Americans Advance In Sicily Key Nazi Base At Orel Menaced
Moscow dispatches report Red Army forces driving from wooded terrain northeast of Orel across rolling fields to sever the Orel Bryansk Railway. The advance threatens the German stronghold as Soviet gains tighten pressure on the central front.
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Orel
William McGaffin
Moscow
Orel-Bryansk
Otputkha
Kuban
Muis River
Donets
Belgorod
Red Army
Kursk
Guenther von Kluege
Allied push grows as Sicily invasion tightens grip
The war desk reports Allied forces drive through Sicily with Montgomery’s Eighth Army nearing Catania while Canadian and American units advance toward Enna. In Russia, Soviet counter offensives threaten Orel as Red Army gains on Belgorod. Rome comes under heavy air attack as 35,000 Axis prisoners are reported.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth
Catania
Sicily
Bombers Hit Rome In First Major Strike On Fascist Italy
Allied heavy and medium bombers attacked Rome for the first time, targeting military objectives near sacred monuments. Leaflets explained the reason for the attack, asserting Fascist war machinery concentrated near the Vatican and Roman railways. Additional strikes hit Monte Corvino and Pomigliano airfields, with Allied forces supporting the British Eighth Army along the Sicilian coast. Rome's history and religious significance frame the bold operation.
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North Africa
Rome
Italy
War Department
Washington
Algiers
CBS
Associated Press
London
Amon
Specia
Mussolini
Vatican City
Roman Forum
Monte Corvino
Pomigliane
Eighth Army
Catania
Randazzo
Mount Etna
Benito Mussolini
Wildderness
Tyrrhenian Sea
Tiber River
Romulus
B. C
Palatine Capitoline
Mediterranean
Mechanical Man Stabilizes Tank Gunfire Across Rough Terrain
Washington reports a new mechanical stabilizer for tank guns that keeps the barrel fixed during motion, allowing the M-3 medium tanks to outrange and outshoot rivals. Developed with Westinghouse, the device reportedly boosts accuracy by hundreds of percent and enables firing while the tank moves. Major General L H Campbell Jr praises the feature, noting improved target focus despite pitching and bucking.
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Washington
Army Ordnance
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Ordnance
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Army Service Forces
Yanks Capture Town as Catania Closer Advance
In North Africa on July 19 RELMAN MORIN reports Allied forces have captured Caltanissetta, halfway across Sicily, in an eight mile push aimed at splitting the front. Allied reports said the front line widened with gains along the entire front.
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North Africa
Sicily
Agrigento
Porto Empedocle
George S. Patton
Caltanissetta
Enna
Big Island
Piazza Armerina
Relman Morin
Baby Abducted From Bus Station Found Later
In San Bernardino California a 15 month old girl named Jo Ann Tucker was reported abducted Friday while her mother slept at a Los Angeles bus station. Deputies H A Richardson and Clarence Potts located the child with 20 year old Laura Merle Thornton of Wheeling West Virginia at a Colton California cafe and the infant was safely in a hospital.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Sheriff's
Jo Ann Tucker
Los Angeles
H. A. Richardson
Clarence Potts
Laura Merle Thornton
Wheeling
W.va
Colton
Big Inch Pipeline Nears Final Construction Touch
Phoenixville July 19 update on the Big Inch oil carrier pipeline, described as impregnable to submarine attack, nearing completion with the final weld. The massive project is touted as a potential decisive factor in defeating the Axis as construction proceeds.
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Phoenixville
Navy Foils Jap Attempts To Reinforce Munda Base
Allied air and sea forces battered Japanese shipping in the Solomons over the weekend as US troops pushed at Munda on New Guinea. US warships repelled two more attempts to supply the besieged garrison, with destroyers intercepted west of Kolombangara and several enemy ships hit or sunk. A large air raid struck Kahili and Buin Faisi areas, sinking a cargo ship and damaging two destroyers, while Allied fighters repelled a 50-strong enemy formation over New Guinea. Australian troops captured positions near Mt Tambu as ground action continued under heavy rain and jungle attrition.
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Orel
Moscow
Pacific
Munda
Hitler
Kaiser
Gott
Wilhelm
Adolf
Fuehrer
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
United States
New Guinea
Flotallins
Kolmobangara Island
BIG Air Force
Buin Faisi
Kahili
New Guiana
Salmaua
Mt. Tambu
Ofodubi
William F. Halsey
Douglas MacArthur
Scorza Calls On Italians To Resist To End
Carlo Scorza new secretary of the Fascist party in Rome urges last-ditch resistance to the Allied demand for unconditional surrender. He says Italy faces mortal danger and predicts conquest would split the nation, enslave its people, loot its treasures, and force Italians into servitude or labor for conquerors.
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Axis
Rome
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Italy
Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Carlo Scorza
Fascist Party
Leafa
Scorza
Ural
Steppes
Clark Proposes Flood Control Improvements
Senator Clark of Missouri proposes a new flood control bill to replace patchwork projects with basin wide authorizations. The plan would task Army Engineers with dam and levee location and construction while the Agriculture Secretary directs terracing and dyke work on farmland river basins, initially Mississippi focused.
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Washington
Sen
Clark
D-Mo
Senate
Mississippi River
Pork Barrel
Midwest
Army Engineers
Secretary of Agriculture
Col Coleman Court Martial Trial Postponed At Selfridge Field
Indefinite delay announced for the general court martial of Col William T. Colman former Selfridge Field commanding officer. Colman was accused of shooting Pvt William McRae 24 of Morven North Carolina who has nearly recovered from his wounds. The trial opener was set for Tuesday but defense counsel requested more time to prepare.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
William T. Colman
William B. Wright
Colman
Col. Colman
Pvt
William McRae
Morven
N. C
Oakes Murder Hearing Opens in Nassau Magistrate Court
Alfred De Marigny waits in Nassau magistrate court as prosecutors outline reasons for holding him on the murder charge in connection with Sir Harry Oakes death. Evidence, potential postponement, and the open court rule under English law frame the hearing. Sir Harry, found beaten and burned July 8 at Westbourne, had disapproved his daughter Nancy’s marriage to De Marigny, a 35 year old yachtsman who arrived from Mauritius six years ago.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Sir Harry
Westbourne
United States
Baronet
Nancy
de Marigny
Gasoline Rationing Shifts Favor East As Texas Pipeline Opens
The Interior Secretary announced nationwide gasoline rationing will be equalized with more fuel to the East and less to the Midwest and Southwest. No West Coast change. OPA bans sale of new tires for spares for months except fire, medical, and emergency personnel. OPA extends BCFE and R gas coupons staying valid until renewals.
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Washington
Hugh “Big Inch
Texas
Ickes
East
Midwest
Southwest
West
Office of Price Administration
OPA
William Jeffers
Cies
Jeffers
RAF Bombers Destroy Eight Nazi Aircraft
RAF bombers and fighters destroyed eight enemy aircraft and damaged two vessels in air attacks on Nazi airport facilities in France and shipping off the Dutch coast. Mosquito patrols over northwest Germany attacked ten locomotives and railway targets near Dieppe. Typhoon bombers and escorts hit Abbeville airfield in France and Beaufighters with Spitfires and Typhoons shot down more planes off the Dutch coast.
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London
France
Air Ministry
Germany
Dieppe
Abbeville
Coastal Command
Guard Slays Motorist In Traffic Row
Kansas City July 19. Louis G Lower 41 a De Molay member was fatally shot after challenging a guard directing traffic at Union Station Plaza Clyde Souders 49 war plant guard and former police clerk is jailed awaiting prosecutor action No charges filed Souders claims he fired at Lowers arm as he reached for a weapon Witnesses include Corp Harold Johnson of St Paul and others Lower manager of municipal auditorium and critic of Tom Pendergast’s machine
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Kansas City
Louis G. Lower
de Molay
Union Station Plaza
Edward J. Larson
Clyde Souders
Larson
Sonders
Lowers
Lower
Said Corp
Harold Johnson
St. Paul
Municipal Auditorium
Tom Pendergast
Democratic
Souders
Fire in Rouen Damages Estimated in Millions
Paris radio record reported by Reuters that a large fire was raging in Rouen France causing millions of francs in damage. The cause of the fire was not disclosed in the broadcast.
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France
London
Paris
Reuters
Rouen
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Aacuse
Passero
Fascist
U. S
Munda Base
Col. Coleman
Oakes
RAF
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