Kiel Bombed by RAF Planes in Night Attack
British bombers hit the German naval base at Kiel and other Northwestern targets including Dunkirk and Boulogne. The raid, described as RAF planes tenth night attack, damaged docks and a patrol vessel off Den Helder while observers heard blasts along the Channel coast. German reports claim significant damage and civilian casualties.
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Fitetediabioul Néewe Servier
London
Kiel
Wisn
Germany
Aubhories
Bou- Jegnn
Air Ministry
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Daru
Denhelder
Britain
Channel
Robin Moor Sinking Debate Escalates U S German Row
President Roosevelt charged Germany with piracy after the Robin Moor was sunk claiming the action aimed to intimidate the United States and demanding full reparations. Germany insisted the attack complied with international law and that survivors were treated humanely amid mixed signals from Berlin and London.
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Ned Prot Sage Co
Congress
Roosevelt
Germany
United States
Ruies
Rabin] Moor
Berlin
Reic
Thar
Heavy fighting rages in Syria and Tobruk fronts
London reports continued heavy fighting as British forces press advance in the Middle East. In Tobruk a sandstorm halted action while Ethiopian theater notes claim Italian gasoline and transport losses to hinder capture. Damascus area shelling and Mezze airport actions show mixed combat along the Lebanese coast as Vichy forces resist Free French and British naval operations.
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Tobruk
Ethiopia
Jimme
Vichy
France
Melde Fine
Damascus
Mezze
AU Jebel
Kiswe
Kuneitra
Jezeing
Aiken home donated to scouts amid council praise
The Aken home on Highland Avenue near the cathedral becomes the new Scout headquarters in Lawrence County. The facility provides offices, reception, executive suites, and living quarters for Scout Executive John J. Finnessy who will serve as caretaker. Repairs completed enable immediate occupation with offices open Monday at 4 am, as The News by Mail offer appears.
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Highland Avenue
Scout V
John J. Finnessy
Aken
Bar Scout Organization
Lawrence County
Piracy ruling shapes US navy action on high seas
International law experts back President Roosevelt's piracy claim over the Robin Moor sinking. The navy may seize and punish pirates on the high seas, as Moore's digest describes piracy as the act of capturing or sinking neutral vessels and abandoning crews.
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Moore
International Law Digest
High Seas
Italian Consuls in U S Ordered Home by July 15
The United States instructs Italy to close all consulates and agencies in the United States by July 15 1941 and remove Italian officials and personnel. Only Italy's Washington representation is exempt. The note from Undersecretary Sumner Welles states the closures are to prevent any further purposes of Italian establishments in U S territory.
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U. S
United States
Sumner Welles
Welles
Italian Nationala
Washington
Scant Hope For 33 On Sunken Submarine 0-8
Reports from the Isles of Shoals area near Portsmouth describe the O-8 submarine disaster with drifted debris and cork, oil, and decking on the surface. Navy vessels including the Falcon and Chewink assist as divers prepare, while Lieut Olson warns the fate may be sealed.
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Isles of
Shorts
Portsmouth
Wra
Edwards
Falcon
Portsmouth Navy
Lieut. Olson
Navy Yard
Lieut
Olson
Grenadier
Navy rescue efforts for divers trapped at sea
Rescue workers labored through the night at Portsmouth navy yard as officials studied the O-8 incident. Secretary Knox, in conference with Rear Admiral Wainwright, called it a tragic accident not sabotage. Divers face planned staged ascents to avoid bends, with the high pressure making escape nearly impossible at 440 feet.
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Concensus
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Portsmouth Navy Yard
John D. Wainwright
Colonel Knox
Lindbergh urges negotiated peace plea in Los Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh told about 20 000 people at a Hollywood rally that staying out of war is essential to preserving American life and European civilization. He warned that negotiated peace is the only path to avoid a Hitler victory and a prostrate Europe, or possibly a prostrate America, and accused groups of misleading the public about modern warfare and defending England as a pretext for entering the conflict.
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Internaional
Los Angeles
Charles A. Lindbergh
American First Committee
Hollywood
Europe
America
Lindberg
Kathleen Norris
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
Lillian Gish
Earl ©. Jefferey
Lindbergh
England
Aluminum Salvage Campaign Planned
Harrisburg reports Dr Are Baud C Marts executive director of the State Defense Council notified local councils to prepare for an aluminum salvage campaign. Fiorello H La Guardia U S civilian defense director planned a national campaign to gather old aluminum for defense uses with state and local defense councils directing the Pennsylvania effort.
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Harrisburg
Are Baud C. Marts
State Defense Council
N. S
Fiorello H. la
Pennsylvania
British Fliers Hit French Coast For Hours In Bold Raid
RAF pilots smashed coastal targets in two wide zones near Boulogne, painting skies with smoke and drifting explosions. Gunners reported steady flak and distant bursts as planes slipped through, yet no major air battle erupted despite hours of bombing and reconnaissance.
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Boulogne
RAF
Rotary meeting speaker Hon Howard W Hughes in14
Weekly Rotarian notice announces Hon Howard W Hughes president judge of Washington Pa and head of Penna Motor Federation will speak on auto club activities. Attendance contest was tight with two makeups altering winners. Names makers uppers: George Lyon Ogadala Neb and Council Elyffa Town Wild Caldwell Sharon.
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Castleton
Howard W. Hughes
Washington
Elyffa
Wild Caldwet
Sharon
Carl Paisley
Deaths of the Day Miss Nelile Cronin
Death notices record Miss Nelile Cronin aged 79 of East Reynolds Street dying Friday night in Dixmone hospital Allegheny County after a decade illness Born in Canada she was the last survivor of her family Funeral service Monday at St Marys church with burial in St Marys cemetery Friends may call tonight and Sunday at the Zechner funeral home. Also listed are deaths of Miss Alice Mae Whaley Mrs Louise Pankratz and Mrs Elxie Daniels with funeral arrangements and interment details for each.
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Nelile Cronin
Mian Nelle Cronin
East Reynolds Street
Dixmone Hospital
Allegheny County
Miss Cronin
Canada
Michael
Mary Cronin
John
St. Mary’s Church
Mixx
Alice May Whaler
Alice Mae Whaley
Robert H. Whaley
Chestnut Street
Miss. Whaley
New Caste
Robert Henry Whaley
Jennie Green Whaley
First, Christian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Miss Besse Whaley
Mra
Ruth
Eelder
New Castle
Robert J. Whaley
Ogreeaville
Diana Eldey
Suzanne
Sally Whaley
Robert Whaley
Oliver H. P. Whaley
Bennett
First Christian Church
Graceland
Cunningham Funeral Home
East Washington
Chestnut Streets
Lovina Pankrats
Louise Pankratz
Franklin
Frank Pankratz
New Crate
Blaie Daniels
Elxie Daniels
Winona Drive
Youngstown
Youngstown City Hospital
Daniels
East Brook
Scout
Martha Chatter Fisher
Edwin N. Daniels
Dennis E. Strait
Uve
Student Nurse Hurt In Crash
Miss Misa Jessie Baptiste a 19 year old New Cadalle hospital student nurse at 406 Oxford Avenue was seriously injured in an automobile crash near Elyria Ohio that killed a young girl and injured two others A train beneath a nearby bridge and heavy smoke limited her vision as the car struck a concrete abutment near the railroad bridge five miles west of Elyria two other young women suffered severe injuries and one died in the crash
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Misa Jessie Batiste
Oxford Avenue
New Cadalle Hospital
Yielfing
Elyria
Ohio
Elytia
New Castle
Baptiste
Jerry Riga
Oberlin College
Miss Baptiste
Plane crash injures two near Fort Pierce Florida
Rae Hickok a wealthy belt maker from Rochester and Private Pilot J C Merguet of Rochester were reported in serious condition after an amphibian plane crash yesterday. The craft ran aground and overturned a half mile offshore in Indian River Waterway, five miles north of Fort Pierce, before being rushed to a hospital.
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International News
Fort Pierce
Fla
Rae Hickok
Rochester
J. C. Merguet
Roc
Chester
Hickok
Indian River Waterway
Will Dedicate Mobile First Aid Unit Monday
New Castle fire department rescue corps dedicates its mobile first aid unit at 7 pm at Central fire station. William Bowen presents to Director of Public Safety D Q Davies, who then presents to county accepted by Judge Charles Matthews. American Legion Cadet band, Joe Replogle, aids ceremony. Signs to mark each fire station as Red Cross First Aid stations.
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New Castle
Rescue Corps
Central Fire Station
William Bowen
Cit
First Aid
Charles ©. Allen
Local Welder Dies After Hospital Admission
The Doyle family home near a Mercer county line road between New Bedford and Sharon is linked to a welder named Mr Doyle who had a shop across the road and planned a new house. The residence belonged to his aunt Mrs Bissi Burrows who lived nearby.
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Pened
Sharon
Doyle
New Bedford-Sharon
Pulaski
Mercer County
Bissi¢ Burrows
New Castle Men at Shelby in Maneuvers Event
Part of New Castle men participate in Shelby maneuvers with 3rd Division units from Wisconsin and Michigan and the 37th Division from Ohio. Command posts and combat tactics are tested as the 73rd Brigade includes men from Philadelphia, Lewistown, Altoona, Lock Haven, Dubois and Sunbury. Progress on long-standing issues remains unclear due to limited dispatches from focal points in Louisiana.
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New Castle
Shelby
3Nd
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
73Rd Brigade
Philadelphia
Lewistown
Sltoona
Lock Haven
Dubois
Sunbury
Louisiana
New
Italy Says Message Step Toward War
Italy warns of a step toward war as U S citizens may be withdrawn from Europe. Garcia writes of an economic and partial diplomatic war between the United States and the Axis and a Russian showdown. He says Europe will no longer be a base of operations for American citizens and consular functions.
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Catec
Europe
Garcia
United States
Axis
Gayds
Father and five sons suffer burns in blaze
A fire at a two story eight room frame dwelling injured a father and his five sons. Firefighters from Sharon and New Wilmington battled the flames after the structure was fully ablaze. Coroner Nugent supervised removal of bodies and the Hubbard undertaker prepared them for transport. The mother and two girls slept upstairs. The father, a welder at General Fireproofing Co., arrived home from work just before the blaze and survived.
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Root
Tve
Bull Hospital
Sharon
T. F. Nugent
New Wilmington
Hubbard
Doyle
General Fireproofing Co
Youngstown
Britain Denies War Cabinet Reorganization Report
London report by the Daily Mail claimed a war cabinet shakeup including Gen. McNaughton and Capt. Margesen, with Australian Premier Menzies named for defense minister. A Downing Street statement denied any truth to the report and any planned changes to the war cabinet or defense portfolio.
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London
London Daily Mail Today
Ing Street
Winston Churchill
Daily Mail
McNaughton
Defense
Gen. McNaughton
David Margessen
FR. G. Menzies
I Am An American Day Welcomes New Citizens
Chairman J Glenn Berry announces a Legion Home meeting June 28 to finalize plans for welcoming ceremonies on June 30 at Franklin Junior High. Judge W Walter Braham will chair the event with Judge Charles Matthews Jr and a Pittsburgh naturalization official speaking. American Legion sponsors invite new citizens and those aged 21 to 27 who recently gained citizenship to attend.
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J. Glenn Berry
Legion Home
Mondalight
Franklin Junior Hich
W. Walter Braham
Judree Gharies Matthews, Jr
Naturalization Bureau of Pittsburgh
The
American Legion
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Tyrone
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Hollywood Bowl
French
Misa Jessie Baptiste
Elyria Hospital
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Russell E. McClelland
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