Allies Sweep Up Coast of Sicily and Belgorod Breach Efforts
A wartime dispatch reports German armored columns under Field Marshal von Kluge attacking the Belgorod front south of Kursk to widen a wedge, while Soviet forces withstand the assault with heavy casualties and counterattacks. Tank clashes and air power are noted as both sides suffer losses.
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Sicily
Belgorod
Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Orel- Kurak-Belgorod
von Kluge
Berlin
Associated Prem
Ovrel-Kursk
Orel
Red Star Ward
Ue Wi
Beigoteri
Front Lime
Nexis
Fragmented musings on travel limits and aging transport
A stream of unrestful thoughts describe limited cruising ranges, gas measured by eye dropper, slow travel, and frustration with cramped transport. The voice likens longing to escape with youthful rebellion, imagining improvised nocturnal drives and the sounds of trains and river paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
ANTS AMERICANS RETURNED BY JAPS ANTA FE NEWS
Governor John J. Dempsey of New Mexico urges government action to secure American prisoners held by Japan. He says daily deaths among U S servicemen rise, and he plans to petition Secretary Hull by phone to explore possible steps. About 2,000 New Mexico men from the 200th Coast Artillery (AA) are among Americans in the Philippines as Corregidor falls to Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anta FE
N. M
Wernor John J. Dempsey
Newbies
Russia
United States
Japa
Npsey
New Mexico
Memo
200Th Coast Artillery
Lippinee
Corregidor
Empsey
Deli Hull
Retail shift toward cash sales on record in 1942
The Federal Reserve reports 1942 retail sales at 56.2 billion, with cash purchases 73 percent. Cash buying rose while charge accounts and installment plans declined due to May 1942 regulations. Only 22 percent used charge accounts and installment sales fell across most trade lines.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
City of Los Angeles Crashes With Freight Near Caliente
Union Pacific officials announced an eastbound City of Los Angeles streamliner collided with a westbound freight on a Nevada mountain grade four miles west of Caliente. The wreck, about eight miles east of Las Vegas, occurred at 1 40 am with no believed deaths or serious injuries due to grade and curve speed reductions.
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Los Angeles
Union Pacific Railroad
Caliente
Nev
Las Vegas
American Army Fights Across North Africa and Sicily
Allied headquarters report that under General George Patton the Seventh Army has expanded operations from Tunisia to the Sicilian coast. U S forces captured 62 miles of the 100 mile coast in under four hours, with parachute and air assault units integrated into the modern campaign.
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North Africa
Mary
George 5. Patton, Jr
Sicilian
Allie
Seventh Army
Sore Wors
United States
Second Corps
Patton
Marahei Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Boni Receives Nine Splinter Wounds at Selamwus Front
Allied headquarters in the South Pacific reported AP correspondent Willem F. Boni was wounded by mine shell splinters during Japanese air attacks near Selamwus, Neseaubey, twelve miles below Salaimata in the New Guinea theater. Boni, calling his wounds superficial, is being treated at a field hospital as MacArthur’s office relayed. Boni has covered Port Moresby, the Papuan campaign, and the Allied advance, with prior hospitalizations during his yearlong war assignment.
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South Pacific
Willem FP Boni
Associated Press Wi
New Guinea
Selamwus
A. P
Boni
Douglas MacArthur
Neseaubey
Salaimata
Landinas
Acbon
Southwest Pacific
VU. S.S. Army Airforce
Port Moresby
MacArthur
Louisianians Honor Sons in Sicily Invasion
New Orleans July 13. Louisiana natives in the Sicily invasion receive praise. Lieut Colonel Glynne M. Jones of Lafayette and New Orleans. Major Leonard Barrow of New Iberia. Captain Glenn Steil of Shreveport. Paratrooper Nelly R Keen of Gum Grove near Brookhaven Miss are named. Barrow piloted the lead ship towing gliders. Steil led a Mustang group that destroyed 190 enemy trucks. Parents express pride and hope for safe return.
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New Orleans
Sicily
Glynne M. Jones
Lafayette
Leonard Barrow
New Iberia
Glenn Steil
Shreveport
Nelly R. Keen
Gum Grove
Brookhaven
Barrow
Jones
Stell
Ernest C. Keen
Natty
Lincoln County
Keen
Colonel Jones
Civilian Conservation Corps
122Nd
Rainbow Division Reunion Highlights WWI Heritage
In Tulsa Oklahoma veterans of the Rainbow Division gathered for a reunion before a planned reactivation at Camp Gruber. The event marked the 25th anniversary of the Champagne offense victory and featured the display of the first AEF battle flag. officers were to be elected, with Robert R. Reno Jr. of Chicago seen as a likely president.
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Tulsa
Okla
Rainb
Union Toray
Camp Gruber
Raineow
Champagne
Rainbow
Douglas MacArthur
District of Columbia
Robert R. Reno, Jr
Chicago
William Cunning Story
Mx Eae Arthur
France
Ie Ree Will
Collins
Hitler assumed control of Kursk offensive source says
A foreign diplomatic source claims Adolf Hitler took command of the German Kursk bulge attack three days after it began on July 5 and expanded the offensive despite generals warnings. The assertion cites possible Russian counteroffensive plans and growing Nazi material costs.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Kursk Bulge
Wnth
Europe
Guenther von Kluge
Hitler
Kluge
Four More Japanese Vessels Sunk in Solomons Battle
General MacArthur reports to Admiral Halsey that at least four Japanese ships were sunk in the Kula gulf engagement, including a cruiser and three destroyers, with additional destroyers likely lost. American forces inflicted heavy damage while defending New Georgia island near Munda. Casualty details for US ships were not confirmed.
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Southwest Pacific
Kula Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
William F. Halsey
Japan
Hax
Gulf
US. S. Helens
United States
Stimson Dines With Churchill at 16 Downing Street
United States Secretary of War Henry L Stimson dined with Prime Minister Churchill at 16 Downing Street. Attending were American Ambassador John G Winant Mrs Winant and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry L Stimson
United States
Churchill
Downing Street
John G. Winant
Mra. Winant
Anthony Eden
Burtons Charged With Manipulating Firm Books
The government argues oil operator W. T. Burton and associates falsified W. T. Burton Co Inc books to dodge about 135,740 dollars in corporate income tax for 1956, 1937, and 1938. Defense says no fraud but disputed intent and accuses a poor country bookkeeping record. Items listed as deductions include uniforms, furniture, art, rugs, a car, and personal expenses.
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New Orleans
W. T. Burton
Lake Charles
W. T. Burton Company, Inc
United States
Herbert W. Christenberry
Burton
Christenberry
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Watt
Louwiana
Wilkinson
China
New Orleans Widow Receives Medal for Submarine Hero
The widow of Commander Howard Welter Gilmore received the Congressional Medal of Honor in New Orleans. Admiral Bennett presented the award and placed the medal around ten-year-old Howard Gilmore Jr. A six-year-old daughter Jeanne and the widow Hilda St Raymond Gilmore attended the ceremony as relatives spoke of carrying on in his memory.
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New Orleans
Hilda St. Raymond Gilmore
Carl Bennett
Howard “Skippy” Gilmore
Stor
Jeanne
Howard Welter Gilmore
Gilmore
United States Naval
New Orleans Federal
Bennett
Eighth Naval District
Howard
Shreveport closes public venues to children under one
Shreveport and Caddo parish health boards order all public gathering places closed to children under 12 months after seven infantile paralysis cases since June 19 and two deaths. The ban covers theaters pools Sunday schools churches and nurseries until the epidemic subsides.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
W J. Sandidge
Allied raid coord with Sicily invasion hits northern Italy and Reggio Calabria
United States Liberator bombers hit the Reggio Calabria marshalling yards and ferry slips to block axis reinforcement of Sicily. RAF heavy bombers struck Turin in coordination with the Sicily invasion. Seventy planes took part, 13 were lost, weather disrupted formation on return.
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Camo
Reggio Calabria
Italy
Sicily
London
R. A. PF
Turin
France
Holland
Belgium
News services pool Sicily invasion reports for faster, fuller updates
Washington reports better communications and pooled eyewitness stories from Sicily. Lt Col Albert L. Warner notes pooling increases coverage and speeds transmission, with one signature representing the combined U S press.
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Washington
United States
Sicily
Albert L. Warner
Army
Warner
Office of War Information
U Boat Greenling Receives Presidential Unit Citation
The submarine Greenling awarded the presidential unit citation by Vice Admiral Arthur C. Pender for outstanding action in enemy waters. It sank 61,400 tons and damaged 22,000 tons while patrolling far from base. Commander Henry C. Bruton led during the cited operations. home address listed as 1804 Rice Street, Little Rock.
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South Pacific
Greenling
Arthur Carpender
United States Seventh Fleet
United States
Naval Service
Henry C. Bruton
Rice Street
Little Rock
Allied forces sweep east Sicily advancing toward Messina
In North Africa July 13 Allied forces seized the port of Augusta near Syracuse then pushed ashore near Catania. British and Canadian troops grabbed Ragusa and Palazzolo while American units moved from Geia. Eisenhower praised Allied coordination as Ragusa linked the lines.
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Reiman Morin
North Africa
Sicily
Syracuse
Catania
Messina
Ragusa
Palazzolo
George M. Ae Jr
Geia
Augusta
Dwight E. Eisenhower
United States
Camas Dian
Palazzolo ix
Syraccuse
Raguéa
Palazgola
Eighth Army
Aue
City of Alexandria files suit over gas utility regulation
The city of Alexandria sues in district court to challenge the Louisiana Public Service Commission ruling on jurisdiction of the municipally owned gas system. The suit contends the commission misread the state constitution and improperly assumed authority without prior effort to regulate. It labels the action a friendly suit to decide whether state or city holds regulatory power.
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Baton. Rouge
Alexandria
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Julius A. Blackman
City of
Atete
Atecep Jurtadicnon
Navy says bombers hit Kiska in Aleutians three times
On Monday army bombers attacked Japanese installations on Kiska Island, Aleutians, but bad weather blocked post attack observations. No results confirmed.
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Washington
Navy
Kiskeiland
Aleutians
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Kursk
Northern End
Westbrook
Pegler
Ant-Labor Group
Associated Press
New York
Seee
News Service
Weymouth Kirkland
The
Chicago Tribune
Robert McLean
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Frank B. Noyes
Washington Star
Timothy N. Pfeiffer
Morris Hadley
Robert T. Neill
San Angelo
Tex
Germany
Stefani
Enrico Prancisc
Rainbow Division
Fuehrer
Stimson
Orleans
Baucs
Pitth
Kiska
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