Electric Eye Identifies Slayer in Bellefonte Slaying
State police announced the murderer of Fay Gates, 19, was neighbor Richard Millinder, 22, who lived across the road in Mt Eagle. An WPA electric eye recorded 1, the number of passing cars during the window of the crime, clearing vehicles and guiding investigators to Millinder. He confessed after being traced by the pedestrian link and is held in Bellefonte jail awaiting formal murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finternations News Service
Bellefonte
WPA
Fay Gates
Richard Millinder
Mt. Eagle
Millinder
Col
Lynn G. Adams
State Motor Police
Centre County
Musser W. Ciettig
Skid Adams
H. E. McElroy
Millinger
McHlroy
McElroy
Milinder
Rachel Taylor
Pennsylvania State College
Bombardment reports and Italian advances in World War II
News from Rome and the Italian front describes naval engagements near the Riviera and land operations beyond the frontier. Reports claim Italian forces repulsed enemy actions, captured prisoners, and that Nice has been occupied according to a Rome-based newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Alpine
Riso
Sofia
Nice
Riviera
Zora
Rome
New Castle
Swastika Flies Over Versailles Berlin Reports
New wartime dispatch describes German advances and prisoner captures since June 5 with Paris reportedly occupied and Versailles symbolically under swastika. Allied lines at the Maginot and Argonne areas face heavy bombardment and fortification seizures. rail disruption and air attacks noted. Rinascenza Lodge to meet Sunday at King Humbert hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Palace of Versailles
Germany
Argonne Forest
Lhe
San
Maginot Line
Saaralben
Verdun
Metz
Eleven Nurses Granted Diplomas at Mercer Ceremony
In a Mercer church service, eleven nursing graduates received diplomas and pins from Fred J. Rentz as Miss Ethel Planson introduced the class. Dr. Chester T. R. Yeates spoke of nursing as a devoted lifework, and the group recited their professional oath. A reception followed at the nurses' home. Buy in New Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. 8. Bennett
First Christian Church
Bennett
Chester T. R. Yeates
Third
U P
Yeates
Ethel Planson
School of Nursing
Fred JL. Rentz
Mr. Rentz
Eleanor
Ruth Davis
East Market Street
Mercer
Bes
Sle Gibson
Highland Heights
Marian Gibson
Cunningham Avenue
Maude Evelyn Griffin
Sandy Lake
Margaret Grundy
Genevieve Miles
Volant
Irene E. Trick
Highland Avenue
Alice Rebecca Uber
Emily Lou Weir
County Line Street
Carrie Margaret Whitacre
Washington Street
Betty -Jayne Wise
North Street
Dr. Bennett
Miss Planson
New Castle
Dean Held After Confession in New Castle Case
A man named Dean is held in county jail after a sequence of events leading to a confession about stabbing Miss Nasal. State Officer McCullough and Klare traced his lies, found wet overalls, and blood-stained fingernails. Dean admitted the stabbing in a statement to District Attorney Lamcree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCullough
Klare
Dean
Klaire
Paul A. Welsh
Welsh
Bean
W.W. Wayne Bissell
John G. Lamcree
Miss Nasal
Hyy
New Castle
Margaret Henry Taken by Death at New Castle Home
Margaret Henry died after a life serving children at a city home. A Board of Directors formed by the Chamber of Commerce moved care to the Cunningham homestead. about 2,500 children were aided and there remain two residents. Survived by a daughter Evangeline McCreary and sisters Sara Kearns and Mary Taylor. brother James Henry. Service at St Joseph’s church with burial in St Joseph's cemetery. Visitations at Howard L Reynolds funeral home.
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Lincoln Avenue
Cunningham
Friendship ‘Street
Henry
Chamber of Commerce
David 8. Pyle
American Sheet ‘and Vin Plate Company
Thomas W. Dickey
Miss Henry
Evangeline McCreary
Warren, Q
James Henry
Youngstown
Si. Joseph's Church
Joseph A. Doert
Pittsburgh
Francis .X. Foley
Intermont
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Howard ‘Sl. Reynolds
East Washington
New Cas'tle
Reunion ends with dinner and program Friday
Dr. Stine spoke on the long development cycle of major industries from discovery to market. He cited nylon, neoprene, synthetic dyes and other innovations, noting pilot plants and multi-year timelines. The reunion included a cathedral reception, ladies luncheon, tea, and a dinner program with a movie and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stine
Castleton
Soviet Theater of Lithuania Crisis Deepens
The note from Soviet Russia demands immediate government action in Lithuania to fulfill the mutual assistance treaty and prevent further provocations. It accuses Lithuania of tolerating hostile acts, forming a secret alliance with Latvia and Estonia, and publishing a provocative military newspaper in multiple languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Lithuania
Moscow
Latvia
Estonia
HUY
New Castle
Bell Telephone talk and local painting crew changes
The Castleton notes a June 17 talk by Mu A Sup ple from Bell Telephone on the Gold Brothers of the Telephone and Bell research instruments. It lists makers George Lyons and Clare Book and mentions unpaid dues. Separately Nolan P Woodward will lead a 25 man crew to paint the Gardner Avenue viaduct Ewing Park bridge and a Clarion glass plant, with workers from the district aiming to finish quickly in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotardan
Supple
Bell Telephone Company
Qold Brothers
Telephone
Aucostics -Engineers
Bell, Company
George Lyons
New Wilmington
Clare -Book
McKeesport
New Castoe
Nolan
P. Woodward
Harrison, Street
Gardner Avenue
Viaduct
Ewing
Park Bridge
Ellwood
Clarion
Cleveland
Deaths of the Day Angeline Nelson and others
Obituaries from Mercer County note the death of Angeline Paden Nelson aged 82 after 18 years of illness. Survived by children in Poland and Bradford, services planned at Mrs Glass’s Hillsville home with Bessemer Presbyterian and Edenburg Hillsville Methodist church pastors officiating. Additional notices detail the deaths of Solomon Wimer 85, Charlie Stewart 68, and Nasal family members, with funeral arrangements at Findley and St. Michael’s, St. Vitus, and Union cemeteries and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeline Paden Nelson
Frank’ Glass
Hillsville-Bessemer Road
Nelson
Little Beaver
Robert
Susanna
Wortman
Glass
Raymond Touvell
Bessemer Presbyterian Church
A. A. Swanson
Edenburg
Hillsville
Hillsville Methodist Cemetery
Obituary for George Puchiopek and wife Clemic Kline
Morning service marks the death of George Puchiopek 37 Good Avenue after a three week illness. He left a wife Clemic O Crost Kline and children Anna Fanny Esther Edward all of New Castle. Also survived by sister Mrs Sophia Martin Mars and granddaughter Geraldine. Funeral services held at SS Philip and James church with Rev Fr Stancelewski officiating. Body to be moved from Howard L Reynolds funeral home to late home on East Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Mary
Jacob
Elizabeth Gardner Kine
Beckford Street
Butler
Clemic O Crost Kline
U.P
Anna
Fanny
Esther
Edward Kline
Geraldine
Sophia Martin
Mars
Howard L. Reynolds
East Washington Street
France Newsroom Denies Rumors Of Separate Peace
A London dateline report claims France contemplates a separate peace, but observers say no such transmission was sent from London. German radio may have issued the misleading dateline to fuel rumors, a pattern noted over the past 45 hours.
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London
France
Ted
Rumors Grow Over French Resolve and War Unity
Reports from authoritative sources say the Allies remain united in refusing a separate peace with Germany despite reverses. French Premier Reynaud has reiterated the commitment to continued joint action and the aim of maintaining allied cohesion in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paw Reynaud
Britain to Fight Alone If Needed Says Churchill Declares
The British government, including Prime Minister Winston Churchill, asserts that Britain will continue the fight even if a widening conflict requires action from Africa or western hemispheric possessions. The statement emphasizes resolve to persevere through any expanded hostilities.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
8UY
New
Large Group Will Receive Communion at St Vitus
The Rev. Fr. Nicholas DeMita of St. Vitus church announces that 211 children will receive their first Holy Communion at the 7:30 mass on Sunday. Only parents and sponsors attend. Father DeMita will preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas DeMita
St. Vitus Church
Father DeMita
Huy
New Castle
Two Byrne Brothers Die in Dunkerque War Loss
In 1918 James Byrne of Wilmerding lost two brothers who served with the British Expeditionary Force in France. He received a letter from the British government confirming that his two younger brothers John and Leo were killed in Dunkerque. Byrne is a naturalized American citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
James Byrne
Wilmerding
France
John
Leo
Dunkerque
Byrne
Finland Pays Despite Action On Moratorium
Finland made its regular semi annual payment of 159000 dollars on its World War obligation to the United States despite a last minute congressional moratorium. The action shows Finland honoring the debt while awaiting a potential one year delay approved by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Finland
United States
New Castle
Collision at Long Avenue and Frankway Involves Bicyclists
Donald Stembal of Rigby and Karl Lockso of Lowellville were in a collision on Long avenue and Frankway yesterday. Lockso reported Stembal's bicycle skidded in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Stembal
Karl Lockso
Lowellville
Long Avenue
Frankway
Lockso
Stembal
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Weingartner
Burke's
A. Darrell Burke
Funeral Home
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Genoa
Venice
Frage One
Duce
Nairobi
Kissmayu
Versailles
Berlin
Rinascenza
Order of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America
King Humbert Hall
Division Street
Altna Casnaley and Surety ‘Company
McBride-Shannon CO
East Washington St
Buller Road
Motor Street
R. O. McQullough
Margaret Henry
The
Carl Paisley
Solomon Wimer
R. D
Mr. Wimer
Mercer County
Isaac
Anna Heckathorn Wimer
Mary Louise Kennedy Wimmer
Monas Callins
Leesburg
Elmer
Minesby
Ina Covert
Jacob Wimer
William Wimer
Colorado
James Wimer
California
Ernest
Elmer Winner
Millburn
William A. Lloyd
Findley Cemetery
Irs
Charlies Stewart
Lottie Pizer Stewart
North Erie Street
Charles Stewart
Stewart
Plangrave
Isaac Jefferson
Zelda Magee Pivor
Pizor
Presbyterian Ccurch
Clyde Pizor
Grove City
Charles
Carl Stewart
Zelda Magee Pizor
Francis W. Pizor
Jackson Center
Ira Lh. Pizor
Camuso
Peter Camuso
St. Joseph's Church
Peter Schirra
John Griffiths
Edmund Rowan
New Castle Hospital
Eph Hoover
Joseph Macri
Alfonso Scarazzo
Joseph Carnevall
Walter G. Hemphill
Anthony Mangine
Hartland
David H. Hartland
Greenwood Chapel
Mr. Hartland
Minami
Fla
Smith’s
AY Castles
Benyneet
J. R. Frew CO
el Drj.b Nielsen Optometrist
Dr. Locke
Florsheim
Davis Shoe CO
City Hall
Farmers’ Market
South Mill St
Vonfalleris Ceive
Uwrhan
Amcrica
Joseph B . Leyde
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