Allies Make New Central Sicily Gains Amid Fierce Battles
Allied and Axis forces clashed across Sicily with American and Canadian troops advancing east of Cefalu while German flak and air power tried to slow the push. Air raids hit Messina Barcelona and Recalcuia as fleets bombarded coastal targets. Reinforcements and heavy losses marked a protracted battle as both sides prepared for a potential showdown.
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Termini
Sicily
Cefalu
Midway Point
Sicilian
Catania
Messina
Associated Press
Rome
Naples
Sardinia
Court Rules Dry State Can't Seize Fort Sill Club Liquor
A court ruled that Oklahoma cannot seize liquor consigned to the Fort Sill Officers Club. Ten cases of wine and liquor were involved and returned to the club after seizure by Oklahoma City authorities under dry state action.
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Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Seamen Urgently Needed for U S Ships in War Effort
Reported urgent call for 320000 experienced seamen to crew US ships as Allied forces mobilize. Merchant Marine appeals for skilled sailors to maintain vital voyages. Official stresses lack of experienced personnel could jeopardize distant fronts.
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U.S
Anthony S. Employmat
America
Mesng
Haiti
Three Held for U S Jury In Farm Still Case
Three men Charles Franto Jamestown Joseph Gordare Rochester and Fred Broughan 42 owner of the farm were held for the Federal Grand Jury after a hearing Wed at the S S hearing is set for Aug 12 for further actions Tomaselli 42 Jamestown was arrested Thursday on the charges in the case the farm near North Omer was an unregistered operation strong with legal action pending.
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U.S
Jamesien
Peersons
North Omer
Federal Grand Jury
Charles Franto
Jametown
Jmeph Gordare
Rochester
Fred Broughan
Gener
Aerday
Tomaselli
Jameston
Old Cronies and Mussolini's Flight in Rome Amid Cabinet Clash
The session featured Grandi attacking Mussolini and calls to cede power to the crown. Mussolini reportedly left Rome as demonstrations began, with the Malian authorities intervening as the regime faltered. Allied raids and Japanese air activity are noted around Vila on Kolombangara and Bougainville, with Nassau and Tambu Bays seeing limited action.
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Macsolini
Grandi
Scorza
Farinacci
I Duce
Mussolini
Rome
Corriere
Ring 10
Herak Journal
Herald-Americon
Uft
Public Hearings Likely On Buffalo Compensation Law
Western New York phase of a preliminary workmen's compensation investigation nears a close as Moreland Act Commissioners Herman Suchman and William F. Bleakley indicate open sessions may be held in Buffalo in September or October. They report testimony suggests employers in the Niagara Falls area have curtailed workers' free choice of physicians under the compensation law.
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Buffalo
New York
State Workmen's Compensation Law Administration
Moreland Act
Herman Suchman
William F. Bleakley
Jagara Falls
North Jersey Gas Ban Continues Under OPA Aid Says Newark
Nathan L. Jacobs chief attorney for the Newark Office of Price Administration denied reports that the nonessential driving ban had broken down. He said inspectors had temporarily shifted enforcement from highways to amusement centers, netting 363 cars over the weekend.
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North Jersey
OPA
Newark
New Jersey
Nathan L. Jacobs
Italy Must Forsake Axis, Is Ultimatum
Churchill comments in Commons on Italy's new government after Mussolini fall. He warns the Fascist edifice may crumble but cautions against breaking the Italian state, noting vast Allied forces at Italy's door and the aim to free Italy from German control while shaping a new Europe.
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Italy
Mussolini
Churchill
Sicily
Mussolini Churchill
Lily
Europa
Sunburn Lotion for Patton Reaches Sicily in Odd Tales
A bottle of sunburn lotion was mailed to General George S. Patton Jr. somewhere in Sicily, while his sister Anne Patton received a V mail note explaining the delay. Churchill outlined plans for Italy’s occupation, urging careful, wholesale surrender and stressing coordination with the United States and Russia as the war against Germany continues.
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Patton
Sicily
San Marino
Calif
George 8. Patton, Jr
Anne W. Patton
Africa
Mise Patton
Berlin
Germany
Italy
Shurchill
Mary
Britain
Russia
United States
Churchill
Roosevelt
Lois Merrill
Nashua
N. H
Peter
Jeff
Herbert ‘I. Jr
Herbert T. Merrill
Marine Corps
King Hosts Devers Soong and Churchill at Buckingham Palace
London July 27 Lt Gen Jacob L Devers commander of U S forces in the European theater received by King George VI at Buckingham Palace. The King also granted an audience to Chinese foreign minister T V Soong and to Prime Minister Churchill who remained for lunch after his Commons speech.
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Devers
London
Jacob L. Devers
U.S
George
Badoglio's Acts Cloaked Revealing Life In Rome Under New Government
A broadcast described life in Rome after Badoglio's rise, noting normal public services and orderly compliance with the new regime. It cited an Italian government formed by highly regarded figures and brave military officers, while foreign broadcasts reported suppression of Mussolini era outlets and growing calls for peace. Leaders in exile spoke of a turning point toward Italy seeking peace, with cautious optimism about Germany's collapse.
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Rome
Tano
Badoglie
Associated Press
Publi
Federal Communications Commission
Tve
Turin
Mussolini
Milan
Morocco
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Ministry of Information
Vittorio Emanuele
Marshal Badoglio
Lee
London
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Milan Grol
Trygve Lie
Stefani
Grand Council
Reuters
Counciltefani
Italian council meeting backs war command plan
Flier presented by Count Dino Grandi invites Mussolini to ask the King to take command of land, sea and air forces. The vote was 19 to 7 in favor of the resolution at the Grand Council meeting, the first since December 7, 1939, six months before Italy entered the war.
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Dino Grand
Foreign Affairs and Justice
Mustolin
Grand
Emilio de Bono
Galeazo Ciano
Giuseppe Boia
Luigi Federzoni
Ciano
Muszolini
Vatican
Sfustolini
Scorza
Gaetano Polverelli
Enzo Galbiath
Dino Grandi
Chamber
Fasces and Guilds
Mussolini
Grand Council
Drst
Italy
Hitler may seek meeting with Badoglio after Mussolini resignation
Madrid dispatches report Adolf Hitler, surprised by Mussolini's resignation, would like to meet successor Marshal Pietro Badoglio. Berlin sources quote the German foreign office saying Mussolini's resignation did not trigger the encounter, with Berlin noting Badoglio's cabinet of technicians presents uncertainty for German leadership.
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Spain
Hitler
Badoglio
Madrid
UPI
Berlin
Informaciones
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Mussollini
Fuehrer
Corre
Italy
Cartier
Berin
Rain Slows Soviet Drive In Orel Area
Soviet reports say 5000 German troops were killed as Red Army advances threaten the Orel Bryansk railway. Soviet troops crossed the Oka north of Orel and moved behind the city to threaten the railway. Berestna, Yeropkina and Kursk rail area figures appear in the bulletin.
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Orel
Yeday
Bryansk
Oka
Orel-Bryansk
Berestna
Kursk
Yeropkina
Red Army
Belgorod
Done Basin
Izyum
Voroshilovgrad
Bomb Wedge Hits Salamaua Squarely in New Guinea
Allied heavy bombers dropped a 70 ton pad of 1000 and 500 pound bombs on Salamaua July 1. Lt Francis Haaz Jr of Pelham, N.Y., made a second run after a 1000 pound bomb hung from a clamp. 2 Lt Wallim Spencer of Roanoke, W.Va., worked ten minutes to drop it on target.
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Salamaua
New Guinea
Francis Haaz, Jr
Pelham
Wallim Spencer
Roanoke
W. Va
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