertainment program is planned with details pending.
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Commerce
Keith Potter
Bill Wagner
H. H.’ Hedblom
South
Dakota State
Huron
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Rendova
Tulsa
Okla
Donald Kirk
Amestion
Ariss
Grim General
Jap Island
Bureau
Baia
Huron Municipal Band
Hina i Catistonsta
Atk
Mbiuisany
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