Randazzo Falls in Sicily as Allies Break Last Axis Line
Allied forces capture Randazzo on Sicily’s north slope, dislodging German defenders and opening routes toward Messina. British Eighth Army advances from the south, while American troops push toward the east coast and coastal fronts. Evacuations and air raids intensify as 130,000 prisoners are reported.
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North Africa
U.P
Randazzo
Sicily
Messina
Mt. Etna
Alcantara
Eighth Army
Cape d’Orlando
Brolo
Naso
Cape d'Orlando
Mount Etna
Tre Archirafi
Giarre
Allied Air Power Demonstrated With Major City Bombings
Reuters from Zurich reports air raid warnings in western Switzerland as Allied raids hit Rome Milan Berlin and Turin. U S heavy and medium bombers targeted Rome Milan and other centers while British and Canadian aircraft attacked Berlin and raids over the Alps characterized by unprecedented scale and intensity.
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London
U.P
United States
Rome
Berlin
Milan
Turin
North Africa
San Lorenzo and
Littorio
Germany
Britain
Alps
Military Chiefs Are in Quebec
American chiefs of staff arrived in Quebec on Friday night signaling imminent high level talks with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. The group includes General George C. Marshall Admiral Ernest King General Henry H. Arnold and others as part of a broader US delegation. Secretary Hull indicated Russia would be kept informed of all developments in the Roosevelt Churchill conferences.
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Quebec
Que
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
United States
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Fleet
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Adml
William D. Leahy
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
John R. Dean
United States Chiefs of Staff
Forrest Royal
Navy
Russia
Washington
Hull
Tass
United Nations
Wheat Acreage Goals Are Set for 1944 War Needs
The War Food Administration set 1944 wheat acreage goals totaling 68 million acres, a 26 percent rise from 54.15 million this year. State goals will be allocated by counties, with no total farm allotments. Primary increases target the Great Plains, with Missouri 2.235 million, Nebraska 4.1 million, Oklahoma 5.8 million, Texas 5 million, Kansas 14 million, Montana 4.16 million, Idaho 1 million, Colorado 1.65 million, Washington 2.3 million, Oregon 950 thousand, and California 700 thousand acres.
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Washington
U.P
War Food Administration
WFA
Great Plains
Montana
North Dakota
Texas
Northwest
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Idaho
Colorado
Oregon
California
Livestock Slaughter Quotas Continued
Washington August 13 The War Food Administration ordered continued livestock slaughter quotas for the remainder of August. Quotas determine civilian meat sales by slaughterers. Adjustments are planned for September 1 and October 1 due to reclassification under the new licensing system beginning August 15.
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Washington
War Food Administration
The
Food Agency
Dionne Quintuplets to Be Confirmed by Catholic Bishop
The Dionne quintuplets will be confirmed Sunday by Col. the Most Rev. L Nelligan Bishop of Pembroke and chief Roman Catholic chaplain in the Canadian armed forces. He will administer the sacrament to Yvonne Annette Cecile Emilie and Marie Dionne and to Pauline Olivia Jr and Daniel the quintuplets’ sister and brother.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
L. Nelligan
Pembroke
Nelligan
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Marie Dionne
Pauline
Olivia
Daniel
Third Summer Offensive Opened by Reds
Russian forces opened a third summer offensive pushing toward Smolensk on the central front. Troops battered to within a mile of Kharkov and seized dozens of hamlets and towns as three major offensives raged along 500 miles of frontline.
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London
Kharkov
Bryansk
Smolensk
Moscow
Red Army
Bolshaya Danilocka
Russia
Spas Demensk
Velikie Lukie
Gasoline Ration Coupons Cut in Middle West and Southwest
The Office of Price Administration lowers A B and C gasoline ration coupons from four to three gallons in the Middle West and Southwest effective 12:01 a.m. Monday. The eastern shortage area keeps its ration and the pleasure driving ban. Chester Bowles says a ban lift may come September 1 if observed and East Coast increases may follow later in September. Eastman notes commercial transport unaffected in the Mid West.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Middle West
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Atlantic Coast
District of Columbia
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Willie James Anderson Granted Continuance in Marijuana Case
Willie James Anderson 33, Black, received a continuance to August 25 for trial on a charge of possessing a cigarette containing marijuana. His attorney cited psychological reasons and said Friday the 13th prompted the request.
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Los Angeles
Willie James Anderson
State Dept Defends North Africa Wheat Purchases
Washington reports the State Department rebutted charges that the government buys French wheat in North Africa at 2.10 per bushel. It cites ocean shipping shortages and Army needs, saying deals are exploratory and no purchases have been reported. It notes fuel distribution in North Africa is controlled by Allied military authorities.
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Washington
State Department
North Africa
Brewster
R.-Me
Algiers
North African Economic Board
United States
Near
Maine
Department
Honolulu Woman Held in Ore Kidnap Case Indicted Here
Honolulu police said Mrs. Katherine Wright, held in Albany Oregon on child stealing charges in the Judith Gurney kidnapping, had been indicted and convicted in a 1941 provost court for a $90 theft.
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Honolulu
T. H
Katherine Wright
Albany
Ore
Judith Gurney
French Underground Leaders Expect Early Allied Invasion
French underground leaders in London express confidence that an early invasion of France is planned, with officials and British speculation mounting about a second front before autumn. Reports note heavy military traffic to northern coast areas and preparations linked to Quebec talks.
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London
France
Britain
Europe
French National Committee of Liberation
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
London Daily Mail
Vichy
Atlantic
Ickes Seeks Miners From Army Navy
Secretary Ickes announced he asked the War Manpower commission to release anthracite miners from the Army and Navy to boost home heating fuel production. He also ordered deliveries to dealers limited to 90 percent of last year’s requirements due to a possible shortages.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
War Manpower Commission
Four Hundred More Soldiers Assigned to Battle Wyoming Blaze
Buffalo Wyoming August 13 The fire in Big Horn national forest grows with 800 plus fighters expected tomorrow as 200 at Fort Warren join 80 Casper air base troops and volunteers. J F Conner reports back firing may slow the spread and new officials arrive Saturday to oversee control efforts.
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Buffalo
Wyo
Fort Warren
Big Horn National Forest
Hunt
Casper Air Base
J. F. Conner
Conner
Col. Allen S. Peck
Forest Service
Denver
Perry Thompson
Washington, D. C
Prisoner Warning Is Sent to Italy
The Algiers radio warned Italy to stop sending Allied prisoners to Germany. The broadcast noted the International Red Cross report and said Allied peace terms could become extremely hard, with the Badoglio government held responsible. It cited that about 130,000 prisoners had been captured by the Allies in Sicily, most of them Italians.
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London
Italy
Germany
Algiers
London Daily Mail
International Red Cross
Badoglio
Italian General Captured While Fleeing Sicily on Donkey
General Fiumara, deputy to the Napoli division in Italy, was captured in Sicily while attempting to escape on a donkey, as announced on Friday by Allied authorities.
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Allied
North Africa
U.P
Fiumara
Sicily
Weekend Change Brings Cooler Air and Light Showers
A forecast calls for a cooler weekend with light scattered showers on Saturday and Saturday evening. Friday temperatures rise to a high of 85 and a low of 40 as conditions shift.
Water Storage Plans Outlined for Western Montana
A six point program for water storage in the upper Flathead valley was drafted by the Flathead valley citizens' committee and will be presented to Rep. Compton White and his House reclamation committee in Kalispell later this month. The plan includes irrigation flood control agricultural mineral timber and recreational projects with benefits for the Columbia river basin and aims to aid postwar employment and attract industries through electric power. The group urges Montana water rights priority and first call on in state generated power, with a meeting date possibly August 23.
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Kalispell
Columbia River Basin
Montana
White
Winkler
Flathead Lake
American Planes Interred After Flight Over Switzerland
An official Swiss communique stated an American four engined plane crossed Swiss territory, entered Germany, then returned to Switzerland and landed at Uzwil airfield near St. Gallen where the crew set the craft on fire. The crew were interned. St. Gallen lies at the Swiss German frontier.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Uzwil
St. Gallen
Out of bounds orders hit Kansas amusement spots
In Hutchinson and Wichita a growing infantile paralysis epidemic led to all amusement places being declared out of bounds for naval personnel at the Hutchinson Naval Air Station on Friday night.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Evacuation Planned for Milan Confirmed by Rome
London radio quoted a Rome domestic broadcast saying the prefect of Milan has completed details for the evacuation of the city after heavy Friday air strikes by the R. A. F. N. E. C. report.
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New York
London Radio
Rome
Milan
London
Second all American raid on Rome prompts patrols in Milan
After the Rome raid, Milan sees troops patrolling the streets. It is the second all American raid on Rome following the July 19 operation. Crews were specially trained and instructed to cause no damage, with authorities warning restraint.
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Milan
Rome
Italians Clamor for Peace at Swiss Italian Frontiers
Thousands of Italians gathered around Pope Pius XII as he visited bombed Rome areas after an American air attack. Reports say Milan residents protested Badoglio’s government and wartime outcomes. Turin suffered bombing as the pope prayed at St. John Lateran and Piazza Lodi before leaving the Vatican.
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Pope Pius XII
Rome
Milan
Pietro Badoglio
Turin
Stefani
Piazza Lodi
St. John Lateran Church
Luigi Maglione
Vatican
Bombers Take Their Own Sweet Time in Blasting Jap Islands
Eleventh Air Force reports heavy daylight raid on Paramushiro earlier today. Nine B 24s attacked the northern base at 12 000 feet with 18 tons of bombs and 4500 pounds of incendiaries taking 29 minutes over target. Two planes failed to return, likely making emergency landings on Kamchatka. Ensuing dogfight over 125 miles yielded five enemy planes shot down. anti aircraft fire was heavy but mostly inaccurate.
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Eleventh Air Force
Japan
Paramushiro
Attu
Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kurile Island
Amchitka Island
Paramushiro Straits
Salamaua Base Laid in Ruins
Allied forces reported the attack on Salamaua New Guinea destroyed the main air base and fortified sections on an isthmus after a 177 ton bombardment. The drive also pushed toward Bairoko harbor near Zieta village on New Georgia as part of ongoing Pacific campaigns. American air forces damaged 32 of 42 enemy bombers and fighters at Kahili Bougainville while intercepting 30 opponents.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
New Georgia Island
Bairoko Harbor
Zieta Village
Munda
Solomons
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Montana wheat crop forecast for 1943 yields 70.5 million bushels
Montana expected wheat harvest reaches 70,536,000 bushels, with the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics noting a marked improvement from August 1 prospects. Rain and favorable June weather supported yields despite drought years, while barley, flax, and other crops show gains or declines relative to 1942.
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Helena
Monetana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana
Bureau
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