Jap Attempt To Reinforce Solomons Bases Disrupted
Allied headquarters report a July 24 bombing raid near Bougainville sank a 9,000 ton Japanese seaplane tender and damaged a destroyer while denying a fresh Japanese push toward the Central Solomons. MacArthur's communiqué cites 23 enemy planes destroyed or damaged for the loss of six American aircraft, with 60 fighters engaging near Bogad Jim and Madang, New Guinea, where 13 Japanese planes were shot down despite heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Salamau- Lae
Bogadjim
Madang
New Guinea
South Pacific
Solomon Islands
U.S
New Gumea
Tokyo
Rendova Island
War Today insights on Italy Germany and Pacific fronts
DeWitt Mackenzie surveys crises shaping World War II from Italy and the Vatican to the Orel front. He warns of possible Italian leadership fracture with Mussolini, wonders if Turkey will enter the war, notes an impending Kiska amphibious operation, and reports Munda and Salamaua in reach of capture as Pacific offensives tighten.
Duce Prompted Axis Meeting In Madrid July Dispatches
Rome press dispatches report Il Duce pressed for discussion with Hitler on Europe’s borders ahead of a planned Sicily invasion. Italian journalists note Berlin dispatches describe the Sicilian campaign as insular, suggesting invasion fits Allied plans for the continent.
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Madrid
Rome
Il Duce
Germany
Europe
Efe
Berlin
Italy
Kiska Air Raids Precede Allied Bombardment on Island
U S Navy reports heavy air raids followed by naval bombardment of Kiska Island in coordinated sea air operations. Canadian and RCAF pilots supported the effort to soften defenses, one American aircraft was downed but crew rescued, and fires and a large explosion were observed as enemy coastal batteries, anti air craft positions and building areas were struck.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Kiska
RCAF
Stalin lauds liquidation of German offensive near Kursk
Premier Joseph Stalin in an order to Generals Rokossovsky Vatutin and Popov congratulates on the complete liquidation of the German July offensive in the Orel Belgorod Kursk area. He cites 70,000 enemy killed and 2,900 tanks and 44 guns destroyed from July 5 to 23. Red Star reports heavy Soviet casualties but rapid counter blows and a pincers movement.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
Belgorod
Rokossovasky
Vatutin
Popuy
Orel-Kursk
Belgorod-Kursk
Stalin
Yanks Take Many Axis Prisoners In Sicily Push
Allied forces pound Marsala as Patton's Seventh Army drives eastward to join British troops in a knockout blow against Axis defenders on Sicily. 60,000 prisoners taken, large quantities of enemy equipment captured, air power greatly reduced, and coast roads blocked to Messina.
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Sicily
Palermo
Marsala
Axis
U. S
Catania
Allied
North Africa
George S. Patton Jr
Seventh Army
Eighth Army
Eleventh Army
Messina
Guy Simonds
Italy
Acuino
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Salerno
Naples
Pratica di Mare
Severano
Cairo
Middle East
Crete
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Two Italians Die Holding Up U S Drive Near Palermo
In Sicily near Palermo on the Castelvetrano road two Italian soldiers died holding a 90 mm gun against an American armored advance. Their stand halted the convoy for about thirty minutes, with a dueling pillared by a 75 mm self-propelled gun before others fled and the column moved on.
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Harold V. Boyle
Palermo
Sicily
Castelvetrano
Gunman Nabbed After Killing Five in Utah
Ogden Utah July 24 14 a gunman killed five people including district judge Lewis V Truman in two homes then shot at the police station where he was captured. The gunman identified as Austin Cox Jr of Ogden followed by a manhunt Cox wife had recently won a divorce in Judge Truman's court and had accused him of beating her. The dead include Mrs Jane Stauffer Mrs Burton and Mrs Stauffer's mother plus neighbors Nelson and Betty Brooks and Mrs Brooks husband F Dale Brooks. A policeman was grazed in the ear and Bert Stauffer was critically injured.
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Ogden
Utah
Lewis V. Truman
Jane Stauffer
Burton
Rigby
Idaho
Stauffer
Betty A. Brooks
Smith
Cox
Four Newspaper Men Pay Tribute To British Spirit
Four leading American newspaper executives praised British perseverance and American youthfulness in the joint war effort. On Morgan Beatty’s NBC War Telescope broadcast, Paul Patterson cited Britain’s mature steadiness blended with New World energy, as Knight, McGill and Keller described experiences in Britain and Sicily and the resilient mood of its people after 203 weeks of war.
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London
Morgan Beatty
NBC
United States
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sunpapers
Britain
Sicily
John S. Knight
Akron Beacon Journal
Detroit Free Press
The
Miami Herald
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Oliver S. Keller
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Beatty
Knight
Controlled Price Boosts Urged On Inflation Front
The Associated Press reports Senator Taft proposes a controlled increase plan to curb inflation, suggesting wage and price rises limited to six percent per year while labor leaders seek reductions to 1942 levels. Russell and Hatch voiced cautious support, noting inevitable adjustments in wartime economics.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Rohio
Hatch
D-Nm
Russell
D-Ga
Prentiss Brown
War Labor Board
WLB
Ohio
Allied Bombers Sweep Crete in Daylight Attack
RAF and Greek air force light bombers carried out wide daylight strikes on Crete. Ammunition dumps and tented camps, gun positions, wireless and power stations were hit. Seventeen Allied aircraft listed missing by the Middle East Air Command.
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Cairo
RAF
Crete
Middle East Air Command
War production program behind schedule says Somervell
Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell told Chicago war plant executives that the nation’s production effort to supply armed forces is seriously lagging. He warned that grave consequences would follow if civilians do not provide unstinted support. Officials said the assessment reflected the program’s status.
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Chicago
Chicago Area
Association of Commerce
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
American army drives toward Palermo after Patton reply
An American force commander sent a message to Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr asking for initiative to score a touchdown on their own. Patton replied You have the ball Play. Following the signal the American armored column moved north toward Palermo Sicily.
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Seventh Army
Sicily
George S. Patton, Jr
Palermo
Italians Report Terrible War Mood From Sicily to Rome
Rome dispatches say Italians traveling from Sicily spread gloomy tales of an unequal war while Allied forces dominate. Reports from Madrid indicate bombers heavily strike evacuation points and crowds in major cities riot for peace.
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Madrid
Rome
Sicily
Italy
North
Africa
Draft delays hinge on solving manpower shortage
Washington July 24 UP selective service seeks candidates from 4-F rejects and those defered for occupation or essential worker status to extend delay in general draft. New angles target syphilis rejects and psychiatrists with aim to widen standards and reclassify farm and plant workers.
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Washington
Selective Service
World War At A Glance From The Front Lines
Allied advances slice Sicily defense and seize Marsala as forces move east to joint with British troops. US units report capturing thousands of prisoners and vast enemy matériel amid continued German resistance south of Catania. Eastern fronts see Red Army repelling counterattacks near Orel while Soviet gains mount. In the Pacific, heavy Allied air and naval actions sink ships and damage vessels in the Solomons and New Guinea theaters.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Star
Army Organ
Hitler
Sicily
Mediterranean
Istanbul
Russia
Crete
Three Killed Six Injured In Train Crash
The Tamiami Champion of the Atlantic Coast Line crashed into the forward section near Fayetteville North Carolina as it traveled from New York to Miami. At least three people were killed and six injured. Victims named include Sgt. James H. Ledford of Colorado and Charles Chester Foley of Massachusetts. Additional casualties included a 20-year-old woman and several injured travelers from Virginia South Carolina New Jersey and Mississippi.
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Fayetteville
Atlantic Coast Line
New York
Miami
Fla
Here
James H. Ledford
Kersey
Colo
Foley
Ledford
Neil Weshering
J. M. Hanberry
S. Dargen St
Florence
S.C
Virginia
Dorothy Kass
Richmond
Albert Ross
Paterson
N.J
James Smith
Camp van Dorn
Paul Neviol
Chester
Mass
Neviol
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Syracuse
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Duce
Vatican
Balkans
Turkey
United Nations
Nvasion
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Pacific Munda and
Salamaua
Munda
New Georgia Island
Ovel
Red Army
U. S. Coast Guard
Daniel DE Luce
Charles Chester Foley
Pittsfield
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