Allied Offensives Raging In Sicily and Russia
Allied troops push seven miles deeper into Sicily mountains under Gen. Patton advancing toward the Catania plain while British coastal forces strike toward Catania. Parachutists and gliders behind enemy lines precede a major battle as Lentini and Carlentini are reported captured amid heavy shelling and naval bombardments near Messina.
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North Africa
Sicily
Catania
George S. Patton, Jr
Vizzini
Augusta
54Th
Brucoli
Lentini
Messina
Italy
Carlentini
Associated Press
WN. B. GC
Hermann Goerlag
Hermann Goering
Fourth naval bombardment on Hiska Island reported
Navy reports a new bombardment of Japanese positions on Hiska Island during an eight day stretch. The attack sparks speculation that preliminary preparations for an American push toward the Aleutian Islands final position may be underway.
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Washington
Hiska Island
Navy
Aleutian Islands
MacArthur Captures Mubo Base Victory in New Guinea
Allied Headquarters announced a land victory at Mubo New Guinea with 950 Japanese killed and a major air success bringing a large Japanese loss. The operation used secret infiltration behind hill positions in northeast New Guinea to enable further advance.
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Southwest Pacific
Mubo
New Guinea
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Dempsey Wins Care of Children Custody Ruling
Lieut. Commander Jack Dempsey and Mrs. Hannah Williams Dempsey were awarded custody of their two children by Supreme Court Referee J. Addison Young in White Plains. Mrs. Dempsey received reasonable visitation rights and announced plans to appeal from her Navarro apartment hotel. She vowed to take the case to every court if custody favored Dempsey.
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White Plains
Jack Dempsey
Hannah Williams
Dempsey
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Navarro
Young
Dozen Doors Advertised in Inexpensive Classified Ad
A reader notes a classified ad stating multiple doors were available with the line We could have sold a dozen more. The terse boast reflects volume sales and low pricing in an ordinary ad.
Fathers Won't Face Draft Before October At Earliest
Washington reports positive assurance that fathers with children born before September 15 will not face a general draft before October at the earliest. Maj. Emmnest Solomon of the Selective Service Manpower Division said 1-A and 1-A0 categories already have enough men to cover July to September calls, though many may be reclassified or rejected by physicians and psychiatrists. He noted the induction of fathers may be delayed well past October 1, with about 50,000 youths turning 18 monthly and 150,000 more added through September, plus recoveries from some 2,976,000 already in class 1-A or awaiting classification.
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Washington
Emmnest Solomon
Selective Service Manpower Division
Solomon
Pearl Harbor
Soviets Rout Nazis Retake 110 Towns and Gain Ground
Soviet forces launch a major counteroffensive in the Orel sector, routing German divisions, recapturing 110 towns, and advancing up to 28 miles. The operation destroys dozens of tanks and planes, with thousands of German casualties and new two-front war implications.
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Moscow
Orel
Orel-Bryansk
Sicily
Europe
M. Viktorov
London
Hitler
Belgorod
Red Army
Orel-Voronezh
Berezovets
Army Production Falls in June Despite Expected Rise
Washington reports Army Ground Forces production fell 1.1 percent in June from May, remaining 23 percent below April and 4.9 percent under June forecasts. Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson said shifts in war material types caused the temporary dip, with a return to a slower rise expected as manufacturing adjustments complete.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Vk Ruud Ee
Robert P. Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
London
Patterson
Biddle Probing Lewis Actions in Illinois Labor Dispute
Washington reports that the Justice Department is actively studying a Treasury report on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers and a six year old Illinois labor dispute. Morganthau said Treasury turned information over to Attorney General Biddle for action as he sees fit.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Treasury
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Chicago Daily News
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Biddle
Execution of Lepke Blocked
New York Kings County district attorney Thomas C. Hughes said the state blocked another execution attempt for Louis Lepke Buchalter. He added death sentences would be reimposed on Louis Capone and Meyer Weiss.
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New York
Thomas C. Hughes
Kings County
Snother ‘Vather
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Mendy Weiss
Louis Capone
Nazi trickery warned of fake invasion to lure Dutch patriots
London reports Radio Orange warned the Dutch last night that German forces plan a staged invasion of the Netherlands coast. The ruse aims to trick patriots into exposing themselves to capture or danger.
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London
Netherlands
Radio Orange
Disloyal Japs To Be Segregated
Washington announces that disloyal Japanese in war relocation authority camps will be segregated in a single center within weeks. Director Dillon S. Myer says loyal Japanese may leave camps for work in factories farms and other places where their abilities are used. He believes loyal and disloyal individuals can be distinguished to protect national security.
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Washington
War Relocation Authority
Dillion S. Myer
WRA
National League scoreboard results and quick American League scores
National League games on schedule Chicago defeated Cincinnati 8 to 0 Philadelphia beat New York 9 to 1 Pittsburg 4 St. Louis 3 American League Washington 4 Boston 3 Chicago 7 Detroit 4 St. Louis 2 Cleveland 1 Eastern League standings Binghamton Albany 3 1 Albany 7 3 Springfield Scranton Elmira Utica Wilkes Bar Hartford final scores 1 2 10 innings 9 1 9 1 9 1 1 1 0 6 4 3 1 7 1 9 1 7 6 9 1 Hartford T
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Binghamton
Albany
Springfield
Scranton
Elmira
Utica
Wilkes-Barre
Hartford T
Roosevelt shakes up war office name change to Crowley
President Roosevelt ordered Vice President Wallace and Commerce Secretary Jones relieved of foreign economic warfare duties and created the Office of Economic Warfare headed by Leo T. Crowley. The BEW is abolished and its functions and RFC foreign subsidiaries are transferred to Crowley. Crowley becomes Alien Property Custodian as interdepartmental disputes prompt resignations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Commerce
Jones
Leo T. Crowley
Board of Economic Warfare
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
BEW
RFC
Office of Economic Warfare
Crowley
White House
Wallace and Jones Comment on Wartime Harmony
Washington reports the comments of Vice President Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jones. Wallace says no one should question the overall wisdom of the Commander-in-Chief in wartime. Jones concurs in the President's determination to have harmony and cooperation between government officials and agencies in the war effort.
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Washington
Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Jones
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Jones
Pearson Says Fly Accuses Cox Of Trick To Bury F C C Testimony
Washington report says F C C chairman James Lawrence Fry released a memorandum he claims was for committee guidance to limit the Commission’s responses and seize headlines. Fry and Pearson dispute the committee’s handling of testimony and public access to the FCC dispute.
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Fly
Cox
Bury
F.C.C
Washington
House
Federal Communications Commission
F.C
James Lawrence Fry
Fry
Robert Humphreys
International News Service
Drew Pearson
Troy
Cox D.ga
House Committee
Commission
Eugene L. Garey
Humphrey
Labor Chief Fears Central Power After War
Matthew Woll vice president of the American Federation of Labor warned at an International Longshoremen’s Association convention that postwar America could see the rise of centralized economic power eroding the great competitive system. He warned the war might end small production and distribution units in the economy.
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New York
United States
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
International Longshoremen’s Association
Woll
WLB Orders End To Bus Strike In Akron
The War Labor Board ordered C I O bus and street car workers to end a strike that shut down Akron mass transit. Frederick H. Bullen, disputes director in Cleveland, called the walkout a violation of national policy and labor’s no strike pledge.
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Akron
War Labor Board
Frederick H. Bullen
WLB
Cleveland
Willkie Seeks McCormick Primary Clash in Illinois
Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, publicly invites Col. Robert R. McCormick to run in the Illinois Republican primary. He vows a forceful campaign if McCormick enters, framing the issue as America’s relations with the world and domestic liberal policies.
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New York
UPI
Wendell Willkis
Robert BR. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Wilkkie
McCormick
Willkie
R A F Swarms Over Continent In New Bombing Stage
London report says the Royal Air Force swarmed over the continent late last night in strength. Coastal observers described the sky as alive with planes as the bombing offensive shifted to Axia anti invasion bases rather than industrial targets.
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London
Axia
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Leo Crowley
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Jesse H. Jones
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Pearson
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