British Repulse Axis Thrusts In Libya Front
British forces repulsed two Axis mechanized thrusts in Libya near Sidi Rezegh and Acroma as the front lines near El Adem and Tobruk shifted to a shortened defensive arc. The Middle East high command said enemy attacks were broken up and no breakthrough occurred despite Axis claims of victories.
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CATRO
Libya
Sidi Rezegh
Tobruk
Acrama
Middle East High Command
Communiqtie
Acroma
el Adem
el Gazala
Mediterranean Coast
Adem
Neil
Rome
Liba
Tobrus
Bus Buggies From Florida and Georgia Park in Town
A Florida bus and a Georgia bus were spotted on North Mercer Street this morning marking a rare sight as distant states send fewer vehicles through town. Local observers noted the unusual arrivals amid lighter traffic.
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Florida
Georgia
North Mercer Street
Seven Departures for Selectees Hit New Castle Week
Seven local departures for selectees and volunteers mark a week of sorrow and resolve in New Castle as the community honors youths going to war. Bus riders on Highlane Avenue face a detour change, shifting routes away from East Street to Mill Street.
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New Castle
Highlaneé Avenue Bus Lines
East Street
Mill Street
Daily Weather Report for 24-Hour Period
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 65 and a minimum of 54 with 0.64 inches of precipitation. River stage measured at 5.2 feet. For the same date last year the record lists a high of 70 and a low of 50 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Night club singer shot in knee during bar dispute
In Woodhaven New York Carol Lee a night club singer was struck in the right knee by a stray bullet during an argument at the bar. The shooter drew a revolver fired then fled as the orchestra played on.
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International News Service
New York
Carol Lee
Woodhaven
Carol
Nurses’ Class II Graduated at Jameson Memorial
Thirteen more young women completed their training at Jameson Memorial hospital school of nursing and are set to enter the professional world. They were honored at the annual commencement in the First Christian church with graduates and staff leading the procession. Dr. John J. McIlvaine delivered the address urging kindness and clinical integrity rooted in nursing history.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
First Christian Church
McKlvaine
G. C. Bennett
John J. McIlvaine
First Presbyterian Church
McIlvaine
Aesculapius
Hippocrates
Luke
Prudence Appelman
Almira Home for Aged Women Trustees Hear Positive Annual Reports
Almira board members and trustees at the Almira Home for aged women met Tuesday in the solarium on East Washington street. Reports from treasurer Carrie E. Agnew superintendent Rose M. Sloan and committee chairs were received as evidence of unusual zeal for the home’s welfare.
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Almira
East Washington Street
Carrie E. Agnew
Rose M. Sloan
Sloan
New Tax Bill To Be Speeded By House Leader
Rep. Robert Coughton of North Carolina, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, ordered speeded work on the 8.7 billion war tax bill after President Roosevelt urged prompt enactment. He said the rev enue measure is virtually complete and the committee will sit day and night to finish swiftly. He expects House passage shortly after July 4 and quick move to the Senate.
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International News Service
Washington
Robert Coughton
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Coughton
Senate
R A F Renewed Attacks on Rhineland Industrial Targets
London reports state Royal Air Force squadrons carried out heavy night raids against industrial targets in the Ruhr Valley and Rhineland. It marks the first large scale bombardment of Nazi war industry in two weeks as unfavorable weather limited attacks on Germany proper.
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International News Service
London
Royal Air Force
Ruhr Valley
Rhineland
Germany
U S Flier Details Bomb Attacks On Italian Ships
Major Alfred Kalberer of Lafayette Indiana describes Liberator raids in the Mediterranean. He says air crews scored 23 direct hits on one Italian battleship 14 on another and set an Italian cruiser on fire before it was sunk by torpedoes.
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International News Service
Desert
United States Army Air Force
Mediterranean
Alfred Kalberer
Lafayette
Ind
Kalberer
Italy
Air Corps
Royal Air Force
Army Sergeant Nicholson Dies in Western Pacific Auto Crash
Four months after re enrolling in the U S Army Sergeant Raymond J Nicholson Jr age 23 of 1928 Temple avenue city was killed in an automobile accident while on duty in the Western Pacific area on Sunday June 14 News of his death was received by his father R J Nicholson Sr at his Temple avenue home last evening about 6 o clock from the War Department in Washington D C Sergeant Nicholson the only child of Mr and Mrs Nicholson had re enlisted four months earlier and was on duty in the Pacific theater at the time of the accident.
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United States Army
Raymond J. Nicholson, Jr
Temple Avenue
Western Pacific
R. J. Nicholson
War Department
Washington
Nicholson
Delay Departure Of Recruits For Marine Service
The Pittsburgh district filled its June Marine Corps quota as more than 300 volunteers enlisted. Eight recruits who were ready to depart from the local office were kept in Pittsburgh awaiting new orders. New Castle sent 25 recruits in the first half of June, leading sub stations.
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Marine Corps
Pittsburgh
John L. Dean
Marine
New Castle
Dean
British Admit Losses In Mediterranean Battle
British authorities acknowledge considerable losses in the three day Mediterranean air and sea engagement but reject Axis claims that 51 United Nations ships were sunk or damaged. Observers note Axis activity included air and sea attacks with varied outcomes.
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1.N.S
London
Mediterranean
United Nations
Bund Leader Ends Own Life
George Froboese a midwestern head of the German American Bund killed himself by placing his neck on a railroad track. He was returning from Waterloo Indiana where the train carrying him to New York for an appearance in an investigation of the Bund stopped.
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International News Service
Auburn
Ind
George Froboese
Bund
Froboese
New York
Waterloo
Here
Three Italian Warships Sunk In Sea Battle
The United Nations air and sea forces in the Mediterranean sank three Italian warships including a heavy cruiser and two destroyers after Axis convoys from Alexandria to Tobruk and Gibraltar to Malta were attacked. American and British units and four motored bombers aided the victory, with several battleships and more ships damaged.
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John E. Lee
1. N
London
United Nations
Mediterranean
Axis
Ing
Alexandria
Tobruk
Gibraltar
Malta
United States
Swarm of Bees Attacks Man Near Oneida New York
Corolyn Durney, 32, of Leroy, was attacked by a swarm of bumblebees while driving an autocar carrier near Oneida New York on June 17. He tried to outrun the insects and swatted at them, suffering several stings but escaping serious injury when his vehicle crashed into a telephone pole after he lost control.
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International News Service
Oneida
Corolyn
Durney
Leroy
Here
Variely
Darney
Submarine Sinks Freighter Off Virginia Beach
Thousands watched a daring U boat attack off Virginia Beach as a large American freighter sank and another ship was damaged. Naval planes and a blimp dropped bombs and depth charges in an attempt to destroy the submarine, with no disclosure of success. The attack occurred three miles offshore as a convoy endured the strike.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Virginia Beach
City sends large group to Erie for army induction
A sizable group of Local Board No 1 selections from New Castle departed for Erie this morning over the Pennsylvania Railroad for final examination prior to induction. A Lawrence County Service Men’s Aid Association ceremony, led by Capt. Carl Andreasen, featured invocation by Rev. Oliver W. Hurst and an address by Rev. William A. Thornton.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
City of
New Castle
Lawrence County Service Men's Aid Association
Carl Andreasen
Salvation Army
Oliver W. Hurst
First Baptist Church
William A. Thornton
Epworth Methodist Church
American Legion
Christine Giancotti
Red Cross
German Alien Sentenced to Prison in Bay City
Christian Loeffler, 64, a German alien, was sentenced to six years in prison. Testimony at his trial accused him of denouncing the American flag, drinking bad liquor, and boasting Germany would win the war.
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International News Service
Bay City
Midh
Christian Loeffler
United States
Germany
Deaths listed for several residents in city records
Death notices for Sergeant Raymond J. Nicholson Jr aged 23 of 928 Temple avenue Robert Calvin Weller aged 74 of Perry township Thomas P. Heasley aged 88 of Evanston Illinois and Mrs J Clark McCulloch aged 74 of R D 3 New Castle appear in the June 17 1942 record.
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Raymond J. Nicholson, Jr
Temple Avenue
Robert Calvin Weller
Perry Township
Thomas P. Heasley
Evanston
J. Clark McCulloch
New Castle
Large Scale Aerial Combats Renewed in Southwest Pacific
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced a resumption of large scale air combat over Japanese and United Nations bases in the Southwest Pacific, noting 10 enemy planes destroyed. A 52-Javanese force attacked Port Darwin in Northern Australia for a fourth day, targeting the harbor with negligible damage amid continuing day and night raids against two Japanese bases.
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International News Service
United Nations
Australia
Southwest
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Port Darwin
MacArthur
President Signs Army Pay Bill
President signs law granting pay adjustments for military personnel. The measure covers bonuses and allowances, with implications for active duty and reserve components. Details outline effective dates and funding sources.
Roosevelt signs army pay bill boosting enlisted pay
President Roosevelt signed a pay bill raising minimum monthly pay to 50 for enlisted men in the army navy marine corps and coast guard retroactive to June 1. Top enlisted pay reaches 138 monthly with 20 percent extra for foreign service. Second lieutenants and ensigns see annual pay rise to 1800 and officer allowances for dependents rise to 60 to 120 monthly.
New Lexington Will Sail Seas
In Quincy Massachusetts June 1 1942 workers celebrate plans for the new U S S Lexington, with a proposal to rename a second carrier Cabot in honor of the carrier lost at Coral Sea. Secretary Knox praises the gesture and pledges faster construction and commissioning.
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International News Service
Quincy
Mass
America
Seven Seas
Navy
Knox
Fore River
Lexington
Cabot
Henderson May Resign Post Amid Price Office Debate
Washington June 17 price administrator Leon Henderson reportedly told friends he believes resigning would be best. Roosevelt backs his record amid criticism of OPA policies in Congress, with influential lawmakers indicating he may be kept on.
Russian Forces Counter Kharkov Drive Lifted By Timoshanko
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko led a major counter offensive on the Kharkov front pushing Germans back from key points and causing heavy losses. The Red Army reported furious German tank assaults to halt the advance but failed to stem the Soviet push.
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Moscow
Semyron Timoshenko
Kharkov
Red Star
Timoshenko
Red Army
Colonia torpedoed and sunk in South Atlantic
Reports from Recife say the Uruguayan steamer Colonia was torpedoed and sunk with unknown crew fate. Other dispatches claim German forces captured Fort Sibera near Sevastopol and Italian high command reports gains in Libya including El Gazala and Tobrud.
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International News Service
Rio DE Janeiro
Colonia
South Atlantic
Recife
Brazil
Forgetful Furnace Returns With Early Warmth
In a spring scene the narrator notes the furnace days are over and ashes hauled, ash pit cleaned, grate bars bare. Yet a lingering chill hints at unpredictable weather as the heater pipe stands ready and sixty two degrees hint at an early warm spell.
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el Aden
George
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Jameson Memorial Hospital
DR. J. J. M'Ilvaine
Almira Board
Almira Home Trustees
R.A.F
U.S. Flier
Croup
Board No. 1
Congress
George I
George II
Greece
Capitol
Southwest Pacific
New
Anny
Bulletin
New Lexington
Leon Henderson
BIG Berthas
AIR
Sevastopol
AR ‘Bulletins
Siberia
Arthur Memeter
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