Russians seize rail links as Kharkov push accelerates
Soviet forces cut a second Kharkov feeder railway and captured Bogodukhov 35 miles west, Dolzhik 16 miles from Kharkov, and Krasnopole 22 miles southeast. More than 800 Germans surrendered as 320 trucks and 48 tanks including 16 Tiger tanks were seized. Air losses reached 114 enemy planes. Analysts link advances to a possible push toward the Dnieper bend.
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London
Kharkov
Moscow
Bogodukhov
Ukraine Steel Center
Red Army
Dolzhik
Bryansk
Orel
Krasnopole
Sumy
Ukraine
Dnieper
Stalingrad
Chuguev
De Gaulle vows punishment for defectors in Casablanca
In Casablanca Charles de Gaulle told a cheering crowd that France would punish traitors and those who capitulated in June 1940. He urged recognition by the United States and Britain and affirmed France’s commitment with the Allies in World War II.
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Casablanca
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Algiers
Bastille
French Committee of National Liberation
Morocco
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Inevitable Retailer Failures Warned by War Study
Senate Small Business Committee released an OPA survey summary based on Margaret Hall’s study of British retailing. The report warns that wartime conditions will push many retailers out of business.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Senate
Small Business Committee
Margaret Hall
United Kingdom
Foreign Information Branch
Preface on British retail quotas and postwar plans
Prepared at the request of the committee, Senator Murrey wrote a Preface highlighting Britain's program of fixed quotas for scarce goods to small retailers and a postwar priority plan for re-entry by retailers forced out by the war. The report argues such fixed percentages would offset market bias toward customers with greater buying power, and notes inflation policy must prevent price increases that offset reduced turnover. It warns small retailers bear the heaviest burden from trade contraction and higher overhead costs.
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Murrey
D.mont
Murray
America
Former Liner Normandie Refloated at High Tide
New York reports the USS Lafayette, formerly the Normandie, was refloated at high tide after lying on its side in the North River since February 9 1943. Salvage crews halted pumps as the hull rose, but risk remains the ship may settle again as the tide falls. Navy officials cautioned the hull is sound though turbines and machinery may need work after long immersion.
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New York
North River
Wavy
Navy
B. E. Manseau
Eighth Army Drives Around Mount Etna
Allied headquarters report the British Eighth Army advancing around Mount Etna has captured Adrano and Bronte and nears the Troina Randazzo road, threatening German withdrawal routes in inland Sicily. Bronte fell yesterday, Adrano fell Saturday, with Beipasso and Biancavilla also taken. Randazzo air raids paralyzed the junction, leaving Germans to choose a difficult highland escape.
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Allied
North Africa
Eighth Army
Mount Etna
Adrano
Bronte
Troina
Randazzu
Sicily
Catonia Range
Adrana
Catania
Beipasso
Bernard L. Montgomery
Biancavilla
Randazzo
Mass
Navy sinks Japanese ships in Vella Gulf action
United States Navy reports a decisive victory near Kolombangara island in Vella Gulf. One enemy cruiser sunk and two to three destroyers probably down, with no American losses. Earlier actions near Munda and Kula Gulf claimed further Japanese vessels and a U S loss in each engagement.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
United States Navy
Jis
Solomons
Munda
Adm
William F. Halsey
Kolombangara Island
Vella Gulf
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Kula Gulf
Smith Connally Bill Faces Test in Coal Indictments
Piltsburg prepares for the first constitutional challenge to the Smith Connally act as five motions to quash indictments charging thirty miners with violations are filed in federal court. Harry Estep, hired by the miners, said the motions would challenge the law and that arguments should finish by August 20.
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Piltsburg (P
Federal District Court
Harry A. Estep
Daily Worker Ban In London Lifted
The British government lifted the export ban on the Daily Worker communist newspaper effective today. The ban, first imposed in May 1840, followed a suspension and was sought for removal after publication resumed last September.
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London
Daily Worker
Gas Protest Meeting Demands Equal Gas Rations
The Eastern States Gasoline Dealers' Conference announced a mass meeting of metropolitan motorists for August 18 in New York to demand equalization of eastern gasoline rations with those of the Midwest.
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New York
Midwest
Laughing Nipponese Slay Wounded U S Troops on New Georgia
Lieutenant Kuebert reports a Japanese ambush on wounded American litter cases on the Munda trail. He recalls a force of 300 Japs bayoneting and macheting incapacitated soldiers while eye witnesses put deaths higher than official counts. The account continues on Page Eleven.
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United States
New Georgia Island
Nicholas T.kuebert
Kliebert
Munda
MacArthur declares Japanese offensive exhausted and on defense
Allied Headquarters reports General MacArthur stating Japan has exhausted its offensive capacity and is now on the defensive. A new heavy strike hit the Vila airfield on Kolombangara Island, with 63 tons of 200 pound bombs used by about 200 planes, escorted by fighters, all returning to base.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pacific
MacArthur
Villa
Kolombangara Island
Solomons
Vila
Munda
New Georgia Island
OPA Sets Flat Markups for Liquor Prices
The Office of Price Administration predicted an average decline in retail liquor prices nationwide, with fixed wholesale and retailer markups. The rule, effective August 29, aims to reduce prices where they spiked but allows rise where prices were kept low by competition. Monopoly states exempted until first price list after the date.
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Washington (P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
National and American league scoreboard snippet
A series of baseball results across leagues shows multiple games with wins by Philadelphia New York Boston Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Albany Utica Elmira Hartford and others. Notable scores include New York beating Philadelphia 7 1 and 8 4 in two games, Cleveland sweeping St Louis 6 3 and 5 2 in two 14 inning and 9 inning contests, and Albany taking Wilkes Barre 7 0 followed by 2 1.
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Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Albany
Wilkes-Barre
Utica
Scranton
Elmira
Hartford
Binghamton
Springfield
A F of L Ready For Lewis Plea
The American Federation of Labor executive council opens its summer meeting with the plea to readmit John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers. A committee was formed after Lewis’ May submission and met once, with reluctance to break apart the union before readmittance.
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Chicago
UPI
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Emef
Canclus
Federation
Donaldson Seen Victor In Kentucky Governor Primary
Carrollton’s Donaldson led unofficially in Kentucky’s state primary for governor as three opponents did not concede. By midnight Saturday the vote count paused under state law with about half of ballots tallied across 241 of 4,293 precincts. Donaldson, ex highway commissioner and ally of Keen Johnson and A B Chandler, topped rivals in unofficial tallies.
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Louisville
Donaldson
Carrollton
Kentucky
Keen Johnson
A. B. Chandler
United States
British Communique Reports RAF Bombing of Japanese River Craft
British communique says Beau fighters operating along the Irrawaddy River attacked and damaged 130 Japanese river craft on Sunday. The vessels included supply sampans and troop carrying motorboats.
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New Delhi
Irrawaddy River
Hitler Rumored Deposed by Army Leaders
Madd GP Spanish dispatches from Berlin report "powers of enormous magnitude" placed in Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering. A triumvirate of Keitel, Doenitz, and Goering heads Germany, with Goering acting as liaison between military and Nazi Party. The army allegedly controls press, production, rationing, foreign affairs, and transport, preserving the party as a facade while Hitler remains nominal head of state.
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Madd GP
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Karl
Doenitz
Goering
Geremany
Keitel
Hitler
Duce
Pietro Badozia
Fascist Party
Italy
Badoglo
Fuehre
Parmy
Germany
Falange
Aruba Sa
Im Berun Ans Bs
Yiesen
Triple Air Blow Falls On Italy
London reports Lancasters bombed Milan Turin and Genoa in a strong strike on Saturday night aimed at pressuring Italy over Rome’s peace stance. Weather was clear and most bombers returned to Britain after minimal losses, with significant damage cited mainly in central quarters of Milan and Turin.
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London
R.A.F
Milan
Turin
T4n
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Badoglio
Air Ministry
Genoa
Britain
Phantom Symbols and Italian Socialists Call Peace Strike
A dispatch reports Italian Socialist Party urging a general strike to end the war and abolish the monarchy. It notes Mussolini’s fall, opposition within Fasci leadership, and calls for immediate peace as liberal press manipulation is challenged.
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Bera
Itzerland
Socialist Party
Italy
Chas Ers
Wer
Tui
Volksrecht
Pietra
Fasshin
Tre
Benito Mussolin
Radoslav
Mussolini
Italian Socialist Party
Badoglio
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