Devastating Pennsylvania Thunderstorm Toll Near Pittsburgh
Rescue forces searched rain battered towns in southwest Pennsylvania and nearby West Virginia as a storm system left hundreds injured or homeless. With Shinnston and Clarksville hit hard, federal and state agencies coordinated relief while crews cleared wreckage and aided by soldiers and volunteers. casualties included dozens dead and many missing as emergency efforts continued through the day.
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West Virginia
Pittsburgh-McKeesport
Shinnston
Psburgh
Ims
Virginia
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
W. Va
Friends
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Jes
Pars
Ion
Orm
Little Shinnston
Clarksville
Dravesburg
War Today Column by Press Staff Writer Elton Fay
Military commentary by a substitute Press Staff Writer analyzes current conflicts and global tensions. Editorial tone reflects wartime concerns and national perspective through concise paragraphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirke L. Simpson
Mn Elton
Fay
World War II Battle Updates From Pacific And Europe
Reports describe American doughboys advancing near Cherbourg and British forces pressing Nazi lines in France while Russians push toward the Latvian border. Churchill suggests summer could bring renewed freedom, as Tokyo fights to defend Saipan and the Marianas with a sizable Japanese fleet and carriers.
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Pacific
China
Cherbourg
Ile
Vitebsk
Minyurchill
Phill
Japal
Ital
Saipan
Marianas
Japs Take Heavy Beatings in Pacific and Gains in China
Allied air and ground forces report heavy Japanese losses across Saipan and the Marianas with 34 additional planes and five ships destroyed. MacArthur and Nimitz announce ongoing advances in the Pacific while Japanese gains near Hengyang and efforts to reopen the China supply route are noted in Burma and central China.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
U. S
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Japan
Caroline Island
Iwo Island
Kawan Group
Midway
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Pagan
Rota
Tinian
Marianas
Douglas MacArthur
Yap
Philippines
Ulithi
1 Islands
Truk
Carolinas
Shumushu
Kuriles
Guam
Nimitz
MacArthur
Camps To Bar Youths From Polio Areas
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds ordered Western North Carolina camp masters not to admit children from areas with infantile paralysis cases and reported 67 known cases in a Charlotte Hickory region counties list. He urged prompt case reporting and notifying parents, with cancellations of applications from affected areas.
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Raleigh
Carl V. Reynolds
Masters of Children
North Carolina
Reynolds
Charlotte- Hickory
Catawba
Caldwell
Gaston
Lincoln
Burke
Ashe
Rowan
Alexander
Cabarrus
Wilkes
Reds Close In On Vitebsk As Germans Suffer Heavy Losses
Soviet communique says two Red Armies encircle toward Vitebsk White Russia with heavy German casualties. More than 7 500 Germans killed as Reds push through central sectors near Orsha and Mogilev. 900 places liberated on all fronts. rail line into Vitebsk cut. Stalin issues two day offensives expanding to 50 miles each side.
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London
Vitebsk
White Russia
Moscow
van Naa Os
Toroops
Ting
Lake
Orsha
Mogilev
Bitter Hattles
Stalin
Cargo Ships Idle Because of Shortage
Five merchant ships loaded with war cargo lie idle in San Francisco unable to join convoys due to a critical shortage of licensed officers and able seamen. The War Shipping Administration warns the shipping disruption is paralyzing overseas cargo movement as demand surges with the war’s second front. Andrew G. Wilson cites drained reserves from increased merchant shipping and urges seamen to return to sea at once.
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San Francisco
War Shipping Administration
Andrew G. Wilson
WSA
France
Wilson
Dewey Most Likely GOP Presidential Bid Focal Point
Chicago hosts a wartime Republican convention amid talk of a Dewey Warren ticket. Delegates eye caucuses in California Pennsylvania and Illinois to tilt early support to Dewey, with Bricker discussed as second option and Warren possibly as vice president. Rep. Martin predicts Warren could be second chair if offered.
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GOP
Dewey
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
United States
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Guv
John W
Bricker
Ohio
Martin
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Warren
Yank Troops Seize Nazi Robot Bases on Cherbourg Front
American troops advancing on Cherbourg have captured two German sites believed built to launch robot bombs against Britain. Engineers inspect a huge complex described as resembling a Boulder Dam foundation amid an elevated valley with trees cleared for missile directions. The larger project remains far from complete.
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France
Cherbourg
Britain
Wallace Ends Mission To Chinese Government
Vice-President Henry A Wallace concluded his Chungking mission with a joint Chinese American press release. It calls for enduring Pacific peace through permanent Japanese demilitarization and a four power collaboration among China Russia Britain and the United States. The statement notes informal frank discussions with Chiang Kai Shek and other officials and says they agreed on basic principles and objectives.
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Chungking
Henry A. Wallace
Pacific
Japan
China
Russia
Britain
United States
Wallace
Chiang Kai- Shek
Tornado flattening of Pathetic Figures town devastates mining area
In Chartiers Hill Pennsylvania a violent tornado killed 11 people and injured 100 plus, leveling 53 homes across several square miles. Rescue crews search rubble for missing residents while survivors salvage belongings among overturned furniture, bricks, and a wrecked landscape. A white dog remains beside its injured owners in a grim scene of loss.
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James H
Jordan
Chartiers Hill
Garber Chosen Bishop by Southeastern Methodist Conference
The Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference elected Dr. Paul N. Garber and Dr. Costen J. Harrell to the college of bishops. Garber won on the 14th ballot with 234 votes. Harrell on the sixth with 206. Garber, Duke University religion dean, is a New Market Virginia native and former professor of church history. Harrell, Nashville pastor, has served in multiple North Carolina posts and in Atlanta and Norfolk.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
The
Methodist Church
College of Bishops
Paul N. Garber
School of Religion
Duke University
Costen J. Harrell
Nashville
Tenn
Garber
Harrell
A. V. W. Darlington
Louisville
Hoyt
Emory Institute
Robert Z. Tyler
First Avenue Church
St. Petersburg
Fla
Smart
Dr. Tyler
Brown University
High Point College
Pulpwood Shipments Rise 27 Percent in May
Washington reports May pulpwood shipments including imports rose 27 percent from a year earlier. Paper mills received 1,284,000 cords with 68,000 cords from Canada. James L. Madden of the War Production Board cautioned that May 1943 receipts were abnormally low, signaling further improvement is needed.
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Washington
War Production Board
Canada
James L. Madden
Wprb Panel
Allies Reach 1000 Yards From Cherbourg City Limits
Allied troops pressed toward Cherbourg with a deep wedge penetrating German lines. Observers saw German positions collapse as bombed city defenses and a concrete barrier yielded to American advances. British coastal forces sunk and damaged several enemy vessels attempting to flee by sea.
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Gladwin Hill
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Don 'Ee
Whitehead
Invasion Plans Noted From 1940 For Cherbourg Peninsular Strike
Allied observers disclosed that invasion planning began in 1940 as Germany aimed at England. A British single division was once deemed enough to seize the Cherbourg peninsula, with later debates on broader landings and air support.
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Gladwin Hill
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
England
Cherbourg
Dunkerque
Churchill
Roger Keyes
British Army Staff College
United States Army
George C. Marshall
North Africa
Dieppe
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