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2 AKTxON BEACON' ATj SatuHar. 24. 11-H Twister Rips Dravosburg, Pa, Tornado Wrecks Barn Kills Cattle 1 I THE NATION Ban Vitamin Sales Outside Of Drug Store ALBANY. N. June 21.

(INS) Sale of vitamin pills by department stores and other retail shops In New York state was ordered suspended today by State Attorney General Nathan L. Goldstein. Goldstein ruled that if the vitamin preparations are listed in the U. S. pharmacopoeia, a most of them are, their sale must be re stricted to registered pharmacists and druggists.

Dependency Checks Near Fire Billion Mark WASHINGTON, June 24. Dependency benefit chocks amount ing to more than $4,706,053,000 have been aent to more than 12,000,000 army dependents since septemoer, ivm. jne si.en.oisi cnecw mailed out yesterday. Buys A $50,000 Bond At 10-Cent Store! ORLANDO, June 24. (INS) The elderly gentleman who stepped up to Edith Glmbel's counter In an Orlando five and ten cent store to make a 10-crnt purchase lingered long enough to read a "Buy a Bond" sign.

His next purchase, was a $50,000 war bond. Miss filmlwl was given a week's vacation with pay by the management aa a bonus for the sale. 3 iyJ ''l Predicts Veterans Will Appear 5 To 10 Years Older CLEVELAND, June 24. Veterans of this World war will return to their families appearing five to 10 years older than when they left for the armed forces, predicts Roy E. Johnson, chief of the American Red Cross area services to the armed forces.

Penicillin Free To Netc York Hospital Patients NEW YORK, June 24. (INS) Penicillin, the new and powerful chemical used to combat bacterial infections, will be made available Associated Press Wlreohoio Striking in western Pennsylvania the tornado of Friday night caused huge damage to a score of communities, among them Dravosburg, pictured above. The wind severely damaged homes, stores and factories in the town. The picture shows part of a smashed well drilling rig behind the wreckage of other buildings. Cutting a path through the Portage county section near Iklinburgh and Yale, the tornado Friday night caused the damage shown above on the farm of John and Arthur Davis.

The wind wrecked the barn and other outbuildings, tore the straw stack apart and scattered it for miles, killed livestock and damagpd crops and utility lines. without cost to New York City hospital patients who cannot afford to purchase it, Mayor F. La Guardia disclosed today. Politics Storm CLEVELAND Tornado Rips Two States, 130 Dead, Hundreds Hurt Oil City (Continued from Page One) (Continued From Page One) Akron YaletYoungstown iiejY PA (Continued From Pag Onp) line near Waynesburg. Pittsburgh Partial List Of Storm Dead jverpoo 3 1 itself was not hit.

Ht'NDRKDS HOMELESS Hundreds were made homeles; Akron airport said the storm resulted from a mass of polar continental air moving down from Canada driving hark warm tropical air which had been moving northward. At some points, the weather bureau explained, the warm air retreated rapidly leaving a momentary "vacuum" which was filled hy the cold air rushing In at express train speed. Four of the injured were members of one family. Thev were PITTSBURGH are just now consolidating their return to power under his governorship. Pennsylvania is one of the hig states whose support of Dewey is challenged by supporters of Gov.

John W. Bricker, of Ohio. But sources close to Joseph N. Pew, Pennsylvania oil magnate, said today that Dewey had won that delegation. In a final pre-convention appeal to delegates, Bricker headquarters today mailed to each of them a platform pamphlet in which the first sentence said the Ohioan was as whole blocks in some communi 11 ties were leveled.

Hospitals were Br Unllrd PreM PITTSBURGH, June 24. OHIO 1 vo An McKeesporf incomplete list of persons killed filled with the injured. Worst hit apparently was the little town of Shinnston, a coal town of 2,800 a dozen miles from Clarksburg, W. Vs. A Red Cross representative reported 58 bodies had been recovered from that vicinity.

Wheeling Unionfown in the Pennsylvania-West Virginia area struck by last night's tornado: WESTFRV PENNSVIVANIA Dvld Denehauer, Libprtv Borouuh. James Denning. Orppnock. Mrs. Ann Gasptrovlch MrKeenpftrt.

Dorothpa fWpnn. 32. EllrabPth fwp. Mr. Rlt Wllllnma.

17, Port Vu Mrs. Lvdia Ann Hamp. 60. VrrsalOi. Kenneth Baxter.

9. Dravosburi. Merle Baxter, 6. DravoRbMrR. Mrs.

Hannah Trickett, Greenock. Mrs. Ward Versailles. William Shook. SO, Clvsllle.

Mabel Shook. dauuhler. A. Hemsley Kennan. 53.

Independent Morqantown The representative, Mrs. Lola Heavner, said possibly a hundred wM i on Otto Aberegg, 30; Walter Aberegg, 24. his brother; William Aberegg, 17. another brother, and Marjorie Aberegg, 4, Walter'i daughter. The others injured were Arthur and John Davis, bachelors, about 70.

None was injured seriously. "I was In the kitchen," said Mrs. Otto Aberegg, mother of the three injured brothers," when I saw a funnel shaped cloud persons still were unaccounted for. Captain Doraey Bailey of the "opposed to any post-war military alliance." Post-war alliances with Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China are endorsed by Dewey. The pamplet snid the top domestic issue was whether our constitutional system shall be restored or our local authority and responsibility be usurped by highly centralized national government.

Rep. Clarence J. Brow Ohio, of the Bricker campaign head West Virginia state police said: rg Clarksburg twp. inta Moore. independence Iwp.

Mrs. Steve Barntsh. 50. Chartlers. Georae D.

Clair of Mather, irho waa "We are certain to find more bodies." Relief work was reported In VOW ROBOT BOMBS OPERATE These drawings from Mechanlx Illustrated magazine summarize all available data on the Nazi secret weapon, the jet-v propelled one-ton bomb. The fuselage is the bomb itself. The jet-" propulsion unit is the long cylindrical object on top at the rear and the smaller cylinder probably is the gyro-pilot. The bomb is believed to be launched from underground on curving runway, left below, that comes out on the side of a cliff. The panel at right shows how the bomb does a wing-over and glides to earth to ex- plode when its fuel runs out.

rAl Smith To Leave Hosptial NEW YORK, June 24. Former New York Governor Alfred Smith was expected to be discharged either today or tomorrow from fit. Vincent's hospital where he has been confined since Thursday for vlsltlni Chartiers. good control. Elk ins moving in from the west.

"The boys went to the basement but I thought I would rather take W. VA. Mrs. Robert Bertram. 40.

Chartleri. Frnk Bugovjch, Chartiers. Paul Vukson. Dry Tavern John A. Rohrer.

13. Castila. Mrs. Paul Craig. Castile.

Pave Craig. 15. Castile. Dolores Diamond. 10.

Drf Tarern. Mrs. Anna Yaclsk. 65. Mather.

Mrs. Anna "Yarransh. Drv Tavern. George DeClalr. Chartleri.

Ann Knepp- Chartiers. WEST VIRGINIA SHINNSTON Mrs. Jessie Mahana, 35. John Marra. 10.

Mrs. Lilly King. Mrs. Jason Craig. Mrs.

Edward Reehter. wife of a forme quarters, in a pren conference here, conceded Dewey 885 first ballot votes, lens than l.0 short of a bare majority neressarv to nominate. He estimated that Bricker would poll 200 to 225 on the first ballot. Brown and others are talking 50 0. my chances in the kitchen.

It felt as if the world was tumbling down on me. The house seemed to spin around." The Aberegg house was knocked off its foundation. Roof and weatherboarding were ripped off. The barn was reduced to "kln- a rest and for observation. Hospital attaches said his condition was aatufactory.

STATUTE MILES A second ballot Vni nominating I l' killin thr member of state legislature calf. 'Army Accepts Volunteers For Paratroops WASHINGTON, June 24. UP) The army now is accepting volunteers for parachute troops from all branches of the service. The war department, announcing this today, said applicants must be under 32 vears of age, in top physical condition, not over 72 inches tall nor Mrs. van tsean and two daughters.

Mr. and Mra. Charles W. Carhn anS Bricker on the third or fourth. If three children.

AStoctniea Pih Wtrepholo WHERE TORNADO HIT The areas hardest hit ty the tornado Friday night are shown on this map. In Pennsylvania the city of McKeesport, No. 1 on the map, suffered loss of life and heavy damage. In West Virginia the village of Shinnston, No. 2 above, felt the full force of the terrific windstorm.

In Ohio the territory near Yale, in Portage county, south of state route 18, wss hard hit by the storm. BI.OOD PLASMA SENT Hospitals all over West Virginia sent blood plasma to Shinnston and one allotment was flown to the city from Charleston, the capital. Civilian defense organizations and military police and army medical corps units from Pittsburgh and other cities worked side by aide with local police, fire and relief agencies. The devastation was terrific. Striking at nightfall, the storm trapped many families in their homes.

Through the night, rescue workers dug by the light of flashlight and torch to extricate the bodies of the dead and Injured from the ruins. The storm was described by D. Johnson of McKeesport as a "white, whirlwind shape" that came roaring acroas the city, then leaped the Youghlogheny liver and traveled south. "I saw at least a dozen houses blown right off their foundations." weighing more than 185 pounds and have 20:40 vision or better for Snake it goes beyond that. Brown said, the convention will be deadlocked.

li there is a deadlock the chances are this convention will nominate Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio, whom a great many delegates already would be supporting if he were a candidate this year. Arthur Davis was pinned beneath wreckage when he took refuge in the basement and a portion of the house raved In on him. He extricated himself unaided. His brother.

John, remained on the first floor. The Davis brothers said the storm pulled all the water out of their well. A horse and a pig (Continued From Page One) eacn eye. Sample Co-Conductor Of Philadelphia Opera PHILADELPHIA, June 24. 'Pi James Sample, 34.

has been engaged as co-conductor with Ezra Rachlin of the Philadelphia Opera Co. for the 1944-45 season, the opera company announced today. Sample was conductor for opera performances at the New York City center. call fire and police auxiliary forces into action." CARRY NEW YORK Latest reports from valley resi were killed when outbuildings col Yanks Pierce Nazi Outer Defenses At Cherbourg dents who claim to have seen the monster say that it measures about 19 feet long and is "ss thick round ss a thigh." They didn't say whose thigh. Mrs.

Roy Vaughan said she saw lapsed. Weather observers at Akron airport reported that the "straight" winds in the district reached 40 miles sn hour. The temperature dropped 20 degrees In six hours from a high of at 6 p. m. until midnight.

By fi a. m. today it had reached a low of 59. The forecast for today was "cool" with temperstures in the (Continued From Page One) Johnson said. It was estimated at the big snake swallow a hen in WORUhWME ZRomeo And Juliette Composer Dead ROME, June 24.

(Pi The Italian press reported today the death tf Riccardo Zandonai, 61, conductor and composer, at Pesaro, Adriatic port behind the German lines. Zandonai, whose compositions included the operas "Francesca Da Rimini" and "Romeo and Juliette," took refuge In a monastery in the mountains near Pesaro a few months ago after the Germans occupied his home, the press accounts said. least 100 homes in the McKeesport her chicken yard. While she watched the snake tried to climb through area were demolished completely a wire fence but "the lump the chicken made in him was too big. "So he backed up, reared his (us.

rair weatner snould pre vail, the bureau ssid. ''Fighting for Cherbourg now is raging between the defensive belt and the town," the German Transocean news agency reported. "The Americans have succeeded in piercing the outer defense chain of the town at three points." Hundred of United States bombers began pounding the last German defenses of Cherbourg at 7:30 a. m. in a saturation assault which Gorrell said was "creating an artificial earthquake hereabouts." and hundreds more were unroofed or damaged.

'KANSAS TWISTER' West Virginiana described the funnel-shaped cloud as a "regular Kansas twister." Don Potter, Mo-nongahela, W. power company manager, said: Dewey's greatest strength here is the belief of many republicans that he would have the best chance to carry New York next November. Woodrow Wilson once won a presidential election without New York's 47 electorial votes, hut it was too close for the comfort of anyone concerned, including Wilson. The republicans expect their candidate to oppose President Roosevelt next November. They want a man with New York vote appeal, something Dewey has demonstrated in a big way.

But anti-Dewey forces are standing pat. The managers of Lieut. Com. Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota, insist that his name will be placed In nomination although he has only 35 pledged votes and would make a dark horse look white in" comparison this year.

The Dewey managers are striving for support of the big California and Illinois delegations which cast their votes fourth and Ilth, respectively. In head right up to the top of the fence and started climbing over. The last five feet of him made a big plnp in the weeds as it fell A'orc Sub Sinks Supply Ship LONDON, June 24. (JP The Norwegian submarine I Ha sank a enemy supply ship, probably sank another of 2,500 tons and damaged a third of 8,000 tons during recent patrols in northern waters, a Norwegian naval communique said today. over.

It was a regular Kansas twist Several people, it was said, have made offers for the carcass, claim- The bombers were pounding German strong points around jer. funnel-shaped with limbs and the city, including Forts du Roule and D'Octeville. main strong- sticks floating around in its mid- ng that it may turn out that there a lot of oil about this rep die. It was a greasy green color and lazy looking. The time was 8:51 D.

m. That was verified later holds guarding the southern gates of the city lying in its very outskirts. tile." Strikes Plague Axis In Northern Italy BERN, Switzerland, June 24. i7 Reports from the Italian border today told of street fighting in Rologna and Milan, a general strike in Genoa and strikes in several factories in Turin with the German-Fascist grip on northern Italy weakening steadily. A report from the beachhead said the Americans had reached because a lot of clocks stopped at Octeville.

apparently the village a short distance southwest of thdthat time convention freeing Its electors from voting for the democratic nominee unless the national convention meets southern demands. South Carolina and Mississippi are conridering similar action. Senstor Carl A. Hatch, democrat of New Mexico, declared that if the southern plan ia carried out in November, "the constitution will be changed faster than it has ever been changed before." Sees Third Ballot For (iov. Bricker By HA I.

CONEFRY S)an Jariil SpelM Writer CHICAGO. June fort of the same name. SUMMIT LEADERS AT G.O.P. CONVENTION LENINGRAD the roll call of states. If they go for Dewey on the first ballot the bandwagon scramble will be on.

Hardest hit Pennsylvania communities outside of the Pittsburgh area were the mining towns of Clarksville and Chartiers in Greene county, approximately 40 miles south of here. Virtually every house In Chartiers, visited only two weeks ago by a mine explosion and fire that killed six men, was leveled. There were eight known flead there and between 40 and SO homes destroyed. "The destruction in Chartiers is It Nearly a score of Summit county republican leaders were in Chicago today for the G.O.P. national convention which opens there Monday.

The local delegation was headed by Amos H. Englebeck, executive chairman and Ray Bliss, election hoard member and central chair "One unit of infantry attacking from the south at 3:20 a. m. had reached heights overlooking Cherbourg city with only alight enemy resistance." Gorrell reported, suggesting that, with the outlying defense perimeter breached, the opposition in that sector at least automatically fell off. In the 24 hours preceding the filing of his dispatch, Gorrell reported, the bag of prisoners in three sectors had totaled 1.250, indicating that the bulk of them had surrendered.

The U. S. units advancing from the southwest were subjected to a heavy artillery con vance from those gaps to the key of Cherbourg were repulsed with losses to the enemy," DNB said. Another German broadcast said Allied warships have begun shelling the entire fortress area. South of Cherbourg, front dispatches said, American forces in two days of fighting have driven nearly two miles into the enemy's fortifications to within two and a half miles of the center of the city.

New gains also were reported southeast of Cherbourg, while heavy fighting continued for the Maupertiis airport three and half mile east of the city. American artillery continued its Domestic Issues Next For G. O. P. CHICAGO.

June 24. fC.Rl-The republican platform on domestic issues on which the P. hopes to challenge the Roosevelt administration in the November election began taking shape today. Platform work was concentrat- gressman Clarence J. Brown, of Blanchester, former Ohio secretary of state and lieutenant governor, today was receiving credit for having given the Bricker-for-president campaign a very much needed "shot in the arm." Brown, who Is to he floor manager for Ohio's governor in the convention next week, held a press conference shortly after centration at midnight.

after almost unbelievable," said Stanley Granger, collector of internal revenue at Pittsburgh, who lives in nearby Waynesburg. Power was supplied to the stricken srea by emergency service from Parkersburg but nearby Clarksburg, West Virginia's fourth largest city, had no power until well into the morning. HOSPITALS JAMMED Corridors of one of Clarksburg's ed in half a dozen sub-committees which the enemy was completely silent along the entire front. man. Englebeck is a delegate to the convention pledged to the candidacy of Gov.

John W. Bricker as are all Ohio delegates. The other delegate from the 14th district is Joe Neath, of Wadsworth and the alternates are Harold Covault, of Lorain and James Jones, of Ravenna. Congressman Ed Rowe, Mayor Charles E. Slusser, P.

W. Litchfield, chairman of the board of Goodyear Tire A Rubber and a number of republican attorneys were incuded in the group. appointed by Senator Robert A. Taft, republican of Ohio, the resolutions committee chairman. They concentrated on domestic issues in view of the fact that almost ceaseless bombardment of enemy pillboxes, estimated by some correspondents to total as many as 1.000 in and around Cherbourg.

'A SLAMMIXti MATCH' "It's a slamming match on a mammoth scale," Richard D. McMillan, United Press war correspondent, reported from the front. hospitals were filled with injuted sent there after emergency treat his arrival here from Washington. He radiated aggressiveness and confidence, whether he felt that way or not. He directed several punches at Gov.

Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the out-in-front contender for the presidential nomination; predicted the New Yorker's early strength will fade away as it did In 1940 at Philadelphia: and declared that Governor Bricker will be nominated on "the third or fourth ballot." The strong points in the new battle sectors were among the most Intricate yet encountered in France. "Fighting is heavy and resistance is strong immediately before Cherbourg," Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced in his 37th communique of the invasion.

"We are making steady progress and are now within a short distance of the north coast on both sides of the fortress." DRIVE FOE FROM MOUNT the foreign policy question apparently had been settled in the report of a special advisory committee recommendation which Senstor Arthur H. Vandenherg, republican of Michigan, the group chairman, told them was the best common "We sling thunderclaps of bombs and shells into the outer and inner forts, trying to ferret the way for ment at Shinnston. Scores also were sent to Fairmont, 15 mites north. The Methodist church was set up as an emergency aid station. Reports of dead and Injured BRITAIN ACCUSED OF OIL TALK DELAYS infantry through the steel and concrete links.

Then the German de fenders hurl back almost as big a tornado." fiorrell said the Germans were PRUSSIA 1 yCZZI Bry.rukY POLAND. Kow.i (Z rft.lr Blctk S.O 16.000 Attend Firestone Dance denominator of the internationally-minded east and the nationalist mid-west. Battle ToTlalt Southern Revolt WASHINGTON. June 24. T.PI New Dealers in the senate took advantage of the closing hours before a six-week adjournment yes were slow coming In from isolated communities, paralyzed by failure nf facilities anil with highway arteries clogged with trees and debris.

In addition to Shinnston, West Virginia was hard hit at Prospect Valley, Simpson and Barbour and Randolph county. BLOWS AW AT At Versailles Borough, a woman reported that $1,600 in currency which she had withdrawn from a bank yesterday blew into the air along with the wreckage Front dispatches indicated the Americans made their most important advance southwest of Cherbourg, where they drove the Germans from commanding ground on Mont Du Roc, one of the three most important heights overlooking the port. Capture of the three heights would give the Americans complete artillery control of Cherbourg and probably lead to its WASHINGTON, June 24. High American oil officials charged the British today with using the invasion as sn excuse for delaying action on plans for an Anglo-American agreement on postwar petroleum activities. British and American delegations engaged in preliminary talks here two months ago and it was understood that these were to be followed immediately by conclusive conferences st "the cabinet level." Sixteen thousand Firestone Tire Rubber Co.

workers turned out for the plant's dance and bond rally to spur the Fifth War Ian drive Friday night in the Summit dying "by the hundreds" in the smashed pillboxes. "The three-mile nectnr tn the eoast lay swathed In smoke and death." he added. TWO GENERALS KILLED General Hellmich, commander of the 243rd and General Salley, commander of the 91st, have been killed in battle, Allied headquarters said. On the eastern wing of the Normandy beachhead. Gen.

Sir Bernard L. Montgomery lashed out In a swift attack yesterday at the outer perimeter of Caen's defenses, and 20 Nar.l tanks were Bach park ballroom. terday to attempt to head off an incipient "southern democratic" revolt against President Roosevelt. One New Dealer went far as to introduce a resolution to abolish the electoral college and pro of her home. Rescue workers re Guy Iximbardo's orchestra and the Conway-Fitzgerald band of Akron alternated In providing music for the dancers from 6:30 p.

m. to 12:30 a. m. Five persons who bought large amounts of bonds were introduced during a half-hour radio broadcast. trieved about $1,400 and gave it almost Immediate capture.

It waa from Mont Du Roc that the Americans were believed within sight of the Cherbourg dorks, only two miles away. The official German DNB Some people lay on the floor some YUGOSLAVIA back to her. At Waynraliurg, surgeon worked In an emergency hospital by flashlight to ease the pain and BULGARIA sat up and other just leaned against the walls but nearly everybody had a bandage on. Nurses said they never saw any thing like it. Maryland state police reported that possibly IS additional persons had been killed and many injured when the storm hit Garrett countv, lust scross the West Vir- vide for the direct popular election of presidents.

Senator Joseph F. Guffey, democrat of Pennsylvania, introduced the resolution which immediately touched off a heated debate between administration supporters and southern democrats. Guffey said his resolution was prompted by the recent action of the Texas state democratic wrecked In day-long battle. British troops captured Ste. Hoitorine L.A.

Cherdonnerette, four northeast of Caen, and the Germans fell back to Cuverville, at mile to the southeast. Montgomery struck after a powerful build-up of his forces, agency acknowledged that tne Americans had broken into the "outer defense zone" of Cherbourg after Nazi strong points were "fought down with the heaviest artillery," estimated to total 1,000 heavy and medium guns. "However, repeated attempts made by "Jhe Americans to ad suffering of victims In the darkened city. Alt electric power was shut down there last night Hospitals presented tragic scenes. Hundreds of men, women and children filled the 325-room McKeesport hospital to overflow ISazi Guns Roar LONDON.

June 24. (U.PI German long-range guns on the French cosst opened fire across the straits late today, firing six shells rapidly and then, after a Associated Prii Wirephoto JTHERE RUSSIAISS OPES NEW DRIVE Arrows near Vitebsk indicate where Moacow reported a new Soviet army offensive driving northwest and southeast of the 'rltjr. To the north the Russian push against Finland continues. Shaded srrows lidicate potential Russian drives in the salient which has been driven into pre-war Poland and Romania. short interval, two more shells.

ing. Children cried and mqaned. ginia line..