Yanks End Japs With Flamethrowers on Fifth Avenue Parade
A.J. Roberts reports a Fifth Avenue parade of infantry veterans in jeeps, bearing battle names from Cassino to Attu, amid a somber crowd. The event precedes Pacific deployment, with two battalions marching under a guarded, muted mood as war efforts continue in Okinawa and beyond.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Fifth Avenue
Broad Street
Cassino
Burma
Saipan
Okinawa
Aachen
Leyte
Cherbourg
Attu
Hetle
San Francisco
Na Hons
Britain
France
Poland
Warsaw
Lidice
Germany
Krupps
Paris
Andre Vienot
French Consultative Assembly
Middle East
Associated Press
Guam
Pacific
OPA Files Suits Against Iowa Firms
Des Moines, June 16. The OPA opened its drive to enforce slaughter control regulations by filing injunctions in federal district court against Butts and Company of Brooklyn, Jr. and the Stuart Locker Service of Stuart for killing swine beyond quotas as class 2 slaughterers. Also sued was Carl O. Notz of Greenfield for taking two rationed beef carcasses without surrendering points.
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Dee Moines
Despines District
OPA
Butts and Company
Brooklyn, Jr
Stuart Locker Service
Stuart
Carl O. Notz
C. and M
Greenfield
Copenhagen arrest of alleged mass murderer Tomann
Berlingske Tidende reports a district leader identified as Obersturmbannführer Tomann, accused of machine-gunning 27,000 prisoners at Lublin, was arrested by British forces at Rendsburg in southern Schleswig.
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Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Tomann
Lublin
Rendsburg
Schlawig
Weather Outlook Fair Tonight Then Warm Sunday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday, with partly cloudy to cloudy skies in the east tonight. Temperatures remain cool tonight with a rise expected Sunday as conditions become warmer.
Mrs. Sam G. Stone 83 Dies at Son’s Home
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Stone 83 wife of the late Samuel C. Stone died this morning at 8:45 at her son J Hughes Stone’s home 901 Olive street Atlantic Iowa after two years of ill health She was born August 21 1861 in Marion county Ohio and moved with her parents to Dexter Cass county later She married Samuel C Stone December 29 1887 in Atlantic He died October 1924 She lived in Atlantic since 1926 Surviving Ralph H Stone Yuma Colorado J Hughes Stone Atlantic Ruth L Van Vinck Ames Emily C Bamford Mason City sister Lela Riggs Atlantic fifteen grandchildren Also survived by two sisters Ida M Wilson and brothers Lewis A Wallace and Ralph C Wallace Preceded in death by two brothers and a sister Funeral at 2 pm Tuesday Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home Rev Lauren D Thomas officiating Interment Atlantic cemetery Remains at the funeral home until service.
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Margaret Ellen Stone
Samuel C. Stone
J. Hughes Stone
Olive Street
Mrs. Stone
Marion County
Ohio
John and
Emmeline Wallace
Dexter
Cass County
Mason City
Lela Riggs
Atlantic
Ida M. Wilson
Lewis A. Wallace
Ralph C. Wallace
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Lauren D. Thomas
Methodist Church
Atlantic Cemetery
Penn Railroad hunts identities after deadly rail collision
Milton Pennsylvania June 16 AP Pennsylvania railroad officials search for the identities of four of the 19 killed when a Washington to Buffalo express collided with a freight train. Three women and one serviceman remained unidentified as crews clear wreckage and assess injuries from the Dominion Express crash at 55 miles per hour into a derailed freight car caused by a broken journal.
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Milton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dominion Express
Storm Lake Deputy Sheriff Appointment and Farm Plan
Storm Lake deputy sheriff Byron H. Jones, formerly of Sheldon, appointed for Buena Vista County. Storm Lake sups: G F and M G Bell of Newell plan to lease land along the Milwaukee railroad to build a farm implement warehouse.
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Storm Lake
Byron H. Jones
Sheldon
Buena Vista County
G. F
M. G. Bell
Newell
Milwaukee Railroad
Wilfred T. Peterson Awarded for Superior Agriculture
A Chicago-A committee of farm leaders selected Wilfred T. Peterson of Winnebago County Iowa for an achievement in agriculture. The award will be presented next Saturday by W G Skelly president of the Skelly Oil company.
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Chicago
Wilfred T. Peterson
Winnebago County
Iowa
W. G. Skelly
Skelly Oil Company
Iowans to Join Ike for Washington Reception
Two Iowa officers and enlisted men join General Eisenhower's Washington reception on Monday. Major Edward E. Beaty, air corps, Ames, and Lt. Col. George Garton, field artillery, Des Moines, will accompany the general and other officers and men.
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Washington
Army
Iowa liquor permits urged before June 30 expiry
Des Moines officials say the Iowa Liquor Commission urges residents to buy next year liquor permits before their current ones expire June 30 to prevent a July rush due to staff shortages in state stores. Chairman Lane stresses timely purchases to avoid delays.
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Des Moines
Dick R. Lane
Iowa Liquor Commission
Slaughterers and Meat Retailers Hold Regional Meeting
A regional meeting for slaughterers and meat retailers will be held at the county court house next Thursday at 8 p m. to discuss record keeping reports slaughtering permits and drove costs. Attending are H B J Meyer slaughter control officer and Paul A Dale of the Omaha OPA. The Atlantic conference serves Cass Audubon Shelby Montgomery Page and Taylor counties.
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Court House
H. B. J. Meyer
Paul A. Dale
Omaha
OPA
Atlantic
Cass
Audubon
Shelby
Montgomery
Page
Taylor Counties
HOPES FOR QUICK ACTION ON TAX REVISION
Washington reports plans to fast track a postwar tax revision to aid business and industry with 5 billion dollars for reconversion. Doughton will introduce the business-aid tax bill as Knutson predicts House passage within a week to 10 days after hearings begin Tuesday. The measure shifts no rate changes but accelerates rebates and credits due industry.
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Washington
Congress
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Knutson
Minnesota
Death of Harry E. Stone Retired Railway Engineer
Harry E. Stone, 73, a retired Rock Island railway engineer, died at his Des Moines home from a long heart ailment. He had suffered a severe heart attack three months earlier. Survived by widow Dollie Garside, two daughters, a son in Germany, and several brothers. funeral Monday at 2 pm in West Des Moines with interment there.
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Harry E. Stone
Rock Island
Des Moines
Stone
Dollie Garside
Atlantic
Harry
Germany
West Des Moines
Des Moines Man Purchases Des Moines Duplex
Bill Timm a retired Rock Island conductor and Pullman hotel staffer has bought a duplex at 34th and Hickman boulevard in Des Moines and plans to move there.
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Des Moines
Bill Timm
Pullman Hotel
Rock Island Lines
34Th and
Hickman Boulevard
Revamping Bomb-Dazed 3 Ring Circus Opens for Allies
Lt Colin Johnson, 25, a British artillery officer, leads a bomb-dazed three ring circus in Hamburg for Allied troops. He rebuilt a haunted Hagenbeck show with 1000 lights, a 43000 seat tent, and feeds for 60 horses and multiple animals. Jugglers and performers include Poles Czechs Yugoslavs and Germans. A second Hamburg circus group, Continental Express, gathers 30 European entertainers at a displaced persons center.
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Hamburg
Germany
Colin Johnson
Montgomery
Europe
Colin
Nottingham
England
Hagenbeck Circus
Breslau
Lueneburg
Second Army
Hamburg Displaced Persons Center
Michigan visitors share Adrian and Walnut area news
From Michigan Mrs. Owen Sexton and her children of Adrian are visiting the Bert Sexton family at Walnut and Me and Mrs. George Hanson of Atlantic.
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Michigan
Owen Sexton
Adrian, Mich
Bert Sexton
Walnut and
George Hanson
Atlantic
Allies study role of German postwar industry
Paris June 16 AP German industry once a major arsenal of aggression is nearly shut down as Allies decide how to reopen safely. Only a few hundred plants may resume under strict needs of Allied armies or to sustain life. Krupp and I G Farben face potential special commissions due to size and danger. Control rests with Allied occupation authorities while transformation proceeds.
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Paris
al- Hed
Krupp Works, Steel and Munitions Manufacturing Organization
Germany
Leonard T. Gerow
U. S. 15Th Army
Saar
Rhine Valley
Ruhr
Krupp
I. G. Farben-Industrie
15Th Army
Gerow
Allied Control Council
Big Three Meet in Berlin Area
London reports that the next Big Three conference will be held in the Berlin area before July 26. Prime Minister Churchill confirmed the date, with Bracken noting the meeting could occur during Britain’s national election vote counting between July 5 and July 27.
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London
Berlin
Downing Street
Churchill
Brendan Bracken
Britain
Honeymoon Special on Eastbound Train
Hollywood reports a honeymoon special train carrying Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli along with Donna Reed and Tony Owen. Both actresses, from the same studio, married recently. all four traveled eastward after weddings held yesterday.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
Vincente Minnelli
Donna Reed
Denison
Tony Owen
Eisenhower Sets Return Flight From Europe
General Eisenhower departed for the United States with plans to reach Washington on Monday and New York on Tuesday. He will briefly stop in Bermuda before continuing home to Abilene Kansas where a hero’s welcome awaits.
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Paris
Eisenhower
United States
Washington
New York
Kansas
Abilene
Bermuda
Okinawa Battle Nears Final Japanese Strongholds
American forces pushed across Hara Kiri plateau on Okinawa flanks toward remaining Japanese positions atop a three mile coastal arc. Buckner said Japanese could not withstand another week of fight as 70,000 enemy dead were estimated and 12 Japanese per American soldier killed to date.
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Guam
Hara Kiri
Okinawa Island
Okinawa
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Tokyo
Okinawan
U. S
Japan
Buckner
Tenth Army
Big Apple
96Th
Yenju
Yuza Hill
Tokyo Radio Today
Borneo
Truk Island
Shanghai
Philippine
U. S. 37Th Infantry
Cacayan
Luzon Island
Philippines
Canton
Hong Kong
Mrs Marshall and daughters move to Spencer home
Mrs Paul Marshall and her daughters Julie and Mary Ellen depart from 606 Maple Street to reside indefinitely with Mrs Marshall's brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Glenn Rihner at Spencer.
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Spencer
Paul Marshall
Julie
Mary Ellen
Maple Street
U.S. Seizes 1 700 Truck Lines to Forestall Strike
Chicago observers report the government seized about 1 700 trucking lines to forestall a second strike by union drivers. Office of Defense Transportation took control 24 days after a prior seizure, with army troops available if needed. Union votes showed a split over a strike, while Teamsters officials pledged no walkout.
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Chicago
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Washington
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Wind storm inm Illinois devastates trees and buildings
A west to east wind storm with heavy rain swept central Illinois last night, knocking down hundreds of trees and power lines, crushing roofs, shattering windows, and halting service in several towns including Quincy Streator Normal and Bloomington. WJBC tower bent in half and damages run to thousands.
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Bloomington
Ill
Illinois
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Quincy
Streator
WJBC
Williams Oilomatic Wie
Tps
Red Cross Reelects Cass County Leader Dell A. Taylor
Dell A. Taylor, Atlantic funeral director, was reelected chairman of the Cass County Red Cross at the annual meeting held at the Red Cross rooms last night. Mrs. H. A. Hughes was elected secretary to succeed Mrs. S. J. Marshall, who resigns. other officers were reelected. Wilma Burns of Anita is vice chairman and Childs Emmert of Atlantic treasurer.
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Dell A. Taylor
Atlantic Funeral
Cass County Red Cross
Red Cross
H. A. Hughes
S. J. Marshall
Wilma Burns
Anita
Childs Emmert
Atlantic
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Roger Sermon
J. J. Major
Sam G. Stone
Son
Penn Railroad Hunts Identities
Ike
U.S
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