Irregularities In Gas Charge Denied After Investigation
Washington reports the Petroleum Administration for War rejected claims of gas shortage irregularities in the Carolinas. Director Walter Hochuli said investigations found changes in distribution due to tanker withdrawals, with no substantial gasoline shipments from the Carolinas to Tennessee. He noted some interior trucks returning with loads due to storage limits but emphasized prices were controlled and no misuse occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
Carolinas
Coleman W. Roberts
Carolinas Motor Club
Walter Hochuli
The
PAW
Wilmington
Charleson
Hochuli
Tennessee
North Carolina
Robert
War Emergency Cooperative Association
Spartanburg
S. C
New Jersey Draft Chief Demands Compliance or Resignation
Col Edgar N Bloomer, state director of selective service, warned 202 local draft boards they must not air disapproval of directives or risk resigning. He sent them President Roosevelts letter urging that disagreements be submitted for settlement and noting a resignation if statements are released to the press. The move followed a public challenge by Union County draft board No 2 to a wartime directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Edgar N. Bloomer
Selective Service
New Jersey
Bloomer
Roosevelt
Wallace
Commerce Jones
War Mobilization
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Boards of Appeal
Medical Advisory
Union County
Montgomery Says Nazi Days On Sicily Limited
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery was quoted on an Algiers radio broadcast saying the Germans in Sicily are doomed and the days of the Boche in Sicily are numbered. Reuters recorded the broadcast.
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Montgomery
Sicily
London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Algiers
Eighth Army
Reuters
FDR Returns From Short Vacation to Washington
The White House reports President Roosevelt has returned to the capital from a brief vacation in Canada on Lake Huron’s north shore near McGregor and Whitefish Bays. He traveled with aides Admiral Leahy Rear Admiral Brown and Major General Watson.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Canada
Lake Huron
Stephen Early
McGregor
Whitefish Bays
William D.) Leahy
William Wilson Brown
Edwin M. Watson
Allied Forces Reach Near Messina As Sicilian Drive Advances
Allied units push toward Messina from San Agata and Acireale as Eisenhower’s forces seize San Fratello San Agata Cesaro and Bronte in a wide coast to inland offensive. Air cover and amphibious landings support rapid gains along the Sicilian bridgehead. The British and American spearheads cross from Catania toward Etna’s slopes while railways and roads are struck in southern Italy.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicilian
Messina
U. S. Seventh Army
Sicily
San Fratello
San Agata
Cesaro
Troina
Eighth Army
Acireale
Catania
San Maria de Licodia
Mount Etna
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Torrenova
Italy
Randazzo
Messina Strait
Bronte
Adrano
San Maria di Licodia
Bond Of 50 000 Set For Alleged Traitor
Washington Aug 9 Bond of 50 000 was set for Robert Lanas Vallecilla 35 year old foreign language translator in the office of the Coordinator of Inter American Affairs charged with espionage. Vallecilla arrested Saturday by FBI agents after the charge had been filed against him in New York appeared in handcuffs for his arraignment before a U S commissioner on a fugitive warrant. He waived preliminary hearing and unable to make the bond was returned to jail pending removal to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Lanas Vallecilla
Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs
Vallecilla
FBI
New York
U. S
Russian Armor Near Kharkov Faces Stiff German Resistance
Soviet tank forces push toward Kharkov as fresh German reserves join near Dolzhik while infantry mop up wreckage and consolidate gains. Bogodukhov and nearby towns fall, severing rail links and tightening pressure north and west of Kharkov. Krasnopolye reaches 21 miles from Sumy as Soviet columns advance from Orel toward the region.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kharkov
Dolzhik
Ukraine
Bogodukhov
Boshaya Prigarevka
Tarasovka
Vorsalka
Krasnopolye
Sumy
Bryansk
Orel
Bolzhik
Red Army
Chuguyev
Major Italian War Industry Blasted in Triple RAF Raid
British Lancasters and Mosquito bombers hit Milan Turin and Genoa in a coordinated assault described as the heaviest since Italy was urged to pursue peace talks. Turin hosts Fiat works and royal arsenal. Milan and Genoa suffered major damage with fires visible from the Swiss border.
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London
Milan
Turin
Genoa
Italy
RAF
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pietro Badoglio
Air Ministry
Italain High Command
Rome
Fiat
Chiasso
Rhineland
France
Naval
Rennes
Britain
Tokyo Claims Destroyer Is Sunk In Action
A Japanese communiqué broadcast via Berlin radio says an enemy destroyer and a Japanese destroyer were sunk in a battle west of Kolombangara, with damage to another Japanese destroyer. It follows reports of a separate Japanese claim of air and ship losses in the Solomons and New Georgia region.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Solomons
Kolombangara Island
U.S. Southwest Pacific
Vella Gulf
U.S
Shortland Islands
Rendova
New Georgia
Italian War Aims Discussed After Sicily Breakthrough
The Rome government faces pressure as Prime Minister Badoglio weighs ending the war honorably. Italian press notes the shift following Allied gains in eastern Sicily and intensified northern raids. Underground peace parties emerge openly, calling for a general strike to end Italy's involvement and abolish the monarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hawkins
Bern
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Tribune de Geneve
Sicily
Italy
Volkesrecht
Solitist
Movement to Lower Voting Age Gains Senate Hearing
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to begin early consideration of a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18. Hatch and allies push the measure amid war focus while VP Wallace may join a nationwide security rally. Glass urges shift from campaign chatter to wartime production.
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Congress
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate Judiciary
Wallace
Glass
D-Va
Georgia
Judiciary Committee
van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Record Cotton Yield For Year Is Announced
The Agriculture Department reports this year’s cotton crop yields a record 279.4 pounds of lint per acre, with harvest acreage down about one million acres from last year. Projected production reaches 12,558,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, just 266,000 bales below last year and 84,000 above the ten year average. The Census Bureau notes 108,653 running bales ginned by August 1, far above last year and earlier months. Last year’s production totaled 12,824,000 bales and 1941 saw 10,744,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Hoover Warns of Dangerous Days Ahead for U S Law Enforcement
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover spoke at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention noting wartime crime strains and civil violence risks. He warned of escalating teen fueled property and person crimes while urging civic forces to address root causes and internal security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Hitler Looms as Figurehead in New Regime Say Reports
Berlin dispatches report Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering will wield extensive powers in a military backed regime with Adolf Hitler as nominal head. The army would oversee press production civil administration foreign affairs and transport while the Nazi party remains a facade. London commentary calls the move a desperate bid to secure peace despite defeat.
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Charles
Foltz
Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Reichmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Karl Doenitz
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
London
London Sunday Dispatch
Gov Broughton Protests Tobacco Price Ceiling
Gov Broughton joined rivals in protesting the 41 cents a pound ceiling for 1943 tobacco sales. He argued border belts fetch higher value due to grading and higher costs. He wired officials to seek a five cent differential to cover grading and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Broughton
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Office of Price Administration
J. B. Hutson
Commodity Credity Corporation
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Ieee
Russia
K. Abramov
Abramov
FDR
Seventh Army
Daniel DE Luce
Tokyo Claims
Badoglio
Hill
D-Ala
Ball
R-Minn
Burton
Ohio
Harold Young
Chicago
United States
Tom Toms
Edgar Hoover
Switzerland
Berling
Gov. Broughton
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