Allies Drive Toward Catania in Sicilian Campaign Progress
Allied forces in North Africa and Sicily push along the eastern coast toward Messina. Eighth Army nears Catania with British and Canadian troops advancing from Augusta, while American columns advance toward Caltagirone capturing airfields and thousands of prisoners. Naval and air power dominate as the invasion tightens its advance.
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North Africa
Britain
Catania
Sicilian
Messina
Italy
Caltagirone
Eighth Army
Sicily
Paul Kern Lee
Associated Press
Hermann Goering
Lentini
Carlentini
Lee
Niscemi
Eighth
Mount Etna
Rommel
Egypt
Tunisia
Reuters
Augusta
Algiers
Complacency in War Warned by Joseph Grew in Glens Falls
Joseph C Grew former Ambassador to Japan now a secretary of state aide urged Warren County bankers that complacency endangers victory in war. He argued Japan sacrifices more for its aims than Americans for democracy and warned against underestimating Tokyo.
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Joseph C Grew
Japan
Warren County Bankers Association
Glens Falls
Grew
American air campaign hits Japanese shipping in China area
A Communique from General Stillwell reports a seven day air assault across China from the Yangtze to French Indo China. B twenty four and B twenty five bombers and P forty fighters of the Fourteenth Air Force took part, destroying or damaging fifteen Japanese ships in the Canton area and blasting river and port installations at Hongay and Campha.
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Chungking UP
China
Hongay-Campha
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Joseph W. Stillwell
Classified ad notes 50 applicants for plate deal in Troy
The ad states it ran three times for several days and gathered 50 callers. Reach Troy at seven hundred dollars and request Classified to place your offer before thousands of potential callers.
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Troy
Masked Attacker Attacks Troy Girl Near Prospect Park
Lenore Vazzano, a Troy High School student, was attacked by a masked youth at Prospect Park hill early last night. The assailant threatened her with a knife, tore her clothing, and injured her hands and knees. minor cuts were later attributed to stones during the struggle.
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Troy
Troy High School
Prospect Park Hill
Lenore Vazzano
365
Second Street
Miss Vazzano
Attack recalls prior stabbing of Catherine Farley in Lansingburg
Six weeks after a near midnight assault on Catherine Farley in Lansingburg a man, John H Kendrick, 20, is in Rensselaer County Jail awaiting trial. The attacker lurked from bushes near Hill Street, grabbed Farley, warned her, tore her waist and dress before throwing her to the ground by the river bank. She survived and was convalescing at home.
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Catherine Farley
Lansingburg
Farley
Leonard Hospital
John H. Kendrick
Rensselaer County
Hill Street
French Fighting by Allies' Side in Sicily
Allied Headquarters in North Africa announced that French forces fight alongside the Allies in Sicily and participate in the campaign. The involvement was first disclosed by General Henri Giraud at a West Point address.
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North Africa
Sicily
Henri Giraud
U. S
West Point
Maxon quits OPA over red tape and reform clash
Lou R. Maxon deputy administrator at the Office of Price Administration resigns citing legalistic red tape and internal weakness. He urges drastic reorganization and accuses a clique of theorists and young lawyers in policy making of steering wartime controls toward radical ideas. Maxon leaves after clearing his desk and a five page statement.
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Washington
Lou R. Maxon
Office of Price Administration
Information
Houdini
Detroit
OPA
Daeoay
Maxon
Price
Prentiss Brown
Whole Gas, Oil Problem Reviewed
War Mobilization Director James F Byrnes announced anew a review of gasoline and fuel supplies due to new military needs Farmers in all 48 states receive first call on available gasoline for farming, with an East Coast 17-state shortage area already granted priority. July crude runs tied to state production. Midwest refiners cut to 1 125 million barrels daily while Southwest gains to 1 410 million. The Petroleum Industry War Council urged ending the East driving ban by eradicating the black market and tightening coupon issuance, citing improving transportation and similar rationing across regions.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Southwestern
Petroleum Industry War Council
East
Carver Honored as Monument Fund Approved
President Roosevelt signed a bill granting 30000 dollars for a national monument to George Washington Carver the noted Negro scientist who died recently at Tuskegee Alabama this act honors his contributions to science and education.
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Washington (P
Roosevelt
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee
Ala
Bombers Blitz Le Bourget and German Ports
Allied air forces blasted Le Bourget in the Paris suburbs and four other German sites including Amiens Glisy Abbeville and Tricqueville. The day raid, supported by RAF operations on Aachen, downed about 51 German planes while losses totaled eight bombers and four fighters. Fortresses Klairdowned over Le Bourget and Villa Coublay with more than 45 enemy fighters reported destroyed. American Thunderbolts and RAF escorts supported the effort ushering in a notable daylight raid on Bastille Day.
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London
le Bourget
Paris
Villacoublay
United States
Eighth Air Force
British
Air Ministry
Aachen
Germany
Amiens-Glisy
Abbeville
Tricqueville
Berlin
Boston
Villa Coublay
Amiens - Glisy
Amercan Thunderbolt
Damion
Britain
France
Invasion of Sicily Surprises Mussolini Forces
American Western Task Force lands on Sicily at Licata amid limited enemy resistance. Italian troops flee or surrender. German forces hold few positions as pre dawn debarkation, rough seas, and heavy firepower shape a swift advance with no Italian fatalities reported by midday.
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North Africa
Licata
Sicily
Mussolini
Pres
Prisoners of War Sighted as Sicily Campaign Ends
National scoreboard notes Allied post delay as reporter observes 73 German and Italian POWs from Sicily. Germans display calm confidence and politeness, while Italians appear dispirited yet hopeful. Games in Eastern region include Binghamton beating Albany 3 1 and Hartford defeating Wilkes Barre 8 6, with some postponements.
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Sicily
Air Force
Berlin
What Allied Air Raid Is Like
A German war reporter described Aachen after RAF bombing, stating streets were black with smoke and choking dust, people used wet kerchiefs, beams and wreckage obstructed roads, a church burned while fire engines fought fires. The report notes potential collapse of the steeple and widespread destruction across the city.
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London
Fonda Denies Paternity and Daughter Claim
Los Angeles. Screen actor Henry Fonda, now a naval seaman, claims through his wife Frances Brokaw that he never met Barbara Thompson, the 25 year old woman asserting he fathered her three week old daughter. Mrs Fonda said he denied the charge emphatically and believes him.
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Los Angeles
Henry Fonda
Barbara Thompson
Fonda
Seattle
Frances Brokaw
Henry
Delivery Van Plunges Into Hudson River
A Grenier and Sheehan tractor-trailer, Troy, weighing about ten to twelve tons with a cargo of empties, plunged into the Hudson River at Hoosick Street last night. Rescue crews sought to determine if anyone was trapped as a wrecker was summoned from Schenectady.
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Grenier and Sheehan
Troy Trucking
Hudson River
Hoosick Street
Schenec
Second Vehicle in River Shocks Troy as River Tragedy Recurs
Last night a tractor trailer plunged into the Hudson at the foot of Hoosick Street in Troy. The wreck followed a prior river plunge weeks earlier and police and fire crews worked to recover the submerged cab and trailer amid a beer trucking firm’s cargo of empties. Mrs James E King 23 of Albany died in the June 6 incident in Albany.
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Hudson River
Troy
James E. King
Ontario Street
Albany
Watervliet
Grand Street
Aad
Hoosick Street
Fitzgerald Brothers Brewing Co
Gloversville
North First Street
Hoosick
Hutton Streets
Brewing Company
Central Fire Station
C. A Casey
Thomas Evers
Evers
Michael J. McEligott
iThe
Division Reborn With Rainbow Division MacArthur Praise
Camp Grier Oklahoma City reports the Rainbow Division revived with MacArthur blessing as a World War II veteran emblem. A July 14 anniversary link to the WWI German offensive marks the occasion amid a warning of Axis threats. Police and fire crews respond to a truck incident, pulling a crew from a river area as crowds gather.
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Camp Grier
Okla
UPI
Douglas Macarthur
McArthur
Southwest Pacific
War Food, Price Plans Signal Wartime Diet Shifts
The War Food Administration says civilians will get 79 percent of next year’s canned vegetables and 53 percent of canned fruits and juices as meat ration chances are debated. Officials note home canning will bolster supplies while an OPA backed meat increase faces obstacles and may hinge on price ceilings for hogs and cattle. Congress and industry voices doubt feasibility.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
WFA
Armed Forces
Lend Lease
D. C
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