Americans Break Through Near Orbetello in Italy Raid
Allied forces punched 70 miles above Rome driving into Orbetello and beyond along Highway 74, with one wing reaching 15 miles from Grosseto. More than 3,000 German vehicles and tanks were destroyed in the retreat as Lake Bolsena battles intensified around Orvieto and Latera.
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HDQ
Nannies
Orbetello
Rome
5Th Army
Lake Bolsena
14Th Army
Etruscan Plain
Grosseto
Gordon Saville
Tactical Air Forces
Italy
Rimini-Pisa
Orvieto
Latera
Valentano
Gradioli
Germany
Allied Warships Bombard Le Havre and Normandy Advance
German DNB reports heavy bombardment on Le Havre by allied warships. Berlin radio claims two local breaches north of St Lo and new units moving in for a major attack around Cherbourg as Allied forces press inland.
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London
DNB
le Havre
Berlin
St. Lo
Cherbourg
War ballots used by Iowa in 1946 primary
Iowans in the armed services used the new war ballot more in the June 6 primary than in 1942. Secretary Wayne M. Ropes reported a county audit found 5,104 primary ballot applications, 4,893 ballots sent, and 3,187 returned in time to count. In 1942 General Election only 465 of 1,181 postal card requests were returned by election day.
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Des Moines
Senator Gillette Had No Primary Expenses
U S Senator Guy M. Gillette reported to the secretary of state that he spent no money in his primary renomination campaign. Rep John W Gwynne reported 33.71, Hoeven had none, and Harry B Thompson expended 5.53. Dewey Goode reported 6 in expenses after losing to J R Bey for the Senate seat.
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Des Moines
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Dem
John W. Gwynne
Waterloo
Charles B. Hoeven
Alton
Harry B. Thompson
Muscatine
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Dewey Goode
Rep
Bloomfield
J. R Bey
Moulton
Towns Go Over Top On War Bond Quotas
Des Moines reports show Greenfield in Adair County reached $87,000 against a $72,008 quota in the fifth war loan drive earning a good conduct mention from the Iowa War Finance committee. Palo Alto County’s Graettinger also reportedly topped its quota, while Tama County’s Chelsea surpassed $28,500 of its $14,309 quota after about three and a half hours of campaigning.
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Des Moines
Greenfield
Adair
Iowa War Finance Committee
Palo Alto
Local Man Dies From Car Window Injury
Loren Elmore 41 a Rock Island Railroad locomotive fireman died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after causing a severed artery and tendon by sticking his hand through a car window. He lived in the city 15 years and services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Donelison, Ma.
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Cedar Rapids
Loren Elmore
Elmore
Rock Island Railroad
Donelison
Dogs Attack Kills 45 Hogs in Iowa Farm Incident
Sheriff Edwin Lunde investigates a dog attack at Bronson Iowa that killed 45 hogs and mangled 15 more on farmer Willie Hines’s spread after a nighttime assault on about 100 hogs.
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Sioux City
Edwin Lunde
Woodbury County
Bronson
Iowa
Willie Hines
Hemp Demand Rise Seen After War Board Rule
S H McCrory of the Commodity Credit Corporation told hemp producers and manufacturers at Iowa State College that a 10 percent American hemp content in domestic rope could boost demand. The two day conference at Ames drew about 60 participants from hemp and fiber sectors and government and academic groups.
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Ames
War Production Board
S. H. McCrory
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa State College
McCrory
North Central States
College Agricultural Experiment Station
C. P. Wilsie
Massive Allied Air Assault Hits Nazi Targets Across Europe
More than 1,500 American Fortresses and Liberators bombed targets from Paris suburbs to western Germany in the largest daylight raid of the invasion. U S 9th Air Force and Marine Havocs struck behind enemy lines while fighters harassed troops. By mid afternoon Allied air crews logged over 4,000 sorties, with about 56,000 sorties in the invasion’s first week and 42,000 tons dropped.
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London
Paris
Germany
U.S
Caen
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Fiew
Little Change In Primary Totals in Washington County
Washington county canvass by the board of supervisors showed total votes near those initially reported. Fulton led Wilson by 47 votes 776 to 729. Wiley defeated Rudolph 831 to 667 by 164. Hickenlooper, unopposed for senator, gained about 100 more votes than original returns.
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Washington County
County Board of Supervisors
Harve Wilson
Clarence Fulton
Fulton
Wilson
Arthur Wiley
Ernest Rudolph
B. BR. Hickenlooper
Third Ward
Report of Stolen 1941 Ford Near Haskins
John Riggs reported a 1941 Ford two door stolen from near Haskins by the travel road at Haskins close to highway 218. He had left it there while he rode to Iowa City and found it missing upon return last night after seven o clock. No sightings were reported as investigators searched the area. The license on the car is 92 1078.
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Sheriff's Office
John Riggs
Haskins
Highway 218
Iowa City
Local Election Totals Adjusted Amid Minor Errors
Mrs. Milford Anderson and son Richard joined the A. C. Larson family at Olds. the county total reached 1,486 after correction. Minor errors appeared in several cases with one or five to ten vote adjustments. All Republican counts were unopposed except two supervisor seats. no Democratic candidates ran except for the hospital board.
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Milford.Anderson
Richard
A. C. Larson
Olds
Plane Crash Injures Kalona Men Near Polfe Course
Kalona June 14 Glen Miler and Milton Ehrenfelt Jr both of Kalona were injured when their plane failed to respond during a downwind turn and crashed on the Kalona polfe Course south of town. Miller a Washington Civil Air Patrol member and Ehrenfelt a passenger sustained facial lacerations a hip injury and a bruised ankle. They were treated at a Kalona physician’s office with X rays.
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Kalona
Glen Miller
Milton Ehrenfelt, Jr
Kalona_ polfe
Miller
Ehrenfelt
Washington Civil Air Patrol Unit
Scott Flying Service
Washington
Ehren
VFW endorses Washington community memorial building
At a regular Washington county VFW meeting veterans endorsed a postwar community memorial building for Washington. The proposal was presented by Fred Downing and had prior Legion support and will be shown to other patriotic and civic groups for action.
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Washington County Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Post
Fred Downing
American Legion
Need More Men For Bond Drive To Cover Five Townships
G E Mace county war finance chairman issued an urgent plea for volunteers to join a one day war bond canvass next Tuesday June 20. The big days committee found a shortfall of 25 volunteers after prior rounds of business and professional men.
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G. E. Mace
County War Finance
Commerce
Jackson
Cedar
Franklin
Marion
Washington Townships
Mace
West Chester
Air hero Lloyd Scott cited for brave kill over France
On a Minneapolis trip Ralph Scott learned of Lt. Lloyd Scott, a U S Air Force fighter pilot in England. While escorting a squadron, Lloyd's B 47 Thunderbolt nicknamed The Bad Penny shot down a Nazi plane but collided with a friend’s aircraft, causing minor wing damage. He flew home safely as a flight leader and is married to Henrietta Marble Scott of Washington.
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Minneapolis
Ralph Scott
Lloyd Scott
United States Air Forces
England
Mr. Scott
Lloyd
Lloyd's
Englan
Don Berquist
France
Scott
Henrietta Marble Scott
Washington
Frederick Walker Address U S Men Club Talk
Corporal Carl Frederick and Lieutenant Bill Walker addressed the U S Men’s club. Frederick, a three campaign South Pacific veteran, spoke of malaria battles and rough war conditions while noting U S forces now enjoy ample troops ships and supplies. Walker, a B 17 pilot with fifty missions, described ongoing fighting and two years more ahead unless the European war ends quickly.
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Carl Frederick
South Pacific
Bill Walker
U's Men's Club
Frederick
Andy Blattner
United States
Civil Air Cadets Plan Mission on June 18
Civil Air Patrol cadets at city hall and airport rehearsed navigation and air force procedures with three flight groups and crash crews. Recruitment opens soon with enlistments through June 30 for boys aged 14 to 18, and Lt. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Walker, spoke about his combat hours and awards.
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Civil Air Cadets Plan
Civil Air Patrol
CAPC
Two Inches of Rain Falls in Hour Across Town
A daytime thunderstorm dumped about two inches of rain in roughly an hour causing flooded streets and overwhelmed sewers. Basements flooded in business districts and some residential areas while the North Sec-Oh avenue underpass filled several feet high before draining after the rain ceased.
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Sec- Oh Avenue
Allied forces drive through center of German lines in Normandy
Allied and German units clash as crack divisions counter attack in Normandy salvage of Montebourg 14 miles southeast of Cherbourg. Supreme Headquarters reports the battle swayed with Nor mandy towns changing hands last night as the invasion heats up. British fleets move battleships to bombard Caen and Trearn targets in a bid to break stubborn German defenses.
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Allied Supreme HD
London
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Caen Ang Trearn
Allied Forces Break Through German Lines in Normandy Advance
Allied American and British mobile forces shattered the German defense in Normandy and pushed patrols 30 miles inland and 26 miles from Caen. Armored units created a wedge through front positions, moving through Caumont and Villers Bocage as patrols pressed south beyond Le Beny Bocage, with Germans withdrawing hastily but spasmodically.
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Allied
HDQ
London
Normandy
Caen
Caumont
Villers Bocage
le Beny- Bocage
le Beny-Bocage
Caumont-Villers-Bocage
Radio Equipped Train Here Today
The first two way radio equipped Rock Island freight train passed through Washington at six o clock this morning. It consisted of 117 cars from Silvis Illinois operated as extra 95 and pulled by a Rock Island diesel locomotive. Each end of the locomotive and the caboose housed a receiver microphone and transmitter enabling two way communication between engineer and conductor. Caboose power came from a gasoline engine, powered by the diesel locomotive.
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Rock Island
Washington
Silvis
Ill
Caboose
Deisel Motors
Club hears speakers on air combat and warfare
The audience heard talks on battle conditions from the air and both speakers answered questions for many minutes after their talks. Guests at the meeting were Lloyd Walker and Joe Falk.
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Lloyd Walker
Joe Falk
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Hickenlooper
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