Germans Push Toward Minsk in Northwest Russia Campaign
The German army advances from East Prussia toward Minsk driving a wedge into White Russia while encircling the Red Army in the Soviet Northwest. Panzer units probe Niemen defenses as East Poland marshes shield the southern flank and air power may decide reaction time.
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Rus Campaisin
Baltic-Black Sea
Minsk
White Rusia
Privet
Poland
Red Army
Russia
Moscow
Soviet
Igh
Red
Hitler
Netherlands
Fort Eben Embel
Liege
Alvert Cabnal
Belgium
Ardennes
Sadan
France
Corap
Maginot Line
Flanders
Dunkerque
Guffey And Lawrence Renew Feud In Mayor Battle
Harrisburg June 27 The long-standing feud between U S Senator Joseph F Guffey and National Committeeman David L Lawrence over Pennsylvania Democratic control flares anew in Pittsburgh with Guffey backing John Huston for mayor against Lawrence ally Cornelius Scully Lawrence accuses Guffey of trying to build a personal machine and vows he cannot trust him again The two leaders split in 1938 and again fought over court slate selections and party control as they have clashed for decades with shifting positions and leadership roles in state politics
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
David L. Lawrence
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Lawrence
Lottar and
John M. Huston
Register of Wills
Cornelius D. Scully
Supreme
Superior Courts
State Committee
W. Russell Carr
Uniontown
State Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
John St Lewis
Thomas Kennnedy
United Mine Workers
Charles Alvin Jones
Guffeys
Meredith Mayers
Lewistown
Navy seeks extended enlistment to deter man shortage
The Navy urges six year enlistments with possible extension under war powers as Congress weighs similar measures for the Army. Selective Service provisions already allow longer service for draftees and reserve integration, but Navy officials say volunteers are most valuable near six year term end. Rear Admiral C W Nimitz cites dilution of personnel amid two ocean expansion.
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Navy
Congress
Army
War Department
Army Reserve
Walsh
D-Mass
C. W. Nimitz
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Naval Affairs Committee
Benator Johnson
R-Calif
James V. Forrestal
Sec
Cherry Tree Pageant Parade Winners List and Prizes
The patriotic parade Tuesday night featured top displays by the Women's Civic Club for best organized display and prizes for best floor and groups. Judges included James L. Jack Paul H. Snyder and Paul Ambheiser. Prizes ranged from $5 to $1.50 for various displays and groups such as Red Cross nurses Boy Scouts and Hawaii with notable entries like Miss Columbia and Uncle Sam and America On Guard.
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Clymer
Order of Moose Girls
Cambria County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Curwensville
James L. Jack
Indiana Fire Association
Paul H. Snyder
Blairsville
Paul Ambheiser
Altoona
Women's Civic Club
Americas
America
Red Cross
Hawaii
Uncle Sam
Camp News Highlights Fifth U S Motor Camp Show
Camp entertainment features a 45 minute radio and screen star show inside the Fifth U S Motor Camp. The event, sponsored by the citizens’ committee for the army and navy, included orchestral music from regimental swing bands and a group of entertainers. The article also notes the arrival of 452 Artillery recruits to Fort Bragg in coming weeks and discusses potential wartime personnel retention powers.
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U. S
Citizens’ Committee For
Army and Navy
Fort Bragg
N.C
108Th Field Artillery
109Th
Bard
Shake-Up Near End of War Shifts Siberian Rail Control
In a broad strategic assessment the Red army in the west is defeated and control of the 6000 mile trans Siberian Railway appears as a minor mop up operation. Officials note potential German outflanking via Iran from the Ukraine and Caucasus but expect no move in that direction until the main Russian issue is settled.
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Red
Siberia
Ukraine
Caucasus
Middle East
Iran
World War II Front Lines and Growing Nazi Mobilization
International observers noted Minsk 60 miles inside the German Soviet frontier as reports from Hitler’s HQ offered little detail. The German High Command spoke of great successes and strategic plans while publics and the rest of the world pressed for specifics. Rumors suggested Red Army gains and preparations for a prolonged siege of global Communism, with Spain recruiting regionally and Italy joining the crusade.
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Minsk
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Hitler
Europe
Spain
Italy
Axis Moves Turn Europe into Anti Russia Crusade
A motorized division backs Germany against Russia as nations flee or align with Berlin. Volunteer forces arise in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and occupied France. Croatia, Slovakia and Denmark shift, while Turkey grants transit to Vichy forces. The Levant fronts waver, Syria may retreat. Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine claim shipping and targets. Pravda notes British advantage but cautions on war’s outcome while RAF habits intensify coastal attacks.
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Germany
Russia
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
France
Croatia
Slovakia
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Ankara
Turkey
Vichy
Syria
Levant
Damascus
Cairo
Vichy Mandate
Lebanon
England
Reich
mid-Atlantic
Africa
Finland
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Turku
Pravda
Moscow
Communist Party
America
RAF
Kiel
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Three Civil War Veterans Close Pennsylvania Encampment
At Gettysburg on June 27 three aged veterans Alfred W. Gabrio 95 J L Chapman 97 and A T Anderson 95 former national commander ended Pennsylvania's seventh state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic after a four day reunion. They were the last of 89 Civil War soldiers in the state to attend the gathering and were honored at a military ball marking the encampment's close.
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Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Alfred W. Gabrio
Hazleton
J. L. Chapman
Scranton
A. T. Anderson
Washington
Pennsylvania
Birth Certificate Streamlining Passed By House
Harrisburg June 27. The legislature sent to Governor James a bill to streamline birth certificate issuance. If signed, the state may issue certificates when county records are unavailable. Acceptable forms include sworn statements by attending physician or midwife, baptismal certificates, or relatives with knowledge of probable birth date.
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Harrisburg
James
National Defense
House
Nazi Raids on Leningrad Reported by Berlin Dispatch
Berlin reports Nazi bombers attacked Leningrad for two days and Romanian fliers aided German planes in strikes on Russian bases near the Black Sea. Official notices say operations are proceeding favorably though detailed results remain undisclosed. The German embassy touted a continent wide coalition against Bolshevism with volunteers from France Portugal and the Baltic states mentioned.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Salkana
Black Sea
Russia
DNB
VU. S. 5
Finland
Kronstadt
Soviet Union
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Germany
France
Portugal
Baltic States
Reich
Europe
Deutsche Diplomatic FPolitische Kor+respondenz
Funeral Directors Elect Leaders at Meeting
The Western Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association concluded its annual convention naming L. Van Miller of Fredonia as president succeeding John C. Vanaken of Ridgway. Frank Hornstein of Atquippa was chosen vice president and Donald Sample of Sharon was re elected secretary treasurer with George L. Gregory Meadville Dale Walters Mary and J. T. Anderson Beaver re elected to the executive committee.
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Conneaut Lake Park
Western Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association
L. van Miller
Fredonia
John C. Vanaken
Ridgway
Frank Hornstein
Atquippa
Donald Sample
Sharon
George L. Gregory
Meadville
Dale Walters
Mary
J. T. Anderson
Beaver
U S and Axis in Consular Exodus to Lisbon
Washington dispatch reports the United States will exchange and repatriate over 600 German Italian and Axis consular officers employees and their families by July 18 aboard an American vessel sailing from New York to Lisbon. Deposed officials face evacuation dates July 10 for Germans and July 16 for Italians with on return voyage transporting 87 consular officials and others. honorary consuls in Pittsburgh Philadelphia Johnstown and Scranton may be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
State Department
Lisbon
Germany
Italy
Europe
Britain Needs Merchant Ships to Counter U-boat Threat
The article argues for mass production of merchant vessels between 7000 and 10000 tons with speeds of 16 to 18 knots. Some are built in Britain and the United States to move vital war materials with surface and air protection. It notes that losses include sunk submarines and crews mutinied in 1918 as Allied patrols grew fiercer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
United States
Great Battle Rages as Red Army Fights German Panzer Column
Russian forces clash with a German panzer column advancing toward Minsk as fighting rages across plains of old Poland and near the Prut River boundary. Reports say Moscow holds lines from Arctic to Black Sea with German attempts thwarted and heavy Nazi losses.
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Mscow
Old Poland
Red Army
Minsk
Arctic
Black Sea
Oszmiana
Poland
Balkan
Prut
Rumania
Soviet Besarabia
New York
Defense Bond Q and A for patriotic purchase guidance
The piece explains defending America by buying a Defense Bond to show faith and pride and warn foreign dictators that the United States is the strongest nation. It suggests Defense Postage Stamps as a solution if funds are insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Defense Postel Stamps Co
Sale finds at post office and banks for 10 cents a stamp
A brief ad noting stamps available at post offices, banks, department stores, and druggists at 10 cents upward. It encourages saving stamps to exchange for a Defense Bond and directs readers to purchase through post offices, banks, or by writing to the Treasurer in Washington, D. C.
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United States
Washington, D. Cc
Texas Senator Dies Sends Mourning Across Races
In Dallas Luna 1 the death of 86 year old Andréw Jackson Houston, son of a Texas independence hero, deepens grief among senatorial candidates on the eve of a special election. Observers say the loss will not derail campaigns as political leaders vow full support for the national administration and renewed pledges on pensions.
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Dallas
Luna
Texas
Baltimore
Andréw Jackson Houston
Mouston
Mexico
Ween Shappard
W. Lee O'Daniel
San Jacinto
Houston
Sam Houston
Santa Ana
O'Daniel
Martin
Morse
Gerald GO
Mann
Don Johnson
Russians report heavy WW2 air and ground actions across Romania and Hungary
NBC dispatches from Ankara and Budapest describe Soviet air attacks on Bucharest Constanta and Ploiesti oil fields with fires and damage. Reports claim Soviet planes also struck Hungarian villages and sank two submarines in the Baltic Sea while giving no land operations along the Finnish border. Berlin counters with claims of no miracles and broad battle plans, while parachute troops are said to be in use but rapidly neutralized.
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Germany
Rumania
Bucharest
Black Sea
Constania
Ploasti
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Budapest
Sala
Balti Sea
Beamish quits as bar member in protest
Richard J. Beamish state public utility commissioner resigns from the Pennsylvania Bar Association in protest of an address by Dauphin County Judge William M. Hargest. Beamish says the judge’s talk attacked federal administrative processes and Pennsylvania’s administrative bodies.
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Harrisburg
Richard J. Beamish
Pennsylvania Bar Association
William M. Hargest
Dauphin County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Cambria Works Votes for CIO in NLRB Election
Johnstown June 27 completing tabulation shows Bethlehem Steel Cambria works employees voting 6840 to 2108 for the CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee as bargaining representatives. SWOC also won elections at Bethlehem plants in Rankin and Leetsdale, Pa, and two in Los Angeles, Calif. Company had agreed to wage talks contingent on union victory.
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Johnstown
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem Steel Company
Cambria Works
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
SWOC
Hethlehem Planta
Rankin and Leetsdale
Los Angeles
Calif
Market Summary from Pittsburgh Chicago June 27
Produce demand in Pittsburgh was moderate with steady apples and potatoes. Wheat rose to new 13 month highs in Chicago with soybeans and lard lifting prices. hogs and cattle moved higher or steady in Pittsburgh trading. lambs and sheep weakened slightly with calves firm.
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Pittsburgh
Alabama Bliss
North Carolina
Bliss
Chicago
College Weather Forecast Signals Warm, Cloudy Period Ahead
Forecast calls for fair and warm conditions today with increasingly cloudy skies. Scattered showers expected tomorrow afternoon or night, with readings around 78 rising to a maximum near 88 and humidity about 74 percent. Barometric pressure noted at day’s end, following yesterday.
RAF daylight raids strike German coast and Kiel docks
British forces mounted a one hour daylight raid over the German occupied coast as Kiel docks and shipyards endured another night of bombing. Air ministry reports show two RAF planes lost and a fighter shot down while German anti aircraft fire appeared light.
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RAF
France
Germany
French
Dover Strait
Kiel
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Air Ministry
Britain
Aeroplane
Tham
Olewine Reaches Tennis Semi Finals at Merion
Souther California faces a challenge as Ted Olewine, a husky sophomore from USC, wins to reach the 57th National Collegiate Classic final at Merion. He defeats Bill Canning of California in four sets, setting up a title match with the semifinal winner between Joe Hunt of the Navy and Joe Davis of Vanderbilt.
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Haverford
Souther California
West Coast
Gene Mako
Husky
Ted Olewine
Merion Cricket Club
Bill Canning
University of California
Etter
Joe Hunt
Navy
Joe Davis
Vanderbilt
Pittsburgh business index hits yearly peak at 145.5 percent
The University of Pittsburgh reported last week that business activity in the Pittsburgh district rose to a record high for the year. The composite index stood at 145.5 percent of the 1923-25 average, edging past the early January record, with seasonal gains in several lines boosting activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Mediation Efforts Resume in Pittsburgh Truck Strike
In Pittsburgh on June 27, labor mediators renewed efforts to end a 2 day strike by about 1,700 truck drivers across 179 motor freight companies. Federal official John A. Momitt plans further talks in Washington, while AFL union leaders urge cooperation as disruption hits stores and depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Nan
John A. Momitt
Washington
Argo
J. Davis
Davis
Roosevelt
Scott W. Marshall
AFL
Teamatera Union
Dtivera
Varigua
City Bureau of Inspection
Howard ©. Patton
Bureau
Treasury balance figures released with June 25 data
Washington June 21 Treasury says receipts 13249899.23 expenditures 42032863.31 giving net balance 2746000055.15 and gross debt 48820332337.48. Increase over previous day 3285218.50.
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Washington
Position of the Treasury
Obituary for Millard Shomo and Anna Marino in Bolivar area
Obituary notices list Millard Shomo born November 11 1860 in Lockport died yesterday. burial in Isabel Cemetery. Survivors include widow and children in Bolivar New Florence Lockport and Punxsutawney. services at the Shomo home Sunday afternoon. Isabel Cemetery interment. Anna Marino 58 died yesterday in Bolivar from pulmonary embolism. survivors include husband George and several children in Pittsburgh Bolivar New Florence and Johnstown. Funeral at Bolivar Catholic Church Monday evening with church interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Filmore 8Shomo
Lockport
Silas B
Sarah Stormer
Shomo
Ross McCleary
Bolivar
R. D
Ephraim Wallace
New Florence
Thomas Shomo
Samuel St. Clair
W. W. Blair
Punxsutawney
James W. Shomo
Lorkparty Millard
Anna Marino
George Marino
Mra
J. Steigerard
Thoma Marino
Pittsburgh
Joseph Marino
Michael Fratrich
Mia
Ann Fratrich
Johnstown
Michael
George
Zelma Marino
Bolivar Catholic Church
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