Allied push through Sicily tightens as Messina ring tightens
Allied forces press through Sicily while a ring of strongpoints anchors near Messina. German units retreating, Italians cover the withdrawal as engineers repair roads and create bypasses. RAF, Canadian, and American aircraft attack rail yards, beaches, bridges, and the Messina Strait, aiming to cut escape routes and suppress ferry traffic.
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Eighth Army
Taormina
Roccalamera
Messina
Hermann Goering
Amored
Rome
Vierbo
Kerque
Africa
Viterbo
RAF
Allied Bombers Strike Europe in Major Daylight Raids
Royal air forces and U S bombers conducted a broad daylight offensive across the channel and into France and Italy. Heavy formations attacked targets including St Omer Amiens Lille Vitre en Artois and Merville France while Milan and Berlin faced raids. Casualties and damage were reported, with several enemy fighters down and multiple airfields hit.
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RAF
Milan
Berlin
St. Omer
France
Holland
Channel
Europe
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Germany
London
Lugano
Poix
Amiens
Lille
Vitre-en-Artoiis
Merville France
Vlissingen
Holand
Abbeville
Eighth Air Force
England
Italy
Breda
Rome
Ministry of Information
Gallari Scotti
Giorgio Boltra Fio
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
House of Savoy
Funeral for Isaiah McDaniel Held at Emmanuel Baptist
Isaiah McDaniel died at his home on August 14 1943 after a long illness. Survived by wife Hattie two daughters Bessie Haywood and Carrie Bell Thompson and son Willie Lee all of High Point. Sisters Eva Donigler of Richmond and brothers Campfield High Point Willie Lee Cincinnati Earl New Jersey. Funeral services Tuesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church at 3 30 p m interment Greenhill Cemetery.
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Isaiah McDaniel
Furlough Street
McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel
Bessie Lee Haywood
Carrie Bell Thompson
Willie Lee
High Point
Eva Donigler
Richmond
Campfield
Cincinnati
Earl
New Jersey
Immanuel Baptist Church
Greenhill Cemetery
Bombs Drop Near Tarnov Nebraska Town
Six bombs were dropped from planes on Tarnov in Platte county, a town of about 70 people, at 4:15 am. There were no explosions or casualties. One bomb hit a house, missing two children in bed by two to three feet.
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Tarnov
Neb
Platte County
Contractor Indicted By Grand Jury
Washington, Aug. 1607 Attorney General Francis Biddle announced a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging William Scrimgeour, Washington engineer and contractor, with making false statements to the government in navy contracts. Maxwell and C. Bailey Scrimgeour, sons, aided and abetted claiming he was a manufacturer or regular dealer. Regulations barred nonmanufacturers from navy contracts. penalties up to 10000 dollars fine, 10 years imprisonment, or both.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
William Scrimgeour
Washington, D. C
Maxwell
C. Bailey Scrimeour
William Scrimeour
Biddle
Policy change on war photographs announced by War Department
Washington Aug 16 The War Department announced a policy change allowing publication of photographs of enemy prisoners and images with recognizable likenesses, reversing a prior ban by the provost marshal general citing Geneva Convention concerns. The judge advocate general ruled that identifying prisoners in photos does not violate the convention.
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Washington
War Department
Judge Advocate General
Germans Claim Norway Police Chief Executed
A German announcement from Oslo said Gunnar Eilifson chief of Norway's civil police was executed at dawn by firing squad. It warned that other officers would be court martialed and shot unless they signed a loyalty declaration, after which they complied.
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Stockholm
Oslo
Gunnar Eilifson
Norway
Filifsen
Jonas Lie
Bullet Wound Kills Mother Of Three
Mrs. Walker Wallace a 25 year old mother of three died from a rifle wound at her farm home near Midland Cabarrus County. Coroner N J Mitchell ruled the wound personal safety related and stated she shot herself after returning from a Charlotte hospital where she had been treated. She died en route to the hospital. an inquest was deemed unnecessary.
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Concord
Walker Wallace
N. J. Mitchell
Mitchell
Wallace
Midland
Cabarrus County
Charlotte
Weather Outlook North and South Carolina Warm With Scattered Storms
North Carolina remains warm this afternoon tonight and Tuesday forenoon. South Carolina stays warm forenoon. Scattered thundershowers are possible in the extreme south portion this afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Axis Air War Pushes Pacific Front as U S Planes Strike
Allied air forces reported a major success with 27 enemy aircraft downed near Vella Lavella and Kahili. Airacobras ambushed 12 bombers and 25 fighters over New Guinea while American crews lost three planes but rescued two pilots. Allied troops widened a pincer move near Baikoro on New Georgia and renewed fighting improved positions at Tambu Bay near Salamaua.
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New Georgia
Vella Lavella
Kahili
U. S
Baikoro
New Guinea
Tambu Bay
Salamaua
Invasion of France Remains Possible This Season
The author argues the war may require a push to defeat Hitler and notes that Allied forces could still launch an invasion of France this season. Mediterranean operations in the Balkans might be prioritized, while re aligned invasion forces and equipment could be deployed quickly if morale holds.
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Hitler
Reich
Mediterranean
Balkans
France
English Channel
Red Army advances pressure German lines near Kharkov
Soviet forces tighten encirclement near Kharkov as Red Army air force pounds retreating Nazis. Units push from Spas Demensk toward Roslavl while another detachment seizes three towns north of the Donets after crossing the river.
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Tass
Red
Kharkov
Smolensk
Russia
Bryansk
Spas Demensk
Roslavl
Berkovichi
Stalingrad
Red Army
Red Star
Chuguyev
Donets
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