Factions Clash as Milan Revolt Roils Northern Italy
Reports from Milan and Naples described widespread street fighting, prison mutinies, and barricaded fascist nests as crowds shouted liberty and peace. Bombardments and bloodshed spread to southern cities while Italian and Allied leaders weighed peace prospects and Italy’s wartime status under Badoglio.
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Milan
Italy
Reuters
London
Ttalian
Rew Talla
Marazial Pietro Badoglio
Buti
Il Corrierie Delle Bera
Muarsolint
regime +1
Great Man
Cellilare
Naples
Rome
Allied Air Offensives Hit Kiska Wake and Pacific Bases
Allied air forces blasted Kiska in a 13- and six-attack sequence and hit Wake Island for a second time in four days. US bombers downed seven of 25 Japanese Zeros and damaged several more as 33 enemy aircraft were destroyed or damaged. In the Southwest Pacific, Allied troops crossed strong defenses east of Munds and neared the prize airfield on New Georgia. In New Guinea, clashes northeast of Mt Tambu preceded gains and bomber strikes on Salamaua. In China, Allied raids targeted Hankow and Hong Kong with multiple bombers. Japan claimed Luzon snipers hit by Japanese troops and the American leader killed.
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Kiska
Navy
mid-Pacific
Wake Island
Wake
Southwest Pacific
Munds
New Georgia
Solomons
New Guinea
Mt. Tambu
Salamaua
Mt. “Tambu
Salameua
China
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Jextish Crown Colony
Hankow
U. S
Luzon
Philippines
FDR Orders Probe Into Moron OWI Broadcast to Italy
President Roosevelt ordered an investigation into an unwarranted OWI broadcast to Italy that insulted King Victor Emmanuel and Marshal Badoglio. He said the message was not authorized by him or the State Department and promised action against responsible parties. OWI denied Communist involvement and noted the broadcast aimed at Britain, not Italy specifically.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Pietro Badoglio
Hhis News
Conerence
States Department
Robert Sherwood
OWI
Apn
OWT
Norinal
New York
United States
Mussolini
Badoglio
King Emmanuel
Marshal Badoglio
Milton Eisenhower
Maly
England
San Antonio reports 1943 bonded indebtedness and bonds details
City Treasurer W. B. Hamilton filed a June 30 1943 report showing San Antonio’s bonded debt for utilities at 28.4 million with revenue bonds issued 33.95 million to buy gas and electric systems. Water works debt stands at 5.489 million with a 7 million 1925 bond issue. Interest rates vary 2.5 to 3 percent. Cash on hand after interest payments and transfers totals 548 thousand. Taxes fund general issues and improvement districts.
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San Antonio
W. B. Hamilton
San Antonio Public Service Company
City Public Service Board
Water Works
McLelland
Harlingen
Funeral Board
Tey
Burlal
Singon Cemetery
Hamilton
Price Control on Yardmen Abolished by OPA
Washington note says OPA lifted price controls on lawn care including mowing hedge trimming gardening and maintenance services. The move ends legal limits on what you can pay a neighbor boy for yard work, though controls were never enforced and had been part of a broader landscaping regulation.
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Washington
OPA
Yanks Take Cefalu in Sicily Drive
American Seventh Army troops pushed east along Sicily’s north coast and captured Cefalu about 80 miles west of Messina, with Allmena and four other towns taken as German defenses at San Stefano faced a deep Allied advance. British forces remained halted before Catania, while air raids hit Capua, Scalea, Capodichino, Reggio Calabria, and Monte Corvino Ravella as Allied operations continued.
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Allisy Hgaurunnsting
North Africa
Seventh Army
Sicily
Cefalu
Messina Strait
San Stefano
al- Méd
Allmena
Itlex
Cefflu
Gefnlu
Eisenhower
Ais
Eighth Army
Catania
Longeer
EF Alamein
Egypt
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Theorth
Fina
Nicosia
Agira
Nanuova
Dittaino
Fania
Montgomery
Italy
Capua
Naples
Scalea
Capodichino
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
Aegean Sea
RAF
Monte Corvina Ravella
Mazis Decide on Defensive War
Berlin radio aired a quoted Voelkische Beobachter editorial stating Germany will wear down foes by stubbornly holding on and defending its conquered territories in this fourth year of war. The broadcast reflected official mood on ongoing military strain and strategic aims.
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Lwsdon
INS
Berlin Radio Today
Hitler
Voelkische Beer ‘Oachtor
Germany
Hearst Shortwave Broadcasts Lauded For Italy Aid
A collection of telegrams from American figures in 1943 praise William Randolph Hearst and his shortwave broadcasts to Italy as pivotal to toppling Mussolini and aiding Allied efforts. Letters from Ferdinand Pecora and others thank Hearst for promoting democracy, with continued support urged by skeptics into 1948.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
McCloud
Calif
Italy
America
Hearst
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
WR. Hearst
Wyntcon
W. R. Hearst
Mussolini
Chicago
Wm. R. Hearst
Uncle Sam
Sebastiana Danca
Vincente
Ferrara
Fortunato Gallo
Chicago City Opera Company
Houston and Galveston Hit by Worst Texas Gulf Coast Hurricane
July 28. A tropical hurricane devastates the Houston Galveston coastal region with at least two deaths and many injuries. Property damage estimated near ten million, Galveston and Baytown areas hit hard. Rice crop losses projected at two million, with city damage around one million in Houston prior estimates. Goose Creek Baytown and Pelly also affected.
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Houston
Houston-Galveston
Texas Gulf Coast
American Rice Growers Association
George W. Fraser
Gab ‘Veslan
San Antonio Spared From Hurricane Gall Coast
Local weather officials say San Antonio will stay out of the Gall coast storm path. After mixed reports, officials declare the city will escape the hurricane tail-end as of 11 a.m. the storm was heading northwest and weakening.
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San Antonio
Wadfielal
Worst Storm Ever Shuts Down Houston Area Power
The disturbance cut power to pumping stations, leaving drinking water unavailable. In Houston a Black boy died and 40 people hospitalized. Galveston reported a death from a collapsing radio tower. Ellington Field saw 22 hospitalized, six planes badly damaged. Communication lines failed and 7.68 inches of rain drenched the island. Weather and recovery details follow on Page 6.
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Houston’ Lighting and Power Company
Houston
Galveston
Ellington Field
Cols Jordan
Galveston News
Coast Guard
Galveston Bay
Weather Bureau
Colay
Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity Weather Update
Weather forecast notes little temperature change in San Antonio Wednesday afternoon and night while tropical disturbances move northwestward from the east and central portions. Expect heavy to excessive rain in central areas with fresh to strong winds and squalls near the storm center. Moderate temperatures in the extreme south and north portions with continued rain and thunder squalls in the far north.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Nookie
Weather Bureau
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Turkey
Algiers
Tixly
Marshal Badogno
Churchill
Istanbul
See
Madrig
Thaty
Gernans
Germain
Fronsier
Hungary
Budapes
Athens
Greece
Balkans
Tiatian
Cieece
Albania
Muszolini
Badogno
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Il Duce
Sbadoglio
Fascist Party
FDR
S.A
Mazis
Chicago, Ill
Supreme Court Justice
Louis A. Valente
Houston, Galveston
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