Badoglio Dissolves Fasci Chamber in Italy War Measure
London reports Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio dissolves the Camera Dei Fasci E Delle Corporazioni, formed to replace the former Deputies chamber. Rome radio says no political parties or insignia during the war. political prisoners are being released as unrest spreads and Italy faces possible peace negotiations.
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London
Italy
Chamber of Fasci and Corporations
Pietro Badoglio
Rome Radio
Chamber of Fasci and
Cor- Orations
Camera Dei Fasci E Delle Corporazioni
Chamber of Deputies
National Fascist Council
Benito Mussolini
National Council of Corporations
Chamber
Badoglio
Associated Press
Mussolini
3000 Strikers Reject Union Plea in Detroit
Three thousand members of the United Automobile Workers rejected pleas from leaders to return to work at the Timken Detroit Axle Company. The walkout followed the firing of a shop steward and the ratified vote kept the plant idle until reinstatement.
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Detroit
U.P
United Automobile Workers
Timken- Detroit Axle Company
Seed Starting in Eggshells for Delicate Roots
A gardening tip suggests using half eggshells filled with soil to plant seeds. After sprouting, transfer the sprout with soil and shell into the ground. The shells protect roots and provide nutritive minerals as they decompose.
Synthetic rubber program set to boost grain needs nationwide
The synthetic rubber program in full production will demand 37,000,000 bushels of grain each year. General Billy Mitchell proposed paratroopers to strike behind German lines in World War I.
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Billy Mitchell
Marine of Sheridan Cited Posthumously
Corporal Redford D. Mays 22 of Sheridan Arkansas killed on Guadalcanal posthumously cited for gallantry in action. He volunteered to lead patrols beyond his position January 2 to 4 1943 aiding in mopping up enemy remnants and capturing Japanese arms. Commendation from Marine Corps headquarters notes courage and Navy traditions and extends congratulations to the family.
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Washington
Redford D. Mays
U.S .E
Naval Service
13 Known Dead in Houston Storm
A Houston storm left 13 dead with two missing and dozens injured. Nine million dollars in property damage reported. dredge Galveston lost ten crew. Water shortages eased as five Houston dumps were powered and communications restored. Crop losses around two million dollars. Houston property losses near six million. The storm struck Wednesday.
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Houston
Texas
Galveston
Gas Mileage at Speed and Truck Growth in Americas
The article notes that fuel use at 60 mph nearly doubles that at 30 mph. It also states Latin America has under 500000 trucks in operation while roadbuilding there doubles the pace of the United States in 1920.
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Latin America
United States
Ordnance Units Aid Sicily Invasion With Rapid Repairs
Army Ordnance crews from the Southwestern Proving Ground backed front lines after Sicily landings. They repaired tanks, half tracks, guns, and electrical gear, even on the move, and safeguarded camps with protective squads. Private Leroy Deibert recalled frontline mobility and rapid field service to blunt Nazi maneuvers.
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Sicily
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Southwestern
Keith F. Adamson
Southwestern Proving Ground
Army Ordnance
Gafsa
Ordnance
South Prairie Street
Champaign
Ill
Army Medical Center
Forest Glen
Gabessa
Kasserine Pass
Ceibert
Irwin
Deibert
North
Africa
Ordnance Company
Machin
State Convicts Volunteer for Military Duty
Cummins Prison Farm July 29. Mey Eleven Arkansas convicts have passed preliminary examinations and been offered the opportunity to volunteer for military duty. Clerk T. Flemming Jr of the Lincoln county draft board special panel announced today. The panel reclassifies convicts for Selective Service and has received many letters from inmates willing to enter the armed services. The panel held talks at the prison with convicts who completed questionnaires and placed them in pending classification, sending in voluntary induction applications. Fleming said the board believes if a man can meet Selective Service requirements he should have a chance to redeem himself.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Mey
Arkansas
T. Flemming, Jr
Lincoln County Draft Board
Fleming
Armed Services
Arkansan Killed in Florida Plane Crash
A Marine flier and two Navy enlisted men died in a training flight crash near Jacksonville Florida. Second Lieut Roy Cavin 20 from Starkie Ark Aviation radioman 38rd William Janvarin 19 Revere Mass and Aviation radioman 3rd class Jasper Guidry 19 Lafayette La were named by the Jacksonville Naval Air Station officials.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Here
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Roy Robert Cavin
Marine Corps Reserve Flier
Charles Henry Cavin
Starkie
Ark
Williamt Angus Janvarin
MSR
William Angus Janvarin
Revere
Revere. Mass
Jasper Guidry
USNR
Andrew Guidry
Lafayette, la
Father of 3 Sons in Service Also Joins Fayetteville
Virgil L. Baker associate professor of public Speaking at the University of Arkansas since 1937 enlists in the Army as a private. He will train in the camouflage division of the Engineers Corps and seeks overseas duty. He has two sons who are lieutenants and one private in cross country flight training.
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Fayetteville
Armed Services
Virgil L. Baker
University of Arkansas
Army
Baker
Camouflage
Engineers Corps
Marines
War memoir recounts diverse unit in Allied invasion
The account recalls a mixed unit of cooks carpenters welders and multilingual men led by Deibert an auto mechanic who baked white bread for a French Algiers family after invasion. The story highlights human moments and notes a surprising sight of captured Nazis in bedroom slippers.
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Deibert
Algiers
Ceibert
Bombed Trapani Describes Ghost Town After Sicily Raid
Trapani, Sicily remains largely deserted with only American soldiers and a few residents in the evacuated city. Port area damage shows shattered piers and sunken ships while nearby streets bear wreckage and gas leaks. Allied air raids crippled an airport road to Palermo and blasted the Erice Napela rail system, leaving a scorched landscape and mass prisoner gains reported by Allied troops.
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Trapani
Sicily
Trapan
Hitler
Musolini
Mediterranean
Wiley Brooks
Savannah
Joseph Haymer
Chicago
Palermo
Comiso
Die Okadenel Eerikenn 323S
Erice Napela
Axis
Speculation on Punishing Axis Leaders After War
Washington July 29 speculation swirls on postwar fate for Axis leaders. President Roosevelt vows no criminal will escape justice, targeting Berlin Rome and Tokyo militarists including Mussolini. Discussion cites exile, execution or life imprisonment as possible outcomes.
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Roosevelt
Cone
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Benito Mussolini
Land
Spain
Italy
Holland
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Weod-Chopper
Doorne
Inynsis
Tome
Derlin
Explosions Halted Traffic as Ammunition Train Blows Up
The disaster halted all movement after colossal explosions from an ammunition train caused widespread havoc and prevented entry or exit in the area. Emergency crews scrambled to secure nearby routes and assess damage.
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