Nazis Paying Heavily For Small Gains
Moscow reports two days of fierce fighting along the Orel Kursk Belg front with heavy German losses and Russian advances. Soviet tallies claim 1,271 German tanks and 314 planes destroyed, 10,000 German dead, while German claims flag battlefield gains and continued bombardment behind Soviet lines.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Orel-Kursk-Bel
Tony
Belgorod
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Orel-Kursk
Mtsensk
Orel
House Opposes Cutting FDIC Crop Insurance Abolition
In Washington the House voted 123 to 52 to reject a Senate change and keep abolishing the government crop insurance program. The dispute centers on funding for FCIC operations, with the House insisting on no extension while the Senate seeks added dollars in the deficiency bill to continue insurance for wheat and cotton.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
FCIC
White House
Russell
D-Ga
War Todayause of Allied victory in two years
General Chiang Kai-shek says victory over Japan is within two years but warns the current period marks the beginning of arduous trials. The piece notes shortages in weapons and materiel, cites pressure on Allied logistics, and stresses China’s resilience and need for effective support from the United States and Allies to prevent collapse.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
China
WPB
Donald Nelson
Brehon Somervell
America
United Nations
Chiang
Coffee Bonus Authorized by OPA Amid Shipping Improvement
Washington reports an institutional coffee bonus of 20 percent for restaurants hotels large boarding houses and other insured users applying for their October allotments. The measure reflects improved shipping and green coffee stocks at the highest level since rationing began though small boarding houses and group one users do not receive the extra.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
RAF Bombers Conduct Big Minelaying and Rail Target Attacks
RAF bombers laid mines in enemy waters during last night operations and Mosquitos flown by Canadian crews attacked railway targets in France. One bomber was lost in these forays according to the air ministry announcement.
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London
Sicily
RAF
Senate Battle Over Food Price Subsidies Rages On
The Senate and Administration clash over a plan to roll back retail food prices via subsidies to processors. The dispute centers on CCC funding and anti subsidy provisions, with a potential presidential veto looming as conferees seek a middle ground. Senator Danaher argues a veto would halt CCC lending, while others fear delayed action during a recess.
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Senate
Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Roosevelt
House-Senate Conference Committee
Danaher
R-Conn
Congress
Allied air assault pounds Gerbini and Sicilian airfields
Allied bombers from North Africa and the Middle East hammered Gerbini air base and its satellites in southern Sicily for a third straight day. The blitz targeted runways, hangars, administration buildings, and ammunition dumps leaving large fires. total Axis aircraft destroyed stood at 110 with Allied losses at 19, amid growing questions on air supremacy.
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Allied
North Africa
Middle East
Gerbini
Sicily
Northwest African Command
Gerini Fields
Biscari
Milo
Middle East Command
Catania
Baron von Richtofen
Italy
Russia
Pantelera
Northwest African Air Force
New Tax Bill Drafted For Income Plan
Washington July 7 a group of four congressional and treasury experts drafted a plan to tax wartime income gains more heavily. The proposal uses the excess profits approach for individuals, with the Ways and Means Committee studying feasibility and planning a Sept 8 nonpartisan review of a higher general tax regime.
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Washington
Congressional
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Six Jap Warships Sunk in Solomons Naval Victory
Allied communique from Australia reports the Kula Gulf clash near New Georgia Island on July 5-6 that likely sank six Japanese warships and damaged four others. U S forces hold the initiative in the Solomons with ground mopping still under way on Rendova and southern New Georgia.
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Yates McDaniel
Australia
United States
Solomons
Pacific
Kula Gulf
New Georgia Island
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Rendova Island
New Georgia
Navy
Frank Knox
Bremerton
Wash
New Guinea
Giraud Arrives At White House
General Henri Honore Giraud, commander of French forces in North Africa and co chairman of the French Committee for National Liberation, arrives by plane at Bolling Field Washington at 2 30 p m to confer with President Roosevelt and British American leaders on the war against the Axis.
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Washington
Henri Honore Giraud
North Africa
French Committee For National Liberation
Bolling Field
Army Air Base
Giraud
Roosevelt
Axis
Germans Move Fresh Troops to Dodecanese Ports
Algiers radio reported fresh German troops sent to the Dodecanese Islands as a precaution against invasion. Berlin claimed Yugoslav and Greek guerrillas were largely wiped out, with mopping up continuing in Greece and southeast Europe. Britain and Yugoslav authorities disputed the claims, noting martial law in Greece and ongoing resistance. The broadcast also said Axis naval forces remained strong at Gibraltar and Mediterranean shores with most warships left.
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Orel
Tula
Belgorod
Berlin
Associated Press
Dodecanese Islands
London
Algiers
Dodecanese
Balkans
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Greece
Europe
CBS
New York
Ple
DNB
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Aegean Sea
Crotia
Crete
Gibraltar
Naval Bombardment Hits Kiska Island Base
An American task force bombarded the Japanese base on Kiska last night in coordination with ongoing South Pacific offensives. The navy announced the loss of the 9,700-ton light cruiser Helena in the Kala Gulf battle on July 6 under Captain Charles Purecel Cecil of Louisville Kentucky. fate of the crew and captain not yet reported. The Helena had been rebuilt after Pearl Harbor damage. Six Japanese ships were probably sunk in the engagement, with several others damaged.
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Washington
Kiska Island
United States
South Pacific
Navy
North Pacific
Kala Gulf
Helena
Charles Purecell Cecil
Louisville
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Maas Seeks Public WPB Decisions Over Newsprint Quotas
Rep Maas announces plans for restrictive legislation demanding public WPB decisions on newsprint requests and delays. He cites WPB actions as possible censorship and unequal treatment, urging monthly reporting of handling times, appeals, and outcomes. He identifies his own wartime paper contract barrier as example.
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Washington
Maas
R-Minn
War Production Board
WPB
House
Star Chamber
South Pacific
Pacific
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Bairoko
Strong
Rendova
Viru Harbor
Kiska
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