Allies seal Sicily gains as final phase begins
Acting Secretary of War Robert L. Patterson said Sicily could fall within days amid strong German and Italian resistance in the northeast. Allied forces control four-fifths of the island as American troops push along the north coast toward Messina. American and Canadian advances include Leonforte, Pollina, Castelbuono, and Gangi with heavy Axis casualties and 75,000 Axis prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sicily
Robert L. Patterson
Patterson
Yroce
Axis
Messina
North Africa
Gentral
Leonforte
Enna
Seventh Army
Palermo
Pollina
Castelbuono
Gangi
Nicosia
Plane crash near Trammel Kentucky kills 20 of 22
Twenty of the 22 people aboard an American Airlines plane were killed when it hit adverse weather and crashed near Trammel in Allen County Kentucky. Only two survivors, First Lieut. Glenn Fellows and S K Hoffman of Williamsport, Pa., escaped.
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Bowling Green
American Airlines
Trammel
Allen County
Kentucky-Tennessee
Glenn W. Fellows
Love Field
Texas
Fellows
S. K. Hoffman
Williamsport
Hoffman
Lieut
Cit
William A. Lyle
J. H. Claypool
Claypool
L. A. Williams
Ernest Williams
Lieut. Fellows
Williams
Tip Disrupts Jail Break at Salt Lake City Jail
Police halted a jail break after prisoners dug a ragged hole through bricks in the second floor cell block. An anonymous tip alerted officers to sounds of scraping and digging, revealing makeshift tools and a busted steel rod. Six inmates were present when guards investigated and stopped the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
City
Reed E. Vetterli
Vetterli
Habeas Corpus Hearing Set for Bertha McCulough
County Prosecutor reports a habeas corpus hearing for Bertha McCulough scheduled Friday before District Judge J L Downing. The petitioner claims illegal detention in Bannock County Jail citing Dr J B Aronson that she is infected with a venereal disease and held with several other women without segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Jefery
Bertha McCulough
J. L. Downing
Petitioner
J. B. Aronson
Bannock
Allied forces seize Nisocia and Agria in Etna line push
Bulletin reports Sicilian strongpoint Nisocia captured by ican forces and Canadians take Agria as north central Etna line is breached. In Rome area raids of July 19 drop over 1,100 tons of bombs on targets with 500 American bombers and 200 fighters. Littorio San Lorenzo yards heavily hit, Ciampino air field struck. five raiding planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Nisocia
Agria
Etna Line
Rome
Littorio
San Lorenzo
Ciampino
Soldier is Sentenced to 20 Years for assault with intent to kill
Pvt Harold B Lowry 27 of Portland Oregon received a 20 year federal prison term for assault with intent to kill in the July 20 beating of 19 year old expectant mother Mrs Elinore McCleod of Tooele Utah. He was tried before a court martial at the Army Air Forces basic training center in Kearns Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Harold B. Lowry
Portland
Ore
Elinore McCleod
Tooele
Utah
Lowry
Army Air Forces Basic Training Center
Kearns
Daughter Born to Captain and Mrs MacKenzie in Long Beach
Word reached here that a daughter named Bonnie Lee was born this morning to Captain and Mrs Francis Bud MacKenzie of the army ferry command in Long Beach California. Captain MacKenzie is the son of Mr and Mrs Francis E MacKenzie and his wife is Margaret Comstock daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph J Comstock Jr. Bonnie Lee is the first grandchild for both families.
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Long Beach
Calif
Francis
Bud) MacKenzie
Army Ferry Command
MacKenzie
Francis E. MacKenzie
Margaret Comstock
Ralph J. Comstock
Bonnie Lee
Comstocks
MacKenzies
Dates Set for Pocatello Community Chest Campaign
Thelma Crowell, secretary for the chest board, announced dates for Pocatello's annual community chest campaign from October 4 through October 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Thelma Crowell
The
Chest Board
Roosevelt calls for total victory and unconditional surrender
President Roosevelt urged Americans and allies to press the war to total victory, pursuing unconditional surrender from Italy Japan and Germany. He outlined a policy for returning service members with mustering out pay unemployment insurance vocational training medical care and pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Italy
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Roosevelt
United Nations
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Italians Face Elusive Peace Plan Amid Allied Talks
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower tells Italians they may win peace if they confront Germany while Allied policy remains fluid. President Roosevelt reiterates temporary authority in North Africa and warns that Italy must form a government of its own choosing. The pair leaves King Vittorio Emanuele and Marshal Badoglio uncertain about the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jean Darlan
North Africa
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Vittorio Emanuele
Marshal Badoglio
Idaho rural groups to meet with Boise leaders on farm program
Governor Bottolfsen convenes a Boise conference inviting livestock, fruitgrowers, dairymen and farmers to outline needs to U S Senators Clark and Thomas and Rep Dworshak. White will be absent. Topics include labor and feed shortages, subsidies, price ceilings, wood purchases and beet production cuts.
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Boise
Idaho Agriculture
C. A. Bottolfsen
U.S
D. Worth Clark
John Thomas
Henry C. Dworshak
Compton I. White
Washington
Bottolfsen
Idaho
Benito Mussolini Turns 60 Amid World Silence
Benito Mussolini marked his 60th birthday in uncertain captivity with no Italian celebration. Reports place him as a fugitive or prisoner in northern Italy or Rome. Madrid sources claim a safety transfer from a villa near Rome to the royal villa at Via Teggio. The Milan paper calls him an aged corrupter and notes Italians largely see him as buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Spain
Italy
Rome
Madrid
Via Teggio
Gulf of Genoa
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Caesar
West Breeze Cools Temperature With Mild Forecast
The west wind continues to blow cooling the air and easing heat. Temperatures will stay warm with plenty of sun for crops and no major change expected. Yesterday’s high reached 94 with a 61 degree low this morning and a mean close to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
American raiders strike deep into Germany near Oschersleben
American daylight raid near Oschersleben and Kassel targets the Focke Wulf plant, with 60 Nazi fighters shot down and 23 American bombers lost on a 1000 mile round trip. RAF fighters aid northern France and Belgium, while Berlin reports nuisance raids by British planes.
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Kassel
Berlin
France
Belgium
Oschersleben
Germany
R.A.P
Smoline
Hamburg
Job Insurance After Peace In Prospect for Veterans
President Roosevelt outlined a six point program for returning veterans. It includes jobs or training, continued education, care for the disabled, and equal social security rights with front line workers. He cautioned that only part of the machinery to implement the plan exists and more components are needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Johnny
Jane
Eisenhower Warns Italians They Must Kick Germans Out
The first game bird season of the year opens Sunday in several Idaho counties. Sage hens may be hunted in Butte, parts of Custer south of Willow Creek, and Big Lost river drainage area excluding the preserve. The season runs until August 3 with a bag limit of three and possession limit, with additional sage hen seasons planned for later in the month and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
State Fish and Game Department
Butte County
Custer County
Willow Creek Summit
Big Lost River
Big Lost River Game Preserve
Blaine
Elmore
Owyhee
Yankees Gain Slowly in Munda Battle
Allied air and sea forces hit Japanese shipping near Cape Gloucester and Manokwari while bombing the Munda airfield area. Destroyer and transport burned, 13 barges destroyed, 2,500 ton freighter near misses reported. Jungle fighters reached 2,100 yards of the air drome as slow progress and difficult terrain hindered ground gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Liberators
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Munda
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
United States
Lodge
Wartime Essential Occupations Expanded by War Manpower Commission
Washington announces additions to the essential occupations list to aid local boards in deferment decisions. The guide clarifies boards may still defer others and draft men not deemed necessary, leaving decisions to local boards with appeal. New items include railroad equipment maintenance, building and rolling stock work, and certain students and specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Federal Reserve Bank
Eisenhower offers immediate peace to Italy with conditions
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower declares an immediate honorable peace for Italy constrained only by German troops on Italian soil five point plan outlines cessation of hostilities and Italian collaboration as prerequisites. He pledges mild allied occupation and restoration of liberties as reports of troop movements to Fiume and Trieste continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Chiasso
Rome
Badoglio
Germany
Eisenhower
Sicily
Fiume
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Islands Feel Earth Tremors Across Caribbean and U S Isles
Earth tremors shook Ciudad Trujillo and island centers late last night with no immediate serious damage reported. A quake hit Puerto Rico coast near 11 p m, with no major damage feared. Weston Massachusetts seismograph logged a main shock at 11 07 25 p m EST and 25 aftershocks within six hours, 1655 miles from Boston. Reverend Daniel Linehan warned near land could cause extensive damage.
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Ciudadtrujillo
Dominican Republic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Weston
Mass
Weston College
Daniel Linehan
Boston
Linehan
Goats Cause Damage Case Arraigned Before Justice Ryan
Jimmy the Greek Giuovisis appeared Wednesday before Justice William J. Ryan on a disturbing the peace complaint by Mrs. Willard Crowns. He was held pending investigation into alleged damage caused by sheep and goats allowed to browse on gardens and lawns. Giuovisis lives north of the Alameda water tank. Deputy Ammon Hatch said he was milking a goat in his house when serving the summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Giuovisis
William J. Ryan
Willard Crowns
Justice Ryan
Ginovisis
Alameda
Ammon Hatch
Pocatellan Promoted From Camp Robinson Arkansas
Lieut Ralph Comstock son of Mr and Mrs Ralph J Comstock Jr of 655 South Seventh has been promoted to captain in camp service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Ralph Comstock
Ralph J. Comstock, Jr
South Seventh
Russians Tighten Bind on Orel as Front Presses Forward
Russian columns push from south toward Orel driving 1,500 German casualties and breaking outer hedgehog defenses. Stanovoy Kolodets falls. advance from north through swamps and floods slows but continues. Germans redeploy reserves as red troops encircle the city from east and north. Berlin radio notes Bolkhov evacuation as part of flexible defense.
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Moscow
Ore
Stanovoy Kolodets
Orel
Optukha
Zolozarevo
Red Army
Berlin
Bolkhov
Man held after admitting five killings in Ogden rampage
Austin Cox a truck driver is held for a preliminary hearing on five murder counts after confessing to a Friday night rampage in Ogden. He refused to accept court‑appointed counsel, declaring he wanted to be dead. Judge Cowley postponed the hearing at the request of counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owley
Cox
Jean L. May
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Earth
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