Reds Throw Back German Advance With Heavy Loss
Moscow dispatches report heavy German thrusts halted along a 165 mile front from Orel to Belgorod during the second day of the Nazi summer offensive. The Red Army said 586 tanks and 203 planes were destroyed early, with 152 more tanks downed by midday, including some Tiger models. In one Ord Kursk sector 40 of 100 German tanks were knocked out. thousands of German soldiers were reported slain across Belgorod and adjacent sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McGaffin
Moscow
Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Ord- Kursk
Belgorod Tront
Hitler
Mediterranean Axis Air Defense Battered By Allies
Allied air forces led by U S Flying Fortresses struck Sicily and Sardinia, downing 42 enemy planes and losing 12. Bombers hit Gerbini and surrounding fields, Messina harbor, and key depots, with Staff Sgt. Benjamin Warmer credited with seven fighter kills in the mission.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
Ahie
U. S
Sicily
Sardinia
Tintian
Gerbini
Marsala
Licata
Sciacea
Catania
Vilincidro
Whut
Mediterranean
Benjamin Warmer
San Francisco
Crop Insurance May Get Reprieve
Washington July 6 The Senate and House agreed on a $366 million deficiency bill and a Senate amendment to revoke yesterday's death sentence for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation The action would redirect funds for closing FCIC and its crop insurance program and adjust housing and works agency provisions per McKellar's report
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Callier
Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
House
Senate
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Farm Appropriations
FCIC
National Housing Agency
Federal Works Agency
Deklotz Sent To Navy Indoctrination In Chapel Hill
George A. Deklotz longtime Huron High athletic coach receives orders to report for indoctrination at Chapel Hill North Carolina on August 5. He earned a lieutenant grade in the U S Navy. The Deklotz plan to sell furnishings next week then visit relatives in Centerville. Mrs Deklotz and daughter Madeline will stay in Centerville until his reassignment.
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George A. Deklotz
Huron High
Chapel Hil
N.C
G.g
United States Navy
Aere PecmnaHe
Allied Planes Head For French Coast
Allied fighters, including squadrons, swept over northern France this morning in brilliant sun, destroying seven German fighters without loss. Berlin reported British night raids on Germany. American bombers hit Nantes depot and La Pallice escort ship, with damage to dock facilities. light bombers were lost.
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London
France
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Associated Press
Chateau Bougon
Nantes
la Pallice
Senate Rejects CCC Extension to Press Down Prices
The Senate voted 36 to 29 against extending the Commodity Credit Corporation and authorizing 529 million dollars in the next six months to subsidize price rollbacks for food. The chamber then voted to reconsider the decision.
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Senate
CCC
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Yank Fighters Drive Off Zero Raid on Rendova
In the Solomons area the Pacific offensive saw sea action as American warships moved in Kula Gulf and air attacks hit Vila Kilombangara Island and Bairoko Anchorage. U S fighters shot down two Zeros near Rendova while losing one plane. Japanese total losses over Rendova reach 157 since June 30. Torpedo bombers targeted Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel Island. no ground action reported in Solomons or northeastern New Guinea.
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Australia
Solomons
Pacific
Kula Gulf
Sir
Rendova Island
High Command
Vila
Kilombangara Island
Bairoko Anchorage
New Georgia
Mitchell
Bairoko
Munda
Rendova
United States
Salamaua
New Guinea
Sidgiana
Nassau Bay
Salamons
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Holiday Death Toll 307 For Nation
The Associated Press reports a wartime travel curtailment reduced deaths over the July 4 weekend. total 307 deaths, 131 traffic fatalities, 9 drownings, 87 other causes. Forty one states and DC reported fatalities. highway deaths were below National Safety Council estimates.
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Associated Press
Uncle Jin
Associated
District of Columbia
National Safety Council
Ration Points Raised on Beef at Food Preservation School
A two day Food Preservation School at the Huron Theatre July 9 and 10 tackles wartime meat issues. The State Extension Service and Evening Huronite sponsor with experts Forrest A. Fenn and Boyd A. Ivory leading demonstrations in drying canning freezing and salting. Miss Maud Stitt assisted by Miss Oliva Nedf directs the program with prizes to energize future efforts.
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Huron Theatre
Huronite
Forrest A. Fenn
State College
Boyd A. Ivory
Maud Stitt
St College
Miss .Oliva Nedf
Launching of USS Huron at Cleveland Sets Sea Tone
The USS Huron slid into the water at the American Ship Building Company yard in Cleveland just before noon on July 4. WAVES sang Anchors Aweigh as champagne bottle shattered on the prow. The 303 foot diesel powered subchaser, first of a new Great Lakes series, promises to trouble Hitler's U boats and was funded by Beadle County war bonds.
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Cleveland
Jim
Huron
J. 5
Tschetter
South Dakota
Navy
Hitler
Beadle County
Great Lakes
Oliver Hazard Ferry
Huron Woman Drowns When Boat Overturns At Spink County Dam
A Huron woman, Mrs Floyd Ohm, died after the boat she rode with her husband overturned near Spink County Dam 22 miles north of Huron on Sunday. They clung to opposite ends for 20 to 30 minutes as rescue lines and a chalkline were used. Mrs Ohm disappeared beneath the boat and rescue efforts could not revive her. The incident followed a quiet Fourth of July weekend with an auto collision and a rodeo rehearsal accident noted.
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Huron
Floyd Ohm
Spink County
Orm
Ohm
Harry Wallace
Lloyd
Pearl Cox
Brookings
Nearly All Miners Back At Coal Jobs
Pittsburgh July 6 The nation’s third big coal strike, which began June 20, virtually ended as United Mine Workers leaders said fewer than 9,000 of 521,000 miners remained idle. Most holdouts were in District 9 eastern Pennsylvania archaic belt where about eight collieries totaling 4,500 men were still out. Reports from fields showed mines employing about 470,000 workers yesterday, the first full day back after the holiday with time and one-half pay and rate suitable noted.
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Pittsburgh
United’ Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
Pha
Warning On Dams Sparks Swim Ban By Huron Fire Dept
The Huron fire department rescue squad warns against swimming or boating near river dams after a weekend drowning and a recent near drowning below the Huron dam. They describe powerful currents creating whirlpool effects and deep potholes that flip small boats, urging caution for all near the water.
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Huron
Fire Department
Spink County
Harry James and Betty Grable wed in Las Vegas
Beverly Hills dispatch reports trumpet star Mary James and screen actress Betty Grable return to work after marriage in Las Vegas. James arrived from New York to meet Grable, who had traveled for the ceremony. Mrs Louise James divorced the bandleader in Juarez last week. Grable was formerly married to Jackie Coogan.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jaynes
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
Mandy
Las Vegas
Nev
Miss. Grable
James
New York
Louise James
Juarez
Mexico
Jackie Coogan
Sailor Drowns In Lake Traverse Near Sisseton
SISSETON July 6 A 22 year old sailor Edward Laurenz Nigg son of Mr and Mrs Felix Nigg of Sisseton drowned in Lake Traverse east of here late Saturday night He survived two torpedoin gs in the Pacific and had been in the navy two years He was on leave boating with three friends Funeral services will be held there Thursday.
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Sisseton
Pacific
Lake Traverse
Here
Edward Laurenz_ Nigg
Felix Nigg
Navy
Niggy
Offensive On Russian Front May Develop Into Big Show-Down
War Today previews a major German offensive along a 165 mile Orel Belovod front south of Moscow. Debates whether it is a last-ditch effort by Hitler to crush Soviet forces or a delaying move tied to fear of an Allied invasion. The piece notes heavy fighting and possible large-scale showdown in Europe.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Orel-Belovod
Moscow
Europe
Hitler
Thorce
D; Jrian
Berlin
Enemy Forces Fight In Kula Gulf Battle In Solomons
Washington reports a naval clash in Kula Gulf north of New Georgia Island as part of the South Pacific offensive. The action mirrors Guadalcanal methods, signaling Japanese willingness to meet American forces with cruisers and battleships if needed.
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Washington
Central
Solomons
South Pacific
Kula Gulf
New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal
Munda
Attu Island
North Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey, Jr
Wallace and Jones Trade Verbal Blows Over BEW and RFC
In a week long clash Wallace and Jones traded sharp criticisms over the Board of Economic Warfare and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Jones delivered a lengthy critique accusing Wallace of delaying BEW purchases. Perkins countered, likening RFC to Rip Van Winkle. Senator Bridges urged investigation by the military affairs committee, signaling rising Senate scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Reedy
Washington
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
BEW
Milo Perkins
RFC
Rip van Winkle
Senate
Perkins
Bridges
New Hampshire
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
No Extra Gardening Gas After July 12
Washington, July 6. The Office of Price Administration ruled no more special baselines for victory gardeners after July 12, though existing rations may be used if valid. Agriculture Dept. said gardens planted after July 12 would be too late to warrant extra tire and gasoline use. Gardeners may use ration books for trips to gardens if not abused.
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Washington
Victory
Office of Price Administration
Agrinculture Department
OPA
Gare Deners
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Reds
Allied
French Coast
U. S. S. Huron
Spink County Dam
Harry James
Mrs
John M Hightower
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