Penetration 3 Miles Deep Into German Lines Near Caen
Allies break a German counterattack south of Caen and push five miles toward Paris as Montgomery reports half of Faubourg De Vaucelles cleared. Rommel resists with reserves while American forces seize Saint Lo area and cut routes along the Vire river. Prisoners and wounded flood rear areas amid continuing heavy fighting on the Normandy front.
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St. Lo
Normandy Front
St. Lo Periers
Taute
Vire
Amigny
Caen
Supreme Command
Montgomery
Faubourg de Vaucelles
Rommel
Orne
Paris
Noyers
Villers-Bocage
Rampan
Cassino
Heavy Robot Attack Strikes London and South England
London and southern England faced the greatest 24 hour robot bomb attack since the invasion began. Eisenhower headquarters saw the assault as a bid to divert Allied air power while German forces aimed at civilians to draw away air raids against the Reich.
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London
England
Eisenhower
Channel
Calais
France
Caen
Reich
Livorno Falls to Fifth Army After Pincer Drive
July 19 General Mark W. Clark reported Fifth Army seized Livorno after a wide pincers move pushing German forces from Italy’s third largest port. Polish troops captured Ancona earlier, with over 2,000 prisoners taken and substantial war materiel as Axis defenses collapsed along the Adriatic coast.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Livorno
Italy
Ancona
Adriatic
Leghorn
Pisa
Genoa
Arno
Bay of
Paris Patriots Plague Nazis in France Sabotage
Dispatches from Portbou claim French patriot organizations have sabotaged German fuel supplies across France. In two weeks at least 20 storage tanks burned in the Rhone valley and southern regions, with coal dumps along rail lines set ablaze despite German guards. A former Vichy official warned the action would continue until Germans lack motive power beyond their feet.
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Portbou
Spain
France
Vichy
Rhone
Six Nazi Officers Die in Quarrel at Confab in AthENs
Six German officers were killed in a shooting affray during a conference at the Bretagne hotel in Athens. The official announcement said the dispute occurred among high German officers at the gathering.
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Cairo
Athens
Bretagne Hotel
Dr McDonald Resigns at Storer College in Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry West Virginia July 19 Dr Henry T McDonald president of Storer College for 45 years resigns effective immediately He also served as chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Review and Equalization secretary of the Jefferson County Historical Society and president of the Charles Town Kiwanis club He was Kiwanis lieutenant governor and governor of its West Virginia district A successor will be named Sunday at a trustees meeting.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Henry T. McDonald
Storer College
Captured Nazi General Blames Hitler Far East Front Debacle
Moscow reports publish a statement by Gen. Edmund Hofmeister captured commander of the 41st German Tank Corps. He faults Hitler for insisting on holding ground, cites senior commanders' discharges, and notes pressure on reserves. He says younger generals backed Hitler, while veterans faced punishment for criticism. A five day conference is described as a futile push.
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Hitler
Moscow
Edmund Hofmeiseter
Ernst) Busch
Pripyat
Baltic States
Hofnpeister
White
Russia
Brauchitsch
List
von Rundstedt
Germany
Erwin Rommel
France
Eduard Deitl
Finland
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Paul Goebbels
Hofmeister
156 000 Nazis written off in Normandy drive
Gen Montgomery estimated today that 156000 Germans have been written off killed, wounded or captured in six weeks of the Normandy campaign and said Allied troops would have no difficulty defeating the Germans in France. He noted 60000 Germans captured and 8000 buried, and praised the opening offensive led by Lt Gen Miles Dempsey.
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Montgomery
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Normandy
Miles Christopher Dempsey
Second Army
Caen
The
Orne
Hitler
Rommel
Power Outage Affects Key City Areas on North Court St
A 34 minute power failure hit the first block of North Court Street late this morning as a transformer fuse blew. Po tomac Edison linemen repaired the outage, restoring service at 12.24 p m after an 11.48 a m outage. The Francis Scott Key hotel The News Post and the Pythian Castle were affected by the disruption.
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North Court Street
Potomac Edison Company
Francis Scott Key Hotel
News-Post
Pythian Castle
Byrnes withdraws from Wallace vice presidency race
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes pulled out of the Democratic vice presidential race at Chicago Stadium just before the party convention opens. The unexpected move left Senator Harry Truman as the leading rival to Henry A. Wallace, while Wallace arrived to lead his own campaign and commented that Byrnes withdrawal “takes care of that.”
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Chicago Stadium
James F. Byrnes
Harry Truman
Missouri
Henry A. Wallace
Byrnes
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wallace
Truman
Towan
Chicago
Iowa
Pfc. Weddle Reported Missing in Action in Italy
Private First Class Woodrow Weddle husband of Mary J Weddle and son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Weddle of Frederick has been reported missing in action since June 26 in Italy the War Department telegram confirms In a June 17 letter to his wife he said he was back in action with the Fifth Army after being wounded May 20 on the Italian front He had earlier been wounded in January fighting in Halyn
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Woodrow Weddle
Jesse Weddle
West Fourth Street
Frederick
Mary J. Weddle
Myersville
Italy
War Department
Pfc
Weddle
Fifth Army
Haly
Nazi General Staff May Turn To Communism
Sumner Welles, former Undersecretary of State, predicts Germanys general staff will adopt communism after defeat to prevent reunified domination. He urges breaking the Reich into three politically independent units to dilute military power. Welles outlines these views in The Time for Decision, published today by Harper and Brothers.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Germany
Roosevelt
Reich
General Staff
Army High Command
Welles
Harper and Brothers
Educator Harry C. Davis Dies in Washington
Harry Cassell Davis longtime George Washington University secretary and trustee died at Frederick City Hospital after a heart attack. Born 1856 in Washington he taught Greek at GWU 1880s and served as secretary and trustee into the 1940s. A Braddock Heights summer resident, he supported local library efforts and community centers.
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Harry Cassell Davis
Board of Trustees
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Frederick City Hospital
Davis
Braddock Heights
Jefferson Boulevard
the Heights
Heights
Fouth
Kalorama Road
Washington, D.C
Washington
William 5
Sarah Ellen Cassell Davis
General Alumni Association of
George Washington Alumni
Cloyd H. Marvin
Harry C. Davis
Wilkes Barre
Federal Trust Company
Philadelphia
North East Coal Company
Paintsville
Russian Forces Drive Deep as Konev Attacks Front
Moscow reports indicate six Soviet armies pierced outer defenses along a 124 mile southern front while Konev’s First Ukraine Army pushes toward Lwow and the Polish border. Yeremenko advances in the north as Rokossovsky’s troops close on Brest Litovsk. fighting continues near Sokal, Busk, Bortkov, and Gainovka with the Lesnia river crossed north of Brest Litovsk.
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Moscow
Slitler
Ivan S. Konev
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Latvian Republic
Konev
Ukraine
Lwow
Kowel
Bug River
Selets Belski
Sokal
London
Germany
Berlin
Transocean Agency
Brest Litovsk
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Rokossovsky
Red Star
Lesnia
Gainovka
the Bug
Water Supply Dwindling Across Frederick and Brunswick
Frederick's mountain water supply fell eight inches at Fishing Creek, with daily withdrawals outpacing inflow. Spillway flow paused for two weeks, but recent rains improved levels. Brunswick reported better supplies after rain and cool weather reduced consumption, with reservoirs near full again last night.
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Frederick
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Weddie
Brunswick
Notable local author and club member passes away
Longtime community writer and man of letters Ford Schneider dies. A member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, University Club of Washington, Sigma Chi, and Landmark Lodge F and A M Wilkes Barre, he served as vice president 1942 to 1944. He is survived by his wife Ida J. Schneider Davis who died in 1931 and Ford Schneider Sr. of Washington, D C as a brother-in-law. Interment in Washington.
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Association of Oldest Inhabitants
University Club of Washington
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Landmark Lodge
A. M
Wilkes Barre
Ida J. Schneider Davis
Ford Schneider, Sr
Washington, D.C
Braddock Heights
Washington
New Volcano Eruption Threatens Towns in Mexico
Paricutin volcano in Michoacan surges lava through surrounding towns after erupting in February 1943. Paricutin and Parangaricutiro are buried. Lava advances 200 yards daily toward Zacan San Francisco Pariban and Zirosto, prompting evacuations as residents flee with belongings. Explosions send molten waves, visible remnants of Paricutin Church towers remain. In Brunswick, four candidates file for four town offices ahead of August 1 vote, with incumbents seeking re election. A police conduct charge is filed against City Officer Denver Shook, to be heard by mayor and aldermen.
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Mexico City
Paricutin
Mexico
Parangaricutiro
Java
Zacan
San Francisco
Pariban
Zirosto
Doom
San Juan
Brunswick
Paul Moler
William J. Nuce
S. T. Wirts
E. E. Bowers, Sr
Denver
Fred M. Straley
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Vimont
Normany
Rwapat
McDonald
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Poland
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Jemel
Lithuania
Bialystok
Latvia
Dvins
Brest-Litovsk
Ashe
Fuehrer
CO Conor
Cnicago
Iy Iaj
Maryland
O’conor
Gen. Montgomery
North Court St
Pfc. Weddle
H. C. Davis
George Washington
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Lorna Doone
Bagworthy
Blackmore
Harry C, Davis
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