Siena Falls to Allied Forces in Italy Heavy Fighting Ends
Allied troops including French forces and American artillery and tanks occupy Siena 31 miles south of Florence after over a week of fierce combat with German defenses. Casualties and armored vehicle losses are reported on both sides as Cecina near Ancona also falls following brutal fighting along the Cecina river.
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Italy
Rome
Florence
Piazza del Duomo
Eighth
Lake
Trasimeno
Adriatic
Osimo
Anrcona
Cecina
Sea serpent sighted on Payette Lake in Idaho resort
McCall Idaho July 3 7 residents report a yellow 35 foot long creature with humps on its back seen in Payette Lake. The sea serpent appeared yesterday drawing witnesses including Walter Bowling and George Van de Steeg who likened it to a whale and noted its large size and distinctive features. Payette Lake is a popular vacation spot ringed by cabins and resorts.
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Lake At
Idaho Resort
Mccall
Idaho
Payette Lake
Walter Bowling
Bowling
George van de Steeg
Ampa
Allied war progress shows Hitler on last mile in Europe
The analysis notes Allied advances sharpening defeat of Nazi Germany while warning not to loosen home-front efforts. It cites the magnitude of Soviet and Allied operations, including the Normandy invasion, and praises Stalin’s wartime tribute to western Europe’s broad assault. The piece emphasizes three-front pressure on Hitler’s regime and the Red Army's push toward Minsk, Warsaw, and Berlin.
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Fuehrer
Ness
Normandy
Stalin
Europe
Baranowieze
Minsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Germans Lose 19 Leaders In One Month
London reports three more German generals killed in White Russia, raising total officer losses to nineteen in under a month. The German communique lists Pfeiffer Martinek and Schenmann among the dead with several other generals and officers captured or killed across Normandy, Italy, and Russia amid the three front offensives and growing Allied pressure.
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White Russia
Germany
Italy
Normandy
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Martinek
Schenmann
Friedrich Dollmann
Seventh Army
France
Middle Atlantic
Eduard Dietl
Finland
Erich Marks
Cherbourg
Lis
Helimich
Richter
Steegmann
Fallay
Witt
Gollwitzer
53Rd
Russia
Carl Wilhelm von Pn
Satler
Walter Hennecke
Cher
Erdmannsdorff
Baeumler
Heine and Hamman
Yank Bombers Hammer Jap Target
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS New Guinea July 3 Noemtoor Island a jungle hunk bedecked with three air dromes was shelled by P boats once and heavily bombed twice. Heavy bombers mediums attack planes and fighters of the 5th and 13th Army Air Forces took part in raids Friday and Saturday. The Saturday raid employed 150 airplanes with 230 tons of explosives the largest air strike in weeks. Three raids obscured by weather left air fields and supply sectors smoky. Torpedo boats shelled shore installations Saturday night. Noemfoor has been bombed 26 times in 75 days.
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Noemtoor Island
Biak Island
Schouten
Sth
13Th Army Air Forces
Noemfoor
Biak
Geelvink Bay
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Palau
Philippines
Thomasville bans under sixteen from public gatherings
Thomasville city council in a special session declared a 30 day ban on all public gatherings for children under 16 as a precaution against infantile paralysis with no local cases reported. City Manager R M Cooksey said the limit could be extended or shortened if conditions change.
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Thomasville
R. M. Cooksey
Stimson Arrives in Italy for War Talks
Secretary of War Stimson has arrived in Italy on a mission related to allied war efforts with discussions slated with high officials and military leaders during his visit.
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Stimson
Italy
Rome
Secretary of War
Patton Forecasts Devised Allied Breakthrough Move
Berlin radio reports German circles expect Patton to lead an American army group in an offensive soon. The broadcast says the invasion status remains undefined by Allies and notes methodical positioning of enemy batteries as a sign of a planned deceptive break through on the Normandy front, possibly postponed to the second phase of invasion until Patton’s force achieves a decisive break.
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New York
British Radio Today
Polotsk
Vitebsk
London
U. S
Berlin
Iren
George S. Patton
Patton
Glider unit pay boosts signed by Roosevelt
Washington July 3 President Roosevelt signed a bill raising pay for army and navy glider units by fifty percent bringing them to parity with air service para troopers and flight units. Enlisted men may receive up to 850 monthly while officers warrant officers and nurses on regular glider flights may get up to 100 monthly.
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Army
Navy
Air Services
Roosevelt
Child centers closed Charlotte
Charlotte news item reports child centers closing as a precautionary measure as of July 3 with continuation noted on page eight.
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Charlotte
Bombers Hit Oil Targets in Romania and Hungary
Allied air forces from England and Italy struck oil storage plants and refineries in Romania and Hungary along with rail and locomotive works in Yugoslavia. Reports say heavy bombing produced a large smoke column near Belgrade while German claims of losses were denied by Allied pilots.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
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Rome
Giurgiu
Danube
Bucharest
Malaxa Locomotive Works
Budapest
Normandy
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard L. Montgomery
Odon Salient
Orne
Calais
U. S
Accidental Death Toll Rises Over Holiday Weekend
The Fourth of the holiday week-end saw 205 deaths with 99 auto fatalities, 47 drownings, and 49 other mishaps. Illinois led states with 70 deaths. California 14. Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania 10 each. California had 11 fatal auto crashes. The National Safety Council compared to July weekend norms. Last year’s weekend toll was 298 with 177 traffic deaths.
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Associated Press
Illinois
California
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Calfornia
National Safety Council
Japanese Cut Big Railroad At Leiyang
A wartime communique from Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s headquarters reports Japanese forces cut the Canton Hankow railway at Leiyang 34 airline miles southeast of Hengyang as they push to divide China. Two Warhawks missions attacked Leiyang, destroying a pene bridge and strafing supply depots and troops. The line bypasses Hengyang, a key Hunan junction about 85 miles south.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Canton-Hankow
Leiyang
Hengyang
China
Ansen
Hunan Province
Retired General Sir Arthur Scott and wife killed in bombing raid
Flying bombs killed Maj Gen Sir Arthur Scott, 82, retired, and his wife Aimee Byng, a novelist, along with Sir Percy Alden, 79, a housing and social issues figure. The attacks hit Plymouth and Portsmouth targets as Germany resumes rocket bombardment. Churchill expected to address the House of Commons on the raids.
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London
Arthur Scott
Aimee Byng
Percy Alden
England
Scott
Royal Artillery
3Rd
South Africa
Lucknow
India
Percy
Sulgrave Manor Board
United States
Paris
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Churchill
House of Commons
Allies Strike South On 40 Mile Front Across Cherbourg Peninsula
Allied forces open a major offensive on the Cherbourg peninsula advancing up to 2 1/2 miles as American First Army sweeps south from St. Lo toward Granville. British troops widen the Odon bridgehead near Caen while Rommel regroups across the front. Bradley lauds the operation as a warning to the enemy with 2,000 to 3,000 more prisoners taken in Cherbourg area.
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First Army
Cherbourg
Supreme Headquarters
St. Lo D’ourville
St. Lo
Normandy
St. Jores
St. Sauveur le Vicomte
Omar N. Bradley
Odon River
Fontaine-Etoupefour
Caen
Doughboys
Careters
Laveabie
St. Dourville
la Haye de Puits
Rommel
Omar R. Bradley
de la Hague
Associated Press
Cost of Cotton Goods Will Be Slightly Higher
Washington July 3 The Office of Price Administration promised to inform consumers how much more they will pay for cotton textiles as price advances are allowed. About one third of fabric output will command higher mill prices, Bowles said, but he does not expect a substantial effect on the cost of living. Some increases may be passed to consumers while others can be absorbed. final decisions will be announced promptly. Mills still await ceiling increases under Bankhead amendments.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Bankhead
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