Tough Soviets Claim 30 000 Germans Slain
Soviet officials announced 30 000 German casualties in the Kursk area during the first three days of heavy fighting. They reported 1 539 tanks damaged or destroyed and 649 planes shot down as German reserves pushed toward Belgorod and Orel to breach the Soviet salient.
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Kursk Plains
Red Army
Belgorod
Hitler
Kursk
Orel
Berlin
Red
Tass
Britain
Transocean
Associated Press
High Command
Nelson predicts war plane every 3 minutes for North America
Donald M. Nelson, head of the U S War Production Board, told Canadians that the North American continent will outproduce the Axis in munitions this year. He said Canada and the United States will produce a plane every three minutes around the clock and have already produced enough small arms ammunition to fire 1,500 bullets per soldier in the Allied armies. He added UN output will exceed Axis totals threefold this year and fourfold next year.
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Toronto
North American
Donald M. Nelson
U. S. War Production Board
Canada
United States
Nelson
Avis
United Nations
Sicilian Airfields Repeatedly Targeted In Massive Allied Raids
Allied air forces battered Gerbini and surrounding Sicilian airfields with Flying Fortresses Mitchells and Marauders. RAF Baltimores attacked Milo and Mazara rail centers while Wellington bombers hit Palermo and Sciacca. First Lt. Walter B Walker of Stamford, Conn. credited among the victorious pilots after a near-miraculous duel with a German Messerschmitt.
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Raf Baltimore
Barrizzo
Borizzo
FAR
Wellington
Palermo
Sciacca
Walter B. Waltker
Stamford
RAF Baltimores
Milo
Mazara
Paul A. Striegel
Springfield
Biscari
Empedocle
AP Defends Monopoly Claim In Antitrust Case
The Associated Press asserts the government has produced no evidence of AP monopolizing news gathering and dissemination. The filing opposes DOJ summary judgment and argues AP’s cooperative structure preserves member loyalty and asset value.
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New York
Associated Press
Department of Justice
Cooperative
Chicago Tribune
Robert R. McCormick
Richard J. Finnegan
Chicago Times
Marshall Field
Chicago Sun
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Washington Times- Herald
Compromise Plan Seen On Food Subsidies
Washington July 8 The Senate may recede from its hard line against food price subsidies to accept a House bill preserving the Commodity Credit Corporation and meat butter rollbacks. Conferees report a complete disagreement but Wagner signals Senate acceptance of the House version. Barkley says a policy declaration opposing subsidies was rejected by conferees. If the Senate yields a summer recess may follow.
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Barkley
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Joint Conference Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
D-Ky
Congress
Roosevelt
End Of Beef Famine Near
COTTONWOOD FALLS Kansas July 8 Dont throw away that steak pan yet Pardner Thats a lot of beef coming in from the hills and the plains The thundering herd is on the march again millions of pounds of beef from the great grass ranges of the southwest is ready for market The ranges are beginning to dry up a little later this year because of the heavy rains during the grazing season Ranchers face whether to sell their big herds or hold and feed scarce grains Some associated with cattle industry believe the famine will be broken with a rush of grass fed beef in the next two weeks.
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Kas
Great Grass Ranges
Allied Med steps from Gibraltar spark Europe attack talk
Berlin radio reports that Allied fleet units left Gibraltar as American cruisers and carriers arrive, signaling preparation for an attack on Europe. It cites 44 infantry divisions and 15 to 20 tank groups between Morocco and Syria, with parachute and airborne units poised to form bridgeheads.
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Berlin
Gibraltar
Europe
Associated Press
Morocco
Syria
Algeria
Palestine
Egypt
Cyprus
Committee Kills Measure Lifting Corn Ceiling Price
The House Agriculture Committee voted 9 to 6 to kill a Senate approved bill to raise the corn price ceiling from $1.07 to $1.40 a bushel on Chicago basis.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Chicago
Three Killed As Storms Hit Ohio Sections
Storms in northern and eastern Ohio left three dead and three missing. Victims included Charles Palmer 32 a civilian defense volunteer electrocuted. Eloy Gardner 44 a farmer killed by lightning. David Meese 8 struck by lightning near New Philadelphia. Also missing were a mother 36 and daughter 14 near Steubenville and Andrew Thompson 50. Coast guard evacuated 300 families as floods damaged water lines and levees. Flooding disrupted Akron factories and Goodyear and Firestone plants.
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Steubenville
Eloy Gardner
Pleasant Hill
David Meese
Brightwood
New Philadelphia
Charles McNeil
Andrew Thompson
Edward Green
Ohio River
Wheeling Steel Corps
Coast Guard
Lake Side
Toledo
Lake Erie
Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Helena Loss Beside Munda Gulf Marks Naval Defeat
Allied reports say U S S Helena was sunk in the Kula Gulf clash while nine to eleven Japanese cruisers and destroyers went down. Simultaneous jungle battles near Salamaua and Munda followed new landings on New Georgia Island as Australian and American forces pressed toward Japanese positions.
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Kula Gulf
Marlin Spencer
Australia
United States
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
U. EF. S. Helena
Japan
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New Guinea
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Boston
Bairoko Anchorage
Rice Anchorage
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Zanana
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Enetire
Planes Down Axis For Over Three Years Counted
British naval and merchant ships and fleet air arm aircraft have shot down 1,004 Axis planes in the past 3 1/4 years, the admiralty announced today.
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London
Fleet Air Arm
Admiralty
Treasury Green Light for White Collar Wage Increases
Washington reports Treasury will approve white collar salary boosts after delays tied to the hold-the-line order. D C Speaker notes six week clarifications from mid June allow regional units to catch up on requests while War Labor Board governs other wages. Byrnes May 12 ruling allowed raises to aid war goals or correct gross inequities if not raising prices or hindering price cuts. No further directive details released.
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Washington
Treasury
D. C
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
WLB
James F. Byrnes
D.C
Byrnes
Senate House Compromise In Appropriations Fight
Washington July 8 a growing give and take over war agency pay scales pits senate against house over personnel earning 4500 dollars a year or more. Roosevelt calls the bill a tragic mistake as lawmakers move to compromise differences while retaining McKellar's principle. Rep Taber drafts an amendment to the war agencies appropriation of 2 911 697 224 dollars as summer looms.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Rep. Taber
D-Ny
India faces severe food shortage as government calls emergency talks
War Today reports a looming crisis in India with 125 million people malnourished and food prices up three to eight times prewar levels. New Delhi convenes a national conference to devise relief while famine fears intersect political tensions following dominion status talks and breakdowns in British-Indian negotiations.
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India
New Delhi
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