Italian Troops Revolt As Talks of Peace Grow
Italian forces in Milan refuse to fire on civilians as unrest spreads. Premier Badoglio reshuffles commanders, amid censorship and peace talk despite official denials. Eisenhower’s speech fuels street demonstrations in Milan Turin Genoa and other cities.
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Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chiasso
Milan
Paul Archinald
NBC
Bern
Axis
Stefani
Rome
Berlin
Associated Press
Turin
Genoa
Benito Mussolini
Eisenhower
Fresh Nazi Units From France and Reich Fail To Check Russian Offensive
German forces in Orel were boosted by fresh units from France and Germany but could not halt the Red Army’s assault. Soviet reports claim 3,000 Germans killed as tanks and cavalry pressed in, while Berlin claimed some Russian losses but defense held.
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France
Reich
William Mecgriffin
Moscow
Orel
Germany
Red Army
Berlin
Donets
Leningrad
Governor Broughton Orders Full Time Work For Able Bodied Men
North Carolina Governor Broughton issued a wartime proclamation to compel full time employment for all men aged 18 to 55 not in gainful work. He asks county labor mobilization committees to inventory and report able workers to the U S Employment Service and to plan labor use in each county.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Broughton
Council of State
General Assembly
U. S. Employment Service Office
Yanks Near Munda Airbase In New Georgia Push
American troops advance through New Georgia jungles toward Munda airbase, now within 1900 yards as MacArthur reports progress satisfactory and according to plan. Naval and air bombardments have shattered enemy supplies, with 700 tons dropped and 400 tons of shells. Japanese pillboxes fall as Bairoko is sealed and Rendova support continues.
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Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
New Georgia
Munda
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
U. S
Solomons
Navy
Ten More Jap Ships Are Sunk
American submarines sunk ten more Japanese ships and damaged four, raising wartime totals to 297 successful attacks. The Navy communique lists two large transports, two large cargo vessels, three medium cargo ships, two medium tankers and one small cargo ship sunk, with a large cargo vessel and three medium ships damaged.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Roosevelt
Australia
De Gaulle Giraud Clash Over French Fusion Deepens
In Algiers July 30 a renewed rift between Gen Charles De Gaulle and Gen Henri Giraud over uniting their forces intensified. The National Committee of Liberation discussed a defense commissioner role with a military chief, with Giraud opposing the post and De Gaulle favored, while a commander in chief role remains under debate.
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Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
French National Committee of Liberation
Cochairmen
de Gaulle
Giraud
Commissariat of Defense
Sicily
Mussolini
France
Defense
Germans Grabbing Vital Italian Defense Lines
Madrid reports renewed fighting between German and Italian forces in northern Italy. Nazi crews guard five Italian submarines found at Fiume and may repurpose them against Allied landings. Rome advices describe a methodical occupation of Istria and Udine regions, with Milan and Bologna entrenched and the Po Valley at risk. A Slavic group arriving before Mussolini's resignation notes growing Italian-German clashes in the Balkans.
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Trieste
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Germany
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Venice
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Balkans
Benito Mussolini
Hamburg Bombed With 2000 Tons in Seventh Raid This Week
RAF bombers dropped more than 2000 tons on Hamburg last night in a major all out raid marking the city’s seventh pounding since Saturday. The air ministry said the attack was carried out in great strength despite defenses and enemy fighters, with 28 bombers reported missing and several German planes destroyed.
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London
Hamburg
Air Ministry
Germany
Berlin
Roosevelt backs postwar readjustment plan for veterans
President Roosevelt today approved a report on postwar demobilization and readjustment. It calls three months furlough at base pay but not to exceed 100 dollars monthly plus family allowances. It urges rapid conversion of industry to peacetime needs with private industry supplying most jobs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Resources Planning Board
Jap Targets Hit In Burma
American and British air forces attacked Japanese targets across central and western Burma killing bridges railways factory sites and shipping without losses. They destroyed a major bridge near Mandalay and damaged rail links between Monywa and northern towns while also hitting Tangon Myingyan Dawan and Port Blair.
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New Delhi
Burma
U. S
United States Air Force
My River
Mandalay
Monywa
Chinwin
Irrawaddy
Tangon
Myingyan
Manaday
Dawan
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Mayu Peninsula
Kalemyo
Hparabyin
Bulletin
Roosevelt Warns Neutral Nations On Axis Leaders Asylum
President Roosevelt issued a virtual ultimatum to neutral nations not to offer asylum to Axis leaders. The statement was issued from Washington on July 30 and reflects U.S. pressure during wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain backs Roosevelt on axis leaders asylum stance
London officials said Britain fully supports President Roosevelt's hope that neutral nations will not shelter axis leaders. Britain has raised the Mussolini escape issue with the United States and Soviet Russia, and all three nations agree on their stance.
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London
Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Roosevelt on Axis leaders refuge and postwar justice
In a press conference President Roosevelt said the United States will not tolerate neutral asylum for Mussolini Hitler or Tojo and urged that axis leaders be turned over to the United Nations for trial. He noted the need to decide soon how the Badoglio government in Italy would be treated and discussed postwar accords with occupied nations.
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Mussolini
Giolitti
Rome
Italy
Pope Pius XII
Fascist Party
Hitler
Tojo
United States
United Nations
Roosevelt
Steady Prices and Brisk Tobacco Sales Across Georgia Florida Markets
The War Food Administration reports brisk sales in Georgia and Florida flue-cured tobacco markets. Georgia totals reach 3,723,020 pounds with an average price around 41.63 cents per pound, while Florida sales hit 1,015,886 pounds at roughly 42.4 cents per pound across Lake Oak Lake City and other markets.
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Florida
War Food Administration
WFA
Tifton
Red Gass
Valdosta
Waycross
Baxley
Adel
Vidalia
Statesboro
Hahira
Lake Oak
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