Colorful Pageant Staged By 600 Girls At Taggart Stadium
About 600 New Castle schoolgirls in bright costumes paraded for four thousand spectators at Taggart Stadium in a colorful dune festival. Queens were crowned as part of the coronation, with performances by George Washington and Ben Franklin junior high schools. The event highlighted health education in the schools and drew enthusiastic cheers from the crowd.
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Auto travel grows as PA HEWC observes influx
Cars from Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Florida New York Ohio Virginia Kentucky pass through the city as PA HEWC notes rising auto traffic. A. Derr of Fourth Street says the new super highway nearing completion between Greensburg and Harrisburg is a real highway, observed during a walk along the road.
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Cleveland Plane Crash Is Probed by Officials
Civil Aeronautics inspectors investigated a fatal crash west of Mentor in which pilot Michael T. Gould, 35, died after bailing out at 500 feet and his parachute failing to open. Witnesses including Gould's wife Betty, 30, and son Michael Jr., 12, said the biplane suddenly dove and could not recover. Gould was a foreman at Cleveland Fisher Body plant and formerly lived in Punxsutawney, Pa.
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New Castle
Daily Weather Report Summary for Monday
United States weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending 5 p.m. Monday with a maximum of 86 and a minimum of 53 and no precipitation. River stage stands at 9.5 feet. The corresponding figures from the previous year include a high of 79, a low of 62, and rainfall of .45 inches.
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Dunkerque captured as battle nears end by Germans
Berlin reports Dunkerque fortress fell after hard fighting with Allied troops. German high command says 40,000 Allied prisoners were taken and that the Dunkerque battle is nearing its end. They also claim 300 to 400 French planes destroyed in raids around Paris, with air bases attacked and ports and industries hit.
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Report Constable Is Critically Ill
Constable Robert McClenahan of New Bedford, longtime district law enforcement officer, was reported critically ill at his home this afternoon by Justice of the Peace C. Lt. Sedaker Jr. of Pulaski township. He has been in poor health for nearly a year and was confined to bed after a recent sick spell.
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Casualty List In Paris Raid Much Higher
Paris waits for developments after a German air raid on the city. Unofficial reports claim greater casualties than official figures and hint at a major German offensive on Paris with possible Italian participation and renewed air bombardment. Observers expect coordinated German and Italian action before week’s end.
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Port of Narvik Devastated By German Bombardment
Stockholm reports Narvik, captured by British Norwegian troops, reduced to ruins after a Sunday air raid. Eleven German planes dropped incendiaries, setting fires that consumed banks hotels and the post office. Main street is a shambles with damages in the millions of kroner. British fighters engaged the bombers, shooting several into the sea.
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Need Of Call For National Guard Told In Secret
Gen. George C. Marshall testified before the House Military Affairs Committee that the War Department seeks emergency authority to call out the National Guard. He endorsed President Roosevelt's proposal, saying it would solidify military readiness like a fire department extending a backbone for security in the western hemisphere.
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Germans Admit Munich Bombing
The German propaganda ministry admitted Allied planes bombed the outskirts of Munich though they did not reach the city. A spokesman said some planes penetrated southwestern Germany but damage and casualties are not known at present.
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Italy Moves Toward War: Mussolini Approves War Measures
Rome June 4 Italy's council of ministers approved war measures affecting the Italian nation and the Italian African empire. The communique said the steps enable execution of international agreements and the Rome Berlin axis pact provisions. Women will replace men in civil service called to the colors.
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Nine members named to Slippery Rock State Teachers board
Gov Arthur H Jones announced nine appointments to Slippery Rock State Teachers College board. Appointees include Dr W Lee Gilmore Oakmont and Dr Clyde C Green New Castle with others from Pittsburgh Butler and Greenville. John L Wise Butler reappointed. old members not confirmed. Local note AUUY in New Castle.
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Oakmont
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Beaver
Stacy T. Dean
Greenville
Agnes B. Howley
New Castle
Marion Foster Smith
Buller
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Butler
Monroe Doctrine Stressed By Hull
Secretary Hull in a modern corollary of the Monroe Doctrine warned that Western Hemisphere territories must not be bartered or conquered by rival European powers. He noted Germany cannot seize other European nations’ possessions without U.S. opposition and called for Pan American consultation if such threats arise. The statement accompanied House commentary by Chairman Bloom on a congressional policy resolution. King of Norway seriously ill with bronchial disorder feared to develop into pneumonia, Stockholm report says.
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German Onslaught and Dunkerque Evacuation Report
German troops press new assault on Dunkerque as evacuation of British expeditionary forces continues amid heavy bombardment. Berlin claims Dunkerque penetration and Fort Louis capture while Churchill expected to announce evacuatIon progress in Commons. On Somme Aisne front only light artillery exchanges noted.
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Death Claim for Frances Ellen Copeland Fisher
Local obituary note records the death of John W. Fisher, age 76, of Slippery Rock, with Frances Ellen Copeland of Meadville mentioned in connection to the deceased. The item notes the June 4, 1940 date.
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Slippery Rock
Germans Bomb Le Havre in Night Raid
German war planes attacked Le Havre, a major French port, for nearly an hour. Bombs fell on private dwellings. several planes were shot down. many deaths and injuries reported.
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Four Sharpsburg youths drown in dam backwash mishap
International News Service reports four Sharpsburg youths drowned when their rowboat, built to resemble a cabin cruiser, was driven by Highland Park dam backwash. Victims were Jack Meiser 15 William Yester 16 John Lambert 18 and Charles Gasda 17. Rescue attempts paused due to dangerous undertow.
Churchill Describes Dunkirk Evacuation and Wider Threat
London June 4 Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that Allied troops totaling about 335000 were evacuated from Dunkerque after a colossal military disaster in Flanders He warned of an imminent Nazi attack and said Britain would fight to the last man even if the empire must endure subjugation He noted heavy losses in guns and equipment and admitted a large portion of the expeditionary force may have perished or been captured and urged readiness for further blow from Hitler.
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Outdoor Eating Season Song For Warm Weather Dining
A compact verse extols outdoor eating as weather warms. It imagines hot dogs slaws and salads enjoyed in woods on pleasant days. The poem notes ants and wigglers as diners and envisions rope and roving flocks heading to woodland outdoor eating spots as temperatures rise toward eighty nine.
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