Tornado Visits Create Oddities Across Pennsylvania
The storm lifts Mrs. William Lamb’s Chartiers home leaving only a cupboard. two Baltimore & Ohio freight cars are set upright on a new track. a Baldwin township house is blown to rubble yet a flag on a front pole waves untouched. Radio fans ask why WCAE is off the air as WCAEs towers fall. Residents near Indiana report debris and roof fragments blown across the river.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ‘Ral
Chambersville
Baldwin Township
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Biggest Bombers Smash at French Railway Centers
Allied air operations over France reached peak activity with hundreds of bombers and fighters striking rail yards at Saintes and Limoges to disrupt German reinforcements. Night raids by Mosquitoes hit Bremen port as Cherbourg holds under pressure. weather favored pilots described as a fighter pilot's paradise.
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D-Day
Channel
Central
Reich
Air Ministry
Saintes
Limoges
Normandy
France
England
Pas de Calais
Bomber Command
Bremen
Cherbourg
U S Task Force Reports Major Japanese Carrier Losses
The U S Navy announced multiple battles in the Marianas region with the loss of two Japanese carriers, a destroyer, and two tankers. One carrier was the 28000 ton Shokaku class and another 19000 ton Takayama class. Over 60 Japanese planes were shot down as U S subs sink 16 ships on supply lanes. The Fifth Fleet defends Saipan as American forces press 20 000 Japanese troops toward retreat.
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Nimitz
Marianas
Fifth Fleet
Saipan
Russian offensive looms over Germany in 1944 war plan
The article notes the Red army's summer offensive nears, with Soviet forces allegedly outnumbering Allied troops in Europe. It describes a 1000 mile front across plains, German deployment prioritizing the east, and the threat to the Allied invasion in France as a two front war unfolds. It adds a caveat that opinions are those of the writer, not the Navy Department.
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Bourg
Red Army
Britain
Western
Europe
Russia
France
Germany
Paris
Marne
Navy Department
Tornado Devastates McKeesport Area and West Virginia
Tornadoes killed and injured across Western Pennsylvania and neighboring West Virginia. McKeesport, Chartiers, Waynesburg, Liberty, Port Vue, Hays, Lincoln Place, Boston, Grennock suffered extensive damage with hundreds of homes destroyed. Seventy six deaths reported in the region. communications crippled. Red Cross aid sought in Fairmont. hospital power cut, staff using candles.
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Pennsylvania
Shinnston
W. Va
Chartiers
McKeesport
Waynesburg
Indiana
Wellsburg
W. V
Liberty
Port Vue
Hays
Lincoln Place
Boston
Grennock
Christy Park Works
National Tube Company
Fairmont
West Virginia
Red Cross
General Hospital
A. D. Johnson
Ted
Johnson
Russians Hurl More Troops Into Intense Baltic Battle
Soviet forces under Marshal Stalin push through Vitebsk region and advance on multiple fronts. The campaign frees hundreds of localities and severs the Vitebsk Orsha railway while Nor thern fronts near Fin land report rapid gains.
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Joseph Stalin
Vitebsk-Orsha
Mogilev
Pskov
Vitebsk
Berlin
CBS
Lieut Pherson Missing After Escort Missions Over Germany
Lieut Pherson of the 690th Fighter Squadron under Col Tyson in the Eighth Fighter Command is reported missing after serving as fighter escort on numerous dangerous missions over Germany. He had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with clusters for his 70 to 80 missions. The piece also notes the Naval Air Transport Service cargo plane Marswich carrying a record 35 000 pounds on a single trip.
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Tyson
Eighth Fighter Command
Pherson
Germany
Naval Air Transport Service
Two New Castle Children Hurt in McKeesport Blast
Harold Baxter his wife Clara and daughter Dorothy 13 along with Gerald and Alberta Morris are hospitalized in McKeesport after a blast that levelled the Baxter home and 40 other houses in the area. The Baxter and Morris families left for the city last night and Gerald and Alberta are reported in shock but not critically hurt.
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Harold Baxter
Clara
Dorothy
Morris
McKeesport
Baxter
David A. Morris
Drennen S. Baxter
Bay Street
Pvt
Gerald
Alberta
Guffey Pushes Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Electoral College
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania pledges a vigorous push to amend the U S Constitution to abolish the electoral college when Congress reconvenes after recess He says he favors changing the system and will press for approval after the summer break His move sparks southern senators to debate the implications of a Texas Supreme Court ruling affecting Roosevelt electors and a warned potential revolt by anti-New Deal electors ahead of conventions
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Washington
Guffey
Congress
Texas Supreme Court
Sen
Pepper
Dewey Warren Ticket Shapes Up For Pennsylvania Delegates
Pennsylvania leads 70 delegates to the convention as Dewey supporters seek a first or second ballot win. California with 50 votes and other states like New York and Illinois bolster Dewey, while Warren is favored for vice president by California delegates. Bricker stands as second choice among New Yorkers. Dewey presses platform drafting as subcommittees finish work before Tuesday’s presentation.
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Pennsylvania
Dewey
California
Illinois
New York
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Warren
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Clarence J. Brown
Bricker
Mid-West
Pacific Coast
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
American forces push deeper into Cherbourg defenses
Allied units report the spearhead approaching Fort Du Roule less than a mile from Cherbourg docks amid fierce German resistance described as terrific. British and American actions across Caen, Carentan, and the Cherbourg peninsula create a fluid front with heavy mortar fire and local advances. Allied warships and air power support operations as 3,000 Allied sorties target reinforcements and communications networks.
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Cherbourg
Paris
Fort du Roule
Carentan
la Have du Puits
Caen
St. Honorine Caurdonnette
Mont du Roc
Octeville
Allied Forces In Italy Surge Against German Defenses
Allied ground and air forces press the advance in northwestern Italy and along the Adriatic coast. British Eighth Army penetrates toward Ancona while Fifth Army drives toward Siena and Follonica. American units near Roccastrada face stiffening resistance as rain delays slow the Gothic line push. Over 2,100 German major equipment items destroyed. 1,500 Mediterranean sorties flown with 31 Nazi planes downed.
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Lake Trasimeno
Oliver Lesse
Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic
Ploesti
Romani
Nis
Chienti River
Ancona
Perugia
Kesselring
Fifth Army
Siena
Florence
Follonica
Elba
Roccastrada
Chienti
Garigliano
Nine More Japanese Vessels Sunk In Pacific Actions
Ground forces on Biak Island kill 205 Japanese as mopping up continues in the newly won territory. Air strikes hit Sarmi Maffin near Biak starting fires. Naval bombarding efforts target installations near the Woske river. In British New Guinea air forces strike troop concentrations and installations. A 90 year old woman in Wayland Massachusetts is still considered the family matriarch by her 100 year old sister.
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Biak
Sarmi-Maffin
Dutch New Guinea
Woske
British New Guinea
Wayland Mass
Deaths of the Day John H Lamb
John H. Lamb aged 175 years and chairman of Citizens National Bank died at Jameson Memorial hospital after illness since January 8. Complete obituary will be published Monday. Albert B Winder of East Brook had funeral services Friday at 2 pm from Cunningham funeral home with pallbearers Ransom Robert Cassius McNulty Arch Allen Mack Allen and George W Sheets. Interment Mount Pleasant cemetery.
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John H. Lamb
Citizens National Bank
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Albert B Winder
East Brook
Cunningham Funeral Home
East Washington
Chestnut Streets
Hugh Snodgrass
Ransom
Robert
Cassius McNulty
Arch Allen
Mack Allen
George W. Sheets
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Tornado Derails 25 Freight Cars At Port Vue
A tornado that wrecked numerous homes yesterday derailed 25 freight cars on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad siding at Port Vue during the storm. The incident followed the earlier devastation and added to the region's damage tally as crews assessed wreckage today.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburg &Lake Erie Railroad
Port Vue
Diamond anniversaries honored with free ring notice
New York reports that in 1944 couples married 75 years may receive a diamond ring from the American jewelry industry. About 46 114 men over 85 with living wives and 10 304 women over 85 with living husbands are eligible.
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New York
JINS
Card Of Thanks From Boozell Family
The family of Henry F Boozell expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during the bereavement and for floral tributes and transportation donations.
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Henry FE
Boozell
Boro Memorial Dedicated Honor Roll Unveiling Schedule
A dedication program for the Boro Memorial lists organizers Frank Cimperman William Jones Sr John F Hail and Jack G Allison. The ceremony features Hail to the Spirit of Liberty Sousa 16th Regiment band invocation by Rev Fr V V Stan celewski flag raising Deshon hospital annex soldiers unveiling by Boy Scouts and introductions of George E F Hunt and planning committee members Harry A Blesch and Paul.
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Arnold—Smith
FR. Shillinger
Sousa
16Th Regiment
V. V. Stancelewski
Deshon Hospital
Boy Scouts
George EF. Hunt
Harry A. Blesch
Paul
Shoes to films and back again in New York
On the movie industry’s 50th birthday the firm occupying the former film site carried on with its usual business selling shoes. The building had previously housed a shoe store before being converted for Thomas A. Edison’s Kinetoscope showing to the public.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Saipan Battle Rages On Jungle Cliffs
From a frontline command post above Garapan I witness heavy artillery pounding limestone cliffs around Taporeu as Japanese defenders pull back from foothills and coast. American patrols reach Garapan suburbs with little resistance and one soldier returns on a lap bicycle amid rubble and chalky walls. The scene mixes intense bombardment with a vivid urban landscape as the fight continues.
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Garapan
Taporenau
Garapans
Cassino
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