Gela Holds As Invaders Face Tough Beach Fight
Allied forces push ashore at Gela Sicily with light losses and firm foothold. American troops repelled German tanks in the town while naval gunfire and air cover supported the landings. Paratroopers and landing craft moved in as engineers cleared mines and a wire road. prisoners and wounded moved toward the beaches.
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Richard Mowrer
Chicago Daily News, Inc
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Gela
Mediterranean
Gola
Dds
Palazzolo Symbol of Yank Drive
Reporter Ned Russell pedals through Palazzolo Sicily as Allied forces push inland. The town lies wrecked after aerial bombing and resistance fights, while civilians return to streets and carts. British troops win support from locals amid ruined streets and wary defenses along the front.
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Palazzolo
Sicily
Here
Eight Men Receive Purple Heart for Attu Wounds
At Baxter Hospital in Spokane Col. A. B. McKie distributed Purple Heart medals to eight men wounded in the Battle of Attu. Among the recipients was Corp. Rudolph P. Bodane of Rochester New York, who was hit in the leg arm and foot.
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Spokane
Wash
Baxter
Attu
A. B. McKie
Corp
Rudolph P. Bodane
Rochester
Bodane
Empire Girls State Governor Inducted at Albany Ceremony
Governor Dewey inaugurates Ruth Hallo 16 of New York City as governor of Empire Girls State at Skidmore College Saratoga Springs. Hallo, a Nationalist, defeated Jane Shaw 17 of Rochester a Federalist candidate.
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Empire Girl
Albany
Dewey
Ruth Hallo
New York City
Germany
Empire Girls
Skidmore Collegy
Saratoga Springs
Hallo
Jane Shaw
Rochester
RAF Planes Press Attacks on Nazi Transportation
RAF fighter planes continued the Night offensive over Western Europe with harassing strikes on German transportation. Mosquito sorties reached 300 miles to damage a locomotive near Strasbourg and damaged additional locomotives in similar forays. No large scale bombing reported. Berlin claimed nuisance raids with minor damage while Britain had a raid free night.
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R.A.F
Europe
Germany
Air Ministry
Strasbourg
Britain
Berlin
Synthetic tires prove success in severe bus tests
The U S Rubber Company announced a year long test of synthetic tread tires on Public Service Coordinated Transport buses in New Jersey. Engines reported up to 37000 miles per tire on the harsh four section tire with Buna S compounds. Tests used heavy duty tires on cobblestone and paved routes with no failures beyond normal wear. Synthetic tubes and flaps performed satisfactorily.
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New York
U. S
Public Service Coordinated Transport
New Jersey
Axis Caught Off Guard by Sicily Thrust
Allied forces reveal that Sicily invasion surprised the island’s defenses despite air reconnaissance. Obstacles centered in the Gela area as heavy American counterattacks met a prepared defensive line. The article credits air power and Navy logistics for successful landings amid bad weather. In a second item, Herbert E. Clarke, 50, was buried alive at a Paper Company Plant in Mechanicville after clay in a storage bin shifted.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
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Sicily
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Lampedusa
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Herbert E. Clarke
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