Italians See Resistance Grow as Talks Fade
Reports from neutral and Italian sources indicate rising resistance within the Italian army and public as Mussolini’s fall colors discourse. Badoglio government pushes for no peace without honor while Italian press hints at German alliance and a hard line against concessions.
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Chiasso
Berlin
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Lavoro Italiano
Germany
Sicily
Die Tat
Zurich
Die Tatt
Democrats Plan Election Test in Court in Albany
William J. OShlea, chair of the Democratic State Committee law panel, said court action will be filed in Albany to force a lieutenant governor election this year after the vacancy created by Thomas W. Wallace’s July 17 death. Attorney General Goldstein’s ruling delays filling until January 1, 1946, and the suit would target Secretary Curran, with a show cause order under Article 78.
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New York
O'Shea
Nathanial Goldstein
Goldstein
Legislator Francis Culkin Dies After Illness
Oswego reports UPI that Rep. Francis D Culkin, 68, a Congress member since 1928, died last night after an illness blamed on a rare tropical disease. He served on the House Rivers and Harbors Committee and backed the St. Lawrence River waterways project linking the Great Lakes to the sea.
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Oswego Upi
Francis D. Culkin
Congress
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Culkin
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Georgia voting age vote spurs nation aided by teens
Senator Van Nuys predicted that Georgia's move to allow 18 year olds to vote will prompt Congress to authorize a nationwide teenage ballot. In Mississippi, the Democratic primary yielded a runoff battle shaping up between former governor Martin Conner and Thomas J. Bailey, the state House speaker.
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Washington
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Georgia
Congressional
Jackson
Miss
Allis Chalmers Workers Vote to Strike Under Smith-Connally Law
In Springfield Illinois workers at two Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co plants voted 1005 to 836 in favor of striking under the Smith-Connally act. About 1850 of 2200 eligible ballots were cast with nine voided. No immediate strike action expected.
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Allis Chalmers
Springfield, Ill
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
National Labor Relations Board
Martin H. Schneid
District 50
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
Lone Clue Spurs Baby Kidnap Chase
Albany mother appeals for the return of her three day old daughter Judith after a woman with a baby bought infant supplies at a Portland drugstore. A clerk says a man waited at the door during the purchase. Mrs. Gurney asks for her baby as she remains in hospital grieved by the abduction.
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Albany
Ore
Ww. B. Gurney
Judith
Clue Short
IL. W. McCartney
Portland
McCartney
War Department cancels 360 million tank order
Washington reports a 360 million order for tanks was cancelled by the War Department. Brig. Gen. Albert J. Browning called it one of the department’s largest contract terminations but offered few specifics including the company, tank count, or reasons. The action affected nearly 95,000 subcon tracts.
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Washington
War Department
Albert J. Browning
Department
Mae West Granted Divorce From Frank Wallace in LA
Film star Mae West was legally freed from her claimed non marriage to Frank Wallace. A final decree of divorce was entered yesterday by Superior Judge Goodwin J. Keight, following her interlocutory decree issued July 23, 1942.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Goodwin J. Keight
Hatch urges clean campaign in 1944 election speech
Senator Hatch calls for avoiding demagoguery and mudslinging in the 1944 campaign. He urges forthright, policy focused debates and criticizes Republicans for discrediting Roosevelt and linking Wallace to communism, saying the same applies to Democrats.
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Hatch
Roosevelt
Congress
Wallace
Wheeler May Ask Congress' Return
Senator Wheeler of Montana said he would ask Congress to return to Washington to press McNutt to modify a plan for inducting pre-Fears Harbor fathers after October 1. He planned to telegraph the War Manpower Commissioner demanding the order be rescinded.
Orel Falls to Red Army After Hours of Street Fighting
Soviet forces smashed into Orel, a key Nazi defense hub, and seized most of the city after days of brutal fighting. Berlin radio claimed German evacuation was orderly and complete behind remnants of the city as Soviet troops advanced from the northeast. More than eighty populated places and a railway junction fell to the Red Army, with heavy German casualties and equipment losses reported.
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London
Orel
Ores
Red
Red Arms
Monitor
Berlin
Orel Arch
Moscow
Kursk-Orel-Belgorod
Americans Inch Forward At Munda In Solomons Campaign
Allied communique says American troops have advanced on both flanks of the Munda airstrip in the southwest Pacific. Forces pushed along the coast to reach the eastern edge, overran a long trench east of Munda, and engaged enemy air and naval targets on Rendova and Shortland Island as operations press north toward SalaMaua.
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Munda
Southwest Pacific
United States
Toda
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Rendova Island
Shortland Island
New Guinea
Salamaua
American Planes Batter Shipyard Letrait in France
American medium bombers struck the Letrait shipyard in France, targeting a boiler shop engine-erecting shop and landing slip. Squadrons of Spitfires escorted the raid, finding no opposing fighters as destroyers torpedo boats and barges were reported damaged.
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London
Upi
France
Letrait
De Marigny Hated Oakes In Bahama Murder Case
An American detective testified at De Marigny’s preliminary hearing that the 35-year-old suspect spoke of hatred for his father in law Sir Marty Oakes, the 68-year-old wealthy baronet, following Oakes’s bludgeoning death on his Nassau estate. The witness claimed De Marigny described heated disputes over operations and a bitter marriage to Nancy Oakes. He also cited a letter shown by attorney Walter W. Foskett that allegedly aimed to drive a wedge between De Marigny and the Oakes family.
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Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Marty Oakes
de Marigny
B E. W. Melchen
Miami
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Oakes
Sir Harry
Nancy
Melchen
Meichen
Walter W. Foskett
Ruth de Marigny
Barker
Duke of Windsor
French Fascist Official Slain in Paris
Paris radio announced the assassination of Jean Moncurie, secretary to Jacques Doriot’s French Popular Party, by three unidentified men. The target and Doriot’s circle have faced repeated attacks by French patriots amid ongoing underground resistance.
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Paris
Jean Moncurie
Jacques Doriot
French Popular Party
Doriot
Soldiers to Help Harvest Crops in Southeast
Rep Stephen Pace of Georgia announced that United States Army troops will be made available to assist with harvesting crops in the southeast. He said the use of prisoners of war for farm labor had been abandoned.
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United States Army
Southeast
Stephen Pace
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National scoreboard shows Pittsburgh and Philadelphia tied
Only game listed is Pittsburgh versus Philadelphia, with no other American games scheduled. Eastern division notes Scranton at Albany postponed, and Hartford ill. Binghamton leads 4 to 1 while Elmira Q. 2 Elmira 5. Springfield 0. Wilkes-Barre at Utica postponed.
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Albany
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Elmira
Springfield
Wilkes-Barre
Utica
Hull Defends Department's Efficiency
Secretary Hull defended the State Department against charges of inefficiency and disunity. He said he was ready to give full accounting to any person or agency, in response to a Washington dispatch that cited conflicting personalities and a lack of cohesive policy in vital wartime questions.
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Pene Hull
State Department
Hull
Washington Dispatch
Argentine Action Is Questioned
Washington reports cautious reaction to Argentina’s move to resume shipping to New York while a closely connected source calls it a direct challenge to the Axis bloc. Secretary Hull says the shift in neutrality is not necessarily involved, with officials noting Argentina’s reluctance to break ties despite pro Allied sentiment at home.
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Washington
Argentina
New York
Hull
Harlem rioting suspect handed to Army after court appearance
New York GP Pvt Robert Bandy, a 26 year old Black man, was turned over to military authorities yesterday after appearing in court on a felonious assault charge linked to a shooting during a Harlem incident that sparked riots with five deaths and hundreds injured.
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New York
Robert Bandy
Polceman
Harlem
Malta Heads Sicily Invasion From Allied Caves
General Dwight D. Eisenhower revealed that Malta, battered by Axis assaults, served as the brain for the Sicily invasion. He established his command post in limestone caves on the island, a second instance of caves housing Allied offensives, as he and staff prepared four days before the operation.
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Malta
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eistenhower
Eisenhower
Gibraltar
Africa
Allies Tear Gaping Holes in Sicily Line
Allied forces assault Sicily's Etna Line under heavy naval and air bombardment. American Canadian and British troops punch through at multiple points north of San Stefano and near Catania while air fleets target Axis defenses. Naval forces seal approaches along Messina Strait as Wellingtons press coastal targets and cruisers join destroyers offshore Cape Orlando.
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Etna
Tm Nf
Sicily
Careonia
San Stefano
Mt. Etna
Catania
Ska
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Naples
Cape Molim
Caetania
Taormina
Merchant Marine Tonnage Soars Since Pearl Harbor
Washington reports the American Merchant Marine has grown from about 19.5 million to 26 million dead weight tons since Pearl Harbor. The Maritime Commission notes first six months construction at 10.49 million deadweight tons, equal to pre war ocean going tonnage, and Rear Adm Lanette Lan commission chairman says fleet has risen 250 percent, now over 26 million DWT.
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UPI
Pearl Harbor
Maritime Commission
Adm Eni
Lan Commission
Chaiman
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