Auchinleck Takes Command of Eighth Army in North Africa
London June 30 Prime Minister Churchill announced that General Sir Claude Auchinleck has assumed personal command of the Eighth Army in North Africa on June 25, replacing General Neil M. Ritchie who led the desert army since December 11. Churchill, addressing the House of Commons after returning from the United States, said the change was approved and noted no further statements on battlefield conferences.
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London
Churchill
Claude J. K. Auchinleck
Middle East
North Africa
Neil M. Ritchie
Ritchie
Desert Army
Alan Gordon Cunningham
House of Commons
United States
House
Roosevelt
Eohth
Egypt
Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Malaya
Singapore
Britain
Mediterranean
Blackouts Win Praise for Ingenuity in Pennsylvania
State Defense Council lauds businesses and residents for adapting during three disk-to-dawn blackouts. Examples include a drug store vestibule of blackout curtains, sliding blackout panels, and a hotel with separate lighted lobby entrances. Some mistakes occurred, such as blue bulbs causing chick losses. The effort drew national interest and a note urging readers to share the Gazette.
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State Defense Council
A. C. Marts
Pennsylvania
Dr. Marts
Treasury Posts Record Year of War Spending
Treasury closes a record fiscal year with direct war outlays and overall spending near 32.5 billion dollars. For the new year, the budget director expects about 73.14 billion, including 67 billion for direct war costs. Debt tops 76.8 billion, with the army and Navy leading outlays and non war costs including interest at about 1.25 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Ovengh
Soine
Tor Harold D. Smith
Congress
Draft Registration Expands As Younger Men Registered
February 16 saw continued draft registration for men born between 1922 and 1924. War Department officials and congressionally allied spokesmen indicate youths aged 18 and 19 may face early assignment, with a recruiting push targeting under twenty. Census estimates project that about 2.466 million of the 20 to 20% age group will be covered by this registration.
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Army
War Department
Oor
Census Bureau
Roosevelt Extends Scrap Rubber Drive As Nation Lags
President Roosevelt extended the scrap rubber drive by ten days after Secretary Ickes reported only 219000 tons collected by last Saturday night in Philadelphia. Auto graveyard operators refused to sell tires at the campaign price, saying higher prices could come later. Allied war reporting covers Kursk Kharkov battles, Egypt’s Matruh, Churchill’s Commons remarks, and air raids on Bremen and German midlands. Chinese and Japanese forces engage along the Chekiang-Kiangsi line with shifting advance and counter moves amid torrential rains.
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Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Philadelphia
Kursk Wid Kharkey
Fedor Vor Bock
Moscow
Caucasus
Rommel
Egypt
Matruh
Churchill
Commons
Gen. Auchinleck
Europe
Germany
Bremen
British
Air Ministry
Tvo
Berlin
East Anglia
Japan
Tokyo
Chekiang-Kiangsi
China
Fukien
Shansi-Honan
Shans
Honan
Hallan
Fuka
Harry Crockett
Associated Press
Matruk
Great Qattara
Crockett
Judge Creps at Rotary reflects on reform and juvenile cases
Judge Creps spoke at the Indiana Hotel Rotary about evolving society and the need for better homes and community recreation to counter juvenile and family troubles. He noted fewer juvenile cases in Indiana County and warned modern devices and mobility reshape youth behavior.
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Creps
Iet
Indiana Hotel
Duinge Creps
Indiana
Fiscal year ends amid stalled bills and heavy talks
Prices and calendars wrap the fiscal year with many appropriation bills unfinished by midnight. Night sessions loom in both chambers as leaders seek continuations on current funding. The Senate debates a $42.8 billion war supply bill while the House hammers through an omnibus package including $75 million for the OPA and cuts to the OPA funding request.
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Senate
House
OPA
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
WPA
Washington
Interior Department
Civil Conservation Corps
Rep
Taber
R.ny
Henderson
NLRB
Sevastopol Battle Updates Signal Soviet Pushback
International page reports a 48 hour German assault at Sevastopol facing stubborn resistance as German forces penetrate toward the inner ring. Red Army communiques claim 130 attackers repelled near Le Vonpel positions while Soviet counterattacks push Hitlers troops back. Kursk front news notes renewed Soviet repulses 140 miles north of Kharkov amid a major air struggle.
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Cominnunique
Sevastopol
Trosang Severnaja Bay
Red Army
Pekaytrters
le von Pel
Crimean
Kursk
Kharkov
British position in Egypt gains for Allied forces
Cairo reports the British situation in Egypt has improved. A U S military observer says Britain's gains reduce axis striking power and slow their eastward advance. New Zealand troops and United States airmen aid the defense as Axis forces face setbacks and time grows critical for the defenders.
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Cairo
Egypt
United States
Britain
New Zealand
Treasury balance and daily receipts report
Washington June 30 The treasury shows receipts 40 665 475 93 expenditures 132 309 843 52 net balance 3 061 561 461 91 total debt 76 586 076 103 39 increase over previous day 25 367 764 68
Markets Pittsburgh Livestock and Produce Summary
Market notes from Pittsburgh report salable dogs at up to 15.00 with prices by weight ranges and shoulders, plus cattle calves and sheep listings steady. Produce demand fair with apples and transparents quoted by region, potatoes abundant across 43 car lots, and regional potato sacks price ranges listed.
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Pittsburgh
Applie
Maryland Transparents
West Virginia
Pennsylvana
Alabama Bills
South Carolina Bliss
North Carolina Cobblers
Bliss Triumph
Virginia Cobblers
18000 Model Planes Ready By Pennsylvania Pupils
A state program has produced more than 18000 model airplanes, supervised by 630 instructors for 24000 pupils across 535 schools. By now 167 schools including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have reached over one third of the 48000 target to aid Army and Navy training in recognition, range estimation and cones of fire. The deadline was extended to August 31, Urwin Rountree said, noting early school closings and shop facilities pushed the expansion, but the project remains on schedule.
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Pennsylvania
Army
Navy
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Urwin Rountree
Stock Market Snapshot From An Era Of Industrial Giants
A dense listing of stocks and percentages across major U S firms. Companies include Am Can, Boeing, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Johns Manville, Du Pont, United Aircraft, and Westinghouse. The period shows varied gains and declines, reflecting a broad industrial tilt and investor activity of the era.
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Aim
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Budd Mfg
Nat Distillers
Central RR
North Ameria Tr
Northern Pacific
Fackard Motor
Firam Pictures
Penn RR
Pullman
Pure Oil
A Radio Corp of Am Ba
Repab Steel
Lg Reynolds Tob
Seers Roebuck
Secony Vacuum
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
West Union Tel
Woolworth
Pennroad Corp Bly
Sears Roebuck Chief Thomas J. Carney Dies Five Months
Thomas J. Carney 58, who rose from shipping clerk to Sears Roebuck president, died of heart disease. He led the world’s largest mail order house since January 1949 after starting with the company in 1902, progressing from shipping foreman to operating vice president. He had been agiling five months.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Carney
Sears Roebuck and Company
Robert Wood
Carney
Dallas
Philadelphia
Fourteen of crew killed as tug sinks near land
June 30 report says fourteen of an 18 man crew died when an American tug exploded underwater and sank off a U S coast. Four survivors include Chief Engineer William James Lacey, 64, of Staten Island. Navy rescued crew 400 minutes after blast. one body identified as Captain R Allen of Quonset Point. Western Atlantic losses total 324 vessels for United and neutral nations since Pearl Harbor.
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Navy
William James Lacey
Staten Island
Tdn
R’+ Allen
Quonset
United and Neutral Nations
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Obituary Notices From Chester And Local Areas
Obituaries continue listing deaths and survivors including William Fawcett in Louisiana and Franklin Fawcell in Blacksburg with multiple Fawcett relatives in DuBois and Chester. Also noted are Mrs Belly Lytle of Etna with service details, Louis Bazzarelli of Alverda with rites at Sacred Heart, and Frank G. Sthefrey of Commodore with funeral plans pending. Survivors vary across linked families and churches.
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Chester
Plick
B. & O. Railroad
Punxsutawney
Big Run
Sendy
Chester Terminal & Warehousing
Ica
Ruby
Belly (Ray) Lytle
Etna
Armstrong Township
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
W. B. Ray
Glenshaw
H. D. Ray
Parkwood
Margaret Couch
Charles F. Reynolds
Shelocan United
Louis Bazzarelli
Italy
United States
U. S
Alverda
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Anena Bazzarelli
Flora
Floyd
Samuel
Jean
Josephine
Luville
Sacred Heart Church
Christopher Murphy
Nicktown
Frank G. Sthefrey
Commodore
Robinson
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John A. Hilger
Charles R. Greening
David M. Jones
Harold F. Watson
Ted W. Lawson
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