American Flying Fortresses Strike Trondheim Norway
An 1800 mile round trip by American B 17s bombed Trondheim in Norway destroying submarine bases and oil tanks with heavy explosions. Seventeen German fighters were shot down, one American bomber failed to return, and the crew of ten was interned after landing in Sweden. The raid marked the first American attack on Norway and targeted the Tirpitz area and Hipper class ships in the fjord gateway. The operation used three formations with one turning back to avoid indiscriminate bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
London
Arctic Circle
Trondheim
Norway
U. S. Army
Heroya
Sweden
Gibraltar
Murmansk
Germany
Admiral Hipper
la Pallice
Bordeaux
Oslo
Flying Fortress
Berlin
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
Lapallice
Russian Vise Tightens Orel as Soviet Counteroffensive Advances
London reports Soviet forces press the Orel region with gains of three to five miles as Stalin crowed that Germany's summer offensive failed. Soviet air crews downed enemy planes, and Russian troops near Orel captured villages including Zmievka while inflicting heavy losses, with further advances south of Orel in Belgorod direction.
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James M. Long
London
Orel
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Red Army
Zmievka
Associated Press
Stalin
Belgorod
Allies Push Toward Messina as Sicily Offensive Advances
Allied forces drive through western Sicily threatening to cut off remaining Axis units. American units seize Marsala and press toward Messina from the Palermo area while Eighth Army and Canadian forces attack around Catania. Air and sea bombardments collapse Axis positions as Sicily nears final evacuation.
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Reuters
Trapani
Sicily
Hitler
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Cap Bon
Messina
Tania
Marsala
Eighth Army
Cataonia
Palermo
AXIS
Come Munique
Catania
Mt. Etna
Alfred Wagg
NBC
Xxx
Berlin
Enna
Vichy
San Stefano
Guy Simonds
15Th Arm
Order Freezing Production Of Yarn In Effect
Arthur F. Black of Charlotte, district priorities manager of the War Production Board, announced a new order freezing production of all cotton yarn in the United States to the sites active on July 3 1943. The amendment to Order L-99-A bars producers from shifting spindle output to other cotton products and requires continued manufacture of the existing product within the specified range.
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Charlotte
Arthur F. Black
War Production Board
United States
Black
Allied Air Raids Hit Bairoko Munda Lae Timor Bases
Allied bomber forces in the Southwest Pacific pound Japanese positions at Bairoko Munda on New Georgia and Lae New Guinea with 80 and 60 tons of munitions. The raids target Bena Bena Enogai Udili Fuiloro Lautem Dili and other sites while fires breakout and two Allied aircrews are reported lost but rescued.
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Southwest Pacific
Bairoko-Munda
New Georgia
Lae
New Guinea
Bairoko
Boblo Hill
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Kula Gulf
Munda
Douglas MacArthur
Bena Bena
Salamaua
Enogai Inlet
Timor Island
Darwin
Fuiloro
Lautem
Dili
Udili
Koepang
Tenau
Taberlane
Aroe Islands
Wallace Attacks American Fascists at Press Parley
Vice President Henry A. Wallace addressed reporters in Detroit warning of American Fascists and arguing the Democratic Party’s fate rests with its progressive wing. He rejected the label for unnamed backers, defended idealism as practical, and blamed big business for warping Washington toward Wall Street.
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Detroit
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Party
Wallace
Roosevelt
Washington
Wall Street
Axis Radio Silent
Deutschlandsender in Berlin area went off the air as RAF attacks hit the continent. France Allouis transmitter, part of the German network, also went silent according to the federal communications commission report.
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Rome
Stockholm
New York
Pressenbild
Swedish Picture Agency
Berlin
San Lorenzo Basilica
Deutschlandsender
Federal Communications Commission
Allouis
France
FDR May Soon Make Speech
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt may deliver a radio address on price and wage stabilization with possible broader topics including war front developments. Officials note no firm new plan has been released, though speculation mentions expanding government purchases of food commodities for resale at lower prices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Allies Launch Large Air Raid Against Crete Nazi Garrison
British and Greek air forces, supported by huricanes beaufighters and baltimores, mounted a major daylight assault on Crete with over 100 aircraft. The operation targeted camps, gun positions, ammo dumps, airfields, and wireless stations, with several German assets damaged or destroyed and reports of heavy anti aircraft action.
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Crete
Cairo
RAF
Greece
Berlin
Middle East
Hellenic Air Force
George of
Libya
Tobacco Vote Shows Regional Split On Crop Control
Georgia narrowly backs three year extension of federal crop control for tobacco, 3790 to 2091, while North Carolina votes 328,?08 for three years and 2261 against. Other states follow similar patterns as in prior referendum, with Guilford county approving three year quotas by 2349 votes.
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Atlanta
Georgia
N.C
North Carolina
North Carolna
Florida
Alabama
Virginia
Guilford County
First Allied Flying Forts Return From Norway Assault
Jubilant crewmen of a U S bomber squadron report a 1800 mile raid on Trondheim Norway with all planes returning undamaged except for minor hits. Maj Gale House led the Trondheim flight as German fighters appeared but did not press home.
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Norway
Gale House
Sioux Falls
S. D
Roy Athompson
Boise City
Oklo
House
William H. Grady
Syracuse, N. Y
Negroes Held For Peddling Marijuana Near Camp Butner
Three Durham men are jailed on $1,000 bond each for peddling marijuana cigarettes to soldiers and civilians around Camp Butner. An undercover agent bought 32 reefers from May 15 to July 21, leading to the arrests of William J. Hyman Leroy Morris and James Edward Holmes. They sold reefers at 35 cents each from Congo Grill in Durham's Negro section. Hearings were before U S Commissioner J K Mason and they bound over to the September term in Durham.
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Greensboro
Durham County
Camp Butner
William T. Atkinson
William J. Hyman
Leroy Morris
Cafe
James Edward Holmes
J. K. Mason
Durham
Atkinson
Washington
Film Stars Marry in Santa Monica Ceremony
Screen star Greer Garson wed Ensign Richard Ney at Santa Monica Presbyterian Church in a ceremony attended after Ney earned leave from Alaskan duty. Ney, younger, met Garson on the film Mrs. Miniver, for which she won the prior year’s Academy Award.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Greer Garson
Richard Ney
Santa Monica Presbyterian Church
Ney
Two Londoners Are Convicted Of Conspiracy
In Leeds, July 24, two Londoners were convicted on conspiracy and bribery charges tied to minesweeper contracts. Robert Dalgliesch, 71, alderman, got 15 months and 2000 dollar fines on five counts. Charles Butt, 55, admiralty official, drew three years penal servitude for bribery and up to 18 months on other counts. Sir Arthur Sutherland, 76, was exonerated.
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Leeds
Eng
Newcastle
Admiralty
Robert Stanley Dalgliesch
Charles J. Butt
Dalgliesch
Blyth Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company Ltd
Arthur Sutherland
Butt
Blyth Company
Sir Arthur
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William P. Upshur
U. S
Pacific
Charles Paddock
Sitka
Alaska
Daniel DE Luce
Termini Falls
Termini
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Algiers
Solomons
Axis Radio Silent
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Neapolis
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