Yanks Aussies Accelerate Toward Mubo In New Guinea Drive
Allied forces in New Guinea push toward Mubo as American and Australian troops converge on Japanese positions to clear the Mubo zone and pin Japan back toward Salamaua. Green Hill was captured and an enemy detachment cut off near Muho amid ongoing patrol clashes north of Salus Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vo Yy
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Munda
Mubo
Douglas MacArthur
Salarmaua
Green Hill
Salus Lake
Salamaua
New Chorgia
Solomons
Buna
Guadalcanal
Vella
Lavella Island
Mitchells
Tokyo Express
Kula Gulf
Huron Teachers Win 100 Dollar Year Boost At Board Meeting
Huron city school board voted a 100 dollar yearly pay raise for staff with a total monthly boost about 833 dollars for teachers without degrees, bachelor degree holders see 1000 to 2100 raises, and masters degree teachers 1050 to 1150. The budget remains at last year level, funded by staff resignations. The term length increases to 185 days starting Sept. 7 with summer dismissal June 2. Board also fills a vacancy from Carl Voigt and approves coal-haul bid at 60 cents per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron City
A.J. Lang
Schoo
Mitchell
Lang
Carl E. Voigt
Evonne Pearson
Wessington Springs
Dorothy Richards
Iroquois
Dorothy Fresconi
Ralph C. Andrews
Reds Try Germans For Alleged Brutal Killings In Russia
Moscow report states hearings opened in a military trial of 11 suspects charged with high treason for aiding German forces in Krasnodar Caucasus atrocities in 1942. Investigations claim Russian prisoners were burned alive and civilians suffocated in trucks by units of the 17th German Army. Warden transfer: E E Augier reassigned from Lake Andes to Rapid City area after 16 years with Game and Fish Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Pews
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Ruof
Pierre
E. E. Augier
Lake Andes
Game and Fish Department
Rapid City
Elmer Peterson
Augier
N. FE. Mcfachron
Denial Sought in Tithing Petition to Block Tax Charge
South Dakota asked the state Supreme Court to deny four officers and directors of the Izaak Walton League a suit challenging the 1943 tithing law. The brief argues the petition fails to show a sufficient interest and to state facts for relief. It notes a referendum petition with 9,645 signatures, whose validity is undetermined, and an ongoing investigation ordered by Governor Sharpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton’ League
Secretary of State
M. Q. Sharpe
Irwin Erickson
Kiska Bombarded as Prelude to Possible Attack
The U S Navy reported an American light warship shelled Japanese defenses on Kiska Island on Wednesday the fourth surface attack in eight days. Enemys guns did not reply and the action followed July 6 9 and 12 as planners foresee an amphibious assault to retake the base with up to 29000 defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Kiska
North Pacific
Attu Island
Japan
Russians Halt German Drive in Belgorod Sector Ahead of Summer Offensive
Soviet communiques from Moscow report Rad army counterattacks near Belgorod and Orel halting German advances on two fronts. Germans claim repeated repulses with heavy losses as Allied observers note intense bombardment and deteriorating weather aiding Soviet defenses.
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London
Orel
Moscow
Belgorod
Kursk
Yesteray
Red Army
Clearing House To Take Calls In Huron Friday
Final arrangements for a new clearing house trade channel for surplus garden crops labor canning and food preservation utensils are set for the first day of service Friday morning the planning committee announced.Calls will be taken from consumers and producers between 8 30 and 11 30 each morning at the Red Cross office in the IOOF Building supervised by the American Association of University Women Huron branch Mrs Dorothy Habel president will have charge. For exchange service call the Red Cross office number 4361. The clearing house was organized after a Tuesday meeting by Alfred R Barnes state war board chairman and Earl Langkop state Food Distribution Administration Representatives Drew up plans to prevent waste of surplus garden products and to help individuals find equipment or labor for preservation. Committee members include Mrs Charles Barkl Mrs Dorothy Habel George Chitty Frederick Lampe and John Bangerter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
IOOF
American Association of University Women
Huron
Dorothy Habel
Red Cross Cross Office
George Chitty
Retail Merchants Association of
South Dakota
Frederick Lampe
Food Markets
John Bangerter
State
Dempsey Wins Custody Of Children In Court
Supreme Court Referee J Ad dison Young granted Lt. Comm Jack Dempsey custody of the two Dempsey children with reasonable visitation rights for their mother Mrs Hannah Williams Dempsey in a private morning hearing in White Plains New York. The decision follows testimony from both sides and names the father as custodian with visitation for the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempsey
White Plains
Supreme Court
J. .Addison Young
Jack Dempsey
Hannah
Williams
Band Concert Marches and Overtures Featured
Readable fragments list band pieces and composers including Pearl Harbor Overture by Yoder and Here Comes the Navy Overture. Mentions marches such as Wing and a Prayer and Old Timer by Knowles with various performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mareh
Dalbey
Yoder
Pearl Harbor
Schlater-Cunningham
Kahn-King-Flindt
Whitcup
Overtire
St. Clair
Phillips
Oakes
Olivadoti
Chi
Ce DeLeon
Goldman
Jon
Ugh
Knowles
Sharpe urges harvest drive to save grain and safeguard crops
Redfield July 15 Governor M Q Sharpe cited last year's train loss to an elevator fire that wiped out enough grain to feed an army division for a year. He urged harvesting every last sheaf this year and guarding it against carelessness hazards and sabotage. He advocated a volunteer harvest labor mobilization and safe storage to keep South Dakota's 80 percent of economy on track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfield
South Dakota
M. Q. Sharpe
Alfred R. Barnes
State War Board
John V. Hepler
Lyman E. Jackson
State College
J. W. Stonebarger
Greater South Dakota Association Agricultural Committee
E. ¥. Jorgenson
United States Employment Service
E. D. Sterling
Winner
Ree Sharpe
Allied Jaw Takes Deeper Bite Into Island Defenses
Allied forces press eastern Sicily as American Seventh Army under Lt Gen George Patton advances six to seven miles in Rapuse Uni sector and seizes an airfield. British Eighth Army led by Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery pushes to Brucoli near Augusta despite a German counterattack. Eisenhower's HQ reports gains and Augusta firmly in Allied hands as Goering division redeploys in the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Sicily
Eighth Army
George St. Patton, Jr
Rapuse-Uni
Brucoli
Sir Berard Montgomery
Augusta
Comraunique
Gem
Dwight D
Melilli
Hermann Goering
Telion
World War II skirmishes and advances across multiple fronts
Allied forces push toward Catania in Sicily while capturing an airfield and hill positions in the southern coast. In the Pacific, U S troops press toward Mubo near Salamaua, with air forces isolating Munda. Soviets recapture villages in Belgorod as German losses mount. Burma raids target Myingyan Meiktila and Mawlaik as Beaufighters sink river craft. American warship shells Riska in the Aleutians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sicily
Anny
Augusta
Catania
300Th Pacific
U.S
Mubo
Salamaua
Munda
Russia
Belgorod
Burma
Myingyan
Meiktila
Mawlaik
Tirawadady
Riska
Allies Consider Next Invasion Spot After Sicily
The article reports increased Axis resistance in Sicily and notes strong public expectation of a major Allied invasion of Italy. It cites a Madrid dispatch claiming German belief in an Italian mainland strike and mentions Nazi defense preparations in northern Italy amid uncertainty about timing and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Italy
Bee MacKenzie
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Muho
U. S
Signal Corps
Nea
Bop Ho Hope
Enatendfeteria
James Hope
Hitchin
Herigtdghires
Nang
William McGaffin
Marshal Stalin
Rad
Campbell Park
Sharpe
United Nations
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