Tornado Death Toll Rises in West Virgina Disaster
The Charleston Gazette reports the West Virginia tornado toll rising to 101 with many dead unidentified. Gov. Neely toured the disaster area as Harrison and Barbour counties bore the brunt, and Shinnston Montrose Chartiers witnessed widespread destruction. Red Cross, soldiers, and state police aided rescue amid hospital overload and emergency shelters.
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The
Charleston Gazette
W. Va
Charleston
Neely
Harrison Couuty
Shinmston
Simpson
Taylor County
Thomas
Tucker County
Nestorville
Philippi
Barbour County
Meadowville
Ectington
Montrose
Randolph County
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Waynesburg
Shinnston
Mannington
Elkins
Grafton
Brownsville
West State Guards
Tyrero
Shinnstom
Rankin
Pot F. E. Randall
West Virginia State Police
Shinnston Barracks
Pleasant Hill
Meriden
Oakdale
Harrison County
Clare Hess
Dorsey Bailey
Salem
Lawrence Scolish
Scolish
Scalish
Rosie
Sammy
Norma Louise
Daisy Virginia
Scotish
Rose
Harold Sheets
Edgar FE. Righter
West Virginia
Burl Al+ton Cox
Tornado toll lists many dead across West Virginia towns
Partial list from Clarksburg and surrounding areas enumerates numerous fatalities in Harrison and adjacent counties after a central West Virginia tornado. Names include Edgar E. Righter Delores Arnold Lola King Catherine Craig and many others with ages and family relations noted.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Harrison County
Shinnston
Oakdale
Prospect Valley
Charles William
Heatrice Carlin Hanlan
Kenneth
Robert
Carlin Childen
Creorge O'Connor
St. Mary's Hospital
Sonora Roberts
Fred Roberts
Harvey Lundell
Mary Shion Calvin Yost Barnett
Robert Carder
Carol Lindsey Norman Lenora Cox
Paul Raymond Cox
James Barnett
Jerry Bastard
Frank Rotonda
Rose Romano
Francis Marano Farando
John Marra
Frank Bertigo
Zarbaugh
Roberta Edna Moore
Taylor County
Simpson
Lawrence Scolish
Rosie
Sammy
Norma Louise
Daisy Virginie
Sam Scolish
Rose
Josephine Kittle
Charlotte Kittle
Clay Barnett
Randolph County
Montrose
Earl Carr
Oore
Fairmont
John Barnett
Pine Grove
Wetzel County
Allen Burl Cox
Willam Ray Stark
Barbour County
Nestorville
Jane Leggett
Mra
Lloyd
Upton
Calls Clog Wires To Tornado Area
West Virginia tornado relief efforts ramp up as hundreds of frantic calls clog lines in Charleston and surrounding areas. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co reports severe damage to facilities but lines began to clear by midmorning. Red Cross teams prep 3500 surgical dressings and blood plasma is flown to Bridgeport for relief. Salvage efforts include clothing and blankets short of donor response. eastern Red Cross teams assist from Alexandria while local crews manage communications and recovery.
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Charleston
West Virginia
W. P. Crisman
Chesapeake and Fotomac Telephone Co
Crisman
Bridgeport
Hubert Stark
H. A. Ward
Salvation Army
Clarksburg
Maj. Ward
Red Cross
Eastern Area
Alexandria
Aluizer
U S Seeks Timber Salvage After Shinnston Storm
Cal Beatty of the timber production war project in Charleston said the Washington office asked for an estimate of storm wreckage. A salvage crew may be sent to remove blown down trees usable for war materials, but exact damage details are hard to obtain.
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Cal Beatty
Timber Production War Project
Charleston
Washington
Beatty
Bombers Raid Ploesti and German Targets in Europe
American Fortresses and Liberators hammered military objectives in Germany and hit rail yards airfields behind German lines. A Thunderbolt unit flew within 10 feet of Dreux and destroyed 33 gas and ammo cars while Mustangs strafed troop trains and damaged a highway viaduct. Other fighters struck rail bridges and gun emplacements across France from Nantes to Cherbourg.
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Ploesti
Romania
Germany
Thunderbolt
Dreux
Paris
Mustang
France
Nantes
Houdan
Charrares
Avranches
Ccrisy
Ecrosnes
la Haye de Puits
Cherbourg Bat- Nefront
American Legion Reports State Membership Record
State American Legion officials announced a new record membership total of 17 045 led by state department commander T TH Pat McGovran. The previous peak was 14 120 in 1942 with about 2 500 World War I veterans among the new members.
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American Legion
T. TH
Pat) McGovran
State Department
McGovran
Unclear Family Names Injured in Barbour County Incident
In Barbour County Meadowville and Tucker County anonymity clouds a local event. The fragment mentions Mrs Creed Booth Kittle Sturm Tucker County and Rev Mr and Mrs Herold Sheets with two children, plus three unidentified persons and multiple injured parents.
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Creed Booth Kittle
Cherbourg Battle Report From Normandy Front Lines
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg as weather clears aiding beachhead supplies. US heavy bomber raids hit German rear airfields and railroads while infantry encircles the port and breaches fortifications. British and Canadian units thrust near Caen as Montgomery massed artillery before Cherbourg assault.
Pepper blasts plan to put Guffey electors on Texas ballot
Pepper denounces attempts to sway Texas electoral electors saying it endangers democracy and could lead to bloodshed. Senator Connally backs Texas sovereignty and rejects outside influence while noting national implications and inter party tensions.
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Guffey
Texas
Pepper
South
Sen. George
D-Ga
U. S. Senate
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
Pennsylvania
New York
Connally
Easton Declares Support for Organized Labor and University Ties
The letter from Easton, addressing student groups and alumni networks, asserts support for organized labor and collaboration with civic-minded students, parents, and alumni to protect the university’s educational value. He notes Marshall College’s openness to labor representatives and praises president Dr John Davin Williams and faculty for a progressive stance toward labor.
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Dent
Easton Wold
Marshall College
John Davin Williams
Neely
Easton
Marshall
Kanawha County Bonds Near One Fifth of State Goal
Kanawha county bonds for the E issue show sales near one fifth of the Sth war loan target with about 21 percent of the 34,271,000 goal sold. Reports from Federal Reserve Banks in Richmond and Cleveland say exact sales total 5,958,475 as of close of business Thursday. County Chairman J. E. McDavid noted Kanawha remains above the state average in progress.
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Kanawha County
Fedeal Reserve
Richard
Cleveland
J. E. McDavid
Kanawha
War Loan sales drive plans and rallies across Kanawha
County offices call for representation at meetings as bond quotas rise. auction parties and pep talks arranged with local clubs. A statewide update shows progress on sales with $8.5 million reached, plan for further daily targets. A Beachhead rally for LCT-80 navy craft to tour Ohio river towns starts July 5 in Charleston with daily appearances along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.
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Fhlm
Hills Townsend
WGKY
H. M. Little
Kanawha County Selective Service Board No. 1
Frank A. Knight
War Loan
Victory Hut
Catholic Daughters
Jimmi
A. C. Spurr
Ohio River
Panhandle
Ohio
Kanawha
Charleston
Danish Sabotage Wrecks Copenhagen Rifle Factory
Stockholm dispatch reports German martial law imposed in Copenhagen and the island of Sjælland to speed court martials. Danish sabotage destroyed a rifle factory in the capital, with executions reported in reprisal for the act.
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Copenhagen
Stockholm
Sjetland
Denmark
Allied air and ground battles in Europe intensify
Bombers attacked Giurgiu harbor and Craiova railway depot despite heavy resistance. Allied planes flew 1,800 missions as weather worsened. German counterattacks near Perugia slowed the advance while land battles near Chiysi and Monte Glogs continued. Adriatic operations pushed toward Ancona amid reports of disturbances in Italy.
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Oltul
Ploesti
Europe
Giurgiu
Bucharest
Mediterranean Air Force
U. 5
Craiova
Iron Gate
Danube
GOP delegates mobilize for 1944 nomination race
The convention scene centers on Bricker and Dewey as each camp pushes for pledged delegates. Predicts speedier process with platform adoption, presidential and vice presidential selections, and acceptance speeches planned across Monday to Thursday. Willkie absence noted as historic first.
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Dewey
Rartisan EB. Spangler
Resolutions Committee
Ail M. Landon
Kansas
Clance Brown
Ohio
Dark Horse
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Pacific
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Everett M. Dirksen
Wiinels
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
Dwight H. Green
Mllinois
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
William Hutcheson
Indiana
Carpenters’ Union
APL
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Spangler
Gov. Green
Gov. Warren
Herbert Hoover
Clare Raothe Luce
Connecticut
Kanawha City Co. Cleared in Two Pool Drownings
Common Pleas Judge Charles Ritchie ruled Kanawha City Co. not liable for the drownings of a 14 year old in August 1941 and a 12 year old in April 1942 at the noncommercial pool on its Kanawha City property. The court found the pool not an inherent hazard and noted landowners need not warn children of ordinary pool dangers. The decision suggests appeals may follow given novel tort questions.
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Kanawha City
Common Pleas
Charles Ritchie
James Austin
Philip Nathaniel Austin
Anna B. White
William H. White
Tidge Ritchie
Ritchie
West Virginia
Japanese planes hit by Allied bombers in Yap attack
Allied headquarters say 22 Japanese aircraft grounded or destroyed on Yap after Liberator raids on June 23. In the wider action, 12 planes were destroyed and ten damaged on Yap, a Marianas flank base 630 miles southwest. Indonesian statistics show 2,333 Japanese killed on Bik Island by June 23, with American losses lower in the land fighting.
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Yap
Marianas
Bikiisland
Dutch New Guinea
Banda Sea
Soviet Push Marks Broad Front Breakthrough Near Vitebsk
Soviet forces widened a 22 mile front breach against German fortifications as 11 divisions attacked from 12 to 25 miles. Moscow reported gains along the Dvina and Svir rivers with fighting around Vitebsk and the capture of Medyex hie Gors in Karelia.
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German
Transocean Agency
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Minsk
Stalin
Svir
Ladoga
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Viiport
Lodeypate
Lake Onega
Medyexhie-Gors
Soviet Socialist Republic of Karelia
U S Airmen Down Planes and Hit Saipan Shores
U S forces pressed inland on Saipan amid shelling near the invasion beaches. Air patrols and naval raids targeted Pagan Rota and Shumushu, sinking small ships, destroying grounded planes, blasting a wharf, fuel dump, airfields, and buildings. Mines and booby traps slowed advances along Magicienne Bay as Marines and soldiers push northern shore.
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Saipan
Pagan
Rota Islands
Rote
U. S
Magicienne Bay
Navy
Shumushu
Carolines
Marshalls
Nazi Vessels Sunk At Le Havre Boulogne
The RAF destroyed enemy ships in Le Havre and Boulogne during June 14 and 15, with photographs showing ships sunk at berths. The listings include 22% vessels plus 3 torpedo boats, 1 corvette, 1 M class minesweeper, 3 M class tender men, 6 tank landing craft, naval auxiliaries, and vessels of various types.
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Boulogne
London
RAF
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Air Ministry
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