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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
6
Washington officials report House-Senate conferees agreed to fix the national indebtedness at 260 billion dollars and reduce the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent. The agreement removes a Senate proviso exempting service members from the tax while dropping a 240 billion debt limit demand.
A Yugoslav communique reported Tito's patriots defending every inch of soil in Western Bosnia and Banija as heavy fighting continued. It said Sixth Corps units derailed two Nazi trains loaded with troops and war material on the Zagreb Belgrade line, wrecking it in three places.
Pomona master William H. McCullough presided at the June 3 gathering in the Wilmington grange hall. Miss Josephine Simpson spoke on Conservation of Clothing and Food, stressing thrift and avoiding waste. The program included orations and readings, a memorial service, and a state quartet contest set for June 6 at State College.
Allied forces renewed a broad advance in central Italy destroying German units heading north. They seized Fiuggi Acuto Paliano and nearby towns while bombing key targets near Terni. Rome entered amid cheering crowds as veterans pressed a pincer move against remaining resistance and German retreats accelerated toward the north.
Local residents report numerous social visits across Beaver, Chicora, Pulaski, and Willoughby as families host relatives from Philadelphia, Seattle, Birmingham, and beyond. Births announced include Ruth Ann at Phoenixville General Hospital and Sandra Lyn in Mississippi. several readers plan travel and caregiving visits, with occasional illness updates and job-linked relocations.
Rose avenue school hosted Boy Scouts Pack No 6 where cubs Harris Walker Masters and Dawson received wolf badges Den 1 led by Den Moithei Mrs R W Harris and Den Chief Bruce Gibson organized the program Cubmaster Fardley gave a brief talk to cubs and parents.
Fire Chief James E. Thomas reports two weekend alarms. At 5:30 p m Saturday at Aaron Brews and Songaraze on the Wilmington road a car backed into a gasoline pump, breaking it and igniting gasoline when wiring shorted. firemen extinguished the blaze. At 11:45 p m Sunday a false alarm rang from Box 35 on Croton avenue. A tat owned by D J Grisso of Troy has four front paws.
The library reports 75 overdue adult books from January 3 to May 1 1944. Librarian Miss Alice Sterling urges households to locate and return items, noting some borrowers are military personnel. Notices are sent and legal penalties up to 1000 dollars and ten days imprisonment apply after repeated defaults.
Regular East New Castle Grange meeting set one week early for June 6 at 8 15 p m in the Grange hall. Dr H S Gold of Ellwood City will present motion pictures. Potash deposits of the Dead Sea valued around 70 million dollars. the lake also holds bromine chloride gypsum and magnesium.
In Erie Pennsylvania on June 5 guardsmen recovered the body of 13 year old Raymond Gallagher after a drowning incident during a trip to Peninsula Park. J W N and other youths were aboard a ferryboat owned by Sant HS 401.
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