Leghorn Blasted Again By Allied Air Forces
United States flying fortresses struck the Italian port of Leghorn for a second time, according to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's North Africa headquarters. The raid caused heavy damage to ferry terminals at Sann Giovanni on the Straits of Me as well as targets on Sicily and Sardinia. The operation follows an earlier Leghorn attack and ranks among the farthest Allied raids from North Africa this war.
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North Africa
United States
Leghorn
Rome
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North African Air Force
Sann Giovanni
Meas- Ali
Sicily
Sardinia
Loghorn
Spezia
Eisenhower
Taking of the annual school census underway in second ward
Heat relief appears likely as conditions ease after a weeklong heat wave. Bass fishing season opens Thursday with light turnout expected. auto traffic bans in effect due to wartime rules. Cascade Park reports 1,492 bathers on kiddies day. red ration stamps J K G M N expire tomorrow along with Coffee Stamp No 24. South Mill street bridge to gain paint and fixed sidewalks. a Cecropia moth specimen visits The News lobby. Auto owners rush to obtain federal use stamps for 5 dollar permits, as post officials note the deadline tomorrow. Eddie Pawlak of County Line...
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South Mill Street Bridge
United States
News, Co Oo
Wiliam R. Fianna
Eddie Pawlak
F County
Daily Weather Report Summary for 24 Hours
United States daily weather report shows high 93 and low 68 with 0.8 inches of precipitation and river stage at 5.6 feet. Year ago values: high 88, low 53, no precipitation.
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United States
Nazi Arsenal Pulverized in Allied bombing drive
International News Service reports from Stockholm that Germany’s industrial Rober yatley has been virtually destroyed in the current Allied bombing offensive. The dispatch says the ruler’s realm is a sea of flame and asserts the German arsenals have been pulverized as tires are hammered from it.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Goetsebores Posten Today
Rober Yatley
Germany
Almed
AL Tire
County Flyer Soldier Dies in Drone Crash
Staff Sgt. Ralph Powell 33, of Chewton, killed in bombing plane crash 25 miles north of Augusta Georgia Monday. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs John Powell, brothers Joseph, Andrew, George, sisters Helen, Mrs Martin Emilko, Mrs Chester Bognosky. Powell trained at multiple camps, most recently Columbia South Carolina. body burial date pending.
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Chewton
Ralph Powell
War Department
Columbia
8. C
Augusta
Powell
S.C
Cambridge Springs
Corp. Joseph Powell
Fort Snelling
Minn
Andrew
George
Ane
Helen
Martin Emilko
Chester Bognosky
Ellwood City
Burist
Foretells Next Flood From Tree Rings Sun Spots
Pittsburgh reports a long range forecast predicting the next flood for the Ohio Valley in the winter of 1045 46. Professor Edwin Lincoln Mosley emeritus biology curator at Bowling Green State University says tree rings indicate droughts or heavy rainfall, aiding his formula for recurring droughts or floods.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Edwin Lincoln Mosley
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green
Columbus
America
Nature
Mosley
Pennsylvania
Laurel Honored Comic Stan Laurel Sued by Wife
Hollywood June 29 Stan Laurel the famed silent era funnyman was sued by his fifth wife Virginia Ruth Laurel for 765 monthly separate maintenance. She cites general cruelty asserting Laurel has had five marriages including Mae Lois Virginia Theana and Virginia again.
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Virginia Ruth Laurel
Mae Laurel
Lois
Virginia
Theana
Virginia Ruth
Laurel No
German U boat sinks cruiser and torpedoes another
London dispatch reports Nazi U boat sinks a 9,860 ton British cruiser of the Forbisher class and torpedoes another vessel in a Western Mediterranean naval attack. The German report offers no admiralty confirmation.
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C International News Service
London
German Radio Today
ONE
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Soviet Forces Renew Drive In Caucasus
Soviet forces renew a drive to crush remaining Nazi footholds in the west Caucasus. Red Army units under aerial cover advanced several miles in the Taman area near the Kerch Straits from the Crimea, capturing a strategic village and another point. Air raids hit the Port of Taman and the Orsha rail junction as heavy artillery clashes unfold on the central front with 306 Nazis killed in reconnaissance actions.
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Moscow
West
Caucasus
Red Army
Taman
Kerch
Crimea
Red Star
Orsha
Smolensk
High Command
Sumy
Kharkov
Donets River
Japs Attack Darwin Planes Shoot Down Raiders
United Nations Headquarters in Australia reports at least two and possibly six Japanese fighters and bombers were shot down over Darwin during a raid by a nine Zero and nine bombers formation. Allied fighters claimed several enemy losses and one Allied pilot missing as ground casualties were avoided.
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Corternational News Service
United Nations
Australia
Darwin
Austraia
Douglas MacArthur
Lahn
Netherlands East Indies
Amboina
New Guinea
Boeroe Island
New Britain
Caape Gloucester
Rapopo
Rabaul
Claim warships of United States enter Gibraltar
London June 28. Axis reports say allied reinforcement in the Mediterranean with numerous American vessels. Exchange Telegraph heard NBC transmitter announce several American warships entered Gibraltar last night. Nazis claim a British aircraft carrier, escorted by two battleships, six destroyers and cruisers, headed east.
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International News Service
London
Axis Today
Mediterranean
Exchange Telegraph Company
Natlonerated
Gibraltar
Drowning of Norman White in Slippery Rock Creek
Norman Charles White, 24, of Slippery Rock Township, drowned Monday evening while fishing with his father, Alexander White, below Kennedy's Mills bridge. Rescue attempts by bystanders and fire departments failed. body recovered after about an hour. White, son-in-law of Deputy Sheriff George Dew, was born March 9, 1919, and had lived in Lawrence County.
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Norman White
Slippery Rock Township
Slippery Rock Creek
Kennedy's Mills Bridge
Alexander White
Marold Brerry
Boy Scout Camp
Norman Charles Whiti
Sappery Rock Township
Alexander and
Jane Caruthers White
Lawrence Couply
Wis
Mr. Hermon
Former German officer arrested in New York spy case
Washington dispatch reports former German army lieutenant Erwin Harry De Spretter, now part of a PineSight factory in New York, arrested as an accomplice of Staten Island air raid warden Ernest Frederick Lehmity. Hoover ties De Spretter to aiding Lehmity in sending information on American troop and convoy movements to Nazi intelligence.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
New York
Staten Island
Europe
Hoover
Erwin Harry de Spretter
Ernest Frederiick Lehmity
de Spretter
Lehmity
Dogs Running Loose To Be Shot On Sight Citywide
Mayor Charles B. Mayne announced orders to shoot all dogs seen running loose. The measure starts Thursday as residents are urged to keep pets tied. City officials say only minimal dog-catching capacity exists and enforcement will be by police.
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Charles B. Mayne
Winx Honor
Bombers Hit At Jap Naval Force In Pacific
The Navy reported no night bombing of a Japanese naval force in the central Solomons and seven new air attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians. Vengeance units struck Kiska and Little Kiska, hitting housing on Little Kiska and main camp areas.
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WOKS
NLR Shari Fh
Washington
Avy Today
UW. Si Plines
Ino
Solomons
Kiska
Aleutians
Aleutian
Navy
Ventura
Mitchell
Camp Ren
North Head
Little Kiska
City Men Take Army Exams Today
City men were summoned for selective service medical exams in Pittsburgh this morning. The group is among the smaller units drafted in months, with last month’s quota reported as the largest. Those who pass will receive five weeks vacation before active duty.
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Pittsburgh
Smalles
Jones Named Successor To Davis As Food Head
Congress seeks a food czar as Judge Marvin Jones takes over war food administrator duties amid dissension over Ches ter C Davis resignation. Davis urges centralized control and subsidies as part of a coordinated program, while Senate pushes for stronger authority and a three point plan for future food policies.
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Davis
Erwin D. Sias
US Stat
Washington
Marvin Jones
Chester C. Davis
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
House
Supreme Food “Czar
Senate
England
Showdown Over Food Price Subsidies Brews in Congress
Washington June 28 President Roosevelt may take his anti inflation campaign to the country if Congress enacts legislation banning the food price rollback subsidy program. Supporters say defeat is virtually conceded as a final congressional showdown on subsidies to back meat butter and coffee price rollbacks looms within 48 hours.
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William
Nealhoon
OS Santi
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Port of Hangchow Recaptured by Chinese from Japan
New York reports British radio and a CBS recorded German broadcast say Hangchow, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai and capital of Cheklang province, has been recaptured by Chinese forces from Japan, who occupied it since December 1937.
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Cloteriarthomati News
Seeley
New York
Bangohaw
Shanghai
CBS
Mangchow
Cheklang
Famed Cathedral Bomb Damaged Reported by Germans
London June 28 Nazi propaganda office said in a broadcast recorded by Reuters that the famed cathedral in Cologne was seriously damaged in the British bombardment. The claim follows the raid and is part of wartime propaganda.
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London
Cologne
Reuter
Germany Discouraged as Surrender Considered Before Invasion
London dispatch from Istanbul cites an independent French news agency reporting a German traveler saying discouragement has grown. People reportedly think Germany may lay down arms before Allied invasion under pressure of bombs.
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International News Service
London
Europe
Istanbul
Oday
Germany
U S Submarines Sink Eight Japanese Vessels at Sea
U S submarines and aircraft continued Pacific raids lighting up shipping lanes. Eight Japanese vessels were sunk and three damaged, including a mine layer, a destroyer, a large transport, and four cargo ships, with two more vessels damaged. Overall Japanese losses total 268 ships sunk or damaged since the war began. Navy officials say aerial and submarine blows slow Japan's war effort as buildup of forward bases continues.
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U. S.S
Aleutians
Solomons
America
Japan
Pacific
United States
Some Relief From Heat Is Predicted
International News Service reports Pittsburgh may see relief from a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 90 for over a week. Thunderstorms cooled the district by four hours, with pool attendance rising 30 to 40 percent. Homer Wadsworth requests $4,000 extra to extend pool hours.
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International News
Pittsburgh
Homer Wadsworth
Bureau of Recreation
Council
Death notices list several local residents age midlife to elderly
The death notices include Mrs Mary Jane Shoat 84 of Prospect Staff Sergeant Ralph Powel 33 of Chewton James Cosgrove 68 of 412 Epworth Street Mrs Albert Hall 44 of 919 Moravia Street Michael Joseph Reiter 33 of Stanton Avenue Norman Charles White 24 of New Castle Mrs James G Leslie 67 of 808 Court Street.
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Mary Jane Shoat
Prospect
Ralph Powel
Chewton
Norman Charles White
New Castle
James G. Leslie
Court Street
Bombing of Cologne and Hamburg by RAF heavy squadrons
London june 29 twin bombings of Cologne and Hamburg carried out by large RAF bomber formations. Cologne faced a saturation attack with 1000 planes. 25 large bombers were lost. The raid hit industrial centers and shipbuilding in Hamburg. The operation marked the tenth straight raid on Axis Europe in darkness. Large fires flared in Cologne as homes and targets suffered amid mine laying in enemy waters.
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London
Rhineland
Cologne
Hamburg
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Britain
Germany
Colosne
France
Airy Ministry
Bombers Strike Japanese Positions in Burma Raid
Royal Air Force Wellington bombers cut a wide swath across Japanese troop concentrations in Akyab Burma. Bomb bursts were seen throughout the target area as medium and light bombers raided occupied Burma. At least 50 Japanese sampans were damaged and all RAF planes returned safely.
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Ciniepoarenab News
Sepeieet
New Delhi
Royal Air Force
Wellington
Akyab
Burma
India Command
Comimuique
RAF
Fifteen Steps Toward Four Stars For Private First Class
A fragmentary narration notes Arthur Mometer advancing from buck private to private first class. The piece emphasizes that earning one stripe marks progress toward potential four stars, while acknowledging the uncertainty of reaching full officer rank. The dated, tuneful style reflects a wartime morale bulletin.
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