Allies anxious to see Italy accept surrender terms
London reports Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons allies would embrace a reasonable attitude toward Italy if they achieve favorable terms against Germany. He warned against recognizing quislings, and noted Mussolini’s fall changes Italy’s status. Detailing German armistice talk, Eden emphasized unconditional surrender remains the Allied aim. Peace prospects dimmed by renewed Allied bombings and Sicily offensive.
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Italy
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Germany
Eden
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Rome
Roosevelt
Washington
Reuters
Badoglio
Geneva
Il Popolo di Roma
Greece
Albania
France
Yugoslavia
Fires Rekindled in Hamburg
British bombers in great strength rekindled fires in Hamburg where a Danish official said 200000 Germans died. The ninth Allied raid in 10 days dropped a heavy load of high explosives and incendiaries as 30 bombers and two fighters were lost.
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London
Hamburg
Air Ministry
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
Europe
The
Ruhr
Copenhagen
Germany
Svenska Dagbladét
No Decision on Acreage Reached
Washington reports the War Food Administration denied a plan to limit 1944 sugar beet planting to 636,000 acres. Goals are still being studied and no final decision is expected soon. The error stemmed from Denver discussions. beet growers will be heard before any final acreage is set. Current plans remain highly preliminary, pending labor and machinery supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
WFA
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Marvin Jones
O'Mahoney
Plane Contract Is Modified By War Department
The War department cancelled Andrew J. Higgins' contract for wooden C-76 Caravan cargo planes but soon awarded a new order for metal Curtiss C-46 Commandos. The Caravan was judged costlier and less efficient after experience with experimental models.
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Washington
War Department
Andrew J. Higgens
Higgins
Maritime Commission
Curtiss- Wright Company
Louisville
Army
Munda Airfield Capture Seen By Allied Forces
Allied troops drive to the eastern edge of Munda airfield as final stage of the battle advances. American and Australian artillery besiege Sala maua, with lines extending from the beach toward Bibolo hill. Japanese air attacks diminish in intensity, causing minimal damage while sustaining higher losses.
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Australia
U.P
Munda
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
Bibolo Hill
Exhaustion of Oil Forecast Urges Synthetic Fuel Push
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes warned that known petroleum reserves may be exhausted in 14 or 15 years. He urged immediate development of synthetic fuels from coal and oil shale, endorsing a bill for demonstration plants to boost production. He cited coal reserves of about three trillion tons and potential output of 1.5 billion gallons of synthetic fuel annually for 1,000 years while meeting other demands.
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Washington
U.P
Harold Ickes
Congressional Committee On
United States
Joseph C. O’mahoney
D.-Wyo
Germans Seize Italian Ships at Suda Bay
ISTANBUL Aug 2 The Germans have seized three Italian ships loaded with Italian troops en route to Italy after stopping at Suda Bay Crete to refuel. The Italians protested but the ships were ordered interned pending further developments in Italy.
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Istanbul
Italy
Suda Bay
Crete
Germans Retreat At Orel Amid Heavy Soviet Push
Russian forces pushed toward Orel driving German lines back and encircling the area. Soviet reports say more than 2,000 Germans were killed and many weapons destroyed as Red Army units advanced from multiple sectors including southwest and northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Orel
Sush
Pilatovka
Dominino
Moscow
Monitor
Haile Selassie Attacks Badoglio Over Gas Against Ethiopians
Emperor Haile Selassie denounces Italy's Pietro Badoglio as the man who carried out Mussolini's orders to use poison gas on Ethiopians. He notes Mussolini's exit in disgrace and warns that Badoglio's war continuation preserves Fascist tendencies despite Mussolini's fall.
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London
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
News Chronicle
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Mussolini
Selassie
Badoglio
Purge of German Generals Foretold At Kursk Fallout
London dispatch cites a Stockholm mass report that Nazi generals including Gen. Guenther von Kluge face imminent purge after Kursk failure. Hitler reportedly berated officers at a military council, pounding the table and vowing to use younger, more tractable leaders.
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London
Moscow
Stockholm
Guenther von Kluge
Kursk
Adolf Hitler
Military Council
Weather forecast promises showers and mild change
A light weather outlook expects little temperature change with showers Wednesday afternoon and evening. Tuesday's highs reach 74 and lows near 40 as conditions ease into the midweek period.
Infant abducted from Albany General Hospital in Oregon
Albany Oregon Aug 3 U P reports a kidnapper climbed a fire escape to the second floor of Albany General Hospital early Tuesday and abducted a three day old infant from the nursery while two nurses were away. The child born Sunday to Mr and Mrs B W Gurney was wrapped in a light blanket and hidden back down the fire escape. The search by state police began immediately with the family and authorities hopeful but cautious about the motive and safety.
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General Hospital
Albany
Oregon
Ore
U.P
Albany General Hospital
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Judith Gurney
B. W. Gurney
Marlene
Probe to Open on River Plan in Montana Meeting
Montanans gathered in Miles City for the Missouri River valley development conference led by Gov. Sam C. Ford. About 200 attendees and four governors were expected as Col. Lewis A. Pick urged a comprehensive plan to control floods and ensure irrigation, power, and water supply, with next fall’s congressional submission planned.
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Miles City
John Moses
North Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Bismarck
N. D
Lewis A. Pick
Omaha
Corps of Army Engineers
Pick
Missouri River
Congress
Ford
Charles L. Sheridan
State Highway Patrol
J. B. Convery
Helena
State Public Welfare Department
Montana Water Conservation Board
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
National Association
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
Fred Buck
Missouri Valley
Sheridan
Fight Looms on Draft Orders
Washington reports growing congressional dispute over Paul V. McNutt's plan to draft fathers after October 1 without regard to number or ages of dependents. Representatives Sabath and Gossett voiced opposition, while Kilday bill provisions urge delaying fathers until all single men are exhausted and ordering fewer dependents per draft.
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Washington
Man Power
Paul V. MecNutt
Pearl Harbor
McNutt
Sabath
D-Ii
Gossett
Dtexas
Congress
Kilday
Texas
House
Senate
General Fund Levy Eliminated by Equalization Board
Montana taxpayers may save more than 690000 as the state board of equalization again dropped the two mill general fund levy from the 1943 Legislature. The move, alongside steady school levies, would lower total levies on real and personal property to a multi year low. The board noted 34 of 51 counties reported levy reductions with six showing slight increases as delinquent tax collections enabled cuts. statewide taxable value could rise to about 347 million, boosting per mill revenue to roughly 347000 after delinquencies.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Sam D. Goza
Board of Equalization
Greater
University
Warm Springs
Ribbentrop Seeks Swiss Villa Move in Berlin Talks
London Aug 3 German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop is pressing to gain possession of a villa in neutral Switzerland. Sir William Davison MP stated Tuesday that the bid is under consideration and being pushed in current discussions.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Switzerland
William Davison
Eighteen-Year-Old Registrants Named by Local Boards
Silver Bow county selective service boards announce July registrations for eighteen year olds. Board No 2 lists Edward H Boyle James Edward Holland James Robert Dowling James Jasper Elledge. Board No 1 lists George Henry Rush Patrick Thompson Joseph Gilbert Quilici William Paul Le Prowse Harrison John Mazzola Edward Gene Godman Charles Francis McCaul Arthur Triniman Grover LeRoy Jackson William Charles Cleary Stanley John Edwards Ray Joseph Russell. Local Board No 3 will publish its new registrants later.
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Silver Bow County
Selective Service Boards
Edward H. Boyle
West Woolman
James Edward Holland
North Franklin
James Robert Dowling
Empire
James Jasper Elledge
West Daly
George Henry Rush
Madison
Patrick Thompson
Joseph Gilbert Quilici
William Paul
Service Men and Women Invited to Free Dance in Butte
Silver Bow American Legion and auxiliary invite all service personnel to a complimentary dance at Legion hall this Saturday, with Sunday open house from noon to 9 pm. The event aims to cheer away from home personnel, with refreshments, chaperones, and no escort requirements.
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American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion
Walter Barnard
Jack Duggan
The
W. P
Wreck) Donnelly
Auxiliary
Pat Whalen
Ralph Rand
Arthur Brands
Barnard
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Legion and Auxiliary
W. P. Donnelly
Harold Schilling
Arthur Brandl
Butte
Duggan
Ring of Steel Drawn Around Bastion in North Africa
Allied forces tightened the ring around Sicily as American and British troops breached the Mount Etna defenses in two points and Patton's Seventh Army moved within 40 miles of Catania. Troops from Regalbuto and the 78th British division joined the advance, threatening German positions on Etna's western slopes and shoring up the east coast progress toward Taormina and Randazzo.
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North Africa
Mount Etna
Sicily
George S. Patton
S. Seventh Army Corps
Troina
Catania
Troina-Taormina
Sicilian
Cesero
Seventh Army
Randazzo
Castiglione
San Franco
Cape Bon
Parley on Food Production Sets 1944 Goals
Food Administrator Marvin Jones met for more than two hours with leaders of four major farm groups to map the 1944 plan for record food production. Officials seek an all time high of 380,000,000 acres in plantings and possible livestock output reductions while opposing subsidies for cheap food.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Jones
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Ezra T. Benson
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Goss
O'Neal
Federation
The
Grange
Food Administration
Congress
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United Nations
Martin Dies
John Bovington
Board of Economic Warfare
Allied Headquarters
Mt. Etna Line
Rumanian
U. S
Ploesti
Rumania
General Fund
Equalization Board
University Fund
State Hospital
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