Tragic Accidental Gun Death Involving Boy
An eight year old boy, Gerald LeRoy Burrell, died after a .28 revolver discharged while he examined the gun at his father Howard Durrell's home. The incident occurred in Davenport near the Mississippi River where lifeguards recovered the injured boy. Albert J. Pechan, 18, a navy student, nearly lost his life attempting to save him, but the body had not been recovered.
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Howard Durrell
Seer Sess
WAC Show Moves to Auditorium Then Plans Open Air at Trojan Field
The WAC Travan show will be staged at the high school auditorium due to difficulties with outdoor setup. The caravan arrived from Carroll after a late showing and is booked for Red tomorrow. A recruiting team will be at the post office Tuesday morning to follow up with interested attendees.
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Carroll
Red
WAC
Ideal
G A R Encampment Opens With Few Veterans Present
Fort Dodge Iowa June 70th annual encampment of the G A R department town and affiliated organizations opened today with about 500 expected attendees. Only two Union veterans attended David Sisk last Civil War veteran in Iowa soldiers home Marshalltown and John M Gudgel Shenandoah assistant adjutant general.
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G. A. R. Department of Town
Fort
David Sisk
Iowa Soldiers
Marshalltown
John M. Gudgel
Shenandoah
Weather forecast for Yown area
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions. Continued cool Tuesday and fresh to strong winds expected.
Navy says 6 Japanese vessels sunk by long-range subs
U S Navy report states six more Japanese supply vessels and transports were sunk by African long-range submarines in Pacific waters. The tally brings total Japanese losses to 589 vessels since the war began as American subs stepped up the offensive.
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Japan
Air Force Opens Combat Crew Training to 17-Year-Olds
Omaha reports the army air forces training program reopened by the War Department to 17-year-old youths. Maj. Frank V. Kent in Omaha announces applications are again being received by the Omaha AAF examining board. Youths enlist in the enlisted reserve after turning 18 for air combat crew training.
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Army Air Forces Air Combat
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Frank V. Kent
Nebraska
Omaha Aaf
Army Air Forces Enlisted Reserve
Soviet says heavy losses for Germans as battles rage near Iasi
Moscow reports fierce hand to hand fighting northwest and north of Iasi in Romania with over 1,000 German troops killed during four attacks. Soviet high command says 29 German tanks destroyed while 44 enemy planes fell, and 53 planes were shot down the day before. Russian forces freed 8,000 civilians from a concentration camp as German units shift to Bulgaria along the Black Sea coast.
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Iasi
Romania
Germany
London
Red
Moldavia
Vitebsk
Gulf of Finland
Moscow Radio
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Bulgaria
Black Sea
Varna
Burgas
Funeral services planned for Mrs Willard Edwards
Humboldt files show funeral services planned today for Mrs Willard Edwards 40 past matron of the Eastern Star and past regent of the D A R prominent club woman died yesterday She is survived by her husband three sons and three daughters
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Humboldt
Iia
Willard Edwards
Eastern Star
G I Joe On Mussolini Balcony Delivers Rousing Address In Rome
An unidentified American private on Benito Mussolini’s Palazzo Venezia balcony speaks bluntly against fascism as Rome celebrates Allied liberation after 22 years of oppression. Crowds cheer as Italian Carabinieri police the square and Pope Pius XII blesses the troops.
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INS
Mark W. Clark
Benito Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
G. I
CBS
Farnsworth Fowle
Brooklyn
Garibaldi
Pope Pius
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Light Vote in Primary Today Across All Wards
Voters turnout at 3 pm showed 239 ballots cast overall versus 391 in 1942 and 704 in 1940. In First Ward 52 votes, Second Ward 19, Third Ward 80, and Fourth Ward 88. Comparisons highlight lighter participation than two and four years prior.
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Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Iraq Premier Resigns Over Ill Health. New Government Formed
In Baghdad Gen Uri Pasha Es-Said resigns due to ill health. Handi Padawi, president of the chamber of deputies, becomes premier and forms a new government with four new ministries.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Uri Pasha Es-Said
Handi Padawi
Iraq Chamber of Deputies
Primary ballots cast in Sherman township by elderly residents
In Blencoe Iowa on June 5 nonagenarians and an octogenarian led the first voter turnout in Sherman township. The Rev M P Jones age 91 and his wife Emma 81 along with Mrs Emma Rolph age 81 cast Republican ballots.
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Emma
Emma Rolph
Anita Corporal Wounded in Action in Italy
Mrs. R. E. Fowble received a government message stating Anita Corporal Gerald FE Fowble was wounded in Italy on May 21. He was drafted early in 1942, served in Africa, and fought with a tank division at Anzio below Rome. His brother Harold Fowble also serves, with a report of his safe arrival at a foreign port.
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Gerald FE. Fowble
Italy
R. E. Fowble
Cpl. Cowble
Africa
Anzio
Rome
Cpl
Harold Fowlle
Fowble
Polish Premier in Washington
Polish premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk arrived in Washington at Roosevelt’s invitation to confer with the President and U S officials on the Polish Soviet dispute and seek a settlement. Ed Stettinius said the Russian government approved the visit.
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Washington
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Edward Stettinius
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Roosevelt
Mikolajczyk
Aldrich Named OPA Omaha District Director
John G. Aldrich appointed district director of the Omaha Office of Price Administration by Regional Director Rue E. Walters. He has served with the OPA since September 1942 and has acted as Omaha director for several months. Previously he was vice president and general manager of the Lincoln Potash Co. at Antioch Nebraska and director of Corporaters and its Wood Bros. Corp. subsidiaries in Lincoln.
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Chicago
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John G. Aldrich
Omaha
Office of Price Administration
Rue E. Walters
Aldrich
OPA
Lincoln Potash Co
Antioch
Neb
Wood Bros. Corp
Lincoln
Bombers Roar Over Invasion Coast In 50th Straight Day
London reports huge formations of American heavy bombers and 500 fighters strike French invasion coast targets around Boulogne and Calais. Official HQ says Fortresses Liberators and Thunderbolts bombed alongside daylight RAF and night raids with no losses, widening damage to vital Nazi military installations.
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Germany
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England
Nasi
General Clark Named Father of the Year for Rome Victory
Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark received the Father of the Year award from the national Fathers Day committee for directing the American Fifth Army in the capture of Rome. A cable praised him as the first Allied commander to liberate a Nazi Fascist capital and lauded his inspiration to the Fifth Army. Seaman Ralph Krohn and his wife visit Krohn's mother in Chicago before his possible overseas deployment from Philadelphia.
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Mark W. Clark
National Fathers Day Committee
Rome
Fifth Army
Clark
Ralph Krohn
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
D. Krohn
Maple Street
Philadelphia
Mra Krohn
Allied push near Rome halts German retreat west of Tiber
General Wilson announced Allied forces continue to advance west of the Tiber and press the enemy south of Rome. Roads north of Rome were jammed with German troops and transports retreating under Allied bombardment. The Mediterranean Air Force destroyed roads to slow the withdrawal as Rome’s fate looms for the German army.
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Naples
Rome
Henry Mattleed Wilson
Tiber
Wilson
Fifth Army
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Die Deliverancs
Ted
Italy
Remie
Sabine Hills
King Victor Emanuel Renounces Crown in Favor of Umberto
King Victor Emanuel abdicated today, surrendering the crown to Prince Umberto as Rome faces Allied advance. Meanwhile Prime Minister Badoglio’s cabinet contemplates a civilian-heavy reshuffle amid political turmoil.
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Victor Emanuel
Umberto
Italy
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
End of Enemy Resistance in Rome Declared by Allied HQ
At 12:08 p.m. today British and American forces announced the last vestiges of enemy resistance in Rome had ended. The report says 1,200 enemy vehicles were destroyed or damaged in devastating bomb and strafing attacks as Allied troops consolidated on the right flank while left-flank rearguard actions continued to delay mass withdrawal north.
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Rome
Henry Maitland Wilson
Rome Front Roads Weakened by Fierce Combat on Appian Way
An IMPS staff correspondent describes Rome’s booted advance along the Appian Way with six engagements and heavy casualties on the Nazi side. The column passed Ciampino where machine gun fire damaged the writer’s ship and a tire blew out as they pressed toward the eternal city.
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Rome
Ciampino
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