Allied push seizes Enna and advances toward Messina Sicily
Allied forces drive deep into Sicily with American Canadian troops closing on Enna and Catania. Montgomery's British Eighth Army and Goums contest strong German defenses as air power and reinforcements tighten the noose along the eastern coast toward Messina. Prisoner counts climb as Axis resistance wanes and morale falters under relentless Allied assault.
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Termini
Mount Etna
Paterno
Messina
Taormina
Messina-Catania
Caltanissetta
Seventh Army
Piazza Armerina
Enna
Geta
Nor
Sicily
Catania
Bernard L. Montgomery
Decimomannu
Sardinia
Ran- Garo
Rome
Italian
Agrigento
Slenara Tg
George
S&s. Patton
A. G. L. McNaughton
England
North Africa
Eighth Army
John Gun
Fall of Enna Puts Axis In Critical Position
Enna in central Sicily fell to Allied forces, cutting Axis contact with Catania and threatening rapid western Sicily collapse. Italy claimed raids on Augusta and Malta while Caltanissetta fell to American forces and Rome faced renewed alarms amid bombings and retreat fears.
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Axis
London
Enna
Sicily
Catania
Augusta
Naples
Italy
Reggio Calabria
Sardinia
Malta
Caltanissetta
Associated Press
Bern
Fifth Army
Rome
Florence
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Harvest Labor Service Rules for Motorists in Cherry Belt
A motorist planning trips to Grand Traverse Bay cherry belt must secure Supplemental gasoline form 535 from the auto owner and certify at the U S Employment Service. Travelers pledged to work 80 hours collectively must surrender extra rations in exchange for a farmer signed statement confirming employment and return coupons.
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Grand Traverse Bay
U. S
Farm policy clash and wartime food controls ripple through policy
The article notes the cultural department constrains AAA information workers under the new appropriation act prohibiting federal funds for salaries and promotional activities. It describes WFA actions to trim fat in pork, fish price ceilings, and investigations into chain stores affecting small retailers. It cites Senator Wherry leading the Senate inquiry and estimates of a nationwide fishing work stoppage costing over 5 million pounds weekly.
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Culture Department
AAA
War Food Administration
WFA
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate Small Business Committee
Office of Price Administration
Coordinator of Fisheries
WFA drafts rules to reduce fat on pork under price caps
The War Food Administration envisions regulations to cut the fat left on hogs by packers by about half. The move aims to salvage millions of pounds of lard and shifts premium pricing from heavyweight to light hogs. Packers will face hog prices between 13.75 and 14.75 dollars per hundred pounds.
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WFA
Washington
War Food Administration
WEA
Woman Hero Rescues Crashed Plane Pilot from Flames
Mrs. J. B. Smith rushed to a burning plane after a crash near her home. She ordered neighbors to help, used a stepladder and axes to free the trapped pilot, believing he might be her husband. The pilot, later identified as an Air Corps lieutenant, was not seriously harmed. Mrs. Smith and three helpers suffered burns.
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Wyand
J. B. Smith
Air Corps
Chinese Hopeful Reacts to Paramushiro Bombing News
Chinese minister Chang Tao Fan expressed great gratification over American bombing of Paramushiro and urged intensified strikes on Japanese territory to punish Axis powers, regardless of location. He contrasted the Axis partners with Japan and called for broader, stronger air attacks.
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Chungking
Chang Tao-Fan
Paramushiro
China
Europe
Japan
Navy Rejects Petrillo Offer to Record Free for Sailors
James C. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians says the Navy declined his July 9 proposal to record music free for sailors to boost morale. He notes the Army has not replied.
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U.S. Navy
Petrillo
New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Navy
Elmer Davis
Stimson Praises U S Army Units In England
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson praised three U S yank units during a visit in London on July 21. He inspected ground forces, spoke with enlisted men and officers, and said he was well pleased with the units training for a shot at the Germans. He was accompanied by Brig. Gen. Alexander D. Surles and Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gesell.
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U. S
Britain
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