Floods and Winds Batter Nebraska Iowa Across Midwest
Flood waters surged through Iowa and Nebraska as violent wind and rain storms swept wide areas. The Republican River rose rapidly flooding towns near Red Cloud and prompting evacuations in Superior Nebraska. Tornadoes struck northwest Iowa with barns and buildings damaged. Eastern cities faced record heat with temperatures near 90s.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Nebraska
Mercury
St. Louis
Illinois
Republican River
Kansas-Nebraska
Red Cloud
Superior
Neb
East Platte Center
Main Street
Agrahire
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Bucyrus
Ohio
Sehpart
Palladelphia
Washington
New York City
Tornado Hits Italian Villages Killing and Injuring Dozens
A tornado swept across three Italian villages in flooded farmland, killing an unidentified number of people, injuring many, and destroying houses, the town hall, and a school. Rescue crews recovered a 22 year old woman and a one year old child from a church ruin as debris scattered through Bressana-RottaranO.
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Milan
Italy
Vaile
Anlage
Bressana-Rottareno
500 Rebels Reported Slain in Four Days
Algiers reports a clash period with French forces claiming hundreds of rebels slain over four days. Details describe heavy fighting near strategic areas as authorities announce substantial rebel losses amid ongoing suppression actions.
Fisherman Rescued After Coast Guard Tow to Monterey
Coates shouted he did not want to be taken off and asked the Monterey Coast Guard station to be notified. The rescue occurred 22 miles west of Paint Pines as the vessel was towed to Monterey where his wife met him and then drove him home to Mendocino County.
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Coates
Coast Guard
Monterey
Paint Pines
Mendocino County
Weather bulletin for Virginia area with scattered showers
A fragmentary weather notice reports mostly fair conditions with some isolated showers and possible thundershowers in parts of Virginia. The text is incomplete but indicates several locales and a mix of sun and rain with thunder possible in the afternoon.
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Appalachian
Mississippi
New England
Virginia
Boone Man Auto Victim Dies After Boone County Crash
Charles Howard Henry 38 of Dorothy Boone County died after his car left Williams Mountain Road near Prenter plunging 25 feet. Surviving wife Maggie two sons John and Joe. mother Mrs Ann Reynolds and siblings. Service 2 pm tomorrow Assembly of God Church Dorsey. Burial Fauber Cemetery Bloomingrose. Body held at Armstrong Mortuary Whitesville and to be taken home at 5 pm today.
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Charles
Howard
Henry
Williams Mountains
Prenter
Boone County
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Dorothy
Maggie
John
Joe
Ann Reynolds
Dorsey
Martha Carr
Mary, Conner
Milton
Ben
Marford
Raleigh County
Harold
Sharples
Logan County
James
Ronda
Kanawha
Assembly of God-Church
Ernest Edmonds
Glenn West
Fauber Cemetery
Bloomingrose
Armstrong Mortuary
Whitesville
Missing Woman Sought by Police
Charleston police search for Mildred Farmer a five foot tall 115 pound woman last seen Thursday. Her mother Lenora Campbell of 1414 Crescent Rd reported she left with a Putnam County man and did not return wearing a white blouse and blue skirt.
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Charleston
Lenora’ Campbell
Crescent Rd
Mildred Farmer
Putnam County
Train accident injuries reported in Wilburn and Johnson families
A collision story lists multiple family members with skull injuries, fractures, and other wounds from a train incident near Bluefield. Names include Wilburn and Johnson family members with ages from 3 to 29, plus accompanying passengers and a local driver. The report also notes Bluefield State College dean’s honor list with 44 students for the spring term.
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Shelia Kay Johnson
William F. Johnsen
Washington Ave
William Johnson
Florence
Barbara Lynn Johnson
Robert Johnson
North Tazewell
Robert
Margaret
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Japs Arbit In Robbery Try Sealed By Army Says Soldier Arrested
19 year old American Pvt. Robert E. Holmes Jr on leave from Misawa air base was arrested in Tokyo for a failed robbery attempt on a taxi driver Enji Sugahara. Holmes allegedly pulled a gun demanded money and slugged the driver before escaping and being detained by U S military police. The driver was treated for lacerations.
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Tokyo
Leetea
Icen
Army
Robert E. Holmes Jr
Misawa
Girard
Holmes
Enji Sugahara
U.S
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Golden Gate
Weather Bureau
Rein
Wits Hut
Waaye
M. Roinia
Boone Man
Kentuce
Porth-Nortie
Amy
Ales Idel
Alice
Elsie Wilburn
Eddie Wilburn
Charlotte Harrah
Wilburn
Robert Harrah
Ansted
Renis Clay Jr
Conlon
Arabul
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