British sweep toward Messina cuts into Sicily at Etna
Allied forces smash into Catania and push German rearguards from Mt Etna slopes as an Eighth Army column moves north toward Messina. Italian troops fight on but many are evacuated as the Sicily campaign advances with prisoners counted in the tens of thousands.
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Daniel DE Luce
Catania
Mt. Etna
Messina
Alon
Acireale
Sicily
Tunisia
U. S. Army
Stars and Stripes
Messina Straits
Moscow
Ore
Kursk
Red Army
Berlin
Stalingrad
Freidrich Paulus
Rommel
North Africa
Mussolini
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Taormina
Biancavilla
Adrano
Bronte
Randazo
Troina
Tyrrehaian Sea
U. S
San Fratello
Cesaro
Gela Bay
George S. Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Navy
Fisher Buys Property Of Morrison Home In West Main Street
Harold J. Fisher, president and owner of the Somerset County Memorial Park, has purchased the Morrison home on West Main Street. Mrs. Morrison will reside there through the fall and early winter before vacating. Fisher, also presiding over Somerset Realty Co and a coal firm, plans to move his family into the residence early next year.
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Somerset County Memorial Park
West End
Harold J. Fisher
W. L. Morrison
Morrison
West Main Street
Mr. Fisher
Somerset
tSenoria Park
Pennsylvania
Memorial Park
Sylvan Peace
Fisher
Somerset Realty Company
B.S. F. Coal Mining Company
Point Marion
Fayette County
le Morrison
Seek Husband Of Crash Victim INDIANA
A search by sheriff's deputies state police and reserve corps near Brush Valley sought Blair Sink 31 who vanished after his wife Edna Reeger Sink died when their car crashed and burned near their home Coroner E L Fleming said burns from kerosene can explosions caused the fatal fire
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Indiana
Brush Valley
Blair Sink
Edna Reeger Sink
J. Clair Erin
H Ple
E. L. Fleming
Nonn
Link
Cou
William
Judge Parker Victim of Heart Attack
Oil City reports the sudden death of State Supreme Court Justice William M. Parker age 72 from a heart attack at his home. Parker served on the Superior court then the Supreme court since 1940, held a prominent career in Venango County law, and left a large family, with funeral services to be held at the Second Presbyterian church and Grove Hill cemetery burial.
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Oil City
State Supreme Court
William M. Parker
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Parker
William, Jr
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Venango County
Gifford Pinchot
Arthur H. James
H. Edgar Barnes
Princeton University
Grove City College
Helen Ingis
Marian Johnson
Ridgewood
N. J
Warren I. Parker
Naval Air Corps
Norfolk
Old City
William B. Linn
Pennsylvania
Martin
A. B. McCormick
Second Presbyterian Church
Grove Hill Cemetery
Sweden halts German troop and material movement to Norway
Stockholm announces suspension of German troop transport to and from Norway via Sweden Aug 20 and stopping of war materials through Swedish railways by Aug 15 under a new agreement. The move aims to curb Axis shipping and signal Swedish resolve as Germany faces reverses on multiple fronts.
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John H
Colburn
Stockholm
Norway
Germany
Sweden
Russia
Sicily
Norw
Trondheim
Narvik
Peoples Bank Renovation In Progress
Townspeople watch as Peoples National Bank on West Main Street undergoes repainting and cornice inspection. J F Collins states scaffolding allows thorough woodwork checks under contractor J A Critchfield supervision. if needed, cornice may be removed and repaired. Building dates to 1872 with no prior cornice examination. painter Earl Houpt to apply burnt amber with white trim, matching brown stone pillars and window trim.
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Peoples National Bank
Collins
Earl O., Houpt
Somerset
Bank
Man Subdues Armed Alien With Tear Gas in Hart County
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Tom Bobchek, about 50, of Smithfield Fayette County, resisted arrest with an axe and was subdued with tear gas after refusing to emerge from his one room house. He was jailed in Allegheny County on a charge of failing to register as an alien. State police at Uniontown aided U S deputies in the arrest. He allegedly attacked officers as they entered.
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Pittsburgh
Tom Bobchek
Smithfield
Fayette County
Allegheny County
Corp
Carl E. Gunnerson
Uniontown
U. S
Gunnerson
Kobchek
Gunner Ru
Bobchek
Harold Lloyd survives Benedict Canyon blast in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills. Former film star Harold Lloyd was overcome by a blast and fire at his Benedict Canyon Drive estate but rescued by his wife Mildred Davis Lloyd who dragged him to safety. Irreplaceable silent era films valued at $2,000,000 were destroyed.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Harold Lloyd
Benedict Canyon Drive
Lloyd
Mildred Davis Lloyd
Plane crash at Cambridge injures two seriously
An eight passenger two engine plane overshot Cambridge municipal airport and crashed into a hill injuring Pilot Frank Lawrence 26 and Co Pilot Bailey Case both of Williamsport Pa seriously with head injuries. Maj J F Hand an army air force representative said the craft was en route from Dayton to Williamsport on defense business. One motor began losing oil during landing.
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Cambridge
Frank Lawrence
Bailey Case
Williamsport
J. F Hand
Army Air Force
Dayton
Berlin Seen as Target in British Night Bombing
An RAF commentator suggested Berlin faced a heavy raid soon as Mosquito bombers operated over the Ruhr and Rhineland with no losses. British naval planes attacked eight German E-boats off Calais, sinking three and damaging one, returning unharmed amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Berlin’s industrial role and government seat made it a morale target, with long nights aiding night bombers on the 1200 mile round trip.
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London
Berlin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Calais
Air Ministry
RAF
Russians Capture Orel and Belgorod in Major Summer Offensive
Allied dispatches report the twin city falls as Soviet forces push toward Bryansk and the Dnieper. Stalin proclaims victory and orders a salute as heavy fighting continues in Ukraine and central front sectors.
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Associated Press
London
Orel
Belgorod
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Dnieper
Stalin
Moscow
Ore
Bryansk
Kharkov
Ukraine
Smolensk
Mius
Donets
Berlin
Ludwig Sertorius
Axis
Kiev
Stalingrad
Sevsk
Constantin Rokossovsky
Kivolai Vatutin
Vassily Sokolovsky
Ivan Koney
P. K. Popov
Marshall Stalin
Rel
King Mihai Visits Campina After American Raid
A Bucharest announcement says King Mihai visited the Campina area where Romanians were injured during the American raid on the Romanian oil fields. The raid may have covered most of the oil region near Ploesti and Constanta, with thousands fleeing threatened areas.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bucharest
Mihai
Campina
Ploesti
U. S
Con Stanta
Allied forces encircle Munda garrison in Solomons advance
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced that half of Munda airdrome is under American infantry with tank support and the Japanese garrison is encircled and being destroyed. Allied forces also report heavy fighting near Kokengolo hill and Salamaua as advances continue in the Solomons and New Guinea.
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William PF. Boni
Southwest Pacific
Munda
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
Kokengolo Hill
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Gizo Island
Kolombangara
Webster Cove
Bobdubi-Mount Tambu
New
Old Vickers
13Th Airforce
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
Krug Returned to Prison in Ontario Flight Case
Lieut Peter Krug Nazi flyer who escaped from a Gravenhurst prison camp was captured at a North Bay railway station by Sgt M Devine and brought back to Gravenhurst under heavy guard. His prior escape linked to Max Stephan of Detroit who aided him.
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North Bay
Ontario
Peter Krug
Gravenhurst
Chambersburg to Implement 48-Hour Work Week
The war manpower commission announces a mandatory 48-hour work week in the Chambersburg area beginning August 16 to curb labor shortages hindering the war program. Regional director Frank L. McNamee stated the move aims to stabilize labor supply during wartime.
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Chambersburg
Philadelphia
Frank L. McNamee
War Manpower Commission
Axis Issues Reams for Propaganda War Front
The dispatch narrates Axis propaganda efforts calling Orel a front of German lines and claiming Russian attrition tactics. It cites Berlin radio and Sertorius on Catania, Malta, and Sicily, noting German losses, Allied advances, and U.S. Navy support shaping the Troina and San Fratello actions in Sicily.
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Belgorod
Ludwig
Orel
Sertorius
Transocean
Berlin
Kiev
Red
E “Orel
Isian
Cantania
Sicily
Bernard L. Montgomery
Noland
Catania
Holdin
Associated Press
Mount
Cooler Friday for Eastern States and Western Pennsylvania
The forecast calls for cooler conditions Friday across eastern Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia while western Pennsylvania remains under a continued cool spell. Temperatures trend lower with lingering cool air.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Is Morrison
Judge Parker
Peoples Bank
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Belgorod and
Rankles
Polly Jane Shop
Cupp Feed Co
Krug
Montgomery
Uum
Mans
Somerset Weather
David Grove
VU. S
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