German Defense Of Italy May Be Subject Of Talk
An observer says German defense of Italy may dominate discussions as Junkers plot to keep influence. He warns bitter fighting ahead and a potential move to remove Hitler, with a propaganda campaign to paint the army as invincible while shifting blame for the war. He notes fear of civil strife and outlines steps to regain public sympathy.
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Italy
Junkers
Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Gestapo
Compromise on Farm and Food Policies Seen
A Senate comment calls for mutual helpfulness at conferences amid AAA funding limits. The ag department interprets a new appropriation act barring federal salaries for AAA information workers and bans promotional activity. Other food issues include WFA fat trimming rules for pork, probes into meat packing and small retailers, and new fish price ceilings to curb a fisherman strike.
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Agriculture Department
AAA
Stat Ority
Larat Farmer
War Food Administration
WFA
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Fish dealers face ceilings amid July price protests
Officials imposed ceilings on wholesale fish sales between July 5 and July 10. They said the move aimed to curb extra profits cited by fishermen amid complaints about dealer margins.
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Arily
Hitler and Duce in Conference on Sicilian Defense
Informed observers say Hitler and Mussolini discussed delaying the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Italian mainland. Air power, with Allied superiority, dominates the challenge, while German reserves and the Italian Navy complicate the decision on a large scale commitment.
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Axis
Sicily
Hitler
Russia
Balkans
France
Norway
Italy
Mussolini
Germany
Amnese
Four Play Found In Death Of Man Barbour
William Henry Barbour aged 49 was found dead on his Martinsburg kitchen floor with a fractured skull and body bruises. A coroner's jury returned that he died by foul means inflicted by unidentified persons. Clarence Hoffman testified he heard Barbour voice among ten men late Saturday night but could not identify others. Barbour, a former Martinsburg City and West Virginia state policeman, was found in a blood pool near his home. police will continue the investigation.
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William Henry Barbour
Martinsburg
Barbour
Williams Port
West Virginia
Clarence Hoffman
Mustangs Armed With Cannon In Antiaxis Tests
In Inglewood California North American Aviation announced that several P-54 Mustangs have been equipped with four 20 millimeter cannons after tests. The cannons enhance the fighter planes by enabling them to explode locomotives and destroy small merchant ships in combat against the Axis.
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Inglewood
Calif
North American Aviation Co
Panel Convicts Fourteen Drivers Before Rationing Board
Fourteen of thirty seven motorists appeared before the Juvenile Courtroom panel and were convicted of pleasure driving. Six cases were postponed and 17 dismissed, notably those living near the race track who did not attend races. Some revoked gasoline ration books for up to 40 days and coupons may be removed from some books. An industrialist challenged the legality of OPA rules in one case, planning to seek court review. About 150 cases remain to be disposed of, as officials said hearings will be a substantial task. The note concludes with an advisory about real estate listings in Classified Ads.
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Rationing Board
Sega
OPA
Hagerstown
Business Men Not New Dealers Run War Ickes Says
Interior Secretary Ickes told the Sales Executive Club that drafted businessmen were running the war not the New Dealers or bureaucrats. He named Knudsen and Stettinius among industry leaders, argued conversion duties lay with government, and urged restraint from uncritical criticism of officials.
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Sec’y
New York
Ickes
Washington
Knudsen
Nelson
Stettinius
Congress
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