Russians Open Big Dam Saipan Battle Prompting US Strategy Shift
Americans push to Mount Tapetohau as Saipan battle intensifies. Marines and Army troops gain ground with heavy US air and naval support. Japanese defenses concentrate behind Mt Tapot and Nafutan Point as Navys Nimmitz reports heavy pressure and loss of supply.
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Pacific Ocean
Marlena
Saipan
Mt. Tapetohau
Mt. Tapot
Laulay
Ita Harbor
Galpen
Nimits
Pacific Fleet
Aslipo
Nafutan Point
Nafutan
Japa
Weather outlook for Iown forecast
Fair tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions in the extreme southeast portion. Lighter winds and no precipitation expected as the weekend approaches.
Sub Sinks Sixteen Japanese Cargo Vessels
Washington reports U S submarines sank sixteen more Japanese supply ships in Pacific waters near the Philippines. The Navy notes 11 medium cargo ships and three other vessels were sunk as part of operations credited to Task Force 58 led by Admiral Radford.
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Washington
INS
America
Philippines
Navy
Pacific
Far
Onseee Seemann
Tal
Reesnthy
U. S. Sebmarines
Pene Fe Pakrd
Naval
Air
U. S
Essen
Ruth Roosevelt Re marries today in Texas ceremony
Ruth Googins Roosevelt former wife of Col. Elliott Roosevelt and Lieut. Col. H. T. Bideon of Indianapolis wed this morning at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth. The license listed both at age 34 with about 25 friends present including attorney Robert K. Hangar who previously represented Mrs. Roosevelt in her divorce.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mra
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
H. T. Bideon
Indianapolis
Rogers Ranch Becomes California State Park
Funeral services for Mrs Will Rogers widow of the comedian will take place at Forest Lawn Glendale. Executor O N Beasley said the Rogers ranch has been deeded to the state as a public park. The 186 acre Sunset Boulevard property will be a historical monument.
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Santa Monica
Cal
INS
Will Rogers
Santa Monica Ranch
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
O. N. Beasley
Sunset Boulevard
Inspector Wanted for Customs Post at Local Office
Civil service commission announces applications are being accepted for a customs inspector position. Local post office provides full information. Salary is $2,708 per year including overtime.
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Civil Service Commission
Lovertime
Allied forces push along Italian coast and inland fronts
Allied units advance toward Fellania and Livorno facing stiff enemy resistance. British Eighth Army crosses the Chianti to near Ancona while Clark’s American forces push from Roccastrada toward central Italy. French Fifth Army reaches lines near Castiglione Dorela and Montenero as Gothic line defenses hold. 3800 Mediterranea sorties target rail yards and industry. four engined bombers strike northern Italy with several bridges damaged. Two enemy planes fall, ten Allied aircraft missing.
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Italy
Fellania
Tyrrhenien
Liverno
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Chiemti
Ancona
Livorno
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Ferther
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Castiglione Dorela
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Cimgiano
Perugia
Hantiah Eighth Army
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Lake Trasimeno
Mediterranea
Turin
Yugoslavia
Alriania
Two War Heroes in Omaha Sunday Rally and Interview
Lieut Ernest Childers and Sgt Charles E Commando Kelly two Medal of Honor recipients will be interviewed Sunday June 25 on the Nebraska At War network show The 15 minute program starts at 1230 p m The pair tour the country supporting the fifth war loan drive They will speak at a public war bond rally at the Nebraska Martin bomber plant Fort Crook
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Omaha
INS
Ernest Childers
Charles E
Kelly
Fort Crook
Nine Girls Enter County War Bond Queen Contest
Nine Cass county girls compete for county war bond queen with ballots issued per bond purchased. The candidate with most votes will be named county queen. three district winners become the town queen and three maids of honor, receiving a Hollywood trip. Ballots equal votes by each dollar value of series E bonds bought before July 8.
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Case
Sanee
Sles Sas
Hollywood
Cass County
Norma Jean Hansen
Atlantic
Cass 4-H Girls
Washington Workers Club
Lois Helbourg
Eldeen Club
Pymora Township
Frances Hoover
Maine
Brighton P. E. P
Laurel E. Lantz
Anita
Lincoln
Lincoln Lincolnettes, Eleanor McCurdy of Cumberland, the Edna Embers
Evelyn Swagel
Glad Girls
Grove
Alberta Lothman
Cumberland
Nifty Noblettes
Margrret M. Earl
Viota
Ella Mae McDermott
Boys Town head in capital July 4
Des Moines June 23. The Rt. Rev. Magr. E. J. Flanagan, director of Boya Town near Omaha Neb, will make his first Des Moines appearance July 4 delivering a field mass sermon on the Dowling high school campus. Mass will be celebrated by Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, bishop of Des Moines, for all living or dead armed forces members regardless of creed or race.
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Des Moines
INS
Magr. E. J. Flanagan
Boya Town
Omaha
Neb
Dowling High School
Dowling Club
Gerald T. Bergan
Detroit walkout shuts Timken plant forge division
A five hundred workers idle across three shifts at Timken Detroit Axle Clark and Fort plant as UAW-CIO employees protest the disciplinary layoff of a worker who refused a job assignment. The strike enters its third day amid the pretest over the dispute and the walkout continues.
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Detewit
INS
Timken-Detroit Axle Company
Clark and Fort
Uaw-Cio
Dewey Presses New Spirit for Federal Reform at GOP Meet
Dewey directly addresses the Republican National Convention urging administrative reform and an entirely new spirit in federal government. He condemns the present overlapping bureaucracy as he leads the postwar reform committee while Hickenlooper and AFL President Green offer platform views on economy, agriculture, and global peace efforts.
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Chicago
INS
Ieee
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Kenneth 8
McAffer
Dewey” Delegae
Platform
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Dewey
GOP
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Resolutions Committee
Former GOP state committeeman dead
Charles Rinehart of Dallas Center Iowa, former Republican state central committee member and 1921 state representative, died yesterday at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines after a year long illness. He was a district Rotary governor and a Masonic lodge and Shrine member. Survived by widow and two children John and Helen.
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Des Moines
Charles Rinehart
Dallas Center
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Rinehart
Dallas County
Rotary
Masonic’ Lodge
Shrine
John
Helen
Carver Memorial Building Planned at Simpson College
Indianola Iowa June 23 A new memorial building for Dr George Washington Carver the famed Negro scientist is planned at Simpson college where he studied in 1894 The Gardner Cowles foundation of Des Moines donated 100000 for a science building and construction will start once wartime restrictions are lifted President E E Voigt announced.
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Indianola
INS
George Washington Carver
Simpson College
Gardner Cowles Foundation
Des Moines
E. E. Voigt
Long Awaited Offensive Shapes Soviet push hits central front
Soviet forces opened a major offensive in the central sector as Stalin and Moscow allies tighten pressure along a 76 mile White Russia front. Red Army air and ground operations target Mogilev to Vitebsk while Finns retreat under Soviet drives. Leningrad region gains include Podporozhe and several railway stations.
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J. C. Oestreicher
INS
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Nazi Germany
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Helsinki
Moscow
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Stalin
Ris
Poland
Romania
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Annus
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Onega
Ladoga
Svir River
Leningrad
Podporozhe
Lake Onega
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Night Bombing Blitz Pounds Robot Bomb Sites in France
London reports Fortress and Liberator bombers with fighter escort attacked Nazi robot bomb launching platforms in Pas de Calais France amid heavy overcast. Mosquitoes struck Hamburg port while RAF crews reported dogfights and losses including seven bombers over Reims and Leon.
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London
Pas de Calain
France
Royal Air Force
Leon
Reims
Hemburg
RAF
England
Army trucks to sale to farmers in Cass county plan
The first sale of army trucks deemed unsuitable for service will be held next week with farmers eligible. Iowa has 123 trucks at bases in midwest states including Ak Sar Ben field Omaha and Des Moines. Vehicles sold as is at ceiling prices through dealers with a 15 percent allowance for reconditioning by the dealer.
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Cass County Aaa
Iowa
Midwest
Ak-SarBen Field
Omaha
Des Moines
State Aaa
AAA Committee
AAA
Two Die In Beatrice Stock Truck Fire
Beatrice Nebraska June 23 two men Harold Van Buskirk twenty six and Wayne Reid eighteen both of Beatrice died of burns from a stock truck fire four miles north of Pickrell Nebraska. The truck loaded with fifty head of livestock was bound for the Omaha markets. Some stock perished.
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Beatrice
Neb
Jne
INS
Harold van Buskirk
Wayne Reid
Pickrell
Omaha
Allied Forces In Final Push Toward Cherbourg
American and Allied units close to Cherbourg, with Ninth Division observers securing eastern approaches. Cherbourg reportedly captured by sea, while German defenses and headquarters face relentless bombardment. Naval clash near La Corebiere resulting in sunk escort vessel and burning ship. reports say a long siege unlikely and optimism remains for early action on the peninsula.
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United States Ninth
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anak
Seilian
Theri
Bourg
Caen
Tilly-Surles
Nasis
la Corebiere
War Bond Sale Totals for Iowa Reach 47.9 Million
Des Moines reports that Iowa War Finance coin total of sales through Tuesday stands at 47.9 million dollars. Of this amount 34.2 million goes to individuals with 17.8 million in Se bonds.
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Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Codee
Iowa
Nesgay
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