Tornado Death Toll In Three States Rises High
A devastating tornado swept through western Pennsylvania, central West Virginia, and Maryland, killing at least 145 people and injuring hundreds. Across five cities hospitals filled as federal and state relief teams mobilized. Deaths counted in West Virginia and Pennsylvania climbed, with evacuations and widespread destruction reported.
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Shinnston
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Pittsburgh
McKeespof
Republicans Get Dewey in Chicago for Convention
Chicago hosts the Republican National Convention as Dewey and Warren vie for a national ticket. Delegates pour in causing hotel crowds and long lines as plans for caucuses and first ballots unfold. Bricker and Dewey headquarters wage a full battle for delegates amid speculation of a Dewey first or second ballot path.
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Bricker
Dewey
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Rep
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Warren
Martin
Harrison E. Spangler
Resolutions Committee
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Clarence Brown
Peper
Plans Attack Cherbourg Forces Close In For Knockout Blow
American troops drive toward Cherbourg as UK and US forces press a wedge into the German defense. Cherbourg perimeter pounded by artillery and air, with reports of advancing infantry, destroyed fortifications, and heavy smoke over the city.
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Cherbourg
Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Whitehead
Red
Barneville Normandy Crowd Remains Calm as Soldiers Stand Ready
Ernie Pyle reports Barneville Normandy where American soldiers guard a town square while a German presence is rumored. A French woman interpreter reassures locals amid a tense, eager crowd.
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Barneville
Normandy
Relatives Hunt Morgues For Storm Victims In West Virginia
Sivinston West Virginia June 24 A little family of four wanders an aisle between cots in a large store turned morgue as workers note identities. The storm battered town of 2800 population with 101 dead and 35 homes leveled. Nearby Clarksburg firms offer salvaged items and shelter as residents cope with loss.
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Sivinston
W. Va
Gaiiston
Red Cross
Clarksburg
Tsposal
Surburban Pleasan
Nazis Threaten Reprisals For Alleged Prisoner Shootings
London reports a Nazi high command broadcast claims German prisoners in Normandy and Cherbourg area were killed while in uniform. If true, the regime warned that ten U S prisoners of war would be shot for every German killed. Eden called it mass murder and vowed postwar accountability.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Normandy
United States
High Command
DNB
Ctherhouse
Anthony Eden
RAF
U. S
Germany
Supreme Command
Cherbourg
Todt Organization
Reich Labor Service
Evry
Eden
Commons
England
Berlin
Goebbels
Slaying Case Leads to Prison Term for Joe Gore
In Hinton West Virginia Judge Mark L Jarrett sentenced Joe Gore 68 to five to 18 years for the 32 year old Christmas party killing of 16 year old Th Agee. Gore used the alias Thomas Mann and had been living in Lima Ohio working at a Stell foundry. He received 75 days credit.
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Charleston
Gore
West Virginia
Russians Break Through Nazi Defenses Around Vitebsk
Soviet troops widened fronts around the fortified town of Vitebsk in White Russia by two new breakthroughs. The advances pushed the line to about 150 miles as Moscow reported.
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London
Hitler
Russia
White Russia
Vitebsk
Moscow
Stalin Reports Major Soviet Gains on Multiple Fronts
Stalin issued three special orders of the day detailing Soviet advances in White Russia. He announced breakthroughs up to 25 miles northwest of Vitebsk and 12 to 15 miles southeast of the city, plus new gains toward Orsha and Mogilev. The offensives cover a front about 12 miles wide with depths up to 9.5 miles.
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Stalin
Vitebsk
Orsha
Mogilev
White Russia
Allied air strikes destroy Japanese planes on Yap
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports twenty two grounded Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged on Yap by American air attack. Liberators struck Yap southwest of the Marianas with a 33 ton assault on June 22, destroying 12 planes and causing further damage.
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New Guinea
Yap
Marianas
Pvt Sutphin Killed in Action on Anzio Beachhead
Pvt James E Sutphin of Wyco was killed in Italy on May 14 1944 while serving with the Fifth Army on the Anzio beachhead His overseas service began June 10 1942 in North Africa Sicily and southern Italy He saved two American soldiers on the beachhead and is survived by his mother two sisters and two aunts in Bland and Wyco West Virginia Virginia names included.
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James E. Sutphin
Wyco
Clyde Dalton
Bland
Italy
War Department
Sutphin
Anzio
Fifth Army
Germans Raid Shuttle Bases Hit Russian Air Fields
The War Department said German air attacks on two Russian airfields used for shuttle bombing by American air forces caused losses of three crewmen and several planes. The raids targeted bases associated with heavy bombers flying from Italian and British bases in Europe. German radio claimed a raid on Poltava in the Ukraine, asserting a shuttle bomber base was hit.
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Rota
Sai Island
U. S
Magicienne Bay
Shumushu
Kuriles
Carolines
Marshalls
Saipan
Garapan
Laulau
Mt. Tapotechau
Washington
Reid
Europe
War Department
Britain
Department
Russia
Poltava
Ukraine
Nazis Put Fresh Armor Into Italy
Rome reports Allied forces press the Italian campaign as French Fifth Army advances toward the Ombrone river and Roccastrada while attacking near Fallonica. U S Liberators continue targeting Ploesti oil fields with air strikes despite weather delays.
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Rome
Italy
Fifth Army
Ombrone
Roccastrada
Pisa
Combrone
Albert Kesselring
Fallonica
U. S
Ploesti Oi
Romania
Mercer Reaches Half Way Mark in War Bond Drive
Mercer county has reached the mid point of the Fifth War loan drive with total sales of 1 791 354 25 toward a 3 582 000 quota. County needs 1 590 645 75 more by July 8 to meet its target. EZ pond and EB bond shortfalls noted. Norfolk and Western Railway pledges 350 000 and B F Goodrich 1 000 added support. two Bluefield road booths operate daily to boost sales.
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Mercer County
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County Finance Committee
Federal Reserve
Richmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Shott
O. M. Dawson
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Sluefield
B. F. Goodrich
E. W. Harris
Chai
Women’s Division
Mercer County War Finance Committee
City of
Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
JURORS RETURN INDICTMENTS IN BLUEFIELD TERM
The federal grand jury in Bluefield returned 61 true bills of indictments during the June term. Judge Ben Moore excused the grand jury and noted the term’s heavy docket. Petit jurors are to report Monday at 10 a.m. Five defendants pleaded guilty to gasoline rationing violations with sentences from three to four months or fines.
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U.S. District Court of the
Southern District of
West Virginia
Bluefield
Ben Moore
Moore
Blueeld
Presons
Joseph Arthur Barta
Elbert
Mill Point
Pocahontas County
Fauntleroy
Todd Reed
Margaret Barnes
Welch
Alderson
Hattie Lee Bowles
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