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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
5
The Coatesville Veterans Hospital will be enlarged to care for 2,000 more veterans. Dr. Clarence Miller, director, said the first of three new buildings will add about 164 beds and be ready July 1. The units will be interconnected by enclosed heated corridors.
Harrisburg June 21 Pennsylvania ranked fifth among ten northern states in maple products production for 1944. Vermont led with 8 126 000 pounds, New York 6 811 000, Ohio 2 242 000, Michigan 1 342 000, Pennsylvania 1 092 000. Pennsylvania produced 133 000 gallons of syrup and 28 000 pounds of sugar.
Technical Sergeant Edward J Pritchard of New Castle Pennsylvania receives the third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious aerial flight. He serves as radio operator and gunner with a 15th Army Air Force Liberator group in Italy bombing targets in German held Europe. The high school graduate was formerly a propeller inspector at Curtiss Wright Aircraft Corp.
Sunday visitors from Ellwood City and New Brighton join local families at homes of the McPhersons and Ira McPherson. Pittsburgh and Youngstown guests call on area residents while Arline Young returns from a week with grandparents Mr and Mrs J C Young. The Duncan reunion meets at Firestone Park Columbiana Ohio.
A guide to prevents spoilage by careful home canning. Focuses on cleanliness, speed from garden to jar, proper sealing, filling jars in batches, freeing air bubbles, and correct process times. Notes a free pressure cooker gauge testing service at the Agricultural Extension office in New Castle with Miss Josephene Simpson available Friday June 23.
The Young People’s Council of District 14 hosts a picnic at Mercer Childrens Home Wednesday from 2 to 6. The Silver Tea picnic is set for New Wilmington Park on Thursday. A church party honors Joe Porkalob leaving for the Navy. Various local families report hospital stays, travel, and visits, with several members attending camps, picnics, and events through Friday.
Philadelphia prepares for the largest V Day parade with the mayor and possibly the governor to speak at Independence Hall. The event is billed as the biggest parade in the United States, possibly the world, by a city spokesman.
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