Italians Fleeing Rome Fear Aerial Onslaught
Rumors and official broadcasts saturate wartime Italy as claims of revolts and German advances collide with denials. Rome radio and foreign agencies report German disarmament moves in Greece and threats to the Italian fleet, while Yugoslav guerrillas reach Udine and Milan sees anti-German clashes amid spiraling tensions.
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Popolo di Roma
Badoglie
Italy
Rome Redio
Greece
Associated Press
London
Taft urges split draft classes for under and over thirty
Senator Taft calls for separate draft classifications by age, arguing men thirty and younger should be drafted before older men. He believes this could delay a full reassessment of Selective Service and halt drafting of fathers as quotas ease.
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Washington DP
Congress
Taft
R-Obio
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Ohioan
City Buys Coal To Heat Schools
The Troy Board of Contract and Supply awarded Martin J. Quinn, Coal Co. a contract for 3,452 tons of coal at 29,733.50 dollars for city buildings and schools. Prices per ton include Buckwheat eight dollars, pea chestnut and egg three twelve, and stove twelve. King Fuel & Heating Oil Sales Co. won a contract for 19,500 gallons of fuel oil at the established price at delivery.
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Jack
Jill
Troy Board of Contract and Supply
Martin J. Quinn, Coal Co
King Fuel & Heating Oil Sales Co
Americans Capture Nine Sicily Towns in New Push
Allied forces press the Sicily campaign as U S troops surge from Nicosia toward Troma and Catania bridgeheads expand. British Canadian units seize a road junction while Italian islands Favignana Legran zo Marettimo surrender and naval action shells Locri passenger lines. Counterfeiting arrests drop 50 percent as Secret Service targets fake money rackets.
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San Mauro Castelverd
Castelbuono
San Stefano
Mountana
Sperlinga
United States
Troma
Catania
Mount Etna
Associated Press
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Eighth Army
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Messina
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Bread and meat deliveries expanded in shortage area
The Office of Defense Transportation raised weekly bread deliveries in the eastern gasoline shortage area from three to four in motor vehicles. Wholesale deliveries of cured meats were allowed four days per week on any route in the shortage area, and must accompany wholesale deliveries of fresh or frozen meat, poultry or eggs.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Jane Odt
Loyal to Petain Robert Flays DeGaulle
In San Juan Admiral Georges Robert, deposed ruler of Martinique, denounces DeGaulle and Giraud in an AP interview. He says Vichy asked him to scuttle ships, he refused, and the fleet fell into Giraud De Gaulle hands. He condemns the Algiers Committee and praises Petain, arguing unity and liberation hinge on recognizing the Vichy government.
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Martinique
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Associated Press
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Giraud
Algiers
London
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Darlan
France
Germany
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Royal Exiles Engage In Yugoslav Greek Nuptials
The year old secret engagement of Princess Alexandra of Greece and King Peter of Yugoslavia was announced in London by Mimilos Trifunovic, premier of the Yugoslav government in exile. No wedding date set. Alexandra’s mother, Princess Aspasia, says they await war news. The union, approved by both governments and royal families, aims to aid postwar problem solving.
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London
Alexandra
Greece
Peter
Yugoslavia
Mimilos Trifunovic
Aspasia
Balkans
Former Trojans' Son Promoted to Captain
Dr and Mrs Harry N Archibald of Cheshire Massachusetts announce their son First Lieutenant Frank W Archibald has been promoted to captain in the Army Dental Corps He is attached to the Air Service group of the Army stationed at Pueblo Colorado
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Cheshire
Mass
Frank W. Archibald
Army Dental Corps
Air Service Group of
Army
Pueblo
Col
Local residents host visiting relatives and returning service members
Syeaway Mr and Mrs C N Powers of 145 Reid Avenue host their son C Leland Powers and Mrs Powers of Flushing L I. Mr and Mrs Fred WN Grobe Sr of 167 South Lake Avenue hosted their son Corp Fred N Grobe from Jefferson Barracks Mo. Mr and Mrs Joseph P Klee of 2237 Burdett Avenue return from Fort Wayne Ind where they visited their son Bernard G Klee in Army Air Corps at Baer Field. Pvt Kenneth Teetsel of Putnam Avenue has been transferred from Fort Dix to Fort Crowder Mo after Signal Corps training last winter.
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Reid Avenue
C. Leland Powers
Powers
Flushing, L. I
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South Lake Avenue
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Fred N. Grobe
Jefferson Barracks
Joseph P. Klee
Burdett Avenue
Fort Wayne
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Army Air Corps
Baer Field
Kenneth Teetsel
Putnam Avenue
Fort Dix
Signal Corps
R. P. TI
Fort Crowder
Fresh Air Fund donations acknowledged by Troy Times
The Troy Times Fresh Air Home gratefully acknowledges contributions from The Record Newspapers and Catholi Women's Service League among others. On July 22 the home received gifts including $25 from Mrs Edwin A Frear and $10 from A Friend G P S, with Miss Augusta H Frear also giving $25.
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Fresh Air Home
Record
Catholi Women's Service League
Edwin A. Frear
New York
Augusta H. Frear
Soviets Back Roosevelt Move On War Criminal Asylum
Moscow backed President Roosevelt in warning neutral nations to refuse asylum to Mussolini and other Axis leaders. Notes presented to Turkey and Sweden instructed ambassadors in Ankara and Stockholm to deliver Soviet appeals.
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Mussolini
Turkey
Sweden
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Stockholm
Murtaugh to Get Final Physical Before Army Induction
Phillies second baseman Danny Murtaugh will take his final physical examination for Army service tomorrow, the club announced. The 25 year old, married father of a three month old, from Chester, Pa, was sent home after Chicago doubleheader. Murtaugh, acquired from the Cardinals in 1941, has shown steady improvement at bat and in the field, hitting .241 last year and about .280 this season before the layoff. The Phillies also said pitcher Dale Mathewson, recalled from Trenton earlier, has been optioned to Knoxville in the Southern Association.
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Cardinals
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Trenton
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Nazis Report Russian Fight Heavy Going
German radio described fighting on the Russian front as heavy work and said no more special communiques would be issued. It urged listeners at home to read news with new insight as Stalin’s forces were portrayed in armor and attrition terms.
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Leghorn
Germany
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Reuters
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Iran
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Europe
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London
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New Guinea Aids Morale in California Camp
A B 25 unit sent a morale boosting checkerboard to a West Coast camp. Pilots read an appeal for sports material to curb discipline issues caused by limited recreational facilities. Maj. Oscar Ells from Tuscaloosa Oklahoma retrieved the board and sent it promptly.
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