Germans Beaten On Center Line Near Randazzo
Allied forces smashed the German center northwest of Mount Etna and moved within seven road miles of Randazzo in Sicily. American troops, aided by Canadians and British, seized a key hidden German supply road near Cesara and Sant Agata di Militello, while Rome radio claimed Italian troops withdrew from Sicily. Air forces claimed absolute air supremacy over Sicily and Messina, assisting ground advances and disrupting German logistics.
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North Africa
Mount Etna
Randazzo
Messina
Sicily
Harold V. Boyle
Associated Press
America
Cesara
Sant Agata di Militello
Reuters
Cesto
Randazza
Rome
Sicilian
Italy
Steily
Ialy
Labor Party Left Wing Wins In New York County
New York Aug 10 The left wing of the American Labor party led by U S Rep Vito Marcantonio appears to have won control of the party s New York county organization in today s primary. The right wing led by Alex Rose says they did not contest Manhattan and will wait for final figures. Marcantonio also claimed victory in Kings County despite Dean Allange leading the right wing.
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New York
American Labor Party
New York County
Manhattan
Alex Rose
State Committee
U. S
Vito Marcantonio
Chrysler Strikers Return to Work at Lynch Sand Plant
Detroit Aug 10 After noon shift workers at Chrysler Corporation Lynch Sand plant returned to the job following a strike that disrupted shipments of army trucks. Shipping department members struck over the disciplining of a fellow worker who received a two day layoff before leaving the plant without permission.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Lynch Sand
Shipping Department
Digeiplinelt
State Plans 35 Million War Bond Drive In Montana
Montana’s third war loan drive opens September 9 and runs to September 30 with a $35,000,000 quota. A. T. Hibbard of Helena, chairman of the state war finance committee, announced, noting prior drives raised $24,980,000 this spring and $18,000,000 quota was set for earlier efforts. The plan absorbs the entire $36,000,000 quota by individuals and businesses, unlike prior drives that shared quotas with banks and financial institutions. District meetings at nine cities completed preliminary plans, with Hibbard as director and a team including H. W. Richardson, West L. Burtley, A. Sanderson, Theodore Jacobs, George Light, George N. Land, Axel Relgun, W. Warris, and Lee M. Ford. Public offerings will include war bonds and tax notes. county quotas are listed for Cascade, Fergus, Custer, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Silver Bow, and Yellowstone.
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Montana
A.T. Hibbard
Helena
Missoula
Butte
Great Falls
Havre
West Point
Glen
Bo OM
Wwarris
Columbus
Lee M. Ford
Towls
Cascade
Fergus
Custer
Winthead
Gallatin
Lewis and Clark
Silver Row
Yellowstone
End of the Battle Near Sicily Signals Major Allied Drive
War dispatches describe Churchill in Canada as Allied conferences map future strikes against Axis. Frontline reports claim a three pronged Allied attack breaches Cape Orlando Randazzo Piedmonte lines, threatening Messina peninsula routes and potentially isolating German forces near Sicily. The narrative notes German reluctance to surrender in Stalingrad Tunisia and Orel as trapped positions tighten.
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Avis
Chorchill
Canada
Messina
Cape Orlando-Randazzo-Piedmonte
Randazzo Key
Leo
Nazi Frees
San Bingio
Sicily
North Sea
Francaville
Randazzo
Stalingrad
Tunisia
Orel
Welles May Tour as Roving Diplomat
The Times reports Sumner Welles may leave his undersecretary post to serve as a roving diplomat for the war and postwar planning under President Roosevelt. The dispatch notes no official confirmation and cites Washington sources.
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Welles
New York
the Times
Washington Dispatch
Akes
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Paper Bombs Shower Down on Detroit For Alert Practice
Detroit and nearby cities were bombed tonight with water paper during the first practice alert of its kind here. Seventy five planes of the civil air patrol dropped 100 000 power bombs designating incendiary high explosive gas or unexploded. The 96000 air raid wardens were in action. This was Detroit eighth air yard practice.
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Detroit
Civil Lair Patrol
Wayne
Oakland
Macomb
Eigth Air Yard
Yankees Tighten Grip on New Georgia Island
Allied forces push on New Georgia near Munda airfield and Dairoko river, with flanks advancing around Bairnka harbor and Itstraka harbor as U S troops close in on the Japanese garrison. Air battles over Rendova see American planes downed and damage to enemy air power in the Solomons campaign.
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Southwest Pacific
New Georgia Island
Bairnka Harbor
Itstraka Harbor
Munda
Dairoko River
Enogai
Rendova Stand
Railroads push western land use for postwar aid and jobs
Washington Aug 10 The utilization of more than 600 000 acres in 64 western irrigation projects could boost war food production and absorb postwar unemployment says John Thaw of the Northern Pacific. Railroads, backed by the War Food Administration and Farm Security, would organize local efforts to develop farms, signaling a twofold gain for rail lines and communities.
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Washington
John Thaw
Northern Pacific
Transcontinent
Western Railroads
Thaw
Mississipp
Bureau of recIama Yon
War Food Administration
Farm Security Administration
Caitroads
Woman Admits Abduction Of Newborn At Oregon Hospital
Catherine Wright said she entered a hospital nursery in Albis Oregon and took Judith Gurney, then two days old, believing she could be a mother. She carried the baby away, left with another couple, and faced a child stealing charge as authorities investigated the dramatic incident.
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Albis
Ore
Aus
Catherine Wright
Agate
Judith Gurney
Phuge
Wrnnnek
Los Angeles
Montala
Woodrow Margin
Hickham Field
Ans
Mereck
Plin
Flashes of Life In the U S News Briefs
A passenger shouted as a baby carriage toppled on a bus sidewalk scene in Phoenicia. The conductor righted the carriage and fired a warning shot as the bus moved. Police report robber charges against two suspects at a softball game. one was an umpire. In Chicago, Corporal Raymond Russell, a Marine, received word on Southwest Base and was sent home to recuperate after injuries.
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Associated Prose
New York
Phoenls
Ariz
AU Saluier
Chicago
Corp
Raymond Russell
Ae Yeye
Hs Life Teg
Munsell
Gradalonmul
Decrease Estimated For Sugar Beet National Production
The 1944 sugar beet crop is expected at 7,434,000 tons, down from 11,681,000 in 1942, due to 39 percent lower plantings and a 10-year average yield shift. Nebraska, Idaho, Wyoming show improved yields, while Ohio lowers prospects to the worst in years. state figures list production and per-acre yields.
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Washington
Hn Agriculture Department
Nebraska
Idaho
Wyoming
Ohio
Montana
Colorado
Churchill In Canada for War Conferences
Winston Churchill arrived in Canada to meet with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and discuss Allied strategy. He will also confer with President Roosevelt and top Allied staff, as Russia’s absence and timing of invasions loom over the talks.
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Dolguas
Quebec
Candas
Woirstan Agenear Chrarchill
Presient Joosever
W. Bi. Mac Lenvie
Kings
Canada
Bateies Doughty
Canin
Haegevelt
Axis
United Nations
Russia
Hoover
Washington
Churchill
Surat
Thechatea Iroiteiac
Pithuresane
SL. Lawrence River
Great Britain
Soviet Army Closing in On Kharkov
Soviet forces pushed 14 miles from Sumy and closed in on Kharkov as German lines crumbled in northeast Ukraine. Moscow said 70 towns fell in the Tcharkey drive and 30 in the Uryansk push while Russians seized a rail hub east of Bryansk and captured hundreds of German trucks.
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London
Red
Ukraine
Sumy
Kharkov
Bryansk
Moscow
Tcharkey
Uryansk
Orel
Iage
Bolshoi Bobrik
Doromlya
Atony Ralroad
Kiev
Dnieper
Russia
Sulhwest
Liptel
Donets
Pyantnitskoye
New Yugoslav Cabinet Formed After Resignations
London Aug 10 The cabinet crisis ends as Dr Bozhidar Puritch forms a new Yugoslav cabinet taking prime minister foreign affairs and acting war minister posts. Gen Draja Mihailovic becomes war minister with others replaced as Croat demands for constitutional changes spark the reshuffle. Washington Aug 10 An eight state probe says a defective wing part caused the St. Goals glider crash killing ten on Aug 1.
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London
Bozhidar Puritch
Mimilos Trifunovic
Peter II
Purleh
Draja Mihailovic
Oll
Washington
House Military Committee
St. Goals
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Tih Corny
Strat
Labor Party
Posl
Chrysler
Hibbard
State Finance Committee
South Seas
Uarry Geisinger
Faya
Neorgia
Dsland
Yankees
New Georgia
Frank
Tan
Haw
Tlaw
U.S
Winston Churchill
Provident Rosevelt
London Telegraph
Ani
Churchil
Hadoglio
By Rovann Dp, Bas
Puritch
Yugoslavia
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