Flag Day Plans Near Completion in New Castle
Plans for Flag Day in New Castle on June 14 are finalized at a Castleton hotel meeting of the general committee. Parade chairman W Fulton Jackson and Grand Marshal Lester W McClelland will outline lineup details for the parade and the cathedral mass meeting. Principal speakers include William T Kerr and William J Livengood, with music by American Legion Band and performances by the Shubers Sextette and Sam Lewis. There is no admission fee. the event is open to all American citizens.
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New Castle
General Committee
Citizens Commi
America
Lawrence
Daughters of the American Revolution
William T. Kerr
American Flag Day Association
William 3. Livengood
Internal Affairs
Pennsylvania
Shubers
Sam Lewis
William F. Galvin
St. Mary's Church
Chia
United States
Salesman Killed In Unusual Accident
Roy Eastman, a 53 year old Edinboro salesman, was struck and killed by an automobile as he directed a funeral hearse into his brother’s driveway near McLane, south of Erie. The hearse, driven by Anna Gray of Erie, was maneuvering into the driveway when Eastman stepped behind it.
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Erie
Roy Eagtman
Edinboro
McLane
Eastman
Anna Gray
Reservoir Breaks Near Texas City Victims Feared
Albany Tex June 10 Four persons known dead and eight missing after the Albany city reservoir broke early this morning. Drowned were Mrs Addie Ratliff about 60 and her mother Mrs Alice Monk both trapped in a storm cellar. Mack Strong 10 months old. Thelma Williams one year old. Missing include a mother and five children and a grandchild of the Paul Alexander family and an elderly man identified as Joan Grave who lived in a tent in the flood path.
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International News Service
Albany
Tex
Albany City
Addie Ratliff
Alice Monk
Mack Strong
Thelma Wiliams
Paul Alexander
Joan Grave
Reclassification Of Draftees Is Ordered To Boards
Harrisburg June 10 Pennsylvania selective service director Dr William M Lewis telegraphed the states 422 local draft boards to reclassify registrants who have ceased to perform the jobs for which they were deferred An order for reclassification hailed by some as a work or fight edict comes as Congress debates modifying the selective service law to allow older men to be deferred
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Selective Service
William M. Lewis
Washington
Congress
More Vessels Taken Over By U S By Maritime Commission
Washington June 10 The Maritime commission directed the Southern Pacific Company to deliver its entire fleet of 10 cargo vessels to the president s pool of emergency shipping to aid Great Britain. The ten ships totaling 66 590 tons sailed between New York and Baltimore and Galveston and Houston as a feeder line for the Southern Pacific railroad. This brings the total ships drawn from coastwise and gulf trade for national defense to 37, five of which had been included in 32 ships previously requested for transfer.
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International News Service
Washington
Maritime Commission Today
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
Great Britain
New York
Baltimore
Galveston
Houston
Southern Pacific Railroad
Baltimore Strike Near End After Arbitration Offer
International Longshoremen's Association members on strike since last Friday voted to return to work if Baltimore Harbor tugboat owners agree to arbitration on wage differences. The tug captains mates and engineers have halted towing in the harbor disrupting defense material shipments for the U S Army and supplies for Britain. Tugboat owners have not replied to the union proposal.
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International Newa Service
Baltimore
National Defense
International Longshoremen's Association
Baltimore Harbor
Weide
U. S. Army
Britain
Boy Scouts of Troop Six Meet at Groton Church
Troop Six held a Monday evening meeting at the Groton Methodist Church at 7:30. Assistant scoutmaster Bob Patton and Bill Davis opened activities. Patrols conducted meetings and each performed a stunt. A group planned a three day trip to scout camp. Scoutmaster Harold Booul closed the session, with Gayle Patton as scribe.
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Troop Six
Boy Scouts
Groton Methodist Church
Bob Patton
Bill Davis
Harold Booul
Gayle Patton
Unione Calabro Members to Help in Flag Day Parade
Unione Calabro club members will assist in the flag day parade on June 4. Plans were announced at a recent meeting. The group will assemble in their club rooms at 2 40 and march to the parade, which will start at 3 30.
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Unione Calabro
The Human Side Of The News Reflections On America 1941
Edwin C Hill summarizes a weekend talk with ten to twelve urban professionals including an industrialist, artists, and thinkers. Inflation fears, hedging, and economic survival dominate the discussion with views on land liquidity and diversification. The Philippines, Hitler’s gains, and a frank stance on inflation and national resolve close the panel.
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Edwin C. Hill
Hing Features Syndicate, Inc
Kiwanis Luncheon Plans Flag Day Preceding Event
Troop 37 members will take part in a special pre-Flag Day celebration at the Kiwanis club weekly luncheon in The Castleton on Wednesday June 11. The note marks June 14 as Old Glory day and urges respect for the flag and country.
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Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Castleton
Free Speech and the Press Against Dictatorship
A commentary argues that free speech and an independent press are the bulwarks of democracy. It asserts that dictators suppress news and that the public must decide what to print and buy. The piece cites a coalition of 300 publishers and features the message from the Newspaper Publishers Committee in New York.
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R. Hitler
Oher
Mmitee
Lexington Ape
New York
City Hall briefs report petty thefts and park crowds
A string of petty thefts was reported to city police including car break ins on Robinson street and an entrance theft at a South Crawford avenue garage. A four gallon oil can vanished from a steam shovel on the Big Run project and copper wire thefts were probed along with a Colsen bierels owned by Willan Montgomery. A carrier pigeon captured by Patrolman Peter Hillers marked the first time the PRR police noted a homing bird back in the area. Cascade Park drew 1,000 visitors with 500 children swimming and a busy concession stand managed by C. C. Coulhhard. The piece closes with a quoted note on enduring freedom against power.
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Robinson Street
Crawford Avenue
Willan Montgomery
West
Sheridan Avenue
South Side
Peter Hillers
Bertet Richards
Fitzgerald
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Italy
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U. S. State Department
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Pennsylvania Power Company
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