Fifth Fleet crushes Japanese naval force near Marianas
The U S Fifth Fleet, under Admiral Nimitz, reports carrier aircraft sank or damaged fourteen Japanese ships in a battle west of the Marianas and Philippines. Four ships sunk, ten damaged, including a Kongo class battleship. American losses: 49 aircraft with crews rescued as search continues.
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Pearl Harbor
INS
United States
Fifth Fleet
Mariana Islands
Philippines
Cheater W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Philippine
Marianas
Nitaita
Raymond E. Spruance
Nimita
Spruance
Meralig
Thie
Ninteen
American Naval Victory Reduces Japanese Fleet Strength
Washington reports a major American sea land air victory shrinking Japan's fleet. The tally shows at least 641 enemy warships sunk or damaged since hostilities began, including three battleships and seven carriers among 366 ships definitely sunk. The battle may foretell a series of decisive sea air clashes shaping the Pacific war.
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Washington
INS
Japan
Teen Am Navy
Pacific
Navy Sea
U. S
Pearl Harbor
County War Loan Drive Hits Seventy Percent Quota
County reports show twenty percent of the 1,089,000 dollar fifth war loan quota raised to date, with total sales at 202,667 including 118,482 in Series E bonds and 82,000 in C bonds. Incomplete ward pledges in Atlantic total 46,583.40, plus regional gifts from Wiota Cumberland and Pymosa districts.
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BE. S. Holton
Atlantic
Wiota
Cumberland
Pymosa
Weather Forecast Wowa Scattered Thunder Showers
Widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday. Not quite so warmly north portion tonight.
Missing airman Gail R. Hunter reported over France
Navy of the missing B 26 Marauder crewman Gail R. Hunter 24, son of Ralph and Mrs. Hunter of Atlantic, presumed missing in action over France June 8. He earned the Air Medal five oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross with the Ninth Air Force Tiger Stripe group after numerous missions in Germany Belgium France and Holland. He is a Wiota High School graduate and former farmer who enlisted Oct 13 1941. His family includes Marian, Mrs. Eagan, and Mrs. Studyn at Atlantic.
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Gail R. Hunter
Ralph Hunter
North of Atlantic
France
War Department
Sgt. Hunter
Kay Pea
Dream
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Jefferson Barracks
England
Sgt
Hunter
Marian Hunter
Carl Eagan
Infantry
Glenn Studyvin
Atlantic
Wounded Passengers Face Rail Priority Flights
The Defense Transportation Office warned nonessential travelers on railroads could be bumped from seats or even trains to make room for wounded men returning from the French invasion coast. Rail lines, strained by troop and material shipments, must give priority to casualties, with ongoing wartime disruptions amid hints of Japanese fleet movements near Formosa and Luzon.
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New York
INS
Office of Defense Transportation
Russia Proposes Peace Terms to Finland Amid War Push
The Lenden Evening News, via Stockholm sources, cites Aftonbladet reporting Russia offers to halt the war if Finland accepts new terms including frontier restoration, free movement for Russian troops, and temporary bases on Aaland with airfield rights. Field Marshal Mannerheim orders intensified wartime effort as Soviet tanks advance toward Helsinki.
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Lendee
INS
Russia
Finland
Lenden Evening News
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Aaland
Risto Ryti
Helsinki
Baron Carl von Mannerheim
DNB
Karelian
Red Army
Finnish Recruits Hurled in Bayonet Charge Amid Soviet Offensive
Soviet communique details two major thrusts along a 223 mile rail corridor from Murmansk to Leningrad and a 200 mile front in Karelia. A training battalion of about 1000 Finns led a bayonet attack that failed under heavy fire as Red forces pushed toward Helsinki after capturing Viipuri. Russian air forces bombarded lines and destroyed hundreds of cars and supply dumps along the Aelsennvaara railway. Adair residents Wesack and Sundhorst visit family in town.
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Macow
TNS
Viipuri
Murmansk - Leningrad
Lake Onega
Ladoga
Helsinki
Aelsennvaara
Aunus
Red Army
Svir
Voznhesenye
Svir-Strai
Wich
Lodeine Pale
More Liquor Sold in Iowa State Stores May Sales Rise
Des Moines reports Iowa state owned liquor stores sold 1,598,951.38 in May, up from 1,473,229.70 in April. The Liquor Control Commission notes a 40,673.76 gallon drop for the year, with May gallonage at 120,072.24 versus 160,746 in May 1943.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Liquor Control Commission
Kluever Buys Nellie Rourick Home at 305 Maple Street
Matt Kluever has purchased the Nellie Rourick residence at 305 Maple Street and will take possession this fall.
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Matt Kluever
Nellie Rourick
Maple Street
Local Mason Mathias Voggenser Dies at 56 in Atlantic
Mathias Voggenser 56 a mason in Atlantic died at his home at 1100 Birch Street at 12 05 AM after ill health since December 1942. Born February 23 1888 in Limbach Germany he came to the United States in 1914 and married Helene Koch in Council Bluffs December 23 1920. Surviving are his widow seven children and a brother in Germany. Funeral services Saturday at 2 PM at Roland Peacock Baxter Funeral Home with Rev Dohrmann of Zion Lutheran officiating. Interment in Atlantic Cemetery.
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Mathias Voggenser
Atlantic Mason
Birch Street
Mr. Voggesser
Limbach
Germany
United States
Helene Koch
Council Bluffs
Cass County
Zion Lutheran Church of
Atlantic
Atlantic Cemetery
Mother on Trial for Starving Crippled Daughter
San Francisco reports Mrs. Louise Flack a 28 year old mother faces second degree murder charges in the starvation death of her 8 year old daughter Deloris. Prosecution cites medical testimony that the child had no food for three to four days before death while defense portrays the mother as devoted yet overwhelmed by caregiving.
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San Francisco
INS
Louise Flack
Deloris
Flack
Casa 4-H Girls Plan War Bond Queen Contest
At a Casa county 4-H meeting held in the Methodist church basement yesterday afternoon, members discussed canning pointers and viewed the film You Can, Too. The group planned to enter candidates in the county war bond queen contest.
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Casa 4-H
Casa County
Methodist Church
Bombs Open Path To City As Americans Assault Cherbourg
American ground forces launched a frontal assault on Cherbourg at 3 pm after a heavy bombardment by the Ninth Air Force and artillery. Marauder and Havoc bombers, escorted by Thunderbolts, attacked Mt. Duroc and a southern hill, flying as low as 100 feet to strike fortifications and support advancing troops. General Omar Bradley ordered the operation, aiming for swift capture or surrender from German defenses.
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Cherbourg
INS
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Mt. Duroc
Omar N. Bradley
Bruies
Ninth Air
Washington reports U S war casualties include missing
Secretary Stimson said the 3 282 killed at Normandy also include men listed as missing through D Day to June 16. Casualties since Dec 7 1941 total 225 808 across army navy and marines.
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Washington
Stimson
Normandy
Dday
Army
Navy
Marine
Pas De Calais Bomb Installations Pounded Again
Londen June 2. Nasi robot bomb emplacements in Pas De Calais area were pounded by American Fortresses Liberators and RAF heavies. Luftwaffe replied with raids on southern England and German waters. Eisenhower headquearters report large German launchers in Cherbourg area while most are in Pas De Calais.
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London
INS
Pas de Calais
Frede
England
Rehr Vally
Rhineland
Berlin
America
RAF
Jost
South
Engia
Squadro
France
Cherbourg
Dwight Eisenhower
Assas
Church of Christ Drafting Plans for New Building
A. F. Wickes of Indiana will confer with Rev. H. G. Carl and the Atlanta Church of Christ board on plans for erecting a new church building on the site at Eighth and Chestnut streets. The project calls for enlarging the basement and using excavated space in the new structure after war restrictions.
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A. F. Wickes
Indiana
Ciples of Christ Churches
H. G. Carl
Atla Church of Christ
Eighth Chestnut Streets
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Tojo
International
Oqamaha
Ross Wallace
Chestnut Street
Harry Temple
Omaha
Formosa
Luzon
Adair
G. H. Wesack
Paul Sundhorst
Quettehou
Ste. Pierre Eglise
Cap de la Hague
Rufosses
Wuettehou
Montinbaat
Iowa Highway Patrol
Court House
Corinth Styria
WU. S
Church OF Christ
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