Red Armies Drive on Orel Capture 130 Villages in Advance
Soviet forces report 130 populated places seized circling Orel in four to six mile advances from four directions. Berlin says front ablaze from Leningrad to Caucasus as Germans claim counterattacks but cite heavy losses. Key north thrust reportedly achieved limited penetration while traps around the German base tighten.
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London
Orel
Moscow
Wuay
Red Army
Berlin
Leningrad
Caucasus
Malo-Archangelsk
Kursk
Associated Press
Predicts Plenty Of Tires In 1944
F B Davis Jr, board chairman of United States Rubber Co, predicted yesterday that by year end 1944 American synthetic passenger tire production will reach one every second. He noted rationing will still be needed, even if military use stays flat, and cited 1942 output of 22,000 tons as a baseline. July production alone would match that, and he projected 1944 total of 275,000 tons with 1945 around 850,000 tons, exceeding 1941 peak.
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Los Angeles
F. B. Davis, Jr
United States Rubber Co
Oakes Case Adjourned To Monday
Alfred De Marigny faces a murder hearing as witnesses describe the bedroom scene where Sir Harry Oakes was beaten and burned. The hearing adjourned to Monday at the prosecutor's request while Miami police assist colonial authorities in continuing the probe into the death of the wealthy baronet. Nancy, De Marigny's wife, travels from the United States to join him.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Miami
de Marigny
Godfrey Higgs
Sir Harry
Nancy
United States
Big Inch Oil Pipeline Completed Near Phoenixville Pennsylvania
The Big Inch east west oil pipeline was completed near Phoenixville Pennsylvania as Secretary Ickes watched welders seal the final 120 foot section. The line will supply eastern petroleum for the war effort with 24 inch tubes carrying oil from Longview Texas. The ceremony praised the project completion in 350 days at savings of about 5 million dollars from the original budget.
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Pennsylvania
Longview
Tex
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Jesse Jones
C. B. Henderson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Big Inch
Lightning Kills Italian Prisoners at Camp Wheeler
Three Italian prisoners of war were killed and ten injured when lightning struck their tent during a cleaning detail at Camp Wheeler near Warner Robins Georgia. The workers were stationed in Warner Robins village beside the air depot.
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Camp Wheeler
Warner Robins
Warner Robins Air Depot
WAACS Arrive in Britain to Aid Eighth Air Force
Hundreds of American WAACs arrive at the England orientation center to support the Eighth Air Force. They will grease motors plot weather maps operate telephone switches and release men for combat. The group includes mothers and grandmothers among diverse ages and backgrounds. First sergeant Virginia Rosekrang arrived and exclaimed of the historic moment. Captain Anna W. Wilson meets them at the dock.
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U. S. Air Force Orientation Center
WAACS
Britain
Virginia Rosekrang
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Troy Cook Helps Feed New Arrivals in England
Pvt. Louis Del Monico of Troy now cooks with the U S Army Eighth Air Force in England helping prepare the first meal for newly arrived WAACs. He learned cookery in Ferry Street near Fifth Avenue from an uncle. The meal featured pork chops fried potatoes stewed tomatoes beet relish rye bread butter stewed peaches and coffee. New York State sent 54 WAACs while Ohio led with 62.
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Troy
United States Army
Eighth Air Force
England
WAACS
Eingland
Associated Press
del Monico
Ferry Street
Fifth Avenue
Frederick del Monico
Del
New York State
WAAC
Ohio
War Production Board expands tin-plate quotas for civilian foods
The War Production Board announced a revision expanding tin-plate quotas, making about 7,000,000 additional cases of canned baby foods condensed milk and other dairy products and certain canned vegetables and fruits available to civilians.
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Washington &P
War Production Board
Rome Air Raid Claims Damage to San Lorenzo Church
Italian Stefani agency claimed an air raid on Rome caused many victims and damaged the Basilica of San Lorenzo Le Mura with no details on nearby San Lorenzo freight yards. A Swiss dispatch said the attack began at 11 15 am in violent waves over strategic streets near Termini and military barracks, with Pope Pius reportedly leaving Vatican City to visit the church.
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Vatican
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Britain
Holy See
Joseph Cardinal Macrory
Armagh
Ireland
Belfast
Jungle fighting costs 260 Japanese dead, SW Pacific
Allied HQ reports grim jungle combats with more than 260 Japanese dead yesterday as MacArthur forces push along the southwest Pacific. Near Munda on New Georgia, U S troops gain a foothold at Lilio while 179 enemy dead are counted. Australians press in New Guinea near Mount Tambu as Liberators bomb Celebes and Wake Island compares as top long-distance mission.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Lilio
New Guinea
Mount Tambu
Salamaua
Macassar
Celebes Island
Wake Island
Hawai
Seven Rescued From Speed Boat on Lake Michigan
Seven people missing since Sunday evening were rescued by Coast Guardsmen after a Civil Air Patrol pilot spotted a drifting speed boat near Lakeside Michigan City. The group drifted since 1:30 a.m. yesterday as gasoline ran out. they were hungry but uninjured, all from Michigan City.
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Ind
Lake Michigan
Coast
Civil Air Patrol
Lakeside
Mich
B. L. Burris
Carl Meakins
Merchant Ship Sunk in Pacific by Enemy Submarine
The Navy Department reported the sinking of a medium-sized Panamanian merchant vessel by an enemy submarine in the South Pacific late in May with eight merchant crewmen and four naval gun crew members lost. The torpedo hit just before dawn as the ship, with lights out, continued on its course. A gun crew fired at a dark object about 2,000 yards away, whether the submarine surfaced remains undetermined.
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Washington (P
South Pacific
Navy Department
Navy
Man Killed As Cars Explode In Monroeville
Bursting shells rained on a 1200 resident village for three hours after two Wheeling and Lake Erie freight cars derailed triggering a fire that burned twelve oil tank cars. One man died and at least two others were injured as a car pulled twelve others from the tracks. Firefighters faced more blasts while tackling the blaze.
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Monroeville
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Great Sorrow From Rome Bombing Moves Buenos Aires Figures
Cardinal Capello of Buenos Aires voiced deep sorrow over Rome bombing, lamenting loss of lives and moral damage. Reports cite Vatican officials probing the damage and varying Allied reactions, with Irish primate Macrory calling the news very serious.
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Buenos Aires
Giacomo Luigi Cardinal Capello
Rome
Vicar of Christ
Seek Escaped Nazi at Buffalo
Military authorities and police narrowed their Western New York hunt for two escaped German POWs to one day after Canada reported recapture of the pair from a Petawawa prison camp. The search focused on Grand Island after a report they swam the Niagara River from Canada to the island during the night.
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Buffalo
New York
Canada
Petawawa, Ont
Grand Island
Niagara River
Show Girl Asks Alimony From Davis in California Suit
Hope Dare a former New York show girl was awarded $300 a month temporary alimony by J Richard Dixie Davis a former lawyer for Dutch Schultz and other eastern racketeers. The alimony covers the period pending trial of her divorce suit as Dare estimates Davis earns about 250 dollars weekly from a road show and other businesses.
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Los Angeles
Hope Dare
New York
J. Richard “Dixie” Davis
Dutch Schultz
Miss Dare
Davis
Hartford Triumphs Over Springfield 16 7 In Suspended Game
National League scoreboard shows no games. American League and Eastern League list no scheduled games. Hartford leads Springfield 16 to 7 when play was suspended after seven innings due to rule issues.
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Hartford
Springfield
Wimout
Allies Drive Toward Enna as Axis Falls Back in Sicily
Allied forces push toward Enna on a ten mile advance after overrunning Caltanissetta and Piazza Armerina while British Eighth Army closes on Catania. Radio reports claim retreat toward Messina with heavy equipment. Italians surrender in groups as German resistance stiffens near Catania.
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Sicily
Enna
Caltanissetta
Piazza Armerina
Eighth Army
Catania
Radio France
Algiers
Messina
United States
Sir Bernard
Montgomery
Bowles to Take Office with OPA
Prentiss Brown announced that Chester A Bowles, Connecticut director of the Office of Price Administration, will assume the Washington post on July 27 as senior deputy administrator with powers of a general manager. The post had been linked to Lou R. Maxon after his resignation last Wednesday.
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Washington
Prentiss Brown
Chester A Bowles
Connecticut
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Lou R. Maxon
Detroit
Maxon
Rome First Allied Raid Strikes Eternal City
Allied airmen dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on Rome in the war’s first attack on the eternal city. Leaflets warned residents as rail yards near Vatican City were smashed, and key targets including Littorio yards and Campino airfield were hit. No Allied losses were reported.
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Noth Africa
Rome
Eternal City
Fling Fortress
Hog price ceiling set by OPA and WFA hits $14.75 per cwt
The joint OPA and WFA action imposes a hog ceiling of 14.75 dollars per 100 pounds, with an early next month start. The ceiling, first on live hogs, is about 1 dollar above promised support levels, aims to curb price swings, and should preserve margins for packers between live hog costs and wholesale pork ceilings. Retail pork prices unaffected.
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Washington
Chicago
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Food Administration
WFA
Miners Confer With A F L On Membership Application
The United Mine Workers' policy committee named six members to meet today with A F L representatives to discuss the union's bid for AFL membership. The UMWC includes John L. Lewis, John O'Leary, Thomas Kennedy, William Mitch, Percy Tetlow, and Mark Brennan. The AFL side lists Matthew Woll, Daniel Tobin, and George Harrison among its officials.
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United Mine Workers of America
A. F. of L
U. M W
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
John O'Leary
Thomas Kennedy
William Mitch
Alabama
Percy Tettow
West Virginia
Mark Brennan
Hazleton
Matthew Woll
Daniel Tobin
George Harrison
Federal buys early Suffolk potatoes to stabilize prices
The Federal Food Distribution Administration began purchasing early potatoes in Suffolk County to stabilize prices and prevent glut. Buyers paid $2.25 per hundred pounds, with farmers receiving $1.90. All potatoes were No. 1 grade or better.
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Riverhead
Veterans of Tokyo Raid Hit Rome
A World War II veteran recounts a Tokyo raid over Rome in a Martin Marauder with two crew. The crew describes bombing three military targets near Rome while noting no damage near Vatican City and praising Italian air defense as light. Captains Sims and Macia discuss target charts and observed results, confirming certain sacred sites were not bombed.
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Rome
Tokyo
Axis
Vatican City
Imperial
Jack A. Sims
Halamazoo
Mich
James E. Macia
Tucson
Anz
Macia
Vatican
Oil Production Quota Raised by 26,100 Barrels Daily
Secretary Jones, petroleum administrator, called yesterday for a net increase of 26,100 barrels daily in oil production for August. The production rate was set at 4,424,600 barrels daily, up from 4,328,500 this month, in certifications to oil-producing states.
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Washington
Jones
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