June 29, 1944; TANK COUNTER ATTACKS REPELLED:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, JUNE 29, 1944:

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,

London —

British armored forces, charging forward for new gains after beating off

reinforced German counter-attacks in violent tank battles southwest of Caen, broadened their salient across the Odon river today and seized strategic heights overlooking the Nazis' Orne river defense line.

- BULLETIN

LONDON —(U,P) _ Berlin said the Red army reached Sluisk; 60 miles south and slightly west of Minsk, today and Premier Josef Stalin announced that it captured Petrozavodsk, capital of the Karelian Soviet republic, opening the

Murmansk trunk railway

 

MADISON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944

Repel Counter-Attack

in Fierce Tank Fight

Slaughter Relief Units

By VIRGIL PINKET

(United Press War Correspondent)

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,

London —

British armored forces, charging forward for new gains after beating off

reinforced German counter-attacks in violent tank battles southwest of Caen, broadened their salient across the Odon river today and seized strategic heights overlooking the Nazis' Orne river defense line.

The crucial battle of massed tanks turned definitely in favor of the British after their cannon and artillery had shredded German columns of reinforcements pouring up for an attempt to stem the Allied advance.

Striking out over the rolling

farmlands between the Orne and Odon, the British by-passed  a large number of hamlets, wooded areas, and strong points which now are being mopped up.

British Hold Strongpoints

S u p r e m e headquarters revealed that the British firmly hold Tessel-Bretteville, Grain ville, Mondrainville, and Mouen, main strongpoints in the hotly contested

cluster of villages southwest of Caen from which all elements have been driven.

Plank Permits

World Court,

He Declares

Nominee Says

He'll Consult Willkie

on Campaign

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CHICAGO—(U.P)—

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, speaking for the first time at a news conference as the Republican presidential candidate, declared today that the foreign policy plank of the new GOP platform ruled out the inclusion of "American boys" in any world police force that is under  "disembodied" international control.

Facing a barrage of questions from 300 newsmen, Dewey took on all comers in a free-style, freehand session, giving his answers tersely, without hesitation.

Reds Smash

35 Miles

from Minsk

BULLETIN

LONDON— (U.P) —

The Red army has captured Bobruisk, key bane at the lower end of the White Russian line, Premier Josef Stalin announced tonight.

- BULLETIN

LONDON —(U,P) _ Berlin said the Red army reached Sluisk; 60 miles south and slightly west of Minsk, today and Premier Josef Stalin announced that it captured Petrozavodsk, capital of the Karelian Soviet republic, opening the

Murmansk trunk railway.

MOSCOW — (U.P)—

Red armies, supported by the greatest aerial onslaught of the war in the east; raced to within 35 miles southeast and 40 miles northeast of the-White Russian fortress of Minsk today and sent a new 4 column spearing toward the Baranowicze gap, historical gateway to Warsaw,

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