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A couple of these are a day early. Sorry – HJS.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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Marsala is Seized (Middleton) – 2
Palermo Crowds Turn Out to Welcome Seventh Army (Whitehead) – 3
Two Means of Knocking Out the Enemy in Sicily (photos) – 4-5
Nazi Trap Closing – 6-7
Fortresses Raid Trondheim Base (Graham) – 7
War News Summarized – 8
Unprophetic Mussolini (photo) – 8
New Ammunition for U.S. Fighters – 9
‘Mighty Mite’: New Firepower for the Armed Services (photo) – 9
‘Missing’ Bombers Took Toll of Foe (by Capt. Lynn H. Mokler, first-time Contributor) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 11-13
Rommel Reported Wounded in Africa – 13

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 14
Two Weeks of the Sicilian Conquest (map) – 15
Collapse in Sicily Spurs Axis Fears of Invasion (Baldwin) – 16
The Meaning of the Battle for Sicily – Allied Views (cartoons) – 17
Supplies for Our Invasion Armies (Middleton) – 18
Allied Targets in the Pacific Battle Area (map) – 19
War Pattern in Pacific Clears in Rising Tempo (by Bertram D. Hulen) – 20
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 21

The New York Times Magazine
Eisenhower Plans Minutely, Then Strikes (Middleton) – 22-25