Taganrog Fall Shows Red Power and Front Shifts
Interpretative piece by Hamilton W. Faron notes Soviet drive past Taganrog weakens German southern defenses. Authors argue Nazis hold Taganrog to protect Crimea and allow potential southern countermeasures, with Crimea acting as escape and bulwark against further Soviet advances from Kharkov toward the Azov region and Caucasus.
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Ciano Reported Held Near Frontier by Bern Rumor
The London Daily Express quoted unconfirmed reports from Bern that Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister his wife Edda and three children were arrested near the French frontier. The dispatch said Ciano wore peasant dress and carried large bundles of foreign currency. A German Atlantik broadcast claimed he escaped to Munich after eluding guards.
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London Daily Express
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National League scoreboard and American East results
National: Pittsburg 4 St. Louis 3 in 10 innings. St. Louis at Pittsburg 3. American: New York 3 Boston 1. Eastern: Hartford 7 Albany 0. Bamba 3 Scranton 1. Utwa 4 Springfield 4. Wilher Back 5 Binghamton 1.
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Vast Encirclement Frees Nazi Stronghold In South
Red Army mechanized divisions and Cossack cavalry sealed a pincer to taganrog area and freed more than 150 settlements near the Azov Sea. Russians reported wiping out remnants of the garrison, claiming 5,000 German deaths and numerous tank losses while advancing toward Taganrog. Additional pushes north of Bryansk netted over fifty villages as Stalin hailed a decisive victory and a likely German retreat toward the Dnieper.
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New Raids Sweep Over Europe
Allied air power resupplied after a 24 hour lull as medium bombers from the United States Air Force hit targets in France from bases across the English Channel. Reuters notes air alerts in Zurich and Basel, signaling possible strikes on northern Italy’s Turin and Milan. RAF Spitfires escorted the operations while fighter squadrons patrolled Dover and Calais areas.
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No Clues Yet Murderer OF WAC Still Sought
Investigation stalled as police seek the killer of Corp Maoma Little Ridings 32 a WAC found in a Claypool Hotel room. Bellboy Alfred Bayne Jr reports delivering beverages to room 729 three hours earlier and recalls a veiled black haired woman in black seen on a bed.
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Desert Fox Dons Mourner's Garb For Late King
London reports say Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is named Hitler's representative at the funeral of King Boris of Bulgaria this weekend and may assume military leadership. The News Chronicle cites Turkish views of a German backed cabinet from a Bulgarian military clique. German radio reports a search for the king's will, thought to nominate a regency council for Simeon II.
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Queen Wilhelmina Birthday Observed Quietly in London
The Dutch colony in London marks Queen Wilhelmina’s sixty third birthday with subdued ceremonies in Westminster Hall today. Festivities are scaled back due to conditions in Nazi occupied homeland.
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War Production Up 3 Percent in July Says WPB
The War Production Board reported a 3 percent rise in July output of war materials, with airplane production up 4 percent led by 19 percent more fighters and 13 percent more heavy bombers. Army ammunition held steady. signal equipment up 17 percent.
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Danish Troops Resist Nazis Near Copenhagen
Danish soldiers under King Christian X fought until ammunition ran out at Naestved near Zealand coast as German forces seized Denmark. Refugees report 450 killed or wounded in a Svendborg battle. Scavenius cabinet resignations announced amid a German takeover and threats of court martials.
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Blackout Test Sweeps State With Brief Local Violations
Troy reports the twentieth wartime blackout after Pearl Harbor, with signals blue yellow red blue white cycling through from 8:50 to 9:59 p.m. statewide except New York City. Geneseo and Hornell lifted the alert after 21 minutes as a train wreck near Wayland caused multiple deaths and only two minor blackout infractions were logged in Troy.
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OPA Price Act Appeals Ruling in Georgia Rent Case
Federal Judge Bascom Deaver ruled the emergency price control act provisions regulating rents unconstitutional in the middle district of Georgia. The decision targets the 1942 rent control section. OPA plans an appeal and will continue enforcing rent regulations during the appeal process. Henry Hart Jr. signaled the likelihood of a Supreme Court review.
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Supreme Court
Wart
Farmers urged to buy into 1943 war bond quota
Washington Treasury official Lloyd E. Partain said rural banks hold idle money and farmers are expected to provide a major share of the $15 billion third war loan opening September 9. He cited a survey showing at least 60 percent of the nation’s 6 million farm homes will yield orders or schedules, with farmers having the funds and belief in gov securities. The farmers’ quota is $1.5 billion.
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Allied HQ reports heavy air losses in Southwest Pacific raid
Thirty seven Japanese planes destroyed in a raid on Wewak New Guinea alongside more than 800 enemy aircraft wrecked in other recent raids. MacArthur's forces claim Lightnings downed 25 of 60 Zero fighters and Liberator aircraft destroyed at least 12 planes on the ground.
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Douglas MacArthur
Jews Mark War Anniversary in Jerusalem
Thousands of Jews prayed at the Wailing Wall to mark the war’s fourth anniversary. Processions went to the Mount of Olives and to the tombs of the prophets and sages in Palestine. Ram’s horn was blown and prayers were read for the fallen and for Nazi victims.
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Albany Tax Rolls Stay In City Hall
The Democratic city administration wins an initial skirmish in the inquiry into Albany real property assessments by forcing the Republican controlled State Tax Commission to inspect municipal rolls at Albany City Hall rather than at the commission. Corporation Counsel James J. McGuiness refuses to produce the rolls, citing state law that requires open access for taxpayers in City Hall for twenty days starting tomorrow, amid clashes with Ernest B. Morris, newly appointed Albany chief counsel.
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James J. McGuiness
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Production Up London Report Shows1948 Output Rise
Capt Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production, said British aircraft production in structural weight rose 44 percent in Q2 1948 vs a year earlier, while total munitions output increased 25 percent for the same period.
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London
Oliver Lyttelton
Train wreck near Wayland kills many as steam injures scores
At least 25 dead and about sixty injured when the Lackawanna Limited collided with a freight engine near Wayland New York. Steam from a broken cylinder scalded passengers in 13-car train. Dead include Fred H Meineke Scranton supervisor of locomotive operations. Injured taken to Wayland Dansville Geneseo hospitals as doctors and Civilian emergency units respond.
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Identified Dead Incomplete Early Morning List
An incomplete list of identified dead released this morning names Fred H Meineke of Scranton Pennsylvania a supervisor of locomotive operations for the Delaware and Hudson line Catherine Elliott 21 of New York City Margaret Sautter 27 of East Orange New Jersey Mrs Henrietta Smith of Brooklyn Margaret Granbach Clinton Roloson 34 of Hammondsport New York an official of Mercury Aircraft Corp Anna Hayman 3 Barberry Street Brooklyn Helen Foster of Binghamton Margaret Fledge 50 of Brooklyn residence 9% Fennimore Street Dorothy A Middleton 32 of Buffalo West Baloom Street incorrect entry on street name unclear
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Scranton
Catherine Elliott
Newman Injured In Train Wreck Among City Acquaintances
Maurice Newman, 61, a fur furniture salesman who has stayed at The Hotel Troy, was listed among the injured in the train wreck. He checked out early yesterday after several days in the city. his home is in New York. The extent of his injuries was not learned.
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Newman
New York
Pleasure Driving Policy Eases As Gas Rationing Continues
The Office of Price Administration lifts the northeastern pleasure driving ban effective midnight, though motorists are urged to observe restraint. Patrols will stop highway checks, but unrestricted driving remains off limits while gasoline supports the war effort are emphasized. The energy used to enforce the ban will shift to prosecuting black market gasoline operators at the expense of lawful citizens.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Metro Team Administration For War
Northeast gasoline rationing uses two types of coupons
An official joint statement from OPA and the Petroleum Administration for War details the east coast gas restrictions. The plan alternated between an honor system and a stricter ban, now tied to ration books B and C in twelve northeastern states and portions of adjacent regions.
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Petroleum Administration
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Columbia
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G O P Will Name Own Candidate For New York Court Seat
Thomas J. Curran announced the New York County Republican Committee will field its own candidate for the first district supreme court bench in November. The party previously endorsed Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio, a Democrat, but Hogan claimed Aurelio’s nomination came via Frank Costello, a reputed slot machine czar. Aurelio denied knowledge of any criminal backing and defended his reputation.
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New York County Reepublican Committee
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Aurelio
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Aurelio
Frank Costello
Costello
Shun Isolation Urged by Western GOP Conference
The western conference of the Republican postwar policy association urged party leaders to drop isolationist labels. Delegates from 11 western states approved a resolution urging the postwar advisory council to issue a fortnight statement pledging postwar cooperation by the United States in world affairs. It called on GOP Congress members to sponsor action aligned with this stance.
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