Eisenhower Proposes Peace With Italy If Surrender Likely
Allied commander Eisenhower offered an immediate and honorable peace with Italy and hinted negotiations may be under way. He urged ceasing all aid to German forces in Italy and suggested recognizing Badoglio and King Manuel III as responsible parties for an armistice. He promised mild occupation and return of Italian prisoners captured in Sicily and Tunisia, with prisoners restored intact.
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Allied
North Africa
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Victor Emmanuel III
Eisenhower
Sicily
Tunisia
Badoglio
General Eisenhower Given Authority Over Italy
Italian cabinet under Marshal Badoglio reports arrests of key Fascist leaders and dissolution of Fascist party, pledging elections within four months after hostilities. Radio Rome notes banning Fascist emblems and liberation of political prisoners amid Mussolini questions. In Washington, Hull says the United States relies on Eisenhower to secure Italy's unconditional surrender and endorses his approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
William B. Dickinson
London
U.P
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Radio Rome
Benito Mussolini
Chamber of Fascist Corporations
Grave Trouble In Bulgaria Threatens Axis
Bulgaria faces rapid changes after Mussolini's downfall with signals that it may break from the Axis if Italy surrenders. Sofia’s government is described as in serious trouble while Bulgarians fear a quick collapse of Germany’s allies.
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Bulgaria
Istanbul
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Balkan
Germany
Balkans
Mussolini
Jugoslav Macedonia
Grecian Macedonia
Brindisi
Macedonia
Sofia
Allied Troops Smash Axis In New Advances In Sicily
Allied forces push through German positions toward Messina in Sicily as Secretary of War Patterson says the campaign nears final stage. Americans take Pollina Castelbuono and Gangi while Canadians reach Leonforte and cross the Dittaino river amid heavy casualties and stiff German resistance.
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Reynolds Packard
North Africa
U.P
Messina
Sicily
Dittaino
Robert P. Patterson
Washington
Pollina
Castelbuono
Gangi
Nicosia
DNB
Leonforte
Enna
Oitaino
Catania
Sicilian
Vimy Ridge
Seventh Army
Brideghead
U. S
8Th Army
Mt. Etna
Mexico and Texas agree on using Mexican labor if discrimination ends
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla told Texas Governor Coke Stevenson that farm workers could be sent to Texas fields if Texas removes discriminatory practices. He urged swift reforms and proposed cooperation of Mexican workers with enthusiasm similar to their work in other North American states.
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Mexico City
Texas
Ezequiel Padilla
Coke Stevenson
Padilla
Stevenson
Mexico
United States
Mussolini Wanted For Allied Trial
President Roosevelt disclosed in a radio address that the initial Allied invasion force for Sicily totaled 160000 troops from the United States Britain Canada and France. The armada comprised about 3000 vessels carrying 14000 vehicles 1800 guns and 600 tanks with thousands of reinforcements arriving daily. The Navy noted over half the ships were U S vessels and 40000 officers and men formed the invasion force. The reporting praised the varied landing craft and crews who adapted to sea conditions and aided the assault on Europe.
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Washington
U.P
Sicily
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Gas rate reductions debated before Arizona commission
Central Arizona Light and Power testified that it passed on 560000 more in gas rate reductions to consumers than El Paso Natural Gas did for the utility. Gov Osborn did not appear to pursue the complaint, but the commission ordered the hearing to proceed to determine the truth of the governor's charges.
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Phoenix
Central Arizona Light & Power Company of
Corporation Commission
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Sidney P. Osborn
Central Light and Power Company
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company
el Paso Gas Company
Arizona Corporation Today
Airliner Crash Kills 20 of 22 In Kentucky
Twenty of the 22 aboard an American Airlines plane died after a weather induced crash near Trammel Kentucky. Surviving passengers Lieut. Glenn W. Fellows and S. K. Hoffman were injured and hospitalized in Bowling Green. A coroner’s jury ruled accidental death with debris scattered over a wide area and one engine found far from the wreck.
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Bowling Green
American Airlines
Trammel
Here
Glenn W. Fellows
Love Field
Dallas
Tex
S. K. Hoffman
Williamsport
Scottsville
Lieut
Fellows
Hoffman
Roosevelt urges Italy to bow to unconditional surrender terms
President Roosevelt broadcast that the United Nations remain united on postwar aims and demand Mussolini and his gang be tried. He noted Italy may accept the Casablanca terms soon and announced plans on food and manpower while criticizing delays in veterans benefits.
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Washington
U.P
Benito Mussolini
United Nations
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Madrid
Pietro Badoglio
London
White House
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-Shek
Josef Stalin
Russia
United States
Congress
Mussolini
Russians Press Steadily Ahead In Orel Drive
Russian forces beat off counterattacks and pressed toward Orel as they drive three prongs toward the city. Front dispatches say the Red army advances threaten a Stalingrad like collapse of German defense with over 1500 enemy killed and 15 tanks disabled in recent counteractions south of Orel. The Russians also captured villages near the Kursk Orel line and widened their gains to several miles in the north east and south.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
U.P
Orel
Red Army
Stalingrad
Stanovoi Koloder
Kursk-Orel
Clergyman Refuses Food After Wife's Death
SAUGATUCK Mich July 29 The Rev Charles Horswell 85 year old clergyman who has fasted since his wife died June 13 rests easily at home his physician reports He remains undeterred in his aim to join his wife in death and has not weakened his resolve to refuse food.
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Saugatuck
Mich
Charles Horswell
Utility Offer Is Possible Monday
Eugene Durand, Tucson’s current agent for buying Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power, says a major legal obstacle is removed and he will present to the mayor and council Monday night. He aims for a price lower than the $9,100,000 proposed by Federal Light & Traction, noting 30 similar utilities show Tucson’s residential rates aren’t high. Durand cites a Chapman & Cutler opinion supporting city purchase and has managed negotiations since July 6 under a 60 day option.
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Eugene Durand
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
City of
Tucson
Federal Light & Traction Company
Durand
United States
Chicago
Chapman & Cutler
Flying Forts Smash German Plane Plant
U.S. Flying Fortresses penetrate near Berlin in daylight to hit the Oschersleben aircraft plant as Kassel, another Focke-Wulf site, is attacked. Over 60 German fighters reportedly shot down. 23 bombers lost on a 1000 mile round trip. RAF fights continue over France and Belgium. Hamburg raid sets record with 2300 tons.
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London
Hitler
Berlin
Oschersleben
Kassel
France
Belgium
Oschersreben
Germany
RAF
Hamburg
Action Of Petrillo Termed Hypocrisy
James C. Petrillo was charged with stifling symphonic organizations and a plan to give free concerts in small cities drew Neville Miller's ire. Miller, head of the American Federation of Broadcasters, called Petrillo’s conduct hypocritical and said his ban on recordings cut symphony income while his concert plan ignores local musicians.
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New York
U.P
James C. Petrillo
Neville Miller
American Association of Broadcasters
Miller
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Eisenhower Put On Political Spot By Situation In Italy
General Dwight D. Eisenhower faces a political dilemma as the U S position in Italy shifts. President Roosevelt says authority remains temporary until Italians choose their own government, while Eisenhower urges cooperation with any willing to aid Italy.
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Eisenhower
Italy
J. M. Roberts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jean Darlan
North Africa
Roosevelt
Vittorio Emanuele
Marshal Badoglio
Germany
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Radio
Virgil Pinkley
Britain
Churchill
Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Tribune de Geneve
Hull
War Department
Duce
Frank J. O'Brien
Romania
Bucharest
Chamber of Fascists and Corporations
Fascist Grand Council
National Council
Fascist Party
National Council of Corporations
Senate
Axis
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Turkey
CBS
Trieste
Fiume
Pola
Brenner Pass
Austria
Cone
Secretary of War
Osborn
United Press
Lauds
Orel Drive
Raf Bay
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