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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
10
A scrambled cross word puzzle page lists across clues with numbers and hints such as a mass and tapestry and downs with entries like infirmity waters onward and canal in Michigan. The mixed clues include locations, objects, animal terms, and common words, indicating a printed puzzle section.
Radio listings show daily programs across stations KDKA and VIAS with concerts, news, and theater reads. Includes sports broadcasts Brooklyn versus Pittsburgh at 4:30, musical acts from Glen Miller to Bob Chester, and late-night shows like Fibber McGee and Molly.
Almon R. Shaffer, former local resident and Winter Wonderland general manager, again visible at the New York exhibition after the Cleveland fair. Fred L. Rentz of The News Company notes the courtesy as Shaffer works at the big fair, a son of the late A R Shaffer of Pearson Street. Whitney Barrett and family express gratitude for kindness shown after their loss.
The schedule lists W. K. S. T. 1256 kilocycles programs for the morning hours including Musical Clock Bible Breakfast Morning Edition Happy Jim Parsons and On the Mall from 7:00 to 9:15 with headings such as N. C. Library Hour and Church in the Wildwood.
Flag Day falls on Friday June 14 and Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary No 249 will distribute small flags by street corners. The local unit, allied with the Grand Army of the Republic, aids veterans homes and maintenance funds of the Pennsylvania G A R Department, with a luncheon for the girls at noon in New Castle. The article notes a 1946 treaty boundary change in the northwest United States.
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