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The first part of this excerpt is continued from July 13.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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U.S. Troops Gaining (Middleton) – 2
Rome’s Rail Lines Severed; Only 5 of 500 Planes Lost – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Damage to Shrines is Kept to Minimum (Matthews) – 4
Giraud in London on Way to Algiers – 4
Hitler and Mussolini in North Italy While Bombers Were Over Rome (Brigham) – 5
Open City Status by Rome Doubted (Callender) – 5
The First Bombs Fall on the Last European War Capital to Be Attacked (photo) – 6
Red Army Closing Vise on Nazi Bulge – 7
Paramushiru Hit (Hulen) – 8
50 Reported Shot as Paris Hostages – 9
Issue in Sicily Sure (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 11
British Boys Face Coal Mining Draft (by Milton Bracker) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various Zones – 12-15