Yield or Die ultimatum to Italy in war message
Allied broadcasts quote Roosevelt and Churchill urging Italian revolt against Mussolini. They frame Italy’s alliance with Nazi Germany as unworthy of its traditions, call for honorable capitulation, and warn of widespread Allied offensives and looming invasion as penal for fascist leadership.
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Italy
Germany
England
Russia
America
Great Britain
Africa
el Alamein
Cape Bon
Sicily
London
Algiers
E.W.T
United Nations
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mussolini
Washington
Pantelleria
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Hisenhower
Alexander
Hitler
World
Nazi Germany
Mediterranean
City Attorneys Urging Postwar Slums Cleanup Strategy
Washington reports a national coalition of city attorneys from the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers proposes a postwar slum and blighted area cleanup. They urge state authorization for eminent domain where needed and tax concessions to spur private capital. They cite urban obsolescence reducing city values, with Milwaukee example of downtown land values halving in a decade. Rep. Maas fronts a bill to fund planning cost sharing up to 50 percent, aiming for rapid postwar projects.
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Washington
National Institute of Municipal Law
America
Milwaukee
Melvin J. Maas
Minn
Maas
Boards Lenient on Trip Pleas
Applicants for gasoline coupon travel authority for vacation travel appealed to the Troy Rationing Board and the County Board yesterday. Clerks showed leniency, granting requests even with alternative transport if luggage or dependents were noted. Some applicants omitted A books, which must be shown, and forms cannot be mailed. personal application is required.
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Troy Rationing Board
County Board
Troy Board
Edward J. Rowan
Vacation Travel Authority
Mr. Ronan
Gerow Named Commander of U S Forces in Britain
Gen Gerow 55, veteran of War Plans Division, assumes command of expanding U S forces in Britain as they prep for continent invasion. He succeeds Maj Gen Hartle who brought first U S troops to Europe. Gerow praised troops’ readiness after supervising maneuvers in southwest Britain last June.
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London
Leonard Townsend Gerow
United States Army Staff
United States
Britain
Continent
Russell P. Hartle
UD. 8
U. S
Europe
Virginia Military Institute
War Plans
Jast
McCormick Belittles Willkie in Illinois Primary Talk
Colonel McCormick refused to discuss Willkie, saying the foreigner cannot carry Illinois. He dismissed Willkie stories as a joke and named Dwight Green or Wayland Brooks as logical Illinois primary leaders. He said a military candidate could be nominated and saluted MacArthur as a possible acclamation. He noted Taft and other GOP senators as potential nominees, and that any Republican besides Willkie could beat Roosevelt, while Willkie could not win in the West.
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McCormick
Illinois
Willkie
Ilinois
Dwight Green
Wayland Brooks
Ira
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Robert Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Poon Lim Receives British Empire Medal
Poon Lim a 25 year old Chinese steward of a torpedoed British freighter was awarded the British Empire medal for surviving 133 days aboard a life raft in the South Atlantic largely on seagulls and raw fish. Leonard H Leach acting British consul general informed him of the award and invited him to England to receive it from King George VI, praising his toughness and noting it as a sign against Japan.
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New York
Poon Lim
South Atlantic
Leonard H. Leach
Poon
England
George VI
Japan
Yankees to Meet North Carolina Pre-Flight Team in War Charity Game
The New York Yankees announced a July 28 War Charity game featuring a combined Yankee-Cleveland squad against the North Carolina Pre-Flight nine, winner of 19 of 21. Pre-Flight is led by Lieut Hassett with Cadet Pesky. Ted Williams may not play.
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New York
New York Yankees
North Carolina
Cleveland
Indians
Yankees
Navy Boys
J. G
Buddy Hassett
Yankee
Johnny Pesky
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Red Sox
Chapel Hill
Fascist Purge Reported in Italy
A Geneva dispatch reports the Italian government has carried out a mass purge in northern Italy. Hundreds of state and cooperative officials and Fascist party functionaries have been dismissed while police surveillance is tightened on key officials.
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Geneva
Italy
Fireman Hurt In Home Mishap
Fireman Harold Hope of Pumper 11 was taken to Troy Hospital yesterday with a cut on his right arm from a fall at his home 3216 Sixth Avenue. Police report notes the injury occurred at his residence.
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Harold Hope
Pumper 11
Troy Hospital
Sixth Avenue
Central
Army man Berlin E Winn on furlough in town
Berlin Ernest Winn of the U S Army is home on furlough. Harvey Burdick visits his cousin in North Pownal. Sgt and Mrs George Schaefer have left for Fort Knox Ky where Sergeant Schaefer is stationed. There will be no services at the Methodist Church tomorrow due to the absence of Rev and Mrs Strobel. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Greenman and children of Hempstead L I are visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Greenman.
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Ernest Winn
U. S Army
Harvey Burdick
North Pownal
George Schaefer
Fort Knox
Sergeant Schaefer
Stro‘bel
Kenneth Greenman
Hempstead
Oscar Greenman
Farm School for City Youths Hits Accelerated Rate
Doylestown Pa Pi-National Farm School, founded by Dr Joseph Krauskopf, trains city youths for war food production with 100 percent participation. Eighty students in accelerated 1 year courses, full 3 year program free for 16 or older, dormitories, cattle, horses, tractors, greenhouses, and 1200 acres. Graduate Harry Weissman notable dairy specialist candidate for Atlanta Prison farm executive role.
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Doylestown
Pi—National
Victory Gardens
Philadelphia
Joseph Krauskopf
National Farm School
Harry Weissman
Avlanta
Weissman
Costly Mexican Living: May Report Warns of Hard Times
Mexico faces soaring living costs with an all time high near 240 in May as imports fail to restock and demand outpaces supply. Bread frijol and tortilla prices spike while lower classes suffer. the government responds with an emergency commission to set price ceilings and threaten penalties.
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Mexico
National Bank of Mexico
Republic
United Nations
Manuel Avila Camacho
Fire damages Ballston home on Rowland Street
Officials say a blaze started in a clothes closet yesterday destroying the second floor and damaging the first floor of Clarence DuBois’s Ballston Spa residence. No loss estimate given. Firefighters used over 900 feet of hose to reach a hydrant. no occupants were home.
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Clarence DuBois
Rowland Street
Ballston Spa
Vice President Wallace Wins Victory Garden Hoe
Washington reports VP Henry A. Wallace enjoying his victory garden with a new South American hoe. He described the tool as effective, after seeing it in Colombia and ordering one on return. Nearby items include a Florida man pressuring a neighbor with dog-noise evidence and a Denver man recalling trout tales.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Colombia
Church Ruins Blaze Continues At St Marys Church
Fire rekindled yesterday in the ruined St Marys Catholic Church in Ticonderoga after demolition Tuesday night. Firemen had kept watch as flames burned out several intact roof timbers.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ticonderoga
Comics Praised And Criticized in Public Debate
A Chicago United Press International report notes 400 educators debated comics and strips. Mrs. Harry Mulberry of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers warns comics may foster laziness in reading, but defend them as meeting a deep human need.
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Chicago
UPI
America
Harry M. Mulberry
Reading and Library Committee
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mulberry
U S Fire Losses Rise in June 1943
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reported United States fire losses in June at 26.854 million dollars, up 4.444 million from June last year. The six months total reached 90.514 million, up 20.022 million from the first half of last year.
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New York CP
National Board of Fire Underwriters
U. S
Decorate Marine Mascot Receives Guadalcanal Plaque
Coronado California reports the ninety tonth old canine mascot of Col. Gib Jackson and the U S M C receives a new collar and a brass plaque reading Guadalcanal. The dog long guarded the regiment on the island and chased lizards despite Japanese fire.
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Coronado
Cal
Col. Gib
Sc. Jackson
U.S
MLC
Guadalcanal
Milk Shortage Causes Increased Catskills Demand
New Yorks agriculture department reports an acute Catskills milk shortage worsened by vacationers and asks federal action to modify OPA price ceilings. In a telegram to Fred M Vinson the department cites low CPA milk prices making it impractical for dealers to divert milk from New York area. Consumption in April 1942 stood at 1.2 million pounds and rose to 7.8 million pounds this month.
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Albany
New York
Agriculture Department
Catskill Mountains
Fred M. Vinson
Washington
CPA
C. G. Dumond
Captain Jimmy Stewart Promoted in Idaho Air Unit
Captain Jimmy Stewart, long associated with Boise in Gowen Field public relations, has been promoted from lieutenant to captain. Stewart serves as an Army squadron operations officer and was reported by Gowen Field officials yesterday.
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Boise
Idaho
Jimmy Stewart
Gowen Field
Steward
Army
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