German Front Endangered by Red Armies
Soviet forces reported capturing Belgorod near Kharkov and Orel in a double offensive that endangered the German front south of Smolensk. Stalin ordered celebrations in Moscow as Russian columns pressed through villages, driving on Kharkov and threatening Bryansk.
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London
U.P
Josef Stalin
Belgorod
Kharkov
Orel
Smolensk
Stalin
Moscow
Kursk
Donets
Kharkov- Moscow
Russia
Bryansk
Bel
Stimson Calls Soviet Advance a Major German Defeat
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said the Russian push toward Oreol Smolensk area signals a major defeat for Germany and that the Soviets may press from Bryansk. He noted Allied Sicily prisoners exceed 100,000 with moderate US losses to July 22.
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Washington
Stimson
Ore
Bryansk
Smolensk
Sicily
Romania
Ploesti
Turkey
Henry L. Stimson
Great Britain
North Africa
Preservation of Democracy at Stake in War Effort
Donald D. Conn of Chicago told transportation executives at the Butte Country Club dinner that beyond victory in war, preserving democracy at home is crucial. He heads the Transportation Association of America, a group promoting private enterprise and a sound national transportation policy with some 4,000 member corporations, most of which are shippers including farm interests.
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Donald D. Conn
Chicago
Transportation Association of America
Butte Country Club
Conn
Butte
John E. Corette
United States
Sweden Halts German Transit via Rail and War Material Routes
Sweden warns of August 20 halt to transporting German soldiers through Nordic railways and August 15 end to moving German war materials via Sweden to Norway. 400,000 Swedish troops stand alert as Stockholm cites Norway not at peace and Allied reverses as backing for a stricter neutrality stance.
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Stockholm
Norway
Germany
Sweden
Russia
Sicily
Reich
Trondheim
Heroya
Berlin Braced for Heavy Air Raids Says RAF Commentator
An RAF commentator warned Berlin would face a heavy aerial pounding as Mosquito bombers operated over the Ruhr and Rhine region with no loss. British naval planes hit eight U boats off Calais, sinking three and damaging a fourth, returning unscathed amid heavy anti aircraft fire. The note cited Hamburg’s nightly bombing by 800 bombers nearly wiping out Germany’s greatest port, and praised American raids on Ploesti as a major feat.
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London
Berlin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Calais
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Germany
Dunkerque
Ploesti
United Nations
Great Britain
Britain
Germans Accused of Atrocities in Russian Territory
Tass reports a Soviet inquiry alleging German abuses in occupied Russian areas. Victims' statements and experts underpin the claims. In one town Germans poisoned 214 of 714 residents, with 50 more blinded after evading evacuation. In Stavropol district Germans allegedly killed civilians by carbon monoxide in airtight vans with exhaust hoses.
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Moscow
Tass
State Committee
Stavropol
Americans Bomb Burman Communications and Air Field
United States communique says Liberator and Mitchell bombers struck Japanese communications over half of Burma with high explosives and added an air field assault. Action dated Thursday.
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New Delhi
Burma
Farley Visits Butte Shares War Optimism and Cautions on Politics
Jim Farley former postmaster general and D N C chairman arrived in Butte on a Northern Pacific train. He predicted Germany would fall this year and Japan soon after, saying the war dominates public interest and politics will take care of itself. Farley avoided discussing candidates and recalled past Montana encounters.
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Jim Farley
Russia
Japan
Jim
James A. Farley
Who's Who
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Butte
Northern Pacific Railroad
Farley
Germany
Jap Garrison at Munda Airport Being Destroyed
Allied dispatches report U S forces capturing Munda airfield after 35 days of fierce combat in the Southwest Pacific. The exhausted Japanese defense, blasted by heavy Allied bombardment and flame throwers, has withdrawn as American troops push toward complete conquest of New Georgia.
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Munda
Allied
Australia
U.P
Southwest Pacific
New Georgia Island
George Jones
United Press
Ameri
U S and Britain Move Toward Recognition of French Committee
Washington reports the United States and Great Britain are nearing formal recognition of the French committee of national liberation in Algiers. The move aims to set the committee as trustee of French interests until France chooses a postwar government while De Gaulle holds political presidency and Giraud serves as commander in chief of Free French forces.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Giraud
Bombers Crash. Sixteen Flyers Dead in California
In northern California two bomber crashes killed sixteen airmen. A Consolidated B 24 four motor plane with 12 aboard went down near Bieber in Lassen county about midnight. A North American B 25 two motor bomber with four aboard crashed near Marysville near Camp Beale Armored force reservation.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
California
Lassen County
Bieber
Marysville
Camp Beale Armored Force Reservation
Allied drive seals Sicilian trap as Catania falls
Allied forces report the fall of Catania after a 21 day siege. Germans evacuate key troops toward Italy to escape a closing death trap on the Messina peninsula. Eighth Army seizes Paterno and hits Gerbini air headquarters as the coast road to Messina undergoes constant bombardment.
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North Africa
U.R. Catania
Sicily
Eighth Army
Straits
Italy
Messina
Paterno
Catania
Mt. Etna
Sician
Gerbini
East Coast
Acireale
Stars and Stripes
Badoglio Regime Holds Meeting Amid War Measures
The Italian government under Marshal Pietro Badoglio held a four and a half hour session focusing on eradicating Fascist remnants and sustaining the war effort. A key action required press authorization from the ministry of popular culture and allowed revocation for newspapers deemed contrary to national interest. The measure is described as temporary until after the state of war ends and press revision is completed.
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Pietro Badoglio
Rome Radio
Italy
Ministry of Popular Culture
Associated Press
Funda
Admiral Kirk Returns From Sicily Amphibious Victory
Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk commander of the Atlantic fleet amphibious force returns to the U S after a successful Sicily landing. Only six sailors killed six missing and 78 wounded in his ships. He notes two major invasions across long stretches of water and cautions future invasions may not be so lucky.
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Alan G. Kirk
Sicily
Atlantic Fleet
Kirk
Scoglitti
San Croce Camerina
Comiso
Philadelphia
America
Morocco
Interpreting the War News on Allied Strategy Shift
Analysis notes a potential summit between Roosevelt and Churchill to revise directives, as Italy Russia and Atlantic actions signal a shift. It cites Churchill presiding over a Pacific War council, with July Russian advances cracking the Orel key and threatening German forces, signaling possible disaster in the east.
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Churchill
Europe
Pacific
Italy
Russia
Atlantic
Solomons
New Guinea
Pacific War Council
London
Belgorod
Montana Pioneers Open Meet at Deer Lodge Today
More than 250 delegates and guests are expected to register in Deer Lodge as the Montana Society of Pioneers and the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers hold their annual convention. The opening joint session features Lester Loble of Helena as principal speaker with motion pictures of last year’s conclave. A mixer, program, and a Saturday banquet and dance wrap the event.
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Deer Lodge
Montana Society of Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Lester Loble
Helena
Sons and Daughters
American Woman Resumes Tokyo Radio Propaganda Hours
Mrs. Henry Topping, an American living in Japan for nearly five decades, launched a Tokyo radio series during the national short wave “women's hour.” Her first talk, titled The New Day in the Orient, covered women's affairs and Pacific military strategy, aligning with Japan's line on Nippon's aims and halting alleged brutality.
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San Francisco
Henry Topping
Japan
Tokyo Radio
United States
Tokyo
Women’s Hour
Pacific
Orient
Asia
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