Floods and Lightning Strike Reported in Local Area
Flood waters crest along West High and Walnut streets reaching two feet from the bridge, flooding homes. Lightning struck W A Brems home at 8 Holly Drive in Panorama Hills, chimney shattered, corner torn away, fire department shields house with canvas. Rumors of a cyclone near Centertown Ashland and Hartsburg caused alarm but no severe damage. winds remained high with limited impact.
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Holly Drive
Panorama Hills
Centertown
Ashland
Hartsburg
Jap Sub Sank Angarstrol Moscow Says
Moscow radio charged that a Japanese submarine sank a Russian freighter May 1, 32 miles off Japan. The report framed as official Soviet stance amid Sino Soviet and Japanese tensions tied to Manchuria and Kwantung peninsula, noting strained relations and a potential incident could spark wider fighting.
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Kwantung Peninsula
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Vins
Chungking
Roosevelt vetoes Bean Lake damages bill
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill that would have provided payment of damages by the federal government. The measure aimed to compensate Bean Lake damages but was rejected by the White House on June 25. The veto leaves compensation unresolved and pending further action.
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Roosevelt
Bean Lake
Washington
Need 250 000 More Civilian Volunteers
Omaha dispatch reports regional defense director Joseph D Scholtz says the Seventh Corps area needs at least 250 000 more civilian defense volunteers before summer’s end. Preparations for blackouts in large cities create demand for auxiliary policemen and firemen air raid wardens and women trained as nurses aides.
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Omaha
Seventh Corps
Regional Defense
Joseph D. Scholtz
Stockton man Hedricks dies at 73 after heart ailment
Stockton Missouri June 25 John D Hedricks 73 longtime Cedar county clerk and Republican figure died of a heart ailment today He was brother of former Circuit Judge C A Hedricks and long active in county political circles
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Stockton, Mo
John D. Hedricks
Cedar County
Hedricks
C. A. Hedricks
Wabash Reports Higher May Net Income
The Wabash railroad announced May net railway operating income after federal taxes of 793,866 dollars, up 8 percent from 728,930 dollars in the same month last year.
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Wabash Reports
ST. Louis
Wabash’ Railroad
Axis Army in Egypt Readies for New Attack
British flank units retire before Axis advances as Ritchie explains. Despite retreat, Allied mobile forces pressed Axis columns with withering fire all day, destroying numerous vehicles and steadily drawing back the German Italian formations toward the sea.
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Axis
Egypt
Ritchie
Eastman Reaffirms Policy on Holding Fairs in War Time
Washington AP June 25 Joseph B Eastman director of the Office of Defense Transportation reaffirmed that travel to and from state and county fairs is non essential and that fairs should be postponed for the war's duration He issued a formal statement in reply to a delegation of fair officials who urged a modified postponement plan.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
Missouri Floods Drench Area As Rivers Rise Dramatically
Widespread Missouri flooding from surging Grand and Missouri rivers inundates towns including Carrollton and Boonville. Officials warn of wall of water moving downstream toward Boonville with crests forecast from 25 to 31 feet at multiple points, while St Joseph reaches flood stage. Levees in St Charles district mostly hold amid widespread water.
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Carrollton
Pattonsburg
Missouri
City
Orrick
Boonville
Verne Alexander
The
Weather Bureau
Grand River
Grand
Chillicothe
Brunswick
Gallatin
St. Joseph
St. Louis
H.C. Cross
Jefferson City
Hermann
St. Charles
Eye Witness Tells of Jap Raids in Aleutians
Seattle dispatch details first eyewitness accounts of Japanese bombing and strafing at Dutch Harbor and Unalaska in June. Civilians fled to hills as heavy anti aircraft and machine gun fire raked the harbor. Mayor John Fletcher led evacuations. 35 death certificates were applied for, casualties not yet released.
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Seattle
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
Unalaska
Unalaske Bay
Cold Bay
John W. Fletcher
Navy
Fletcher
Joseph Wynans
Des Moines
Wash
Wynans
Boy Drowns After Fall At Brookfield Pool
Five year old Kent Thompson, son of Lionel Thompson a chain store manager, fell from a pier at a Brookfield country club pool and drowned. The incident occurred today in Brookfield Missouri as reported by AP.
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Pool Brookfield
Kent Thompson
Country Club Pool
Lionel Thompson
Teacher Kills Himself In Missouri Home
Cliff Hunter 76, a former school teacher, ended his life at the home of his step
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Poplar
Bluff, Mo
Cliff’ Hunter
Despondent Hunter Fatally Shoots Self Says Coroner
A. Wm. Greer, coroner, reported after investigation that the hunter was despondent due to a malignant condition. Relatives cited his despair as the motive.
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A. Wm. Greer
Hunter
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