Allied Aerial Drive Pushes Through Sicily Toward Messina
Allied forces report rapid gains in Sicily with Gagliano and Adrano secured as British and American units advance toward Messina. Airpower dominates the campaign with Flying Fortresses and medium bombers pounding coastal routes and supply lines while German resistance stiffens near Troina and Regalbuto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Adrano
Centuripe
Regalbuto
Gagliano
Troina
Reggibuto
Sicily
Catania
Etna Line
Misterbianco
Simeto
Paterno
Taormina
San Fratello
Francavilla
North Africa
Churchill
Jap Losses In Pacific Far More Than U.S.
United States and Allied forces report substantial superiority in the South Pacific from Aug 1942 to May 1943. Japanese losses include 96 warships sunk and 129 damaged, with 1 802 enemy planes destroyed. U.S. losses total 41 ships sunk and nine damaged. Guadal Canal and Munda airfield hub cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hipple
U. S
South Pacific
Japan
United States
South
Solomons
Guadalcanal
New Georgia Island
Munda
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Munda Seized as Allied Drive in Solomons Ends
Allied forces announced the occupation of Munda in the Central Solomons, 32 days after securing a New Georgia beachhead and five weeks after landing on Rendova. Japanese casualties exceed 1,600 with a 4,000 foot airfield fortified by a year of defense. Munda now lies in Allied hands as resistance ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belman Morin
North Africa
U. S
Messina
Sicily
Gagliano
Mt. Etna
William F. Boni
Southwest Pacific
Munda
New Georgia Island
Rendova
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
War Today: Italian Crisis as Badoglio Faces Surrender
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes Italy’s leadership crisis as Badoglio balances a risky throne bid and Allied demands for unconditional surrender. The Italian people demand peace, with demonstrations nationwide. debate rises on the fate of the monarchy under Vittorio Emanuele III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Badoglio
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Mussolini
Emanuele
Spanish Correspondents Are Being Mysterious
Madrid Aug 6 Spanish correspondents in Berlin have closed their articles with references to censorship. A dispatch to Informaciones ends with obligations to defer subjects until military events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Berlin
Informaciones
General Vandegrift Returns to Lead Pacific Marines
Lt. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift arrives back in the South Pacific to command the first marine amphibious corps. He led the Guadalcanal landings a year ago and says the amphibious force is ready for more action, noting improved air sea and manpower strength.
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South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Alexander Archer Vandegrift
Pacific
Japan
Amphibious Corps
States
Vandegrift
Marine Amphibious Corps
Marines
Thomas F. Holcomb
Munda
Solomon Islands
Vancouver Riot Blamed on Hoodlums and Drunks
Vancouver Washington police blamed hoodlums and pay day drunks for a riot that required tear gas. Three men hospitalized and eight jailed. Ringleader suspected but charges not filed. Crowd of about 1 000 formed on the waterfront and later in front of the police station leading to further dispersal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
John Blaker
Blaker
Yw Pe
Kelso
Longview
John Hogg
Wheeler awaits reply on delaying draft of fathers
Belton Mont August 6 Senator Wheeler D Mont says he asked War Manpower Commissioner Paul V McNutt to delay drafting pre Pearl Harbor fathers until November 1 and awaits his reply. Wheeler says he may urge Senator Barkley and Representative McCormack to reconvene Congress if McNutt does not change the directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Belton
Mont
D-Mont
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Barkley
D-Ky
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Senate
House
Congress
Soldier Hanged After Conviction For Rape
Private Walter J. Bohn, 26, of Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania, convicted by court martial of rape, larceny and housebreaking, was hanged at Camp Claiborne Louisiana after Roosevelt approved the death sentence. The crime occurred on January 8, 1943, and the execution followed a review by the eighth service command in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Clairborne
Walter J. Bohn
Wilkesbarre
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Tex
Roosevelt
Bohn
Alexandria
Railroad Vice President Herbert L. Borden Dies
Herbert Leigh Borden 75 vice president and secretary of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company died at Lawrence hospital Bronxville yesterday.
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Bronxville
N. Y
Herbert Leigh Borden
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Lawrence Hospital
Transportation Problem Ready To Be Eased
Raleigh August 6 The Utilities Commissioner Fred Hunter says the worst part of public transportation difficulties has been reached and should ease off. He notes bus companies are acquiring new equipment, inspectors remove dangerous gear, and passengers complain about long trips and lost baggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fred Hunter
Hunter
Soviet Offensive Engulfs Belgorod and Presses Kharkov
Soviet forces captured Orel and Belgorod in a major summer offensive and advanced toward Bryansk and Kharkov. German positions at Kharkov and along routes west of Kupiansk were threatened as Red Army commanders Chistyakov and Belov directed operations with troops including five army groups under Popov, Sokolovsky, Rokossovsky, Vatutin, and Konev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Germany
Red Army
Orel
Belgorod
Bryansk
Karkov
Kharkov
Ore
Kromy
Kupiansk
Chistyakov
Stalingrad
I. P. Belov
M. M. Popov
Vassily Sokolovsky
Constantin Rokossovsky
Nicholai Vatutin
Ivan Konev
Model
Ninth Army
Marshal Model
Pravda
Sweden Bans Nazi Transit Across Country
Swedish public welcomes King Gustaf V government move to bar German troops and war materiel from using Sweden as a transit route. The policy ends Nazi movement through Swedish railways by August 20 with August 15 for German war material, easing Sweden's neutrality burden and complicating Nazi supply lines to Finland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Colburn
Stockholm
Gustaf V
Sweden
Germany
Norway
Finland
U.S
Foreign Office
Allied Navies Landed 3,266 Vessels in Sicilian Invasion
The official Allied account from North Africa reports 3,766 surface craft in the Sicilian invasion. American and British landing commanders are named, including Kirk Hall Connolly for the US and McGrigor Vian Troubridge for the UK. The British hospital ship Talamba was deliberately bombed near a landing area, causing significant loss of life on the first day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Alan G. Kirk
John L. Hall, Jr
Richard L. Connolly
U. S. Navy
Rhoderick Robert McGrigor
Prices Hold Steady On Weed Markets Across Border Belt
The border belt tobacco markets show light sales with prices near 42 cents a pound on average. Darlington moved 400000 pounds, Kingston reported 4180000 pounds at 41.84, and North Carolina markets remained slow. farmers push for higher OPA ceilings to 48 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Border Belt
Darlington
Kingstree
Timmonsville
South Carolina
War Food Administration
North Carolina
Insurance Anti-Trust Action Is Dismissed
In Atlanta on August 6 U S District Judge E Marvin Underwood dismissed the government anti trust suit against the Southeastern Underwriters Association alleging a conspiracy to fix fire insurance rates. He ruled the business of insurance does not constitute trade or commerce under the Sherman act.
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Atlanta
United States
E. Marvin Underwood
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Underwood
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U. S. Liberator
Ploesti
Rumania
U. S. Army Air Forces
OWL
Cairo
Sicilian
Dewitt Mackkenzie
Gen. Vandegrift
Russia
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