Hitler's Summer Offensive Hits Soviet Defenses Hard
German drive along a 165 mile front meets a Soviet red wall as the Red Army blocks major thrusts near Orel Belgorod Kursk and Rostov. Soviet reports claim thousands of German troops killed and hundreds of tanks destroyed in the initial hours. German plans to seize Moscow or push south remain uncertain as patrols and bombardments intensify across the central front.
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Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Oral-Kursk
Belgorod
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
Rostov
Doleper
Karate Aren
Orders Cut In Newsprint Consumption
The War Production Board ordered newspaper publishers to further reduce newsprint use in 1942's third quarter. Large users face up to five percent cuts, with an extra five percent cap for those printing above specified tonnage. smaller papers get exemptions for first thresholds. The move follows industry committee recommendations.
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Washington—P
War Production Board
WPE
Prodictinn Wadle
H.M. Bitner
WPB Printing and Publishing Division
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Labor Advisory Committee
WPB
Police Court Reflects Quiet Fourth Of July
The city held a small Independence Day docket in Judge Napoleon Bond’s court. Fifteen cases arose, ten for public drunkenness with three fined 15 dollars and six forfeiting the same, one public intoxication dismissal, and traffic violations dominating the remainder with fines of 15 dollars for speeding, 7.50 for a stop sign, and 3.50 for an illegal left turn.
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Napoleon Bond
Joyne Bond
Laansual
City Observes Fourth of July Quietly with Carnival Fireworks
Citizens enjoyed a muted Independence Day with fireworks at the American Legion Carnival grounds on Broad Street. Police reported no fireworks injuries or fires during the two day holiday, aside from a lightning sparked burn and a near miss by a parachutist. Traffic officers noted only minor disruptions as Judd Tate praised the carnival’s success and thanked the Tennessee State Guard for support. Broad Street hosted music, mountain ballads, and square dancing from morning till night as crowds filled the streets.
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American Legion
Broad Street
Hammond Post
Tennessee State Guard
America Legion
Broad Streek
Ikings
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Warriver
Judd Tate
Legion
Nim
Inh
Senate Reopens FCIC Controversy With House Action
The Senate battles House over a death sentence reversal tied to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation FCIC and moves to pass a 948 million farm bill amendiment. Nye ND notes the shift aims to restore FCIC funding for wheat and cotton insurance for another year while a deficit measure grows to 266 million.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
FCIC
House
White House
Nye
Theederal Works Agency
Interior Department
Hayden
D-Ariz
Allies Strike Hard Blows At Sicily And Sardinia
Allied air forces under U S command blasted Sicily and Sardinia in three days of heavy bombing as U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators pressed a Mediterranean air offensive. In 24 hours ending Monday 42 German planes were shot down against 12 Allied losses, with attacks concentrating on Mes mia and related rail and port targets. Staff Sgt Benjamin Warmer of San Francisco claimed seven enemy planes destroyed in a single fight.
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North Africa
U. S
Sicily
Sardinia
Gerbini
Marsala
Lienta
Sciacca
Catania
Villacidra
Middle East
Messina
Laanretto
Gerbin
Mediterranean
Benjamin Warmer
San Franchisco
Redstones
Allfes
Sullivan Tax Rate Unchanged in County Budget Action
Sullivan county magistrates set the tax rate at 2.15 dollars per hundred and adopted a budget of 981 thousand 682 dollars, despite a 22 thousand 866 dollar increase over last year. The board, with 48 present, approved the budget and levy recommendations, and noted higher assessments countywide by 596 thousand 66 dollars.
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Blountvile
Sullvan
E Squires
Squires
T. R. Bandy
County Equalization Board
Bandy
Dropett
Fudge
Highway Department
Warships Move Into Kula Gulf as Air Forces Patrol Rendova
American naval forces claim heavy Japanese damage in the Battle of Kula Gulf near Rendova with ongoing combat and uncertainty over major engagement. U S forces detail added actions around Munda, Vila, Kilombangara and Vangunu as air and sea units press an evolving Solomon Islands campaign.
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Kula Gulf
Rendova
Washington
United States
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Crulsard
Bambing
McCawley
Rendova Island
United States Navy
Munda Ape
Central
South Pacific
New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal
Attu Island
North Atlantic
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey, Jr
Japan
Truk Tsiang
Vila
Kilombangara Island
Brlroka Anchorage
New Georgia
Mitchell
Kairoka
Munda
Chinese Leaders Predict Allied Victory On Eve of War Anniversary
Chinese leaders on the eve of the war's sixth anniversary forecast a total Allied victory and Japan's military collapse. Ho Ying-chin proclaimed UN strength growing, Japan short of manpower, sea and air power, and facing food shortages. Kung urged China as a base to advance on Japan, while Sun Fo called for crippling Japan's main fleet to improve supply flows. Tseng Yang-fu outlined a Turkestan-Siberian rail route to boost shipments to China.
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Japan
Ho Ying-Chin
United Nations
United States
China
H. FT. Kung
Ching
Kung
Raing
Chiang Mai-shek
Sun Fo
Sun Yat-Sen
Republic
Tseng Yang-Fu
Allied Planes Roar Across Channel Again
Allied air forces pound the Channel region in daylight sweeps over Boulogne Calais and Le Mans. Spitfires destroy seven German fighters with no British losses. U S Army says bomber raid on Le Mans Gnome-Rhone works damaged significant factory sections.
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London
Frente
Reich
Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Calais
Jevel Attick
Animalist
U. S. Army
le Mans
France
Eighth Air Force
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Guy the Ammoedet
Thess
Rea
Nouth
Tode Tuttle
Wallace
Jones
Jesse Jones
Panker
Henry Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
REW
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
REC
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Milé Perkins
BEW
RFC
Rip van Winkle
Senate Appropriations Committee
Perkins
Bridges
Congress
Hartley
Vicocy
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Sullivan
Sullivan Court
Kula
Vangunu Island
Vura
Vangunu
Australia
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