National Guard Use Becomes Defense Battle in Congress
Washington June 12 Congress faces a defense clash as eight House military affairs members demand authority for the President to deploy the national guard to any danger spot in the hemisphere. The bid challenges limits on guard use and signals a sharp split as the $5 billion defense drive moves toward final passage amid broader military build up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Neat
News Service
Washington
Congress
House
North
South America
United States
Sons of Italy to Hold Flag Services in New Castle
The Sons of Italy will conduct a flag week observance on Thursday at 6 30 pm at their ground on South Mill Street. Members of the American Legion will assist at the service. The notice appears in The News by mail offer.
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Sons of Italy
South Mill Street
American Legion
New Castle
Battle of Paris Opens as German Push Threatens City
French armies defend outskirts of Paris as heavy fighting erupts near Senlis and the Marne. German advances include Rouen capture and crossing the Seine, with Meaux and Chateau Thierry among key targets. Paris braces behind a rotating front while Weygand awaits a chance to strike. International notes report Soviet envoy Goretkin arriving in Naples en route to Rome.
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Marne
France
Flanders
Compiegne
Noyon
Soissons
Chateau Thierry
Senlis
Aisne
la Ferte-Miton
Fere-En-Tardenois
Ardennes
Meaux
Paris
Maxime Weygand
New Castle
Rome
International News Service
Naples
Ivan Goretkin
Italy
Spring Reunion of Consistory Gets Under Way
The Thrice Potent Master Frederick G. Moser leads the Spring Reunion of Consistory with John E. Elliott proclaiming it among the year’s finest. Friday’s Ladies Day features a luncheon, reception, tea, and a dinner with entertainment and a Stine lecture on chemistry and humanity. A parade of local and visiting members follows, with committees listed for Ladies Day activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Elliott
Cathedral
Castleton
Charles M. A. Stine
E. I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
Stine
Elliott
Benjamin R. Williams
Frederick G. Moser
Pank D. L. Balsley
Thomas C. Fleming
Charles F. Morrow
Howard Geary
5S. Reed Megown
Edward D. Pritchard
Walter E. Myers
Campbell Carvey
Ralph H. Montgomery
Albert A
Ronald H. Lane
Charles E. Allen
Welty
Rugh
John ¥. White
William D. Cleland
Paul H. Wilson
Glenn R. Throop
Edward A. Sahil
John H. Templeton
Howard C. Erwin
Russell C. Melvin
John B. Waddington
Richard 4. Rents
Joseph C. Williams
Alfred J. Robbins
Italian troops blow up frontier bridge at Ventimiglia
Paris dispatch reports Italian troops detonated and destroyed the Franco-Italian frontier bridge at Ventimiglia. The message comes through International News Service from Paris dated June 12.
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Paris
Ventimiglia
New Castle
Ickes
Deaths of the Day Mitchell Funeral and Services
Funeral services for Norris Mitchell in New Bedford were led by the Elks at the Leyde mortuary with Elks as honorary pallbearers and active pallbearers named. Other obituaries include David B Reynolds at King's Chapel church with multiple pallbearers and a large attendance, and Solemn requiem high mass for Peter Camuso at St Joseph's church with interment in St Vitus cemetery.
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Norris Mitchell
New Bedford
Joseph B. Leyde
Highland
Elks
Harry Alexander
Lous Genkinger
Jake Cosel
C. W. Herman Hess
Stephen Kleckner
PF. L. Clinefelter
Abe Levine
Ben Agnew
Ed. J. Ryan
Bertram Davis
David B. Reynolds
Pulaski
New Castle Road
King’s Chapel
O. G. Shindledecker
Frank Lehman
the Nazarene Church
Ashtabula
W. F. Ratzlaff
Mildred Webber
Radge
Harry Reynolds
David Reynolds
Earl Wagner
George Heckathorn
Jess Heckathorn
William K. Reynolds
Scott Ripple
C. A. Moore
Joseph Brooks
Wallace Morris
Clyde Hutchison
Albert Chaplin
Ralph McFarland
A. T. Eckies
F. B. Chapin
Harry Green
Peter Camuso
South Jefferson Street
St. Joseph's Church
St. Vitus Cemetery
Nazi Drive Against Paris Reaches Peak Invasion Report
The dispatch details German forces advancing north of Paris with a major battle at Sennis and an inferno around Rheims. German divisions push across the Seine near Rouen and Vernon while French tanks mount counterattacks. Italians hesitate on Alps front amid mobilization. Fighting centers on Soissons, La Ferte, and Meaux.
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Soissons
Paris
Chauteau Thierry
Marne
Sennis
Rheims
Seine
Rouen
Vernon
Alps
Aisne
la Ferte
Milan
Fere-in-Tardenois
Greman
Chateau Thierry
Meaux
Reims and Rouen Taken as Berlin Claims
The high command asserted Nazi control around Paris with hopes Paris may be spared from destruction. A general HQ note said Major Dessloch’s anti tank division has destroyed 200 French tanks, including seven yesterday, with four more tanks lost to air bombs south of Reims.
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Paris
Warsaw
Reims
Air Raid Alarms Shake Rome and Malta Reported
Malta faced air raids with an initial alert after a 44 minute Rome alarm. Street and house lights were extinguished in Rome’s periferal zone while anti aircraft batteries stayed quiet. The dispatch notes naval ferrying ships and military targets bombed in northern Italy overnight.
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Italy
Hay
New Castle
England
British aerial raids in northern Italy report
British reports indicate Alles prepared for attacks as the press blasts Mussolini’s decision to enter the war. British bombers hit Italian bases in Libya and East Africa, crippling Italy’s aerial power in the region. The Umbria, carrying 5000 tons of bombs for Eritrea, was seized in the Red Sea. Bandahill and other targets in Southern Ethiopia were bombed, with three Blenheims not returning. Italian troops claimed advances into British and French Somaliland toward Djibouti.
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Mussolini
Mediterranean
Near
Middle East
Sir Archibald Longmore
Royal Air Force
Libya
Italian East Africa
Italy
Umbria
Eritrea
Red Sea
Nairobi
Bandahill
Ethiopia
Dondan Daily
Mall
Somaliland
Djibouti
New
Paris Suburbs Evacuated Amid Siege Fears
With German forces 34 miles from Paris, authorities ordered able bodied noncombatants to leave the capital. Reports from Tours say over 75 percent of suburb residents have fled toward southern refuges as German pressure continues on the left flank while French forces hold on the right near the Argonne.
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City
Paris
Tours
Reutern
Ate
Crermans
Argonne
Maxime Weygand Wis
Nmoy
Nir
Castle Officers Elected At Junior Guild Meeting
St. Andrew's Junior Guild elected officers for the balance of the year at a regular church parlors meeting. Officers include President Mrs. Rachel Dean and Vice President Mrs. Katherine Mayer, with Secretary Mrs. Kathryn Davis and Treasurer Mrs. Princes Barber. Regular meetings set for the second and fourth Tuesdays, with June July August reduced to one. Next gathering is a Cascade Park picnic breakfast on Tuesday July 9 at 9 a.m.
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St. Andrew's Junior Guild
Rachel Dean
Katherine Mayer
Kathryn Davis
Princes Barber
Cascade Park
New Castles
Friday Flag Day observance urged across the nation
A call to display the flag on Friday June 14 highlights Flag Day across the country. Ellwood City plans a large celebration sponsored by the Ellwood City felics, part of a national series organized since 1898 by William T Kerr, a former New Castle man.
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Lawrence County
Ellwood City
Flag Day Meaning Deepens Through Kerr led Group
Philadelphia notes Mr Kerr serves as association president since inception with Fred L Rentz of New Castle as a vice president. Through Kerrs efforts Flag Day has grown in importance nationwide this year emphasizing discipline and order rather to honor sleep and avoid disturbances by files.
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Philadelphia
Kerr
Association
Fred L. Rentz
New Castle
Mr. Kerr
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