Reds Hold Firm Against Vicious Nazi Tank Blows
Moscow July 13 Field Marshal Guenther Von Kluge launched a major armored assault at the southern end of the Orel Kursk Belgorod front aiming to widen the Belgorod breach and tear at Russian lines.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Belgorod
von Kluge
Berlin
Associated Press
Orel-Kursk
Orel
Red Star
War Production Chief Claims Axis Subdued In Global War Effort
Donald Nelson argues Allied production will outpace Germany and Japan with North America doubling and then quadrupling Axis munitions output. He cites Tunisian victory and Sicily invasion as proof, while urging a stronger wartime production drive amid strikes. Nazi claims of gains near Belgorod and Orel-Kursk are noted alongside Red Army losses and stubborn defenses.
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Donald Nelson
Axis
Sicily
United Nations
Tunisia
Mr. Nelson
Nelson
North American
Italy
Germany
Allied Sweep Takes Augusta Axis Supply Lines Shattered
Allied forces pushed up Sicily's east coast after heavy daylight attacks on Messina and Reggio Calabria. RAF torpedo planes sank two merchant ships damaged two destroyers and two large troop transports. Allied communique says 28 enemy planes were shot down as Axis attempts to reinforce Sicily were frustrated.
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Sicilian
Messina Strait
Sicily
Messina
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
RAF
Mediterranean
Air Force
Two Norfolk Cops Die in Gun Battle at Drug Store
Two Norfolk policemen were killed when they answered a report of a looted drug store at 740 Granby Street. Officer F A Davis died instantly and Policeman R F Dunn died at 8:05 a m as other officers found the robbers had escaped after entering the Blore and rifling a cash register across the street.
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Norfolk
F. A. Davis
R. F. Dunn
Granby Street
Officers Testify Against Former S C Policeman
Three officers testified Logue declined to make statements when arrested in November 1941. Sheriff Henry said he arrested Logue in Spartanburg and held him for questioning about Timmerman’s death at a Edgefield County service station. Deputy Brockman corroborated and Sheriff David quoted Logue saying he had no statement to make after Bagwell’s confession.
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Edgefield
S. C
Joe Frank Logue
Spartanburg
Davis W. Timmerman
Sam Henry
Logue
Newberry
Immerman
Meeting Street
Edgefield County
R. N. Brockman
Henry
E. Gary David
Saluda
Clarence Bagwell
Timmerman
U S Navy Sinks Four Jap Ships In New Kula Battle
General MacArthur reported from Admiral Halsey that the U S Navy had sunk four Japanese ships in the Kula Gulf in the central Solomons. He noted possible additional losses, while American forces pressed the siege on Munda and Enogai Inlet on New Georgia, with Allied air and ground actions continuing to disrupt Japanese bases across the Solomons and New Guinea.
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Gen. MacArthur
William F. Halsey
New Georgia
Gulf
U. S. S Helena
United States
MacArthur
Japan
Munday
Enogai Inlet
Munda
Kula Gulf
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Solomons
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Salamaua
Five Brooklyn shipyard officers indicted for fraud
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted Sullivan Dry Dock & Repair Corp and five officers and employees for fraud and submitting false navy and maritime claims. The civil suit seeks penalties and double overcharges, with more than 100000 dollars involved. Indicted are Anthony J. McAllister, Herbert Krauss, William Watson, Walter Krauss, and Leslie H. Finlay. The yard at Tebo Basin built PC boats and repaired ships under cost plus and negotiated contracts.
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Washington
Sullivan Dry Dock & Repair Corporation of
Brooklyn
Navy and Maritime Commission
Biddle
States
Harold M. Kennedy
Anthony J. McAllister
Herbert Krauss
William Watson
Walter Krauss
Leslie H. Finlay
Tebo Basin
23Rd Street
Navy
Army
Maritime Commission
FBI
McAllister
Watson
Finlay and Watson
FR Signs Last Of Supply Bills
President Roosevelt signed the final set of 20 supply measures amounting to about 115 billion dollars. The largest, 2.911 billion, funded 18 war agencies for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Other bills included 848 million agriculture, 104 million interior, 1.137 billion labor federal security, 253 million deficiency, and a 143 million urgent deficiency bill altering federal workforce dismissals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Interior Department
House Appropriations Committee
Two RAF Bombers Crash Over Swiss Alps
Two British bombers of about 100 passages over Switzerland en route to Italy crashed on Swiss mountainsides early today. The bodies of 12 aviators were recovered.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
First Time Complete American Army in North Africa
The article notes the U S 7th Army under Lt Gen George S Patton Jr in action against Germany and Italy in North Africa. It highlights its composition, prior campaigns in Tunisia, Morocco, and Sicily, and Eisenhower and Montgomery praising the new force alongside seasoned veterans and allied units.
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North Africa
Germany
Italy
United States
7Th Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicilian
U.S
Patton
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Morocco
Seventh Army
Mediterranean
Allies land near Catania as rail hub falls in Sicily
Allied forces swept up Sicily's east coast capturing Augusta 19 miles north of Syracuse and storming ashore near Catania. British and Canadian troops seized Ragusa and Palazzolo while Patton’s American units advance from Gela. Axis counterattacks were repelled and prisoners taken as contact was made with two regular divisions.
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North Africa
Sicily
Augusta
Syracuse
Catania
Messina
Ragusa
Palazzola
George S. Patton, Jr
Gela
Bombers Hit Kiska Jap Installations In Three Raids
Army bombers carried out three attacks on Japanese installations at North Head and the main camp areas on Kiska Island in the Aleutians. Weather prevented observation of results. Navy notes indicate repeated bombings this month as a show of air and sea power. Secretary Knox dodged confirming reports of an attack on Paramushiro.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Kiska
North Pacific
Army Liberator
North Head
Knox
Paramushiro
Burke Island
Hitler Reported In Command On Russian Front
A London diplomatic source says Hitler reportedly assumed control of the Kursk bulge offensive, turning a defensive move into a broader gamble for breakthrough against battlefield advice. No independent confirmation available. the source cites contacts inside Europe.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Kursk Bulge
Europe
Guenther von Kluge
Allied Losses Declared Light at Augusta Port
Allied losses at Augusta are described as flight and harbor installations undamaged. Augusta, a fortified port with a population around twenty thousand to twenty five thousand, has served as a naval harbor. Simultaneously Eisenhower returned to North Africa from his headquarters duties.
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Augusta
Dwight PD. Eisenhower
North Africa
Allied landings on Sicily report by German commentator
German radio commentator Captain Ludwig Sertorius claimed in a broadcast recorded in London that the Allies landed two to three more divisions on Sicily's southeast coast yesterday and last night. No confirmation came from Allied headquarters, though North Africa dispatches spoke of reinforcements. Sertorius said seven divisions were on the island.
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London
Ludwig Sertorius
Sicily
North
Africa
Sertorius
Associated Press
Allied Forces Forge Unbroken Line Outside Ragusa Sicily
A reporting visit noted that coordination of United States and Canadian forces in Sicily could not have been better even if all troops were from one nation. The joint line outside Ragusa held firm as American troops neared the city from the west just as Canadians entered from the east.
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United States
Sicily
Ragusa
Sicily Invasion Photos Promised On Page Ten
Readers are directed to page 10 for pictures showing the actual invasion of Sicily. The captioned images provide a visual account to accompany reporting on military operations and the Allied push.
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Sicily
Italians Admit Allies Driving To Messina
Stockholm reports Italian commentators acknowledge Allied forces in Sicily pushing toward Messina but at great risk. Pavolini cautions not to take Mussolini's invasion speech literally as German spokesmen in Berlin remain optimistic about operations around Syracuse.
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Stockholm
Rome
Sicily
Messina
Stockholms Tidningen
Alessandro Pavolini
Italy
Mussolini
Berlin
Syracuse
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