D. C. Speaker Emerges as Unnamed News Source Experiment
Washington observers note a new anonymous reporter called D. C. Speaker who delivers stories from the Potomac beat. The probe tracks his accuracy as several items later prove correct while one miss is blamed on a quitting official. Newsrooms discuss his growing national identity and reliability.
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Potomac
D. C
District of Columbia
Startai
Speaker
Chester Davis
Davis
Truman Committee
Bureau of Investigation
Axis
Eld
Allied gains widen Sicilian foothold as forces advance
Allied thrusts across Sicily push toward Caltagirone and Catania with Canadian and French Goumiers, while Montgomery’s lines broaden along the coast. Air and sea operations target Naples Bari Reggio Calabria and Messina as night raids hit northern Italian targets and Etna area bombings continue.
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Catania
Caltagirone
Gela
Grama
George 8. Patton, Jr
Eighth Army
Montgomery
London Daily Express
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Sicilian
Algiers
Agrigento
Naro
Porto Empedocle
Rood
Italy
Messina Strait
RAF
Vibo Valentia
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Crotone
Naples
Bari
Messina
la Spezia
Star Classified Ads Pay Big Returns On A Small Investment
Local merchants report strong results from small classified ad placements. Small ads deliver wide reach in targeted markets, boosting customer inquiries and sales without heavy spend.
Navy says four raids hit Kiska on Thursday
Army bombers joined by Liberator B 24s medium bombers and P 38 fighters attacked Japanese positions on Kiska island four times Thursday starting fires near anti aircraft batteries. A small American ship bombarded defenses at Gertrude Cove as weather allowed shelling and air and surface operations were coordinated in the western Aleutians.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Gertrude Cove
Kiska Harbor
Aleutians
Aleutians Command
North Pacific
Army Liberator
Kiska
Knox
McFaden and Open Door Bible Classes Meet Jointly
The McFaden Bible Class and the Open Door Bible Class will meet jointly Sunday morning at 9 45 in the Open Door class room of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. W W Glass will teach the lesson and all men of the church are urged to attend. Visitors will be warmly welcomed.
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McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
W. W. Glass
Pope Replies To Roosevelt Message From Vatican
Basel newspaper cites Vatican sources saying Pope Pius XII sent a personal reply to President Roosevelt after the Sicily invasion began. The letter reportedly criticized the lack of distinction made between Nazi and Fascist regimes and would not be made public.
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Switzerland
The
Basler. Nachrichten
Rome
Pius XII
Vatican
Roosevelt
Vatican City
Italy
Hospital Graduates Entertained at Nur sing Home Party
Hospital grads were delightfully entertained at a surprise party in the Nurses’ Home. Intermediates planned the event under a committee led by Miss Catherine Angelo Esther Reed and Margaret Herbert with other Intermediates including Geraldine Clem Edith Dunn Emma English Lucy Fawcett Rebecca.
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Catherine Angelo
Esther Reed
Margaret Herbert
Geraldine Clem
Edith Dunn
Emma English
Lucy Fawcett
Rebecca
Hoover says no foreign sabotage hindered war efforts
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told the FBI National Police Academy graduates that not a single successful act of foreign directed sabotage has occurred to impede the war effort. He credited coordinated federal state and local efforts with curbing espionage activities before they could harm national security.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI National Police Academy
Hoover
William M. Jeffers
Milk Supplies Of Nation Seen On Down Grade
The National Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation warned that US dairy output is falling and milk shortages loom. It blamed wartime price controls and subsidies for undermining normal market forces and creating scarcity rather than abundance.
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Chicago
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
Federation
Army Plane Crashes Near Edgewood in Md
An Army plane crashed and burned near Edgewood Maryland today injuring three crew members who were pulled from the wreckage by local residents. The crash occurred on Earl Hanson’s farm about one mile west of Edgewood and several witnesses aided the flyers.
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Edgewood
Earl Hanson
Prederick Myers
Calvert Hanson
Earl
Melvin Gunther
Fork
Community event highlights buffet supper and color theme
Nannie McKay Betsy Storter Darren Ritter and Betty Colors of red white and blue featured at a community gathering with a buffet supper.
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Nannie McKay
Betsy Storter
Darren Ritter
Betty
Higher Ups Clash Over Pleasure Ban Policy
A battle pits Interior Secretary Ickes against Price Administrator Brown over lifting the ban on pleasure driving in the east. Brown argues 30 000 barrels daily can be spared. Ickes says none can be spared as war needs demand. Eastman supports tighter limits to ease rail and bus strain amid declining oil output and stalled price policy.
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Washington
East
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Prentiss Brown
James F. Byrnes
Agen
Ickes
Brown
Mid-West
Joseph B. Eastman
Scout Camp Closes After Three Weeks On Capon River
Camp White Rock near Capon Bridge West Virginia ends a three week session with 160 Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts. William Lawrence inspected the waterfront program and praised life saving swimming and boating tests. A Sea Scout cruise is planned from July 25 with 27 scouts sailing five days from Linstead Camp Annapolis to Chesapeake Bay.
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Capon River
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Area
Cluse
Baltimore
Linstead Camp
Severn River
Annapolis, Md
Chesapeake Bay
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Quiz answers listed include Rider, Herbert Hoover, Frankfort Kentucky, laughing entries, Henry A. Walla, U S states Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas, Adams and Adams, True or False indicated as False for item 9.
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Rider
Herbert Hoover
Frankfort
Kentucky
Moose
Jockens
Gota
Henry A. Walla
Florida
Alabema
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
RAF Attacks Hit Italian Rail Network From Sky
British RAF bombers struck Italy's rail system in a second straight night raid and daylight attacks across the channel. Reports say transformer and switching stations supplying Alpine rail lines were hit as Abbeville French rail hub faced American bomber strikes with multiple targets tied to the Sicily campaign.
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Italy
Mussolini
Munich
Folkestone
Alps
Switzerland
Abbeville
RAF
Low Countries
Air Ministry
Sicily
Moving Pictures At Nurses' Home
Two moving pictures Footsteps and No Greater Glory will be shown at the nurses home on Tuesday at 7 15 p m. The Red Cross loaned the reels to promote nurse recruitment and Croswell Henderson will project them. The talks run about 35 minutes and the public is invited, especially those eyeing a nursing career.
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Red Cross
Croswell Henderson
Miss Hamilton
Public sale of local stocks in Winchester Virginia
The estate of Joseph T. Richard and H A Richard will auction 5 Middletown State Bank shares 3 Shenandoah Valley National Peak shares 2 Virginia Apple Storage shares and 1 Farmers and Merchants National Bank share in front of the County Court House Winchester at 12 oclock noon on Saturday July 24 1943 cash terms. Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall.
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Winchester
Virginia
Joseph T. Richard
Dee’d
Middletown State Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Peak
Virginia Apple Storage, Inc
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
H. A. Richard
W. E. Edwards
D. Dunn & Duvall
Economic cooperation report denounces imperialist exploitation
By Frederick P. Krieg, the Mexican American Commission for Economic Cooperation, a report to President Roosevelt and President Avila Camacho declares that the days of exploitation by nations or powerful private interests will not be condoned or permitted to reappear.
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Frederick P. Krieg
Mexican-American Commission For Economic Cooperation
Roosevlt
Avila Camacho
Two Known Killed In Train Crash
Two trainmen were fatally injured and four others hurt in a head on collision of two Southern Railway freight trains near White Pine Tn rescue squads searched for more recovered. Hamblen county sheriff's office said most crews were wiped out.
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Mertown
Tenn
Tw Southern Railway
White
Hamblen County
Allied Air Forces Paralyze Italian Lifelines in Night Raids
Allied planes crippled Italian rail and highway links across Sicily and southern Italy. Four Allied aircraft were downed. Axis losses included 163 planes for the week against 69 Allied planes. Allied bombing targeted Randazzo near Mt Etna. transport ships and a tanker damaged or sunk, with fighter sweeps over land and sea.
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Omy
Sa Meatenders
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
Sicily
Randazzo
Mt. Etna
Catania
Italy
Martin Employes Against Union Vote At Martin Aircraft Plant
Workers at the Martin company aircraft plant voted on union representation with 42 percent for the union, 40 percent for the CIO, and smaller shares for other groups. The National Labor Relations Board conducted the election and ordered a run-off. officials reported challenges on five percent of ballots and many ballots voided.
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Iee
C. I. O. Union
International Association of Machinists
Middle River Aeronautical Employer Association
Dragon
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Prices Snapshot
Baltimore market wrap lists Wheat No 2 red at 2.50 dollars with July at 1.52 and 1.45 per bushel for Winchester. Corn at 1.16 1 2. Mill delivery price basis noted.
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Baltimore
Winchester
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