Caen Defenses Hold Amid Heavy Tank Attacks
German forces throw divisions including a Russian panzer corps into the Caen defense as rain and fierce British counter blows cripple many tanks and troops. Rommel suffers a bloody setback while Allied landings and armored movements loom along the Cherbourg peninsula. Montgomery’s lines resist as German effort to seize the Odon River front fades. Continued on Page Eleven.
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Russia
Caen
Sity
Ne Field
Ervin Rommel
London Radio
CBS
Cherbourg
Normandy
Ricsian Front
Acion
BZO
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Oden River
Perfect Teeth Never Touched Candy
Lois Price, 18, of Jefferson, has never eaten pastries, candy, ice cream, or beverages like coffee or tea and, as Dr. A G Barker notes, she has a perfect set of teeth. Barker examined about 23,000 people and found only Lois with such dental perfection. Her mother says Lois simply never cared for sweets since infancy.
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Chicago
Lois Price
Jefferson
A.G. Barker
Alisg Price
Halifax Returns to England on Short Visit
Lord Halifax, Britain's ambassador to the United States, and his wife have gone back to England for a brief visit, as announced by the foreign office yesterday.
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London
Lord Halifax
United States
England
Foreign Office
N H Davis Dies After Long Illness in Virginia
N H Davis, 16 year old chairman of the American Red Cross and former diplomat, died in Hot Springs Virginia of a cerebral hemorrhage after ill health. He had served in diplomatic posts under Wilson Hoover and Roosevelt and chaired the League of Red Cross Societies. Funeral services set for Alexandria Virginia. Survived by multiple siblings and children. Also reports Saipan invasion tallies with American losses and prisoner captures as Nimitz notes initial enemy strength and progress of Marines and Army units.
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Gpi
Norman Fl) Davis
American Red Cross
Davis
Red Cross
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Fred Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
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Bedford County
Tenn
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Atire
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Geneva
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Washington
Paul M. Davis
Nashville
Thurman J.davis
Tullahoma
Lamont Davis
Frank Goetz
Maclin P. Davis
Norman H. Davis
Chapapaqua
S. Y
J. Pascttail Davis
U.S. N.R
Virginia Beach
Godde P Davis
U. & Army
J. Potter
Mount Kisco
Robert Stuart
New York City
Joan Fennelly
Chevy Chase
Malcolm Smith
Christ Church
Alexandria
George Washington
Holiday Accidental Deaths Reach 119 During Fourth of July Week
The Associated Press reports the July fourth holiday toll rose to 119 with most deaths from auto accidents. Drownings numbered 28 and other causes 30. California led states with 12 fatalities. upstate New York Ohio Michigan each had eight. Indiana seven.
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Associated Press
California
Timois
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Diana
Wartime Bond Drive at Sea Sites Reported
A fragmented notice mentions war bonds and a site listing in July, with scant readable details. The fragment references a wartime fundraising effort and patrols or sites involved, but lacks clear names or dates.
Allied Bombers Hit Flying Bomb Installations in Pas de Calais
American and British heavy bombers targeted the Germans flying bomb launching platforms in Pas de Calais with 1,060 to 1,500 tons of explosives. Luftwaffe defenses and poor weather limited Normandy invasion air support for a second day. Concurrent raids hit oil refineries rail yards and industrial sites near Budapest and across Hungary and Yugoslavia.
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London
Calais
Arez
France
Itdy
Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
U. S
Pas ‘de Calais
R. A
Wallace Visits Shrine Before Leaving China
Vice President Henry A. Wallace left China after visiting a shrine believed to house the remains of Genghis Khan. He walked Dragon Cloud bridge and Prosperity Mountain to lay pink paper flowers, saying China’s resistance to Japan remains strong despite difficulties and reverses. Chiang Kai-shek later told him Khan’s bones likely lie in an unmarked grave in outer Mongolia.
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Suiyuan
Owen
Jissimo Chiang
Wallace
Outer Mongolia
Nations May Scrap Peace Conference
Washington reports a shift in policy as officials privately favor winding up the European war with short term separate agreements. Long term European problems would be handled by a proposed United Nations council and assembly.
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Washington UF
United Nations Council
Fifth Army Captures Cecina in Italy Drive
American Fifth Army infantry captured the German stronghold Cecina twenty miles below Livorno after bitter house to house fighting. Allied reports say defenders were driven from the town before dawn as French columns moved on Siena and the Rome coast road center.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Cecina
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Siena
Huth
Florence
Siena Plain
Tito Announces Partisan Advance to Derventa Position
Yugoslav Partisans reportedly occupy Derventa, 44 miles south of Brod on the Main line to Belgrade. A Tito communique from three Yugoslav HQs says the Partisans hold the initiative across western central and eastern Bosnia and have wrecked trains, delaying German troops and traffic toward northern Italy.
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London
Gpi
Tito
Derventa
Brod
Belgrade
Thvee
Bosinia
Italy
Reds Hint Finn Peace Still Open
Moscow reports indicate the Soviet Union has not closed the door to peace with Finland despite closer ties to Germany. Pravda warns Finns face a choice between joining a plundering war or seeking peace with the Soviet Union, while rumors of German troop landings on the Aland Islands surface amid guarded Stockholm denials.
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FRESS
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Communist Party
Pravda
Finland
Tockhaim
Stockholm
Aland
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Stocksholm
Aftonbladet
Mariehamn
Alands
Belgium Border Closure Reported by British Radio
British radio quoted the Belgian news agency yesterday stating that the Germans have closed the border between Belgium and Germany, signaling heightened wartime restrictions and movement limits.
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New York
Belgium
Germany
Poletti Urges Allies to Stay in Italy After War
Rome July 1 CP Lieut Col Charles Poletti regional commissioner for Rome says Allies must remain in Italy after the war at least until Italians decide on government. Reconstruction should be aided by Allied loans. Elections and monarchy decision should occur soon. Allies to guide the vote and avoid leaving Italy. Poletti cites rapid rebuilding in Naples and Italy's need for heavy equipment.
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Rome
Charles Poletti
Italy
Mussolini
Poletti
Naples
Statians
Danish Riots Risk Nazi Food Supply
Danish riots threaten the Nazi food supply as patriots in Copenhagen resist with a general strike. Reports say strikes halt traffic and trade, possibly spreading to eight towns in Sjelland, including Kolding and Odense on Fyn. German occupation tightens cordons amid dairy shortages and road closures.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Stifeiorn
Sjelland
Kelsignor
Odense
Town Lodges Stranded Vacationists in Jail
Wildwood New Jersey holiday crowds left unlodged visitors in police station cells for one night. Recorder Byrne warned volunteers they must find other lodgings or leave town to avoid a municipal loitering ban.
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Wildwood
N. J
Brl Byrne
Women of Rome Wow Disagree With Shermans War Viewpoint
In a June dispatch from Italy the Wow column examines Allied reactions to Roman women as soldiers share their impressions. The piece quotes Stars and Stripes and other Allied papers noting that while the women are attractive and clean, language barriers and cultural differences provoke mixed feelings among American troops.
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Rome
Sherman
Reste
Stars and Stripes
Enion Jack
Street Neglect Blamed for Car And Tire Wear
Washington reports that tire wear and car damage rise due to neglected roads in city and county areas. AAA national president Thomas P. Henry urges War Production Board aid for road maintenance equipment, use of idle military road machinery for repairs, and a nationwide clean up week to clear debris from streets.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Thomas P. Henry
Detroit
AALA
War Production Board
Military Service Besiade
Conference of Mayors
Council of Sigie
Horses Stampede In Coast Resort Town
Coast Resort Town in Minnesota awoke to a herd of about thirty horses runaway from a corral. No injuries occurred despite automobile accidents and damaged vehicles as residents assembled a round up crew to pursue the loose animals. Some were recovered near the city while others wandered the business district and far afield. The Coast Guard planned to auction the herd on Saturday.
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Ocean
City
J. GA
Coast’ Guard
Cortrai
Russians Drive Into Old Poland And Attack Minsk Railways
German defenders at Minsk are squeezed as Russian columns push toward Poland and Lithuania. Soviet reports claim 700 Germans killed or captured yesterday and vow a final Minsk stand will fail. Columns reach Krasnoe across the border and seize lines from Minsk north to Wilno and from Minsk to Brent-Litorsk toward Stolzet, with other forces advancing toward Baronowicze.
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London
Minsk
Old
Poland
Russia
Ragcon
Red Army
Germany
Moscow Redi
Pravda
Moscow
Lithuania
Krasnoe
Wilno
Minnsk
Brent-Litorsk
Stolzet
Neieswiez
Baronowicze
U S Property In Rome Inventoried By Officials
Major Paul D. Shuyer announced that holdings of more than forty American firms with about 30 million dollars invested in Rome have been assessed and inventoried. Statements will be submitted to owners. firms include American Express Otis Elevator IBM Eastman Kodak General Electric Western Electric Barclays Bank of London The Italian American Bank Metro Goldwyn Mayer Paramount Warner Brothers Singer National Radiator and more. Banks reported solvent and no real estate damage occurred.
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Rome
Paul D. Shuyer
Rome Area
Colorado
WPA
theAmerican Express
Otis Elevator
Interational Business
East Japan Kodak
General Electric
Western Electric
Barklay's Bank of London
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Paramount
Warner Brothers
Singer
Helen Rubensteins
Shriver
Body of Lost Child Found On Mountain
Franklin County coroner Carl C. Wagner announced an autopsy confirmed Joseph Fromagst aged missing since Saturday died of exhaustion and starvation. The body was located near the summit of Mount Moros by searchers. he appeared to have died five days earlier. A scout group from Newark had been among the searchers aided by state fire warden Adelard Fromeget.
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Tupper Lake
Carl C. Wagner
Franklin
Joseph Fromagst
Afeunt Moros
Som
Adelard
Fromeget
Jost June
Sor Scoun Sever
Lancaster
Newark
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Fair Enough
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Raila
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