Italy breaks with Mussolini as Badoglio takes command
London reports King Vittorio Emanuele names Marshal Pietro Badoglio premier and commander with full powers after Mussolini resigns. War continues as Allied forces push through Sicily and Rome area. Rome radio cites a vow to defend Italy, while British and American officials weigh future Axis contributions.
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Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
London
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Italy appoints Badoglio premier amid war crisis
London reports Badoglio proclaims military rule with full powers and vows to protect order as Italy endures invasion and wartime hardship. Concurrent updates describe Hamburg raid by RAF fighters and bombers, Norway targets, and Corsican supply routes.
American Seventh Army Opens Marsala Advance in Sicily
American troops pushing west from Castelvetrano seized Marsala, with light casualties. Salemi fell easily as Italian troops surrendered in large numbers. Major Tucker set up artillery to force surrenders while Maj Murray captured 130 Italian and 20 German POWs at a small airport. Germans retreated toward Messina, some planning to cross to the mainland.
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Seventh Army
Sicily
Castelvetrano
Marsala
Salemi
John T. Toffey
Wyoming
H. P. Tucker
Winston- Salem
N. C
Roy A. Murray
Berkeley
Calif
Messina
Tin can drive nets six tons. notes on repairs
City engineer J. C. Harper reports about 6 tons of cans collected in the tin can drive, down from 8 tons three weeks earlier. The next drive is set for August 13. Repairs on East Eighth Street are finished and borrowed equipment returned. Heat buckles pavement on Locust and Mississippi streets.
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J. C. Harper
Harper
East Eighth Street
Louisville
City Engines Ring Department
Mon- Harmer
Locust Street
Mississippi Street
Farmers Sell Livestock Through Journal World Classifieds
Every month farmers sell thousands of dollars of live stock and farm products through Journal-World classified advertising.
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Journal-World
Beginning of End of Fascist Rule
Ottawa reports Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King stating Mussolini's resignation appears to be the beginning of the end of the Fascist regime. He cautioned it is too soon to judge effects on Italy's war withdrawal but called it a step in the right direction.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. L. MacKenzie King
Mussolini
Italy
Rome Radio
Bomb attack by RAF and Greek air force on Crete
Allied air forces launched a large daylight offensive on Crete with over 100 planes targeting ammunition dumps tented camps gun positions and power stations. Several factories at Ierapetra and Heraklion were hit. Seventeen allied aircraft were reported missing and German claims of limited damage followed.
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Cairo
R.A.F
Crete
Middle East Air Command
CBS
Berlin
NBC
Mediterranean
Middle East
Ierapetra
Heraklion
One Day Steel Strike Ends Averted Shutdown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a day-old strike by about 1500 Bethlehem Steel open hearth and mill workers ended after talks with labor mediators and military representatives. The CSO United Steel Workers union urged workers to return, resuming operations at the 11 pm shift. The stoppage began after a suspended employee who sat on the union grievance committee was questioned.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Army and Navy
United Steel Workers Union
Eugene Maurice
C.S.0
District 12
Maurice
War Fund drives Kansas quota set at 1 259 000
Kan sas War Fund announces a state quota of 1 259 000 with Lieut Gov Jess C Denions as general chairman and Dolph Simons heading publicity. Local chairmen named in about 60 percent of counties as campaigns prepare for October drive benefiting 16 service groups including the USO. Frank L Bynum oversees state headquarters in the Central building.
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Topeka
Kansas War Fund, Inc
Jess C. Denions
Dodge City
USO
Kansas
Dolph Simons
Lawrence Journal-World
Frank L. Bynum
Emporia
Entries in deeds office show near normal level this year
Harold A. Beck, register of deeds, says this year’s entries are near normal after a decline and a jump last year. Chattel mortgages dropped to about half, reflecting fewer installment purchases, while mortgage releases are far above normal.
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Harold A. Beck
Register of Deeds
Beck
Livestock and Farm Implement Auctions Through Journal-World Ads
Trainloads of livestock and used farm implements were sold via Journal-World classified ads. The notices highlight sales of cattle horses and equipment advertised to reach buyers through the newspaper listings.
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Journal-World
Great Yanks in Palermo With Flowers and Fruit
Palermo July 23. Yanks swarm through Palermo as about 400000 residents greet them with flowers lemons watermelons and hospitality. Patton marvels at the reception calling the Sicily blitz the greatest in history and credits his men for the victory as Palermo officially surrenders after an 18 hour armored drive.
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Palermo
Sicily
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Molinero
Flier In On Kiska Island Attack
The Navy reports heavy American air raids accompanied by warship bombardment of Kiska Island on Thursday. Canadian RAF fliers helped soften defenses and one U.S. plane was shot down but the crew were rescued. The joint sea air assault aimed to clear shore defenses ahead of an amphibious invasion.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Kiska
R. C. A. F. Fliers
Chinese Troops Report Successes Near Yuhang and Haining
The Chinese high command said on July 24 that forces in Chekiang province attacked Japanese positions north of Yuhang, destroyed defenses and communications facilities, and damaged fortifications. Northwest of Haining, three enemy barracks were demolished with heavy Japanese casualties reported.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Yuhang
Haining
Jap Losses Heavy in Violent Air Battles on New Guinea Front
Allied air forces report fierce battles over New Guinea with an American victory tally of at least 65 to 5, while Gen. MacArthur's forces claim sinking a 9,000 ton Japanese seaplane tender and damaging a destroyer near Bougainville. RAF raids on the Burma front destroy hundreds of river craft and strike factory buildings, transport, huts, and troops.
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New Guinea
Associated Press
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Bogadjim
Douglas MacArthur
Bougainville Island
Solomons
New Britnu
Munda
New Georgia
Rendova Island
Burma
R.A.F
Stalin Declares Liquidation of German Summer Offensive
Soviet Order of the Day to Generals Rokossovsky Vatutin and Popov reports complete liquidation of the German July offensive in the Orel Belgorod Kursk area. It cites 70 000 enemy dead 2 900 tanks 844 guns 1 392 planes and 5 000 trucks destroyed July 5 to 23 1943. The message praises Allied troops and honors fallen heroes.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
Belgorod
Rokossovsky
Vatutin
Popov
The
Soviet Union
J. V. Stalin
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