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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
35
London reports all fighting in Iraq ceased as British forces assumed control, with Mosul oil fields and the Haifa pipeline intact. A British-dictated armistice covers the entire country. axis prisoners to be interned in Iraq and returned when captured.
Berlin reports Crete battles ended with a German victory and 13,000 plus British troops taken. R A F units reportedly still in action to protect evacuation and strike at German air bases on Crete as Alpine troops pacified the last mountain strongholds near Sphakion.
Speculation in the United States centers on James Winant returning as ambassador to Britain after the plane flight of Adolf Hess. The article notes political tensions and potential shifts in foreign policy influence due to the embassy posting.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel announces partial restart of Shenango Tin Plate Plant at New Castle Pennsylvania. Twenty of forty hot mills and related facilities will go back in operation as reconditioning nears completion. About 1,000 workers will be recalled, most from Shenango Works. The Tin House currently employs 650. This phase runs for the duration of defense needs.
Secret Brenner Pass talks between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini followed Axis victory in Crete. The pair reportedly agreed on next moves and potential strikes at Cyprus, Alexandria, Suez, or Gibraltar, with the meeting described as cordial and in complete agreement.
Local observers note extensive house painting activity as improvements spread through the city. Electric clock at the First Christian church clock tower disrupted by lightning handled by electricians. Heavy Sunday rains helped crops while highway traffic rose above Memorial Day levels with a surge on Route 422 near New Castle with about 1000 cars per hour.
Weather data shows a 24 hour period ending 9 am today with a high of 77 and a low of 56 inches of precipitation at 0.24 inches and a river stage of 4.7 feet. For the prior 24 hour period ending Sunday at 9 am the high reached 69 and the low was 60 with 0.16 inches of precipitation.
Reid F. Sager twenty from Knox avenue employed by W M Tribby hauled Interstate Creamery products. On Route 158 two miles south of Mercer the truck left the highway, overturned and burst into flames pinning Sager in the cab. Cause not determined but believed he dozed and lost control while descending a hill. The truck tore out eight guard rails on the curve before overturning.
A Memorial Day week end toll in the state totals 26 deaths from traffic and other accidents. Fourteen deaths occurred Friday, with the rest spread across Saturday and Sunday amid heavy highway traffic. Eastern counties reported at least 12 fatalities, the western region 13, and the central area also saw losses. Scores were injured, some seriously.
President Roosevelt signs a congressional measure at Hyde Park granting the Office of Production Management power to set mandatory priorities for goods needed to fulfill foreign contracts and extend OPM authority to lend-lease and military materiel for the United States and Great Britain. The move accompanies a second bill to accelerate armament production, and allows Canadian-registered vessels further involvement.
Washington June 2 The Administration outlines a plan for large scale training of older men to supply 3 000 000 additional skilled workers for defense industries. Labor officials told the House Appropriations committee they expect all 17 000 defense plants to start in plant training with the Labor Departments apprentice system. The program supplements youth oriented training from the National Youth Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps.
A Sunday night baccalaureate service at the cathedral honored the high school senior class ahead of Friday commencement. Dr John J McIlvaine delivered a stirring sermon urging graduates to seek Gods guidance for their future tasks. Dr G S Bennett offered invocation and prayers, reading Acts chapter 9 verses 1 to 15, and prayed for the president and seniors. The large audience included families and church members as seniors in cap and gown filled the center pews.
In a Vatican radio encyclical Pope Pius XII pledges a postwar order with equitable distribution of goods, labor rights, and family well being. He anchors the plan in Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, asserting goods are God given and all men have a right to use earth’s materials. The pontiff urged global action for a fairer world economy.
Senator Norris of Nebraska urges President Roosevelt to seize control of defense plants tied up by strikes. He argues labor largely bears no blame but defense production must continue and delays threaten gains. Norris contends the president should take over the works where needed to avert further disruption.
British troops evacuated from Crete tell how 12 days of intense combat ended in withdrawal under nonstop Stuka attacks. New Zealanders describe marching 30 miles amid rain and hail, bombardment, and a 3000 yard swim to a destroyer as they faced continued German air and sea assault.
Federal agents killed John Carl Archer, linked to the May 14 First National Bank of Eldred PA holdup. Archer, a Californian with prior sentences in Houston and St Louis, died while fleeing after questioning. Police tie the event to four men believed to have aided Archer in the $5,300 bank robbery in Pennsylvania.
German bombers attacked Manchester in a multi hour raid inflicting heavy damage. Hospitals churches and numerous homes were wrecked as fires were quickly controlled by rescue squads responding to the bombardment.
Cyprus authorities prepare for an imminent Axis strike as the island girds its defenses. Evacuations of old people, children, and English residents to the hills begin while special defense regulations impose penalties for looting and spreading alarmist rumors.
The armed merchant cruiser Salopian was sunk in action with the enemy, as announced by the British admiralty in London. The loss marks another wartime naval blow for Britain.
London reports the French steamer Winnipeg intercepted by the Dutch warship Van Kingsbergen carried 200 Germans to Martinique. The vessel sailed from Marseilles via Dakar and is now under examination by authorities.
Governors of the New Castle Motor Club will meet Thursday evening June 5 at 7 30 in the club offices.
The CIO Steel Workers organizing committee announced a petition for a labor board election among 12,000 Inland Steel Company employees at Indiana Harbor and Chicago Heights seeking union representation.
Death records list Mrs. John W. Cox 70 in Wilmington township Henry Schweingluber 75 Perry township Lawrence county Reid F. Sager 20 Knox Avenue Josephine Kieler 28 11 Spring Street Gloria Senko 7 213 East Long Avenue C O Vance 81 New Wilmington Edward Spencer 80 305 East Winter Avenue.
Nine Lawrence county high schools held baccalaureate services Sunday night with large congregations. Rev. Robert E. Douglass preached at Union Township High School, Rev. R. M. Touvell at Bessemer High, and Dr. D. L. Ferguson spoke at Shenango Township High. Speakers also appeared in Wampum Enon Valley Slippery Rock and New Wilmington as commencement week began.
Gloria Senko seven year old of 213 East Long avenue died after being struck Friday evening by Edward E. Tucker’s car at a traffic light and then by Harry E. Glover’s vehicle. She sustained a broken left leg and head injuries. Funeral set for Tuesday at St. Mary’s church with requiem mass.
The piece recalls hopeful players who teased impact in training but failed to click under the big top as warm weather sets in at eighty two degrees. It questions whether the promised development from Di Maggio Gordon era stars ever arrived.
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