Cherbourg Victory and Prisoner Capture on Peninsula
Allied forces complete aerial bombardment and street fighting as they seize Cherbourg and its eastern outskirts. More than 20 000 German prisoners taken on the Cherbourg peninsula with 3 400 captured in the 24 hours to 6 a m. Bradley's spearheads push toward the dock areas amid fading resistance.
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London
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
Armiet Aircraft
Omar N. Bradley
Seige
Iowa Traffic Deaths Rise in First Five Months
The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports 124 traffic fatalities in the first five months, up from 98 in the same period last year, signaling a growing road safety concern.
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Des Moines
State Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Oskaloosa Man Injured After Tractor Fall Incident
Mars Vande Mert, 57, of Pella, suffered an arm injury and fractured ribs when he fell from a tractor seat into a disk.
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Oskaloosa
Mars Vandemert
Pella
Tragedy at Farm: Gerald Vanderpol Dies in Plow Accident
Gerald Vanderpol, 28, of Tainter, died at Mercy Hospital from injuries after a farm accident. He was pulled into a tractor and plow hitched to a truck, suffering severed arm and head injuries. His wife survives.
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Oskaloosa
Gerald Vanderpol
Tainter
Mercy Hospital
Me Tsung Kaung to Address Farm Women
Me Tsung Kaung will be principal speaker at the opening session of the Iowa Farm Bureau women’s summer conference. Three hundred women are expected to attend the three day session at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Miss Kaung is the daughter of Bishop Z. T. Kaung who baptized and received Chiang Kai-Shek into the Methodist church.
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Des Moines
Me Tsung Kaung
Iowa Farm Bureau
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Jesse Kohrt
Rock Rapids
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Miss Kaung
Z. T. Kaung
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Methodist Church
Rescue at Okoboji plane crash saves three in lake
Three young men were rescued from Lake Okoboji uninjured when a plane fell into the water. Mayor L. Aitchison of Arnolds Park reported a loose propeller caused the crash. The plane was piloted by George Vanderburg of Sioux City, part owner of the airport north of the lake.
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Lake Arnolds Park
Lake Okoboji
Arnolds Park
L. Aitchison
George Vanderburg
Sioux City
Woman shoots husband then wounds self at Humeston
Mrs. May Wright shot and critically wounded her husband Orrin Wright a 43 year old Humeston farmer then turned the gun on herself and later drank poison Wayne County Sheriff C C Hogue reported Wright was napping at the farm home when his wife fired a .22 caliber rifle without warning in the head.
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Humeston
May Wright
Orrin Wright
Wayne County
C. C. Hogue
Wright
Driver Dies After Car Strikes Pedestrian in Lake City
Lake City Mrs Grace Richardson 42 was injured seriously after a car driven by Charles Zieger 62 who died of a heart attack crashed a block east of the business district. The car struck Richardson as she stepped toward her vehicle. She sustained skull fracture and lacerations.
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Lake City
Grace Richardson
Calhoun County
Mervin Dawson
D. C. Carver
Charles Zieger
Richardson
Iowa DAV Members Convene in Des Moines Meeting
Des Moines hosts 200 Iowa Disabled American Veterans at the annual convention at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Among attendees is Eleanor Burdick, the first woman member of the state department, adjutant of the Oelwein chapter, medically discharged from the WAC for heart condition.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of the Disabled American Veterans
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Iowa Department
Eleanor Burdick
Oelwein
WAC
Charles Dawson and Dorothy Votruba Obtain Marriage License
Pvt. Charles E. Dawson and Dorothy Votruba secured a marriage license Saturday at the county clerk of court office.
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Charles E. Dawson
Dorothy Votruba
Rev Riess Farewell Sermon Opens Park Union Service
Rev Ivan Riess of the Church of Christ preached the farewell sermon at the first summer union service in Central Park. He resigns from the local pastorate effective July 2. The gathering included readings by Rev Trenerry and prayers by pastors from several denominations.
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Riess
Union
Central Park
Ivan Riess
Church of Christ
Alfred Trenerry
Baptist Church
F. W. Eastwood
Presbyterian Church
Milo Phillips
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Trenerry
Boyd White
Robert Fulton
Eleanor Tucker
College President Delivers Sermon at United Presbyterian
Dr. James H. Grier president of Monmouth College Illinois delivered the sermon at the United Presbyterian church morning service. Theme was Thy Kingdom Come with details on the kingdom of heaven. Music led by Carolyn Hamilton featured organ numbers by Helen Harvey and Helen Stone as soloist. Mrs. Lowell Dodds of Los Angeles sang The Lord Is My Light.
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James H. Grier
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ill
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
George Kerr
Young People's Societies
Tarkio
Grier
Helen Stone
Lowell Dodds
Los Angeles
Calif
Lord
Light
94 Degrees Reached as 1944 Records Warm
The official reading by Clarence Logan shows 94 degrees late yesterday afternoon, marking the highest temperature so far in 1944. The reading notes a two degree rise above prior records.
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Clarence Logan
Funeral Services For Charles Hise
Charles Hise of Albert Lea Minnesota and former Washington resident died yesterday at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in Albert Lea. Survived by his wife a son Charles and daughter Lenora. Cloyee Dougherty, a brother in law, received word of the death and service. He was a World War veteran and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hise.
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Washington
Minnesota Veterans Hospital
Charles Hise
Albert Lea, Minn
Albert Lea
Cloyee Dougherty
Hise
Veterans’ Hospital
Minneapolis
Aaron Hise
Charles
Lenora
Propaganda Slogans Mark Nazi Era in Norway Years
A compact timeline notes Nazi propaganda phrases posted in Norway across 1940 to 1943, including "We have won" "We will win" "We must win" and "We shall never capitulate" with a modern quip "Yoward brighter times!" reflecting on the era.
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Norway
Weather shifts to cooler and pleasant conditions
After a stretch of heat with residents enduring 92 degree days, the temperature cooled to 72 last night. Cloudy skies and a gentle breeze contribute to a more comfortable day today.
Dewey gains momentum at wartime Republican convention
Chicago hosts the wartime Republican National Convention as Gov. Thomas E Dewey's pledged votes climb to 679 on first ballot, ahead of the required majority. Earl Warren is named temporary chairman, with Dewey backers pressing for a first ballot nomination while Bricker holds firm despite dwindling support.
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Gov
Earl Warren
California
Chicago
Virginia
Warren
Thomas KE. Dewey
United Press
Harrison E. Spangler
Bricker
Dewey
The
New Yorker
Mrs Roy B Downs Funeral Today
Funeral services for Mrs Roy B Downs were held at 3 p.m. at Sherman’s funeral home. Rev Jay Phipps of the Nazarene church presided. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. Mrs Downs 60 of 702 East Jefferson street died Saturday after a months illness following surgery at Mercy hospital Davenport. Lakie Esta Durst daughter of Joseph R and Mary Violet Arnold Durst was born August 5 1883 near Washington and spent her life in the community. She married Roy B Downs on Oct 14 1930 and was active in Nazarene church activities. She is survived by her husband and a sister Mrs Ross Pence of Washington.
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Roy B. Downs
Sherman
Jay Phipps
Nazarene Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Phipps
The
James Robbins
Chicago
Floyd Bower
Robert Carson
Wade Pence
Ed Downs
Harley Mayhew
Ol L. Himmelreich
Downs
East
Jefferson Street
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Lakie Esta Durst
Joseph R
Mary Violet Arnold Durst
Washington
Roy BR. Downs
the Nazarene ‘Ehuaeh
Ross Pence
Recognize 4-H Clubs At Church Services
Special 4-H club services were held in the county with 36 members attending the Methodist church service where Rev. Fred E. Miller recognized the 4-H work. In West Chester and Brighton churches, Rev. Arthur Peters Rev. H. W. Munster led services with the Good Luck 4-H girls Club assisting under Rev. E. E. Voss and Rev. R. W. Filmore.
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Prighton
West Chester
Methodist Church
Fred E. Miller
West Chester Church
Arthur Peters
H. W. Munster
Good Luck
Brighton
E. E. Voss
R. W. Fillmore
Democrats Plan Friday County Convention To Pick State Delegates
Chairman Harry Dye announces the Washington county Democratic convention at 10 AM Friday June 19 at K C hall to select 16 delegates for the Des Moines state convention on July 29 and to choose district committeemen and officers for a two year term. Mary Griffin Green is secretary.
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Harry Dye
Democratic Central Committee
K. C. Hall
Democratic Party
Washington County
Des Moines
Shrine Auditorium
Dye
Mary Griffin Green
Riverside
J. M. Kelly
H. Ju Barker
Joe Lohberger
George Birney
W. €. Hotle
S. J. Boyd
Harry Crone
H. L. Barker
W. W. Wilson
Val Fuhr
M. J. Redlinger
Ed Sullivan
Hazel Harding
Louise
H. A. Dusenberry
William Flynn
Clayde Knupp
Henry Witthoft
Will Embree
British Seize Central German Front Near Perugia
British South Africa and Indian armored columns drive through the center of the German line north and west of Perugia after three days of fierce fighting. American forces reach Piombino and push within 38 miles of Livorno as hard battles continue along a 25 mile front from Perugia toward Lake Trasimeno and Chiusi.
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Rome
Perugia
Piombino
Livorno
Lake Trasimeno
Chiusi
8Th Army
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
5Th Armies
Follonica
Highway 1
Red Banner Hoisted as Soviets Drive Through Vitebsk
Soviet forces push through Vitebsk trapping German defenders in a widening offensive against White Russia. The Red Army advances along a 285 mile front toward Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk while British and American units move along the Tyrrhenian coast and toward Livorno.
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Moscow
J.P
Vitebsk
Red Army
Vitebsy
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
White Russia
Finnish Parliament to Meet Secretly in Helsinki Tonight
The German trans-ocean news agency reports the Finnish parliament will hold a secret session in Helsinki at 8 p m and President Risto Ryti will broadcast to the public this evening.
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London
Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Russian sniper credited with 293 Nazi kills
Alexander Govorukhin, a Russian sniper, is credited with killing 293 Nazis using a little over 300 rounds. The claim emphasizes precision and high casualty impact attributed to his recorded actions.
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Alexander Govorukhin
One Burlington Trailways Bus Changes Morning Schedule
Burlington Trailways announces a time change for bus No. 5 to Des Moines. The bus will depart at 10 41 am and arrive in Des Moines at 2 25 pm starting July 1, with the North Side cafe departure adjusted from 10 56 am to 10 32 am and 10 41 am on Saturdays.
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Burlington Trailways
Des Moines
North Side Cafe
Opens Tire Store On East Washington In Muscatine
L E Dutro of Muscatine opens a new tire store in the former Modern Appliance building on East Washington across from the State theater. Dutro runs his third tire store with Walling of Denver as manager. Dale Dutro, 15, will help in the store and join Washington High for basketball and track.
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L. E. Dutro
Muscatine
State Theater
Dutro
Oelwein
Washington
Walling
BE. L. Walling
Denver
Colorado
Dale
Dorothy
Today
Evening Journal
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Ben Turner
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Rev. Kerr
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Crawford
Frank Sands
Noah Widmer
Emery Leichty
Jacob Sommer
Wilbert Rose
Dutch Creek
R. C. Wells
Matt Wehr
Will W. Wolfe
Nora Wenr
Kalona
I. EB. Grady
Earl Walton
C. V. Dautremont
Bek
John Gamon
Marguerite Boshart
Forest Walker
C. E. Boshart
Oregon
John Rath
Myrtle Thoma
Maurine Peiffer
Daisy Chambers
BE. E. Chambers
Ed Hotle
S. R. Bell
Nita Bell
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