Russian Offensive Proof Of Her Power Drives On Kharkov
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward argues the Kharkov breakthrough marks the Red army’s swift, violent summer offensive and demonstrates Soviet superiority in mobile warfare after Kursk. The campaign follows Orel and Belgorod victories and signals strategic gains for the Soviet Union in 1943.
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Washington
Kharkov
Russia
Orel
Belgorod
Red Army
Germany
Kursk
Russia Aims For Berlin By Spring Offensive
The Red army pursues a major drive launched from Orel region on July 12 aiming to reach Berlin by spring. The offensive threatens the entire German line from Smolensk to the Donets basin, using rapid, concentrated force and fresh reserves to overwhelm German defenses.
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Red High Command
Orel
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets Basin
Russia
Forever And A Day Opens With Star Cast At Center
A century and a third of English history unfolds in Forever And A Day at the Center starting Wednesday. A distinguished cast reads like a Who’s Who of London and Hollywood with Herbert Marshall Charles Laughton Ilda Lupino Roland Young and others in principal roles along with many one word supporting names.
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London
Hollywood
Herbert Marshall
Charles Laughton
Ilda Lupino
Roland Young
Donald Crisp
Ray Milland
Saude Rains
Edward Everett Horton
Robert Cummings
Kent Smith
Ruth Warrick
Brian Aherne
Merle Oberon
Una O'Connor
Britons and U S Travel Rules Recalled on Clipper Voyage
An excerpt from an editorial page recounts a traveler’s 1943 journey aboard the Pan American Clipper. The speaker notes U S restrictions on entering the United States and the legality of escorting a passport bearer on a belligerent aircraft, and reflects on passport status and polyamory remarks.
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U. S
State Department
Vision From Elevation Shapes Object Perception
A description notes that from a height of five feet on level ground a person can see an object at a distance, given favorable conditions. The eye line and atmospheric clarity influence visibility, describing how elevation affects detection on flat terrain.
Possible German withdrawal line to block fortress Europe
The march of a hypothetical German retreat would run north from the Crimea along the Dnieper river through the Pripet marshes to Veliko-Luki and then along the Baltic states to the Gulf of Finland. This line could force a decisive stand to halt an ultimate breach of Hitler's festung europa.
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Red Army
Leningrad
Schlosselburg
Baltic
Lake Ladoga
Veliko-Lake
Riga
Gulf of Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
East Prussia
Staraya-Russa
Hitler
Orel
Veliko-Luki
Bryansk
Kharkov
Moscow
Olish
Pripet Marshes
Smolensk
Crimea
Caucasus
Rostov
Novorossisk
Kuban
Black Sea
Ukrainian
Dnepropetrovsk
Dnieper
Ukraine
Pripet
Baltic States
Death of Yale professor William Lyon Phelps at 78
Dr William Lyon Phelps 78 professor emeritus of English at Yale University author lecturer and man of letters died at his New Haven home after a long illness He had been in ill health since June 21 when a stroke struck him and he had shown signs of recovery before a relapse earlier in the week The passing ends a long career in letters and education with Yale as the focal point of his work
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New Haven
Conn
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Phelps
Capture Of A City In Sicily A Spectacular Effort WITH THE AEF
A World War II war diary notes how Sicily's city captures, from Randazzo to Mount San Silvestro, hinge on ridges and high ground. American troops fought street by street, with the German defense leveraging every promontory until retreat or surrender.
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AEF
Sicily
Randazzo
Palermo
San Stefano
Tronia
San Silvestro
Tulsa doctor admits buying beef carcass without ration points
Dr Cecil Bryan told an OPA hearing in Tulsa he bought a beef carcass last May without surrendering points claiming he fed flood victims in his drug store. He said his Vian Oklahoma hometown had no other food to offer. The case was taken under advisement.
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Tulsa
Okla
Cecil Bryan
Office of Price Administration
Bryan
Vian
OPA
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Naval Service
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Zagreb
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Stockholm
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GuErwitzy
Warsaw
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Brest-Litovsk
Finland
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Ploestio
Bucharest
Velikie
LUKI
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Egomel
Svyazma
Imoscow
Akursk
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Taganrog
Coroneza
Winchell
Bridson
Poly
Geoloff
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America
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Ann Dvorak
Farface
George Raft
Boris Karloff
John Wayne
Randolph Scott
Pittsburgh
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Roy Rogers
Golden West
Broad
Ener
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Rochester Anderson
Lena Horne
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
THE
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America Speaks
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Neill Motors
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State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Joan Fontaine
Charles Boyer
Rosalind Russell and
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