Proclamation to Italians After Sicily Invasion
Eisenhower pledges Italy will be free after Mussolini and Hitler are toppled. The dream of empire collapses, leaving Italians to reconsider their war aims as the United Nations seeks lasting peace. Germany faces a future beyond its current leadership and ideology.
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Sicily
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Free Peoples
United Nations
North
Africa
Asia Minor
Germany
Greater
Bismarck
Duce Sought Hitler Aid as Axis Defenses Strain
Diplomatic circles believe Mussolini urged Hitler for help as Axis holds in Sicily falter and Italy faces tough choices for defense on the mainland. Observers cite air power, 5 000 to 6 000 Axis planes, and questions Hitler would ask about Italian resolve and Navy activity amid rumors of unrest and desertions. The note ends with an odd fact about hammerhead sharks.
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Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Verona
Germany
Sicily
Hitler
Russia
Balkans
France
Norway
Roosevelt Churchill
Remier
Ration Book Alerts For July Through August
New ration calendar items list expiration dates for red blue and other stamps. J L M N red stamps expired June 30 P valid through July Q valid July 4 blue stamps N P Q valid July 1 to August 7 shoes Book 1 stamp 18 through October 31 sugar Book 1 stamps 13 15 16 for canning coffee Book 1 stamps 21 22 July 1 to July 21 and July 22 to August 11 gasoline No 6 A four gallons through July 21 renewals via mail at filling stations with new books issued starting July 22 motorcycles follow same process.
Pilots Crash Planes to Escape Japs
A wartime feature on Captain James E. Swett, a 22 year old Marine Corps fighter pilot who shot down seven Japanese planes in one day during the Solomons campaign. His aircraft was damaged and he crash landed off Tulagi but he was rescued and later returned to action after hospital treatment.
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James E. Swett
Marine Corps
Tulagi
Daring US Marines Shot Down While Bombing Rendova
Two U S Marine pilots Capt James E Swett of San Mateo California and First Lieut Harold Segal of Long Island City New York were shot down July 11 off Rendova while breaking up a Japanese bombing run. Swett, a top South Pacific ace, survived by diving and drifting ashore. Segal was injured but rescued next day. Swett had downed one Zero and one bomber that day. Segal credited with destroying three Zeros before the crash.
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Leif Erickson
Guadalcanal
U.S
Rendova Island
James E. Swett
San Mateo
Calif
Harold Segal
Long Island City
N. Y
Rendova
Swett
South Pacific
Segal
Corsair
United States
Barn Destroyed on Merrill Huckabee Farm Causes $800 to $900 Loss
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a barn on the Merrill Huckabee farm yesterday causing an approximate loss of $800 to $900. The barn housed over 100 bales of hay and other equipment.
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Merrill Huckabee
Reds Recapture Towns as Fighting Spreads on Russian Front
Moscow reports Red Army recaptured multiple towns including Mtsensk and Malo Arkhangelsk as fighting broadens from Orel toward the Donets and Mius sectors. Front advances reach four to six miles with heavy combat and repeated German counterattacks across a 400 mile line.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Donets
Mius River
Red Army
Orel
Voroshilovgrad
Mius
Mtsensk
Voroshilov
Malo Arkhangelsk
Central Front
Kursk
Belgoro
Red
Anti-Aircraft Fire Heavy in Jap Area
On Guadalcanal heavy anti-aircraft fire challenged raiding bombers. A Liberator returning from off Kahili showed ten shell holes, yet all crew survived. Tail gunner Fred King of Puelo Colo and navigator Lieut Bennett Williams of Marked Tree Ark. survived a near-miss with King's trousers ripped by shrapnel.
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Island
Kahili
Bennett Williams
Gen Hartle Sent to Camp Robinson in Arkansas
Major General Russell P. Hartle, former commander in Europe, is assigned to lead Camp Robinson. He will arrive in about ten days to replace Brigadier General Francis B. Mallon, whose new post was not disclosed. Hartle, 54, commanded the first American troops to land on European soil in the current war.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Russell P. Hartle
Camp Robinson
Senator McClellan
Washington
Hartle
Prig
Francis B. Mallon
Camden Officer Missing in Action in Europe
The War Department reports Second Lt. Claudius A. Belk of Camden Arkansas is missing in action in the European theater. His name appears on a list of 147 United States soldiers missing in all areas.
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Camden
Washington
Claudius A. Belk
Kate G. Belk
Ark
War Department
United States
Destroyers sunk and cruiser in Solomons convoy clash
Allied air forces claim to have sunk a Japanese cruiser and two destroyers in Vella Gulf as a convoy sought to run the Munda blockade near New Georgia. Liberator Mitchell and Avenger bombers followed by a force of light cruisers, destroyers, and transports were engaged, with several ships damaged or sunk and one transport believed lost.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Catalina
Vella Gulf
Kolombangara Island
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia Island
Dauntless
Sarong
Dutch New Guinea
Kahili
Bougainville
Alexishafen
New Guinea
Madang
Cape Chater
Timor Island
Koepang
Timor
Arkansas Soldier Missing in Action
Washington July 20 The War Department announced Sgt Sterling T Hendricks son of Sterling Hendricks 603 Ferry St Little Rock Ark has been wounded in action in the Middle East area in World War II reports The grim news comes as the search continues for missing in action service members in the region
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Washington
Sterling T. Hendricks
Sterling Hendricks
Ferry St
Little Rock
Ark
Middle East
War Department
Lewis Seeks Union of the UMW and AFL
Washington July 21 Re turn of the United Mine Workers to the American Federation of Labor hinged on a deal permitting UMW control of coal belt organizing while relinquishing the district 50 unit that organized diverse workers. AFL officials report progress and expect a vote in Chicago next month.
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Washington
United Minerkers
American Federal of Labor
UMW
Lewis
AFL
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Daniel A. Tobin
AFL Executive Council
Chicago
Fire destroys block of downtown Fort Smith buildings
A$250000 downtown Fort Smith fire swept the Geren building area. Fire Chief Maurice Brun estimated the loss and several neighboring structures including municipal shops Swift Produce Unit a blacksmith shop and storage units were destroyed. City equipment including a street sweeper and multiple trucks were lost. The Gerens reported losses of trucks and cars.
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Fort Smith
Geren
Maurice Brun
Swift Co
C.N. Louis
Lake Geren
Fort Smith Vehicle and Machinery Company
Chester Holland
Vehicle and Machinery Company
Gerens
West Wind Damage Strikes Hope and Surrounding Farms
A strong west wind and rain swept Hope causing city and nearby farm damage. Downtown streets flooded while a Weather Bureau station reported no rain to the east. Roof damage reported at Hope city hall and numerous homes and businesses including the E S Richards house and Co C Westerman residence.
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Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Pines Swimming Pool
East City
Hope City Hall
Bryan Anderson
E. S. Richards
O’steen
Frisco
Ray Cooper
Motor Freight Workers Strike Faced by War Labor Board
Atlanta July 21 A walk out by truck drivers and helpers at seven interstate lines sparked by War Labor Board contract delays met a flat WLB refusal to weigh the dispute while workers returned to their jobs. Some 300 to 500 workers quit but many planta tions reported a back to work trend with no regional trouble.
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Atlanta
War Labor Board
WLB
Dixie Freight Lines
Southeast
Akers Motor Lines
Associated Transportation
Blue and Gray Transportation Company
Flamingo Freight Lines, Inc
Huber Huber Freight Lines
Johnson Freight Lines
Washington
Still A Winner Norfolk Va Charley Wagner Leads Norfolk Team
Charley Wagner, former Boston Red Sox pitching ace, has won 10 games this season for the Norfolk Naval Training Station nine, marking a strong performance for the unit.
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Norfolk
Charley Wagner
Boston Red Sox
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Axis Lines Split As Allies Break Sicily Front
Allied forces, led by American, Canadian and British units, push across central Sicily with Enna fallen and Catania under threat. The seizure of Enna cuts east–west lines, splitting the island as Montgomery’s and McNaughton’s commands press toward Messina and the north coast.
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North Africa
Enna
Sicily
Catania
Messina
U. S
Sicilian
Caltanissetta
Seventh Army
Piazza Armerina
Bernard L. Montgomery
CfPums
A. G. L. McNaughton
England
John Gunther
McNaughton
Kiska Island Shelling By Two U S Warships
Navy reports two American light surface units bombarded the Japanese camp in Gertrude Cove on Kiska Island in the Aleutians. Japanese bombers struck Funafuti in the Ellice Islands with no damage or injuries reported.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Aleutians
South Pacific
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Australia
North Pacific
U. S
Gertrude Cove
Kiska
Pacific
Ellice Island
Gilbert Group
Thos. Ruggles Says Father Fired First
Thomas Ruggles contradicted earlier reports of the Hempstead county shooting stating his father O F Ruggles fired first. He said his revolver snapped and he fired after his father, clarifying the sequence of events in the affray.
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Ruggles
Star
O. F. Ruggles
Hempstead County
Thomas
Thomas Ruggles
Crowding Rules Limit Jamaica Track Sprint Fields
Due to over crowding in sprint races of five and one half furlongs future fields will be limited to 12 horses at the Jamaica Race Track.
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New York
Jamaica Race Track
Ethiopian Royal Lineage Tied to Solomon and Sheba
The Ethiopian royal tradition asserts direct descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The claim intertwines dynastic legitimacy with ancient history, shaping national identity and ceremonial duties.
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Ethopia
Solomon
Sheba
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