Italian Electric System Is Blasted
RAF bombers smashed Italy s transportation network last night blasting electrical nerve centers feeding Alpine railways. Mosquito bombers hit Munich on the Brenner line while daylight strikes resumed across the continent with hundreds of two and four engine bombers and fighters. The raid aimed at power facilities to cripple Italian rail supplies, with Abbeville also targeted and alarms heard in Switzerland.
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London
Italy
Alps
Mussolini
Munich
Brenner
Channel
Folkestone
Switzerland
Abbeville
RAF
Low Countries
Air Ministry
Sicily
Bomb Kiska Four Times In Allied Air and Sea Raid
The Navy says Army bombers struck Japanese positions on Kiska Island four times Thursday starting fires among anti aircraft batteries. A small American ship bombarded Gertrude Cove near Kiska harbor in the early morning. A weather break allowed coordination of air and surface attacks in the western Aleutians.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Gertrude Cove
Kiska Harbor
Aleutians
Martin Employes Vote Against Union
The United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers CIO reports that workers at the Glenn L. Martin Company aircraft plant voted by a close margin to be represented by no union. The plant has no union contract at present.
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Baltimore
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers
CIO
Glenn L. Martin Company
Martin
Need Nurse Attending Emergency Hospital Evening Duty
The Count Commissioners met with Dr. H. L. Fahrney to discuss adding a registered nurse for night duty at Emergency Hospital. They will try to hire the nurse in the next few days and then implement a new program where physicians rotate hospital charge for a month at a time. Currently only one registered nurse serves the hospital, though several practical nurses are performing well.
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H. L. Fahrney
Jeep Crew Delights In Italy to Africa Train Pass
A North Africa command post scene on July 17 shows a PA train carrying Italian soldiers captured in Sicily moving through the tableland. An American in a nearby jeep shouts a joke about the heat, and the reply comes in fluent English stating they have waited three weeks.
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North Africa
Sicily
Gela
Asus
Siete
Signal Corps Radiotelephoto
NEA Telephoto
Supply Route For Sicily Is Pounded Again
Allied bombers hit the Messina San Giovanni ferry route into Sicily with round the clock attacks. The docks and sidings suffered 50 direct hits while Allied air forces claimed 13 enemy planes downed. Operations extended to Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia as Von Richthofen directs Axis air defenses.
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North Af
Jrica
Sicily
Messina-San Giovanni
Messina Strait
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentia
von Richthofen
Baron von Richthofen
Ee Aaa
Heat Wave Persists With 90 Degree Days Expected
The region endures a full week of 90 degree heat with no cooling in sight. Temperatures may reach the mid 90s as July remains very dry. Crops face stress from the drought with corn beans tomatoes and potatoes affected and pasture burning up after weeks without meaningful rainfall.
Woman Arrested After Turmoil at Catoctin Furnace
Mrs. Lillie Swope of Thurmont was taken into custody Friday evening near Catoctin Furnace by Deputy R. Paul Buhrman and State Trooper C. B. Tucker after reports she damaged property in front of an antique shop and threw rocks at passing cars. She was taken to Montevue and to be moved to Springfield State Hospital, from which she had been paroled in August. In a separate note, the piece cites prewar U S crab imports from Japan totaling 1,720,000 pounds valued at 4,582,000 dollars, including king crab harvested from the Bering Sea.
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Thurmont
Catoctin Furnace
R. Paul Buhrman
Andy
C. B. Tucker
Montevue
Springheld State Hospital
United States
Japan
Bering
Allied Military Government to Govern Sicily
The first combined American British military government for Sicily is established with Gen Eisenhower designating Gen Sir Harold Alexander as military governor. Maj Gen Lord Rennell of Rd is chief civil affairs officer and Brig Gen Frank J McSherry is deputy. AMGOT will abolish fascist structures and govern through non party officials with rationing supervised. County assessors exams yield two likely appointments from five applicants.
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North Africa
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Lord Rennell of
Road
Frank J. McSherry
United States
Washington
London
Combined Chiefs ”of Staff
Eis “Enhower
Specialized Buying Holds Market Up In July Trade
New York stock activity shows specialized buying continuing to support the market. Despite gains, profit taking kept a number of leaders in the red and limited the overall advance.
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New York
Fishing Creek Water Supply Shrinking Amid Spillway Trickle
A bare trickle was coming over the Fishing Creek reservoir spillway as officials warned the flow could stop this weekend without rain. Brunswick’s supply remains steady with readings showing only an inch drop since April, due to near complete metering of the town.
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Fishing Creek
Mel Beng
Brunswick
Spotter Posts Placed On Alert Basis Near Frederick
Officials disclose that from Wednesday midnight spotters at the observation post near Frederick and other eastern seaboard posts will operate on instant alert but not be posted 24 hours a day. They must be ready to resume 24 hour duty on short notice. posts kept ready and visited weekly. Risks involve raids on the eastern coast with limited danger of sustained attack. This shift saves personnel and funds and redirects effort to home-front needs.
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Frederick
Seaboard
United States
Allied Planes Fly Over Rome Leaflets Promised Capitulation
Allied planes dropped leaflets over Rome as Italian authorities reported. The leaflets carried the Churchill Roosevelt proclamation warning Italians to surrender or face consequences. Rome radio cut off briefly amid suspected air raid alarms.
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Rome
London
Russians Hold Thin Line As German Drive Reaches Orel
Front line dispatches report two German divisions assaulting toward Orel while Soviet forces repulse Navi thrusts and press counter attacks. Red Army advances threaten the Wea... and Orel Bryansk rail line, with heavy artillery range cited but no confirmation of bombardments.
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Moscow
Orel
Red Army
WeAvig
Lurlitedt
Orel- Bryansk
City Loses Chemist To U S Army Reserve
City chemist Ralph F. Wachter will leave late next week to enter the Army. Philip C. Harvey of the Health Department will assume some duties during Wachter’s absence, with duties extended through the war. Wachter has received an Army commission and is to be called to active duty July 23, a temporary leave agreed during a past city administration meeting.
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Ralph F. Wachter
Hugh V. Gittinger
Philip C. Harvey
State Department of Health
Winchester Hall
Harvey
Wachter
Health Department
Rome Radio Claims Italy Cannot Quit War Now
Rome radio broadcasts a response to the Roosevelt Churchill surrender demand stating Italy will not back out of the war. The message argues even if Italy surrenders, German forces still shape the conflict and calls into question Allied aims toward Berlin.
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Italy
London
Roosevelt- Churchill
Rome
Adore Hitler
Maly
Dean Bizerte
Berlin
Germany
Lib erator Raid Bombs Bari Airdrome in Italy
U S Liberator bombers attacked Bari air base in southern Italy amid heavy enemy fighter resistance. Bomb bursts hit hangars and admin buildings, starting large fires. four aircraft were seen burning. The raid reported 11 enemy planes destroyed, seven probably destroyed, and two damaged. three Liberators were lost. A separate British air strike hit Crotone with the entire building area ablaze and no Allied losses.
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Cairo
Bari
Italy
U. S. Air Force
Motorists Urged to Buy and Display Use Tax Stamps
Internal Revenue deputy collectors will place warning notices in cars without the new federal use tax stamp. The stamps cost 3 dollars per year and missing display risks a 25 dollar fine.
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Internal Revenue
Oficials
Allies Reach Catania Front In Sicilian Push
Allied forces advance in eastern Sicily as British Eighth Army nears Catania and Lentini while Canadians seize Caltagirone and Grammichele. Patton’s Americans and Goumiers push inland as the front lines expand along major coastal corridors.
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London
Algiers
Reuters
Eighth Army
Catania
Caltagirone
Gela
Grammichele
Goumiers
George 5. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Montgomery
Lentini
Agrigento
Naro
Porto Empedocle
Sicilian
Army divisions announced for Sicily operation
Allied Headquarters in North Africa lists Seventh Army units to spearhead Sicily action. First Infantry under Maj. Gen. Terry Allen, Third Infantry under Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott, 45th Infantry under Maj. Gen. Middleton, and Second Armored Division are named among the forces.
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North Africa
Wily
Seventh Army
Sicily
Terry Allen
Glen
Lucian Truscott
Middleton
Battlefront Forces Under 82nd Airborne Leaders
Vision under Maj. Gen. Hugh Gaffey and the 82nd Airborne division under Maj. Gen. Matthew Ridgway are noted as key command figures in the period described, reflecting the strategic leadership during the cited operations.
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Vision
Hugh Gaffey
82Nd Airborne Division
Matthew Ridgway
Nation reports dairy production decline and milk shortage
The National Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation says dairy output is falling and milk supplies are running short as wartime policy is blamed for scarcity. The federation cites ongoing administration measures as favoring scarcity over abundance of dairy products.
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Chicago
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
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