Allies Push in Sicily Amid German Counterattacks
Allied forces in northeastern Sicily advance despite strong German resistance as they repulse counterattacks and press toward the invasion gateways. American and Canadian troops lead the drive while RAF Beaufighters and other bombers target transports, rail lines, harbors, and enemy positions across the island.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
Messina Strait
Wheeling
Cen- Sicily
Marina di Paola
Italy
Sicilian
Milazzo
Tyrrhenian Sea
Messina
New York Stocks Tumble Amid Rapid Market Selloff
New York stocks fell sharply today with shares slipping to above $3 after a brief recovery attempt failed. In the final half hour a high speed ticker showed frantic floor transactions as roughly two million shares changed hands.
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New-York
New York
De Gaulle Says France Must Participate in Italy Settlement
General Charles De Gaulle warned in a Paris Algiers radio broadcast that no settlement with Italy could be reached without France. The U S foreign broadcast intelligence service reported the remarks aired tonight.
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DeGaulle
Italy
New York
Charles DeGaulle
Algiers
France
U. S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Liberators Strike Wake Island and Munda Assault
U S Liberator bombers heavily attacked Wake Island and the Munda front in a climactic push. Allied forces reported breakthroughs at Munda with heavy bombardment and renewed crossings across the Kula gulf.
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Wake Island
Japson Munda
Navy
Knox
Midway
Hawaii
Philippines
Southwest
Pacific
Munda
U.S
Kolombangara Island
Kula Gulf
Rendova Strait
Dauntless
Avenger
Upheld Nazi Plan Aide to the Band in Madrid
Report from Madrid on Mussolini's fall and Badoglio's government amid Italy's war stance. Italians cheered Badoglio while Fascist symbols vanished. Rome saw army units seize control of militia holds. Budget debate in the city moved to restore a $500 band fund for the high school band amid fiscal strains.
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Madrid
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ostia
Pietro Badoglio
Hitler
Mussolini
Grand Council
Carly Scorza
Il Duce
Badoglio
Ala Litoria
Ala Roma
Vatican
Milan
Turin
Foreign Office
Nazis Comment on The Italian Break
Rome radio reports Italy under Badoglio sees normal life resume with public services running smoothly and citizens obeying orders. German and Swedish sources dispute armistice talks, while Italians celebrate in the streets and crowds cheer King Vittorio Emanuele and Marshal Badoglio amid political upheaval.
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Vatican
Svenska Dagbladet
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Mussolini
Badogio
Algiers
Ankara
Fare
Rome Radio
Badoglio
Associated Press
Federal Communications Commission
Turin
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Ministry of Information
Vittorio, Emanuele
Marshal Badoglio
Repair Asphalt Streets Begin In Lawrence
The street department started repairing asphalt streets in Lawrence today. Work began at the south end of the Kaw River Bridge on Massachusetts Street and moved southward this afternoon as crews plan to patch all asphalt streets with rock asphalt.
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Kaw River
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Stock Market Index Shifts In Radio Ad Snapshot
A brief stock table notes the average of 60 stocks at 50.5 with yesterday at 51.8. The report mentions a model radios advertisement tied to the figures and references a Fritz in the associated line.
Americans Report Food Rioting in Palermo
In Palermo Sicily July 23 American troops dispersed a food riot by distributing German stores at the railroad station. Capt Raymond W Robowski of Minneapolis led the road patrol and arranged doleouts after rail authorities requested help. Hungry crowds formed lines as supplies reached them and several women carried starving babies.
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Palermo
Sicily
Raymond W. Robowski
Minneapolis
Robowski
Caution for Heat Prompts Jayhawk Plunge Ad
A playful note urges daily dips to beat the heat and promote the Jayhawk Plunge. The ad also promotes using the Lost and Found column on the classifieds page for items lost or found.
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Jayhawk
Torpedoed Monte Carlo Officer Receives DSO
Pi Lieut James Ralph Drummond, submarine commander in the Mediterranean, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. His crew fired torpedoes at a supply ship off the French Riviera. one torpedo sank the ship and another exploded near Monte Carlo below the casino. Two life guards on duty.
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London
James Ralph Drummond
Monte Carlo
Mediterranean
Drummond
French Riviera
Casino
Roosevelt to Make Radio Address Tonight
President Roosevelt will speak for thirty minutes at 8 30 p m on a major important address to the nation. Stephen Early offered no hint on subject while noting the talk will explain itself. It is his first address since Mussolini's downfall and may cover home and war front matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Mussolini
Italy
Early
Wallace
Jones
RAN WILD ON RENTS
Washington reports the CPA Special House committee found the Office of Price Administration had stabilized wartime rents but overstepped powers and discriminated against owners. It recommended reducing the rent department to a skeleton staff while praising overall rent stabilization as a wartime contribution.
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Washington
CPA
OPA
Allied air raids strike Zeebrugge and Holland targets
London reports daylight attacks by hundreds of fighters and light bombers on Zee Brugge industrial sites and Belgian and Dutch airfields. Mosquito bombers hit Hamburg area again. RAF and allied planes incurred no losses in these heavy daytime raids while crews observed flames over the Hamburg target and fires along the Zee Brugge works.
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London
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Holland
Air Ministry
Continent
Hamburg
R.A.F
Courtrai
Woensdreck
Ypres
Hulst
Holand
Eighteen Douglas County Men Inducted Into Army
The local selective service board reports 18 Douglas county men inducted into the army after departing July 19 for Ft. Leavenworth. Inductees include Albert Pendleton, Jack Dillon Jr, Allen Hadl, Priestly Lovell Jr, Herbert Wilder Jr, Noah Dash, Claud Smith, Rollins Yarnal, Alvin Ramey, George Wagner, Grover Jenfer, Isaac McCurtain, Louis Beavers, Marion Owens, Floyd Ireland, John Myers, Harold Jeble, and Duane Thomazin.
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Selective Service Board
Douglas County
Ft. Leavenworth
Sharif
Herbert Bruce Wilder, Jr
Haskell Institute
Noah Dash
Bennington
Okla
Claud Edward Smith
Missouri Street
Rollins Elden Yarnal
Baldwin
Alvin Dewey Ramey
Rhode Island
George Melvin Wagner
Kentucky Street
Grover Stuart Jenfer
Warsaw
Ill
Isaac McCurtain
Stigler
Louis Beavers
Muskogee
Marion Donald Owens
North Second Street
Floyd Edward Ireland
North Seventh Street
John Gaylord Myers
Locust Street
Harold Charles Jeble
Duane Arnold Thomazin
Seneca
Vessel Torpedoed in Atlantic Off South America
The navy reports a medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in mid July in the South Atlantic off the east coast of South America. Survivors landed at Miami, Florida.
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Atlantic
Washington
Navy
United States
South Atlantic
South America
Miami
Fla
Nazis Enter Italy By Brenner Pass
Unconfirmed reports say German troops moved through Brenner Pass into Italy’s northern provinces Venetia Lombardy and Piedmont and were taking up defensive positions amid Allied air activity over the Italian mainland. The AP note cautions the implications are not yet known.
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Italy
Brenner Pass
Venetia
Lombardy
Piedmont
Germans Claim Crete Invulnerable as Invasion Looms
Propagandists hail Crete defenses and liken them to Sicily. A Nazi war reporter from Candia praises fortifications while fearing Allied strikes. Separately, British submarines in the Aegean bombarded Salonika area, sinking four ships and nineteen small vessels per an admiralty communique.
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Crete
Sicily
Transocean
Associated Press
Hans Adolf Weber
Weber
Candia
London
Aegean
Salonika
Admiralty
Allied air activity over Italy quiet after Sunday lull
Allied air activity over the Italian mainland has fallen into a lull since Sunday. The daily communique lists bombed objectives without explanation of the reasons.
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Allied
Associated Press
Bombing Wave Targets Paola and Naples Amid Italy Strife
Mainland target Paola on the Italian toe was bombed yesterday while no Sunday raids were reported. A new bombing of Naples was reported by the Italian communique without allied confirmation. Churchill said allied commanders have orders to intensify attacks on Italy as weather or heavy pounding may explain the lull. Allied HQ dispatches note highly active air forces over the region.
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U. S
Salamaua
New Guinea
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kwangsi
Hunan
Tokyo
Hankow
Burma
Pacific War Zone
U. S. Army
Kiska Island
Navy
Marina di Paola
Italy
Naples
Churchill
Sicily
County Budget Hearing Set for Tomorrow Morning
An unofficial public hearing on the 1944 county budget will be held at 10 o clock tomorrow in the county commissioners room. Budget director Mrs. Marvin LeSner said the meeting aims to help the commissioners set the budget and discuss the county fairs and Farm Bureau budget. An official public hearing will follow after the tentative budget is published August 5, with the official session on August 16.
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Court House
Marvin LeSner
Farm Bureau
Lonnie Hutton
Smiley
Hutton
Hercules Powder Co
Garnett
Department of Interior
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Local Office Sets Dates for New A Coupons
The rationing office announced that the eight number 7 coupons in the new basic A gasoline books become effective July 22 through September 21, each good for four gallons. This matches the value of the first A book coupons which expired July 21. other coupons lack dates and may be changed at any time as to value.
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George Wetzel
Gues
Tony
Fank's Mortuary and Chapel Service Announcement
Funeral service notice for Fank's Mortuary and Chapel with contact phone 119 appears in the public notice column. Details are limited due to OCR text quality but indicate a local service arrangement and venue.
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Fank’s Mortuary
New War Loan Drive Proclaimed by Roosevelt
Roosevelt proclaims September 9 as the start of a third war loan campaign urging Americans to back the attack with war bond purchases. Morgenthau sets a $15,000,000,000 goal as the president calls for funds to sustain global wartime offensives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Gsevelt
New Coupon Rules Require Endorsements on Gas Ration Coupons
OPA amends rules require immediate ink endorsements on each gasoline coupon listing estate and car license number. Stations will refuse to sell gas without endorsed coupons and cannot stockpile fuel without proper notation. Motorists urged to endorse all coupons quickly to avoid delays and potential confiscation by investigators.
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OPA
Ccal
John Brand
Douglas County
Showers Bring Cooler Weather Across Kansas
Scattered showers end July heat wave in Kansas with cooler conditions forecast except southeast. North central Kansas saw light rain while Phillipsburg measured .62 of an inch. Western and northern areas expect more showers and thunderstorms. eastern and southern sections receive moisture. Corn crops gain boost as moisture arrives. Ellis records 102 on yesterday’s high and Phillipsburg 65 for the low.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Phillipsburg
Jora
Ellis
Surgical Dressing Quota Finished by Workers
Red Cross unit led by Mrs Hovey Hanna reports completion of the surgical dressing quota amid hot weather. The workroom will close until material arrives for the next assignment, with gauze shipments expected in about two weeks. Local Topeka and Kansas City crews reportedly lag behind.
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Red Cross
Hovey Hanna
Hull Affirms Churchill Policy on Italy in London Speech
Secretary Cordell Hull stated agreement with the policy toward Italy as outlined by Prime Minister Churchill in a London speech, aligning U S stance with Churchill's approach during the London address.
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Churchill
Washington
Cordell Hull
Italy
London
Pope cancels audiences after Rome meeting
The German radio from Rome reports that Pope Pius XII met Luigi Cardinal Magnone papal secretary of state and canceled Wednesday audiences in London on July 27.
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London
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Luigi Cardinal Magnone
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