Downfall of Duce Triggers Italy Street Demonstrations
Italians flooded Rome Naples Milan Bologna Turin Genoa and other cities with protests and celebrations over Mussolini's downfall. German propaganda claimed Italy would stay in the war while Allied observers saw this as the likely start of Italy seeking an armistice. Badoglio moved to purge Fascist structures and reassess police control as Milan and Rome report disruption and torn Fascist symbols.
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Professor Says Duce Ousted at Hitler's Behest
Boston UP reports Harvard Italian history expert Dr Gaetano Salve mini says Mussolini has lost prestige and cannot take orders from him any longer. He expects a national move around the King and Badoglio and a test of northern cities for possible popular uprising and peace demand. Former Italian consul Guido Segre adds that Italy's future depends on many factors and Mussolini's followers remain uncertain.
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Gaetano Salvemini
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Guido Segre
Italy
Guffey Backs Roosevelt Wallace Ticket for 1944
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania endorses a Roosevelt Wallace Democratic ticket for 1944 calling Wallace speech one of the best and predicting wide reelection if war continues. He chairs the Democratic senatorial campaign committee and remains aligned with party efforts.
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UPI
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Guffey
OPA Must Stand Firm Says Bowles
Chester Bowles, in his last public appearance as Connecticut OPA director, urges the OPA to stand up to selfish pressures. He warns industrial profiteers and farm speculators would like to see the OPA wiped out, and says the public respects frankness when the agency calls a spade a spade. Bowles becomes national OPA general manager today after 18 months as Connecticut state director.
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Russians Receive Million Monthly Relief Shipments
Russian War Relief officers reported that during the first six months of the year more than one million dollars in relief supplies were shipped from the United States to Russia. Total shipments reached 6,249,541 dollars with Americans contributing 5,628,997 dollars in money and gifts for relief efforts.
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Russian War Relief, Inc
Soviets Win Key Gains Near Orel in Summer Offensive
Soviet forces led by Marshal Stalin captured seventy villages and advanced six miles toward Orel, destroying about 5,000 German troops while threatening to cut the Orel supply line. Units swept the Oka River line, taking Berestna and pushing along the Kursk railway toward Yeropkino and Glazunovskaya as part of a broad drive against Bryansk and the German front.
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OWI Attacks King Badoglio as Fascists in Broadcasts
The Office of War Information labeled Vittorio Emanuele and Marshal Pietro Badoglio fascists in Italian broadcasts, while an English OWI transmission mocked the king as a moronic little ruler. A Durfee pseudonym commentator claimed Italy would keep fighting regardless of Mussolini or Badoglio.
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Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Office of War Information
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Durfee
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Mussolini
Marshal Badoglie
May Draft Women Says First Lady
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told reporters that pre recruiting for women’s armed forces units falls short of needs. She warned the inevitable outcome could be registration and drafting of women of certain ages. She cited WAVES overseas limits and criticism of WAC social behavior as possible factors lowering enlistments.
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Upshur and Paddock Buried in Alaska Plane Crash Victims
Maj. Gen. William P. Upshur and Capt. Charles Paddock will be buried in Alaska after dying in a plane crash last week. The two officers were killed while serving in the region and will be interred in state with military honors.
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Charles Paddock
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U S Tanks Push Axis Across Sicily In North Coast Drive
Allied units driven by fresh infantry and armor moved along Sicily's north coast pursuing retreating Italian forces toward the Messina bridgehead. Marshal Badoglio's reappointment did not slow the flight of Sicilian garrison toward the mainland as U S Seventh Army reports Termini captured and advancing eastward beyond Palermo.
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Murder hearing opens in Nassau over Oakes murder case
Nassau Bahamas police testify that Alfred De Marigny appeared excited with a wild look as the investigation into Sir Harry Oakes’s bludgeoning and burning death proceeds at a preliminary hearing. The defense objects as the prosecution gains a third postponement. Nancy Oakes De Marigny, Sir Harry’s daughter, supports her husband as evidence begins to unfold.
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Bennington College
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Mussolini Arrest Reported as Italy Falls Toward Peace
London dispatches say Mussolini held in heavy guard after his sudden exit. Badoglio forms a new cabinet under martial law to avert civil war. Reports note demonstrations across major cities, Fascist symbols torn down, and the police chief replaced by Carmine Senise, amid chaotic shift toward peace with the Allies.
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Marshal Badoglio
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Italian leadership upheaval sparks European anxiety
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports preliminary armistice talks in Vatican City between Italy and the Allies with no confirmation. Mussolini’s fall follows a royal move toward Badoglio as crowds in Rome celebrate and German and Allied powers weigh steps to curb revolt and pressure Italy’s new leaders.
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Americans Move Ahead at Munda Airfield Front
Allied headquarters in the southwest Pacific report American troops, backed by heavy sea and air bombardment, advancing roughly 500 yards toward the core Japanese defenses around Munda airfield on New Georgia. It marks the first general ground advance since the New Georgia operations began, with details scarce on the start of a broader push to breach the perimeter around Munda.
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Scoreboard rivals note from early baseball standings
National league results show New York 4 Chicago 3 and Brooklyn 10 Pittsburg 6 with St Louis 6 Boston 3 Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 2 and American league scores New York 5 Chicago 2 St Louis 7 Boston 1 Philadelphia 2 Detroit 1 Cleveland 7 Washington 3 Eastern standings list Binghamton 5 Elmira 2 and Scranton 4 Wilkes Barre 0 then Scranton 6 Wilkes Barre 4 with only games scheduled.
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Hamburg Bombarded in Largest Daylight Raid Ever
British and American bombers returned to assault Hamburg in a massive three day campaign, joining raids on Hannover Wilhelmshaven and Wesermunde. The Luftwaffe faced heavy losses as Allied forces bombed the Ruhr then attacked airbases in France and Belgium, with Hamburg enduring two of history’s most violent attacks.
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London Air Alert Briefly Seen Over Thames Estuary
London experienced an air alert shortly after midnight lasting about an hour. A small number of planes approached the Thames estuary with some heading toward London as gunfire was heard and search lights operated. Nightworkers sought shelter during the warning, the first since July 15.
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Italy Names New Cabinet Under Badoglio Ristaff
Diplomat Baron Raffaele Guatiglia appointed foreign minister head a 17 member cabinet chosen by Premier Badoglio to steer Italy through wartime, with Gen Antonio Sorice as war minister and a mix of generals ambassadors and officials guiding post Fascist era policy.
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Marshal Badoglio
Italy
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Turkey
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Domenico Bartelini
Melchiade Gabba
Gaetano Azzarili
Antonio Sorice
Raffaele de Courten
Renato Sandalli
Alessandro Brizzi
Leonardo Sev
Malta Attack Hits Valletta and Air Defenses
Enemy raiders struck Valletta Malta Sunday night as heavy anti aircraft fire downed three Axis planes and night fighters claimed three more. Bombs were dropped over a wide area causing alarm and damage.
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