Soviets push into Orel as German losses mount
Moscow reports a ten day Soviet offensive breaches Orl region with 50 000 German dead and 6 000 captured. Red Army advances 4 5 miles in the Orel sector with further moves toward Bolkhov and Klov, while German claims of heavy Soviet losses contrast with Soviet gains and reinforcements east of Orel.
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Moscow
Ori
Lkhov
Bolkhov
Orel
Keyman
Hitler
Red Army
Eoor
Allied Raid On Soerabaja Surprises Japs
Allied airmen launched a dawn raid on Soerabaja, the Netherlands East Indies base in Java. Liberator bombers flew nearly 2,400 miles, targeting an oil refinery, warehouses, railways, and a dock, starting large fires visible up to 140 miles away.
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Southwest Pacific
Netherlands East Indies
Soerabaja
Java
Tarpe
Douglas MacArthur
Manassar
Celebes
Open City Proposal for Rome Faces Skepticism and Debate
The piece weighs the open city idea for Rome as a way to reduce bombing. It outlines what constitutes an open city, who would declare it, and how allies might verify compliance. It notes Mussolini's authority complicates such a move and highlights Rome’s strategic rail and war-industry roles.
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Rome
Mussolini
MOVE
London
Italy
Vatican
Il Duce
Sicily
WLB authorizes wage hike for tobacco workers
The War Labor Board in Atlanta authorizes wage increases for about 43,000 seasonal tobacco workers across Florida Georgia the Carolinas and Virginia. Top rates rise 5 cents with clerical and skilled roles gaining up to 10 cents per hour, reflecting seasonal labor adjustments. Major associations and companies including Leaf Tobacco Exporters American Suppliers R J Reynolds Philip Morris and Lorillard supported the action.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
M. T. van Hecke
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association
The
Tobacco Association of the United States
Greenville
N. C
Davis Says Pacific Push Hinges Upon Airfields
Elmer Davis, head of the Office of War Information, told reporters that Pacific tactics do not guarantee island by island retaking. He said the campaign depends on securing airfields and that the Allies will advance beyond the current phase when the time is right.
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Davis
Pacific
London
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Transit Strike Broken New Walkout Looms
Los Angeles on July 23 reports a one day service stoppage ended as the Los Angeles Railway Co resumed trolley service at 2 30 am and 3 10 am buses. A Pacific Electric walkout threatened by 2500 workers follows an 87 cent maximum wage with a 13 cent raise demand and a 5 cent approved boost blocked by the war labor board.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
Brotherhood of Railway
Pacific Electric Railway
Pacific Electric
Fred M .Vinson
Los Angeles Railway
War Labor Board
New Plans Are Considered On Price Controls
President Roosevelt said the administration is exploring new price control and stabilization plans with no agreement yet. He noted labor and other groups face a predicament as food prices have not fallen to September 15 levels, and any plan will require congressional approval due to cost. He referenced the War Labor Board and mentioned eggs, saying he has plenty at his Hyde Park farm and is selling some.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Labor
Congress
Combined
Labor War Board
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Hyde Park
N. Y
Goebbels Says Europe Faces Decisive Battle
Propaganda Minister Goebbels in Das Reich warns Europe is entering a decisive battle. He claims Axis can expect reverses but points to future eastern and southern developments with calm. He states Allies have not scored large victories and will struggle to overturn early Axis gains.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Europe
Goebbels
Berlin
Associated Press
General Giraud Arrives in North Africa After Allied Trip
Gen. Henri Giraud has arrived in North Africa after a tour of the United States Canada and England and was due in Algiers late today officials said.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
North Africa
United States
Canada
England
American Drive Over-Runs Sicily to Isolate Axis
American 7th Army units raced from Enna to the northern Sicily coast in 48 hours, trapping thousands of Italian defenders as Palermo falls. The Axis retreat concentrates in northeastern Sicily near Cap Bon while Montgomery's 8th Army presses Catania and Mount Etna, inflicting heavy German losses without a knockout blow.
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Sicily
7Th Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Enna
Sicilian
Palermo
Italy
Cap Bon
San Stefano di Camastra
Leonforte
Catania
Mount Etna
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Allies Still Hope Axis Will Declare Rome Open City
President Roosevelt said the allies still hope the Germans and Fascists will declare Rome an open city. The remark was made in Washington on July 23.
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Axis
Rome
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Bombards Nip Kiska Bases In Seventh Aleutian Raid
United States Pacific Fleet ships bombarded Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the seventh surface attack this month aimed at softening defenses for an amphibious assault. Heavy and light surface units faced enemy shore fire with no American ship damage reported.
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Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Kiska
Navy
Associated Press
Critical Egg Shortage Foretold With Black Market Risk
A July 23 report from Washington cites an OPA spokesman predicting a severe nationwide egg shortage by next December. He warns of a rising black market, no midwinter ration plan, and heavy redirection of eggs to the armed forces, with dried eggs bought by the government and little cold storage for civilians.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Armed Forces
Lend-Lease
Berlin Reports Violent Battle With Yugoslavs
Berlin radio said axis troops fought a violent battle with Yugoslav partisans in Montenegro with 10 000 guerrillas killed. Reuters from Ankara reported rising unrest in Greece as officials and police abandoned posts amid occupation authorities declaring saboteurs subject to immediate execution.
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London
Berlin
Sicily
Balkans
Montenegro
Reuters
Ankara
Greece
Palermo history as a prize and war base through ages
Palermo Sicily its long status as a prize city is outlined from Phoenician origins to Carthaginian capture. The text traces Roman Gothic Byzantine Norman and Spanish rule, Garibaldi's 1860 unification, uprisings to 1866, and World War II air attacks and harbor raids until the Allied 1943 invasion.
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Palermo
Sicily
Garibaldi
North Africa
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WLB
Ent
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Winston-Salem
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P. Lorillard Co
New York
Giraud
Africa
Patton
Nip Kiska
Pius XII
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DNB
Morocco
Marsala
Trapani
Messina
Harold Alexander
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