Rome and Berlin Hit by Allied Bombers on Same Day
Allied air forces struck Rome and Berlin in a single day with daylight raids on Rome and heavy night and day attacks in northern Italy targeting Milan and Turin. Northwest African Air Force bombers hit Rome railway yards in daylight for a second time, while Mosquito aircraft attacked Berlin. Berlin damage not disclosed.
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Rome
Berlin
Cape Orlando Falls
Seventh Army
Ernest Agnew
London
Milan
Turin
Italy
North Africa
Ata Afbneeannan
Avitcalile LD Alloa
Air Ministry
Churchill
Berl
Fiat Aero Engine
Royal Arsenal
Chemical
Caproni Aircraft Works
Breda Armament Works
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
Gelsenkirchen
Wesselring
Bonn
England
East Anglia
Roosevelt and Churchill weigh new European Burma command pairs
Washington August 13 The pause in Allied plans centers on selecting two new theater commanders at Quebec talks. The top post is European theater commander in chief with possible choice Dwight Eisenhower or a strong British option Harold Alexander or Bernard Montgomery. The Burma command would lead reconquest from Japan with Lt General Joseph Stilwell as American counterpart, amid shifting British India leadership.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Europe
Asia
Roosevelt
Churenill
Quebec
European
Burma
Dwight D. Ezenhower
Mediterranean
Steedun
Tunisia
Eisenhower
India
Archibald Wavell
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Bang
Auchinleck
Joseph Stilwell
Joseph Staforces
Jin
Joseph Visnoft
Ristovick Duugachvilk
Whole Blocks Leveled in Milan Raid on Swiss Italian Frontier
Milan's papers describe the August air raid as the war's most violent, with extensive destruction across the city. Bombing hit the Piazza Della Scala area destroying Palazzo Marina, a fountain, the Fontana hotel, and a major electric railway station. many buildings leveled and casualties feared. Swiss border night fighters were audible, two enemy planes seen falling in flames.
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Milan
Piazza Della Scala
Piazza Fontana
Fontana
Weds Hisy Dil
Inchens
Porta Venezia
Britons Call For Easing War Time Blackout
Baltimore report from London says Britons believe the European war could end in months not years and favor relaxing blackout rules. Paul Patterson notes end of double daylight saving on August 15 and growing calls for modification while acknowledging limited hope for major changes.
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Baltimore
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sun
London
Patterson
ALS, Abell Company
Sunpapers
England
Tat Gurmans
Hamburg
Germans Probe Americans Ploesti Raid Fallout
Stanbul reports Germany ordered a military inquiry into the American raid on the Ploesti oil fields on August 1. Military leaders were to be blamed amid defenses failing as American planes struck Romania’s vital oil supply. An eyewitness said Romanian guards were largely off duty.
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Germany
Ploesti
Seven New Aluminum Plants Idle Since They Were Built
Washington reports seven West Coast aluminum reduction units, new and built for 21,000,000 pounds monthly, have been idle due to labor shortages. Aluminum Company of America units need 1,000 workers yet turnover is high. power facilities tied to dam projects cannot be repurposed.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
War Production Board
WPS
Aluminum Company of America
Amon the Aluminum Company
West Coast
Apral
Mayanading Aboot
Nikirk Denies All Charges Against Him
Edwin F. Nikirk, Frederick County State’s Attorney, denies ethical violations and fraudulent practices alleged by Mrs. Dorothy Hughes in a petition filed August 3. The case seeks disbarment. hearing set for August 25. Nikirk, who is on military furlough, notes 15 conferences with Hughes and disputes fee and settlement details.
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Edwin F. Nikirk
Frederick
Frederick County
Nas Telurim@anis
Dorothy Hughes
Nikirk
Maryland
Camp Lee
Wikirk
Hughes
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Abs. Hughes
Navy
Italy Looks Toward Allies Amid War Rift
In Aug 1341 reports in Italian papers from Bern Turin and Lisbon say Italy seeks to distance from Germany and move toward the Allies. Dispatches cite concern over Mussolini's pledge to Hitler and hopes that the upcoming Quebec conference with Roosevelt could alter Casablanca terms and ease Italy from the war.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
la Ofabipa
Turin
Quebec
Courthill
Roosevelt
Milan
Zurich
Mussolini
Hitler
Tralian
Casablanca
Dua Stampa
Lisbon
Die Tat
Hiller
Muhl
Hermann Goer
Population in Frederick County Drops by 3167
Frederick County shows a population decrease of 3167 based on War Ration Book 2 distributions vs the 1940 census figures from the Maryland Office of Price Administration. statewide shifts indicate rural counties losing population to industrial centers. Baltimore and Washington areas rise while Frederick and Carroll decline.
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Frederick County
Maryland Office of Price Administration
Frederick Duburty
Baltimore
Washington
Montgomery
Frederick
Carroll
Wicamsea
Queen Anne's
Talbot
Somerset
Dorchester
Rains Again Miss City As Drouth Continues
Weather records show no significant rain easing a long drought. August to date has featured frequent 90 degree days, with forecasts predicting continued heat and limited precipitation. Historical comparisons note extreme summer droughts, while local crops and water supply face stress though some improvement in reservoirs and ongoing mosquito surveys near Corpus Christi.
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Drouth
Weather Bureau
W. O
Henry R. Shoemaker
Fishing Creek
Allies sweep Cape Orlando as Naso and Brolo fall
Allied forces announced capture of Cape Orlando, with U S Seventh Army advancing eight miles along the northern coast and linked to the east. Naso and Brolo were overrun as Axis prisoners exceed 130,000, and Patton’s units pressed toward Randazzo near Mt Etna amid naval bombardments and air strikes on Messina.
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North Africa
U. S
Seventh Army
Cape Orlando
Cape
Messina
Nuso
Brolo
Fiumara
Naples
Fiumiara
George S. Patton, Jr
Highth
Taormina
Italy
Randazzo
Naso
Cacessme Tava Talhhab
Sicily
Eighth Army
Trearchirafi
Riposte
Giarre
Mt. Etna
Bronte
Maletto
Cesaro Road
Rome
Associated Press
Sicily Law
Transfer Nazi Government To Vienna For Safety From Air Raids
Reports from Bern indicate a large portion of the Nazi government apparatus has moved from Berlin to Vienna to escape Allied bombing. Authorities may proclaim Vienna an open city. many Reich Chancellery, Foreign Office, High Command, and ministry offices are now in Vienna. Evacuations affect 1,250,000 of 4,250,000 Berlin residents, with people moved toward Pomerania and eastern provinces. Evacuees face crowded trains, long waits, and poor feeding and sleeping conditions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Naz
Berlin
Vienna
Hamburg
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Reichs- Chancellery
Foreign Oice
High Command
Marine, Air and Home Affairs
Austria
Pomerania
Prussia
Brandenburg
Lower Silesia
Leipzig
Madeburg
Brunswick
Expect Announcement On Pleasure Driving
Unformed sources indicate the Office of Price Administration would announce late today proposed gasoline ration changes for the fleet and midwest and likely end the ban on pleasure driving in the east. Announcement had not been planned before this week but leaks from regional offices pushed the decision.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
OPA
North Carolina peach crop faces near total failure
North Carolina this year suffers the worst peach crop failure on record due to late freezes. Commercial peach shipments by rail totaled 35 carloads this season, compared with 1,279 cars in 1942, the Department of Agriculture reported today.
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Raleigh
North Careling
Department of Agriculture
Trail
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Goering
U.S. Naval Training Center
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U.S
Taormine
Daniel DE Luce
Cairo
RAF
Middle East
San Giovanni
Anis
Piraimo
Martina di Patti
Allied
Ameri ‘Can
Atronahola
America
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