Palermo Captured as Allied Armies Drive Through Sicily
Allied forces seize Palermo on July 23 after a rapid advance from Enna to the north coast, trapping large Italian formations and dominating the Tyrrhenian approach to Italy. Montgomery’s Eighth Army presses toward Catania while Patton’s Seventh Army advances, praised by Sir Harold Alexander for speed and effectiveness.
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North Africa
Palermo
Sicily
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Enna
Sicilian
Italy
Ard Sicily
Cap Bon
Sic
San Stefano di Camastra
Leonforte
Catania
Punt
Etna
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Bright D. Eisenhower
Berlin
Reuters
London
Iin
Catanian
Algiers
Morocco
Marsala
Trapani
Taxis
Patton
Harold Alexander
Moscow Appeals for Free Germany Marked as Significant
Washington reports that Moscow launched a new national committee of free Germany calling for an immediate peace and a genuine German government. Officials view it as a Soviet backed strategy to aid the Red Army and test reactions among the Allies while avoiding commitment to unconditional surrender.
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Washington
Moscow
Hitler
National Committee of Free Germany
Reich
London
Russia
Germany
Red Army
Moscow Radio
United Nations
Freies Bentschileng
Free Germany
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Soviet Union
Navy Bombards Kiska as Seventh Aleutians Strike Reported
Washington reports heavy and light Pacific fleet units shelling Kiska Island in the Aleutians in the seventh surface attack this month. Japanese guns replied but caused no American damage. Air raids followed as Allies push toward a final campaign to retake the western Aleutians.
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Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Kiska
Associated Press
North Pacific
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Solomons-New Guinea
Central Pacific
Berlin Reports Rome Bureaus Closed After Air Raid
A Berlin radio dispatch via Transocean says all Rome bureaus are closed until July 81 due to air raid damage. The report also notes Lieutenant General Geriga, head of the Second Carabinieri Division, named to command Carabinieri by Mussolini after General Hazon was killed in the Rome raid.
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Berlin
Transocean
Rome
New York
Associated Press
Geriga
Carabinieri
Mussolini
Hazon
Allied Air Forces Hit Sicily Invasion Week
Allied air forces report during the first week of the Sicily invasion shot down 175 enemy aircraft and dropped nearly 8 million pounds of bombs on the island. Three enemy ships were sunk, two probably sunk, and seven damaged.
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Allied
Inte
Africa
Sicily
Egg shortage forecast hits the nation by December
An OPA spokesman warns of a peak egg shortage by next December the worst in US history. He cites reduced winter production scarce cold storage eggs for civilians and 30 percent diverted to dried eggs for the armed forces and lend lease. Many small farmers with under 400 hens nationwide contribute to the supply.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Lend Lease
Plan 4 H Club Show in Wichita Scheduled for October
The Kansas national livestock and horse show and the Kansas 4 H club fat stock show will be held in Wichita October 5 7. Conlee Smith general manager said the event will emphasize slaughter livestock rather than demonstrations and booth exhibits.
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Wichita
UPI
Conlee Smith
Smith
Italy Calls More Men for Service by August Fifteenth
Rome radio announced that all Italian officers and men born 1907 to 1922 who are liable for service and not yet in uniform must enter military service by August 15. It said public sporting fixtures are cancelled, but amateur games may still be played.
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London
Rome
Associated Press
Italy
Croix de Guerre Awards At North Africa Headquarter
Allied Headquarters in North Africa announces that P Maj Gen Terry Allen commander of the First US Infantry Division Brig Gen Theodore Roosevelt and Maj Kenneth Downs have received the French Croix de Guerre from Gen Louis Koeltz of the French seventh corps. The First Division, now in Sicily, fought alongside Koeltz’s French troops in Tunisia in numerous engagements.
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North Africa
Terry Allen
U. S. Infantry
Theodore Roosevelt
Kenneth Downs
Louis Koeltz
Pth Corps
Sicily
Koeltz
Tunisia
Berlin Radio Silent. Air Raids Suspected Over Europe
Berlin radio cut off at 5 40 p m today for technical reasons amid daylight allied air raid alerts over Europe. A cryptic line about safety instructions follows, mentioning chlorinated water as a safety note.
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Berlin
London
Europe
Russians Press Orel Drive as German Losses Reported
Soviet communique claims heavy gains around Orel with four to five mile advances and encirclement of districts. German counts cite 350 000 losses since July 15 while the battles are described as the greatest attrition in history with 900 planes 1 148 tanks and 1 602 guns reported destroyed or captured.
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Orel
Berlin
Associated Press
Hitler
Red Army
Lewis agrees to appear before Labor Board over Illinois coal deal
John L. Lewis said he will appear before the War Labor Board to support the contract between the Illinois Coal Association and Lewis district No. 12 United Mine Workers. He noted the agreement is in the public interest and offered to testify as hearings are held.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Illinois Coal Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
William H. Davis
U.M.W
Illinois
Congress
Parachutist Escapes Death in Sicily Then Returns to Allied Lines
Pvt. Michael Scambullari of Albany New York told how a parachute trooper was captured by Italian forces in Sicily shot seven times and left for dead. He survived, escaped and made his way back to American lines while recuperating in an allied Middle East hospital.
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Cairo
GPI
Sicily
Pvt
Michael Scambullari
Albany, Y
Middle East
Stock Market Index Narrowed to 60 Stocks at 52.8
Market page notes the average of 60 stocks stood at 52.8 with a reference to yesterday's level. Also mentions Mrs. Stover's Summer Candies and Wiedemann's-Adv advertising along with assorted chocolates in 9 oz and 1 lb packages.
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Mrs
Rioters in Italy Demand Peace Across Major Cities
Dispatches from Madrid report Italians in Rome Venice Milan Turin Florence and Trieste shouting peace as strikes and sabotage spread nationwide. Balkans notes describe rebellion and fighting against axis occupation forces amid Palermo seizure by U S forces.
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North Africa
Palermo
U. S
Italy
Balkans
Madrid
Rome
Venice
Milan
Turin
Florence
Trieste
Lawrence Urges All Citizens to Buy War Savings Stamps
A city wide drive in Douglas county aims to sell 15000 in War Savings stamps by the end of July. Citizens are urged to buy at least 1 worth of stamps tomorrow or next week, with stores and sidewalk booths supporting the effort led by Mrs. Henry Werner. Retailers and women volunteers push sales city side by side, including Farm Bureau rural women joining in.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
County War Savings Committee
Henry Werner
John H. Schrader
War Savings Committee
Werner
Penney
Weaver, Kress
Woolworth
Farm Bureau
Services in the Park Union Church at Southpark
The regular union church service will be held at Southpark at 8 o clock Sunday night with Rev. Ray O Cooper of Wesleyan Methodist as speaker. Theme Exalted Christ. Rev Duncan McGregor and Rev Alfred Smith will chair and lead in prayer. Meridith Mewser to sing The Love of God and Rosella Messer at the piano.
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Southpark
Ray O. Cooper
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Duncan E. McGregor
First Evangelical Church
Alfred Smith
Friends Church
Meridith Mewser
Love of God
Lehman
Rosella Messer
BUYS HIS WAR BONDS IN SHOCKING TURN
John Dimitroff a hotel busboy bought war bonds with 1053 dollars of life savings stolen earlier this week from his bank. A St Louis clergyman acting for a parish owner returned the money and refused to name the thief. Dimitroff told police he did not wish to prosecute.
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St. Louis
John Dimitroff
Dimitroff
A. St. .Leuis
Edgerton Youth Dies After Prison Camp Service
Edward Eugene Middleton of Edgerton died in a Japanese prison camp after serving in the marine corps. He once set a school shot put record at the 1931 Kansas University meet and also competed in javelin discus and a relay. His father, Ben Middleton, received word.
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Edgerton
Edward
Eugene Middleton
K. U
Ben Middleton
Marine Corps
WLB Stands Firm On Little Steel Wage Formula
The Labor Board says it does not intend to scrap the Little Steel wage formula as inflation concerns persist. The board advised labor to resist inflationary wage demands within the stabilization program while President Roosevelt considers new price controls. An opinion by Wayne L Morse denying Los Angeles transit workers a 24 hour strike cited holding the line against inflation and curbing wage increases not matching substandard brackets.
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Ashington
Labor Board Service
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
A.F.L
William Green
Ci.o
Philip Murray
Los Angeles Transit
Wayne L. Morse
Heat Retains Grip As Kansas Sees 100 Degree Readings
Heat continues across Kansas with Coffeyville at 107 degrees and Ellis around 105 as southwestern counties stay dry. Forecasters expect more hot weather with no rainfall. topsoil dries while corn remains moisture rich enough to endure short dryness. Northeast remains cooler but warming expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Coffeyville
Ellis
Goodland
Argentine government denounces fascist fears in Buenos Aires
A government spokesman told U S correspondents that the Argentina under General Pedro Ramirez is neither fascist nor totalitarian and has no plan to become so. He said the pro democratic press faces no restraint in criticizing policies and dismissed abroad reports of fascist reforms.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
State safeguards $36.9 million in Kansas deposits
Kansas banks hold about 360 institutions safeguarding roughly $36.9 million in state funds, an unprecedented total. Auditor George Robb said the treasury board would renew depository contracts next month as banks no longer pay interest on deposits.
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Topeka
Kansas
George Robb
Treasury Board
Robb
Korovesi
Jim
WAC parade to honor recruitment in Kansas City
The Women's Army Corps will stage a mile long parade in Kansas City July 24 to support a local recruitment drive. Military and civic leaders will review the event with WAC units from Kansas City, a platoon from Fort Leavenworth, scout cars, Sherman Field equipment, and Civil Air Patrol planes conducting a flyover.
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Kansas City
UPI
Women’s Army Corps
Wacg
Ft. Leavenworth
Sherman Field
Civil Air Patrol
Communist party chief comments on Jersey City endorsement
Earl Browder the US Communist party general secretary said the Jersey City endorsement of Mayor Frank Hague was aimed at preventing a Republican victory. The remark came as Democrats and Republicans jockey for control in New York on July 23.
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Reds
New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Frank Hague
Jersey City
New Jersey
Soerabaja Bombed by U S Forces in Longest Pacific Flight
American warplanes completed the longest Southwest Pacific mission to strike Soerabaja, burning fires visible 140 miles away. All crews returned safely on a 2,460 mile round trip. The raid followed Japanese capture of the base in 1942 and marked a major early Pacific offensive.
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Southwest Pacific
Soerabaja
Netherlands East
Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Java
Dutch Indies
South Pacific
Solomons
Munda
New Georgia
Guinea
Salamaua
U. S
Change in Orders for Kaw River Levee Work
County agent Deal Six reports at a Topeka conference that army troops in Bonner Springs and Perry camps will stop levee repair. Soldiers will handle land clearance and fence repair only. U S Army Engineers must authorize levee work with surveys planned for Eudora and Weaver Bottom sectors.
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Kaw
Bonner Springs
Perry
Deal Six
Topeka
Six
U.S. Army Engineers
U. S. Army Engineers
Eudora and Weaver
Army Prairesrs
Ohio fugitives held on housebreaking charges in Lawrence case
John M. Korovesi and Jim Morehead of Cincinnati were arrested in Lawrence after entering a home asking for water. Police report Korovesi confessed to stealing jewelry worth over 300 dollars in Cincinnati, and both men are wanted there to answer housebreaking charges. They were held pending Cincinnati authorities.
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John M. Korovesi
Cincinnati
Douglas County
Korovesi
Jim Morehead
Lawrence
Sheriff’s Office
Morehead
Drake and Scrivner to face off in 2nd district race
Paola July 23 Herbert L Drake 52 horticulturist will oppose Errett P Scrivner 45 attorney in the September 14 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Guyer Kansas City Drake won the Democratic nomination at a party committee meeting Scrivner was the Republican choice earlier in the week Drake previously ran against Guyer in 1942.
1500 Men Walkout Threatens Bethlehem Steel Visit
In Johnstown Pennsylvania 1500 open hearth workers threaten a walkout that could halt a Bethlehem steel division visit. General Manager Ralph E. Houch confirms the strike began last night after a worker accused of stirring two earlier small strikes was discharged. The plant spans seven miles and employs thousands in the region.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Ralph E. Houch
Government Holds Up Potato Prices Amid Market Drop
Market drops as buyers pull back leading to government intervention. Five carload purchases by the government set support prices at 2.00 for U S No 1, 1.90 for commercial 85 and 1.80 for commercial. Alfred Heck and sons report 190 acres dug with 80 to 90 pickers and 15 to 18 helpers.
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U. S
Alfred Heck and Sons
Arthur Heck
U.S
Emil Heck
Demobilize the palace guard urged by Oklahoma senator
Tulsa July 23 Ben E H Moore told the Chamber the new deal aides including Harry Hopkins and Felix Frankfurter should be demobilized. He warned against international police and warned bureaucracy in Washington as the gravest domestic threat. He called for replacement by men of recognized ability.
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Tulsa
Okla
The
New Deal
Harry Hopkins
Felix Frankfurter
Ben E. H. Moore
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Congress
America
Washington
Felix Frank
Forter
Unrationed Coffee Soon
Washington officials said removal of coffee from the ration list is imminent though no final date is set. An announcement is expected by the Office of Price Administration within the next few days.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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Rus
Sian
Bolkhov
Labor Board
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Ady
Ohio
H. L. Drake
Errett Scrivner
Oklahoma
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