Tornado-like storm kills 133 across Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Rescue workers counted 133 dead as a wide tornado swept through McKeesport and Shinnston and surrounding towns. West Virginia reported 95 dead, Pennsylvania 35, Maryland three. hundreds injured or homeless as hospitals overflowed and power lines failed.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
McKeesport
Shinnston
W. Va
The
Red Cross
Army Medical Corps
A. D. Johnson
Youghiogheny
Johnson
West
Waynesburg
McKeesport Hospital
Pfc Otto Novak Killed in Italy
Pfc. Otto F. Novak, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. James V. Novak of 1201 Second Street SE, was killed in action June 5 in Italy. Inducted December 26, 1942, he had been overseas since May 1943 and served in a tank battalion in North Africa before transferring to Italy. A McKinley high school graduate, he worked in the I C B I supreme office and was born in Wausau Wisconsin. Surviving are his parents and three brothers Lewis of Cedar Rapids George in England and Lt. Elroy Novak in Louisville Kentucky. He was the fiance of Miss Maxine Valenta of Walker.
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Otto F. Novak
James V. Novak
Second Street
Italy
Novak
North Africa
McKinley High School
I.C.B.I. Supreme Office
Wausau
Wis
Lewis Novak
Cedar Rapids
George Novak
England
Elroy Novak
Louisville, Ky
Maxine Valenta
Thirtieth Street
Anthony Just
Walker
Cedar Rapids Weekend Forecast Delivers Warmer, Partly Cloudy
Weather outlook for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair Saturday night and Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. Saturday readings ranged from 58 to 87 degrees with humidity around 38 percent while no precipitation was reported in Iowa. Highs statewide expected in the 80s as clouds increase Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Onawa
Scouts Push Linn County War Bond Drive Past Halfway Mark
Linn county Scouting groups continued the war bond drive in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas during its second week. pledges totaled 43,060 with Troop 25 leading at 8,125 while Cub Packs 12 and 6 reported 2,075 and 1,900 respectively. large group purchases by the Order of Railway Conductors of America and Western Bohemian Fraternal Association boosted totals. Iowa campaign officials announced two week bonds sales of 56.2 million nationwide including 20.4 million in series E.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
John Bormann
Bormann
Ed Moorman
Order of Railway Conductors of America
American Legion
G. H. Oram
Moormane
Western Bohemian ‘Fraternal’ Association
Red Armies Push West in Baltic Offense Around Vitebsk
Soviet forces report widening breakthroughs northwest of Vitebsk to about 50 miles and crossing the Svir river to create bridgeheads on the Ladoga Onega axis. Moscow says major progress encircles Vitebsk while German rail lines and fortifications along the front are being targeted.
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London
Stalin
Red Army
Vitebsk
White Russia
Josef Stalin
Svir
Ladoga
Onega
Moscow
Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Teheran
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Warsaw
Baltic States
Dvina
Riga
Baltic
Orsha
Leonid A.govorov
Japs Close In on Hengyang and Chuchow Junctions
The Japanese push toward the Hengyang rail junction as Fourteenth Air Force planes bomb and strafe in the Hengyang area. They damaged a troop-laden river steamer at Chuchow near Changsha and attacked cavalry and infantry near Liangtan northwest of Chuchow.
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Associated Press
Hengyang
China
Fourteenth Air Force
Chuchow
Changsha
Liangtan
Jap Carrier Probably Sunk By U S Submarine
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Admiral Nimitz stating a Japanese 20 000 ton carrier probably sunk by three torpedoes from an American submarine during the June 18 19 Philippine Sea battle. The loss raises Japanese carrier damage to five ships definite sunk or damaged in the action.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Task Force 58
Marc A. Mitscher
Nimitz
Philippines Sea
Philippine Sea
Marianas
Yank Marines Strive Up Saipan Cliffs in Fierce Assault
Aboard a joint expeditionary flagship American forces fight up rugged Tapotchau cliffs on Saipan as troops press north toward Tapotchau peninsula. Marines reach Garapan suburbs amid rubble while air superiority grows and Nafutan Nip pocket tightens.
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Saipan
Mt. Tapotchau
Pacific
Attu
Magicienne Bay
Laulau
Aslito
Tapotchau
Garapan
Deaths Readings and News Bits From Marquis of Comics
Fragmentary index notes from the Marquis of Comics page listing items on deaths in local society, film and radio figures including Marion and Lawrence, and sports and state items referenced by Walter Winchell. The readable fragments suggest a miscellaneous column with brief notices and notices.
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Index Marquis of Comics
Baralas David
Lawrence Marion
Drew Pearson Radio
Cseeee State
Walter
Winchell
Accident claims life of Gilbert R. Person in South Pacific
Gilbert Raymond Person 26 aviation machinist’s mate two/c died in the South Pacific June 19, per a message from Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Anna M. Person and brother Carl Edward Person. He previously worked for Eddy Paper in Cedar Rapids.
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South Pacific
Gilbert Raymond Person
United States Navy
Anna M. Person
C Avenue
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
United States
Carl Edward Person
Farragut
Idaho
Navy
Gilbert Person
Eddy Paper Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Japs Claim U S Carrier Losses After Guam Raid
Tokyo radio said 60 American carrier planes attacked Guam on Friday with 15 shot down. It also claimed two U S carriers were heavily damaged as Japanese planes left Saipan, per unconfirmed reports.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Guam
United States
Saipan
Air Force Lt. William Caldwell Killed in England Crash
First Lt. William J. Caldwell Jr. son of Stella Staves and William J. Caldwell of Washington. died June 10 in England in an airplane accident while serving with the Army Air Forces. He had wings since February 1943 after training in Arizona. He married March 6, 1943 in San Antonio.
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William Caldwell
England
William J. Caldwell, Jr
Stella Staves
Eleventh Street
William J. Caldwell
Maple Drive
Army Air Forces
Caldwell
Secretary of War
Nine Jap Craft Sunk In New Guinea Area
Allied air units sank a Japanese freighter transport five coastal vessels and three barges near Sorong bay in western New Guinea. Gen. MacArthur said Fifth Air Force medium bombers destroyed the ships to halt evacuation of trapped Japanese troops. Ground forces on Biak Island killed 205 more Japanese as mop up continued after the new gains.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Ins
Sorong Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth Air Force
Biak
Norsmandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Caen
Ste. Honorine la Chardonnerette
Cuverville
Montgomery
Van
France
Germany
Normandy
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradeley
Cherbourg Falls Under Allied Assault as Convoy Sinks
Allied torpedo boats shattered a German fleeing convoy at Cherbourg sinking two and damaging three merchantmen. American spearhead pressed within 2,000 yards of the port as German defenses showed signs of crumbling. Montgomery’s forces attacked Caen’s perimeter as Cherbourg defense deteriorated rapidly.
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HDQ
Cherbourg
Gereman
Channel Islands
Octeville
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Whitehead
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Here
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Internal Revenue
Shinn’s Run
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Linn
Cedar Rapids News
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Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
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Ap Ae
Barneville
U. S
Tokio
Japan
Enterprise
U. S. Navy
Richard W. Johnston
Combined American Press
Cassino
Tapotchau Peninsula
Marcienne Bay
Point Nafutan
Tinian Island
Grand Fleet
Tinian
Nafutan
Aslito Airfield
Ettee Eeeea Senee
Gilbert R. Person
U.S
Air Corps
Lakefield
Ariz
Iowa State College
San Antonio
Texas
Fremont, Neb
William Caldwell, JR
Mont du Roc
Cherebourg
Nouainville
Tourlaville
Supreme Command
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