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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1943
Page
1
The Associated Press reports Moscow says Russian forces crushed a fortified belt north of Orel after a 10 day offensive with German casualties exceeding 50,000 killed and 6,000 captured. Bolkhov fell, signaling near Orel as troops advance within nine to eleven miles and closing on the city.
The Moscow radio denied Berlin's claim of a July 19 German landing on the Norwegian coast, calling it an invention and citing the Russian proverb fear has large eyes. The Reds reported advances near Leningrad, Belgorod, and Donets Basin, with air, and claimed over 2,600 German casualties and 46 tanks destroyed in yesterday’s fighting.
U S 14th Air Force conducted a three day offensive against Japanese bases in China near Haiphong and Hongay in French Indo China. Tengchung in Yunnan was pounded with P-40s dive bombing a supply depot and warehouses. In Indo China direct hits hit a floating drydock and a cement plant, with warehouse areas and freight pargea bombed.
The Portuguese foreign office announced a state funeral with full military honors for Bert Fish, the American minister who died Wednesday. His body will be taken to the British cemetery to await shipment to the United States.
A green breakfast set with porcelain top is offered for sale at 126 Hudson Ave Green Island. The seller notes a busy period with three calls before 10 am and hints at writing fatigue with a tongue in cheek line about classifieds.
Washington reports American battle deaths in the current war run at about one third of World War I totals for the same period. Acting Secretary Patterson warned that fighting will intensify, with casualties rising as the war proceeds. Navy and Army death counts, missing, and overall casualties are detailed, with 16,556 U S deaths in the current conflict versus 53,407 in World War I through the same span.
Dean Carl E. Ladd of the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University is critically ill after a heart attack at his farm home near Freeville Tompkins County. He was stricken Tuesday night after returning from Springfield Mass where he attended a Federal Land Bank meeting as a director. He recently resigned as executive director of the State Emergency Food Commission but remained a member.
Maj. Gen. William P. Upshur and Capt. Charles Paddock, famed track star once called the world’s fastest human, were killed when a naval plane crashed near Sitka Alaska along with four other crewmembers. All bodies recovered. cause under investigation. Upshur commanded Marines in the Pacific. Paddock had served on his staff since 1942 and led Marine public relations.
The United Mine Workers offered a wage settlement based on an eight hour day and a 48 hour week with portal to portal pay of 1.25 dollars daily for two years. District 12 and the Illinois Coal Operators Association signed a contract effective April 1, 1943 to March 31, 1945 covering about 35,000 Illinois miners, with expectations to extend to other fields pending War Labor Board review and OPA price adjustments. Operators estimate a 25 to 30 cent per ton price rise may be needed to offset higher costs.
Major Herbert Pemberton of the Bahamas police said new evidence of high importance had been found in the murder of Sir Harry Oakes, American-born British baronet, as he traveled to New York to discuss it with a consultant described as an internationally eminent laboratory technician. Capt. Edward W. Melchen accompanied him from Miami. in Nassau, Alfred De Marigny remains jailed for murder while Mrs. Nancy De Marigny visits to reaffirm belief in her husband’s innocence and plans to reside in Nassau. Oakes, who amassed a vast Canadian gold fortune, was found bound and burned in his Nassau villa on July 8.
Washington reports the War Department has asked the War Food Administration to issue a order requiring breweries to set aside part of their output of beer with 3.2 percent alcohol or less to supply Army camps due to shortages. The measure aims to ensure adequate supplies for military needs.
Vice President Wallace will address a Detroit mass meeting Sunday on postwar industrial conversion plans. Harold Young said the talk is arranged under the auspices of about forty labor and civic groups including the Free-World Association, the American Legion and Automobile Workers' Union.
John McCarrens 74 longtime publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer was shot and wounded critically by an assailant who then killed himself in the publisher’s fourth floor office. The gunman, Herbert L. Kobrak 55, died at St Vincent Charity Hospital after sustaining a temple wound.
Office of War Information reports Nazi article urging Germans to raise birth rates to sustain future military strength. It cites Schwarze Korps claiming Germany will need a strong army twenty years hence and condemns low birth rates linked to only sons in many families.
Allied forces led by Patton and Montgomery push across Sicily from Castelvetrano toward Marsala and the northern coast. American units seize Castelvetrano and six other towns, driving Axis forces into the northeastern pocket near Mt Etna while Catania remains a focal point of intense fighting.
Allied heavy bombers extended their range with a surprise raid on Soerabaja, the Japanese main base in the Netherlands East Indies. The 2400 mile round trip shattered oil facilities, docks, warehouses, and railway lines, while a separate Munda strike yielded 135 tons of bombs in support of ground troops.
Herbert J. Harrold a 37 year old Long Island Railroad special patrolman removed his gunbelt and tossed the 38 caliber revolver onto a bed in his Brooklyn home early yesterday. The revolver struck the bed frame and discharged into his abdomen. He died shortly after. His wife Mrs Altice J Harold and detective John J Smith corroborated the bed frame nick and bullet hole in the holster. The death was ruled accidental by Assistant District Attorney Ludwig Glowa.
Prime Minister Eamon De Valera sent a message of sympathy to Pope Pius on the bombing of Rome, announced yesterday.
Washington officials moved to resolve the standoff between the American Federation of Musicians led by James C. Petrillo and seven radio transcription firms. The War Labor Board considered appointing an investigator or a three person panel to probe the canned music dispute, seeking to determine if a strike exists and whether workers should return to work while a settlement is reached. Petrillo said union members quit work for the transcription companies.
William Cardinal O'Connell of Boston described the bombing of Rome as a sad event and left the question of military necessity to the judgment and conscience of those responsible.
Kathryn Holloway was acquitted in Montgomery Ala after a one hour and 33 minute jury deliberation over her husband Dave Holloway whom she claimed assaulted her. She testified she struck him in self defense with a feather duster handle as he forced advances.
A British force bombarded the Italian coastal rail city of Crotone near Taranto in a combined air and sea attack. R.A.F. Wellington bombers hit the airfield while Allied naval units shelled the harbor and a chemical works. Allied gunboats wrecked two of three E-boats in the Messina Strait, with no enemy shipping sighted north of Messina.
Berlin radio reports Rome residents answering the government appeal to leave the capital. Citizens evacuated districts hit by Monday's raid and other areas. The AP notes papers detailed necessary procedures for transferring food ration cards issuing identification permits motor vehicle use and fuel rationing tickets.
Washington reports the War Department prohibits sale of turkeys to civilians in August and September to ship enough birds overseas for Thanksgiving and Christmas for every American serviceman. Col. Paul P. Logan notes ample supply this year with many hundreds of thousands more birds than in 1942 and over 90 percent available for civilian markets. Army purchases will not cause civilian shortages.
Washington reported no comment yesterday at the White House on Pope Pius letter regarding the bombing of Rome. Presidential Secretary Stephen Barty declined to speak saying I have nothing to say.
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