Postwar SPG property repurchase option outlined
Our Daily Bread notes Congressman Oren Harris stating that if the War Department ceases operations at the Southwestern Proving Ground after the war, former SPG property owners will have first option to repurchase their properties. The postwar plan signals a priority for former owners in reclaiming SPG lands.
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Oren Harris
War Department
Southwestern Proving Ground
SPG
Little Rock
Texarkana
Stamps
Lewisville
Italy Eyes Peace as Cabinet Meets on War Exit
In Bern on August 5 Italian officials prepared to discuss “important measures” to leave the war, while London reports suggested a potential armistice. Guariglia drafted terms for neutralized Italy with limited Allied troop access, and Vatican officials convened to review the international crisis as citizens voiced antiwar protests and frontier strikes continued in Milan and other northern cities.
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Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Associated Press
London
Germany
Italy
National Broadcasting Company
Raffaele Guariglia
Guariglia
Milan
Badoglio
Cardinal Maglione
Papal
Rome
Correire Della Sera
Foreign Office
Lavora Italiano
Iaiy
Lavora Italino
Corriere Della Sera
Orel Evacuation Signals Broad German Retreat Across Front
German high command said Orel was evacuated after destroying stores and factories as Red Army forces pushed through its streets. Russians pressed toward Kharkov and Belgorod while Germans solidified lines near Smolensk. Red Star reported heavier German rear fire and tank counterattacks as bombers hit Brynsk Nikitovkan Hay Ilovaiskaya and other bases behind front lines.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Orel
Red Army
Russia
Orel Salient
Kharkov Salient
Belgorod
Voroshilovgrad
Smolensk
Kushyshevae
Mius
Donets
Red Star
Brynsk
Nikitovkan
Hay
Ilovaiskaya
Kharkov Front
Mga
Leningad Front
Berlin
Nazi Flier Re taken After Second Escape
North Bay Ontario August 5 P Lieut Peter Krug a German airman whose earlier escape from a Canadian prison camp led to treason charges against Max Steph an has been recaptured after a Monday night escape at North Bay railway station He had escaped from a camp near Gravenhurst and was halted by a provost corps sergeant The note ends with an unrelated line about the sun’s light reaching Earth.
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North Bay
Ontario
Peter Krug
Max Stephan
Detroit
Canadian Pacific
Gravenhurst
Canadian Provost Corps
Krug
Wartime Stamp Changes For Food and Fuel through 1944
The ration calendar lists Book 2 red stamps T and U valid through August 31 for meat cheese and processed fruits and vegetables. Book 2 blue stamps N P Q expire August 7 while R S T are valid until September 20. Sugar Book 1 stamp 13 is good for 5 pounds through August 15. stamps 15 and 16 also cover 5 pounds for home canning. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid to October 31. Coffee remains “unrationed.” Gasoline schedules vary by region with No 6 A coupons three gallons east and three or four gallons elsewhere. Fuel oil period 5 coupons valid through September 30. new season period 1 coupons valid through January 3, 1944, each worth 10 gallons per unit.
Fingerprint Link Seen in De Marigny Case
New York expert testified that a fingerprint on a wooden screen in the room where Sir Harry Oakes was killed matches Alfred De Marigny, son-in-law of the baronet. The hearing adjourned to next Tuesday as defense questioned the evidence and the judge kept the case moving.
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Nassau
Bahamas
New York
Harry Oakes
Alfred de Marigny
Frank Conway
New York Bureau of Criminal Identification
de Marigny
F.E. Field
Conway
Field
Godfrey Higgs
Radio Claims 101 U.S. Fliers Killed in Raid
The Italian Stefani agency reported 101 American airmen killed in the Ploesti raid on Romania. The dispatch said the Americans were buried with military honors yesterday at Ploesti, though no U.S. confirmation of such losses was available.
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London
Stefani Agency
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
RAF and US air raids strike Ruhr Rhineland and French coast
Swift RAF Mosquito bombers attacked Ruhr and Rhineland targets last night in renewed strikes on German industry with no losses. British naval aircraft sank three E-boats off Calais and damaged a fourth, while U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers hit Letrait ship yards in France, destroying the power plant and other facilities in the day’s deep raids with no enemy fighters encountered.
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London
Ruhr
Rhineland
Calais
Air Ministry
Berlin
Dunkerque
English
France
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Letrait
Poix
Abbeville
Mine Pillars Saved by Listening to Rock Sounds
A new method using sub audible sounds in rock determines pressures, enabling safe recovery of ore from mine pillars. Meanwhile one sixth of New Zealand’s population is under arms, reflecting wartime mobilization and defense measures.
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New Zealand
Yankees Battle for Munda Airfield in New Georgia
Allied forces assault the Munda airfield on New Georgia as American infantry and Marines break through trenches and push toward the center of the strip. Heavy artillery and air strikes pounded defenses while naval forces hit Shortland Island to prevent Japanese aid.
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George Jones
United Press
Munda
New Georgia
C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Georgia Island
Solomons
New Britain
Bibolo Hill
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Bibolo
Kokengolo
Shortland Island
Bougainville
Rendova Island
Rendova
British Sweep Around Mt Etna to Crack Axis
Washington reports Sicily casualties through July 22 total 6741 with 501 killed, 3670 wounded, 2370 missing. Stimson notes moderate losses given terrain and gains in all theaters. Allied forces breach Mt Etna defenses, capture Catania. Regalbuto, San Stefano, Mistretta seized. San Fratello near two miles away. Nearly 100000 prisoners taken, including Germans.
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Washington
Sicily
Stimson
Mt. Etna
Catania
Regalbuto
Seventh Army
San Stefano
Mistretta
San Fratello
Strait of Messina
Tunisia
Gardenia Murderer Is Identified
Miss Jeanette Walser, secretary, said she was jilted by Grant W. Terry the man suspected in the white gardenia murder. Mrs Ora Murray's nude body was found in a lovers lane flower bed near a golf course. Police charged Terry after Walser identified his blue convertible and photos.
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Los Angeles
Jeanette Walser
Ora Murray
Grant W. Terry
Terry
Miss Walser
Murray
Hollywood
Smackover Officer Missing in Africa
Washington reports Second Lt. Oriell Mitcham of Smackover Arkansas listed by the War Department as missing in action in North Africa. He was the lone Arkansan among 132 soldiers missing in various theaters. Separate note mentions Vatican City's manuscript repair industry.
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Washington
Oriell Mitcham
Zollie Mitcham
Smackover
War Department
Mitcham
Sicily Falls Catania as Allied Drive Reaches Etna Base
Allied forces spearhead through Sicily capture Catania at 8:30 a.m. and drive around Mt. Etna to seize Paterno, signaling a break in the German line on the island's east coast. British and American troops press toward Messina as raids hit Taormina, Naples docks, and supply routes.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Eighth Army
Catania
Mt. Etna
Paterno
Sicily
Misterbianco
Taormina
Messina
Sicilian
Naples
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Orel Street
Alex. H. Washburn
Association of American Colleges
Commission On Liberal Education
Europe
Oka
Earth
Lubaye
Zherkosi
Klintsy
Nezhin
Ea. Roslavi
Bryansk
Vyarma
Korothev
Kaluga
Bolkhov
Akhtyrka
Kharkov
Novosh
Dxursk
Ae ,Verkhovo
Rzhovo
Velchki
Kolomna
Tula
St Oshol
Ryazan
Voronezh
Miles
Kremenchug
Zaporozhe
Voroshilovgrod
Don R
Tikhoretsk
Kropetnia
NEA Service
U.S
Mt Etna
Gardenia
Africa
Vatican City
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