Allied air power sinks ships and bombs Sicily bases
Allied bombers and fighters across Sicily destroy shipping and rail assets, sinking two merchant ships and damaging two destroyers while downing 42 Axis planes. American Flying Fortresses hit Catania Milo Enna airfields, and heavy Liberators bombarded Vibo Valentia and Crotone, with Mustang fighters supporting the strikes.
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Daniel Deluce
North Africa
Sicily
Eighth Army
Catania
Milo
Enna
Middle East
Vibo Valentia
Crotone
Axis
Isle
Sergt
Floyd Pratt
Waterloo
Palermo
Lieut
A. J. Graetz
Wauwatosa
Wis
John Rodgers
Paris
Tex
Milo Airfield
Allied Forces Press Toward Messina as Sicily War Shifts
The fifth day of the Sicilian invasion sees Montgomerys Eighth Army and Canadian units pressing along the Catanian plain toward Messina. Allied advances gain from Augusta’s capture and from southern ports while Ragusa Floridia and Palazzolo fall, enabling cross peninsula communications and stronger supply routes.
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Catania
Sicily
Bis Granary
Messina
Catanian
Floridia
Palazzolo
Ragusa
Montgomery
Allied Troops Close Pincers On Nips At Munda
U S troops press toward Munda in New Georgia with constant gunfire as Japanese forces at Enogai Inlet and Vangunu Island suffer heavy losses. Reinforcements by sea fail. 18 enemy dive bombers attack but are repelled by Corsairs and Lightning fighters.
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Marlin Spencer
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Georgia
Munda
Kula Gulf
Landsdale Point
Douglas MacArthur
Enogai Inlet
Vangunu Island
New Guinea
WFA Allocates Canned Foods For Civilians
The War Food Administration assigns 70 percent of canned vegetables and soups and 53 percent of canned fruits and juices to civilians for the next 12 months. Total civilian allotment is 213,000,000 cases, down from 278,000,000 in 1942 and from 225,000,000 in 1935-39, with expectations of record home canning boosting supplies. Most non civilian stock will go to the armed forces. rationing keeps fruits and vegetables priced to encourage fresh product use in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Reds Regain Ground as German Attacks Cease
Soviet dispatch from Moscow reports Red forces on the Kursk southern flank launching counterattacks after repelling German efforts to widen the Belgorod bulge. German losses over nine days reach 2,772 tanks and 1,187 planes, with renewed Russian pressure and ambush tactics cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McGaffin
Moscow
Red
Kursk Salient
Belgorod Bulge
Red Army
Kluge
Belgorod
Orel
Belgorod-Orel- Kursk
Kitchen Sentenced in Slaying of Albemarle Police Chief
Roy Kitchen also known as Royal Buck Gordon was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in state prison for second degree murder in the spring slaying of Norwood’s chief of police Jack Skinner. Judge W H Bobbitt presided after a jury conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchen
Albemarle
Roy Kitchen
Royal Buck Gordon
Norwood
Jack Skinner
W. H. Bobbitt
NLRB Orders Election at North Carolina Shipbuilding
The Fifth regional NLRB reports an August election among Wilmington NC shipyard workers to designate a collective bargaining agent. Ballot options include the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America CIO the Metal Trades Department AFL and the United Ship Workers of America Inc which the board calls independent.
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Baltimore
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
The
Metal Trades Department
AFL
United Ship Workers of America, Inc
Senate Will Act on Postwar Stand for Peace Obligations
Senate will be asked in the fall to act on a general resolution stating the United States will meet its international obligations to preserve peace after the war, says Democratic Leader Barkley. He cautions against drafting a precise postwar blueprint and favors a general statement of continued commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
U.S
Washington
Barkley
Foreign Relations Committee
RAF Drives Raid Across Europe After Aachen Night Attack
American bomber fleets joined RAF aircraft in daylight strikes on German targets in northern France and western Europe. The raid followed a heavy RAF night assault on Aachen, with Fortresses reportedly destroying more than 45 enemy fighters in three French targets.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
RAF
Rhineland
Aachen
Reich
France
Patton Leads Personal Invasion Action at Gela
London reports Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. waded ashore at Gela to assume command of U S Seventh Army during Sicily invasion. He directed coast defense against German tank units as American forces battled to secure the bridgehead and push Germans inland after fierce fighting at the beach and town. General Eisenhower later praised Patton's leadership and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Georges. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Sicily
Noel Monks
Dail Mail
Patton
Gela
Eisenhower
Roosevelt Son Among Destroyer Officers Guard Sicily Landings
Lieut. John Roosevelt, son of the President, was listed as one of the officers aboard an American destroyer that protected Allied landings in the Gela Bay area on Sicily last weekend, according to Allied headquarters in North Africa.
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Roosevelt
Sicily
North Africa
John Roosevelt
Gela Bay
British Raid On Aachen Claims British Losses And Luftwaffe Defence
Twenty British planes were reported lost in the Aachen night raid with simultaneous Mosquito bombers Beaufighters and Typhoons hitting air fields in France. German ground defenses faced harassing air attacks as one German plane fell at a Dutch base and two more over Britain. Rumors denied claim that Rommel was shot down en route to Sicily.
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Aachen
France
Holland
Britain
Rommel
Stockholm
Erwin Rommel
Sicily
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Svenska Dagbladet
Martinique Transfers Allegiance to United Nations
Martinique formally joins the United Nations war effort transferring authority from Admiral Georges Robert to Henri Hoppenot of the French Committee of National Liberation. The move mobilizes facilities and ships including the 22,000-ton aircraft carrier Bearn and cruisers at Fort De France as part of the anti Axis alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martinique
France
United Nations
Bastille
Henri Hoppenot
Committee of National Liberation
Fort de France
Georges Robert
Antilles
State Department
Robert
Algiers
French Front For Liberation
French Antilles
Guadeloupe
Panama Canal
Bearn
Emile Bertin
Jeanne D'Arc
Allied Drive Seizes Two Sicilian Air Bases In Italy Push
Allied forces in North Africa report the Eighth Army advancing toward Catania and the Seventh Army under Gen Patton moving inland from beachheads on the south coast. Comiso airfield captured, Catania bombed, and Augusta harbors secured as the push tightens along Sicily’s eastern coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Britain
Eighth Army
Fallen Augusta
Catania
Sicily
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicilian
Comiso
Agrigento
Messina
Italy
Hammam Lif
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
Augusta
Syracuse
Hermann Goering
Patton
Niscemi
Licata
Ragusa
Gasoline and Fuel Oil to be Restudied in War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes announced the office will restudy gasoline and fuel oil supplies in light of new developments. The aim is to determine current and prospective civilian demands, available supply, potential new sources, and rationing methods. Roosevelt discussed wartime petroleum resources with officials while Byrnes met eastern legislators and planned talks with production and transport agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Allied Navies Shell Catania In Sicily Advance
Allied forces bombarded Catania from the sea and, after Augusta fell, began advancing on Catania. British troops entered Augusta, Mesina strait actions blocked enemy craft, and Axis units suffered heavy losses as thousands of prisoners were taken. Gen D Avet and HQ captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Montgomery
Messina
Augusta
Porto
Augusta Harbor
D'Avet
Navy Gets New Hellcat Plane
The Navy unveils the F6F Hellcat built by Grumman, a high speed carrier fighter praised by the Truman committee. It follows the Wildcat and precedes the Corsair as the service tests advance toward combat readiness.
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Navy
Hellcat
Washington
United States Navy
Truman
Senate
Grumman Corporation
South Pacific
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Yanks Gainon
Matthew J. Connelly
Denver
Colo
George B. Wood
Austin
Minn
U. S
Strait of
Mediterranean
U. S. Army Air Forces
U. S. Army Signal Corps
WFEA
Channel
Gen. Patton
By Daniel Deluce
Ponte Olivo
Naro
Kcata
Auegusta Harbor
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