Australians Link With US Forces at Nassau Bay
Allied headquarters report a junction of Australian jungle troops from Mubo with American forces at Nassau Bay in New Guinea. The move creates a tighter front near Salamaua as Japanese planes raid the beachhead and 22 more Japanese aircraft are downed on the central Solomons front.
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Australia
Solomons
Salamaua
New Guinea
Pacific
Nassau Bay
High Command
Mubo
Selamaua
Huon Gul
New Britain
Bitol
New Georgia
U.S
Rendova Island
Munda
Viru
Knox Pledges Aid for Pacific War Effort
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a Chamber of Commerce luncheon that much more in ships planes and submarines is now on the way to the Pacific to intensify the battle against the Japanese. He said the major effort in the Pacific will be increased and intensified as time goes on and that shortages are ending.
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San Francisco
Avy
Frank Knox
Pacific
Mutiny on Italian Ships Suppressed by Militia
A mutiny aboard Italian warships at Brindisi, reportedly quelled only by fancist militia, is described in a Geneva dispatch broadcast by Moscow radio and recorded by a Soviet monitor. Leaders were said to be executed and a naval commission formed to purge the crews.
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Geneva
Moscow
Hare
Brindisi
Italy
Classified Ads Take Over The Holiday
Don not delay if you need a ad filled in The Record Newspapers. Office hours today until 5 P.M. Tomorrow until 6 P.M. Monday from 6 A.M. Ads may be charged.
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Record
Nazis Admit Retreat Before Reds Near Dorogobuzh
German radio acknowledged retreat to newly fortified positions near Dorogobuzh on the Moscow front about fifty miles northeast of Smolensk. Soviet communique reported infantry charges in another western-front sector, with German counterattacks repulsed and 800 killed. In the Caucasus, a Soviet attack near Novorossisk was repulsed after a fierce fighting stand.
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London
Dorogobuzh
Moscow
Smolensk
High Command
Associated Press
Russia
Western Front
Moscow Front
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Krupa Sentenced to Prison for Narcotics Case
San Francisco news reports Gene Krupa, famed drummer, given a one to six year term after conviction for inducing a minor to transport narcotics. Judge Thomas M. Foley imposed the sentence as Krupa stood silent. Krupa’s aide John Pateakes, 20, faced charges over marijuana possession and involvement. Pateakes vanished. FBI seeks him on draft charges.
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San Francisco
Gene Krupa
Thomas M. Foley
Krupa
John Pateakes
Pateakes
Martinique Parley Set For Today
Vice Admiral John H. Hoover said he would confer today with Admiral Georges Robert in Fort De France to discuss a change in Martinique’s government. The visit may push the Caribbean island toward United Nations alignment as Hoover accompanies an aide.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
John H. Hoover
United States Navy
Georges Robert
Martinique
Robert
Admiral Hoover
Fort de France
United Nations
France
Hoover
Vichy
Naval personnel to rise with Navy growth in 1944
The War Manpower Commission says the Navy will grow by about 500,000 in the first half of next year to man a larger fleet and shore forces, while the Army remains largely unchanged. Total armed forces would reach 11.3 million by July 1944, up from 9.3 million now, with the expansion justified by Navy needs and personnel shifts.
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Washington
Navy
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Frank Sparks
Calling the Shots Nazis Predict Allied Invasion Today
German propaganda claimed an Allied invasion would begin today with the Nazi Paris radio telegraphing certainty and sending reporters to the coast. The Paris station said the blow could arrive within hours or minutes, reversing yesterday’s July 3 forecast as it urged that heavy fighting would come while trees stay green. A Rome broadcast warned Italy would be forced back into war if it surrendered, framing renewed conflict as unavoidable.
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London
Paris
Germany
Rome Radio
Associated Press
Italy
Unity of Command Revealed in Pacific
Washington reports that allied forces in the Pacific are merged under Gen Douglas MacArthur, with Admiral Halsey under his orders, signaling a single command approach the war against Japan. The move mirrors Eisenhower’s North Africa command and points to coordinated air, sea, and ground action across theaters.
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Kirke LL. Simpson
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Africa
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Command
MacArthur
Western Mediterranean
Eisenhower
French Africa
North African
Tunisia
Pacific
India-Burma
Sir Andrew B. Cunningham
Mediterranean
Navy
Cunningham
Hisenhower
Halsey
Japan
Senate Agrees to Oust Three Federal Employees
The Senate approved House bill to drop three federal workers accused of subversive ties. Robert Moris Lovett, Goodwin Watson, and William E. Dodd Jr. face removal by Nov 15 unless Roosevelt renominates them and Senate confirms. Senator McKellar led the charge. Senator Clark opposed citing constitutional concerns.
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Wthington
Senate
House
Ickes
Robert Moris Lovett
Virgin Islands
Goodwin Watson
William E. Dodd
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt
McKellar
D-Tenn
Dodd
New York
Clark
D.mo
Harry Bridges
President Roosevelts veto on inflation bill sparks wide clash
President Roosevelt condemns a congressional inflation measure as a high cost of living bill that would curb meat and butter price reductions. He argues it harms soldiers families and workers, raising prices and stalling stabilization efforts while urging subsidies or reduced producer margins to hold key essentials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt veto sustains food subsidy program
President Roosevelt vetoed and the House sustained his disapproval of Congress last Wednesday’s bill prohibiting the use of subsidies to push down retail food prices. The measure died in the House when its supporters could not muster the necessary votes.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Rations Reduced In New Opa Ration Values
Washington announces changes in ration values effective tomorrow with beef and select cuts rising by 1 to 2 points while canned beans tomato paste margarine and cream cheese see decreases. Officials warn beef remains scarce and supply remains below last month by about nine percent despite hoped improvements this month.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Bombers Hit Rail Targets Across France Belgium
British bombers blasted railway tracks engine sheds and rail junctions in Ghent Lille and Courtrai in Belgium and France while Typhoon fighters attacked locomotives in continued harassing strikes on Nazi communications An oil storage tank near Ijmuiden Netherlands was set ablaze by Typhoons Earlier raids across the Channel were observed and U S Thunderbolts and RAF Spitfires destroyed eight enemy fighters in separate sweeps over France and the Low Countries
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London
BR. A. F. Boston
France
Air Ministry
Ijmuiden
Netherlands
Ghent
Belgium
Lille
Courtrai
Low Countries
Squabble Opens FCC Hearing
Washington reports a combative House special committee hearing into the FCC opened. Rep Cox demanded the FCC general counsel sit down, amid more than fifty charges against the FCC and chairman James Fly. Eugene Garey accused authorities of silencing Army and Navy witnesses and hinted at publicizing secret documents.
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Washington (P
Cox
D.-Ga
Federal Communications Commission
Co. C
House
F.C. C
Charles Denny
FC. C
James L. Fly
Eugene L. Garey
Denny
Garey
Army
Navy
Baseball Scoreboard Roundup from National and American Leagues
National league results show St Louis 5 over New York 3, Cincinnati 8 over Brooklyn 6, Chicago 7 over Boston 1, Pittsburg 2 over Philadelphia 1, with 11 innings. American league yields Cleveland 12 over New York 0, Detroit 8 over Boston 2, St Louis 8 over Philadelphia 7, Washington 3 over Chicago 2, in 11 or 10 innings noted. Eastern games include Springfield 4 over Albany 3, Wilkes-Barre 2 over Binghamton 1 in 10 innings, Scranton 4 over Elmira 3, Hartford 4 over Utica 1.
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National
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
American
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Eastern
Springfield
Albany
Wilkes-Barre
Binghamton
Scranton
Elmira
Hartford
Utica
Allied Actions Block Greek Strait and North Africa Air War
Allied forces blocked the Leukas Strait off western Greece forcing Axis ships to skirt the island and face Allied submarines and warplanes after an RAF attack capsized an enemy transport. In North Africa US airmen flying Spitfires from the Northwest African Air Force added four more kills, downing two Focke Wulf 190s and a Bf 109 while British coastal command damaged Axis schooners. An RAF Wellington raid on Cagliari set fire to depots and rail facilities with one Allied plane lost.
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North Africa
Strait of Leukas
Greece
Adriatic
Middle East Command
Mediterranean
U. S
Northwest African Air Force
North African
British Coastal Command
R. A. F. Wellingtons
Cagliari
New Faces Party Seeks Renewal in Troy Wards
Democratic leaders in Rensselaer County and Troy plan to weed out or revitalize party strength in usually strong Democratic wards amid a fall campaign. The deadline for filing designating petitions under state law is midnight Tuesday, with further primary and committee selections due on Aug. 10. Republicans face a different timeline as their party rules maintain two-year committee terms. Continued on page eleven.
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Edward McDonald
Rensselaer County
Democratic Party
American Labor Party
War Manpower Commission Sees 12 Month Labor Gap
War Manpower Commission reports that even with longer hours and higher output, vital industries must add 1.6 million workers and replace those drafted or lost. Armed forces will draw 2 million more from the labor pool before July to support growth. Net growth targets total 3.66 million with 2.3 million transfers and 1.3 million new hires.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Roosevelt Threatens Sugar and Coffee Rationing Removal
President Roosevelt in a veto message to Congress says wartime rationing may end for sugar and possibly coffee as submarine warfare improves. He criticizes the CCC subsidy bill as inflationary while Congress votes to override and extend CCC authority to January 1, 1945 with a 350 million borrowing rise.
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Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Maternity Care Expanded for Wives of Military Personnel
Albany reports free maternity care and baby medical aid for wives of Army ranks private through sergeant and equivalents in Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Funded by Congress via the Children's Bureau to fill gaps where Army or Navy facilities lack services.
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Albany
New York
Health Department
Congress
Children's Bureau
United States Labor Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
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CCC
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Nee Church Directory
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