RAF Pounds Hamburg in Latest Night Raid
A massive RAF assault battered Hamburg for another night, adding to 10 days of heavy bombing. About 30 bombers were lost as crews hit the city and targets in the Ruhr and Holland, with warnings of extensive destruction and evacuation orders for civilians amid a prolonged Allied air campaign.
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London
RAF
Burg
Amburg
HIRTY
Germany
An Cement
High Command
Air Ministry
Rhur
Cuxhaven
Royal Australian Air Force
Coastal Command
Norway
Klull
Trondheim
Hamig
Stockholm
Hamburg
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Allies Roll To West End Of Catania Plain
Allied forces led by American Canadian and British troops breach the Mount Etna line in Sicily capturing Regalbuto and driving Germans from Capizzi and Cerami. Montgomery’s troops establish a bridgehead north of the Ditaino river while Patton’s corps push toward Troina, with Centuripe reported fallen as Churchill notes further advances.
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Catania
Regalbuto
Centuripe
Axis
Mount Etna
Sicily
Daniel de Luce
North Africa
Capizzi
Cerami
Cap Bon
U.S
Seventh Army
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Oitaiio River
Catania Plain
George S. Patton, Jr
Triona
Sea
San Stefano
Churchill
House of Commons
Troina
Candians
Dittaino
Tunisia
Catenanuova
Cantania
Eighth Army
Cantania Plain
Catanai
78Th
Centripe
Escaped German Prison Camp Inmate Believed River-Swim Ruled Out
Windsor police investigate Lt. Peter Krug a German airman who escaped from Gravenhurst Ontario camp and, after a possible river crossing, is sought on both sides of the Detroit border. Krug previously aided Stephan the Detroit restaurateur in a treason case and was brought to Windsor to testify.
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Windsor
Ont
Peter Krug
Stephan
Detroit
Detroit River
Krug
Gravenhurst
T. Cody
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ambassador Bridge
Cody
Bowmanville
Toronto
Battle of Munda nears climax in American onrush
Allied headquarters in the southwest Pacific report U S forces advancing toward the Munda airfield on New Georgia. Tanks flame throwers and artillery aided Marine and Army units as they stormed Bible hill strongpoints and pressed to within about 700 to 1400 yards of the airfield with Japanese resistance easing.
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Munda
C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Bible Hill
New Guinea
Salamaua
Nassau Bay
Francisco River Bridge
Harlem Quiet Reigns After Race Rioting
New York police keep watch after violent race rioting left five dead, 545 injured, 509 arrests, and about 5 million dollars in property damage. Six thousand officers and 1500 patrol volunteers patrol streets as a 1030 p.m. curfew remains in effect and trade and theaters shut down.
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New York
Harlem
Great Damage Results From Ploesti Raid
In Istanbul Turkish sources report a massive fire in the Ploesti petroleum district after American Liberator bombers hit Sunday. Seven aircraft were forced down in Turkey and a crew from an eighth may have reached shore by rubber boats. all crews interned.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ploesti
United States
Polesti
Pennsylvanian Killed in Training Plane Crash
Shaw Field reports Second Lieutenant John L. Hranica of Ford City Pennsylvania died in a training flight crash near Boykin Mill Farm ten miles from the field. The crash occurred about 10 30 last night during routine training. A board of officers was appointed to investigate.
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Shaw Field
S. C
John L. Hrancia
Ford City
Penna
Boykin Mill Farm
Hranica
Russians Capture Two Main Roads From Bolkhov Toward Orel
The Red Star reports Soviet forces seized two key roads from Bolkhov toward Orel and Karachev, threatening German links with Bryansk and potentially isolating Orel. German communique says attempts to break southwest of Orel were repelled as Russians push toward Karachey.
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Orel
Moscow
The
Red Star
Bolkhov
Karachev
Bryansk
Dmitrovsk
Red Army
Dan
Night-Flying Bombers Hit Naples and Sicily Rail Targets
Allied air forces pounded Naples and mainland rail arteries with blockbusters and incendiaries. Allied units struck Messina bridge head, Milazzo, Adrano and Reggio Calabria while RAF Beaufighters attacked a destroyer and motor torpedo boats off Cagliari. A Catalina crew was rescued after a perilous water takeoff.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Naples
Randazzg
Mt. Etna
Adrano
Catalina
RAF Sea Rescue Service
Rogers Bishop
Dixon, Mont
Allied Ultimatum Still Is Ignored By Badoglio
London reports Premier Pietro Badoglio defies allied warnings as anti fascist forces in Italy grow stronger. Radio Algiers claimed an Allied landing on southern Italy is near. Madrid chatter of a peace march on Rome signals rising opposition to Mussolini and Badoglio.
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Badoglio
London
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Algiers
Benito Mussolini
Madrid
Rome
Armistice Proposal and Allied Push Face Italian Turmoil
A Geneva dispatch relayed by Il Popolo and Roma says President Roosevelt urged Italy toward a seven point armistice plan and warns of a potential people’s march if Badoglio stalls. Allied forces intensify the Sicily push as Badoglio seeks to preserve power amid uncertain resistance, while Vatican notes call for no bitterness over air raid victims. Bologna suffered an Allied bombing on July 25.
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London
Geneva
Il Popolo E di Roma
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Italy
Washington
Badoglio
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Fascist Party
Sicilian
Cape Bon
North Africa
Nasalli-Rocca
Bologna
Vatican Radio
Ministry of Information
Lewis Hears Miners Travel Time Claim Before WLB
John L. Lewis told the War Labor Board that American miners lack compensation for travel time at each shift end. The UMWA seeks portal-to-portal pay and a minimum $2.75 daily raise, including $1.25 for travel time, arguing contract and law justify the pay.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board Today
Lewis
Lulinois Coal
United Mine Workers
Wayne L. Morse
Crampton Harris
Birmingham
CIO Iron
Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois
Raid Death Toll Reported From Ploesti Bombing
Berlin radio quoted a Romanian communique stating 116 people were killed and 147 wounded in the American Liberator raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania on Sunday.
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London
Berlin
Associated Press
Ploesti
Rumania
Navy reports torpedo sinks US merchant ship in Atlantic
The navy announced that a medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the South Atlantic in early July. Survivors landed at Miami.
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Washington
Navy
United States
South Atlantic
Miami
Proclamations Of Governor Are Approved
The Council of State approved three emergency labor and vagrancy proclamations by Governor Broughton. It also authorized $10 million for a post war reserve fund and $57 thousand for Belmont textile vocational school completion. Provisions include extended teen and young adult work hours and a work or fight manpower mobilization plan with state and local roster requirements.
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Raleigh
Council of State
Broughton
Belmont
Commissioner of Labor Authority
U. S
Shipyard Strike Ends at Sparrows Point
Baltimore Aug 3. Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point workers return to their posts after four walkouts and a weekend shutdown over racial tensions. Manager F A Hodge reports operations are normal with the riveting department back on duty following the latest walkout stirred by Negro trainee integration.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrowspoint
F. A. Hodge
Doughton Returns to Capital Over Tax Plans
Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means heads back to Washington from North Carolina to study new and higher taxes as Roosevelt seeks about 12 billion dollars more in revenue. Democrats debate sales tax viability while Treasury opposes it, with Senator Byrd arguing for a wartime levy.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
Coughton
North Carolina
Treasury
Roosevelt
Byrd
D-Va
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House Wais and Means
War Today in Europe Races to Showdown Amid Crises
Dispatch notes a rapid crisis convergence across fronts as Italian delays hint at Hitler defending a northern line with up to 250000 German troops. Trieste falls, Balkan gateways close, while Hitler fortifies lines from La Spezia to the Po. Germany faces relentless bombings that threaten collapse.
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Europe
Badoglio
Hitler
Italy
Trieste
Adriatic
Balkans
Badogno
Thefuehrer
United Nations
la Spezia
Rome
Germany
Congressmen clash over gas rationing as Byrnes report nears
Four congressmen from New Jersey Texas Nebraska express heated views on how gasoline should be allocated amid possible changes after War Mobilization Director Byrnes prepares his report. Ickes and Brown signal gradual easing but stress no quick nationwide shift.
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Washington
Texas
Rep
Hartley
R-Nj
Sen. Reed
R-Kas
Midwest
Sen
Wherry
R-Neb
Patman
Gossett
Byrnes
Ickes
Brown
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Donets Basin
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