Unified French Forces Led by Giraud and De Gaulle
Algiers reports the unification of all French armed forces under Gen Henri Giraud as commander in chief and Gen Charles De Gaulle as permanent president of the new Committee of National Defense. The shift ends eight months of disputes, forming a single command for military strength and political leadership roles.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Defense
Italy
French
National Committee of Liberation
Empire
Giraud
General de Gaulle
Paul le Gentilhomme
de Gaullist
National Defense
Leger
Army
Pierre Koenig
Bir Hacheim Fame
le Monnier
Navy
Philippe Marie Auboyneau
Rene Bouscat
Air Force
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
United Nations
Allied coastal fights off Sicily stage fierce action
Allied forces pressed the Sicily blockade as American motor torpedo boats claimed several enemy hits off Cape Orlando and in the Gulf of Patti. British coastal craft bombarded Giardini near Taormina while fires and bombardments lit up areas outside Rome. Second Lieut. Lewis Franck of Scotland Neck, N C, described blazing hangars and barracks as German airfields burned.
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Sicily
Gulf of Patti
Cape Orlando
Gulf of Eufemia
Italan Toe
Cape Vaticano
Sicilian
Giardini
Taormina
Catania
Messina Strait
Reggo Calabria
Practica di Mare
Rome
Grottaglie
Milazzo
Lewis Franck
Scotland Neck
N. C
Hollywood Gossip Roundup of Russian Songs and Feuds
Hollywood notes survey Deanna Durbin singing three Russian numbers for His Butler's Sister and Akim Tamiroff as her Russian butler. Betty Grable and Alice Faye end a feud over a borrowed handkerchief at Betty James wedding. Benny Thau helps Greer Garson forget Richard Ney. Harry Mandell, ads for film companies, is signed as Douglas Morrow with MGM. Abbott and Costello gag in Crazy House. Brenda Marshall and Montagu Love in The Constant Nymph. Love dies soon after. Lyle Talbot stars in Up in Arms after Army discharge. Dunne and Marshall wedding cake mis made of plaster. Bob Hope jokes in England. Jimmy Cagney’s Johnny Come Lately boosts loan offers. Cagney and Bill discuss boss status.
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Deanna Durbin
Deanna
Yamschtschick
Kalitaka
Akim Tamiroff
Betty Grable
Alice Faye
Betty
Harry James
Alice
M-G-M
Benny Thau
Greer Garson
Richard Ney
Harry Mandell
Hollywood
Mandell
Douglas Morrow
Olsen and Johnson
Abbott and Costello
Love
Lyle Talbot
Kenny Baker
Thene Dunne
Alan Marshall
Dover
Bob Hope
England
U.S
Africa
Jimmy Cagney
Johnny Come
William
Cagney
Bill
Jimmy
East
Weather summary North and South Carolina temperatures
Moderate temperatures expected this afternoon tonight and Sunday forenoon in North and South Carolina. Slightly lower temperatures tonight. Charlotte records show max 89 min 66 rainfall 0.00 inches. Cities listed with highs and lows include Asheville 80/30 Atlanta 93/68 Birmingham 93/70 Columbia 92/70 Jacksonville 0 Richmond 0 Savannah 7 45 Wilmington 27 3 on.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
E.W.T
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chicago
Columbia
Jacksonville
Louisville
Memphis A
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Richmond
Savannah
Tampa
Washington
Wilmington
San Antonio
Navy Insignia Puzzle Clue List From 972 Squadron Page
A dense OCR puzzle listing many clues and partial answers related to Navy insigne terms and cross references. The garbled text includes scattered word fragments, abbreviations, and stray letters across multiple numbered items, suggesting an incomplete crossword style page. No coherent event or narrative is discernible.
War talk on Italian fleet movement and Allied safeguards
The text discusses potential Allied plans to block Italian ships moving to Toulon and Marseille, noting German pressure options while Tedder Doolittle and Spaatz coordinate to prevent action. It questions destroying assets that might be useful later.
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Toulon
Marseille
Messrs
Tedder
Doolittle
Spaatz
Bank Bandits Loot Bank of $12,000 in Arson Oklahoma
Two men held Arkansas State Bank president K M Rowe and his wife for eight hours until the vault time lock opened. They escaped with about $12,000 after shoving Rowe into his home and tying his wife, then forcing him to drive on three downtown trips while they scouted the area.
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Okla
Arkansas State Bank
K. M. Rowe
Rowe
Mrs. Rowe
Victory Garden Harvest Lowers Prices and Food Outlook
NEA reports that 20 million victory gardens will boost home production and create more buying opportunities for non-growers, though fruit may remain scarce and costly this autumn. Government nutritionists urge root crops for storage. yeast, packaging, and beef supply adjustments are noted along with OPA price ceilings and ration travel notes.
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Betty MacDonald
NEA
Washington Department of Agriculture
America
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Beef Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower outlines British terms for Italy amid Italian crisis
General Dwight D. Eisenhower articulated British terms to the Italian people Wednesday, offering an out if Badoglio sought overtures to Germany after Mussolini’s fall. Reports from neutral posts and Axis radios described grave developments in northern Italy, Milan, and the Istrian peninsula as Germany moves shaped Allied strategy with little disclosed.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Badoglio
Radio
Milan
Vittorio Ruggere
DNB
Istrian
Fiume
Trieste
Pola
New Guinea and New Britain combats report Allied and Japanese actions
YANKS were intercepted and sunk by motor torpedo boats. Four others were destroyed by Martin Maruaders in low level sweeps along the western coast of New Britain. Sharp fighting continued in the area between Mubo and Salamaua, New Guinea, but its progress was not detailed. Japanese dive bombers made two futile attacks against American and Australian troops in this sector and six enemy bombers, escorted by 19 Zeros, ineffectively bombed and strafed Australian positions near Bena in east central New Guinea.
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New Britain
Mubo
Salamaua
New Guinea
Bena
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Montagu Love
Miss Marshall
U.S. Navy Air Unit
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Squadron 972
U.S. Naval Aviation
Ioseph FO
RMON
IAR
Mar
Ijosepl
Foss
U. S
VIA
Lioresce
Fes
Attu
Seabees
Aleutian
Japan
Victory Garden Harvest
OPA
WAC
Blondie
Freckles
BY Chick Young
BY Merrill Blosser
Mickey Finn
WTLL
BY Frank Leonard
BY Leslie Turner
Elsa
Verily
Red Ryder
Boots
Meany Wilbur
Rate TA Farm
Hamlin
Fred Harman
Edgar Marlin
Stonie
MR. Inks
J. R. Welliams
Yanks
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