Plans Ready For Paper Collection Here Saturday
Local effort led by Joseph A. Hartman calls for Waste Paper Collection Day on Saturday June 17 in New Castle and surrounding townships. Volunteers including Boy and Girl Scouts and truck drivers coordinated by J Fred Clarke will gather paper, magazines, and cardboard for war effort. papers must be bundled under 15 pounds and placed on curbs before noon.
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New Castle
Joseph A. Hartman
J. Fred Clarke
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Clarke
Harold Johnson
New duties for Admiral Halsey
The text praises Admiral Halsey for leading successes in the Pacific theater. It recalls Guadalcanal Bougainville and Rabaul battles and Emirau occupation, urging continued smashing efforts under new commanders toward Tokyo. It reinforces morale and unity among Allies.
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Guadalcanal
Emirau
South Pacific
Tokyo
Sound recording on steel wire may supplant Braille for blind books
An article suggests a method using magnetism on fine steel wire to record sound as an alternative to Braille for blind readers. If feasible, it could revolutionize how books are produced and accessed for the visually impaired.
Stones used as projectiles in early cannon
Rounded stones served as improvised ammunition for early cannons, replacing standardized cannonballs in initial artillery practices. This adaptive tactic shows how available materials shaped early military technology and siege methods.
East Brook Plans Waste Paper Drive
East Brook residents are asked to cooperate in a waste paper pick up drive this week. Paper will be collected at Miss Edna Waddington’s residence and hauled away early Saturday morning. Paper can be received until Friday night. Churches, schools and fall residents are urged to participate.
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East Brook
Edna Waddington
Martha Ketzel Injured by Auto Incident
Martha Rae Ketzel two year old daughter of Philip Ketzel of Be v.4 was treated at New Castle hospital Wednesday afternoon at 2 25 for brush burns after being struck by an automobile in front of her home. Her condition is listed as fair today.
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Martha Rae Ketzel
Philip Ketzel
Bev. 4
New Castle Hospital
Soviet advances breach Finnish positions on Karelian Isthmus
Soviet forces and air power broke Finnish resistance and captured several fortified points near Kuuterselkae and Jaervi, with major bombardment of Viipuri. Reports say 150 Soviet planes bombed the city as battles raged on the eastern front.
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Kuuterselkae
Jaervi
Mustalova
Riiverrimaeki
Mylimaeki
Masselkae
Korpikyla
Viipuri
London
INS
Kuterselkae
Red Army
Karelian
Ujipuri
Finland
U S Forces Land On Marianas In World War II Report
Domei and naval briefings describe American forces landing near the Marianas while facing Japanese resistance. The assault followed heavy air bombardment by carrier based planes and a naval bombardment in preparations for an invasion of Saipan and Tinian.
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Marianas Harbor
Domei
Chester Ww. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Marianas
Nipponese Islands
Washington
Marshalls
De Gaulle Visits Bayeux Amid Reflective Mood and Normandy Guns
General Charles de Gaulle tours Bayeux with France’s tricolor waving as United Nations forces press German defenses. The Free French leader, on his first French soil appearance since 1940, meets resistance leaders and heads for England aboard Le Combatant after brief Bayeux visit.
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United Nations
de Gaulle
United States
London
Bordeaux
Reynaud
France
Britain
London Exchange Telegraph Company
Koeniz
Dargenlieu
Bayeux
le Combatant
England
INS
Normandy
French Committee of National Liberation
Beachhead Now Firmly Established in France
Secretary Stimson said Allied casualties were lighter than expected and the beachhead in France is firmly established. He pledged to stay until all France is liberated and German defeat achieved, noting a notable landing-strip battle and upcoming release of battlefield footage. He also cited German collapse in Italy and continued hard blows against Japan across the Pacific.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
France
United States
Italy
Pacific
Allied air raids batter key Japanese targets in Pacific
Allied air forces reported heavy damage across Truk and Rabaul plus strikes on Mokmer and Wolea, with at least twenty Japanese planes shot down and fires ignited at airfields. Bombers hit Atambua and Dutch New Guinea coast while a Japanese freighter was left sinking off Wolea.
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Borokoe
Bink Island
Mokmer
Truk
Rabaul
Atambua
Dutch Timor
British New Guinea
Aitape
Hansa Bay
Wolea
Carolines
U. S
Mille and
Wotie
Marshalls
Deaths of the Day in Butler County and Nearby
Obituaries list Harrison Shields age 89 of Worth township Slippery Rock and R F 10 with church ties at West Liberty U P. Surviving daughter and son, grand and great grandchildren. services set at Uber funeral home Saturday. Also Peter Yarnevich 58 Hillsville Croatia born master mechanic at Carbone Limestone. high mass Monday at St. Anthony’s with interment at St. Lawrence Hillisville. Domenick Colella 66 of 309 Neal Street dies after brief illness. eight grandchildren and several children listed. burial at St Joseph cemetery. Leverett L Schefenector 109 Milton Street mourned with Odd Fellows rites. pallbearers named. Also notes on dyeing blues with salt solution and a definition of anesthesia.
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Harrison Shields
Worth Township
Butler County
Slippery Rock
R. F
Shields
West Liberty U. P
Joseph Taggart
R. D
Floyd Shields
Portersville
Alert Shields
Madison Shields
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Uber Funeral Home
J. C. Fulton
West Liberty Cemetery
Peter Yarnevich
Hillsville
Croatia
Joseph
Dora Yarnevich
Magdeline Grao
Yarnevich
St. Lawrence Church
Ann Yarevich
Anthony Veltri
William Shulak
New Middletown
Joseph Veltri
Youngstown
Struthers
Frank Yarnevich
Camp Gruber
Okla
John Yarnevich
Cleveland
Cunningham Funeral
Lowell Ville
St. Anthony's Church
Joseph A. Young
St. Lawrence Cemetery
Hillisville
Domenick Colella
Fiorentina Colella
Neal Street
Santa Angela
Italy
John and
Marie D’ambrosia
America
Domenick
Colelia
St. Vitus Church
Anthony
Angelo
Anna Marie Quarella
Jane Fiorello
Rose Colella
Elizabeth Mongiello
Baltimore
Louis Pegnato
Luigi D’ambrosia
Concetta
Muriay
St Joseph’ Cemetery
DeCarbo Funeral Home
Sutton Street
Leverett L Schefenecker
Milton Street
J. J. Melivaine
Fred C. Kuech
Wilie Wallace
James G. Leslie
Peter F Stevenson
Frank Sherger
Thornton W. Allen
Greenwood Cemetery
Odd Fellows Association
Infantry Declared Decisive Factor In Warfare By Captain Craig
Captain Craig states infantry remains decisive as slow and steady troops press from Normandy toward the Rhine. He praises foot soldiers for defense and breakthrough ability, noting other arms aid progress but the infantry front line tells the war’s story. Remarks are personal opinions not Navy Department views. Africa bushmen prayer lines close the piece.
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Rmandy
Rhine
Nazi E-Boat Pens Bombed In Heavy Allied Air Raid
Allied air forces attacked German E boat pens and rail centers in France and occupied targets including Douai Cambria St Pol Everecy and Aunay Sur Odon. Mosquitos struck Gelsenkirchen oil plants while E boats remained in harbor at Le Havre with no escape.
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France
Douai
Cambria
St. Pol
Everecy
Aunay-Sur-Odon
Allied Expeditionary Force
Channel
le Havre
First Report in Bond Drive for Fifth War Loan
Progress in the fifth war loan campaign is slow but expected at the opening. Lawrence county faces a quota of 7010,000 and must intensify effort to reach it after four previous loans were met.
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Lawrence County
Double Naval Blast at Japs Continues Across Pacific
US naval forces unleashed sustained air and sea attacks in the Marianas and Kuriles. Carrier planes and warships hit enemy bases on Matsuwa, Shimushu, and Paramushiru while operations in the Marianas damaged 29 Japanese vessels and 141 planes over three days of combat.
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United States
Marianas
Tokyo
Matsuwa Island
Kuriles
Emperor Hirohito
Shimushu
Paramushiru
Aleutians
Imperial Nipponese Navy
Major Russian Offensive Seen
London diplomatic circles predicted a major Russian offensive against Germany within two weeks. They did not specify the target point for the all-out blow.
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London
INS
oGayv
Germany
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Union
Admiral Halsey
Tojo
Mayers Part
Louis B. Mayer
Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer Film Studios
Mayer
Mar- Barret Shenberg
Waddingtons
Lawrence Coun
Phonoas Nee
J Watters
East Washington
Phrowe
Alex F. Plonka
New Castle, PA
Brest-Litovsk
Bialystok
Baranovichi
Pinsk
Poland
Minsk
Bobruisk
Dromes
Communiqtie
Tasi
Stanislaov
Old Poland
Gen. DE Gaulle
Beachhead
Arthur F. Hermann
Wth
Craig
Berlin
Navy Department
June Bride
TEL
Optometrist Associates
Washington St
BPS
White
Farmers Supply Co
R. Huston
E. Long Hs
BPS Foundation
New Beauty
Patterson-Sargeni Painis
Smith
Smith’s
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