Romans See Surge as Italians Flock to Open City
Air travelers report about 500000 provincal Italians have crowded into Rome since Sicily, many seeking shelter and others with political aims. Sleeping outdoors fills parks and plazas while authorities fear demonstrations against Badoglio policies and potential moves toward Ostia for a coastal landing.
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Nation's Inner Circle Acts as War Cabinet in WWII
Washington report details President Roosevelt's advisory core led by Admiral Leahy, War Secretary Stimson, Secretary Knox, Gen Marshall, Admiral King, Gen Arnold, Byrnes, Vinson, Crowley, Hull, and Hopkins. It notes Byrnes War Mobilization Board directs economy, and Hopkins and Leahy influence strategic decisions without formal cabinet power.
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Felix Frankfurter
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Richard Gilbert
Harvard
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Leon Henderson
OPA
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Mordecai Ezekiel
David K. Niles
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Fall Downstairs Death Tied to Farnsworth
Hollywood reports autopsy by Dr. Paul Moore ties Arthur Farnsworth husband of actress Bette Davis to a June fall at their Farmington New Hampshire farmhouse. Farnsworth slipped while going downstairs barefoot to answer the telephone, suffering lasting lameness and now deemed the probable cause of his Wednesday death.
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Bette Davis
Paul Moore
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Farmington
N.H
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Grand American Handi cap Championship Opens At Vandalia
The 44th Grand American Handicap Championship begins with 800 plus entrants on the 100-target course. The event, stripped of a $10,000 purse by wartime conditions, hinges on participation. defending champ James F. Holderman arrives from Morris Illinois without clear odds of repeating.
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Vandalia
James F. Holderman
Morris
Ill
Farmer
Rudy Etchen
Great Lakes Naval Base
Amateur
Aviation Cadet Killed Instantly By Lightning
Daniel J. Yonkavig, 19, of Shamokin Pennsylvania, an army air force aviation student at North Carolina State College, was struck by lightning on the Raleigh airfield. He died on arrival at Rex hospital after CPR en route. Two flight instructors nearby were slightly shocked. A second item notes Indiana University's extension center receiving its first journalism correspondence recitation from Miss Virginia Hart of Mondombe Belgian Congo.
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Daniel J. Yonkavig
Shamokin
Army Air Force Aviation
N. C State College
Yonkavig
Rex Hospital
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Indiana University
Virginia Hart
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