Hartford Circus Fire Claims Large Fatal Toll
A Ringling Brothers circus tent fire in Hartford kills 120 at least, with officials warning the death toll could reach 200. Fire injuries, evacuation chaos, and mobilized state resources described as witnesses recall the rapid blaze and collapse.
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Hartford
Conn
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Edward J. Hickey
Clifford Fowler
American Red Cross
New York City
EWT
State Armory
Governor predicts Republican win in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 6 Governor Martin forecast the Republican ticket will carry Pennsylvania this fall and said state chairman M Harvey Taylor has begun county organization. He declined to name a margin but expected a substantial majority and praised the Dewey Bricker ticket as a strong standard bearers with capable leaders.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Pennsylvania
M. Harvey Taylor
Alrepady
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Military Ballot Information Collected For Somerset County
Four thousand six hundred sixty four military ballot cards have been received with a few areas still uncollected. The balance was to be gathered Thursday by C M Lanner as information is prepared for election boards on Military Ballot Day. Today judges and inspectors will receive military ballot information at polling places. Information on electors must be recorded on cards before submission to boards. Cards showing nonqualified electors will be separated and returned to the county board. Confidentiality applies to information from families. access is limited to county election boards, its staff, and district boards. Outside copies of military addresses are prohibited by order of the War Department. Information cards and the alphabetic list must be certified within 24 hours. For eligibility for the November general election, voters must meet age, citizenship, and residency requirements, with military service time counted toward residence.
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Somerset
Civilian Defense
C. M. Lanner
State Council of Defense
County Board of Elections
County Boards of Elections
War Department
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
District Election Boards
United States
Pennsylvania
Military Ballot Day Extends Across Pennsylvania Polls
Civilian defense volunteers completed Pennsylvania military ballot canvass to enroll G I voters under Governor Martin. With 476 957 Keystone State service members registered, turnout could reach 600 000 as 8 197 polling places open 7 am to 8 pm for names and addresses collection and automatic ballot mailing.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin
State Defense Council
Keystone
Commonwealth
Camp Meeting At Edgewood Grove Seeks Room Rentals
During a ten day period starting July 13 attendees at Edgewood Grove camp meeting seek bedroom rentals. Those with available rooms should contact Rev. Tull, chairman of the entertainment committee, by telephone at 534M.
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Edgewood Grove
Tull
Chm
Entertainment Committee
Six Die In Pennzoil Gas Plant Blasts At Oil City
Six men are dead and a score burned after a series of explosions at the Pennzoil Co. 100 octane plant near Oil City Pennsylvania. Two died instantly. four later. Witer Winters 55 died of a heart attack watching the blaze. Identified dead include Milton V. Strain Martin Greene Wallace Weaver Theodore Johnson. Fire threatened further explosions as crews fought flames surrounding tanks and a 75 yard by 10 foot wall unit.
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Oil City
Jay
Pennzoil Co
Pennsylvania
Iter Winters
Milton V. Strain
Franklin
Martin Greene
Wallace E. Weaver
Theodore Johnson
Universal Products Co
Chicago
Pennzoil
Defense Plant Corporation
Defense Council
Pittsburgh
Reno
Titusville
Rouseville
Rocky Grove
H. A. Welms
Jack Byron
D. A. Reed
C. H. Berlin
Ted Johnson
Frank Acheral
Fred Coll
George E. Lamborn
Rouseville Road
Continental
Quaker State
U S Units Seize Manim Islet To Outflank Noemfoor
Advanced Allied Headquarters says U S infantry occupied Manim islet off Noemfoor to outflank the last major Japanese position on American invaded Noemfoor. The capture came with naval shelling and air cover, while counterattacks near Kamiri repelled a Japanese airfield threat on the northwest coast.
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Fred Hampson
New Guinea
U. S
Manim Islet
Noemfoor Island
North Dutch Newae
Noemfoor
Police Aid Stork Delivers Baby at Home
Philadelphia July 6 Patrolman Samuel Van Gilder assisted in a home birth for the 20th time in two years delivering a seven pound daughter to Mrs Louise Shaw. The child's father Seaman 2/e Donald Shaw USN asked police for transport to a hospital but the delivery occurred on the scene.
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Stork
Philadelphia
Samuel van Gilder
Louise Shaw
Seaman
Donald Shaw
USN
Final Japanese defense in Saipan tightens as island falls
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters report thousands of Japanese soldiers and civilians are cornered on Saipan. Three U S divisions press forward with Marines and infantry in hard fighting around ridges and Marpi Point while awaiting potential Banzai counterattacks. Admiral Nimitz vows constant pressure for swift next moves toward Japan.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Ha&370r
Saipan
Japan
Howard Handleman
U. S
Attu
Boungainville
Handleman
Marpi Point
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Enuy
Russian Front Advances Near Wilno In Baltic Push
Moscow reports place the Red Army within 10 miles of Wilno as major offensives press along a 350 mile front from Kowel. Across Minsk area Russian forces claim 5,000 German deaths and 550 towns taken as Bagravin and Cherniakovsky drives push toward Vilno and Bialystok aided by better weather.
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London
Berlin
Wilno
Kowel
Poland
Moscow
Minsk
Stalin
Konstantin K.roxossovsky
Kovel
Brest Litovsk
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Pinsk
Ivan Bagravian
Politsk
Ivia
Lithuania
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Vilno
Vilna
Bialystok
Women of Rome Fascinate Doughboys in Italy
A humorous field survey notes American soldiers in Rome find Roman women clean and attractive while acknowledging language barriers. Quotations from Stars and Stripes Union Jack and Maple Leaf reflect mixed reactions with no serious homefront concern.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
AEF
Italy
Rome
America
Stars and Stripes
Royal family tours bomber bases ends with christening
The royal party toured four Flying Fortress bases in England with Lt. Gen. James H. Doo little aboard. Princess Elizabeth christened a B-17 named Rose of York at Pas de Calais and at Palm Springs a second christening occurred. King George and the queen greeted mechanics and crews from several states as they toured runways and briefing rooms.
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Howard Cowan
England
James H. Doolittle
Elizabeth
Rose of York
George
Mississippi
Texas
Michigan
James A. Dubose
Aiken
S. C
Heavies
Sgts
Herman Shore
Philadelphia
George Roberts
Johnstown
Eat Sleep Aboard Craft During Saipan Invasion
Hundred navy and coast guard personnel lived aboard landing craft during the Saipan invasion initial period. Seaman Ile Jesse Barkasi of New Kensington said his four man crew hardly left the craft, eating and sleeping aboard for days.
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Saipan
Navy
Coast Guard
Ile Jesse Barkasi
New Kensington
Treasury Vault Open Time Mixup Stuns Denver
The state treasurer's office found the vault time mechanism set to open at 8 p.m. instead of 8 a.m. A temporary cash shortage forced borrowing from Denver businesses to cover daily operations.
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Treasury
Denver
Capitol
Normandy Front Battles Across Wide Front as Allies Strive for Key Heights
Supreme Headquarters reports US troops closing on La Haye du Puits edge near Foret de Mont Castre as fighting intensifies for the town’s wooded heights. Britons and Germans clash around Caen and Carpiquet airfield while Allied air power pounds German transport and rail lines behind the front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S S
la Haye du Puits
la Haye
Marais de Gorges
Lessay
Periers
Normandy
Culot
Sainteny
Carentan
Carpiquet
Caen
Paris
DNB
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt
Gunther von Kluge
Allied push near Arezzo and Livorno in Italian front
Allied forces forge ahead along the Florence Arezzo axis as fighting rages near Rosignano Castellina and Volterra. American troops halt briefly 10 miles from Livorno while Eighth Army presses gains toward Arezzo and the Florence road. French units push northwest of Siena amid stiff engagements at Abbadia and Monte Riggioni.
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Rome
Livorno
Leghorn
Eighth Army
Florence
Rosignano
Livornor
Mark W. Clark
Castellina
Casale d’Elsa
Volterra
Lake Trasimeno
Arezzo
Fifth Army
Siena
Abbadia
Monte Riggioni
Fifth War Loan Nearing Its Top
Washington reports the Fifth War Loan drive is within four percent of its quota. Total sales through yesterday reach 15.364 billion dollars with non-bank investors and corporations subscribing 11.454 billion or 115 percent of their target. The drive opened June 12 and closes Saturday.
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Washington
Treasury
Draft board releases name of inductee from Jennertown
The draft board No 2 at 118 West Main Street released the name of an additional volunteer for induction. Griffith Richard Brockhunter of Jennertown is listed as the new inductee.
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Armed Services
West Main Street
Griffith Richard Brockhunter
Jennertown
Churchill Brutally Frank On Flying Bomb Toll In London
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Parliament that German flying bombs killed 2,752 and seriously injured about 8,000 in three weeks, mostly in London, while warning that large rocket bombs could follow. Allies have expended 60,000 tons of bombs on launch sites and headquarter targets in France and Germany. London will not be conquered, he said, as air battles continue and Allied efforts in Normandy and Germany persist.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Winston Churchill
The
World Today
Churchill
House of Commons
England
France
Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Berkshire jury convicts man of first degree murder
A Berkshire County jury found John F. Noxon Jr. guilty of murder in the first degree for the electrocution death of his six month old son Lawrence. The panel deliberated four hours and forty five minutes with the mandatory penalty set as the electric chair.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshire County
John F. Noxon, Jr
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Somerset Weather Report from David Grove
Daily weather note records 24 hour period 5 30 Wednesday to 5 30 Thursday with 90 degree maximum and 40s minimum. Data reflects U S Weather Observer in Somerset with last year comparisons and site details.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Fister Saetashiieig da
Maryland and region Friday forecast sunny hot
Friday brings sunny and hot conditions across Maryland and extend over eastern Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. High temperatures rise with dry conditions and minimal humidity expected in the area.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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