Rommel Throws In Reserves To Halt British Near Caen
Allied forces push into Noyers as Lt Gen Miles Dempsey broadens a nine mile front southwest of Caen. Rommel counterattacks with five divisions, while American troops press on St Lo in a siege style advance. Bradley’s spearhead drives toward Remilly Lozon and Le Mesnil Vigot, as the British aim to close the Caen wedge.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Noyers
Miles C. Dempsey
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Dempsey
St. Lo
Omar N. Bradley
Periers
Remilly-Sur-Lozon
Lozon
le Mesnil
Remilly
Second Army
Caumont
Villers-Bocage
Local youths show interest in military vehicle on Main Street
About 12 Logan boys gathered around a parked military vehicle near Main Street as a State Guardsman gave a short briefing. The driver, recently at Columbus, explained plans to move to Camp Light, Zaleski, with troops for a time. Four Ringhiser brothers serve overseas, with Donald recently promoted to sergeant in England and others in France, Italy, and the South Pacific. The Ringhisers, former Logan residents, express pride in their sons' service.
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Logan
Main Street
Columbus
Camp Light
Zaleski
William Ringhiser
East Duncan Street
Ringhiser
Donald
England
Army Air Force
Charles Ringhiser
France
Cpl
Homer Ringhiser
5Th Army
Italy
Joe Ringhiser
South Pacific
Ringhisers
Enraged Polar Bear Bites Arm Of Woman At Park Zoo
New York July 17 The right arm of Miss Catherine Searles 24 Rahway New Jersey was bitten off today by Soc a male polar bear at the Central Park Zoo after keepers woke the sleeping animals early in the morning Police said Miss Searles and companions faced the two bears Con and Soc and after playful provocation Soc struck with his claw seizing her arm above the elbow before releasing it following efforts to distract the animal
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New York
Catherine Searles
Rahway
N. J
Central Park Zoo
Cheney
Soc
Farley Keeps Quiet On Convention Stance
Chicago July 17 Farley, delegate-at-large from New York and Postmaster General in Roosevelt’s cabinet, met delegates from several states but declined to name callers or commit to a presidential bid or protest against a Roosevelt fourth term. He said only no comment on the matter.
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Chicago
James A. Farley
Fartey
Roosevelt
New York
New York State
Resignation of Navy Chief is Announced
Adm Shigetaro Shimada resigns as Japan naval minister in Tokyo amid pressures from U S advances in the Marianas The cabinet turns to Naokuni Nomura as Tojo faces relentless U S attacks on Guam and other fronts Nimitz reports heavy bombing of Guam and first land based strikes on Iwo Jima Curtin says Britain will send strong forces to the Pacific war this year.
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Shigetaro Shimada
Japan
Navy
Tokyo
Saipan
Shimada
Pearl Harbor
Naokuni Nomura
Tojo
U. S
Guam
China
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
John Curtin
Australia
Germany
Nimitz
Iwo Jima Island
Money Conference Extended at Bretton Woods
The United Nations monetary conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire extends three days beyond the original close to finish technical work. Officials expect agreement on substantive matters by Wednesday with final plenary shifted to Saturday. The Mt. Washington Hotel halted hundreds of reservations as departure pushed to Sunday. Attendees have agreed on an eight point eight billion dollar postwar prosperity fund and may back a ten billion dollar world bank to provide loans for rebuilding and development across forty four nations. The world bank plan is seen as presenting fewer problems than the monetary fund.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Mt. Washington
World Bank
Man Killed by Train Near Portsmouth In Sleep Incident
Eugene Dawson aged 32 was struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western train in Portsmouth Ohio. Coroner Virgil Fowler reported Dawson apparently dozed off on the tracks.
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Portsmouth
Eugene Dawson
Norfolk & Western
Virgil Fowler
Allied air raids batter Reich in major daylight sweep
Allied bomber forces from Britain launched a dawn assault on Germany as RAF Mosquitos hit the Ruhr and Belgrade refinery while Italy based heavies targeted Smederevo. US heavy bombers swarmed Munich and Saarbrucken with two dozen losses. In the Mediterranean, losses totaled 44. On New Guinea’s Driniumor River front, Allied troops repelled two Japanese attempts to break out.
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London
Britain
Reich
Normandy
Homberg
Ruhr
Smederevo
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Italy
Vienna
France
Mediterranean
U. S
Munich
Saarbrucken
Germany
St. Lo
New Guinea
Driniumor River
Cleveland boy dies from ax wound. mother found hanged
Cleveland, July 17. Thirteen year old Richard Trout of Cleveland Heights died yesterday from an ax wound discovered in his bed. The body of his mother, Mrs Boyd Davis, was found hanging in the basement days earlier. Coroner S R Gerber returned a verdict of death by own action in the mother's death.
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Cleveland
Richard Troutman
Cleveland Heights
Boyd Davis
S. R. Gerber
German flying bombs strike London and south areas
London reports renewed German flying bomb attacks early today causing further casualties and damage in the same areas hit yesterday and last night by indiscriminate robot bombardment.
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London
Byrnes and Wallace Vie for Democratic Veep Nomination
In Chicago War Mobilization Director James Byrnes battles for ballot support against Vice President Henry Wallace and Sen. Alben Barkley as the Democratic vice presidential race tightens. Roosevelt’s letter to the convention chair hints support for Wallace, while the President reportedly wants delegates to decide without his direct imposition.
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Chicago
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Alben W. Barkley
Byrnes
Roosevelt
Wallace
Sen
Burnett Maybank
South Carolina
Samuel Jackson
Indiana
Jackson
Propaganda Talk Sparked Execution Rumor About Airmen
Melbourne reports that a Singapore commentator’s remarks, interpreted abroad as hinting at the execution of captured airmen from the June 15 B 29 raid on Japan, were described by Australian monitors as propaganda not news. The comment implied fliers might be killed, echoed by a later line about bombing crews being executed.
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Melbourne
Australia
Singapore
Japan
Australian Information Department
Kyushu
Tokyo
Australian Information Bureau
James Doolittle
Ohio tomato crop forecast hinges on rainfall says expert
A Columbus crop expert from Ohio State University predicts one of Ohio’s largest tomato crops in two decades if rain arrives. Northern regions may yield 64 percent to the acre, with 35 000 acres planted statewide. Much will go to canneries, exports to armed services, and relief agencies. Sweet corn and peas suffer drought losses.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. D. Brown
Ohio State University
Paulding
van Wert
Brown
Ohio State
Lucas County
Wood County
Armed Services
Yanks Press Forward Around Livorno and Arezzo Fronts
American forces push toward Livorno and Montenero after seizing Monte Maggiore and expanding along the Italian west coast. Fifth Army advances near Arno River, Lorenzana, Asigliano, and Crispina. Eighth Army notes British capture of Arezzo as German lines crumble under counter-attacks.
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Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Monte Maggiore
Montenero
Era
Arno
Pisa
Fifth
Fifth Army
Poggibonsi
Lorenzana
Crispina
Asigliano
Eighth Army
Arezzo
Italian Prisoner Tours Provoke Ohio Protest
Sandusky Ohio July 17 Army officials declined comment on a telegram from Congressman Alvin W. Weichel protesting tours for former Italian prisoners of war now in U S Army service units. Col S E Rundel at Erie Proving Grounds cancelled a Sandusky tour. Camp Perry commander Col Harold W Woolley noted the visitors were not from his post. Nearly 1500 Italians serve at Camp Perry and Erie Proving Grounds.
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S. E. Rundel
Erie Proving Grounds
Sandusky
Camp Perry
Harold W. Woolley
Col
Rundel
Six Die In Denver Amusement Park Fire
Six persons perished at Elitchs Gardens in Denver when a blaze swept the old mill housing a scenic boat ride Sunday afternoon. Deputy Coroner Gas Economy identified four victims as two Buckley Field soldiers and their wives. The other two were park attendants who tried to save riders. Cause of the fire was not known early today.
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Denver
Elitch’s Gardens
Gas Economy
Buckley Field
Reds take key point on road to German soil
Moscow reports Red Army troops extended a broad front from the Baltics to the Pripyat marshes after capturing Grodno, a fortress city near East Prussia. Generals said crossing the Niemen was achieved and bridgeheads consolidated while advances reached within 50 miles of Wilno and Kaunas, with numerous towns and rail points falling along the corridor toward Brest Litovsk.
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Moscow
Red Army
Baltics
Pripyat
Grodno
Stalin
East Prussia
Niemen River
Niemen
Alytus
Kaunas
Lithuania
Dorsunishki
Latvia
Bialystok
Brest Litovsk
Mstikovo
Wilno-Warsaw
Berez- Kartushakaya
Pinsk
Hurricane veers away from Carolina coast
A tropical storm of hurricane velocity, which had threatened the North Carolina Virginia coast for two days, appears to move farther out to sea. The Miami weather service reported at 5 AM that the storm, centered about 250 miles off the Carolina coast, began a slow northeastward drift.
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North Carolina-Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Miami
Fla
Carolina
READY FOR PEACE JAPS TELL VATICAN
Japanese ambassador to the Holy See, Ken Harada, reportedly told Pope Pius XII Japan is ready for peace on terms recognizing national life and economy, while Vatican confirmation remains confidential. Allied officials doubted the claim and warned against any implied compromise.
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Rome
Ken Harada
Holy See
Japan
Pius
Vatican
Harada
Pope
Townsend Club Elects Bertha E Rusher Secretary Treasurer
Miss Bertha E Rusher of Toledo was re elected yesterday as secretary treasurer of the Ohio Conference of Townsend Chile s in Columbus Ohio participation July 17.
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Townsend
Columbus
Bertha E. Rusher
Toledo
Ohio
Townsend Chiles
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