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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1943
Page
1
Allied airborne units landed in Sicily hours before the invasion by ground forces. Paratroopers and gliders struck eastern targets while others moved to consolidate beach defenses with negligible losses. The operation, the largest of its kind since prior German captures, proceeded amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
Canadian forces opened the Sicily invasion four miles southwest of Pachino with heavy naval and air bombardment, meeting little resistance on beaches as they established a bridgehead. Inland fighting began, with Italians offering stubborn resistance in some sectors, and large numbers of prisoners reported.
By Edward Gilling Allied Force Command Post in Sicily reports more than 2,000 vessels took part in the landings. Despite narrow channels and heavy seas, the operation was executed with ships arriving at beaches on time. No contact with enemy surface vessels was confirmed. only a few Italian boats fled. Admiral Cunningham oversaw forces and witnessed tanks being unloaded and troops ashore as coast towns remained quiet.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson arrived in Britain from Washington less than 48 hours after the Sicily invasion began. He will confer with Gen. Jacob L. Devers and top authorities on the next moves against the Axis in Europe. Stimson’s party included Brig. Gen. Alexander Surles and aide Gordon Grand. A Reykjavik dispatch noted Stimson had visited Iceland and its American garrison.
A mob of more than 100 youths and men wrecked Olive Hill city offices and burned jail records in front of the building. Police reported 15 arrests as patrols from Ashland Morehead and Mt. Sterling stayed to guard the town after authorities dispersed the crowd following a midnight street curfew order issued by Police Judge James Carpenter.
Army engineers started operation of the MacArthur lock at Sault Cana to speed movement of essential iron ore on the Great Lakes. The project, named for Gen. Douglas MacArthur, lies beneath a canopy of barrage balloons as part of the war effort.
American P-40 and P-51 fighters pressed the offensive in Burma on Saturday, bombing Sumprabum and Maungan 110 miles west of Kamaung. A Tenth Air Force communique reported three large buildings hit at Sumprabum and all bombs struck the Maungan target area.
Yale University astronomer and longtime director Frank Schlesinger, 72, who helped popularize photographic methods to measure stellar distances, died Saturday night at his Lyme Conn home. He led Yale's astronomical observatory for many years and achieved international renown for his work.
London reports a major German 400 tank assault failed to budge the Red Army as Soviets retook two towns. The clash underscores a pivotal wartime momentum shift with heavy armor and urban fighting shaping the front.
Soviet and German reports clash over casualties as in the Orel Kursk salient. Soviets claim 2500 Nazi tanks and 1068 planes destroyed while Germans count 1709 Red tanks and 1197 planes. Moscow says Russians repelled massed tank and infantry assaults as the front lines held. A London broadcast notes a 20 mile wedge north of Belgorod while Russians counterattack at wedge tips and bases. The Soviet midnight communique says Germans failed to break Soviet defenses and were pushed back after 165 tanks and 31 planes were destroyed on Sunday.
Allied air forces battered Munda on New Georgia dropping fifty two tons of bombs as ground troops close in from east and north. Rabaul and the Buin Faisi area in the Solomons also faced heavy attacks while Liberator and Lightning crews shot down zeros in New Guinea. Japanese warships around Kolombangara headed for the Kula Gulf but escaped contact. Munda’s garrison looked near annihilation as a barrier was set to cut supply routes from Bairoko.
National League results include i New York 4 Chicago 3 in 10 innings, 2 Chicago 4 New York 3, i Pittsburg 3 Brooklyn 2, 2 Brooklyn 5 Pittsburg 4, 1 Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 4, 2 Cincinnati 74 Philadelphia 2, i St Louis 3 Boston 0, 2 St Louis 9 Boston 6. American League shows i New York 9 Chicago 0, 2 New York 8 Chicago 6, 1 Cleveland 5 Washington 1, 2 Washington 6 Cleveland 4 in 10 innings, 1 St Louis 8 Boston 7, 2 St Louis 4 Boston 2, 1 Philadelphia 4 Detroit 3, 2 Detroit 9 Philadelphia 0.astern Elmira 2 Albany 0, 2 Elmira 1 Albany 0, 1 Hartford 8 Scranton 6, 2 Hartford 4 Scranton 2, 1 Springfild 14 Wilkes Barre 4, 2 Springfild 3 Wilkes Barre, J Binghamton 8 Utica 7, 2 Utica 7 Binghamton 5.
The body of Sir Harry Oakes was brought back to Nassau Bahamas in a guarded move after a plane carried it for burial in the United States. Attorney General Eric Hallinan barred reporters from hospital grounds and said official explanations were unlikely. A coroner's inquest found he was bludgeoned and the bed burned by a flame blown by an electric fan. Alfred de Marigny, awaiting murder charges, was visited in jail and arraignment was scheduled for today.
A UPI report states the federal government sued Wright Aeronautical Corp of Paterson and eight officers in District Court for selling defective substandard airplane motor materials to the government. The Senate Truman Committee also found Curtis-Wright Corp guilty of gross negligence in inspecting engine parts from its Lockland Ohio plant.
Washington D C secretary of commerce Jones announced that retail prices increased by nine percent over the year since general maximum price regulations. He based figures on May prices used to compile a new price index tied to 1995-1939 averages, placing May prices at 135 percent of that base.
Janet Blair a Brunette film actress will marry Louis Bush a soldier today in Hollywood California per her studio The couple met four years ago when she was a singer and he was a pianist with the late Hal Kemp orchestra
Allied forces push ashore in Sicily capturing airfields at Gela and Pachino and forming a 100 mile bridgehead in the southeast. Parachutists and glider troops link with infantry as tanks are repulsed. Casualties are reported light as heavy naval and air support pours more equipment ashore. A Rome broadcast via the British ministry notes additional paratroop landings.
Allied bridgeheads reported at Gela Licata and near Cape Passero south of Syracuse with further landings north of Syracuse and near Marsala repulsed by coastal defenses. Parachute drops mostly recovered. Allied troops advance from Gela Licata as heavy fighting begins. A Bern dispatch cites Axis and Rome sources claiming massed Syrian force and possible moves on Crete or Dodecanese. No substantiation in Allied ace counts.
Berlin dispatch quotes Wilhelmstasse spokesman as saying Italian territory defense is in Italian hands. Comment linked to closing days of the Tunisian campaign, with Germany portraying Italians as running the show in the final North African operation.
Meads and Brewster will lead a Senate inquiry into postwar airport agreements funded by American money. The probe aims to ensure foreign fields retained by others after the war allow American planes landing rights and use of facilities. Discussions with Army Navy lend lease and economic warfare officials precede a late month trip.
An Allied command post in Sicily reports beaches of southern Sicily are ours and troops moving in. Casualties on the beaches are light and the mood among soldiers is almost celebratory. A British veteran comments that they are now nearer home.
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