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Headlines from August 4, 1943

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Some Easing of Heat Forecast for Today

AXIS LINE BROKEN; Americans Sweep Past Troina -- Canadians Take Regalbuto EIGHTH ARMY FLANK GAINS Catania Now Faces Multiple Drive as Ships and Planes Help Land Advance AXIS LINE BROKEN BY ALLIES IN SICILY

U.S. Units at Rim of Munda Field; 200 Japanese Supply Barges Sunk; U.S. FORCES AT RIM OF MUNDA AIRFIELD

Somervell Warns War Goods Lag Will Prolong Conflict, Cost Lives; SOMERVELL WARNS ON WAR GOODS LAG

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