[Homer_J_Simpson]

Billboard Top Ten for the Week of July 31, 1943

#1 – “You’ll Never Know” - Dick Haymes, with the Song Spinners
#2 - “It Can’t Be Wrong” - Dick Haymes, with Song Spinners
#3 – “Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer” - Song Spinners
#4 - “All or Nothing At All” – Harry James, with Frank Sinatra
#5 - “In the Blue of the Evening” - Tommy Dorsey, with Frank Sinatra
#6 - “I Heard You Cried Last Night” - Harry James, with Helen Forrest
#7 – “You’ll Never Know” - Frank Sinatra, with the Bobby Tucker Singers
#8 - “It’s Always You” - Tommy Dorsey, with Frank Sinatra
#9 - “Johnny Zero” - Song Spinners
#10 – “In My Arms” - Dick Haymes, with the Song Spinners

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Riot Releases 200 (Brigham) – 2
Americans and Canadians Gain on a Wide Front in Sicilian Drive (Middleton) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Reich Port Rocked (Graham) – 5
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 6-8
Mussolini Seized at King’s Palace – 8

[PeterPrinciple]

John F. Rauth of York, Neb., was rescued by fishermen in Sicily when he was shot down during an encounter. He was then invited by Italian soldiers to watch the Allied shelling of Trapini. Finally, the thirty-five officers and men, including a lieutenant colonel, surrendered to him.

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I kinda like that short story.