Allied Thrust Renews 3 Day Assault On Marianas
Pearl Harbor June 14 Allied ships report renewed three day assault on the Marianas. U S forces claim aircraft and ships destroyed including enemy destroyers and cargo vessels. Guam Saipan Tinian Rota targeted while additional Japanese ships were damaged in separate carrier strikes. In New Guinea Douglas MacArthur reports African bombers claim eight more ships sunk. Official canvass shows 1 146 Republican and 171 Democratic votes in June primary.
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Pearl Harbor
America
Great Naval
United States
Nimits
Oh A
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Rota
Geneeral Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
INS
Sischrome
U. S
Geelvink Bay
Bisk Island
Borokoe
Makmer Airfield
Bismarck Sea
Caroline Island
Crea
Board of Supervisors
Weather Outlook for Iowa Partly Cloudy Tonight
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Iowa tonight with no significant temperature change. Widely scattered thunderstorms expected in the southern portion Thursday. No major shift in temperatures anticipated.
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Iowa
Fifth Army closes on Orbetello rear guard in Italy
American Fifth Army forces pressed a pincers movement south of Orbetello as they cut off German units attempting to retreat from the disorganized 14th Army. Gen Maitland Wilson reported increased resistance south of the town, with recon elements moving north toward highway junctions north of Orbetello. Advanced elements reached about 100 miles northwest of Rome and troops inland from the west coast occupied Latera by Lake Bolsena.
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Naples
INS
Fifth Army
Orbetello
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
14Th Army
Orbetelle
Rome
Latera
Lake Bolsena
Cumberland Leads Fifth War Loan Drive In County
Cumberland the first Cass county town to top its quota in the fourth drive repeated its ahead position in the fifth drive with a $21,500 bond total on a $21,300 quota. County chairman E. S. Holton notes J. O. Stahl led Cumberland with C. G. Hansen assisting. Pymosa No 9 and Bear Grove No 1 also surpassed targets. In the Fleed Area Sheriff Harry Jordan and Patrolmen Jones and Miller aided at Sidney flood scenes with Meyer and Bolz to follow.
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Cumberland
Cass County
E. 8. Holton
J. O. Stahl
C. G. Hansen
Pymosa No. 9
Ralph Milford
Dale Butler
Bear Grove No. 1
Bear Grove
Ross Riggs
Earl Becker
Fleed
Harry Jordan
Kenneth Jones
Ralph Miller
Sidney
Lloyd Meyer
Kenneth Bolz
Allies Hit Four Countries in Normandy Daylight Raids
London reports thousands of Allied warplanes striking from the west and south into Nazi held Europe aimed at hampering German movements in four countries. American bombers hit Budapest region and Western Europe targets. Caen and Cherbourg area sees fierce fighting as Casement and Caumont penetration deepen.
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London
INS
Sentinental
Europe
France
Budapest
Mediterranean Command
Reich
Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
Caen
TiNy-Sur-Suelles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Trearn
Coen Ores
Wader Panta
Ce Ramer
Carang
English Channel
Carentan
Eisenhower
Caumont
Widener Estate Appraisal Totals 4.42 Million
An appraisal of Joseph E. Widener estate in Norristown Pa. reveals assets totaling 4 420 817 with son Peter A B Widener and Mrs Aksel Wichfield named as principal beneficiaries The Wisconsin note states Ed Hoegh and son Calvin returning from Madison after visiting Pvt Dale Hoegh army air corps cadet at Truax Field
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Norristown
Joseph E. Widener
Peter A. B. Widener
Aksel Wichfield
Wisconsin
Ed Hoegh
Calvin
Madison
Wis
Pvt
Dale Hoegh
Army Air Corps
Truaxfield
Helps Retrieve Lost Money But For Wrong Party
Paul Miller, manager of the Railway Express company, aided an unidentified woman who found $56 at Fourth and Chestnut. The money did not belong to the woman who received help, and the currency was later found to have been dropped by a sergeant on the way to the bank. The search for the finder continues.
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Paul Miller
Railway Express Company
Fourth
Chestnut Streets
Paul
Sear Ee Ee Ee
One Town Triples Bond Requirement in War Drive
Des Moines reports strong fifth war loan results with Rembrandt Buena Vista county announcing bond sales totaling three times its $8,600 quota. Other Buena Vista towns Marathon Newell and Truesdale exceeded goals. Waverly Bremer county sold $227,160 on a $182,000 quota. Minburn Dallas county posted $20,000 on a $27,000 target and Woolstock Wright county reported $17,000 on a $14,000 quota.
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Des Moines
INS
Rembrandt
Buena Vista County
Marathon
Newell
Truesdale
Waverly
Bremer County
Minburn
Dallas County
Wright County
Mrs P M Juhler Dies After Long Illness
Bathilda Marie Juhler 62, of northeast of Atlantic, died Tuesday at Atlantic hospital after two years of declining health. Born September 20 1881 in Roost Oest maerk she moved to Amertes in 1907 and later Cass county. Surviving are husband Peter M Juhler four children and eleven grandchildren. Funeral at St Pauls Lutheran Friday at 2. Interment in Clay township cemetery southwest of Elk Horn. Body at Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home until service.
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Bathilda Marie Juhler
Peter M. Juhler
Atlantic
Atlantic Hospital
Juhler
Ole Olsen
Roost
Oestmaerk
Amertes
Marne
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Carl Wildrick
Clay Township
Elk Horn
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Former War Prisoner Aid Speaker to Visit Atlantic High
Dr. Ethan T. Colton will address an open meeting at Atlantic high school auditorium Wednesday evening June 28. The Y M C A war prisoners aid executive travels Iowa for three appearances including Council Bluffs June 29 and Shenandoah June 30. The free district gathering aims to explain prison camps in Germany and report on war prisoners aid without fund solicitation.
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Ethan T. Colton
Germany
Atlantic High School
Cass County War Chest Committee
Colton
Y. M. C. A. War Prisoners Aid
United States
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
Iowa War Chest, Inc
Town War Chest Inc
Russia
Poland
Baltic States
Balkans
Europe
Delays by Hawaii defense contracts blamed on German alien
A House special military subcommittee report accuses Col Theodore Wyman Jr and German-born Hane Wilhelm Rohr of delaying key defense projects in Hawaii. The study cites contract failures for air warning stations on Oahu and Kauai, risking earlier Japanese attack detection and notes $125 million in contracts with Hawaiian builders. The panel signals possible War Department accountability.
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Washington
Congress
House
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Honolulu
Honeulu
Hane Wilhelm Rohl
Pearl Harbor
Welter C. Short
Wyman
War) Department
Rohl
War Department
Pacific
Oahu
Kauai Islands
Wyntan
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
May
Massive Las Vegas newborn breaks family平均 weight hope
Las Vegas couple Mr and Mrs Jack McConnell welcomed a 16 pound baby boy. They moved from Arkansas two years ago where the father worked at basic magnesium. The family already has five children whose births averaged around seven pounds.
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Las Vegas, Nev
Jack McConnell
McConnells
Arkansas
Las Vegas
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Yank
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Moentebourg
Cherbourg
Margebourg
21St Pansers
Paris
le Havre
de Truit
Erwin Remmel
Normandy
Aled
Feuer
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Casement
St. Lo
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ish Channe
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Rennes
Seine Valley
P. M. Juhler
American Relief Administration
Soviet
Foreign Service
Ethan T. Colon
Blameus
Hawaii
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