Croats and Slovenes Seek Istria Split Amid Italian Turmoil
Rushed Italian and German troops aid Croats and Slovenes protesting the inclusion of Istria in a south Slav state. Badoglio struggles to control unrest as Milan and other cities see strikes and anti Fascist clashes. Reports claim hundreds killed as Berlin hints at possible new Rome government.
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Bern
Fiume
Trieste
Istrian
Italy
Istria
Austro-Hungary
Adriatic Sea
Berner Tagwacht
Pietro Badoglio
Milan
Badoglio
Chaisso
Switzerland
Social Republic
Berlin
CBS
Rome
Crown Prince
Umberto
Turin
Genoa
Gasda
Hitler Sends Birthday Cheer To Mussolini In 1940
The Associated Press recalls Hitler’s birthday message to Mussolini dated one year ago, praising personal health and Italy’s welfare. The Axis broadcasts today omit any mention of a new message to the fallen leader.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Duce
Italy
Axis
Hitler
Mussolini
Conquest of Sicily Nears Final Phase Says Patterson
Washington July 29 Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson said the Sicily campaign should finish in a few days despite strong German and Italian resistance. Allied forces control four fifths of the island with the Seventh Army moving east along the north coast threatening an outflank near Messina.
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Washington
Sicily
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Avie
Messing
Two Drunken Driving Cases Reported By City Police
Two drunken driving charges were filed after early morning arrests. Thomas Kefauver, 17, of 113 Jefferson Street, and Roy A. Arnold, 47, of Monrovia, face charges of operating a vehicle under liquor. Arnold also faces reckless driving. Hearings likely Friday night in Police Court.
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Thomas Fom Kefauver
Jefferson ‘Street
Ben Phebus
Roy A. Arnold
Monrovia
Frank Dorsey
Arnold
Charles Whiten
Lewis Gibson
Whiten
Gibson
Norman Trump
Mildred Keeney
Unionville
Norman Dirt
Trump
Twenty Die In Bowling Green Plane Crash
An American Airlines flight from Louisville to Nashville crashed near Trammel Allen County Kentucky, killing 20 people and injuring two. Fire and debris spread across the field as investigators and FBI agents took control, with coroner inquest set for morning. Among the dead were three crew members and 16 passengers, including a baby.
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Bowling Green
American Airlines
Louisville
Nashville
Trammel
Allen County
Kentucky-Tennessee
Glenn W. Fellows
Love Field
Texas
Fellows
K. Hoffman
Williamsport
Hoffman
Lieut
William A. Lyle
J. H. Claypool
Claypool
Alien County
Williams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tenn
Harry A. Stiller
Cleveland
Ohio
Smith Grove
Bulgaria Faces Crisis Amid Balkan Realignment
A July dispatch from Istanbul reports Bulgaria's crisis deepens as Mussolini’s downfall and Italian shifts threaten Bulgaria’s Axis position. Balkan states may break from the Axis with Italy’s retreat seen as pivotal, and Bulgaria’s proximity to Brindisi and Sofia highlights strategic stakes in southeastern Europe.
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Instanbul
Benstoi Munis
Bulgaria
Italy
Germany
Balkans
Muszolini
Onll
Uhe
Gustei
Mirst
Yugoslav Macedonia
Grecian Macedonia
Brindisi
Macedonia
Sofa
Four More Towns Fall To Allied Troops In Sicily
Allied forces in Sicily report rapid gains capturing Pollina Castellone Gangi Leonforte and nearby towns with Canadian and American units advancing from Cefalu toward Messina. Heavy casualties are noted on Axis forces as Leonforte secures a critical north south highway and central Sicilian positions.
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Sicily
North Africa
Tawitore Lows
Levnforte
Leonforte
Enna
Seventh Army
Palermo
Pollina
Castellone
Gani
Cefalu
Messina
Plate
Asis
Castelbuono
Gangi
Catania
Mt. Etna
San Stefano
Nicosia
Etna Line
Castelnuono
Rome
Associated Press
Peach Yields Vary Across Frederick County Orchards
Frederick county reports peaches ranging from near bumper crops to severe losses within about 16 miles. Prices reach up to $7 a bushel in some sections while others, like the Quynn orchards near Frederick, face a near total failure due to winter cold. Harvesting proceeds with varieties such as Jubilee, Rochester, Belle of Georgia, and Hale, and guidance notes seasonal rains helped some orchards but others suffered from dry spells.
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Frederick County
Thurmont
Lewis
John
Travelbaugh
Rochester
WML
Frederick
Quynn
Walker
Mt Airy
Mussolini Buried Birthday Rumors Surface In 1945
Benito Mussolini marked his 69th birthday while reportedly a prisoner or fugitive. Reports placed him from Spain to northern Italy, with Italy's Corriere Della Sera noting he was “as good as buried” in the hands of the Italian people.
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Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Spain
Ale
Rome
Madrid
Payan
18 Officers And Enlisted Men Killed In Two Crashes
El Paso Texas July 29 1919 eight enlisted men from Biggs Field and Fort Bliss were killed and an enlisted man injured in two plane crashes the air field public relations office announced. Nine men died and one injured where two engined bombers crashed near Belin New Mexico. The dead include Second Lieutenants Clarence W Dieh Walla Wash Cecil E B Wilson Versailles Ky and Lee K Onan Millbrae Calif and Staff Sergeants Bernard Fo Marrek Perth Amboy NJ Lad A Pouperman Cicero IL Lyle W Robinson Shelbina Mo and Benjamin W W Osgathorp Jr Winslow Ind all of Biggs Field and First Lieutenants Vernon K Moser and James Kral plus others from Fort Bliss. Sergeant John Yachaima Forrest City Pa injured but expected to recover.
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el Paso
Tex
Biggs Field
Fort Bliss
Air Field Puble Relations Office
Forte
Siash Balathie
el IP Pte Bield Mast
Clarence W. Dieh
Walla Watla
Wash
Cecil EB. Wilson
Versailles
Lee K. Onan
Millbrae
Calif
Bernard Fo Marrek
Perth Amboy
N. J
Lad A. Pouperman
Cicero
Lyle W. Robinson
Shelbina
Benjamin WW
Osgathorp
John Yachaima
Forrest City
Belen
N. M
Charles R. Briggs
Gala
Theodore W. Hotty
Pittsburgh
John Andrey
Sisin
Bayonne
Charles &. Randall
Clee
Russians Tighten Noose on Orel in Southern Drive
Russian column moving from the south pressed toward Orel, crossing 1500 German dead as tanks and infantry widened the attack. Slanovoy Kolodets fell, while northern forces waded swamps and streams flooded by rains, tightening the encirclement of the German defense around the city.
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Moscow
Orel
Slanovoy Kolodets
Optukha
Zolotarevo
Capt Gatch Receives Navy Cross Second Gold Star
Capt Gatch of Annapolis earns a Navy Cross for action aboard a battleship near Guadalcanal. He also receives a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for heroism during the sea battle, despite wounds from a shell fragment. His leadership aided sinking a Japanese cruiser and damaging other vessels.
Eisenhower urges Italians to abandon Nazis for peace
General Eisenhower pleads with the Italian people to cease aiding German forces and accept honorable terms for peace. He promises the return of prisoners and a mild Allied occupation, asserting liberation from Mussolini and foreshadowing a restored Italian liberty and traditions.
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North Africa
Pye
Dwight UD
Eisenhower
Todd Chak
London
British Isles
Italy
United Nations
House of Savoy
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Tunisia
Sicily
Roosevelt
Churchill
Another Fascist Unit Is Ordered Dissolved
Italy's Chamber of Fasci and Corporations is dissolved by order of Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio, announced by Rome radio on July 29. The move follows government actions against fascist organizations as Italy shifts toward new governance.
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Born
Switzerland
Swiss Telegraph Agency
Chinassu
Rome
Badoglio
Dwight D. Imisentower
London
Italy
Chamber of Fasci and Corporations
Pietro Badoglio
Rome Radio
Mrs Wilk dies in Rushville sudden heart attack
Mrs Phil Wilk mother in law of Wendell L Willkie dies at home in Rushville Indiana at an unspecified age after a sudden heart attack.
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Wilk
Rushville
Ind
Phil Wilk
Wendell L. Willkie
Young Roosevelt's Ship Under Bomber Attack Off Sicily
An Allied command post off the Sicilian coast reports the U S destroyer on which Lieut Franklin Roosevelt Jr. serves as executive officer was attacked by German Junkers 88 dive bombers. The ship repelled the raid without a direct hit and Roosevelt, who had come ashore, was unharmed.
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Siscio
U. S
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Nos
Sicilian
Lieut. Roosevelt
Heen
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Tterson
Harold E. Burtlett
East
Patrick Street
Bernard Washington Wartenfeitz
McElfish
Wartenfeltz
Burkett
Balkan
Nico Sicily
Siveh
North County
Wyoming
Portland
Oregon
George W. Blake
New Mexico
Capt. Gatch
Navy
Young Roosevelt
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