Japan forms Tokyo defense command for invasion fight
Tokyo announces a new defense command as American strength grows for the invasion showdown. MacArthur’s forces prepare for major operations after Luzon, with 50,000 reinforcements monthly redeployed from Europe and nine regional commands established to defend the homeland.
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Tornado injures twenty four in rural Illinois area
Princeton Illinois reports a tornado striking north of town injuring 24 people, mainly farmers. Morgan Travis listed in serious condition with a badly cut throat as deputies describe the extent of damage, with twelve patients at Perry Memorial Hospital.
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CGW Installs All-Department Switchboard at Oelwein
G R Hoisington of Chicago assists in installing a private switchboard at the Chicago Great Western in the General offices of Oelwein. The board will route all 14 CGW numbers to operators including Martha Bant, a former Bell operator, now handling connections and coordinating calls.
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Chicago
Telegraph and Signal Department
Chicago Great Western Railway
Oelwein
Chicago Great Western Railroad
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Martha Bant
Railroad Department
Chicago Great Western
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Bell Telephone Company
Great Western
July meat supply and ration changes from OPA
The Office of Price Administration reports a five percent rise in civilian meat supply for July versus June with more beef veal and mutton but less pork and lamb. Margarine and canned fish see higher points while most meats butter and canned foods stay the same. Butter up slightly and fats oils and dairy quotas adjust downward from the last quarter. Legal enforcement and distribution improvements cited.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Senner Rites at Hawkeye Friday
Funeral services for Amelia Senner 77 who died Tuesday morning of a heart ailment will be held Friday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran church. Rev E W Kraemer will officiate with burial in Hawkeye Cemetery. Born Wilhelmine Schwann in Germany on October 5 1867 she came to America and settled in Bremer county near Sumner. She married William Senner in 1881 and they lived on a farm then moved to town. Her husband died in 1942 leaving her alone. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Will Bauer Wards S D Mrs Ted Ole Thompsonville Jrl and a son William Senner Jr Hawkeye plus three step sons George Miami Arizona Edward and Carl Senner Hawkeye.
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E. W. Kraemer
Hawkeye Cemetery
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Germany
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Bremer County
Sumner
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Will Bauer
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Ted Ole
Thompsonville Jrl
William Senner, Jr
George
Miami
Arizona
Edward
Carl Senner
Death Ray German Plan Reveals Secret Weapon Dream
Lt. Col. John Keck disclosed that German scientists near war's end pursued a master secret weapon: stratosphere platforms 5,000 miles up to house death rays. The project, reaching via rockets, could erase cities and ignite forests, turning water to steam. The plan, considered by 100 top rocket experts, aimed to control the world.
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Paris
John Keck
Bronze Star Awarded Posthumously for Rochford in Leyte Battle
Local note reports Staff Sgt Johnny Rochford Jr. awarded the Bronze Star posthumously for leadership near Leyte’s Leine Island on November 30, 1944. He led an attack north of Buri, engaged by superior fire, and was killed after moving to flank the machine gun. Rochford served from 1941 in the European and Pacific theaters with the 7th Division.
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War Department
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Sumner
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State Improves Maynard Highway Works Begin Tuesday
State crews began paving both sides of Maynard Highway and three nearby streets this week. The project aims to smooth rough sections and improve overall traffic flow through the town, with crews working to reduce delays and noise during daytime hours.
Light and phone lines damaged by storm in Oelwein area
An electrical and wind storm last evening damaged power lines locally and county transmissions from Oelwein Interstate Power Co. Fred Lynes, manager, said some service was interrupted across the area with interference reaching into Minnesota. The storm between Weston and Waucoma and east of Decorah ripped a roof from a large barn.
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Hoiday
Fred Lynes
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Oelwein Initeristale Power Co
Des Moines Ordnance Plant to Halt 20 and 50 Cal Am
Des Moines area wartime plant at Ankeny will end 20 and 50 caliber ammunition production on Aug 1 after a reduced schedule next month. About 10,000 of 21,000 workers will be laid off while 1,000 remain to prepare machinery for future use, with the plant kept on a standby basis as needs dictate for the Pacific war.
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Ordnance Plant
Ankeny
Maj
J. H. Dunbar, Jr
Luemmanding Iver
Harold L. Tillson
WPB
George Yever
Dunbar
War Department
Missing B-29 pilot Lt Bush listed by War Department
Phillip D. Bush a B-29 pilot from this city is listed as missing in action since June 1 after overseas service of 15 months. He flew the first Japan bombing mission for the Super Fortress and held the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters, four major engagement stars, and the Distinguished Flying Cross earned in the China Burma India Theater. He is survived by his parents Mrs L S Bush and Lt Bush and two brothers Jim and Jack, with sister Dorothy at home.
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Jof
L. S. Bush
War Department
Bush
Japan
China
Burma
India
Jim
Marines
San Francisco
Calif
Jack
Dorothy Bush
Only Small Army To Remain in Italy
Washington reports U.S. occupation of Italy to end by year’s end with only small forces remaining. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney said central sector units and retreating divisions including the 88th 85th and 92nd will depart first, while the 34th division remains last to withdraw after high-score personnel repatriation.
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U. S
Italy
Joseph T. McNarney
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Imm
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34Th Divion
National Guard
Dakotas
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Towa
Senator Connally urges early ratification of UN Security Charter
The Senate heard a forceful appeal from Tom Connally to speed ratification of the UN Security Charter to spur global acceptance. He warned the charter could fail without U S participation and urged early action ahead of Truman's transmission to the Senate.
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Senate
Tom Connally
D. Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
U. S
United Nations Organization For Peace and Security
Unites States
Connally
Forrestville Beach To Open Sunday On July First
Special dispatch reports Forestville Beach will officially open Sunday July first. Assistant custodian L J Schmidt says Miss Marjorie Welterlen of Edgewood will begin duties with the bath house open.
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Forestville
L. J. Schmidt
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Marjorie Welterlen
Edgewood
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