Mass stampede from Berlin stirs Allied leaders fear
London reports mass flight from Berlin as officials rush to end the exodus amid war fears. German broadcasts note high level Nazi meetings at the Fuehrer’s headquarters with top party leaders and military chiefs, while Goebbels admits civilians are being moved out. Reuters cites Berlin’s wits end over a possible Allied bombing impact.
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Berlin
Associated Press
London
Germany
Adolf Hiller
Puehrer
German International Information Bureau
DNB
Fuehrer
Reuters
Zurich
Switzerland
Paul Joseph Goebbels
D.N.B
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Plane Production Reaches New High in July Output
United States airplane production hit a July high of 7,373 military planes, marking a 4 percent rise from June in both count and weight with a 13 percent jump in heavy bombers. The wartime board leaders warned that further gains require faster increases to meet armed services schedules.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Donald Nelson
Charles F. Wilson
War Production Board
Nelson and Wilson
Vila Airfield Next Goal of Yankee Troops
Allied headquarters in the southwest Pacific report Vila airfield on Kolombangara island, nine miles from Munda, as the next objective after the Munda airstrip capture. Ground fighting may be needed to seize Vila, which, with five other enemy bases, protects Rabaul. Admiral Halsey vows to push the South Pacific war toward Japan.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Munda
Solomons
New Georgia Island
Rabaul
New Britain
Rabaul Isone
Pacific
U. S
William F. Halsey Jr
South Pacific
Japan
Union and Railroads Reach Agreement Amid War Effort
The 15 non operating railroad unions and management officials announced an understanding to settle the wage increase request of non operating railway employees. George M. Harrison and Daniel P Loomis spoke for the parties and said details would come after government submission. Harrison avoided specifics on an eight cent wage request, noting wartime sensitivity. Loomis added no overtime issue was part of today’s talks.
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Associated
Wasitington
George M. Harrison
Daniel P Loomis
Association of Western Railways
Harvrison
Fred M. Vinson
Loomis
Red Army advances threaten Kharkov from multiple axes
Soviet forces push deep toward Kharkov from the Ukraine’s north and east, capturing Graivoron and Zolochoy vicinity on the Kharkov Bryansk line, while approaching Chuguev and closing on Orel. Berlin reports massed Russian tanks driving west and south as rail hubs near Orel, Belgorod, and Shamardino fall to Soviet control. 43 German tanks destroyed and eight enemy planes shot down.
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Kharkov
Bryansk
Zolochoy
Russia
Berlin
Chuguev
Orel
Belgorod
Ukraine
Red Army
Graivaron
Zolochev
Kharkov-Bryansk
Belporod
Shamardino
Gnezdnava
Slakhanskaya
Paris
Brazilian steamer Base torpedoed off Sergipe coast
Rio de Janeiro July 31 8 350 ton Brazilian steamer Base torpedoed and sunk off Sergipe coast. At least 78 persons are missing including women and children passengers. Forty one of 129 passengers and 37 crewmen were missing after the attack at 9 PM July 31. The Base carried a crew of 102. The ship sank quickly.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sergipe State
Sicilians Welcome U S Troops Amid Food Woes
In New Orleans, Navy fireman first class Robert A Taconi 17 notes Sicily lacked spaghetti for three years. He quotes Sicilian prisoners who say they have been reduced to eating soap as invasion troops arrive to visit his father James F Taconi.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
United States
Robert A. Taconi
Navy
Spaghett
Tavoni
James F. Taconi
Taconi
Admiral King Forecasts Powerful Blows At Japs
Admiral Ernest J King outlines Allied strategy in an interview, forecasting crippling blows at Japanese positions in the Pacific while stressing China’s key role in final victory. He compares China’s importance to Russia’s in Europe and urges arming and aiding China to keep it in the war, noting supply difficulties and air routes from India. He also explains shifting Allied efforts to divert German forces from the Russian front to maximize manpower against Germany.
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John M. Hightower
A.P
Washington
Ernest J King
Japan
China
Russia
Germany
Europe
India
King
United States Fleet
Navy
Navy Department
Vanguard of state group reaches Camp Dawson
West Virginia's state guard advances to Camp Dawson to train for a two week period starting with the arrival of about 1,000 guardsmen. Acting Adjutant General Carlton C. Pierce will command the maneuvers through August 15 as Col. Paul V. Myer and other officials accompany him. Equipment, tents, and food have been arriving from Charleston and Fort Fort Story No. 4 on Page 5.
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Associated Press
Kingwood
West Virginia
State Guard
Camp
Dawson
Carleton C. Pierce
Paul V. Myer
Charleston
Servand Regiment
Dierce
Preston County
ASL
Camp Dawson Fom
Fifth Service Command
Fort
Ser
2 000 000 Troops Needed By Army
The national director of selective service Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said 2,000,000 men would be needed within the next year to meet armed forces quotas. He cited pre-war fathers aged 18 to 37 and noted many could fail physical exams. He outlined sources including 4Fs, youths coming of age monthly, and possible deferrals for essential industry workers such as aircraft, shipbuilding, and farmers.
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Associated Pres
San Francisco
Maj
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Tl Am
Troops Barred From Harlem District After Rioting
A large Harlem section, where six Neproes died in rioting last Sunday and Monday, is off limits to all soldiers except those visiting family. The army posted 500 military police to question soldiers in the heavily populated Negro district, directing those with families to their homes and ordering all others to leave.
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Associated Press
York
Harlem
Negro District
Russians Smash Gaps in Orel Line Near Kharkov
Soviet forces push on Orel and Kharkov fronts with rapid tank waves close to Kharkov city. Red army advances threaten the eastern defense, while tanks pour through gaps toward Bryansk. A German analyst suggests Kiev is the ultimate Russian objective.
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Germany
Red Army
Orel
Kharkov
Great City
Bryansk
Three Japanese Ships Sunk in Vella Gulf Action
Allied headquarters report that a Japanese cruiser and two destroyers were sunk in the Vella gulf between Vella Lavella and Kolombangara. A third destroyer was probably sunk in an hour long clash with American naval forces, while Americans say no losses occurred. The action followed an attempt to run supplies to Vilvil air and supply depot on South Kolombangara.
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Southwest Pacific
Vella Gulf
Salamons
High Command
South Kolombangara
Job Of Righting Lafayette Begun
NEW YORK the world s largest marine salvage operation to right the U S S Lafayette formerly the French liner Norman die was begun today in the third naval district. Salvage supervisor Capt P B Mansean said the fighting operation is sorted and work is progressing deliberately according to a planned schedule.
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Associated Press
New York
U.S.S. Lafayette
Normandie
Mansean
Governor Moves to Retain Frasure in West Virginia
Governor M M Neely leads effort to keep Carl M Frasure in his post as West Virginia district director of the Office of Price Administration. A business experience rule had affected his eligibility and prompted reconsideration by Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown after Frasure resigned amid questions about required five years in business.
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Associated Press
Charleston
M M. Neely
Carl M. Frasine
West Virginia
Office of Price Administration
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
Irasare
OTA
Recommends Use Of Classified Ads
An author urges readers to use classified ads, describing how ads attract many inquiries and noting a bottling opportunity. The writer, D. P. Gadd of Beckley, West Virginia, emphasizes personal communication but says ads sell to many, even when talking to one person.
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D. P. Gadd
Beckley
W. Va
May Be Waived Screening Test Policy Explained
Selective Service Headquarters empowered local draft boards to waive the usual screening examination before placing men in 1-A. The spokesman said the goal is to aid classification in communities where a screening is hard to obtain. In practice, the waiver would be rarely used, as the screening is a preliminary physical to weed out obvious defects. A registrant in Arizona living in Washington would be examined locally if his board planned to place him in 1-A.
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Ast Washin Selective Service
Arizona
Washington
Troina Captured as Allied Front Narrows to 45 Miles
Allied headquarters report U S forces seized Troina in Sicily threatening to split Nazi forces. British units from the southeast took Biancagilla, surrender flags noted. Front narrowed to 45 miles, prisoners by then listed at 125000. German 29th motorized division molested as retreat accelerates.
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Troina
U. S
Associated Press
North Africa
Sicily
Biancagilla
Mrocco
Talian Coast Guard
Eee
Orry
Liquor Production Diverted to Meet Stock Demands
Washington officials weighed diverting some alcohol production to liquor despite political opposition from voters and states managing liquor sales. The War Production Board considered limiting to replenish beverage stocks, with final action pending higher ups and potential access to grain for distilling under new wartime controls.
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Washington
Chemical Division
War Production Based
Thare
W.plb
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Economic Statitiaation
W.P.B
Plane crash near Cambridge injures two
Two persons, pilot Meagar Hillberry and Clyde Simin of Wheeling, West Virginia, were injured when a privately owned plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Cambridge airport. The State High Patrol said the aircraft veered off course before ending the mishap en route to Wheeling.
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Associated Pre
Cambridge
Meagar Hillberry
Clyde Simin
Bots
Wheeling
Wlv
State High Patrol
Lee
Royal decree extends law amid Rome radio broadcast
A Rome radio broadcast disputed by the Stefani news agency said the law would be extended tomorrow, signed in Weiloesdig. U.S. government monitors recorded the broadcast. Southern Italy regions were recently declared areas of military operation.
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Mto
Associated Press
New York
Stefani
Rome Radio
Weiloesdig
U.S
Rones
Taly
Allied forces close Tu rina area and trap German units
In the Messina Strait sector the First Division veterans under Maj. Gen. Perry Allen seal rocky heights to Troina as German forces retreat eastward toward the coast. British armored columns push through mined bridges in a pincer around Biancavilla near Catania while Bernard Montgomery’s Canadian and British advances strike at the Goering and Fourth Panzer divisions, preventing a junction.
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Nat Gint
Biancavilla
Catania
Goa
Su Bernard le Montgomers
Ove Tsth
Goering
More Candy And Soft Drinks Seen In Rationing Lift
Detroit reports a 10 percent rise in sugar rationing for commercial users, enabling more candy, bakery goods, and soft drinks for a few days. Prentiss Brown, price administrator, said a general lifting of sugar restrictions may follow, while en route to a five week vacation in St. Janace, Michigan. He did not confirm changes for the middle west and awaited a Washington announcement on the petroleum situation.
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Prec
Detroit
Prige
Prentiss Brown
Toca
Brown
St. Janace
Mich
Inshington
Middle West
Glass Urges End of Politics to Focus on War Effort
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, a longtime critic of New Deal policies, asks Americans to adjourn politics and unite behind the war. He praises President Roosevelt's wartime achievements and warns that partisan bickering endangers lives and resources, urging focus on victory in Sicily and beyond.
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Uhr
Associated Press
Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Sicily
Mandabas
Glass
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