No Five Day Week On Sicily Front By JOWN A. MOROSO JIT
The reporter describes a dawn raid near Scoglitti Sicily on July 11 1943 detailing soldiers unloading supplies in a sleepless night under fire. He recalls dead American sailors and Italians, prisoners escaping, a hospital visit, and a grave burial in sand as Axis planes raided the beach. The piece also notes a 15 year old teacher charged with rape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Jown A. Moroso
Scoglitti
Frank wWelreth
Keystone
City
Fish
Walyl
80 Re
Yanks Beat Goering Panzers At Gela Beachhead
American infantry and armor halted a heavy German assault as 100 plus tanks moved against the beachhead near Gela. Troops fought under artillery fire at point blank range, with anti tank guns deployed on the central sector. Lieutenant Colonel Curtis praised the fighters for courage and discipline as crews, ships, and supporting guns helped smash the enemy drive.
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Don Whitenead
Associated Press
Troopa
Gela- Bul
Hermann Goers
Col
Curtis
Amarillo
Texas
Borrowed Cars Barred from Mexico
San Antonio reports a U S border representative warns that borrowed automobiles cannot cross into Mexico. Cars may enter only if driven by the owner or a relative. Citizens are advised to avoid bringing ration books or written material, which may be inspected or censored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Borrow & E&r
Mexico
Charles Mumm
Alamo Motor Club
Who Aaa
United States
Iil
Mumm
Burial Held For Colonel William G. McKay
Funeral services were held at Hanavan chapel for Col William G McKay a 3 837 Burr road veteran of 26 years service in the United States army who died Thursday morning in a local hospital McKay native of Ingersoll Ontario Canada he commanded station hospital at Camp San Luis Obispo Calif last year He served in San Antonio from 1929 to 1927 six years at Port Shelling Minn and Fort Ringgold Texas from 1938 to 1942 Survivors include widow Mrs Inez N McKay sons William Jr of College Station and Ens Donald McKay of Shell Beach Calif brothers J P of White Plains N Y Bruce of Salem Ore and Capt Ernest McKay of Carlisle Barracks Pa mother Mrs G L McKay of Newton Pa and two grandchildren
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Hanavan Chapel
William G. McKay
Burr Road
United States Army
McKay
Ingersoll
Ontario
Canada
Camp San Luis Obispo
Calif
San Antonio
Port Shelling
Minn
Fort Ringgold
Texas
Inez N. McKay
William Dr
College Station
Ens
Donald McKay
Bhell Beach
White Plains
Bruce
Salem
Ore
Ernest. McKay
Carlisle Barracks
G. L. McKay
Newton
Navy Man Killed in Pacific Maneuver Crash
A San Antonio Navy machinist mate 3/c William T. Henderson, 25, was killed in a Pacific air crash Monday. Parents Mr and Mrs William T Henderson of 109 Becker Street have been informed. Henderson, Brackenridge High School graduate, joined the Navy in 1940, survived Pearl Harbor and served at Midway. He is survived by his parents a brother in England and a sister in San Antonio.
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Wis Henderson
San Antonio
Navy
Pacific
William T. Henderson
Becker Alveet
Rensiall Jacobs
Naval
Henderson
Brackenridge High School
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Victor Henderson
England
Helen Henderson
Film Writer Sued By Mrs Gershwin
Mrs Tra Gershwin wife of the lyricist and Peggy Martin secretary sue film scenarist Herman Mankiewicz for damages totaling 53275 stemming from an auto accident on March 11 in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Tra Gershwin
Peggy Martin
Herman Mankiewicz
Yanks honor fallen flyers in Sicily raid tale
In a Ragusa hospital report two released American airmen from a July 5 Fortress raid near Sicily survived. First Sgt. Allen B. Huckabee of Temple Texas and Tech Sgt. David Fleming of Jackson Michigan, badly wounded, recalled the air battle with 20 enemy planes and multiple casualties. They described anti aircraft and engine fires as their formation split, the crew suffered three fatalities, and the mission ended with a forced bailout and prisoner transport to a local hospital. Their crew mates perished or were captured as alarms faded.
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Sicily
Clinton Grefen
Stati Cc
INS
Yank Invaston
Ragusa
Allen B. Hickabee
Temple
United States Air Force
David Fleming
Jackson
Mich
North Africa
Countsy
Fleming
Ted
Fie
Stati Sel
Robert W. Mills
Pa Jatha
Fin
Allen J. Ewold
Oto
Capitols
Frank M. Espositio
The
Bronx
Carson B. Logan
Mansfield
Onlo
Walsh Wanner
Huckabee
Salot
Albert. E. Davis
Modeste
Calif
Walst
John Withrow
Bran Junction
Golo
Dorr
Vincent E. Shank
California
Herbert O. Petry
Hollywood
Walt Disney Studios
Pilot
Withrow
Wall
Venice
Peir
France Italy Hit By RAF Night Raiders
Allied air raids struck northern France near Montbellard and northern Italy hitting plants, transformers, and bunkers. Lancasters targeted Peurcot works turning out two ton trucks, while raids across the Alps hit northern Italy and multiple airfields in Europe.
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France
Italy
Peurgeot Motor Vehicle Works
Montbellard
Air Ministry
Alps
Peurcot Works
Renatnt
Abr
Burver
Montbellard J
Belfers
Dover Strait
Boulogne
Calais
Raf
Germany
Low Countries
Paris
Britain
U S Troops Advance in Sicily Amid Fierce Naval Barrage
From a southern Sicilian front report, U S forces push 1½ miles toward high ground near Scoglitti as a massive naval anti aircraft barrage rakes overhead. Allied units, led by officers including Second Lieut Ramon H Picker ing and First Lieut Gordon Kinsey, reach first objective, note Italian and German resistance, and recount evacuations and surrenders while roads through dunes are built to the next objective.
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Joainamoroso Tit
Scognlii
Ciestion
Tem
Aiermans
Tpallans
Ramon H. Pickering
Fort Worth
Bob Grosby
Brilgiy
Hrank Walrath
Keystone City
Fla
Sicily
Yan
Associated Press
Pete Eldved
Army
Hhewlng
Gordon T
Kinsey
South
Minneapolis
Kinley
François P. Farley
Plymouth
Mass
Parley
Barry C. Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
Tomiserity
Italians Give Up as Nazis Fight Hard in Tunisia
Allied forces report swift advances in southern Tunisia against Italian defenders while Germans resist stoutly in coastal sectors. U.S. Navy and air units support landings, with tanks and heavy artillery engaging in street battles at Ragusa and Comiso airfield. Civilians report harsh conditions and low pay, as German and Italian troops are captured or surrender.
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ULAK
Sigily
Ourroops
Stelly
Iiland
Comiso
Ragusa
Germany
Koring
New York
Thomas E. Akers
Columbia
Akers
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