Rommel Seizes Tobruk as Egypt War Hinge
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes Tobruk's fall linking it to Sevastopol, Caucasus aims, and a looming race for air power. Rommel's capture strains British defense of Alexandria and the Suez route, making air superiority from the United States crucial to prevent a rapid German push.
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Marshal Rommel
Tobruk
Russia
Sevastopol
Hitler
Caucasus
Middle East
Alexandria
Suez Canal
London
Rommel
Egypt
Canal
Eighth
Sybia
United States
Isi
Crete
Greece
North African
Gasoline Ration Rules Extended and Supplies Dwindle
Gasoline rationing extended to July 14 as the government doubles card values to cover a two week shift. Dealers report tight supplies in New York and Westchester while motorists crowd stations and seek alternative transport. New England congressmen urge continued rationing relief to reach vacation travel.
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Washington
Tovine Valle Fron
New York
Westchester County
New England
Leon Henderson
Union of nations urged to postwar world peace
Secretary Harold, addressing 25 000 Slav-Americans at Kennywood Park, urged a postwar union of free nations to enforce a lasting peace. He urged turning UN into a world policing body and warned against repeating postwar errors by allowing aggressor nations to rise again.
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Pittsburgh
Harold
Free Nations
United Nations
Kennywood Park
Germany
Ieport
Aleutian Firefight Report Signals Submarine Action
Reports from western defense HQ cite an unidentified offshore craft firing for 15 minutes with no damage or casualties. Witnesses including Robert Lucas, Astoria Budget associate editor, heard 12 to 16 shots and saw orange flashes, while residents say shells landed nowhere near Astoria. Security measures and foggy weather accompanied wartime updates across the Pacific and coast.
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Western Defense
San Francisco
Army
Robert Lucas
Astoria
Lucas
Sea~ Side
Seaside
Ocean City
Columbia
Estevan Point
Lonely Estevan Point
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Oregon
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Clallam Bay
Wash
Columbia River
Cathlamet
British Columbia
Instruction substitute during blackout briefing
A transcript segment instructs motorists to pull over switch off lights during a blackout. It directs a driver to exit and stand by while others proceed, and grants Auxiliary Police peace officer powers to enforce blackout rules, requiring ID and insignia. It cautions on violations of the rules.
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Dasseriversaid
Wnul
Auxiliary Police
Sevastopol Drive and Tobruk Set World War II Standings
News brief recounts major World War II battles as Sevastopol falls to German forces and Tobruk surrenders. Rommel eyes Egypt and Suez while Russian fronts stiffen. British and German air and sea actions intensify across Europe and North Africa as the year marks a pivotal turn in the campaign.
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Berlin
Britain
Europe
Southampton
Emden
Dunkerque
North Africa
Marshal Rommel
Egypt
Libya
Axis
United Nations
Russia
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Germany
Caucasus
Crimean
Tobruk
Alexandria
Suez
Middle East
Rommel
Eighth Army
Cairo
Fort Cappuzze
Uniform rule sought by truckers at Harrisburg meeting
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association pushes for a uniform load order favoring common carriers over contract trucks as of July 1, citing return-load shortages for Coal region deliveries. S F Niness reelected president. officers named. Ted V. Rogers comments on government aims to maximize truck use.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Office of Defense Transportation
Ted V. Rogers
American Trucking Associations
S. F. Niness
Downington
Harry L. Gormley
New Castle
John R. Eldridge
Edward
Goglin
Paul Kelly
R. V. Elliot
Philadelphia
Accidents Across States Claim Multiple Lives
A 77 year old woman, Adah Bahr, was killed by a freight train in Cammal while her husband died in a similar accident 11 years earlier. John Casey, 39, crowned in Little Muncy Creek near Bloomsburg. Two year old Sarah Watson drowned in a home water crack in Nilan Hill PA. A bolt of lightning killed Jack Marshall, 28, as he sought cover in Towanda. Raymond Roberts, 40, of Plymouth, died when his automobile overturned near Highland NY. Arthur Sweeney, 42, former Erie Club pitcher fatally injured by an automobile in Eyre Street. L K Sharer, PA railroad foreman, killed when a derrick boom fell at Altoona. George Skoff, 18, drowned in a reservoir on Raccoon Creek Washington County. Bonnie Humphries, 21, of Pittsburgh, fatally injured in an automobile crash. WS Hawkins led a lightning strike that set fire to the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation Southside plant power house.
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Adah Bahr
Cammal
John Casey
Little Muncy Creek
Bloomsburg
Sarah Watson
Nilan Hill
Jack Marshall
Towanda
Raymond Roberts
Plymouth
Highland
N.Y
Arthur Sweeney
Erie Club
Federal Baseball League
Eyre Street
L. K. Sharer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juniata
Altoona
George Skolf
Burgettstown
Raccoon Creek
Washington County
Bonnie Humphries
Pittsburgh
WS. Hawkins
Jones and Laughlin Slee
Air raid blackout urged for northeastern U S by General Bradley
Major General Follett Bradley commanding the Air Forces East and First Air Force urges the public to avoid using telephones during any air raid warning. The notice ties to dusk to dawn blackout practice and a half hour of complete blackout. Harold F. Keck of Bell Telephone emphasized the protection plan for the region.
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Army Air Force
Army
Navy
Follett Bradley
East Ven Defense Command
First Air Force
Harold F. Keck
Bell Telephone Company
United Sistas
Bradley
40 and 8 Scouts To Aid Scrap Drive
The 40 and 8 locomotive driven by a veteran and accompanied by boy scouts will canvass homes for scrap rubber and metal tomorrow morning. Citizens are urged to have their strapping ready so return trips will not be necessary.
Market Snapshot of Listed Stocks and Corporations
A dense list of stocks and abbreviations shows prices, percentages, and shares for numerous companies. Key names include Allied products like Anaconda, Chrysler Corp, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Penn RR, US Steel, Westinghouse, and Warner Bros. Pict, along with utilities and railroads. The item reads like a ticker compilation with varied bid/percent figures and company identifiers.
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Anaconda
Atch T and & F
Atl Refining
Bald Loco
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mfg
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G
Cons Edison
Consorth
Curtiss Wright
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros
West Union
West el
Mfg
Woolworth
Youngst Sh
Pennroad Corp
South Penn Oil
Markets Rally in Pittsburgh Livestock Sale Report
Pittsburg market notes on June 22 show 450 hogs sold with prices 10 to 14.75 for various weights, 400 cattle sold with steady prices across steers, heifers, cows, and bulls, and 250 calves and 800 sheep offering. Lambs bring 14.50 to 15.60, ewes around 5.00 to 5.50, and other classes steady to mixed.
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Pittsburgh
Medum
Rotary convention opens in Toronto with 7000 attendees
The Rotary International convention in Toronto opens with about 7000 Rotarians and families from over 40 countries, led by Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice. Indiana attendees include Paul J. Strauitt and N. Dewitt Ray. The four day program features speeches, assemblies, reports, legislation, officer elections, and entertainment. A Thursday Australia broadcast will reach Canada via CBC and the United States via Mutual.
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Canada
Rotary International
Earl of Athlone
Princess Alice
Indiana
Paul J. Strauitt
N. Dewitt Ray
United States
North America
Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Ecuador
England
Egypt
Guatemala
Hawaii
Lebanon
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Palestine
Peru
Puerto Rico
South Africa
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
Congress of Nations
Botary
Rotary
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Mont
T. A. Warren
Wolverhampton
Paul P. Harris
Chicago
Harold E. Stessen
Minnesota
L. W. Brockington
Ottawa
Ontario
Almon & Roth
San Francisco
Employers’ Council
Newcastle on-Tyne
Great Britain
Ireland
M. S. Rice
Metropolitan
Detroit
Mich
Walter D. Heads
Montclair
N. J
U.S. A
Carlos P. Romulo
Douglass MacArthur
Canadian Broadcasting
Mutual Broadcasting Corporation
Local Union 6274 A M W of A obituary notes
Obituary notices list surviving widow Charlotte Wagner four sons John E Cleveland Letto Robert at home William H Arlington five daughters Stella Maris Johnstown R D Dolly Irons Braddock Lucinda Dunmire Mooween Pearl Horner Livermore FH Db Charlotte Eicher Johnstown R BD and 25 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral at his residence 2 30 p m Tuesday interment Westview Cemetery Avonmore Obituary of John Ebner Smith born December 22 1846 in Lower Yoder Township Cambria County died in Tunnelton at 3 45 am survived by wife Anna Dorman Smith daughter Lucille Hewitt ten grandchildren brother Buchanan Smith and two sisters Mrs Robert Allen Mrs Nancy Orvis Funeral at St Matthew s Church Salisbury 4 00 pm Wednesday interment St Matthews Cemetery Friends may visit Hewitt home Tunnelton William Macklenhardt son of Robert and Mildred Lenhardt died Saturday in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore born January 2 last Funeral Tuesday in Homer City home of maternal grandmother John E Veite 76 native of Govode died Saturday in Mellees Mill heart condition born January 6 1886 married Florence Miller December 26 1895 surviving widow two daughters Mrs Goodman Worrell Mrs Kenneth Hepburn Mahaffey two brothers Daniel Veite Rossiter William Waite Mrs Minerva Miller and Mrs Catherine Van Dyne Marchand funeral 2 00 am Tuesday interment Clover Run Cemetery Andrew Toth Sagamore resident since 1914 died yesterday
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Union
Charlotte Wagner
John E
Cleveland
Letto
Brownstown
Robert
William H
Arlington
Vas
Stella Maris
Johnstown
R. D
Dolly Irons
Braddock
Lucinda Dunmire
Mooween
Pearl Horner
Livermore
Charlotte Eicher
R. BD
Ln Westview Cemetery
Avonmore
John Ebner Smith
Lower Yoder Township
Cambria County
John EH
Elizabeth (Weir) Smith
Lucille Hewitt
Tunnelton
Anna (Dorman) Smith
Elijah Smith
William Macklenhardt
Robert and
Mildred
Nac) Lenhardt
Volant
Homer City
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
John E. Veite
Govode
Mellee's Mill
Philip Veite
Florence Miller
Goodman Worrell
Kenneth Hepburn
Mahaffey
Daniel Veite
Rossiter
William Waite
Minerva Miller
Covode
Catherine van Dyne
Marchand
Mc. White
Clover Run Cemetery
Rescue under fire as convoy repels third day of raids
North Atlantic action recounts Allied convoy facing German torpedo bombers and Stukas. An American freighter crew member reports a German plane machine-gunning a crash boat. 90 percent of the convoy reached Murmansk. Murmansk described as battle dressed with widespread alarms and urgent medical needs.
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North Atlantic
Russia
Murmansk
E. H. McGuire
New Orleans
G. W. Hudgins
Jersey City
Arctic
DeMolay Notice Indiana Chapter Sets Monday Meeting
The Indiana Chapter of DeMolay, Order of DeMolay, will hold a business meeting this Monday evening in the lodge rooms. Please note a change of greeting night. Time remains 7:30.
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Indiana
Order of de Volay
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