Senate probes charges against party leaders in State Capitol
The house will open an unprecedented investigation led by a 10 member bipartisan committee into charges by State Senator Anthony J. Cavalcante alleging corrupted highway projects and allegheny and philadelphia county leadership. Public hearings set in Harrisburg with Cavalcante as first witness and a parliamentary chair to be named.
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Raymond Wilcove
Harrisala
Apreias Legislative Committee
House
Enlay
Anthony Jalcante
Fayette Countocet
Honge Caukhis
Capid
Cavalcante
Cormarser
Mani
Elmer Kilroy
Senate
Chares Faly
Republians
Frederick L. Homsher Lancaster
George B Stevenson
Glinton
Clarence D. Becker
Lebanon
John H Tent
Wretmoreland
Len C Moods
Thomas & Owe
Cumbria
Rewben A. Nace
Christan
Woodring Northampto
Arthur P. Byethrrick
Delaware
William &. Bribosshaw
Dauphin
Comenittee
Allegheny
Philadelphia
Republican Ieadership
Pew and
Grundy
Roosevelt denies Winant peace plan rumors
President Roosevelt says reports that Ambassador Winant carried peace terms are false. He cites intercepted orders from Berlin directing Nazi agents to spread that Britain is near collapse and to deny any German peace intent while Winant returns to the United States.
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Britain
United Brates
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Th Ues
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Rimers Winant
London
Ber- In
Ambassador Winant
Germany
Western Hemisphere
New Castle WPA paving and graduation events noted
Near Cascade park the WPA paving program resumes as pipe deliveries mark future street line work and curbing rebuilt on Raymond street. Early WPA streets show crumbling curbs while 441 seniors receive diplomas at New Castle High School and Children’s Day services are planned across district churches. The News by Mail offers a year subscription.
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Cascade Park
East New Castle
Raymond Street
Pa Newe
New Castle High School
Stote
New Castleigh School
First Church Of Christ Scientist Meets In Boston
Delegates from many parts of the world attend the annual meeting in Boston as The Mother Church calls on Christian Scientists to defend democracy and freedom. John Randall Dunn of Boston and Centerville named incoming president, a son of James Randall Dunn of the U S Immigration Service. Financial report for year ending April 30, 1941 shows the church's finances steady. Wey Frees Committee begins relief work with over a thousand branch committees shipping aid from Boston to depots in New York Portland and Los Angeles.
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Boston
Miuss
Chrisian Science Board of Directs
John Randall Dunn
Centerville
James Randall Dunn
United States Immigration Service
Massillon
Ohio
San
Ezra W. Palmer
Wey Frees
New York
Portland
Oreton
Los Angeles
James Elias Crowned Marble Champion of City
James Elias wins the city marble championship in a best of three final in Bracket One. Al Owens of The Townsmen presented awards, with Zarone receiving a wristwatch as runner up. Medals went to champions from their schools. judges and helpers included Vex Richards and a list of local veterans leaders.
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Raymond Crum
al Owens
Zarone 1Celved
Fing
Vex Richards
Carl Ginecchi
James Hill
Carmen Navale
Joe Schultz
Henry Bogdon
Alonzo Davidson
Conte Vnanda Reela
Highland Avenue
Roy Eleherson
Rosy Avenue
Gabriel
Carbane
Pal- Joch
Louis Millione
Lincoln
Garfield
James Eliis
Oakstreek
Thaddeus
Stevens
Cairo Builds Expect War in Egypt Says Frontline
A wartime dispatch from Cairo predicts near full scale conflict in Egypt as Royal Air Force sinks German convoys. Berlin and Rome claim German strength grows in Libya while British reinforcements arrive. Reported chatter from the desert notes skirmishes, tank losses, and the belief that British tank corps can stand firm despite harsh losses.
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Royal Air Force
Tripolitania
Libya
Benghazi
Sollum
Balkans
Crete
Alemndra
Italian Planes Bomb Gibraltar and Mediterranean Raids
Reported nightly raids include Italian planes bombing Gibraltar and bases at Alfar and Miccaba near Malta on June 5 6. Allied forces claim sinking an enemy submarine in the central Mediterranean and repelling a Sollum front advance. Additional strikes hit Rhodes Bengazi Tobruk and Berna defence works.
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Alfar
Miccaba
She
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Diterranean
Rhodes Island
Nerthern Africa
Sollum
Bruk
Uitte
Tobruk
Itui
Bengazi
Berna
Exilisa
Grete
May Queen Saturday Crowning Weekend At Wollsville
Coeds listed include Luelle Denny Esther King Sally Thompson from Akron Kenmore Mahoningtown and Mary Russell. May pole dancing participants named with Jean Benson Dora Bloat Grace Boal Elvira Bontempe Betty Brannen Marion Brown Eleanor Clark Marjorie Sonk Jane Goon Harriet Fairley Mary Gardner Millou Heck Mary Klien Higes Jean Hollinsworth Blaise Kautz Marion Krag Norma Jean Lones Kay Ludeman Lillian McCartney Elizabeth She Ann Sigmund Jean Snowden Dorothy Wilson. Alumni baseball team led by New Castle attorney Thon Vv Mansett with Prof Russell Consler. Brand concert $230 shifted to gymnasium due to weather. Reunion dinners at 6 pm then gymnasium activities 8:30 to 12.
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Wollsville
Luelle Denny
Akron
Esther King
Kenmore
S. C
Sally Thompson
Mahoningtown
Mary Russell
Jean Benson
Dora Bloat
Grace Boal
Elvira Bontempe
Betty Brannen
Marion Brown
Eleanor Clark
Marjorie Sonk
Jane Goon
Harriet Fairley
Mary Gardner
Mill
Donald O. Cameron
Defense Council Meeting Held Across County
Lt. Col. W Fulton Jackson, executive director, urged council cooperation in defense work as speakers including School Superintendent Green, Boy Scout Commissioner Ralph Davis, and Rey Weygand of New Belford outlined possible activities. Several members and others were pledged at the meeting.
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W. Fulton Jackson
C. Green
Ralph Davis
Rey Pv. Weygand
New Belford
Deaths of the Day Rhodex Funeral Time Finer services
Obituary items report funeral and burial details for Joh Cyrus Rhodes and John Bowen. Rhodes’s body to arrive in New Castle, then to his mother’s home for Sunday services led by Rev. W. V. McLaan, with interment in Oak Park cemetery. Bowen, 42, a Baltimore & Ohio machinist, died after a long illness. funeral at his sister’s home with Rev. Grist Thomas officiating, interment at Oak Park cemetery. survivor list includes three brothers and one sister.
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W. Va
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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Rice Co
Ens
North Street
Rhodes
Highland Avenue
W. V. McLaan
Fist Methodst
Jneharkeé
Oak Park Cemetery
John Ane
John Bowen
Greenwood Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Bowen
Wanny-Glo
Jerem
Elizabetty Griffims Bowen
Mr. Bowen
Berr
Emanuél Baypost Cluich
Wilkes
Morgan
David
Waliam Bowen
Joseph Filthards
Joseph B. Lesde
Tetland
Joseph Richards
Carson Street
Grits Thomas
American move to bolster British morale amid Germany threat
The United States maintains opposition to any separate peace with Germany and warns that German victory would mean European domination and serfdom for non Germanic peoples. Washington weighs France's reaction to Hull's appeal and cautions Vichy against aiding Nazi aggression while denying plans to seize French possessions unless the war expands.
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Adolf Hitler
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America
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Emily
State Department
France
Cordell Hull
Great Britain
Hull
Proce
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Martinique
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President signs bill authorizing ship seizures
The maritime commission is empowered to purchase requisition charter or take over idle ships anywhere in the United States the Philippines and associated territories. It must pay just compensation and may operate ships in American waters. The president timed the signing at 11 AM EST.
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Tereiss
United States
Gantt
Raid on Alexandria to Suez Signals North Africa Tactics
Reported large scale raids and German aerial strikes threaten Tobruk and Cyprus as British naval forces brace for intensified air and sea attacks. Dispatches note German confidence in overwhelming Allied defenses with numbers and firepower. Observers cite troop movements toward Syria and potential actions against British ships and ports.
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Cyprus
Royal Air Force
Cac Cy
Bern
Alexandria Jane
Ang Ceeur Tat
Lees
British warships keep watch off Syrian coast
Reports say British naval forces maintain patrols off the Syrian coast amid tensions in the Middle East. Ger man and Axis figures are discussed in dispatches about potential operations linked to Cyprus and Tobruk, with warnings of aggressive moves to "clean up loose ends."
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Rermore
Tbere
Winis Thar
Crete
Cyprus
Germany
Syria
Tobruk
Fragmented Quote on Duty and Responsibility in Governance
A fragmented line reflects tension between duty and accountability in leadership. It hints at officials accepting responsibility yet lacking power to act, suggesting systemic constraints that undermine effective governance. The passage centers on ethics, authority, and the limits of control.
News Briefs From City Hall
City hall briefs report routine court actions and public notices with concise items. Officials review docket items, approvals, and scheduling for upcoming sessions and municipal matters.
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