18 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1944
Page
1
American troops pierced the outskirts of St Lo after German defenses suddenly collapsed in a swift breakthrough. Doughboys pressed the city’s edge with light resistance as the retreating Germans abandoned the middle anchor of their Normandy line, enabling control of key roadways radiating from the town.
Allied fronts report German lines guarding St Lo collapsed as American troops surged into outskirts of Ste Croix on the eastern edge of St Lo. Doughboys pressed forward toward Periers while British forces strengthen the Odon salient southwest of Caen. Counter attacks were fierce but the Allies gained ground along the front.
Allied forces push across the Arno valley with Pontedera captured and Pontedera on the Arno river 12 miles east of Pisa. British South African units reach the Arno south of Cincelli near Arezzo as pilots seize a bridge. Poles advance toward Ancona and Monte Bogo. Florence area nears with terrain slowing progress.
Chicago July 18 The administration building at a thirty three million dollar Douglas aircraft plant in Suburban Park Ridge was destroyed by a spectacular fire. The blaze threatened the giant 10-34 cargo planes factory before hundreds of firefighters from suburban departments and Chicago brought it under control after more than two hours. Three firemen were slightly injured.
In New York July 18 Gen Yoshijiro Umezu was named chief of the Japanese Army general staff taking a post once held by Premier Tojo. Tokyo broadcasts say Tojo remains premier and war minister while Umezu, a former Kwantung Army commander, rises to power as Japan faces a national crisis after Saipan’s loss and Nagumo's death.
Supporters hurry to issue a call for Vice President Wallace to travel to Chicago and assume direct charge of a renomination campaign. The effort follows Roosevelt's public mild backing and a clash between Byrnes and Barkley over convention support, with Roosevelt saying the decision lies with the convention.
A county survey finds at least nine and possibly eleven area men still listed as missing in action in various theaters. Two from Frederick and others from Mt. Airy, Boyds, and nearby communities, with several over a year missing. Among named: Alvey Smith and Alex W. Clark. airmen including Max K. Flook, William C. Trout, John K. Phelps, Benjamin W. Anderson. and others: Lloyd Sandower, Lloyd H. Herbert, Carl P. Gochnauer, Frank A. Gardner Jr. A local Thurmont infantryman previously on the list was said to be home after being a prisoner of war.
More than a thousand American aircraft from Britain and Italy struck eastern Germany and the Baltic coast, blasting rocket bomb laboratories at Peenemunde and Zinnowitz while other Allied forces hit Friedrichshafen and Memmingen. The attack followed a day of mass air power from England and Italy, with pilots claiming heavy losses and near Berlin.
Port Chicago California July 18 Engine Room Officer Hill Anderson aboard a vessel near the exploding ammunition ship recalls sudden loss of consciousness and chaotic damage. He describes being helped into a Coast Guard boat as hulls, pilothouse, rigging, and bulkheads were torn, shells ripped through oily tanks and the air filled with flying fragments. Anderson, a San Francisco native, suffered head injuries and cuts.
The American Legion proposed a postwar plank for the Democratic platform in Chicago. Louis A. Johnson presented the idea, urging participation in an association of nations and stating the stance to use force if needed to maintain world peace. Johnson is a former National Commander and Roosevelt representative in India.
London reports Sir James Grigg told the Commons that 33 additional Allied airmen were shot by German captors including 27 executed during alleged escape attempts. Foreign Secretary Eden had noted 50 had been shot earlier. The killings are under protest through the Swiss protecting power with a record kept for the War Crimes Commission.
Byrd for President sentiment spreads to southern Democratic delegates after Mississippi pledges 20 votes to the anti New Deal Virginia senator. Delegates from below the Mason-Dixon line discuss using convention votes to push platform planks endorsing states rights on racial segregation and Negro voting. Roosevelt is seen as likely to be renominated, with hoped-for concessions.
A general alarm at about 1 15 pm today proved false after firemen reached 132 West Fourth Street. Police could not trace the telephone call claiming a roof fire.
Moscow reports indicate the Red Army prepares a massive new push across front lines from the Baltic to the south, with spearheads driving toward Warsaw and Lwow. Fierce battles flare along Tarnopol to Kowel as German forces fall back, while fighting intensifies on the Finnish front and Soviet air raids target Kirkenes.
The War Department announced that a Brazilian expeditionary force arrived in Naples on July 16 to join Allied armies on the Italian front, after extended training. In Brunswick, Town Councilman William C. Nuce seeks re election, joining Mayor E E Bowers and Councilman S T Wirts and Councilman Paul J Moler as candidates. Street improvments in Brunswick by M J Greve Lime Co began with dirt filling along the C and C canal at Bridge street to widen and modernize the route.
A massive explosion at Port Chicago Naval Depot near San Francisco killed hundreds of sailors and civilians, damaged the depot and town, and disrupted the region. The blast destroyed two ammunition ships, caused widespread fires, and prompted evacuations to Martinez and Camp Stoneman with medical aid rushed from Mare Island Navy Yard.
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