Navy lands planes at Malta to aid defenders
The U S Navy said the aircraft carrier Wasp landed reinforcements on Malta and 30 minutes later joined in combat, marking the first official American naval unit action in the Mediterranean. Allied forces then claimed a victory amid Rommel’s lifeline threat, with Army Air Forces already active in the theater.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Navy Today
Wasp
Malta
Britain
U.S. Army
Erwin Rommel
Commandos Strike Salamaua in New Guinea Raid
United Nations land forces conducted their first commando raid against Japanese in the southwest Pacific. An estimated 60 Japanese were killed or wounded. allied casualties were two wounded men. The operation targeted Salamaua, New Guinea, with captured equipment reported.
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Lee van Atta
U.S
U Nited Nationl
Australia
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
General Headquarters
British Stand To Save Egypt From Rommel Advance
British forces prepare a defense line less than 100 miles from Alexandria as Rommel's panzer units push east of El Daba guarding the Nile valley entrance. The stand aims to halt the Axis advance and protect Egyptian territory.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Rommel
EL Daba
Nile Valley
Ill. Workmen Paint Chains Around Public Square
City workers plaster and prime the chain links between stone pillars around the public square plots. Aluminum colored paint is being applied to refresh the railing and frame.
War bonds quota and streetcar rail removal update
The city centers on bond quotas as 10 percent of income is pledged for war bonds. Streetcar rail removal progresses with tracks on East Washington street between Mill street and the bridge over the Neshannock being removed. Work from downtown to Cascade Park nears completion after June brings heavy rainfall totaling over five inches, surpassing normal levels.
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East Washington Street
Mill Street
Neshannock
Weather Summary for 24 Hours End 9 A.M.
The report records a maximum temperature of 92 and a minimum of 64 with .48 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 4.9 feet. A year ago the high was 93 and the low 73 with no precipitation.
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United States
Debt Of Seventy-Seven Billion Dollars As New Fiscal Year Is Started
The Federal Government begins a new fiscal year with a national debt of 77 billion dollars. War spending drives the rise, adding about 27 billion in the last year as normal spending reaches 6 billion while tax and other income more than doubles it. Army outlays average roughly 1 billion monthly, far above peacetime spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur F. Hermann
Washington
Treasury
Motors Pay 4 Million In This District
Charles V. Forester, assistant postmaster in Pittsburgh, said motorists in Pittsburgh and 30 Western Pennsylvania counties have bought 800000 federal motor vehicle tax stamps valued at 4,000,000 to date.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Charles V. Forester
Pennsylvania
Farmers Harvest Record Wheat Crop in Lawrence County
Lawrence county farmers begin the annual wheat harvest with expectations of one of the largest yields in years after a strong summer for wheat. J Audley Boak president of the Pennsylvania Wheat Growers Association notes under the wheat referendum county farmers face A A A planting limits of 15 acres without permit based on prior years. He warns farmers may face penalties for bumper crops if they exceed permitted bushels.
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Lawrence County
J. Audley Boak
Slippery Rock Township
Pennsylvania Wheat Growers Association
A.A.A
Billy Conn's Father Weds In Wilkinsburg Church
William R. Conn, father of heavyweight contender Billy Conn, married again today to the former Mrs. Cecil Lowers of Wheeling West Virginia at St James church Wilkinsburg. The bride formerly widow Mrs Lowers. After a Canadian honeymoon they will reside in Pittsburgh.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Billy Conn
William R. Conn
Cecil Lowers
Wheeling
W. Va
St. James Church
Wilkinsburg
Conn
Auto Use Stamp Fund Locally Jumps To $55 000
Local motorists paid $5 for auto use tax stamps raising the fund to $55 000 today. Post office sales continued with fewer buyers as stickers near windshields. Officials expect the total to reach about $80 000 by July 31 when August stamps go on sale.
New Salvage Campaign Set For July 13
Washington July 1 The War Production Board plans to launch July 13 a intensified campaign to collect iron steel rubber and waste fats WPB chief Donald M Nelson urged the public to concentrate on the rubber drive extended to July 10 The immense task requires speeding up the national salvage program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
War Production Board Today
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
County Bond Quota Set For July At $445600
Harrisburg announces Lawrence county target for July 194,4 bonds allocation totaling 445600. The plan splits into 396400 in Series E and 49200 in Series F and G as the monthly sales quota.
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Lawrence County
Harrisburg
Death Notices and Ages From July First 1942
Death records list Joseph Peter Spanish Jr age not stated at 122 West Chartes Street. Mrs. George E. McFarland age 22 of 1020 Croton Avenue. Harry H. Witte age 57 of Ellwood City. Mrs. Mary Ellen Charlow age 71 of Greenville. Thomas H. Williams age 63 of 715 Croton Avenue. Mrs. Margaret Lowry age 81 of A D 2 New Castle. James H. Anderson age 76 of Ellwood City. Clarence Myers age 47 of Middle Lancaster.
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Joseph Peter Spanish Jr
West Chartes Street
George E. McFarland
Croton Avenue
Harry H. Witte
Ellwood City
Mary Ellen Charlow
Greenville
Thomas H. Williams
Margaret Lowry
A. D
New Castle
Soviet Forces Counter Attack On Kursk Front
Soviet forces repelled a German tank offensive on the Kursk front and began counter Attacks while Sevastopol's garrison resisted fierce German assaults. Moscow radio quoted the Red Army high command reporting 150 German tanks trapped and disabled.
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Moscow
Whursk
Kield
Fedor von Bock
Red Army
Building Permits Over 3 393 000 For New Plant
City engineer records show construction permits totaling over 3 393 000 for a new United Engineering and Foundry Company plant in the city. Two structures exceed 1 000 000 each, one approaches 2 000 000, with machinery costs excluded as not part of these figures.
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United Engineering and Foundry Company
Youth Registration Surpasses Expectations in County
About 2400 youths aged 18 to 20 registered Tuesday across county boards. City Board One logged 637, City Board Two 602, and County Board Two 502, with offices in New Castle for the eastern county region.
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City Board One
City Board Two
County Board Two
New Castle
Army Better Fed Than Civilians
Denver July 1. Army meals are better fed than 60 percent of civilians, says Mary Barber a War Department expert. She told the National Education Association convention that while conforming to ration allowances army meals are adequate and diverse.
Suez Canal Would Be Destroyed If German Capture Is Threatened
London reports the Suez Canal would be destroyed if Axis forces threaten to use it. A spokesman said the decision to wreck the canal to prevent enemy use has been discussed and firmly decided. The advance of Rommel’s army puts Alexandria at risk and may affect base operations in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Suez Canal
International News Service
London
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Egyptian
Alexandria
Royal Navy
Port Said
Haifa
Beirut
Mediterranean
New Citizen Day Program Tonight in Lawrence County
Lawrence County observes New Citizen Day tonight at 8 in Benjamin Franklin Junior High School. Perry S. Gaston Post No 343 American Legion presents the annual program recognizing naturalized citizens from the past year. Attendance expected from new citizens and those aged 21 in the past year.
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Lawrence County
Benjamin Franklin
Perry S. Gaston Post No
American Legion
FBI confiscates short wave sets in New Jersey raids
FBI agents raided homes and hang outs of German aliens in New Jersey and arrested about a dozen men. Two short wave radio transmitting sets capable of contacting Axis submarines were confiscated and the FBI declined to comment beyond noting the seizure and arrests.
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International News Service
Neware
FBI
New Jersey
Gas mask boxes converted for ballot use in LA County
Metal boxes that held gas masks for Los Angeles County were reconverted into ballot boxes for the August primaries and November election. The retooled containers reflect wartime surplus repurposed for civilian voting needs.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
War Bulletin Reports Imminent Japanese Soviet Clash
London reports a likely clash as Japanese land and air forces concentrate on Manchukuo near Siberia. A British spokesman says Japan may attack Russia at its chosen moment. American expeditionary unit transfers rise in the British Isles. Australia calls for Independence Day celebrations with flags. U.S. plans to aid postwar relief under discussion.
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London
Manchukuo
Russian
Siberia
Russia
British Isles
Burton Expected to Start as New Castle Schools Chief
Frank L. Burton, newly elected superintendent of New Castle public schools, did not assume duties today but is likely to begin work Thursday after a short vacation. He may return tonight or Thursday morning to take over the position.
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Frank L. Burton
Burton
New Castle Public School
Hotel Traymore Taken for Army in Atlantic City
The 38 room Hotel Traymore in Atlantic City joins the Hotel Ambassador as government service for the duration of the war Its 27 years old building cost $5,000,000 to construct and will serve as the U S Army Air Corps headquarters Actual occupation will be delayed over the July 4 weekend due to heavy holiday bookings
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Atlantic City
N. J
Traymore
U. S. Army Ai Corps
Auchinleck Vows Defeat of Axis Near Alexandria
General Sir Claude Auchinleck urged the Eighth Army to defeat the enemy as Axis forces push toward Alexandria and Suez. The Middle East high command said British defenses near Al Alamein and the Quattara region halted or slowed the German Italian thrust while large scale combat had not yet developed.
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Cairo
Claude Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Alexandria
Auchinleck
Suez
St. T
Egypt
Middle East High Command
al Alamein
Quattara
Erwin Rom
Former Polish Ambassador Killed in Riverside Fall
General Boselaw Wieniawa D Lukaszewski, former Polish ambassador to Italy, died after plunging from a Riverside Drive building in New York. Police cite a fall or possible jump as the death cause pending investigation.
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International News Service
New York
Boselaw Wieniawa
D’lukaszewski
Italy
Riverside Drive
War Time Fireworks Use Stamp Drive
A wartime column urges readers to forgo fireworks and instead donate coin and loose change to buy war stamps. It notes no crackers or displays this year and predicts a roar of Japan invaders as the stamps fund war efforts, describing the weather as eighty four.
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Ranean
Joseph A. Bors
Mediterranean Sea
Alam EL Ghard
EL Bawit
EL Faiyum
Ibeni Suef
Middle East
Daily Weather Report
Wheat Growers
James H. Anderson
Clarence Myers
Middle Lancaster
Kursk
Sevastopol
County Board One
Legion Project
New Citizens
The
Boston
Savin Hill
Dorchester
Joseph P. Donovan
Donovan
WAR Bulletin
Ternational News St
Canberra
Government of Australia Today
Commonwealth
Bulletin
Ational News
George Lait
Arthur Mometer
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