Neapolitan Cauldron of Fire Reveals 24 Hour Allied Assault
Allied air forces hammered Naples with a 24 hour assault including American Liberator bombers from the Middle East and RAF Lancasters. Naples lies in smoking ruins with arsenals demolished and smoke rising over 20,000 feet as Sicily battles continue.
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North Africa
Naples
Messina
Sicily
Italy
Middle East
Alps
England
RAF
Royal Arsenal
Allied Propaganda Reaching Germany Warns Goebbels
London reports the Berlin radio quotes Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels warning against defeatists spreading exaggerated Allied successes. He cites excerpts from Das Reich arguing Germany and its allies fight with greater success while the enemy lags, and accuses the Allies of aiming to undermine Axis confidence.
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London
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Das Reich
Germany
Four Alarm Fire In Baltimore Brought Under Control
A four alarm blaze in downtown Baltimore threatened a five story building on West Saratoga Street. Firefighters flooded the basement to stop the fire after about three and a half hours of effort by nearly 30 companies. Two firefighters were overcome by smoke and 50 people fled the building as chemicals and oils stored in the basement ignited at the Standard Beauty Company.
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Baltimore
West Saratoga Siree
Standard Beauty Company
Gamage
Beauty Supply
Johnson Brothers
Acting Police Chief Straley Names Murray To Traffic Post
Lieut Frederick M Straley assumed acting chief duties in the Freds Police Department after Mayor Gittinger appointed him. Murray returns to the Square Corner as traffic officer, with Sergts Swomley and Dorsey reassigned. Straley plans to review assignments and may make further changes. Dorsey will handle night duties for now with Lt R O Six assisting. The interim appointment could become permanent soon.
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Frederick M. Straley
Freds
Arthur C. Poulsen
Washington
Marshall Murray
Daniel Swomley
Frank Dorsey
Poulsen
Officer Murray
Sauarre Corner
Hugh V. Gittinger
Murray
Straley
Gittinger
R. O
Cigens
Sears
Manhower
Speep Tae Forte
Berg
Uiit
Frederic Steel Company
Wetal
Cleveland Express Derailed At Point of Rocks
The Washington bound Cleveland night express of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad derailed in the tunnel at Point of Rocks this morning. No serious injuries were reported, though fourteen were killed in a December wreck at Dickerson. Passengers were transferred to a later train. cause under investigation by railroad officials and State Police. Wrecking crews worked to reopen the main line as two cars remained on rails.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dickerson
Associated Press
Point of Rocks
Washington
Carl Dillinger
Charles Main
U S Says Army Now Largest Best Trained For War
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson told reporters in London that the United States has built the largest and best trained army the nation has sent abroad. He said troops are fighting and ready to deploy, and that despite minor disagreements, Americans support the war effort and aim for a swift victory.
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London
GPU. S
Henry L. Stimson
Lenton
Uoom
United States
Stimson
Navy reports fifth strike on Japanese defenses on Kisia Island
Washington confirms a small American starship shelled Japanese defenses on Kisia Island again, marking the fifth attack in ten days. The naval action occurred Thursday, with officials detailing ongoing military operations in the area.
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Wasington
Kisia Island
France Rallies to Restore Empire in World War II
Washington reports President says the French empire now mobilizes to free France and defeat the Axis. He criticizes hostile propaganda criticizing policy after France fell and notes the U S waited for a steady plan instead of forceful intervention in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
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Washington
Presi- Sue Akuuoken
France
Martinique
Guadeloupe
State Department
United States
Milo Perkins Out Of Job In BEW Restructuring
Washington reports that President Roosevelts reorganization of the Board of Economic Warfare into an Office of Economic Warfare leaves Milo Perkins, the BEW director, effectively out of a job. Spokesmen say Perkins is not expected to have duties today and that the executive director considers himself dismissed amid the shift to Wallace and Byrnes under Stabilization.
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Milo Perkins
Washington
Board of Economic Warfare
Roosevelt
BEW
Perkins
Roosevelts
Panenetic
Wallace
James F Byrnes
Low TL Cie
Offerings Day Up in New York Stock Market
In New York on July 100 11, offerings dried up as a selective recovery shift weakened pressor steels, rubbers, specialties and scattered utilities land rails in today's market.
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New York
Ultimatum From Roosevelt and Churchill to Italy
Roosevelt and Churchill issue a joint ultimatum to Italy urging honorable capitulation or face annihilation. They warn the skies and seas are dominated by Allied power and press Italians to choose between Mussolini and Hitler or national dignity and peace. The message, broadcast from Algiers, calls for Italians to decide soon and destroy fascist leadership.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chacehild
Vahans
Mussolini
Hitler
Thy
Pyask Air
United
Sta eGasis
Mediterraneary
Allies Close on Catania as Sicilian Front Racks Up Prisons
Allied forces push toward Catania on Sicily with Montgomery force within 15 miles of the city and the British Eighth Army advancing to Lentini. The Seventh Army reports about 19,992 prisoners captured and 12 towns taken as heavy Axis losses mount across the moon shaped front.
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Genoa
Rome
London
Foggia
Naples
Associated Press
Agrigento
Catania
North Africa
Seventh Army
Sicily
Eighth Army
Lentini
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tome
George S. Patton
Diseult
Hermann Goering
Canicattini
Bagni
Comiso
Biscary
Canicatti
Vittoria
Niscemi
Campobello
Palma de Montechiaro
Sortino
Modica
Rissi
Miscci
Tagil
Vettoris
Campaobelle
Palms de Monteghiaro
Viszini
Vizzingim
Ibiei Mountains
Augusta
Caltagirone
Canicattinns
Biccaci
Gela
Naro
Syracuse
Amerigan
Italians Face Pressure to Surrender to the Allies
An Algiers radio broadcast quoted Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt urging Italy to capitulate to the Allied forces. The report notes Italian troops in Russia and Africa feel betrayed by German allies as Britain and America stress a formal surrender to the United Nations.
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Germany
Italy
America
Great Britain
el Alamein
Cape Ban
Algiers
London
Churenill
Roosevelt
United Nations
Reuters
Verdict Sustained in First Degree Murder Appeal
The Court of Appeals upheld Sidney Smith's first degree murder conviction for the killing of his wife. Smith of 425 North Carey Street Baltimore was sentenced to death after waiving a jury trial and failing to overturn evidentiary rulings.
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Annapolis
Sidney Smith
Court of Appeals
Baltimore City Criminal Court
Smith
North Carey Street
Baltimore
Mashburn Protests Speeding Fine Wins Refund
Mashburn loudly denied speeding but paid the fine. Police tested their speedometer and found it 12 miles per hour fast. Mashburn got his money back along with a note of apology.
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Dallas
Tex
Fed
Mashburn
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