Red Army pushes toward Orel in spring offensive
The Red Army punched a four mile hole in hedgehog defenses around Orel, seizing villages and wiping out 5,000 enemy troops in its first successful summer counteroffensive. Russian forces advance from north east and south, threatening the Orel Bryansk railway. 78 German tanks and 20 armored cars knocked out, 137 planes destroyed in a Saturday action.
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Associated Press
London
Red Army
Germany
Orel
Moscow
Orel-Bryansk
Quislings Quietus in Krasnodar as Eight Hanged
In Krasnodar eight Russian quislings were hanged before a crowd of about 30 000, after a Saturday treason conviction tied to aiding the Germans. Three accomplices got twenty years hard labor. Reports say 5 000 Germans fell yesterday as the Red Army overran several villages, with heavy fighting in the Caucasus. The Soviet communique notes major German losses, while Russian and Allied arms bolster Soviet strength as German output wanes.
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London
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Moscow Radio
Red Army
Monitor
Novorossisk
Moscow
United States
Britain
Germany
Maple furniture suites and coal heater for sale
6 piece maple wing room suite plus 5 piece maple dining room suite and maple bedroom piece. Champion coal heater, lamp stands and related items. All practically new. Call at 33 Lincoln Ave between 2 and 5 p.m.
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Lincoln Ave
Targets in France Hit By Bombs
British bombers and fighters attacked air facilities in France and shipping off the Dutch coast. Typhoon bombers destroyed two enemy aircraft at Abbeville airfield, Beaufighters damaged two ships, four fighters were shot down, and two enemy planes were downed by Mustangs off the Dutch coast. One British plane was missing from Sunday operations. Additional raids over France Holland and Belgium damaged rail targets and airfields. Berlin claimed ten Allied bombers shot down in Amsterdam raid. Cologne sustained extensive damage in RAF attacks.
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London
France
Air Ministry
Abbeville
Coastal Command
Netherlands
Holland
Belgium
England
Berlin
Amsterdam
U. S
Germany
Cologne
R. A. Fs
Ruhr
Vichy Police Seize Anti Nazi French Enemies
In Haute Savoie near Switzerland, Vichy police and German troops raided suspected opponents of Pierre Laval’s government. About two hundred people were arrested, including suspected De Gaullists, Socialists, and Communists, as Nazi forces curb potential sabotage and fear partisan resistance if France is invaded.
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Bern
Switzerland
UPI
Vichy
France
Pierre La~val
Haute Savoie
la Suisse
Laval
16 Injured in Buffalo Fire
At least 16 persons, including 15 firemen and a laborer, were burned last night in two explosions during a three alarm fire in a Samuel Greenfield Co., Inc. smelters and refiners building. The blasts occurred when water was poured into a magnesium bin, reported Fire Capt. George L. Bossman.
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Buffalo
Samuel Greenfield Co., Inc
George L. Bossman
Menacing Munda Allies Attack Japs By Land Air Sea
Allied planes and warships hit Japanese stopover in the Southwest Pacific as American troops attacked near Munda New Georgia. Two destroyer groups were intercepted off Kolombangara Island with hits on all ships. one sunk, one torpedo hit on the larger group, no Allied losses noted. In the Buin Gaisi area, two destroyers and a cargo ship were damaged and another merchantman sunk in a heavy torpedo and dive bomb raid. Allied forces raided Kahili airfield raining 90 tons of explosives. anti aircraft positions runways and dispersal areas were hit. Thirteen enemy fighters were shot down. four Allied planes failed to return.
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Munda
New Gorgia
Kolombangara Island
Douglas MacArthur
Buin-Gaisi
Solomons
Kahili
Union Opens Drive on Congressmen
The Congress of Industrial Organization launches a political action campaign to convert the anti-labor Congress into a pro-labor win-the-war delegation. Local units will form district groups to pressure Congressmen on issues such as cost of living, price controls, taxation, social security, poll tax repeal, and ending labor baiting. Sidney Hillman leads the CIO PAC, created July 7, at Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organization
LaGuardia Seeks Special Session for City Revenue
Mayor La Guardia said he appealed to Governor Dewey to convene a special legislative session to authorize new revenue sources for New York City. He noted the current cash rate at 281 dollars per 100 of assessed valuation, up five points from 1942-43, and endorsed a city sales tax.
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New York (P
F. H. LaGuardia
Dewey
LaGuardia
Indicted activist killed at Union Station plaza
Kansas City detective reports that Bogus Cop Kills Motorist figurehead Louis G. Lower, famed De Molay member and critic of Tom Pendergast’s machine, was shot by Clyde Souders at Twenty Fourth and Main. Souders, 48, a guard, alleged drink use and lack of police commission, faces homicide inquiry and possible prosecutor review.
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Kansas City
Louis G. Lower
Order of de Molay
Tom Pendergast
Democratic
Union Station Plaza
Twenty- Fourth
Main Streets
Lower
Edward J. Larson
Homicide Bureau
Clyde Souders
Investi
Bombers Hit Naples Port in Major Allied Strike
Allied air forces from North Africa and the Middle East launched a dawn to dusk assault on Naples port and surrounding targets in Sicily and eastern Sicily. American heavy bombers and Wellington aircraft dropped hundreds of tons of explosives on the Tyrrhenian harbor amid anti-aircraft fire.
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North Africa
Naples
Middle East
Tyrrhenian
R. A
Mussolini
Paterno
Sicily
Catania
Union President Bucks Bond Drive
The American Federation of Labor 6,000,000 members were urged by AFL President William Green to buy half a billion dollars of War Bonds by Labor Day. The Labor for Victory program calls 850 city and state unions to organize drives. Funds go to the Treasury for war equipment purchases, inscribed with the sponsoring union’s name.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
William Green
Green
Federations of Labor
Treasury Department
East Coast gasoline equalization cheered by lawmakers
Washington a move to equalize gasoline rationing east of the Rockies within two months was welcomed by a congressional group led by Representative Hartley. Petroleum Administrator Ickes said the Big Inch pipeline from Texas to the East Coast would enable the shift, with tank cars released to move fuel east. The exact impact on motorists remains uncertain, but an increase for the East and a decrease for the Midwest and Southwest are anticipated. No change for the West Coast was indicated.
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Washington (P
Rocky Mountains
Hartley
R-Nj
Washington
Ickes
Texas
Midwest
Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
Tekes
East
Middle West
Southwest
West Coast
Invaders Hold Third of Sicily
Allied command reports British Eighth Army seizes key positions protecting Catania as heavy fighting continues in Sicily. American troops push inland toward the center of the island, threatening one third of Sicily captured so far. German prisoners and battlefield deaths noted as river crossings and armor moves occur. Continued details expected on page.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Catania
Sicily
Associated Press
Noland Norgaard
Norgaard
Reuters
Britain
Fall of Agrigento in the cool of the evening
American forces entered Agrigento Sicily after heavy artillery and machinegun fire from Italian positions around the city. Italians shelled fields and hillsides before surrendering after a counterattack was repelled. About 4,000 Italians surrendered as the town fell at sunset.
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Alexander Clleford
Agrigento
Sicily
Alajgana
75 Injured in B. and M. Wreck at Nashua
A Boston bound Boston and Maine passenger train derailed near Nashua New Hampshire, injuring seventy five people while seven coaches toppled into a gulley. Nine passengers were seriously hurt with forty initially listed as such but most recovered after hospital care. The third car plus six others tumbled down the embankment. the last two cars stayed on the tracks. Cause of the wreck was not immediately determined.
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Nashua
N. H.pi
Boston and Maine Railroad
Oil Pipeline Completed Today in Phoenixville
The final link of the Big Inch oil pipeline will be welded and lowered into place as officials from War Emergency Pipelines and cabinet members observe the completion of the 1,341 mile 24 inch line.
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Phoenixville
War Emergency Pipelines, Inc
Scoreboard Summary of American and Eastern League Games
American matches include New York led Philadelphia 10 to 6 and 3 to 2, Brooklyn defeated Boston 8 to 5 with a 4 to 4 draw, and Chicago over Cincinnati 7 to 0 plus St Louis edging Pittsburgh 7 to 4 and 6 to 3 in a Sunday law marked pairing. Eastern games show Elmira at Albany 3 0 and Albany 2 0 Elmira, Springfield over Wilkes Barre 9 to 6 and 4 to 1, Hartford over Scranton 2 to 1 and 5 to 4, Binghamton over Utica 5 to 1 and 1 to 0. Cleveland topped St Louis 4 to 3 and 10 to 7, Detroit lost to Chicago 12 to 4 while Washington beat Boston 9 to 2 and 5 to 4.
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New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Eastern
Elmira
Albany
Springfield
Wilkes-Barre
Hartford
Scranton
Binghamton
Utica
Allied general to Sicily dissolves Fascist Party organs
Gen Sir Harold Alexander as Allied military governor of Sicily proclaims the territory under occupation and orders dissolution of all Fascist Party organizations. Charles Poletti joins as executive with the Allied government and promises respect for civil rights while suspending Italian crown powers.
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North Africa
Harold Alexander
Sicily
Charles Poletti
New York
Herbert Lehman
Alexander
Italy
Fascist Party
Italy Vows to Fight On in Grave War Stand
Italian Fascist secretary Carlo Scorza told garrisons in Sicily and mainland Italy that resistance must continue to the end as Allied demands for surrender grow. He warned of severe penalties and said neutrality is impossible while Italy fights with Germany and Japan to defend the Latin and Catholic world. Berlin and London framed the speech as a back to the wall effort against Roosevelt Churchill’s unconditional surrender call.
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London
Italy
Carlo Scor2za
Fascist Party
Sicily
Rome
Scorza
Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Japan
Sicilians to Get Unrationed Shoes
United States relief spokesman said Herbert Lehman’s foreign relief administration issued a Treasury broadside order to buy up all distressed stocks of sturdy shoes in the country. The aim is to supply destitute civilians liberated by Allied armies in Sicily and elsewhere, offsetting rationing shifts to more costly footwear.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sicily
Africa
Herbert Lehman
Foreign Relief Administration
Treasury
Convict Killed In Prison Break At Oregon Penitentiary
In Salem two convicts led a prison breakout at the state penitentiary. Lloyd Hougham, 22, was killed during the attempt and guard Warden was critically injured after being stabbed. The escapees seized the guard and tried to push past gates with him as a hostage. Hougham was serving five years for auto theft. Albert Doolin, 31, held 25 years for attempted holdup.
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Salem
Ore.p
George Alexander
Lloyd Hougham
Alexander
Hougham
Albert Doolin
Nye Names MacNider as Potential Republican Dark Horse
Senator Nye proposes Hanford MacNider as an ideal GOP presidential candidate if chosen now, citing his World War I and World War II era service and current brigadier general status on active duty. He says the party must wait for war and home front developments before deciding.
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Washington
Hanford MacNider
Nye
R-N.d
MacNider
Senate panel backs bill to cushion war contract shocks
Chairman Murray of the Senate Small Business Committee proposed legislation to cushion the effects of abrupt cancellation of millions of dollars in war contracts. The measure aims to stabilize firms facing sudden loss of orders and protect workers and suppliers from immediate financial harm.
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Washington
Murray
Mont
Senate
Small Business Committee
Inside Pages Ninrans 4 oo ff ATH
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