Italy King Proclaims Sicilian Loyalty Amid War Weariness
London dispatch reports Italy appears sickly belligerent as King Vittorio Emanuele issues a Sicily proclamation urging loyalty and resurrection of a stronger nation. The message delays conquest talk while noting seven Aeolian islands lost to the U S Navy and fears separatist moves.
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Italy
Sicily
Vittorio Emanuele
U. S. Navy
Rome
Associated Press
House of Savoy
Il Messaggero
Allied Bombers Blast Europe in Sixth Straight Day of Attacks
Allied forces continued near nonstop air raids over western Europe with Mitchell and Boston bombers hitting Flushing Netherlands and Abbeville France. Mosquito raids on Berlin preceded the push as 123 German fighters were downed and eight Flying Fortresses were lost.
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London
Dover Strait
Europe
Air Ministry
Flushing
Netherlands
Abbeville
France
Berlin
French
Channel
Holland
Berlin Reports Six British Warships Near Boulogne
Berlin radio unconfirmed claim says six British warships approached Boulogne France at 4 p m Friday and used a defense smoke screen before being driven off by German batteries. The report, relayed by N B C, mirrors a similar Berlin broadcast from two days earlier.
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New York
Berlin
Boulogne
France
London Ministry of Information
Naval Air Arm to Be Stronger
Navy Secretary Knox announced that naval aviation matters leading to combat will report directly to a deputy chief of naval operations. Rear Admiral Ramsey, new Bureau of Aeronautics chief, said Japanese carrier strength has improved but the U S position in the south Pacific has also strengthened. He warned that Japan can replace losses rapidly.
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Washington
Naval Air Arm
Navy
Knox
Pacific
South Pacific
Ramsey
Government Turns Five Coal Mines Back to the Owners
Five coal mines were returned to their owners on Friday, signaling possible government exit from more operations. None had strikes or contracts with the United Mine Workers, so the move does not trigger the union’s Oct 31 work continuation policy. The mines named: Barnes Coal and Mining of Coshocton Ohio Elk River Coal and Lumber of Columbus Ohio Rail and Lake Coal of Cleveland Sheban Mining of North Lima Ohio and Shuff Coal of Oneonta Alabama.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
Barnes Coal and Mining Company
Coshocton
Ohio
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company
Columbus
Rail and Lake Coal Company
Cleveland
Sheban Mining Company
North Lima
Shuff Coal Company
Oneonta
Ala
Soviet magazine calls for a three power meeting
The Soviet labor magazine War and the Working Class urged Britain, Russia, and the United States to hold a three power conference to shorten the war and plan for peace through Allied collaboration. It criticized Roosevelt and Churchill talks as not representing the full Anglo Soviet American coalition and pressed for a new fighting frontier in Europe.
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Moscow
Britain
Russia
United States
Quebec
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Germany
Underground Violence Rises in Occupied France
Madrid dispatch reports a surge of sporadic acts of violence against German forces occupying France. Vichy officials including a former premier’s cabinet member were arrested in Paris on Laval’s orders amid fears of terrorist networks and threats to wheat and oats supplies. Edouard Herriot is interned in Vittel as the French press faces turmoil.
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Madrid
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Efe
Vichy Foreign Ministry
Petain
Laval
Paris
Edouard) Herriot
Vittel
Heaviest Raid of War on Foggia Shatters Italian Rail Network
Allied air fleets struck the Italian city of Foggia in the Mediterranean’s heaviest raid, with daylight and night attacks using 700 planes. U S warships also reported capturing the Aeolian islands north of Sicily as fires engulfed rail yards and repair shops. Large bombers and Libera tors joined night strikes, causing extensive destruction.
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Belman Moran
North Africa
Italy
Foggia
U. S
Aeolian
Sicily
Naples
Rome
R. A. F. Wellingtons
Silver Bow to Accept Bids for New Bridge
County Commission set 2 o clock Wednesday to accept bids for a 105 foot pile timber bridge over Silver Bow creek near the Northern Pacific freight house. Surveyor Jack Healy said plans use available materials, about 25000 board feet of Douglas fir, 30 piles 15 feet deep, and salvaged old bridge lumber for riprap.
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Silver Bow
Jack Healy
Healy
Weekend Shower Pattern Affects Temperatures
A quiet change in temperatures with scattered showers expected Saturday and Saturday evening. Friday's forecast calls for a high near 79 degrees and a low around 40 as conditions remain unsettled.
Reds Smash Deep Into the Ukraine
London reports detail a Russian steppe army advance into Ukraine near Kharkov, seizing Lebedin and threatening Konotop. The Soviet front pushes north and west, claiming 6,100 German deaths on multiple fronts while Germans rush reinforcements and lose hundreds of tanks in armored engagements.
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London
Russia
Ukraine
Kharkov
Lebedin
Moscow
Red
Belgorod
Akhtyrka
Sumy
Konotop
Kiev-Bryansk
Spas Demensk
Bryansk Front
Bryansk
Karachev
Smolensk
Montanan William H Heiley Receives Air Medal
War department awards Air Medal to United States Army Air Forces personnel for meritorious achievement while flying with the Northwest African photo reconnaissance wing. Second Lieutenant William H Heiley of Columbus Montana is listed among recipients.
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Washington
War Department
United States Army Air Forces
Northwest African Photo Reconnaissance Wing
William H
Heiley
Columbus
Mont
Air Medal
Roosevelt to address informal Canadian Parliament meeting
President Roosevelt will address an informal gathering of Canada's parliament in Ottawa after the Quebec high level talks with Winston Churchill. The leaders worked in harmony, pressed on with war planning, and even took a picnic fishing trip near a lake north of Quebec before returning to a dinner with Hull and Eden.
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Canada
Quebec
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Churchill
Citadel
Induced Savings Plan Outlined By A Congress Member
A high ranking congressman outlined a wartime revenue plan to raise about 40 billion dollars annually, using an induced war bond purchase tax deduction plus higher taxes. The plan would allow bond buyers to deduct half of their bond purchases up to 15 percent of taxable income, affecting individuals and corporations, with proposed tax rate increases to 8 10 percent for individuals and 45 percent for corporations.
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Washington
Congress
Berlin air force chief dies after illness in Berlin
London dispatch says Colonel-General Hans Jeschonnek, 44, chief of staff of the German air force, died at Reichsmarschall Goering’s headquarters after a serious illness. The report cites a Berlin radio broadcast.
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London
Berlin
Hans Jesschonnek
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Farm Bloc Leans To Exempt Fathers From Draft
Chairman Hampton Fulmer says the farm bloc may back legislation to exempt all fathers from the draft and allow furloughs for farmer soldiers. He argues mass induction of farm workers would harm harvests this fall and asks for funding to ease farm labor shortages while military leaders assess October inductions of pre war fathers.
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Washington
U.P
Hampton P. Fulmer
D-S. C
House Agriculture Committee
Congressional Farm Bloc
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
Fulmer
War Manpower Commission
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service
Goering Ashamed of German Air Force Over Loss of Aggressive Spirit
A July dated order from Reich Marshal Herman Goering expressing shame at the German air force for no longer loving battle was found in Sicily. Reuters says Allied North Africa headquarters found the document noting the air force had lost its aggressive spirit and will to fight.
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London
Herman Goering
Sicily
Reuters
North Africa
Goering
Japanese retreat at Salamaua under heavy air and ground pressure
Allied forces report Japanese jungle troops abandoning artillery and machine guns as they retreat from the Salamaua area in New Guinea. MacArthur says the enemy is in full retreat toward inner defenses while Allied air attacks cripple their supplies. American and Australian troops drive from ridge and jungle to seize key positions, with 24 Japanese planes destroyed in a coastal raid.
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Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
New Britain
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Orodubi
Komiatum
Goodview Junction
Mount Tambu
MacArthur
Francisco River
Bobdubi Ridge
Northwest Group Plans Meeting in Missoula Hearing
The Northwest State Development association advisory board will meet in Missoula Montana Tuesday night to plan state participation in the irrigation and reclamation hearing. Governor Bottolfsen chairs the 10 member panel, joined by Governor Ford of Montana. two members from each state attend the Missoula hearing and the Kalispell session August 26 on Columbia river watershed water storage sites.
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Boise
Idaho
Northwest State Development Association
Missoula
Mont
House Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
C. A. Bottolfsen
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
Kal ‘Ont
Bottolfsen
House
Danish Leaders Debate Open Rebellion Against Nazis
Danish political leaders met in Copenhagen to decide if the government should back an open people’s rebellion against the Nazi occupation or yield control of justice to Germany. Premier Scavenius’ administration faces pressure as public demand for a tougher stance grows and Berlin presses for submission. Sabotage and attacks on German war material have increased, signaling possible general strikes if concessions continue.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Eric Scavenius
Berlin
Denmark
Werner Best
Rans
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