Search Still Ahead For Missing River Victim Today
Officials pressed for more boats to aid a cross river search for 16 year old Kirk Lee Kinter drowned near the Fetterman bridge while swimming with companions. Crowds gathered as divers, lines, and hooks were deployed. authorities closed the Tygart Valley dome to reduce water levels to help reach the body. The missing youth was slated to be a Grafton High School senior next fall.
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Paylor
Kirk Lee Kinter
K. L. Kinter
Fetterman” Bridge
Tygart Valley Dome
Grafton
Hazel Allas,Glass Works
Grafton ‘Sentinel
Ives
Tragedy at Riverside Show Leaves 6,000 Fans Homeless
Investigators report a riverside camp tent treated with paraffin and gasoline, causing a fast spreading fire that destroyed the tent and sent 6,000 spectators fleeing. The circus insurance broker says losses are fully covered in Sarasota. At the state armory morque 112 bodies identified. 15 remain unnamed. Edwin G. Woodward, dean of agriculture at the University of Connecticut, is among the identified.
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Sarasota
Fla
State Armory
William H. Morttensen
Lastaight
Edwin G. Woodward
University of Connecticut
BO Employee Car Stolen Last Night
State Trooper W D Sergent said a 1v model Packard sedan belonging to Cingerice M Hill of this city was stolen from its parking spot on Route 50 near Thornton Hill where he worked at the Baltimore and Ohio tower. The car remained missing as of late this afternoon. Trooper Sergent also reported that George Stewart, 39, of Clarksburg, was arrested on reckless driving charges and fined $25 and costs before Magistrate John Marks.
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W. D. Sergent
Cingerice (M.)hill
Route 50
Thornton Hill
Baltimore and Ohio
Sergent
George Stewart
Clarksburg
Mag
John Marks
Barkley Resigns Senate Post Amid Roosevelt Clash
Barkley resigns as Senate majority leader after clashing with President Roosevelt over a tax relief bill. Despite resignation, Democrats reelect him unanimously and he later campaigns pro Roosevelt. The piece notes Texas and Mississippi Democrats pressuring for conditions to back the nominee and Dewey's return to Pawling after his nomination. Virginia Democrats face a split over convention strategy as conferences unfold. Powell named assistant director of publicity for the Republican National Committee.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
Congress
Senate Democrats
Texas
Mississippi
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pawling
N Y
Virginia
D.C
B. Powell
New York Amsterdam News
New York State Athletic Convention
Republican National Committee
Used Fat Points Help Feed Family With Point Increases
The Office of Price Administration releases July Consumer Point Values giving meat dealers 26 cuts with price point increases. Seventeen cuts rise by one or two points, beef steaks and roasts up two points per pound in several cuts, lamb yoke roasts join the increment. With 0 points per person monthly, extra points for used fat turned over to dealers help balance the budget.
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Office of Price Administration
America
OPA
Father of George Coulson's Father Dies in Hanover
John F. Coulson 84 of Hanover Pa died of heart ailment yesterday. Retired leather dealer born December 11 1859 he was an active Methodist and Brotherhood of America member. Survived by widow five children Charles Levi Percy George and Mrs Robert Becker eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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George H. Coulson
John F. Coulson
Hanover
Methodist Church
Brotherhood of America
Charles
Levi
Percy All O
George
Grafton
Robert Becker
Allied forces push near Pogalbonsi and Montecatani in Italy
From the scene near Pogalbonsi and Montecatani, Allied troops push eastward through Colle to within three miles of Pogalbonsi, 42 miles east of Livorno and 21 miles south of Florence. German defenses along the ridge north of the lateral highway briefly stalled two Allied tank assaults, while other Allied tanks compelled an enemy withdrawal north of Montecatani.
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Colle- D. Val D'Elsa
Pogalbonsi
Livorno
Florence
Volterra
Montecatani
Tornado Victim Price Violations Probed by OPA
Conley H. Dillon of the District Price Executive warns OPA will aid tornado affected areas revise pricing. Officials will visit the stricken regions the week of July 10 to instruct lumber and building material sellers. Citizens may contact the local War Price and Rationing Board at the Peoples Building Charleston WV for information.
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Conley H. Dillon
OPA
Ecor Ae
Charleston
Tyes
Office of Price Administration
Peoples Building
Charlston
West Virginia
Allied Push Breaks Through Caen Front In D Day Assault
Allied forces report rapid advances across a five mile front near Caen as Americans push center Une and British forces breach outer defenses. Don Whitehead notes Americans reach solid ground east of St Jean and advance toward St Lo while nine square miles liberated on Cherbourg peninsula. Montgomery unleashes a three mile wide offensive to seize Galmanche La Bijade Lebisey as Caen defenses collapse.
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Caen
Une
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
St. Jean
Two Army Deserters Taken To Charleston
State and county authorities said this morning that Henry Peters of Simpson and Earl Drummond of Rosemont had been taken to Charleston and lured over to military authorities on charges of desertion from the State and Depurty. Ray Mathews, who took the beets to Charleston, said that, this was the fourth offense for Peters and the second offense for de
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Henry Peters
Simpson
Earl Drummond
Rosemont
Charleston
Depurty
Ray Mathews
Peters
War Today forecasts drive to Japanese defeat in China
The column discusses Allied plans to cut Japanese supply lines from Manchuria to Canton and Hong Kong, aiming to deprive bases in southern China. It notes China's Peiping Canton road barrier, a possible setback for Allies, and a forecast by General Chennault that Japan could be driven from Chinese soil within a year. It links Tojo’s fate with Allied victory after Hitler’s surrender and cites De Gaulle’s prediction of the last German leaving France in 1944.
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Manchuria
Canton
Hongkong
China
Japan
Peiping-Cahton
Tojo
America
Mainian
Hengyang
Chennault
Hitler
Charles de Gaulle
Washinton
France
Red army advances as German lines crumble near Wilno
German troops fall back toward Wilno as Soviet forces push from the Minsk Wilno corridor toward Ostrovets and Oshmyana. Rokossovsky’s group drives 42 miles in 24 hours toward Pinsk while Bagramian’s Baltic army nears Latvia. Marianas transfer noted postwar transfer.
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Minsk-Wilno
Ostrovets
Minsk Wino
Oshmyana
Red Army
Wilno
Antokol
Likishki
Polgulyanka
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George Coulson
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
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Marjorie Reynolds
Dennis O'Keefe
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