Hearst Broadcasts to Italy Widely Acclaimed
A San Francisco letter from July 27 1948 praises William Randolph Hearst for OWI shortwave broadcasts to Italy. It lauds his role in uniting Italian Americans with the United Nations and defeating fascism, with thanks from civic and cultural leaders across California and a note of continued effort toward peace and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
William Randolph Hearst
McCloud
United Nations
OWI
Italy
Angelo J. Rossi
City of
Mussolini
Mr. Hearst
Amerigo Bozzani
California
Optimism Keynote of Address
Roosevelt urged total victory and unconditional surrender for Axis powers while calling for increased domestic effort. He outlined postwar plans for veterans benefits, unemployment insurance, vocational training, and medical care, and praised shipping output as war progress accelerates.
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Mussolini
Italy
Japan
Germany
Roosevelt
Merchant Marine &5
Weather forecast for Sanamenwava region Thursday
Forecast calls for rain and thunder showers Thursday afternoon and night with a temperature change of about one hundred meridians. Moderate temperatures expected in the north and central portions, little change in the extreme south. Rain and thunder showers widespread except extreme south, heavy showers in the middle and upper coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanamenwava Viemays
Aseast
Japs Admit Big Ship Losses In Tokyo Broadcast
A Tokyo radio broadcast acknowledged Japan has lost more ships than it can replace and urged focus on shipbuilding. President Roosevelt noted Japan’s shipping shortfall may affect transport of goods from Java and Burma, while Allied air-sea attacks damaged vessels in the Solomons. Stilwell’s forces reported progress destroying or damaging 98 Japanese lanes in Hankow, Hainan, and Hong Kong.
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Hoongwell
Japan
Tokyo
Germany
Java
Borneo
Burma
Mr. Roosevelt
Munda
Solomons
China
Teph W. ‘Stilwell
Hankow
Hainansland
Honngkong
India
Tavoy Island
Thailand
New Delhi
Ong
Pagoda Point
20 Die in Crash Of Big Airliner
Twenty of the 22 aboard an American Airlines passenger plane were killed when bad weather caused a crash near Trammel Kentucky about 24 miles southeast of Bowling Green. Two severely injured were hospitalized. Pilot information notes Technical Sgt. Willista N Lightfoot of San Antonio among the dead.
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Bowling Green
American Airlines
Trammel
Allen County
Kentucky-Tennessee
Willista
Foot
Andrew C. Lightfoot
San Antonio
Dallas
Army to Retire Over Age Officers Amid Cuts
WasitINGTON July 23 Acting Secretary of War Patterson announced plan to retire or place on inactive duty many army officers over age limit. Exceptions may be made for physically and mentally capable officers to continue full duty. Estimated 900 officers are over the age threshold with highest limits for senior generals and brigadiers.
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Wasitington
Army
Patterson
Ane Bose
Tge
Canadians Take Sicily Road Center
Allied strides in Sicily reported as American and Canadian troops push east along the northern coast and into Leonforte, Polina, Gastelbuono and Gangi. Axis prisoners rise to about 75,000 as German resistance stiffens, with speed toward Messina noted and wartime prospects described as a critical stage.
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North Africa
Sicily
Leonforte
Enna
Seventh Army
Palermo
Polina
Gastelbuono
Gangi
Washington
Patterson
Seventh
Messina
Agira
Enpia
Smid
Nicosia
San Stefano
Pollina
Cefalu
Castelbiano
Cincare Ine
Leanforte
Eagivard
Germany
Pin Ybertles
Fpialan
Risenhowry
Caltanissetta
Peace prospects in Italy under Badoglio group
A Swiss dispatch reported the Badoglio government weighing terms for peace with Germany as Eisenhower pressed for immediate and honorable peace. The Rome La Tribune de Geneve noted the new government seeks satisfactory German relations while hostilities could end now if German troops leave Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Jay
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Itoday
Chiasso
Badoglio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rome
Lae Tribune de' Geneve
Mussolini
Germany
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Thaly
Geman Woops
Italy
Rich Pup May Dig For Own Bones
Harriett Walker Smith files in probate court to contest Bertha L. Young's will leaving a $5000 trust for her dog Bunnie the fox terrier. Bunnie, living at Bluebonnet Dog and Cab Hospital on San Pedro Avenue, may inherit and face a revocation if the petition succeeds. The hearing date remains unsettled with the case still pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha L. Young
George W. Young
Bunnie
Terries
Riley
Bluebonnet Dog and Cab Hospital
San Pedro Avenue
Smith
Jan
City Halts County Land Plats Approval
City commissioners announce inability to approve new county land plats near the city line until the county commissioners court grants clearance. Miss Smith's petition accuses Mrs. Young of undue influence in a December will, alleging city approval occurred without awareness. Officials instruct the city engineer to withhold permits amid the dispute.
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County Commissioners Court
Miss Smith
Mrs. Young
George W. Young
Mussolini Hidden Birthday Sparks Speculation In Rome
Rumors swirl as Mussolini marks his sixtieth birthday without public events. Reports name him a fugitive or prisoner, with scattered sightings in southern Italy near Rome while authorities offer little confirmation.
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Bern
Swiefhing
Mussolin
Thaly
Mussolini
Tinlsing Ville
Rome
Further Rise In Price Of Eggs Seen
A predicted rise in egg prices was forecast by Clifton George Jr an OPA price official. He cited sensor scarcity of ces and shortage of range feeds as causes for increases already approved by the OPA. The base price remained unrevealed but was expected to peak around October 18 before easing thereafter.
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Clifton George Jr
OPA
Axis Troops Reported Seizing Fiume Trieste and Pola
London broadcast says German troops occupied Trieste, Fiume, and Pola as forces rush to seal the Istrian peninsula. Italian and German fighters clash near Milan and Turin while Badoglio seeks armistice terms avoiding Allied occupation. reports cite chaos and anti Fascist action across major cities.
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London
INS
Trieste
Fiume
Pola
Istrian
Associated Press
Thurssday
Italy
Yugoslavia
Madrid
Rege Ulers
Naz
Milan
Turin
Hitler
France
Vatican City
Pietro Bedoglio
Rome
Genoa
Atre
Virginia Gayda
Virginia Gayda, Once Qcwa Os
Mussolini
AB. B. G
Garcia
Eid
Srenson
Kong
Roberto Farinacci
Fascist Party
Mario Appelius
Nile
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Hearst
Los Angeles Examiner
Los Angeles
Carlo del Pino
Suceia
U.S
Attilio DI Girolamo
Edward A. Syracuse
Dante Post
American Legion
Pietro Cimini
Louis Colombo
James A. Barlotti
Ben Cali Sciurba
Free Italy Mazzini Society
Ludovico Tomarchio
Attilio Boffa
Constantine Penuzio
University of California
Pietro Pontrelli
Joseph Bozzani
Bert Rovere
Ned Calvi
F. D.R
Pacific
Alteuntion
U. S
J. Noruvnn Lodge
Asyoodabad
Lodge
EL Paso
Biggs Field
Say
Crasit
Flying Boat
British Overseas Airways
Bire
Lisbon
Portigal
Sicily Road
Catania
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