Corry Truck Driver Seriously Injured in Crash
Donald A. Stewart a 40 year old Emblem Oil Company maintenance worker from 933 Concord Street was seriously hurt when his light Dodge pickup was struck broadside by a heavily loaded trailer truck on Foster Trark near Bradford. The trailer truck driven by Lee Snyder of Cleveland carried sugar and was treated for shock. Stewart suffered a cracked neck vertebrae and other injuries but is expected to recover. State motor police investigate the accident.
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Donald A. Stewart
Concord Street
Bradford Hospital
Stewart
Foster Trark
Bradford
Lee Snyder
Cleveland
Bradford Trospital
Warns Against Antiw ar Pins in State
Harrisburg June 12 continuing drive to rid the state unemployment compensation system of what he termed disruptive and communal inspired activity. Labor secretary Lewis G. Hines today warned employees against wearing buttons carrying that legend and charged the slogan was conceived by communists and distributed by leftist front organizations.
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Harrisburg
Jume
Libor
Bewis G. Hines
Hines
War Today Analyzed By J W T Mason
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports German forces are 1244 miles from Paris along the Oise river. General Weygand orders withdrawal of central Allied troops at risk of being trapped as German advance reaches the hinge of Paris. The German war machine shows no exhaustion yet, despite Allied hopes, and the Paris front retreat continues.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Paris
Oise
Weygand i
Bastern
Soissons
J.wo
Mason
Weygind
Allied Planes In Series Of Raids In Italy
London report by Wallace Carroll notes Royal Air Force bombs on northern Italian military targets as South African planes strike Ethiopian bases near Moyale. Communique explains dusk reconnaissance and targeted raids. South African bombing ends with all planes returning. The briefing frames early empire action from Alps to African front in less than 24 hours.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
London
Great Britain
Italy
Royal Air Force
Ethiopia
Air Ministry
Nairobi
East Africa
Banda Hill
Moyale
Kenya
Companisone
Plan Campaign for Band Shell at City Park
City Gov to consider proposed band shell at City Park next Monday evening. Removal of the old band stand is complete and site cleared. pledged funds may support erection. Director of Property Baynes says council will hear the plan, with limited city funds possible.
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City Govnol
Dsy
Cornell
Fred L. Barnes
Baynes
The
Journal
Tefore Council
Mu |Lletinl
Commonkely Will Jook
Onny
Pivey
U S Shipping 250 Army Planes Into Canada
Army air planes massed in the northeast for shipment to Canada for Allied use. Nineteen trained last night as fog halted flying in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York City. The 93 planes, including Northrop A-17 attack ships, were dispatched to Houston Maine for transfer across, with total planes possibly reaching 250.
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United Press
New York
United States
Canada
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York City
Canadian
Northrop
War Department
Houston
Latest Briefs From Battlefronts in World War II
Reports from multiple theaters describe an enemy air raid on Turin outskirts with no objective hit. Halyan ultimatum rumored but unconfirmed. Swiss air activity targets Geneva, five bombs dropped near the League of Nations. No confirmation on Belgrade radio claim of a battle in the western Mediterranean. Polish submarine Orzel and crew reported missing. A German plane hit but bullets missed a southeast coast jetty guard. Britain France Japan sign non aggression pact with Thailand. French government considers loyalty declarations for Halien residents to serve under authorities if needed.
Congress to adjourn by June 22 amid party pressure
Washington June 12 Bipartisan demands to keep Congress on the job with President Roosevelt unsettled Democratic leaders as plans to send the body home June 22 faced doubt. Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley urged adjournment a week away, while Speaker Bankhead said the date was not yet decided.
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Washington
Congress
Roosvelt
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
William B. Bankhead
Turkey Breaks Off Relations With Fascists
Istanbul reports Turkey has severed commercial ties with Italy and ordered its ships to Turkish ports. A German Italian ambassadorial meeting in Ankara weighed war entry on the Allied side while Turkish warships reportedly moved toward the Dardanelles amid shifting alliances.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Italy
Neve
Sea of Marmora
Dardanelles
Ankara
Turkiah Fert
Sea of Marmiora
Mediterranean
St Edward's May Drop High School Course
Board of Education weighs suspending St Edward's parochial high school course due to financing issues. Diocesan conference expected before any decision, with grade school continuing. Possible changes could shift students to nearby junior or senior highs starting 1940 41 term. A class of ten graduates marked the 1940 commencement at St Thomas Church. Postponed Harrisburg hearing on unemployment compensation law constitutionality extended two weeks.
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Board of Education
Ralph §. Dewey
Francis. Graves
St. Edward's School
Journal
Father Graves
Alocesan
Bt. Edward's High School
BL ‘Thomas’ Church
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bombing claims and frontier moves in renewed Mediterranean war
Rome reports Italy announced bombing Malta and a North Africa airfield while claiming repulse of British attacks. Italian sources said Aden and Somaliland incursions occurred and border closures followed. Mussolini reportedly sought Red Sea blockade to cut Mediterranean link between Sicily and Africa.
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Reynolds Packard
United Press
Rome
Italy
Malta
Mediterranean
Africa
Aden
Britain
Poland
France
Benito Mussolini
Red Sea
Sicily
Plan No Military Training for CCC
Harrisburg June 12. United Press reports no military training for the Civilian Conservation Corps unless Congress acts. State and federal CCC officials say Washington moves to train manpower in camps and to use the National Youth Administration to support the expanded defense program.
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CCC
United Prem Harrisburg
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCO
Washington
National Youth Administration
Cost of living in U S rises in early 1933
Washington June 12 Labor Secretary Frances Perkins said the cost of living advanced three-tenths of a percent from December 15 to March 15. Living costs in March were 10 percent higher than in December 1932, and 18.2 percent lower than the boom year of 1929.
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Sinisegeres
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Frinces Perkins
Tre
Nazis Claim Capture of Reims and Rouen
German communique from Hitler’s field headquarters claimed advances toward Paris on the Oise and Seine fronts. It asserted Rouen had been in German hands for days and Reims had fallen, with heavy French losses and German forces crossing the Seine near Paris.
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Frederick C.ober
United Press
Berlin
Oise
Paris
Rouen
Reims
Menaix
Adolf Hitler
Eros
Seine
St. Valery En Caus
Dieppa
Te Fave
German Forces Drive on Paris Across Seine and Marne
United Press report from Tours notes three large German armies pushing toward Paris from the east and west with tanks and shock troops. French defenses retreat toward the Chateau Thierry line while fighting stiffens along the Oise and Seine fronts. German strength includes about 1.5 million infantry and heavy tanks, with smoke screens masking advances as Paris region faces escalating pressure.
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Moodanv
United Press
Tours
France
Seine
Oise
Marne
Benlis
Long
War Office
Maximen Weygand
Paris
Chateau
Thierry-Muaux
German Airplanes Bomb Paris in Night Raid
British dispatch reports German planes bombed Paris and surrounding areas during the night and morning. Fire and explosions lit the sky as refugees fled southwestward, with observers noting strikes near the capital and widespread air activity across the region.
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Richard D. McMillan
United Press
France
Paris
Ciiely
Beithwane
Tito Feria
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