Five Landings Made By Yanks In Wide Area
Allied offensive against Japanese island bases north of Australia continues with landings on two Solomons and Nassau Bay. Night bulletin notes constant Allied air cover and torpedo boats aiding the pincer drive toward Rabaul, New Britain, 700 miles northeast of Cape York.
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NS. SA Ster
Unitedwnations
Australia
New Guinea
Solomons
Nassau Bay
Placers Driver
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Cape York Peninsula
Chilly July First Prompts City Heat Record Talk
News from the area notes a new low July temperature with reports around 47 degrees in the city. PA NEWC OBSERVES mentions teams and agencies increasing patrols for driving ban violations and a dog roaming crackdown. Births at New Castle hospital reach 63 with a twin pair among them.
Daily Weather Report summary for today
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 a m show a maximum of 62 and minimum of 43 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5.9 feet. Year ago on the same date records list a high of 92, a low of 64 and 0.48 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Local twins become fathers day apart at hospital
Two local soldiers and twins, Pvt. Charles Byler of 346 Shaw Street and Pvt. David Byler of 908 Croton Avenue, became fathers one day apart at Jameson Memorial Hospital. The physician called it an unusual coincidence as both newborn boys attract attention, with both men now fathers of sons.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles Byler
Shaw Street
David Byler
Croton Avenue
Secretary Knox Urges Tough War Effort At Hollywood Bowl
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox called on Americans to become a “tough people” and act tough until democracy is defeated. He launched a $40 million war bond drive for a new heavy cruiser named for Los Angeles before about 25,000 at the Hollywood Bowl, warning victory is not yet in sight but will come with continued effort. He said the fleet is now the world’s strongest and will grow 60 percent in tonnage and 100 percent in numbers by year end, while urging realism over optimism amid losses at Pearl Harbor.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
America
Pearl Harbor
Knox
Quake Shock Shakes Tokyo Residents in Streets
London report says a strong earthquake struck Tokyo for about a minute causing residents to flood into the streets. Domel news agency cites a Reuters-broadcast epicenter at Shimotsuma about 50 miles northeast of Tokyo with limited damage to older houses and clocks stopped.
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Tokyo
Domel
Reuter
Shimotsuma
Italian Fleet Reported in Gulf of Taranto
Stockholm papers citing Reuters say Italian fleet units once at Spezia are now in the Gulf of Taranto. Earlier unconfirmed reports suggested ships left bases. some speculated offensive moves, but officials thought they sought safer, less conspicuous havens. Details on timing and vessel numbers were not specified.
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International News Service
London
Stockholm
Reuter
Spezia
Gulf of Tarranto
United Nations Offensive Against Japan Begins
The first coordinated UN offensive against Japan starts with Allied land sea and air forces under Gen Douglas MacArthur attacking from New Guinea and the Solomons. Forces have landed on Rendova and New Georgia in the Central Solomons while Woodlark Trobiand Nassau Bay areas are reportedly occupied in New Guinea, signaling a two pronged drive to strike Japan as part of a broader global strategy.
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Joseph A. Rors
U.S
Washington
United Nations
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomons
MacArthur
Australia
Navy
Rendova
Woodlark
Trobriand Islands
Nassau Bay
New Georgia Islands
Germany
Italy
Guadalcana
Bataan
Toberiand
Death by Own Action Raids May Be Tried Against U S
Secretary Stimson said Americas air strength over Europe was increasing while war leaders feared Japan or Germany might launch death by own action air raids on the United States to pressure Allied air offensives. He noted fierce day and night bombing of Europe and replacements for lost American planes, with fighters drawn from other fronts.
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International News Service
Washington
Stimson
America
Europe
Japan
Germany
United States
Slimson
Hitler
European
Clemency Act By President Will Save Stephan From Gallows
Max Stephan, a German-born traitor slated for execution in Milan, Michigan, hopes President Roosevelt will grant clemency. He wrote from prison that he has 39 hours to live and prays for a neck-saving commutation. His wife remains a prisoner in a Texas concentration camp as authorities say she made no appeal to visit him.
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Conternational News Service
Milan
Mich
Max Stephan
Texas
Stephan
British Subs Sink Three More Axis Vessels
London July 1 British submarines in Italian waters have sunk three vessels and possibly five in operations. The admiralty said submarines sank a large transport a large supply vessel and a medium supply vessel, with reports of an additional medium supply ship and a fifth vessel.
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International Navs Services
London
Admiralty
Soviet and German forces clash on Moscow front
Soviet and German troops fought reconnaissance thrusts west of Moscow with artillery and machine-gun fire. Soviet high command said a night drive by a reconnaissance group crossed minefields and an unnamed river, breaking into German trenches. Russians claimed two block houses destroyed, 100 Germans killed, prisoners taken, as Germans reportedly retreated during an armed reconnaissance.
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Moscow
Soviet High Command
Coffee Shipments At Pre War Levels
Rio de Janeiro July 1 Good news for North American coffee drinkers comes as exporters report June shipments to the United States reached 860000 bags nearly matching pre war monthly totals. Improvement credited to easing shipping shortage.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
American Drive Aimed At Capture Of Rabaul Bases
American and Australian forces launch a strategic push in the Southwest Pacific led by General MacArthur and Admiral Halsey to seize the Rabaul fortress complex. The operation seeks to pierce the New Guinea bottleneck and open a corridor toward the Philippines and Dutch East Indies, with captured Tobera nd Woodlark Islands noted as early moves.
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John H. Craige
International News Service
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Mediterranean
Douglas MacArthur
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Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
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South Pacific
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Papuan
Solomons
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Philippines
Dutch East Indies
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Tokyo
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Australia
Navy Department
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Woodlark
More Battering Raids From U S Fliers Across Sicily
Allied communique from North Africa headquarters reports a new series of air raids on Sicily beginning with a Tuesday night assault by Northwest African air forces on Messina. Bombers hit three airfields and daylight attacks followed, with the Messina railway yards and ferry terminal profusely bombed as the port and city areas were described as razed in reports from neutral sources.
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Pierre J. Huss Cho
North Africa
Sicily
Palermo
Strait of
Messina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Battle of Ruhr Declared Won by Air Correspondent
London reports the Ruhr battle was won with the main German outputdown 20 percent and Ruhr materiel down 35 percent after Allied air raids. The RAF losses in six months totaled about 1,000 with roughly 7,000 fliers killed or captured.
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International News Service
London
Royal Air Forces
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Ruhr
RAF
New Georgia Island Harbor Is Captured By U S Invaders
American invasion forces seized Viru harbor on New Georgia Island after landing on Rendova following a fierce air battle in the Central Solomons. Navy reports claim 65 of 110 attacking Japanese planes were shot down with 17 U S planes missing. transport McCawley sunk by a submarine with all personnel saved.
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U. S
Pacific
International News Service
Washington
Navy
Viru Harbor
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Munda
Rendova Island
McCawley
Stimson
United Nations
South
Southwest
Amercan
Rendava Island
Large Group Takes Army Examinations
City and County boards sent large groups to Pittsburgh for final physicals on Wednesday. A high percentage of men were accepted for service and now have two weeks furlough before reporting to a Reception Center. Names of those passing will be released for publication shortly.
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City Board Two
County Board Two
Pittsburgh
Death Record Mrs. Mary Ellen McFarland Conkle
Mrs. Mary Ellen McFarland Conkle of New Galilee dies at 86 on Thursday July 1 1943 in Pennsylvania. Funeral plans and surviving relatives are noted in the obituary notice.
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Mary Ellen McFarland Conkle
New Galilee
Anglo American Offensive Plans Speed Up In Europe
Washington reports a faster pace of Anglo American planning for offensive action against the Axis in Europe, led by Churchill's upbeat U boat campaign update. Observers expect intensified land, sea, and air actions on the Mediterranean fringe, with no Western Europe invasion this summer. In Linden New Jersey a Bayway Refinery unit now uses a horse drawn wagon inside plant limits to conserve gas and rubber.
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Atlantic
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European
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Arthur Mometer Harolding the season's uncertain start
The football coach, Arthur Mometer, surveys candidates with gloom as the team faces a new season. He contemplates the lads and the looming dates, noting this year brings a different challenge. Seventy two days remain until kickoff.
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