Axis Masks Truth of Sicily Fight Revealed
Axis claimed defeats in Sicily while noting troop movements as planned in the northeast Sicily. German broadcaster Sertorius said western Sicily evacuation was by design and Allied attempts to disrupt were repelled. Goebbels minimized the invasion as a modest first installment and warned victory is assured. Yugoslav partisans suffered heavy losses in Montenegro with 10,000 killed. Greece faced unrest as officials fled posts and occupation authorities labeled saboteurs for execution.
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London
Palermo
Marsala
Trapani
Sicily
Ludwig Sertorius
Ministry of Information
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Goebbels
Europe
Balkan
Berlin
Montenegro
Greece
Reuters
Ankara
Allies May Strike Through Balkans
A growing conviction exists that the Allies will move into the eastern Mediterranean to link with the Soviet offensive in Russia. Balkan unrest is rising as German control of Greek ports and the Corinth canal region is reported. Romanian forces are strengthened in Bucovina Bessarabia and Odessa. In Bulgaria riots led by pro Russian demonstrators caused deaths and arrests in Sofia and Macedonia ahead of Prime Minister Bogdan Filov’s visit.
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Istanbul
Mediterranean
Russia
Balkan
Corinth Canal
Romania
Ton Antonescu
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Odessa
Bulgaria
Sofia
Macedonia
Bogdan Philov
New York Ballot Commission Seeks Inducted Voters Names
The State Ballot Commission moved to obtain from draft boards the names and home addresses of all men inducted since October 16, 1940 so they may vote in the November election.Advert adds IUS VICTORY Utica Club XXX Cream Ale and Pilsner Lager promotes a cheerful life with hotel and restaurant availability.
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New York
State
Fifty Cretan Executed By Nazis For Sabotage Aiding Raid
The Hellenic news service reports Nazi Military Governor Brauer ordered fifty Cretans executed for aiding the July 4 British commando raid on Heraklion air drome. Proclamation cites failures to meet trust, warns severer measures, and imposes a curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 30 a.m. plus closures of public places and cinemas and limits on laborers to thrash corn.
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Cairo
Heraklion
Brauer
Allied forces seize Palermo as Sicily battles shift in favor
American Seventh Army drives into Palermo from three sides trapping about 45,000 Axis troops in western Sicily. Estimates show 27,000 prisoners, 250 guns, 300 vehicles and 10,000 rounds captured. retreating Axis forces reported along eastern coasts. Repercussions ripple through Italy and the Balkans as Allied tanks and planes press the campaign.
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North Africa
Palermo
Sicily
Reuters
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Bern
Switzerland
U. S. Seventh Army
Rome
Catania
Eighth Army
Seventh Army
Italy
Balkans
Madrid
Two Belgian Power Plants Hit in Raid
Two Belgian power stations were attacked by RAF bombers dropping delayed action bombs from fifty feet. One station’s main buildings were said to be completely destroyed. The weather was ideal for the raid. Aircraft also swarmed over southwest England and Wales, though no bombs were dropped according to a official communique. RAF Typhoons Mustangs Spitfires and Hurricanes conducted daylight sweeps over occupied Europe destroying locomotives damaging others and attacking barges and trucks.
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London
Belgium
Air Ministry
England
Wales
Britain
Fighter Command
Europe
Must Make Best Of Steel Penny
Washington reports the new steel penny resembles a dime and prompts hundreds to request changes. Secretary Morgenthau says the Treasury cannot alter color or size or bore holes. He notes the coins will tarnish with time and no longer be mistaken for dimes.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Bethlehem Steel end of 24 hour walkout in Johnstown raid
About 1,500 open hearth furnace workers at Bethlehem Steel Corp in Johnstown voted late yesterday to end a 24 hour walkout over a dispute on discharging a worker. The mass meeting resolved the labor action and restored work at the plant.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Fourth Term Support Hit by New York ALP Leader
U S Representative Vito Marcantonio denounced the right wing of the American Labor Party for backing a fourth term for President Roosevelt. He called the move injurious to unity needed for win-the-war policies and said the announcement was insincere and a desperate campaign maneuver. The right wing’s stance surfaced in a letter to ALP members by Dean Allange, former gubernatorial candidate and liberal-labor chair.
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New York
UPI
U. S
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Roosevelt
Marcantonio
New York County
Dean Allange
Liberal and Labor Committee
Fishermen Return to Sea After End of Walkout
Boston fishermen returned to their vessels last night after voting two to one to end the walkout protesting OPA wholesale price ceilings. New Bedford crew members debated for three hours and then left the meeting without deciding to end their tie up.
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Boston
OPA
New Bedford
Invasion of Fuzzy-Legged Roaches in the Bronx
Bronx officials seek help as unusual two inch cockroaches with fuzzy legs invade homes and bars. Borough President James T. Lyons, zoologist Rev Joseph Assmuth and Borough Chemist Walter G Doherty inspect sewer openings, noting the pests fly at night and feast on paper while spreading through New York City’s northern Bronx.
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New York
Bronx
New York City
James T. Lyons
Hirohito
Lyons
Joseph Assmuth
Entomology
Fordham University
Borough
Walter G. Doherty
WLB Warns Of Inflation
Washington AP The War Labor Board warned labor against inflationary wage increases. President Roosevelt discussed a new price control and stabilization program, saying Congress will decide funding. The Little Steel formula limits wage hikes to 15 percent of January 1, 1941 wages. The board will not scrap the formula but cautions other anti inflation divisions may weaken.
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Washington
Labor Board
Roosevelt
Congress
Organized Labor
WLB
Los Angeles
Wayne L. Morse
Rank and File Union Strife Brews With 10 Officers Quit
Dissatisfaction over the conduct of Local Division 1371 Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America fuels a purge as 10 officers resign. Members demand reconsideration of a wage hour contract and a constitutional reorganization. There is talk of re affiliating with the CIO Transport Workers Union, previously defeated in favor of the AFL Amalgamated. Continued on page seven.
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United Traction Co
A. F. of L
Robert J. .Henry
Michael Tierney
C. I. 0. Transport Workers Union
A. F. of L. Amalgamated
Albany
LaGuardia Seeks New Tax Plan For City Revenue
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia urged New York City Council to propose a concrete tax program for Governor Dewey to consider. Dewey refused a special session without a plan to create new revenue to cut the 1943 44 property tax. The mayor backs a higher sales tax and awaits council action.
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New York UP
F. H. LaGuardia
Thomas E. Dewey
LaGuardia
Dean Ladd Dies Of Heart Illness At Freeville
Dean Carl E. Ladd of the State College of Agriculture at Cornell University died of heart disease last night at his Freeville home after a period in an oxygen tent. He was 55. Ladd served as dean of Cornell's agriculture and home economics colleges from 1932 until their separation last year when Sarah G. Blanding became dean of the women’s division.
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Ithaca
Carl E. Ladd
State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Freeville
Ladd
Agriculture and
Home Economics
Cornell
Sarah G. Blanding
Legion Enrollment Hits New High
The American Legion announced that 1943 enrollment reached 1,136,290 with expectations to exceed 1,150,000. The list includes thousands of World War II veterans who have been honorably discharged due to wounds or service disabilities.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Legion
Fire drives four from Ninth Street apartment
Fire of undetermined origin damaged one room at 39 Ninth Street forcing four residents from their beds at 1:25 am. Mrs. John Moore was away. Rev V K Guldaian and wife, and Mr and Mrs Harry Collejian, owners, occupied the building. Parlor furnishings destroyed, smoke damage upstairs.
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Ninth Street
John Moore
V. K. Guldalian
Sts. Peter and Paul Armenian Apostolic Church
Guldaian
Harry Collejian
Guldalian
Moore Apartment
Peoples Avenue
Tenth Street
Moore Parlor
Publisher Has Third Transfusion
John Mccarrens, 74 year old general manager of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, received a third blood transfusion after three bullet wounds from Herbert L Kobrak who later killed himself. McCarrens, a leading American publisher, was shot in the abdomen and limbs while in his Plain Dealer building office.
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Cleveland
John &. McCarrens
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer
McCarrens
Herbert L. Kobrak
Hungary
Federal Judge Shot to Death in Ogden Utah
Ogden police reported District Judge Lewis V. Trueman shot to death at the Trueman home with four others wounded. The call came from Dr. F K Bartlett who had been summoned to the house.
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Ogden
Utah
Lewis V. Trueman
Trueman
F. K. Bartlett
National League scoreboard results by city and score
National League games listed with St Louis New York Chicago Boston Pittsburg Philadelphia Brooklyn Cincinnati and more. American League results show New York St Louis Chicago Boston Cleveland Detroit Washington and two extra scores over ten innings. Regional scores include Albany Springfield Binghamton Wilkes Barre Hartford Utica Scranton Elmira with varied tallies.
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St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
American
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Albany
Springfield
Binghamton
Wilkes-Barre
Hartford
Utica
Scranton
Elmira
Soviet Drive Pushes Toward Orel as Russians Hit German Lines
Soviet forces crossed the Orel region river east of the city and pushed two to four miles on the north and south fronts while smashing German armor. Bolkhov fell and Karachev threatening the Bryansk rail line as Russian thunders roll toward Orel with heavy losses for Germans and reports of thousands killed and many tanks destroyed.
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London
Orel
Leningad
Red Army
Zolotarevo
Sea of Azov
Bolkhov
Bryansk
Karachev
Belgorod
Donets
Caucasus
Nazis Report Crete Bombing Attack on German Airfields
Berlin radio claimed Allied bombers struck German airfields on Crete, with ten Allied planes shot down by anti aircraft fire. NBC recorded the broadcast but no Allied confirmation was available.
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New York
Berlin
Crete
Balkans
N.B.C
Spanish Legion Fights Soviets Reported Under Direct War Ministry Orders
Madrid, UP General Esteban Infin tes, commander of the Spanish Blue Legion fighting with the Axis on the Russian front, has been placed under direct orders of the Spanish Ministry of War, a ministry bulletin announced yesterday. The order did not specify whether this related to a transfer or not.
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Madrid
Esteban Infantes
Blue Legion
Axis
Ministry of War
Lewis Will Appear Before WLB
John L. Lewis agreed to appear before the War Labor Board to back a model coal industry contract. The UMW president sent a letter to WLB chair William H. Davis saying he and Illinois mine operators stand ready to support a portal-to-portal pay of 1.25 dollars daily and a 48 hour week with overtime after 35 hours.
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Washington
UPI
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
United Mine Workers
WLB
William H. Davis
U. M. W. Chieftain
Illinois
Ilinois Coal Operators Association
UL. M. W. Policy Committee
Los Angeles Rail Strike Threat Looms in Pacific Electric Drama
Pacific Electric officials after appealing to Washington for intervention warned a strike by about 2000 trainmen and bus operators may begin for 2 a.m. tomorrow. O A Smith, the company president, said the issue is out of their hands despite offers of a raise.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Pacific Electric
California
O. A. Smith
Strke
Brotherhood of Failway
Code in Head Doughboys Outwit Army Censors in North Africa
Allied Headquarters notes that American troops overseas hide locations in letters using codes. Doughboys used movie titles and song lines to convey information without naming places. Censors anticipate Sicily references with Etna and acrostics from Italian capitals revealing movements.
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Allied
North Africa
Tunis
Ters
Casablanca
Morocco
Casablanc
Jto
Sicily
Etna
Allied Airs Halt Japanese Supply Run to Buin
Allied bombers smashed a Japanese effort to run supplies to Buin on Bougainville Island, sinking a 9,000-ton seaplane tender of the Nisshin class and damaging an escort destroyer. Five enemy planes were shot down. three Allied aircrafts are missing. Heavy bombing also hit targets along New Guinea and New Britain, destroying barges and hitting coastal installations. In Vella Gulf Allied units intercepted four barges, two set ablaze. A Bogadjim village near Miosdang received 61 tons of bombs with many direct hits and major fires.
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Southwest Pacific
Buin
Bougaineville Island
Bougainville Island
New Guinea
New Britain
Hanish Harbor
Lae
Cape Bushing
Douglas MacArthur
Munda
New Georgia
Rekata Bay
Saneta Isabel Island
Vella Gulf
Kolomebangara
Vella Lavela Islands
Kolombangara
Bogadjim
Mms~dang
June Milk Pool Sets New Record Returns in New York
New York milk shed dairy farmers will share a pool of 20,809,599.59 dollars, the richest return on record, shared among 54,095 farmers who delivered 672,057,283 pounds of milk to plants in six states. The uniform rate is 3.03 dollars per hundredweight, up from 2.32 in June last year, marking a 293 percent gain over 1942.
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New York
C. J. Blanford
Blanford
Catholic Review Blames Mussolini for Rome Bombing
The Baltimore Catholic Review editorial accuses Mussolini of sole responsibility for the Rome bombing. It claims he planned arsenals near churches in the city sacred to Catholics and places blame on him as head of the fascist regime.
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Baltimore
Catholic Review
Washington
Mussolini
Rome
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Decatur
Troy-Schenectady Road
Joseph R. Snyder
Fh. Atemieeal Af Shateas
Dean Ladd
Soviets
Kull
Spanish Legion
Army Mail
Drew Pearson
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