Russians, Germans clash in pivotal Don river Voronezh drive
Russian defenses fight wave after wave of Nazi tanks and infantry around Belgorod and Volchansk as German forces push toward Don river and Voronezh. Soviet reports claim heavy losses for the Germans, with Red Army tankmen destroying units and airmen claiming dozens of German tanks and trucks.
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Moscow
Russia
Don River
Voronezh
Moscow-Rostov
Kursk
Kharkov
Belgorod
Volchansk
Red Army
Stra
WAACs to Train Black Women for Fort Huachuca Posts
Mrs. William P. Hobby announced that two of the first eight WAAC companies to be trained at Fort Des Moines Iowa would be composed of Black women and stationed at Fort Huachuca Ariz after training. Enlisted Black members will total a substantial representation with induction planned Aug 24 and reporting for duty Nov 16.
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Washington
William P. Hobby
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
WAAC
Hobby
British Hold Initiative In Desert Battle Near El Alamein
British imperial mechanized troops and Allied air squads held the initiative on the Egyptian desert front near El Alamein after capturing a strong point and driving the Axis from Qibliya ridge. Rommel failed two ambush attempts amid nonstop Allied aerial bombardment, with hundreds of German losses reported.
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Cairo
U.P
el Alamein
Qibliya Ridge
Erwin Rommel
Gand
Berlin
London
Matruh
Egypt
Rommel May Withdraw From Egypt Front in Imminent Move
The Times cites private Rome-sourced advices that Field Marshal Rommel may pull back from his advanced position in Egypt toward Matruh. The Desert Conference discussed three options for Axis forces as reinforcements arrive, including continued drive, entrenchment, or strategic withdrawal to shorten lines.
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New York
the Times
Rome
Edwin Rommel
Egypt
Matruh
Auchiniecck
Times
Rommel
Ugo Cavallero
Wilhelm Keitel
Alexandria
Death toll dips on Fourth of July weekend nationwide
The two day Fourth of July weekend saw 834 deaths in a nationwide AP survey, lower than last year’s three day total. Traffic accidents accounted for 169 deaths, drownings 83, and 75 from other causes, with no fireworks fatalities reported. Arizona recorded two deaths.
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Seaboard
Associated Press
U. S. Air Blows At Nazis To Grow
A Basel National Zeitung dispatch quotes German circles admitting Britain increased reserves to push an offensive in the Egypt battle. Rome reports claim Axis gains near El Alamein met stronger British resistance than expected. Fl Giornale D’Italia notes British deployment of armored machines from Cairo and Alexandria and new Grant tanks from South Africa.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Basel
National Zeitung
Egypt
Rome
Geneva Tribune
el Alamein
Fl Giornale D'Italia
Cairo
Alexandria
Grant
Vichy Forms Private Tri Color Legion For Varied Duties
The government announces a new private army called the Tri Color Legion to be formed in Gueret in the unoccupied zone. It will fight on any front as needed and report to a French general from reserve forces. Volunteers will be marshaled at Gueret and sent to theaters as required.
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Tri- Color Legion
Gueret
Vichy
Occupied France
Vichy France
Legion
France
Axis
West
Africa
Senate Votes Stop Gap Fund On Farm Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved stop gap legislation to free 93.9 million dollars for the Agriculture Department for July with spending to be recouped from regular funds later. If approved by both houses the measure would last 30 days amid farm bill negotiations. President Roosevelt briefed congressional leaders as a wheat parity dispute stalls the main appropriations bill.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Barkley
Kentucky
House
FDR
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Congressional
American air force poised to rapidly expand in Europe
London reports military experts foresee a rapid buildup of American air operations over Nazi-held Europe after the July Fourth opening of an American air front in Holland. Ground preparation, deployment of pilots, and use of powerful aircraft like Liberator and Fortress are highlighted as key factors.
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London
Germany
United States
Europe
Holland
United States Army
Russia
Orient
Mediterranean
England
America
RAF
United States Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Labor Policy Moves to Standardize Wages in War Plants
The war manpower commission, led by Paul V. McNutt, proposes denying labor priorities to plants with substandard wages to compel wage standardization. Employment service will favor plants offering better conditions, aiming to stabilize wages and align hiring with urgency rosters of skills and wartime production sites.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Commission
Paul V. McNutt
U. S. Employment Service
McNutt
New Zealanders Score of Tanks in El Alamein Ridge
New Zealand troops attacked a ridge near the coastal road south of El Alamein at night. They bayonetted Italians and captured 16 Italian and 10 German tanks while pushing west along the ridge top, with crews surrendering many guns and tanks.
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Mussolini
Mining Claims Bill Signed By President
President Roosevelt signed a bill freeing mining claim owners on public lands from yearly labor requirements of 100 dollars if located in areas set aside for national defense. The measure, sponsored by Rep. James G. Scrugham, affects hundreds of mining claims in the southwest where bombardment practice areas hinder claim perfection.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
James G. Scrugham
New
New Air Force In China Sinks Japanese Gunboat
Unofficial Chungking reports say the United States Air Force in China sunk a Japanese gunboat on the Yangtze during early airfield strikes. Bombers destroyed more than 25 Japanese planes at Hankow and Canton airfields as operations extended July 1 to 4, with raids on Nanchang and Wuchang.
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U. S
Agattu
Chungking
United States Air Force
China
Yangtze River
Hankow
Canton
United States
Nanchang
Wuchang
White Cloud
Negro soldiers appeal death sentences in cab driver murder
Three Fort Huachuca soldiers J C Levive Charles Sanders and Grady Cole were sentenced to death for killing Coy C Qualls a Fry Arizona taxi driver. Their guilty plea followed driving the bloodstained cab to San Antonio where captured. The appeal was filed with Arizona Supreme Court. execution stayed from April 3 pending decision next fall.
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Phoenix
Fort Huachuca
Fry
Ariz
State Supreme Court
J. C. Levice
Charles Sanders
Grady Cole
Cochise County
Coy C. Qualls
Qualls
San Antonio
Supreme Court
Elisandro Macias
Pima County
Abdo Hage
Ajo
Allies Must Hit Rommel Now By LOUIS F KEEMLE
Allied air superiority has halted Rommel's advance but Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott warns a fresh Axis offensive is likely. He urges an all out Allied offensive to push Rommel back from Matruh as reinforcements from Syria Palestine bolster British defense while peril from Greece Crete and Dodecanese looms.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Charles L. Scott
United States
Middle East
Rommel
Scott
Matruh
Syria
Palestine
el Alamein
Greece
Crete
Dodecanese Islands
Africa
Cyprus
Arizona mine valuations top 103 million in 1942 assessment
Arizona's producing mines were assessed at 103,929,326 by the state tax commission, the highest since the 1920s boom. The total rose 9,396,172 from last year due largely to higher values for Phelps Dodge properties in Greenlee and Pima counties and for Inspiration Consolidated Copper and Miami Copper in Gila county. The Copper Queen branch in Cochise saw the largest reduction, and Producers Mine in Mohave was dropped from the rolls while Control Mines in Pima was added.
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Phoenix
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Greenlee
Pima
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Miami Copper Company
Gila County
Copper Queen
Cochise County
Mohave County
Control Mines, Inc
Pima County
Italians Execute 800 Peasants In Yugoslavia
A Yugoslav government spokesman said 800 Croat and Slovene peasants were executed by Italian forces in northeastern Yugoslavia near Fiume. Six villages were razed for aiding guerrillas, and 12 were shot with 20 houses burned near Split on the Dalmatian coast.
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London
Yugoslavia
Fiume
Italy
Split
Dalmatian
More Dutch Harbor Evacuees Tell Tales
Evacuees from the Dutch Harbor base in the Aleutians describe the early June attack. Pvt. Bob Milam of Chicago, along with Bruce Richardson of Hot Springs Arkansas and Louis Prentice of Bokechito Ohio, say to work hard and keep quiet. The trio lost front teeth when a bomb hit near their anti aircraft gun position.
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Seattle
U.P
U. S
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Bob Milam
Chicago
Corps
Bruce Richardson
Hot Springs
Ark
Louis R. Prentice
Bokechito
Ohio
Milam
Charitable Canners Allowed Sugar Under OPA Ruling
Public and charitable institutions may receive sugar allowances for canning on the same basis as housewives. Farmers who board reasonable labor will get extra sugar allowances at the rate of one-half pound per week per person for the employment period.
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Washington
OPA
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Navy
North Pacific
Isles
Alaska
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Imperial
Tax Commission
Phelps Dodge
Shattuck-Dean
Tombstone Development Company
Christmas Copper Company
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