Russians Hold Kursk Front In Heavy Fighting Frontline Dispatches
Stubborn battles on the Kursk front report back and forth action as Soviet troops retreat to new positions in one sector while engaging German armor and infantry in others. Belgorod Volchansk and Kalinin fronts see continued German pressure despite Russian counterattacks.
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Kursk
Red Army
Anis
Soviet Bureau of Information
Belgorod
Volchansk
Kharkov
Kalinin
Ukraine
Hitler
Russia
Belgorod-Volchansk
Biddle cites war sabOTEur threats and internal security
Attorney General Biddle reports six espionage cases with convictions and prison terms totaling men and women. About 1,200 persons have been evicted for subversive acts. 853 alien enemies are under restraint or parole, and 65 naturalized citizens face denaturalization. FBI has 9,405 alien enemies suspected of disloyalty, including 4,764 Japanese, 3,420 Germans, and 3,521 Italians.
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Biddle
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Election Plan Being Studied
Washington July 4 The White House disclosed a study on granting Puerto Rico the right to elect its own governor perhaps beginning in 1944 Rexford Tugwell suggested the step and remains island governor Tugwell was appointed by the president Secretary Hull indicated favorable conditions for self government Secretary Ickes proposed the cabinet study and the president approved it a report had not yet been delivered to the White House.
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German American Bund Leader Exiled to U S
Interior Ministry declares Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze acting Fuehrer of the German American Bund expelled to the United States as an undesirable foreigner. He was flown to Brownsville Texas in custody of two police agents and faces an espionage charge in Hartford Conn.
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Interior Ministry
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
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Brownsville
Texas
Hartford
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War And Hate Fails To Dent Holiday Spirit
Raleigh July 4 North Carolinians joined Americans in marking the 166th anniversary of independence amid war and hate but observed a subdued Fourth. Parades featured veterans and current servicemen. Brig Gen J Van B Aletts noted North Carolina has 94,000 in uniform, while General Metts cited 48,773 volunteers and 45,563 inducted, totaling 94,335. Rep Andrew J May spoke in Raleigh, with Dunn welcoming. Motorists rationed tires and gasoline. fewer accidents forecast, Wrightsville and Carolina beaches crowded, no major incidents by nightfall.
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United Nations
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Old North State
Metts
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Affairs Committee
Dunn
Wrightsville
Carolina Beaches
Nelson appoints Harriman envoy to London for war production
Washington reports that Donald M. Nelson, head of the War Production Board, designates W. Averell Harriman as his representative in London to coordinate American and British war production. Philip D. Reed becomes Harriman's deputy, coming from the WPB's bureau of industry branches amid recent Senate criticism over conversion delays.
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Donald M. Nelson
Combined Production and Resources Board
W. Averell Harriman
London
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Nelson
Philip D. Reed
War Production Board
Bureau of Industry
Senate War Committee
War Dept profits from camp stores blocked by Supreme Court ruling
Private camp stores in U S military posts operate as private enterprises with profits going to company funds. War Department may allow cut rates for canteen cigarettes and candy bars if models align with the Supreme Court decision cited by Justice Hugo Black. States face no gasoline tax on post exchanges as the fuel is a federal venture, though enforcement fears alienating commerce persist. Continued on page 7, Sec. A.
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Supreme Court
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O.P.A
Leon Henderson
California
Black
U S Fliers Raid Nazi Air Bases
U S Army Air Forces opened Western Europe bombing with raids on German airfields in Holland and sea patrol ships. Captain Charles G Kegelman of El Reno Oklahoma earned the Distinguished Service Cross after a one engine return from a near-crippling mission. Twelve Boston Douglas bombers conducted the dawn raid, with no fighter cover, two American planes missing, and several airmen casualties reported among German personnel observed in the action.
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Charles G. Kegelman
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
British
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Alymaar
Vallenbure
Hamsiede
Jap Ship Toll Reaches Figure Of 303 Vessels
Attacks on Hankow by Chinese air force and a United States Navy announcement of tosses inflicted in the Midway battle raise the total of Japanese ships sunk since Pearl Harbor to about 303 vessels of all classifications. The figure relies on official United Nations statements and Japanese admissions.
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Pearl Harbor
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Three Are Killed In Two Crashes
In Selma Alabama Major Ross T Hopkins technical executive officer at Craig Field was killed when his plane crashed on a routine flight south of the flying school. He had moved from East St. Louis Indiana where he headed Parks Air College and rose from enlisted service after 19 years. In Panama City Florida Staff Sergeants Karl Bere and John H Liles junior both 21 and 22 died when their plane crashed during a routine training flight near Tyndall Field. It was the first fatal flying accident at the base in 14 months of operation.
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Parks Air College
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Fla
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N.C
Bombers Fight Japanese in Aleutians Press War Report
Brigadier General Laurence S. Kuter described air forces as severely damaging Japanese ships and shore installations in the Aleutians. Navy reports noted continued strikes on Japanese forces, while weather hampered operations and observers warned of the growing danger at Kiska. Alaska delegate Dimond urged action to retake Kiska, fearing a larger base could threaten U.S. naval operations.
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Kiskal
Funds For Farm Bill Favored
A Senate appropriations subcommittee today recommended unanimously a stopgap plan to fund the Agriculture Department in July at the June rate, allowing about 893.9 million dollars for July versus 56.6 million under the normal bill. The plan would avert a funding gap while House and Senate wrangle over the regular appropriation, linked to farm price policy and parity considerations for livestock feed.
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Agriculture Department
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Death Toll Mounts On Independence Day Travel
Death toll from Independence Day events remains heavy despite lighter travel, with 37 highway fatalities and 49 other violent deaths nationwide during the holiday period. California led states with traffic deaths, drownings reported in Ohio, bridge collapse in New York, and fatalities across multiple states.
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Weary Axis Braced Under Heavy Attacks Near Alamein
Cairo reports say General Auchinleck threw fresh troops into the desert fight as the Axis forces faced unprecedented air bombardment. 600 German infantrymen captured, reinforcing Allied push aided by New Zealand, British, and South African units. Reinforcements and American war matériel were moving toward the front 65 miles from the naval base.
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Alamein
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Elwin Rammel
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Creat
Rommel
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State Faces Major Job Losses From Curtailment
Raleigh July 3 Officials say Congress backed cuts will remove about 12 600 Tar Heels from admin or relief work and slash federal funds by over 15 million to North Carolina. CCC NYA and WPA programs shrink sharply with 600 in admin posts cut and NYA projects reduced from 9 000 to 3 900 youths in training.
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