Allied Forces Hit Catania and Messina Areas In Big Raids
Allied air units pounded Sicily and southern Italy targets from Messina to Bari. B-17s and Liberators attacked docks, ferries, rail sidings, and airfields at Messina, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia, and Crotone, with 50 direct hits reported. Four Liberators were lost with several enemy planes downed as Axis defenses tightened.
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Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
Crotone
Sicily
Middle East
Bari
Adriatic
Italy
Ninth Air Force
Messina
Baron von Richthofen
Rome Admits Battles Rage Near Catania
The Rome radio said bitter battles raged in the Catania and Agrigento sectors of Sicily with no Allied progress. The broadcast noted heavy enemy losses and described significant Italian damage in Naples Bari Reggio Calabria and Messina as Allied air forces struck La Spezia and other Lombardy Emilia locations.
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London
Rome
Catania
Agrigento
Sicily
Reuters
Naro
Alexander
Messina
Naples
Bari
Reggio Calabria
la Spezia
Lombardy
Emilia
Amgot Takes Over Sicily Governance By Allied Command
North Africa July 17 14 Allied invasion forces establish Amgot Allied military government in Sicily. Eisenhower names Gen Sir Harold Alexander as military governor with supreme authority, aided by Maj. Gen. Lord Rennell of Rodd and Brig. Gen. Frank J. McSherry. Fascism to be destroyed. no political activity permitted.
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North Africa
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Lord Rennell of
Rodd
Frank J. McSherry
United States
Washington
London
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Rome Faces No Turning Back as Italians Stand by War
London reports the Rome radio signals Italy will not seek peace even if it capitulates. Italians are told the war is life or death and Berlin is the path to victory. Fascist outlets stress Italy’s resolve despite Allied demands and leaflets dropped over Rome.
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London
Roosevelt-Churchill
Rome
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
High Command
Italan
Corriere Della Sera
Stefanie
Stefani
London Morning
Britain
United States
Alessandro Pavolini
Reuters
Roosevelt- Churchill
Bern
London Daily Express
Viereck Convicted Again on Spy Charges
Washington reports George S. Viereck writer and publicist found guilty on six counts for concealing propaganda work for Germany before the war. Jury deliberated nine hours. sentence set for next Friday. He previously was convicted in 1942 and served part of a term.
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Washington
George Sylvester Viereck
State Department
Germany
United States
Bolitha J. Laws
Viereck
Supreme Court
Munich
German Library of Information
Reich
Ickes and Brown Clash Over Lifting Wartime Driving Ban
Washington July 17. Interior Secretary Ickes and Petroleum Administrator Brown dispute lifting the East Coast pleasure driving ban. Brown argues 30 000 barrels a day can be spared but Ickes warns the armed forces may need sudden large deliveries. Both seek more oil moved east from the Midwest. Transportation Director Eastman supports easing strain on rail and buses.
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Charles Malony
Washington
East
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Prentiss Brown
Cis
James F. Byrnes
Brown
Ickes
Midwest
Joseph M. Eastman
Two Senators See Roosevelt Likely Not Seek Fourth Term
Senators Nye and Smith voiced doubt that Franklin D. Roosevelt will seek or win the 1944 nomination. Nye said if whipped he will step aside and Smith said Roosevelt wouldn’t win the nomination even if he sought it. The piece also notes the GOP postwar advisory council set Sept 6–7 for a peace preservation plank.
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Roosevelt
The
Associated Press
Washington
Nye
R-Nd
Smith
D-Sc
Republican Party
Munda Bombed To Destruction By Allied Air Attacks
Allied dive and torpedo bombers continue relentless strikes on Munda air base in the Solomons. On July 17 eighty two tons of high explosives were dropped in two waves, part of a sustained campaign that has totaled well over 300 tons since the June 30 invasion. Pilots report low altitude runs, with targets including guns and aircraft positions as defenses shrink under bombardment.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Dauntless
Mund
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
Guadalcanal
Woman Accused of Kidnapping Boy in New York Case
FBI announces the arrest of 20 year old Mary Penora of Forsythe Street on a July kidnaping charge. She claimed to have abducted Jimmy di Maggio to persuade her ex husband Sergi August Tilove that the child was his. The boy was allegedly taken to Nashville and later left in a New York restaurant.
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New York
FBI
E. E. Conroy
Conroy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mary Penora
Forsythe Street
Lower East Side
Jimmy di Maggio
Nashville
Y.W.C.A
34Th Street
Miss Penora
Sergi
August Tilove
Allied Fliers Win Decisive Air Victory
Allied air forces in the Mediterranean report a decisive seven day victory in Sicily with control comparable to Tunisia. They destroyed 163 enemy planes and lost 69, aided ground invasion by airlift of troops and glider troops, using 13 bomber and fighter types including Flying Fortresses Liberators and Spitfires.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
Tunisia
Germany
Greece
Crete
Allied forces establish joint governing body in Sicily
Allied headquarters report growing Axis danger around Catania as American and British troops set up a joint military government ashore. The dispatches imply Sicily's complete occupation is near, with Axis resistance tightening around the eastern Sicilian port.
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Allied
North Africa
Catania
Sicily
Soviet Gains Menace Nazi Base At Orel
Moscow reports say German high command hurled two new divisions against the Red Army near Orel while Soviet forces repulsed all thrusts and pressed a counter offensive. Northern and eastern columns advanced within range of the Nazi base, threatening a major breakthrough as Germans struggle to rally manpower.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Army
Bryansk
Esterday
American Bombers Raid Targets In Occupied Holland
American heavy bombers struck industrial targets at Amsterdam in the occupied Netherlands and in northwest Germany. Bombs burst on target areas as unescorted Fortresses faced enemy fighters on return. Initial reports claim up to 50 attackers destroyed by Fortress gunners. two bombers listed as missing.
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London
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Germany
Sicily Landing Reinforces Western Europe Invasion Plan
London reports that successful Sicily operations bolster the Allied formula for an amphibious assault on western Europe. Observers say low Allied casualties and rapid progress in Sicily support a June invasion pattern for France. They note strong Allied air power and strategic air umbrella could replicate over Normandy, with German forces stretched along the eastern front.
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James M. Long
London
Sicily
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic
France
Mediterranean
RAF
Eighth U. S
French
Allied forces close on Catania as Sicily battle rages
General Montomery's desert army drives toward Catania after defeating Hermann Goering's forces and elements of the 15th German armored division. Allied advances include Lentini and Scordia with four more towns captured. Patton's Americans and Canadian units push inland from Gela and central Sicily.
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Bernard L. Montomery
Catania
Hermann Goering
Sicily
Montgomery
Lentini
Scordia
Sicilian
Caltagirone
Gela
Grammichele
George S. Patton, Jr
Cooperation and Unity Drive Allied Sicilian Campaign
The article lauds allied cooperation in Sicily as the decisive factor in victory, noting unparalleled coordination among services and cross national training from American, British, Canadian, and French troops. It contrasts this unity with the Axis disarray in Sicily.
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National Committee
Harrison E. Spangler
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