Axis prepares to abandon Sicily as Allies near occupation
British dispatches report Axis plans to abandon Sicily with Germany resigning to Allied occupation, while Italy faces potential invasion. German pamphlets urge resistance and aim to impede occupation. Swedish and German papers echo grave mayhem, suggesting new invasions and heavy Allied forces in the region.
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Sicily
Germany
Italy
Daily Telegraph
Reuter
Stockholm
Romie
Berlin
Asis
Tidingen
Essen National Zeitung
National Zeitung
Europe
Rome
The
Tidningen
Levenska Daguladet
Ludwig Sertordous
Iceland
Government decree sets cattle export limit at 600000 head
A government decree issued yesterday restricts cattle and beef exports to 600 000 head annually. The allocation includes Chihuahua 225 000 Sonora 163 000 Coahuila 55 000 Tamaulipas 15 000 Durango .
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Mexico City
Chihuahua
Sonora
Coahuila
Tamauli- Pas
Durango
Man recounts U-Boat hunt in National magazine feature
A July National magazine story titled Aboard A Blimp Huntel Hunting U-Boats profiles Mason M. Sutherland a former Geographic staff member now with The Light. The piece describes a blimp voyage with a photographer in the navy’s ocean twenties era and notes Sutherland’s ties to San Antonian origins.
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National
Lake Geographic Magazine
Anhurst
N. J
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Sutherland
San Antonian
Geographic
Navy
Judge laments pool delays and calls it a Rube Goldberg system
Judge W Linden, 61, assistant district attorney, complains his daily dawn swims at the TenecuULuay 2uL LuZgan county pool are disrupted by a new chlorinator. City recreation head Ben Akin says the pool will reopen by July 2 after installation and invites Linden to swim in a spring basin, but the judge prefers Brackenridge park pool.
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LuZgan Country Pool
W. ©. Linden
Linden
Ben Akin
Akin
Nevers
Judge Linden
Brackenridge Park
Grew Highlights Japan Strength and Allied Risks
Former Ambassador Joseph C. Grew warned Americans miss the true strength of Japan. In a Columbia University talk he noted Japan's plan to back Germany in an early 1941 war and criticized complacency toward Japan among the U S.
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New York
Cins
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Columbia University
Institute 9
Arts and Sciences Grew
Yosuke Matsuoka
Germany
U. S
Hawaii Fights Polio Epidemic Amid War Effort
Honolulu reports an infantile paralysis outbreak described as an epidemic by the territorial office of civilian defense. Forty seven cases have been treated in three months with five discharged. Dr H Li Arnold, medical director, cites no clear cause or prior clustering in Hawaii.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
Br. H. Li Arnold
Tar Jrritorial Office of Civilian Defense
Allied Airstrikes Pound Sicily As Axis Shipping Falls
Allied bombers and fighters hit Sicily from dawn to nightfall sinking two merchant ships and damaging two destroyers while shooting down 42 Axis aircraft. Fortresses blasted Catania and Enna as Middle East command planes struck Vibo Valentia and Crotone, destroying hangars and storage amid heavy smoke and fires.
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M—Upi
Sicily
Axi
Gatania
Mile
Enna
Sice Ily
Middle East
Vibo Valentia
Crotone
Vita Valentia
Messina Strait
Crotonel 18
Catania
Floyd Pratts
Waterloo
Iowa
Fier
Palermo
H. W. Dugeins
Greenville
S.C
Wallace Post Held Legal Controversy Over Wallace Chairmanship
Senator Alexander Wiley charges Vice President Wallace with circumventing constitutional bounds by chairing the board of economic warfare. He urges congressional probes into Wallace’s chairmanship and questions supreme court justices serving on a kitchen cabinet. Wiley also calls for a real war cabinet to bolster the domestic war effort amid a Wallace Jones materials feud. Special attention given Light Want Ads received by mail.
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Swaty
INS
Alexander Wiley
Wisaday
Wallace
Economic Warfare
Wiley
BEW
Supreme Court
Scretary of Commerce
Jesse H. Jones
San Antonio gas book delay noted. 4000 mailed daily
Gas rationing officials say 55000 San Antonians delay sending Albazoline book applications. They must include the back cover and current inspection record with applications, available at gas stations. Governor Stevenson to attend Goodfellow Field graduation tomorrow.
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Stevenson
Goodfellow Field
Army Air Forces
San Angelo
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