U S Forces Capture Troina and Biancavilla in Sicily
Allied forces seized Troina after a brutal assault and British columns captured Biancavilla as Italians surrendered. The gains narrowed the central Sicilian front to 45 miles and prisoners rose to about 125,000 as German forces retreated toward the Messina area.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
U. S
Sicily
Troina
Biancavilla
Messina
Sicilian
Terry Allen
15Th Armored
Hermann Goering
Mt. Etna
Catania
Bernard L
Straits of Messina
Mass spectrometer to speed synthetic rubber research near Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co unveils a mass spectrometer designed by Dr. John A. Hipple to analyze gases from butadiene quickly. The device cuts analysis time from days to 15 minutes, enabling one instrument to replace hundreds of chemists and streamline wartime rubber production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westghouse Electric & Manufacture Co
John A. Hip
Hipple
Hershey Warns Drafting Is Nasty But Necessary
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey outlined the looming selective service challenge. He said 2,000,000 men would be needed within a year, mostly among fathers aged 18 to 37, with deferrals for essential industries and farming to protect production, while many may fail physicals and not all will be drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Top Men of Nazi Party Hold German Pow Wow
London reports a major military and political meeting at the Fuehrer headquarters involving Nazi top leaders and chiefs of the armed services along with the Japanese envoy Hiroshi Oshima. A Swiss traveler cited persistent rumors of a September military dictatorship as unrest rises and war outcomes remain uncertain.
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Nazi Party
al Bureau
DNB
Berlin
Fuehrer
Hiroshi Oshima
Switzerland
Germany
Neue Zuercher Nachrichten
South American Spy Suspect Arrested By FBI In Espionage Case
Roberto Lanas Vallecilla, 35, a Colombia native, employed as a translator in the inter American bureau, was arrested in Washington on espionage charges. FBI says he wrote secret ink letters about U S war production and sought to recruit a New York model for Nazi Germany at 450 dollars a month. defense access was limited by his duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coordinator of
inter-American Affairs
Roberto Lanas Vallecilla
Cali
Colombia
Inter- American Bureau
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lanas
United States
Department of Justice
Lanae Ae Pe
Portugal
Department
New York
Nazi Germany
inter-American
FBI
International Labor Organization
League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Lisbon
America
England
New High In U S Plane Production
United States airplane production rose to a July record of 7 373 military planes, up four percent from June in both units and weight, with a 13 percent rise in heavy bombers. War Production Board officials warned output must surge further to meet armed forces schedules. The July total excludes gliders.
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Washington
United States
Donald Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Nelson and Wilson
Sugar rationing to rise for commercial users in Detroit
Detroit August 7 1944 a 10 percent increase in sugar rations for commercial users including bakers candy makers and soft drink producers will take effect within a few days Price Administrator Prentiss Brown disclosed the move may foreshadow a general lifting of sugar restrictions for all consumers.
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Detroit
Prentiss Brown
Donaldson Leads Kentucky Primary Nov 1943 Style
J Luter Donaldson of Carrollton led four Democratic hopefuls in unofficial returns from 353 of 4 293 Kentucky precincts Donaldson captured 13 553 votes Ben Kilgore St Matthews 8 921 Rodes Myers Bowling Green 3 511 John J Thobe Covington 248 A hare plurality suffices for nomination
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Louisville
J. Luter Donaldson
Carrollton
Keen Johnson
Donaldson
Ben Kilgore
St. Matthews
Rodes K. Myers
Bowling Green
John J. Thobe
Covington
Hare
FCC Leader Criticizes Cox Council in Language Broadcast Debate
FCC Chairman James Lawrence Fly accused Cox committee counsel of pro fascist bias while asserting federal oversight of foreign language broadcasts. He warned the nation must guard airwaves from enemies and said the commission has not censored programs or revoked licenses. Fly lamented lack of full testimony for the commission.
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Washington
James Lawrence Fly
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Cox Committee
House
Fly
Cox
Rep
D-Ga
New York
Red Troops Converging On Kharkov Front Swings West
Soviet communique reports Russian forces advancing toward Kharkov from Belgorod have pushed 9 miles and taken 70 villages including Graivoron. Units near 25 miles from the city threaten Kharkov. Bryansk and Orel fronts also see German risks as 100 villages fall in a swift westward sweep.
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London
Kharkov
Graivoron
Belgorod
Moscow
Chuguev
Ryansk
Bryansk
Orel
Dolbina
Kharkov-Belgorod
Uci
Zolochey
Syennoe
Kharkov-Bryansk
Borisovka
Red Army
Monitor
Ukraine
Shamardino
Jap Cruiser and Two Destroyers Sunk In Pacific Battle
Allied forces in a one hour night action sank a Japanese cruiser and two destroyers at Vella Gulf between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara Island. A fourth destroyer probably was sunk. the US suffered no losses. Vila, Vila region garrison supply lines and Munda airfield further affected by recent advances. Eight Japanese planes downed at Rendova hospital hit.
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William F. Boni
Southwest Pacific
Vila
Kolombangara Island
MacArthur
Vella Gulf
Vella Lavella
Solomons
Bairoko Harbor
Vilatair
South Kolombangara
Kolombangara
New Georgia
Rendova
End Of Fascism Brings Holiday Atmosphere In Rome
An Italian businessman in Barcelona said Rome woke to a holiday mood after Mussolini’s fall. He cited crowds tearing down fasces, celebrations, and roaming mobs, amid rumors of Hitler’s death and later revised to be false.
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Barcelona
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Bari
Duce
Italy
Vatican
Papa
Rey
Badoglio
Hitler
Carlo Scorza
Roberto Farinacci
Germany
Galeazzo Ciano
Big Brazilian Ship Sunk With 78 Missing
The Brazilian passenger steamer Bage was torpedoed and sunk off Sergipe on July 31. Officials report 78 passengers and crew missing from 129 passengers and 102 crew aboard. Twenty-seven aboard were en route to Aracaju. 69 crew and 19 passengers have arrived. Among the missing are a year-old child, two women, and six children.
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Rlo DE Janeiro
Sergipe
Brazil
Axis
Aracaju
Sergipe State
Rio de Janeiro
Bage
South Carolina tobacco growers seek $48 ceiling
Myrtle Beach S C Aug 7 dissatisfied South Carolina tobacco growers will press for a $48 ceiling on the bright leaf crop at a meeting with the Office of Price Administration next week. An earlier $41 ceiling had been set. bids on low grade leaf held up while top grade leaf fell short of expectations. Wesley W Singletary led a group meeting with J B Hutson to seek help from the CCC in Washington. A delegation including Lieut Governor Ransome Williams and A H Williams would confer with OPA officials Monday. The group argues price differences between loose leaf tobacco and graded, tied tobacco justify the higher ceiling.
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
South Carolina
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Wesley W. Singletary
Lake City
South Carolina Warehousemen’s Association
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Singletary
Hutson
Ransome Williams
Mullins
A. H. Williams
Washington
Georgia
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High Point
Siaieieagraceesiniesichiatia Eicinasiniiae Eisai Oat
Associated Press
N. C
NEA
U.S. Navy
Russia
U.S
Dazzo
Bougainville
Treasury Is.d
Vella Lavell
Munda
Rendove
Vongunu
Kula
Jap Base
Cangnggas Simbu
Choiseul
Santa Isabel
Russell
Florida
Guadalcanal
Cape Esperance
Healsey
Lungo Point
Tulog
Savo Island
Stewart Islands
Malaita
San Cristobal
Ainville
Eastern
Wasp
Santa Cruz
Hornet
Pacific Ocean
Santa Cruz Islands
Fee
Solomon Islands
Flawmnan Intarnatinan
Kentucky
Cox Council
Red
By James M. Long
Kula Gulf
Bairoko
Rendova Island
Rendoval Island
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