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MORNING EDITION Three Cents Minricapolij ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS S(iciitj-Third Year. So. 26. MINNEAPOLIS, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1039. Ei'jhircn Vacs TI mm.

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Sunday. Additional weather on pace 5. I) (19 ti i Guard Homes Leveled for Blocks; Troops on 7T A Area omaoc Path of the Twister Debris Now, Yesterday Three Homes at Champlin Wrecked; Storm Lifts Car, Kills 4 Twister Strikes Farm Near Corcoran, Then Sweeps on Towns; Emergency Stations Set Up; City Sends Aid. II At least 10 persons were killed by a tornado that swept through northern Hennepin county and into Anoka county Sunday afternoon. The death total was expected to mount.

Sunday night 35 injured had been listed, 11 of them in Minneapolis hospitals. The total of injured was much higher. More than I. a 100 men, women and children were treated in doctors' offices and in emergency stations set up in Anoka, where the tornado devastation centered. Five of the known dead were Here's Storm Damage Toll killed in Hennepin county, and five were killed in Anoka county.

j(my GROVE gfCORCORAN 4 'A. 0 A checkup of storm damage in various communities of Hennepin and Anoka counties early Monday showed: Anoka Five dead: scores injured. National guard armory, Lutheran Mission church and numerous houses demolished. Champlin One dead, other hurt and dwellings wrecked. Corcoran Four killed as their automobile was lifted from the highway and hurled into a field.

Farm houses In the vicinity wrecked. Maple Grove Village hall and several houses demolished. Nearby farms hard hit, Cedar School house, creamery and homes demolished. Several persons injured. Following are the known dead: Mrs.

Anna Freeman, 76, 3014 West River road, Minneapolis. Ellen Freeman, 43, same address. James Bradley, 37, same address. Mrs. James Bradley, 34, same address.

II. G. Groat, 73, Anoka. Leo Kidd, 25, Osseo. Ernest Syrlng, about 50, Anoka.

Edward Morrissctte, Anoka. Walter Israel, 28, Anoka. Henry Zimmerman, 75, Champlin. Mrs. Freeman, her two daughters.

Miss Ellen Freeman and Mrs. and her son-in-law, Mr. AaMAkkv Bif ii i itimimirni- i rr if iifiini CHAMl'LIN Wreckage of three homes on the south edge of shattered by the etorm is shown here. Locations of the homes re indicated by the cross marks. Champlin, along the West River road, hich were completely fToTl Storm Left Little to Salvage News Index 4.

'Vy. The path of the storm which swept through communities in Hennepin and Anoka counties is shown on this map. It was first sighted between Hamel and Corcoran, then swept in a northeast direction through Maple Grove, Champlin, Anoka and Cedar. Bradley, were injured fatally when the twister picked up their car from highway 101 a mile east of INJURED Corcoran village. Car Thrown 1,000 Feet.

Twister Sidelights The car was thrown about 1.000 feet and smashed to pieces. The Bradleys and Miss Freeman were ing its destructive foray on Anoka. killed outright, and their bodies were scattered in a field. Mrs. As it passed over the city, Faber said, it dipped three times.

ANOKA Anoka was in total darkness Sunday night with the exception of lights powered by jwtable light plants which were used for emergency work. Candles, lanterns and oil lamps also were in use. Emil S. Johnson, 48, Cedar, Uken to Veterans' hospital. Mrs.

Emil S. Johnson, Gilbert Lescher, 81, Thief River Falls, injured at Anoka. Head injury. Donald Morrissette, Anoka, broken leg. Ray Morrissette, 25, Anoka, internal injuries.

Critical. Katherine Trainor, Anoka, serious. Earl Tenison, Anoka, leg fracture. Bernice Morrissette, Anoka, Internal injuries. Critical.

Eben Smal, 21, Anoka, minor head injury. (Continued on Page 7, Column 3.) Tage. Page. Comics 18 Society 9 Crossword 2 Sports 12-15 Editorials 4 Telefact 11 Markets 15 Want Ads. Movies 2 Washington 3 Radio 5 Weather 5 Seein' Stnrs 2 Winchell 11 Serial 11 Woman's Page.

8 STORM. Ten known dead as tornado rips Anoka and Champlin. Page 1. Twister Sideglances, Tage 1. Tells how tornado-swept area looked from air.

Page 6. DOMESTIC. Government turns part of Berg-doll's funds over to his wife. Page 2. 1,500 Britons virtual prisoners as Japan blockade in Tientsin enters iixth day.

Page 6. WASHINGTON. The day in Washington. Page 5. FOREIGN.

Clipper lands in Europe with largest load of passengers to cross Atlantic by airplane. Page 2. The Day's News Abroad. Page 2. LOCAL.

New dance to be presented at "Nights in Old Vienna" Wednesday night. Page 2. Eight injured in week-end traffic accidents. Page 5. Minneapolis man admits shooting knifc-wielder in tavern brawl here.

Page 5. Stories ef the wind's freakish capers were heard on many sides. A woman, who was uninjured, said that as bhe walked down Main street the storm swooped down upon her and tore a wedding ring off her finger. So terrific was the wind st Anoka that eye witnesses said the Mississippi river was spread apart at one point down to its (Continued on Page 7, Column 4) Tornadoes habitually do things like this: A straw was blown into an automobile tire, deflating it. M.

A. Faber of North Ferry, near Anoka, said the storm seemed to hover over the juncture of the Rum and Mississippi rivers before mak- Freeman died about two hours later in Northwestern hospital. Zimmerman was caught by the tornado as he was at work in his market garden at the edge of Champlin. He was hurled hundreds of feet through the air and dashed down on the approach of the Mississippi river bridge leading from Champlin to Anoka. The five who died in Anoka were killed when houses collapsed.

Leo Kidd was killed whi'e visiting at the home of Edward Mor-rissette, who also was killed. Kidd was to have married Morrissettcs daughter, Bernice, 19, next Friday. Miss Morrissette was injured critically. $250,000 Damage. Estimates of storm damages were difficult to make, but L.

O. Jacobs of Anoka, an official of the National Farm Loan association, said it would be at least $250,000. Heavy rains preceded the wind. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ruins --r i. I I I I slit fr Hi I "I 4 n't:" 5 -'A' J- 4vM' I 1 and shortly after the twister Sales boosted by National Dairy passed, the downpours renewed.

The tornado swept a wide swath through Anoka. It wrecked the armory, demolished the Lutheran month celebration. Page 10. NORTHWEST. Minnesota Republicans open 1940 presidential campaign at Dunville rally.

Page 2. Mission church where services had concluded only 45 minutes before the storm hit, several business Fueitive hunted for double slay lng near Hayward, eludes posse. Fa8e 5' WOMAN'S PAGE. Ida Jean Kain. Page 8.

Emily Post. Page 8. Helen Rowland. Page 8. Dr.

Herman N. Bundesen. Page 8. Alice Brooks. Page 8.

Elsie Robinson. Page 8. buildings, and 40 or more houses. A carnival was flattened. Many of the houses were wiped from the foundations.

Wreckage lay thick on the ground. Light Systems Fail. Electric light systems in Anoka were put out of commission by the storm. Portable electric light plants, including nine floodlight systems owned by the Minneapolis fire department, were moved into Anoka. Communication lines hi the storm Helen Follett.

Page 8. A.NOKA Sahaging a few jars of canned Roods from the cellar of a wrecked home are, left to right, Frank Kuszer, Mrs. Elmer Bulow and Florence Kuszer. They were in the cellar when the house was blown from ovep them. (Other pictures on pages 3, 6 and 7.) SPORTS.

Toledo turns back Millers In I area were wrecked by the storm, 'WE DIVE AT DAWN' Thrilling scries of authentic stories of miraculous escapes and horrible tragedies in submarines begins today in The Tribune. The author is Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Edw ards of the British navy, veteran commander of submarines. His first article appears on Page 11. tenth inning, 4 to 3. Page 12.

Blues split with Colonels to gain half game on Kels. Page, 12. Dizzy Dean hurls and Hartnett bats Cubs to 1-0 win. Page 12. Lou Fette blanks Reds on only one base hit, 5-0.

Page 12. Al Sothoron dies. Page 12. Red Sox rout Feller to beat Cleveland twice. Page 13.

Fred Menth breaks record to win state trapshoot title. Page 14. but as soon as word of the disaster reached Minneapolis, aid was forthcoming. Militia, Legion Aid. Approximately 260 national guardsmen of the 151st field artillery, under command of Colonel Charles A.

Green, were sent to (Continued on Page 7, Column 1) MUMMrt. urn nrnnfcirt.fefc in fniinlm mini rinmmfi i mhirmuriiMmimM n.Niwn inn iilHi Trlhun Staff rfcnta. ANOKA A mass of ruins was the Evangelical Lutheran church, at the corner of Fourth avenue and Jackson street, in Anoka. There was not an upright portion remaining on the church..