Dominion Troops Storm Forward in Sicily Offensive
Allied armies push from east, center, and west across Sicily, taking Agira and placing heavy losses on Axis troops. Canadians report fierce hand to hand fighting near Triana as Rome airfields and Taranto targets are pummeled. Allied ships sink a merchantman and two small escorts while air forces hold air superiority in a volatile Sardinia theater.
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Crete
Greece
Sicily
Italy
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Balkans
Europe
hinge
Agira
Russia
North Africa
Favignana
Levanzo
Marettimo
Trapani
Ross Munro
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Seaforth Highlanders
Edmontons
ROME
Triana
Practica Di Mare
Grottaghe
Taranto
Sardinia
Italians Fear Nazi Revenge threat after surrender talks
A neutral source in contact with Axis and Allies says Italians refused Bevin? Beilos term s. Germany threatened revenge if the Badoglio cabinet capitulated. Von Papen tempered the threat by noting troop disposition could be revised if Italy resisted public pressure to capitulate.
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ANKEARA
Turkey
Dwight D. Beisenhower
Germany
Raffaele Guariglia
Fritz von Papen
Badoglio
Von Papen
Italy
Europe
FRANK. BRUTTO
Associated Press
BERNE
Laundry in War Time Declares Global Laundry War
The piece notes Royal Canadian Navy laundry chaos from Iceland to Bermuda and ports from Ireland to Montreal and Alaska. It highlights officers’ lost shirts and the solution of paper collars while nations like the US Navy, Dutch, Norwegian, and Free French cope with unclaimed laundry amid wartime duties.
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North Atlantic
Solly
Royal Canadian Navy
Iceland
Bermuda
Ireland
Montreal
Alaska
Italians Strike In Nazi Plants
Italians in Germany launched a general strike amid stormy outbreaks at plants in Colcene Klagenfurt Dresden Dortmund and Munich according to Moscow radio quoting a Geneva dispatch. The Soviet monitor recorded the broadcast.
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LONDON
Germany
Moscow radio
Geneva
Colcene
Klagenfurt
Dresden
Dortmund
Munich
Himmler Arrives in Hamburg Amid Peace Demonstrations
Moscow radio reported by CBS that Heinrich Himmler head of German police arrived in Hamburg on a visit prompted by recent peace demonstrations after air raids on Hamburg.
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NEW YORK
Moscow radio
CBS
Heinrich Himmler
Hamburg
Nazi Reinforcements No Match For Reds
Soviet front line dispatches say German reinforcements flown toward Orel were routed by a furious Red Army offensive. About 4,000 Germans fell as Russians gained up to six miles and seized 20 villages, with heavy fighting and hand to hand clashes reported.
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WILLIAM McGAFFIN
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Russia
Germany
Red army
Orel
Stettin
Belgorod
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Leningrad
Kalinin
Barents Sea
Gulf of Finland
Yugoslav Slovene Brigades Reach Udine Region
London reports the Yugoslav government in exile says the 5th and 6th Slovene irregular brigades have broken through into northern Italy toward Udine. It notes Slovene residents are joining the force to oppose the Axis, with earlier fighting on Italian soil between Slovene groups and German Italian units. Also, partisans reportedly wrecked a train near Zagecar, killing most of the 500 passengers and taking the commanding officer prisoner.
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LONDON
C. P
Sth
Italy
Udine
Naz-occupied
Trieste
parriots
Zagecar
Hamburg Wiped Out After Allied Bombardment
Danish workers who fled Hamburg tell Swedish correspondents the German port “ceased to exist.” They describe block after block wiped out, and many evacuees leaving with little more than the clothes on their backs. Debris and bodies were visible as they departed the ruined city.
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STOCKHOLM
Hamburg
Denmark
Aftonbladet
Warn Italy Raids Coming Warn Italy Raids Coming
Allied high command warned of resumed aerial offensives against Italy after a brief pause. The broadcast blamed the Badoglio government for delaying action and urged Italians to avoid railways factories depots and other military targets. The UN radio planned further messages from London and Washington.
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ALLIED
North Africa
Allied high command
Italy
Badoglia
United Nations
London
Washington
Rome
Dalhousie Professor to Join Ottawa as External Affairs Assistant
Halifax July 31 Dr R A MacKay professor of government and political science at Dalhousie for 15 years and president of the Canadian Political Science Association will leave Halifax for Ottawa to become assistant to Norman Robertson under secretary of state for external affairs Friday night.
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HALIFAX
R. A MacKay
Dalhousie University
Canadian Political Science Association
Ottawa
Norman Robertson
Giraud and De Gaulle Lead Unified French Armed Forces
Gen Henri Giraud named commander in chief of all French forces while Gen Charles De Gaulle becomes permanent president of the new committee of national defence. The move unites empire forces to present a single front to Britain and the United States and paves the way for joint military and political leadership.
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de Gaulle
Defence Council
ALGIERS
Henri Giraud
Charles De Gaulle
committee of national defence
Italy
French National Committee of Liberation
empire
Gillaud
Paul Le Gentilhomme
De Gaullist
national defence
Leyer
army
Pierre Koenig
Bir Hacheun fame
NAVY
Le Monnier
Philippe Maris Auboyneau
Rene Bouscat
air force
Girand
Britain
United States
United Nations
Giraud
Kiska Base Bombarded by American Warships
American light warships bombarded Japanese defences on Kiska Island, concentrating fire on the main camp area and Gertrude Cove after a bombing mission by a single U S plane. This marked July's 61st air attack and the month's eighth surface bombardment of Kiska.
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WASHINGTON
Kiska Island
navy department
Gertrude Cove
Eiska
Hong Kong Wrecked and Kowloon Docks Hit in Heavy Bombing
A US communique reports that the Taiku wharf area in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong endured direct hits on Wednesday and the following day docks shops and shipping facilities on the Kowloon side were bombed. Chinese high command said clashes near Hangchow killed about 200 Japanese.
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CHUNGKING
Taiku
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Hangchow
Chekiang
Nazis Disarm Italians In Greece
London July 31 Reuters dispatch reports German troops have begun disarming Italian troops near Larissa in Thessaly Greece about 70 miles southwest of Salonika. The Cairo radio broadcast quoted in the dispatch confirms the action.
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LONDON
Reuters
Larissa
Greece
Cairo radio
Thessaly
Salonika
Allies report 77000 prisoners taken in Sicily
Allied headquarters in North Africa said on Friday that 77,000 prisoners were taken in Sicily. Of the total, about 56 percent were held by American forces, with 1 additional prisoner noted and the overall count 2,600 higher than the previous tally.
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NORTH AFRICA
Sicily
Allied transport damaged off Portugal near Lisbon
A damaged Allied transport ship was towed into the Tagus River on Friday by three tugs after listing while off the coast near Lisbon Portugal on July 31.
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PORTUGAL
LISBON
Tagus
Ciano resigns as Italian ambassador to Vatican
Rome radio reports Count Camillo Ciano Mussolini's son in law resigns as ambassador to the Holy See after six years as foreign minister. He was recalled amid cabinet reshuffles and amid rumors of arrest with Mussolini at Palazzo Chigi.
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Italy
Milan
Vatican
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Basler Nachrichten
Badoglico
MADRID
Europe
ONDON
Crabazso Ciano
Mussolini
Ciano
Holy See
Edda
Vatican City
Switzerland
Palazzo Chigi
Berne
Nazi Steel City Blasted by Allied Air Raids
London reports last night’s heavy Allied bombing focused on Remscheid a German steel hub near the Ruhr with Canadian Moose Squadron joining RAF raids. Daylight raids continued over France and Holland aiming at airfields and railways as German claims say 60 planes were destroyed.
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LONDON
C.P
RAAF
R.CUALF
Remscheid
Ruhr
R Remscheid
Hamburg
Moose
R.A.F
masons
channel
Folkestone
Boulogne
particiarl nels
France
Holland
atroministr
dnecloped
ben bers
Remencheid ds
rentee
seat
Germannia
Linas
Wats uy Alexanderwerk AG
chenmaert
Shaw
Remecheid
Kassel
western
ciistricts
Vichy
Allied Bombers Attack Northern France Airfields
British and United States medium bombers and fighter bombers attacked German airfields in northern France on Saturday following an Irish night bombardment of Rempecheid, a Ruhr edge steel centre. Other items report a Lisbon RAF bomber forced landing, China severing ties with Vichy and rail control, a Oklahoma bank hold up netting $12,000, Viereck jailed for 1 to 5 years, Burma air raids, and US war output hike to 36 percent.
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NAZT
LONDON
C.P
United States
France
RIAF
R.C.LF
Rempecheid
Nagi steel
Ruhr
DOMINION
ALBERTA
TREASURY
PORTUGAL
C.P. Cable
Reuters Dens
Lisbon
R.C.A.F
VICHY
SIEZES
CHUNGRING
China
OKLAHOMA
Arkansas valley state bank
VIERECK
NAAL
WASHINGTON
George Sylvester Viereck
Mayu peninsela
Burma
air force
Donald M. Nélsen
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