Weather Roundup Winds Through Southeast Regions
Weather briefs across states report warm to moderately warm conditions Sunday. North Carolina expects widely scattered late afternoon thundershowers in the mountains, while South Carolina and Georgia remain warm with scattered storms mainly in the south. Washington notes a similar trend in temperature and rainfall for the prior 24 hours.
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South Carolina
Georgia
South Portion
Washington
Weather Bureau
Fears Rise as Fighting Surges Across Paris and Europe
Axis Europe reports claim hand to hand fighting in Paris with German troops manning street intersections. Swiss press notes German troops replacing Italian units in France and strengthening in northern Italy. Zurich arrivals say Berlin fears a mass stampede from Allied bombing. Goebbels admits civilians evacuated from Berlin. German media circulate talk of a new Allied summit joining Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
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Axis Europe
French Committee of National Liberation
Algiers
Paris
Journal de Geneve
France
Italy
Reuters
Zurich
Switzerland
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
DNB
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Hershey Warns Draft Boards Postwar Training Plan
Hershey urged local draft boards to implement physical training after the war to curb future rejections. He favored selective service reforms on the plateau and warned that the war is not over.
Tobacco price ceilings set by OPA on buyer purchases
The article explains an OPA ceiling on tobacco purchases by a single buyer across all leaf grades, outlining that the limit applies to total purchases and not to the top price paid for any grade, with the buyer's average to be calculated accordingly.
German retreat from Orel area signals broader pullback
Nazi forces retreating from the Orel salient move toward Bryansk as Soviet tanks and planes push west and southwest. Russian dispatches report 43 German tanks destroyed and eight planes downed while Smolensk is evacuated and rail networks from Moscow to Belgorod are in Soviet hands.
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Gnezdilovo
Stakhanskaya
Paris
Associated Press
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Kharkov
Moscow
Kursk
Belgorod
Karachev
Bryansk
Kromy
Red Army
Soviet Push Near Bryansk Threatens Key Railroad Hub
Russian ground forces and tanks advanced toward Bryansk driving toward the Karachev railway junction as German lines collapsed in the Orel sector. Red Star described heavy fighting around Zolochov and Kazachia Lopan with Germans rushing reinforcements and then being driven back, while Orel's fires were extinguished and reconstruction began.
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Orel
Hitler
Moscow
Red Army
Bryansk
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Red Star
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Kazachia Lopan
Uby
Belgorod
Kharkov
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Allied air and ground forces strike Sicily and Messina area
Allied fliers conducted nearly 250 bombing sorties over western Sicily near Mt. Etna. Fortresses Wellingtons Marauders and Mitchells targeted Messina roads docks and ships while Adrano Bronte Randazzo and surrounding areas suffered heavy bombardment. Canadian Wellingtons raided Naples to aid Sicilian defense. losses included eight allied planes.
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Bronte
Cesaro
Randazzo
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Ustica
Taormina
Catania
Sicily
Messina
Naples
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Rae
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Gesso
Rosario
Italy
Middle East
San Giovanni
London
Daily Mail
Cairo
North Africa
Allied offensive advances in New Guinea and Solomons
Allied forces press the New Guinea and Solomons campaign with heavy air strikes and ground actions. In Salamaua area heavy bombers dropped 92 tons in 23 minutes as fuel storage and anti aircraft positions were hit. The Solomons push targets Vila airfield and Munda while Vila and other bases protect Rabaul. Halsey vows continued advance toward Japan.
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New Guinea
Solomons
Rendova
New Britain
New Georgia
Bairoko
Munda
Vila
Rabaul
Pacific
U. S
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Japan
Guadalcanal
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Bougainville
North New Guinea
Berlin May Be Next Target In Allied Devastation Plan
London observers debate when Berlin will face raids as Hamburg’s destruction prompts nerve warfare. The piece notes August and September raids, night lengthening, and Berlin as a legitimate military target with industrial and morale implications.
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London
Russia
Orel
Belgorod
Sicily
Ploestione
Hamburg
Hamburger
Germany
RAF
Greater
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