Nazi Effort in Uruguay Aims to Overthrow Government
Washington officials report a tightly organized Nazi network in Uruguay seeking to spark a revolution to install a pro-German regime under Gen. Alfredo Baldonar. They caution the plot is unlikely to gain direct control but could threaten Pan American defense and solidarity led by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Uruguay
Alfredo Baldonar
Berlin
New Castle
Refugees Wander in Search of Homes in France
The piece describes million refugees moving through liberated areas in France with bibles cards and letters found among their supplies. Refugees worry about fires and homes while war debris remains in places like Louvain where commerce resumes and cemeteries grow. Belgian towns show shortages as coffee bread and soap vanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Louvain
Brussls
New Castle
Tax plan shifts to fund defense as surtax starts at 3000
Senate figures back House tax program to raise individual income surtaxes beginning at three thousand dollars, targeting incomes up to sixty thousand a year. Plan aims to cover a four billion dollar national defense bond issue over five years. Sydney hosts world's first aerial daily newspaper on Quantas flying boats serving Sydney to Singapore, delivering radio typed news and ads mid air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gearhart
Congress
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
House
Congressional
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
National Defense
Sydney
Australia
Quantas Empire Airways Ltd
Singapore
Germans Claim Advances Made In Great Drive
German forces press a major offensive through Cherbourg and central France with fresh divisions deployed north of Paris. Observers say the attack targets Weygand, aiming to seize Paris within ten days, while Mussolini builds Italian strength in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherbourg
France
England
Abbeville- Peronne Battlefront
Eiffel Tower
Hitler
Weygand
Paris
Channel
Mussolini
London cheers as French hold fast against German drive
London reports say Germany has not massed tanks or men like in the Meuse to the Channel. French reports mention heavy artillery bombardment in Champagne and the Weygand fortress line holding Paris defenses. British forces are active west, but the fight is centered on French lines with hopes of staving off a breakthrough toward Amiens and the coast. In Lewiston Maine a fire captain’s watch returned from Poland after winter storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meuse
Channel
London
Champagne
Belfort Gap
Maginot Line
Maxime Weygand
Paris
Amiens
Dieppe
le Havre
Cherbourg
International News Service
Lewiston
Poland
Wifred Lemay
Tassy Canyon
Commissariat
Deaths of the Day in New Castle area families
Obituaries report multiple local deaths with age, residence, and family survivors. Mrs. Sarah Blanche Dunlap dies at 56 in Little Beaver township, followed by notices for Jennings C. McCandless of Butler, John Blight of New Castle, Mrs. Mary Rachael Jones of New Castle, and other funeral services with church and cemetery details across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Dunlap
Sarah Blanche Dunlap
Little Beaver Township
Dunlap
Lester Coblentz
Ray Morris
Enon Valley
Elsie Dunlap
Conneaut, O
Burril Crawford
Beaver Falls
Mahoning Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church
Little Beaver Cemetery
Jennings C. McCandless
Butler
R. D
McCandless
Paul Varnum
Goldie Walters McCandless
Coulter
Ralph
John Oliver
William C. Jones
Mary Rachael Jones
South Mill Street
Jones
Swansea
Wales
David
Anna Lewis
New Castle
Emmanu Baptist Church
Hayden
Beatrice
Alfred
Jane
Sarah
Cardiff
Elizabeth Johns
New Castile
Ritchie Funeral Home
Congress Moves Toward Modern Monroe Doctrine Measure
Pepper plans another Senate push after two defeats as administration officials seek a warless path. Labor Secretary Perkins appoints seven conciliators to guide labor relations in critical defense industries while the House deficiency bill adds 1.25 billion dollars for preparedness. House leaders expect committee drafting this week and a vote next week. Funeral services for Mrs Isabella Barrett of 707 Carlisle Street are set for Saturday at 2 PM at her daughter’s home with Rev Thomas B Shearer officiating. Interment follows at Oak Park cemetery after complications from a broken hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lor
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pepper
Florida
Perkins
House
Barrett
Isabella Barrett
Whitney Barrett
Carlisle Street
Frank Wyman
Ryan Avenue
Thomas B. Shearer
Central Christian Church
Oak Park Cemetery
New Castle Hospital
County Darry
Ireland
John and
Ellen Boyd Gamble
Italy Moves Toward War Amid Embassy Departures
Imminent changes in Italy's stance reported as 20 British embassy staff and 40 others leave Rome for England. Allies expect a skeleton embassy staff soon while a heavy Italian guard surrounds Anglo French missions. In New Castle a permit allows Richard Dombeck to build a $20 garage at 199 Mills Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
England
New Castle
Richard Dombeck
Mills Way
Frontline Impressions of the Nazi Offensive and Combat
A war correspondent details French and German forces massing along a contested river, describing the darkness, armored columns, and tense close quarters near the frontline. He notes the looming Hitler threat, the resolve of French troops, and the danger of a prolonged, devastating conflict. A side item announces a German food product migetti, claimed to be high in calories.
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Aerial Newspaper
John Blight
Mr. Blight
William and
Mary Blight
Sarah Ann Francis Blight
Louise Blight
New York City
Samuel Francis Blight
Grant Love
Youngstown
Conrad Calvin Blight
Sally Lou Love
Robert Allan Cowden
Ritchie
G. J. Burton
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
DeBiagio
Romeo de Biagio
East
Reynolds Street
Tony Caiazza
Harry Micaletti
Harry Clause
Joe Chiarozzi
B. J. Biondi
Leo Strizzi
Whitfield Wilkinson
Jesse Wilkinson
Thomas Wilkinson
Farrell Self
James Skilcorn
Thomas Daily
Graceland Cemetery
Protected Home Circle
Jack Barrett
Niles, O
Charles Rose
Cleveland
Clarence Lennig
James Barrett
Birmingham
Ala
Hazel Barrett
Ellen Dysart
Copeland
Frances Ellen Copeland
Meadville
Spartansburg
Lorena Maynard
Meadville Free
Daytona Beach
Fla
Atlantic
Oceanside Speedway
Ead Hinnie
Brenneman
Sunkist
Weingartner
City Hall
Knickerbocker
Messerschmidts
Sean German
Germany
United States
Sam E. Woods
Suosio
Butter Ave
Armour
Sean
Dallas
Durkee
Bol
Wilmington Road
Castle View
Catess the Mameres of
Geanh
Rant Praia
Hamilton
J.B. Nielsen
Jeweler
Frida
Gaezeng
Behr, Manning & Norton Abrassives Co
Manuel
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