Fall of Grodno Opens Gate to East Prussia
Red Army makes gains along a broad front from the Baltic to the Pripyat Marshes as Grodno falls, pushing Germans back to the Niemen river and broadening the path toward East Prussia. Stalin says front advances seal the approach, with crossings reported on the Nieman and Wilno operations extending toward 60 miles into Prussia.
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Henry P. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Baltic
Pripyat
Stalin
East Prussia
Grodno
East Prussian
Niemen River
German Defenses Crumbling Near Gothic Lines
American troops pressed toward Livorno and Montenero as they captured Monte Maggiore and advanced along the west coast. Fifth Army repelled counterattacks in Campannoli and Era valley while pursuing gains near Poggibonsi and Arno river. German counterstrikes included armored assaults before retreating, with heavy fighting reported along the front today.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Monte Maggiore
Montenero
Arno
Pisa
Fifth Army
Fiian Wucps
Poggibonsi
Pds
Bastille
Era Valley
Campannoli
Allied Forces Press Drive Toward St Lo in Normandy
AP dispatch from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley’s American troops breach heavy German defenses near St Lo in morning mist as Miles Dempsey’s Second British Army advances on a nine mile front west of Caen. Western anchor Lessay appears lost. fighting rages for villages and positions near Periers and along the Pers road as the push to break out of the Normandy peninsula continues.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
St. Lo
Normandy
Miles C. Dempsey
Caen
Lessay
Doughboys
Rey
Bradley
Periers
Les Milleries
St. Lo-Pers
Ers Road
Supreme Headsquarters
Byrnes enters a vice presidential derby rage today
In a tightening Democratic vice presidential race War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes presses toward a possible convention vote alongside Henry A. Wallace and Alben W. Barkley. Byrnes seeks support to secure a majority, with allies like Senator Burnett Maybank openly backing him as part of a wartime ticket.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Alben W. Barkley
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Wallace
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Burnett Maybank
Broadway Rhythm and In Our Time Playbill Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. A A Miller of St Charles Street to attend tonight’s presentation at Strand Theatre featuring George Murphy Ginny Simms and other stars. Dixie Theatre offers In Our Time with Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
A. A. Miller
West Virginia Briefs A July rundown from Morgantown and beyond
West Virginia state notices report Dr. Dominic De La Salandra named as U S rural attaché and assigned to Quito Ecuador. Clarksburg men charged with $2000 truck theft to be arraigned. Jackson's Mill to host the State Dairymen’s Association convention August 7 to 9. Lewis county teachers to receive pay increases of 5 and 10 dollars monthly. West Virginia school superintendents conference opens with State Superintendent Trent and discusses teaching methods and race relations.
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Morgantown
Dominic de la Salandra
West Virginia University
State Department
U. S. of
American Foreign Service Auxiliary
Quito
Ecuador
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Dairymen's Association
Weston
Lewis County
Board of Education
W. W. Trent
Robot bombs threaten New York, Sweden reports
London reports German flying bombs hitting London and southern counties. Swedish paper Stockholms Tidingen quoted claims Germany concentrates robot bombs in Denmark up to ten tons and capable of reaching New York stratosphere. Military experts doubt Swedish dispatches though some say Germans tested longer range robots.
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London
Sweden
Stockholms Tidingen
Denmark
New York
Britain
Stockholm
Aberdeen Trainee Shot While Resisting Arrest
Aberdeen Maryland July 17 A 20 year old army trainee was shot to death yesterday at Elkton while resisting arrest by military police. The deceased is Robert Parkin son of Mrs Nora Duff Parkin of Portland Oregon and a member of the sixth division ordnance training company at Aberdeen proving ground. Investigation by Col Lewis O Heck Aberdeen security and intelligence officer is ongoing with charges and circumstances withheld.
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Aberdeen
Mad
Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Elkton
Lewis O. Heck
Robert Parkin
Nora Duff Parkin
N. E. Prescott
Portland
Ore
Ordnance Training Company
Ordnance School
Heck
Treasury Reports Incomes In Big Figures Filmdom Lead
Washington July 17 A newcomer Sidney R Fleisher tops the Treasury 1942 list of corporate compensation to individuals for personal services with 645 000 paid by Twentieth Century Fox He moves ahead of movie magnate Louis B Mayer who led last year but is not listed this cycle The report covers gross salaries commissions bonuses and other compensation before taxes and excludes income from capital or investments
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Washington
Sidney R. Fleisher
The
Treasury
Fleisher
New York
Dramatist Guild
Twentieth Century - Fox Film Corporation
L. B. Mayer
Attacks on Guam and Rota Intensify as Optimism Warned
U S Fleet reports 12 straight days of carrier and land based air strikes on Guam and Rota with fires, damaged equipment, and one downed bomber. Tokyo warns against optimism as Adm Nimitz details July 13 Iwo Jima bombing raid and heavy carrier air wing actions.
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U. S. Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Rota Islands
Marianas
Tokyo
W. Nimitz
Pacific
United States
Rota
Saipan
Warsips
Nimitz
Iwo Jima
Fleet Air Wing Two
The Coming Battle of Normandy Begins To Take Shape
The War Today notes intensified fighting in Europe as prime weather narrows. Montgomery reports a Caen maneuver to position for a major offensive, with Normandy’s pivot near Caen guiding the final push. If Rommel’s forces falter or weather cooperates, Allied aims to break out and strike into open country hinge on the next weeks.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Germany
Montgomery
Caen
United Nations
Normandy
Rommel
Paget
Dewey Meets Maine GOP Delegation In Congress
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York hosts Maine’s GOP delegation in Congress to discuss boosting Republican Senate representation and coordinating presidential and congressional campaigns. The Maine group includes Wallace White Ralph Brewster and Margaret Chase Smith along with Rep. Hale Fellows.
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William W. Tyler
Albany
United States
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Maine
Congress
Wallace
Ralph O. Brewster
Robert Hale
Frank Fellows
Margaret Chase Smith
Dewey
Charles A. Halleck Inc
Republican Campaign Committee of
House
Halleck
Robert F. Wagner
Japan’s Navy Minister Resigns as Nomura Takes Office
Adm Shigetaro Shimada resigns as Japan’s navy minister, effective as Naokuni Nomura inherits the post amid Tokyo’s Tojo cabinet. The government faces intense U S pressure with a 12 day Guam bombardment and Saipan setbacks. Nimitz reported continued carrier based air and naval strikes on Guam and Rota extending the Marianas campaign.
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J. B. Kreuger
Associated Press
Adm
Shigetaro Shimada
Japan
Tokyo
Saipan
Shimada
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Naokuni Nomura
Tojo
U. S
Guam
China
Marianas
The Road to Berlin Map Distances by Fronts
The Associated Press notes routes of Allied armies toward Berlin. Russia front about 435 miles from a point near Grotino. Italian front about 607 miles from near Bibania on the Adriatic coast. North Normandy front 635 miles from Caen.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
Grotino
Bibania
Adriantic
Northandy
Caen
Reich Under Fifth Attack in Week of Invasion Activity
London July 17 AP Up to 750 heavy bombers attacked 12 river bridges toward the Normandy front the Belfort railroad yards in eastern France and a flying bomb supply dump near Rheims in one of the largest daylight strikes by four engine aircraft this invasion. Up to 500 fighters escorted the bombers flying fortresses and liberators. Radio Berlin said the Reich itself was under attack for the fifth time in a week.
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London
A. S
Normandy
Belfort
France
Rheims
Berlin
Switzerland
Paris
Calais
Homberg
Ruhr
Smerderovo
Belgrade
Oslavia
Adolf Hitlet
Italy
1Das
Vienna
Yugoslavia
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Saipan Island
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Pankéoe
Pyfeil
le Mesnil Durand
Clarksburg
Charles D. Smith
Ralph Heflir
Salem
Glen Elk
Jules A. Brasseur
William Oliveto
Tony Conel
Colbert
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Chester W. Nimitz
Rota Island
John Curtin
Australia
Lee
Reich
Hitler
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