Ickes Announces Oil Transport Fix And War Needs
Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes declared the oil transportation problem nearly solved and urged diverting products from the Midwest and Southwest to the East. He outlined four reasons needing curtailment, with war demands and dwindling crude capacity cited, as U S infantry battle near Munda airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
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Harold L. Ickes
Middle West
Ickes
Midwest
Southwest
Washington
West
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
United States
Red Army Conquers Orel in Simmer Campaign Breakthrough
Soviet forces battled through Orel as Red Army infantry mopped up rear guards. German resistance fell to heavy air and tank attacks while Berlin claimed an evacuation, and Soviet reports cited 2,500 German deaths and 18 tanks knocked out. Orel’s fall opens crucial rail links south-central Italy?
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Axis Defense Crumbles As Key City Falls
British Eighth Army seized Catania and pierced the Etna base, advancing around Mt. Etna to trap German forces in Sicily. Paterno and Misterbianco fell as German lines broke, with withdrawal of non essential personnel reported and a potential full Etna region abandonment looming.
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Mt. Dina
Taormina
San Fratello
Seventh Army
Germans Have 270000 Men In North Italy
Stockholm reports travelers estimate Germany currently fields about 15 to 18 divisions in northern Italy, between 225,000 and 270,000 men, moving to strengthen positions north of the Po. They note bombed Bologna rail yards rapidly repaired, requisitioning of rolling stock slows civilian travel, and trains suffer long waits. Northern Italy sees anti German sentiment rise as authorities uncover large food caches linked to Fascists and black market activity.
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Italy
Bologna
Verona
Po Valley
Ambrosio Named Chief of Italian General Staff
Rome dispatch reports from a German controlled Paris station say Badoglio's government issued a decree appointing General Vittorio Ambrosio to head the Italian general staff. He held the post during the Mussolini regime since January.
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Paris
Rome
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Vittorio Ambrosio
Mussolini
Transit Pact With Germany Ended By Sweden
NEW YORK Aug 5 The National Broadcasting Company quoted Stockholm dispatches that Sweden cancelled an agreement allowing German troop transit through Sweden. Earlier AP reports said such action seemed likely. Sweden had permitted transit of German troops on leave to or from Norway provided they carry no arms.
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Bern
Switzerland
Associated Press
London
Germany
Italy
National Broadcasting Company
Raffaele Guariglia
Guariglia
Milan
Badoglio
New York
Stockholm
David Anderson
Sweden
Berlin
Norway
Two Children Die in Overnight Flood at Sutton West Virginia
In a flash flood that swept Braxton and Gilmer counties, two children were found dead while 15 others remained missing. Police and Braxton Central publisher J Holt Byrne reported the bodies of Robert Queen, 10, and his one year old sister Alma recovered near Rollins about two miles from Heaters.
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J. Holt Byrne
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American Sicily Casualties Totals 6741 Through July 22
Secretary of War Stimson announced American casualties in Sicily through July 22 totaled 6741 with 3870 wounded 2370 missing and SOS killed. He called the losses moderate given terrain and said British figures were not greatly higher. He noted further allied gains in all theaters in the last week.
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Washington
Sicily
Stimson
Continuing Drop In Consumer Goods Forecast In Capital
Washington Aug. 5 The office of Civilian Requirements says civilians should expect a continuing drop in consumer goods and services during the war. The War Production Board outlined a tentative program to produce enough essentials to keep the civilian economy functioning. Policies aim to meet minimum civilian needs while using remaining resources for military and foreign policy aims.
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Office of Civilian Requirements
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War Production Board
WPB
Arthur D. Whiteside
OCR
Sweden halts German troop moves to Norway Aug 15 20
Stockholm reports transportation of German troops across Sweden to and from Norway will stop August 20 while Nazi war material shipments end August 15. Sweden has boosted military readiness to its highest since the war began, with about 400000 men under arms. Recent reports indicate 750000 German soldiers moved annually between Germany and Norway via Sweden.
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Sweden
Norway
Germany
German E-Boat Flotilla Attacked Off Calais
British naval aircraft attacked a flotilla of eight German E-boats off Calais during the night and sank three and seriously damaged a four, the air ministry news service announced today. Although the British planes encountered sharp anti aircraft fire all returned safely, the announcement said.
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Calais
Air Ministry
Two New Italian Battleships On Active Duty, Radio Says
A Spanish radio broadcast reported by the British ministry of information says Italy has two recently launched battleships, Impero and Roma, now on active duty with the fleet. The Roma, launched in June 1940, was previously reported damaged in a raid on Spezia on June 5 with Vittorio Veneto and Littorio. Impero, launched in November 1939, had been delayed by material shortages and possible commissioning uncertainty.
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Ministry of Information
Italy
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Spezia
Vittorio Veneto
Carolinas Open Flue-Cured Tobacco Markets With Tar Heels Holding Back
North and South Carolina flue-cured tobacco markets opened with mixed sentiment as growers in the Tar Heel state withheld part of their crop while South Carolina sellers rush leaf to warehouses. Prices varied by grade but top grades drew disappointment. NC forecasts suggest a tight market with OPA price ceilings debated. South Carolina warehouses show uneven lots across Pamplico Darlington Lake City Kingstree Mullins Loris Conway Timmonsville. NC crops are down from last year with Lumberton Clarkton Chadbourn Fairmont Fair Bluff Tabor City Whiteville reporting smaller receipts.
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W. P. Hedrick
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Border Belt
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Pamplico
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Kingstree
Mullins
Dillon
Loris
Conway
Timmonsville
Catania Emerges as Key Allied Objective in Sicily
The capture of Catania, Sicily’s second largest city, secures the eastern defensive flank for the Allies. With a population over 250000, it controls the Ca tania plain, major harbor access, and vital rail and road routes, 15 miles from the Gerbini air base and 50 miles from the Italian mainland. Palermo lies 159 miles away. The city, founded in 729 B C, blends newer architecture with Norman and Roman remnants.
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Associated Press
Catania
Sicily
Palermo
Italy
Germany
Gerbini
Cattaiio
B. C
St. Agatha
American Planes Bomb Burma Railways and Airfields
United States Liberator and Mitchell bombers hit Japanese railroad bases at Chanbyuzayat and attacked rolling stock and tracks at Wetlet Moksogyon Kinu and Thazi in central Burma. Large explosions and fires followed. Liberators also targeted a dam at Kiekula and the Pagoda Point airfield. One American bomber was lost.
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William F. Halsey, Jr
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