Colorful Pageant Staged By 600 New Castle Girls At Taggart
Four thousand spectators watched 600 New Castle school girls in blue white orange red costumes perform marches and formations at Taggart stadium. The June Festival climaxed with the crowning of three lovely queens as James Bowman of the Franklin faculty sang a solo and other solo performances came from participants. The event highlighted physical education in health classes across Senior and junior high schools.
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Taggart Stadium
New Castle
George Washington and
Ben Franklin
James Bowman
Franklin
White Thrones
Auto Travel Dives into Nation as Roads Uptick Reported
Across the country travel picks up early in the season with many cars passing through the city daily. On Monday afternoon cars from Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Florida New York Ohio Virginia and Kentucky were observed on the public square. F A Derr of South Street said the new super highway nearing completion between Greensburg and Harrisburg is a real new highway.
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Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Florida
New York
Ohio
Virginia
Kentucky
F. A. Derr
South Street
Greensburg
Harrisburg
Cleveland Plane Crash Probed. Pilot Killed in Mentor area
Civil Aeronautics inspectors investigated a plane crash west of Mentor in which pilot Michael D. Gould, 35, died after bailing out at 500 feet and his parachute failed to open. Witnesses, including his wife Betty, 30, and son Michael Jr., 12, described a sudden power dive. Gould was a Cleveland Fisher Body foreman and former Army flyer.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Civil Aeronautics Authority Today
Mentor
Michael D. Gould
Gould
Betty
Michael, Jr
Cleveland Fisher Body
Punxsutawney
New Castle
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending 5 p.m. Monday show a maximum of 86 and minimum of 53 with no precipitation. River stage stood at 9.5 feet. Year ago on the same date the maximum reached 79, minimum 62, and precipitation totaled 0.45 inches.
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United States
Dunkerque Falls to German Forces in Major Assault
Berlin reports Dunkerque captured after fierce house to house fighting. Forty thousand Allied prisoners taken. German high command claims 300 to 400 French planes destroyed in Paris region as air force bases and industrial targets hit.
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International
Berlin
Dunkerque
High Command
Paris
Fort Louis
Constable Robert McClenahan Critically Ill
New Bedford district law officer Constable Robert McClenahan was described as very ill at his New Bedford home this afternoon. Justice of the Peace C L Zedaker Jr said McClenahan had been in poor health for about a year and was confined to bed after a sick spell yesterday.
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Robert McClenahan
New Bedford
Justice of the Peace
C. L. Zedaker, Jr
Pulaski Township
McClenahan
Zedaker
Casualty List In Paris Raid Much Higher
Paris waits for developments after yesterday's German air raid with unofficial reports suggesting a larger casualty list. Observers anticipate a grand German offensive on Paris, possible Italian entry, and renewed air bombardments, as Germany rushes to ready supplies and panzer formations for a northern blow.
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Paris
New Castle
Port of Narvik Destroyed by German Bombardment
Narvik, recently captured by British and Norwegian forces after a siege, lies in ruins after a large Sunday air raid. Eleven German planes dropped incendiaries, setting fires that devastated hotels, the post office, and the main street. Damages run into several million kroner as British fighters battled the attackers.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Narvik
Need Of Call For National Guard Told In Secret
General George C. Marshall testified before the House Military Affairs Committee on June 4 urging emergency presidential authority to call out the National Guard. He endorsed Roosevelt’s recommendation and stressed securing a solid military basis to prevent trouble. He likened the plan to deploying a firefighting force for the western hemisphere.
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Washington
Army
George C. Marshall
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Roosevelt
National Guard
Gen. Marshall
Hemisphere
Germans Admit Munich Bombing
Berlin reports the German propaganda ministry acknowledging Allied air raids on the outskirts of Munich. A spokesman said some Allied planes penetrated southwestern Germany but did not reach the city, with damage and casualties not yet known.
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Berlin
Munich
Germany
Board of Slippery Rock College Trustees Appointed
Gov James announces nine appointments to Slippery Rock State Teachers College board filling vacancies. New members include Dr W Lee Gilmore Oakmont and Dr Clyde C Green New Castle among others. John L Wise Butler reappointed. Senate special session failed to confirm prior members.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
W. Lee Gilmore
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
John H Adams
John M. McDonald
Slippery Rock
Charles G. Campbell
Beaver
Stacy T. Dean
Greenville
Agnes B. Howley
New Castle
Marion Foster Smith
Butler
John H. Wilson
E. Grace McCauley
F. A. Buarkley
Clyde C. Green
Byron H. Canon
Thomas W. Dickey
John L. Wise
Senate
BUY
Monroe Doctrine Stressed By Hull
Secretary of State Hull issued a modern Monroe Doctrine warning that Western Hemisphere territories must not be bartered or conquered by rival European powers. He warned Germany against seizing other European countries and said any threat would trigger Pan American consultation to defend shared interests. The statement followed a House inquiry by Chairman Bloom seeking U S policy comment.
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Washington
Hull
Western Hemisphere
Germany
Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
New Castle
King Haakon in Stockholm Reported Seriously Ill
The London Daily Mail, citing Stockholm, says King Haakon VII of Norway is seriously ill with a bronchial disorder that could develop into pneumonia. His frail condition is linked to hardships faced during Norway’s invasion.
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International News Service
London
The
London Daily Mail
Stockholm
Haakon of
Norway
Italy Advances Toward War Entry Under Mussolini
Rome June 4 Italy's council of ministers approved measures to place the Italian nation and the African empire on a war footing. A communique described steps to execute international agreements and to empower the government under the Rome Berlin axis pact. Women will replace men in civil service called to the colors.
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Percy Winner
International News Service
Rome
Italy
Europe
Italian Council of Ministers
Mussolini
Italian Africa
Germans Press New Dunkirk Offensive as Evacuation Continues
Paris dispatch reports German troops launched a fierce assault on Dunkirk to wipe out the last British Expeditionary Force evacuating across the Channel. Berlin claims Dunkirk penetration and Fort Louis capture as evacuation proceeds amid heavy shelling and Nazi air activity.
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Paris
Dunkerque
Berlin
Fort Louis
Fire Damages Vacant Home From Gasoline Fueled Steamer
Firefighters responded to 1021 Cunningham Avenue to a Weingartner Realty owned house where a wall-paper steamer fueled by gasoline ignited waste paper and charred the floor causing about 50 dollars in damage. Earlier, at Cochran Way, Harold Baxter’s car emitted heavy smoke from overused engine oil prompting a caller to suspect a blaze.
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Cunningham Avenue
Weingartner Realty Company
Cochran Way
Harold Baxter
Baxter
New Castle
Death Notices Highlight Frances Copeland and John Fisher
Meadville mourns Frances Ellen Copeland death while Slippery Rock resident John W. Fisher aged 76 passes away in early June 1940. Services and arrangements to be announced by respective families.
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Frances Ellen Copeland
Meadville
John W. Fisher
Slippery Rock
German air raid hits Le Havre port in WW II battle
German war planes bomb Le Havre region in a nearly hour long raid. NBC and Reuters report high explosive bombs struck private homes and caused numerous deaths and injuries in France's key trans-Atlantic port city.
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International News Service
New York
le Havre
France
Reuters
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
BBC
N.B.C
London
Paris
Havre
New Castli
Four Sharpsburg Youths Drowned in Dam Accident
Four Sharpsburg youths Jack Meiser 15 William Yester 16 John Lambert 18 and Charles Gasda 17 drowned when their rowboat built to resemble a cabin cruiser was swept into Highland Pords dam backwash. Rivermen resumed search at first light but late last night no bodies had been recovered amid dangerous undertow.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Sharpsburg
Highland Pors Dam
Jack Meiser
William Yester
John Lambert
Charles Gasda
Churchill Reports Dunkerque Evacuation and Looming Threat
Prime Minister Winston Churchill informed the House of Commons that 330,000 Allied troops were evacuated safely from Dunkerque after a colossal military disaster in Flanders. He warned of a possible Nazi invasion of Britain and said Britain would fight to the last man, with the empire continuing the struggle even if England falls.
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Dunkerque
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Somme-Aisne
London
Flanders
Churchill
England
Calais
France
Hitler
Britain
Napoleon
New Castle
Outdoor dining season sung in friendly rustic verse
Arthur Mometer revels in outdoor eating as warm weather brings picnics and suppers in the wild wood. The poem notes hot dogs slaws and pies enjoyed under clear skies with ants and wigglers nearby, and optimism that sunshine will keep crowds flocking to wooded spaces with temperatures rising toward eighty nine.
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John Macvane
Saar
Charles A. Smith
Arthur Mometer
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