Births in Audubon and Massena families reported
A daughter was born June 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Dolliver Zinke at the grandmother's home in Audubon. Shirley Diana Spry Griswold, weighing 7 pounds, was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spry. Massena Lt. Walter Wright and his wife welcomed a son born June 14 at Des Moines Army Post Hospital, named Thomas Clifton after grandfathers. Ruth Hogan of Massena is the mother. Tom Hogan visited Des Moines to meet their first grandson.
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Zinkes
Audubon
Dolliver Zinke
George Ditto
Shirley Diana Spry Griswold
Clarence Spry
Shirley Diana
Massena
Walter Wright
An & Pound
Army Post Hospital
Des Moines
Thomas Clifton
Ruth Hogan
Tom Hogan
Notice to request advance copies of The Newe Telegraph
Notice instructs readers to notify the office in advance to ensure entre copies are provided. Advises pre arrangement to avoid waste and implies available copies may be limited. No specific names or dates are given.
Lead Elements of City of Florence Advance in Italy
Naples dispatch reports Fifth Army advancing toward Florence with rapid pushes from the Tyr rhenian coast to Lake Bolsena. American and British forces seize towns including Aquafendente Todi and Orvieto area while Mediterranean air force targets Florence rail lines and German airfields, with several enemy aircraft destroyed. The Gothic line south of Rimini remains unorganized as Allied units threaten Grosseta and Saturnia.
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Naples
INS
Fifth Army
Gresseta
Rome
Italy
Florence
Sir Henry Maitland Wilton
Frente
Aquafendente
Eighth Army
Natal
Terni
Todi
Orvieto
Ficulle
Adriatic
Mediterranean Air Force
Avignon
Ing
Tyrrhenian Sea
Lake Boleena
Orbdetalle
Grosseta
Scansano
Saturnia
Florence-Piss Line
Saipan Landing and Yap Raid Report Naval Action
American forces push toward Garapan and Charan Kanoa on Saipan as naval gunfire and air bombardment cripple coastal defenses. Douglas MacArthur notes fierce resistance while Liberators raid Yap island to pin enemy air strength and support Saipan landings. Simultaneous raids hit Olesi and Truk in the Carolines.
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Nimits
Charan Kanoa
Garapan
Saipan
Long
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Yap Island
Yap
Palau
Maglanas
Philippines
Ag G
Newvy
George C. Kenney
Fifth Air Force
U. S
Admiralty
Olesi
Truk
Carolines
Local News Notes On Pulpit, Tours And Honors
Local briefs report Rev. P. B. Casell will fill the First Baptist pulpit at 11 a m Sunday. Mrs Gene Ramsey returns from Knoxville after a visit with relatives. Church softball league play, 9 p m at Sunnyside park. Lieut Frits Pomeh departs for Camp Stewart Ga after leave. Attendees at James Stier funeral include son Harry of Denver and Lester Dunn of Lincoln. Gerald Lafferty on rotation leave homebound from North Africa via Pennsylvania. Sgt Ver V Adams completes soldiering course in England and will be assigned to an American air base. Frit Simpson to lead Y camp duties at Boone. Rev A Howard Lindquist and Dr W Floyd Smith attend Presbyterian Synod in Ames. Staff Sgt Richard M Christensen receives Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters for Europe missions. Phyllis Otto and Ann Casey head to the Western Open golf tourney. Mrs Casey & daughter depart Davenport for Chicago. Mrs Ralph Finkbine and Mrs Minnie Holland attend Mid-West Institute at Drake Univ. Pfc Clyde Woolsey returns to the U S after overseas service. home in two weeks. Miss Ramona Murray named Cass county social welfare director, replacing Ruth Schultz. Ensign Robert Sherwood, Hollywood radar trainee, selected for tactical radar training after indoctrination at Hollywood.
County Salvage Calendar Appeals for War Effort
County salvage notice urges women and county chairmen to gather scrap paper and containers. Howard Marshall and Mrs. Willis Miller coordinate shipments to depot at 212 Elm Street or to food stores via calls to the county chairman. Scrap pays two red points and 4 cents per pound. Kea-Farm scrap is badly needed as grocers cannot provide transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Girl Scouts
Call County
Summer Fun and Local Travel Notes From Iowa
Miss Janice Clithero returns home to spend the summer after working since January with the Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding corp and prior to that at Camp Kohler, Calif. A storm report shows widespread showers across Iowa with heavy rain in several cities and high temperatures near 90s. Wayne Blunk escapes with minor bruises when a GMC truck hits a bridge on primary 48 south of Griswold after a suspected tire failure.
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Janice Clithero
Maurice Clithero
East Fourth Street
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Post Exchange
Camp Kohler
Calif
Wayne Blunk
Olive Street
GMC
Primary 48
Griswold
Capital City Broadcasting Co Seeks Des Moines Radio License
Des Moines papers report Capital City Broadcasting Company seeking a federal license to operate a radio station. Articles of incorporation show a 650 000 capital and filing in the secretary of State's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Capital City Broadcasting Company of
Secretary of State
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Wounded in Action Report Reaches Grubbs Family
Mr and Mrs Allen Grubbs receive a government telegram stating their son Merle was wounded in action in Italy and is hospitalized there.
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Casey
Allen Grubbs
Merle
Italy
Save a life by driving slowly near children on highways
A public safety message urges drivers to reduce speed when children are nearby highways and to be prepared to stop suddenly to prevent injuries. The call emphasizes vigilant driving, quick braking, and awareness in residential or school areas along roadways.
Yawata Targeted as US B 29s Strike Japan
Reports detail heavy damage to Japan's industrial heartland from air raids centering on Yawata and Shimonoseki as B 29s extend reach across Kyushu and Honshu. The raids illustrate Allied air power advancing toward a showdown in the Pacific.
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Japan
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Moji
Oita
Yawata
Imperial Steel Works
Rep
Jee Starnes
Ala
Imperial Japanese Government Iron and Steel Works
Hirohito
Hermann Goering Steel Works
Essen
Germany
Yawate
China
Saipan
United States
Pacific
Five German POWs Escape Hospital at Indianola Neb
Special Agent Duane L. Traynor of the Omaha FBI reports five German prisoners of war escaped from the Indianola camp hospital during the night. The five men shed their uniforms, stole US Army garb, and fled. Named escapees include Albert Muller 22 Herbert Vogler 21 Marcel Barthel 25 Anton Petratecheck 28 and Karl Linke 29. Barthel and Linke speak English. Linke is six feet tall.
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Omaha
INS
Duane L. Traynor
FBI Office Today
Indianola
Neb
United States Army
Traynor
Albert Muller
Herbert Vogler
Marcel ‘Barthel
Anton Petratecheck
Karl Linke
Ford Migel Medal Awarded Posthumously to Henry Ford
New York June 16 Henry Ford today held the Migel medal for outstanding service to the blind though he could not attend the ceremony. The honor went to his grandson Henry Ford 2d and was presented by Helen Keller. Ford earned the award for his company's early efforts to provide suitable employment for the disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Ford
Helen Keller
Ford
Elk Horn Pioneer Dies at 69 After Heart Attack
Elk Horn resident Hans Peter Madsen 69 veteran of World War I was found dead at 6 50 p m Thursday at his mother Mrs Thor Madsens home He was born December 25 1885 on the family farm northwest of Elk Horn He never married and survived by three brothers George Thorvald Chris and seven sisters Funeral services tentatively set for Sunday at the Elk Horn Lutheran church with Rev Anders Hansen officiating burial in Elk Horn cemetery
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Elk Horn
Pete Madsen
Thor Madsen
Hans Peter Madsen
George
Thorvald
Council Bluffs
Chris
Oakland
Alfred Petersen
Des Moines
Storm Marquesen
Fort Dodge
Hans C. Hansen
M. T. Gregersen
Woorens K ’ All
Hans Miller
Audubon
Orite Poulsen
Atlantic
Elk Horn Lutheran Church
Anders Hansen
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Charles Winminger
Goria Dehaven
Nancy Walker Lata Worne
Then Scott
Xtra
Mon
Farmers Auction Co
City OF
Wedge
NIP Empire
Alantic News
Telegraph
P. B. Casell
Missouri Valley
First Baptist Church
Gene Ramsey
Hickory Street
Knoxville
Mia
Mariina Mikkelsen
Sunnyside Park
Frits Pomeh of
Wiots
Cass County
Camp Stewart
James Stier
Harry Stier
Denver
Lester Dunn
Lincoln, Neb
Gerald
Butch) Lafferty
Seabees
North Africa
Pennsylvania
Clifford Lafferty
Ver V. Adams
Anita
John Adams
Air Service Command
England
Frits Simpson
F. D. Simpson
LeVista
Boone “Y
Trojan
Presbyterian Synod
A. Howard Lindquist
W. Floyd Smith
Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
Ames
Calvin Knop
Jac Nygeard
Gete
Richard M. Christensen
Annabelle Christensen
Extra
Europe
Christensen
Servece
Mims
Phyllis Otto
Iowa
Park Ridge
Ill
Davenport
Ann Casey
Mason City
Mise Casey
Chicago
Te Institute
Ralph Finkbine
Poplar Street
Minnie Holland
Maxwell, In
Mid-West Institute of International Relations
Drake University
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Pfc
Clyde Woolsey
Fred Poch
East Third Street
Virginia
Woolsey
Ireland
Scotland
Sicily
Ramona Murray
Robert Sherwood
Harry Sherwood
News-Telegraph City
Hollywood
Fla
Cherbourg
U. S. Ninth Air Force
U. S. Army Air Force
International Soundphoto
Howard Marshall
Willis Miller
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Decorah
Burlington
ASK
Kyushu Island
America
Marianas
Chester W. ‘Nimitz
Stimson
Stmaon
Army
Linke
Barthel
Oly
Phoenix
Pittsburgh Paints
East Second Street
Atlantic Building Supply Company
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