General Strike Call Amid Italy War and Regime Turmoil
The article reports Socialist calls for a general strike to unchain the war effort and restore freedom, alongside the Badoglio regime’s continuing martial law. It notes Ribbentrop’s Rome talks, Mussolini’s associates’ arrests, King Victor Emmanuel’s stance, and possible negotiations for peace terms with the Allies amid Italian political and military upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Raffaele Guariglia
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Carlo Scorza
Fascist Party
Madrid
France
Victor Emmanuel
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Hans George von Mackensen
Crown Council
Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Guariglia
Evacuations widen from Rome to Brenner Pass
Madrid reports about 50 000 civilians evacuated by special trains through the Brenner Pass from Rome Florence and northern Italian industrial cities. Strikes and peace demonstrations persist across Italy though fading. An Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Zurich notes groups urge Badoglio toward peace aligning with national will.
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Italy
Madrid
Brenner Pass
Rome
Florence
Zurich
Badoglio
Allies Break Through to Bronte Amid Sicilian Push
Allied forces hammer German gun crews around Troina and push eastward as Troina falls after a week siege. Troops seize Ustica near Palermo while Germans mine fields and booby traps slow the advance. Bronte looms as Etna road axis collapses under American and British pressure.
Japs Bayonet Wounded Americans on Bridge Stand
A World War II eyewitness account describes brutal street fighting on a bridge where American soldiers fend off Japanese attackers. The fighter recalls bayonets, grenades, and the scrambling of wounded as the Japanese move to loot and finish those unable to flee.
Allied forces push along Mount Etna area and seize Ustica island
Allied units reached Belpasso on Etna’s southern slopes after advancing seven miles. Ustica, used by Mussolini as exile for opponents, was occupied and its garrison of 10 Italian soldiers and sailors captured. Germans left July 11. Civil prisoners and civilians on the island faced malaria and destitution. Allied destroyers and torpedo boats probed the Gulf of Ghia, while British ships bombarded the Sicilian east coast road near Taormina. Mine sweepers began clearing a channel into Catania as air forces attacked roads and the Randazzo Gesso junction to hinder retreating Italo German forces.
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Troina
Messina
Italy
Crotone
Marina di Catanzaro
Messina Strait
Seventh Army
Ustica
Palermo
Mount Etna
Hermann Goering
Caronia
San Stefano
Tunisia
Bronte
Catania
Belpasso
Mussolini
U. S
Gulf of Ghia
Taormina
Randazzo
Gesso
Indirect admission of mass killing and shooting
Survivor account describes a chaotic battle where 175 were killed and many wounded while escaping into bushes. He recalls a strong urge to kill before the fighters themselves were killed, with little memory of the surrounding events.
Wasteful Farm Methods Lessen African Crops
Dr. George W. Carpenter of Saratoga Springs, a missionary, says African agriculture is crippled by wasteful methods. He cites tsetse fly, forced land dispossessions, and overgrazing leading to erosion and shrinking reserves, urging mass education to improve farming across Africa.
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Schenectady
George W. Carpenter
Saratoga Springs
S Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Belgian Congo
Carpenter
Africa
United States
Europe
China
India
Argentine Chief Denounces Dictatorships and Liberty
General Pedro Ramirez, president of Argentina, held a press conference in Buenos Aires saying he is fed up with the direction of his government. He asserted that an Argentine official, especially a general, could not advocate dictatorship and that liberty is too precious to risk losing.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Two-Year-Old Fascist Member Found in Sicily
John A. Moroso reports in Scoglitti Sicily about a remarkable discovery a two and a half year old boy Nigro Concetti bearing a Fascist Party membership card. The card dated nine days old shows the pledge to follow the Duce and serve Italy with all his strength even with blood if required.
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John A. Moroso
Scoglitti
Sicily
Nigro Concetti
Nigro
Sons of the Wolf
Italy
Haegg Sets American Two Mile Record in Cincinnati
Gunder Haegg, famed speedster from Gayle, began training for his final U S. appearance after an American outdoor two mile record at Cincinnati’s Withrow Stadium. He led rivals including Gil Dodds and Bill Hulse in a mile race pace, while Jim Rafferty Rudy Simms and Al Daley carried handicaps. Little Bob Berger, a Bay Village high schooler, finished closest to Haegg as Hulse and Dodds lagged behind.
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Cincinnati
Gunder Haegg
U. S
Randall's Island
N. Y
Gil Dodds
Boston Diviniay
Bill Hulse
New York
Jim Rafferty
Rudy Simms
al Daley
Haege
Sweden
Arne Andersson
Withrow Stadium
Gaitnt Pacer
Gayle
Bob Berger
Bay Village
Gunder the Wonder
Hulse
America
Dodds
Haegg
Alsab Heads Field At Narragansett Handicap Debut
Alsab leads a nine horse field for the $5000 Pawtucket Handicap opening Narragansett Park's 42 day meeting. The wartime star carries 124 pounds and faces rivals shipped from Suffolk Downs. Trainer Swenke reported Alsab in good shape after a slow gallop as Narragansett opens with parking lots closed due to a pleasure driving ban.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Albert Sabath
Alsab
Narragansett Park
Suffolk Downs
Sarge” Swenke
al Sab
Narragansett
Swedish Train Ruling Popular and Polarizing Speech
Premier Per Albin Hansson defended halting German troop movements on Swedish railways saying the stop improved relations with other peoples, especially Norwegians, and reduced irritation at home. In Dubuque County, the Twilight Harvest Corps eases farmers’ burden with harvest workers paid in farmProduce and goods. Market Street in San Francisco is described as running through a tunnel between Twin Peaks.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Per Albin Hansson
Hansson
Chicago
INS
Dubuque County
Dubuque
Market Street
San Francisco
Mustaikis shines as Laurels split with Elmira Pioneers
Hartford and Elmira split a doubleheader at Bulkeley Stadium before 3,209 fans. Alex Mustaikis matched a strong seven inning win, then Pete Naktenis secured a two hit 9-0 nightcap as Elmira chased a sweep but settled for a split and dropped ground in the standings.
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Hartford
Conn
Alex Mustaikis
Pete Naktenis
Laurels
Elmira
Waktenis
Colt Factory
Ray Brubaker
Zoldak
Mustaikis
Sammy
del Bessonette
Card
Triplets Sweep Rifles in Doubleheader at Springfield
Binghamton Triplets defeated Springfield Rifles 5 to 3 in the opener and 2 to 1 in the nightcap in a 1943 twin bill in Boston Mass. Chet Davis outpitched Art Doll in the first game while Pete Kunis edged Frank Seward in the second. Each game saw the lead change and the Trips pull ahead in the next inning after Springfield tied it.
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Springfield
Mass
Binghamton
Rifles
Chet Davis
Art Doll
Pete Kunis
Frank Seward
Davis
Kunis
Doll
Aifles
Trips
Sampson Beats Cornell in 14 Inning Naval Club Victory
Sampson Naval Station baseball outlasted Cornell 9 to 4 in 14 innings to extend its winning streak to ten. Cornell had fought back from a 7-2 deficit, tying the game with a ninth inning run and taking the lead briefly on miscues. Norm Daw son belted a first inning homer for Cornell, while Lesnick delivered a key hit in the 14th as two Cornell errors set up Sampson’s eventual winning run.
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Sampson
Sampson Naval Station Baseball Club
Cornell
Lesnicks
Sailors
Norm Dawson
Clay
Nichols
Keck
Bragg
Asmer
Ravish
McKeon
Cestac Rout Brizuela in Easy Defeat
In Buenos Aires Abel Cestac a Luis Firpo protege easily outpointed Feliciano Brizuela in his final local bout before a U S move Brizuela hit the floor twice Cestac plans to depart for the United States late this month with Firpa following in mid September
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Buenos Aires
Abel Cestac
Luis
Firpo
Feliciano Brizuela
United States
Brizuela
Cestac
Firpa
Goering Reported German Chief Among War Fronts Crisis
A London based view reports German leaders including Goering, Goebbels and Himmler facing a crisis as Berlin fears massed Allied air raids and strikes. The piece notes diminished front priorities, speculation about Goering’s real power, and talks of Berlin as an open city with ministries moved to other cities. It cites Nazi figures at discussions, Oshima's visit, and unrest in Austrian and German factories amid wavering morale.
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Goabbels
London
Berlin
DNB
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Martine Bormann
Nazi Party
Oshima
Reuters
Istanbul
Dresden
Leipzig
Munich
Prague
Zurich Die Weltwoche
Germany
Austria
Stuttgart
Benito Mussolini
Stalingrad
World War II morale split as Mussolini fall shocks Germans
Die Weltwoche says the Mussolini collapse is the only event after Stalingrad to deeply wound German morale with neutral reports confirming a crisis in propaganda. Younger Germans feel the blow, while Londoners sing and the government flags possible blackout relaxations amid wartime conditions.
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Die Weltwoche
Stalingrad
Reich
Berlin
London
Romania Charts Bomb Damage Aid Plans
A Bucharest cabinet meeting indicated extensive damage in the Ploesti oil fields from American bombardment and discussed economic and financial aid not only to individuals displaced but also to companies affected by the strikes.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bucharest
Ploesti
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