Italian Armistice Talks Move to Italian Soil
France plans to send a delegation to negotiate peace terms with Fascist Italy on Italian soil. Rome reports Mussolini aims to protect Italian prestige while avoiding French humiliation. Badoglio to lead the Italian peace delegation with senior officials. Mussolini’s attendance uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Toda
Nazi Germany
Compiegne
Complegne
St. Jean de Maurienne
France
Germany
Mussolini
Alpine
Savoy
Mediterranenan Littoral
Nice
Pietro Badoglio
Ruy
New Castle
Rotary program hints at fifth column activity
In Castleton on Monday June 24 1940, Rotarian Mike Matheny arranged a program described as potentially about fifth column activities and said to be interesting. Makers uppers list Bus St Clair, Harold McCulloch, and Ed Leavy with locations in Zelenople Towanda Pa and Greenville. Carl Paisley, secretary, requests delinquent cash remittance. A separate note mentions a Kansas City woman reporting a postcard mailed in August 1908 from Bell-Ingham Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleton
Mike Matheny
Bus St. Clair
Zelenople
Harold McCulloch
Towanda
Leavy
Greenville
Carl Paisley
New Castle
Kansas City
Bell- Ingham
Washington
Congress Moves To Final Action On Defense Tax Bill
Congress speeds final action on a defense tax bill and a vast peacetime preparedness program. The plan includes raising the debt limit, expanding the army and navy, and authorizing thousands of airplanes and ships. The senate adds a provision to halt sales of war materiel to Allies without quick approvals. AUY IN NEW CASTLE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Army
Navy
Senate
Army, Navy and
Civil Aeronautics Authority
AUY
New Castle
Anti War Plank Emerges As GOP Platform Focus
A draft GOP platform centers on an anti war plank, with no aid to democratic allies. Alfred Landon says no minority report as committees study domestic issues. Former Senator Walter Edge may push a war party label while farm and labor planks are shaped, and a tariff stance favors reciprocity subject to congressional approval. UN IN NEW CASTLE-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Henry Stimson
Alfred Landon
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
France
Brand Democrats
Edge
Labor Committee
Cio-Afl
Congress
Finance Committee
Houseways and Means Committee
Midwest
New Castle
Party Leaders Split as Taft and Dewey Battle for Nominatio
At the Republican convention delegates are split between Taft and Dewey with expectations they may unite to block a third candidate. James E. Watson argues Taft and Dewey could command 650 to 60 delegates and avoid a rival. Some insiders foresee a Taft Dewey ticket, while others expect a protracted fight. Arrivals of Taft Dewey Wilkie Vandenberg and MacNider are awaited as campaigns claim strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Dewey
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Senate
New York
Wilkie
Vandenberg
MacNider
David S. Ingalls
J. Russell Sprague
Tom Dewey
Is & Dewey
Dark Horses
New Castle
Battle lines form over cabinet appointees dispute
Senate faces a clash over the Knox and Stimson cabinet appointments as opposition coalesces led by Sen. Wheeler and others. Senators Johnson Cole Clark Nye and more plan informal meetings to marshal forces while urging thorough scrutiny of War Secretary Woodring’s resignation letter. Garner and Parley reportedly oppose Republican cabinet appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Knox
Chicago
Friends
Garner
Democratic National Committee
James A. Parley
Farlay
Roosevelt
Senate
Wheeler
Mont
Knox-Stimson
Johnson
Cole
Clark
Ida
Nye
N. D
Colorado
Cam
Supreme Court
Administration
Harry Woodring
Sen
Woodring
Deaths of the Day in New Castle and area
Obituaries report Mrs Elizabeth McCormick 82 of 418 East Wallace avenue died at 4 30 am from complications. Born August 16 1857 in New Castle she was widow of John L McCormick and mother of James A four daughters and eight grandchildren survive. Funeral at St Marys church with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Also notes the death of Mrs Julia Bishton 81 of 542 Market Street Youngstown a former Oakland avenue resident. memorials at Ritchie Funeral Home with interment at Grace Land Cemetery. Thomas Bennett Perrine 61 Jackson Center died after a stroke at home. Survived by wife Maude Emery Perrine daughter Helen and two granddaughters. funeral Monday. Also mention of Mrs Edward Brown and multiple funeral services including requiem high mass at St Josephs and other services for local residents with interment at St Josephs Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McCormick
New Castle
East Wallace Avenue
Mrs. McCormick
Patrick
Bridget Quinn Gunning
Mary's Church
M, Regina
St. Joseph's Order
St. Catherine's Convent
Pittsburgh
Robert McLaughlin
Paul McIntyre
Betty Lou McCormick
James McDermott
Patricia
Madeline McDermott
Youngstown
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Julia Bishton
Market Street
Oakland Avenue
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
James Bishton
Thomas Bennett Perrine
Jackson Center
Mr. Perrine
James W
Elizabeth Myers Perrine
Worth Township
Mercer County
Maude Emery Perrine
Edward Brown
Euclid Avenue
St. Joseph's Church
Regis Krah
Peter M. Schirra
Eendy Rowan
Michael Hinnebusch
Idee Monies
Allen Madden
F. M
David Jones
Joseph Reider
Paul Felder
Albert Fehrenbach
John Abel
Joseph Phipps
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Let The News Follow You On Your Vacation
An item advertises mail-delivered newspaper service for travelers from New Castle with rates for varying durations. Separate dispatch notes from International News Service report Bulgarian demonstrations press Dobruja annexation alarm in Bucharest, Dobruja a Romanian province bordering the Black Sea per postwar treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
New Cas
International News Service
Bucharest
Dobruja
Romania
Black Sea
City Hall Brief Arrest In Federal Check Case
Lewis Town on Wabash avenue was arrested by a U S secret service operative and City Detectives Moore and Young on Friday in connection with the passing of a federal check. He was taken to Pittsburgh for arraignment before a U S commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Town
Wabash Avenue
U.S
Secret Service
Moore
Young
Pittsburgh
French German Peace Parley Resumes Amid Uncertainty
World awaited noon word as French and German plenipotentiaries resumed talks at Compiegne. Reports said France likely to ratify armistice terms soon, with France and Italy to sign, paving path to peace. Paris cafes reopen as Britons prepare to deter German seizure of French ships.
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France
Compiegne
Hitler
Germany
Pierre J. Huss
Interna Oteal News Service
Statf
Prance
Naai
Italy
Paris
Versailles
Hfe
Puble
Agar
Paris Ys
Parla
Henri Phillipe Pe
Britain
Belgium
Holland
Hiller
Muenster
Westphalia
Gertrude Hamilton
St. Louis
BAY
New Castle
Propaganda Probe Moves Forward in Senate Session
The Senate Audit and Control Committee weighs a Clark resolution to probe foreign and domestic propaganda in the United States. Clark seeks 25000 for the inquiry, targeting pro Allies and pro German sources as they operate in full force, influencing foreign policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Senate
Sen. Clark
Glark
YWCA Camp East Brook Opens Monday for Girls
YWCA notes announce Camp East Brook opens Monday at 1 30 for girls from 8 to 12 years. Camp committee hosts mothers and assists counsellors and campers. Dorothy Stewart director assisted by Margaret Griffiths as head swimming counsellor until Marian Tranter finishes school in Pittsburgh. Louise Dugan, Kent State, is second swimming counsellor. Counselors include George Bloom nature and photography Marie Manning music Bessie Burrows dramatics Ann O Hara handicraft Cornel Arbogast dancing from Ellwood City and Pittsburgh respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yv. W. Cc. A’s
East Brook
Glenn Berry
Robert Eckles
James E. Chambers
Dorothy Stewart
Margaret Griffiths
Marian Tranter
Pittsburgh
Louise Dugan
Kent State
George Bloom
Marie Manning
Bessie Burrows
Ellwood City
Ann O'Hara
Cornel Arbogast
Dauphin County Judge Elected as State Bar Head
President Judge William M. Hargest of Dauphin County was elected to head the Pennsylvania Bar Association for the coming year at the annual meeting. He succeeds Judge Gifford K. Wright of Pittsburgh. Fred B. Germerd of Allentown takes the vacated vice presidency, with John M. I. Smith of Harrisburg re elected secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Bedford
William M. Hargest
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Harrisburg
Gifford K. Wright
Pittsburgh
Hargest
Fred B. Germerd
Allentown
John M.I. Smith
Troop K Holds First Mountless Drill at Armory
Captain G F MittheH of Troop K Penn National Guard announces a 1 30 Sunday drill at Cunningham Armory near Cascade Park. It is the unit's first drill without mounts as horses were sent to Canton New York for summer maneuvers. The drill will feature tactical fire and troop movement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Mittheh
K. Penn
National Guard
Cunningham Armory
Cascade Park
Canton
New York
Laurel Queen Ay crowned at Wellsboro festival
Miss Betty Hagedorn of Westfield won the 1940 Laurel Queen title at the third interstate Laurel festival in Wellsboro Pa. Miss Ann Louise Murray of Waverly New York was named runner up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Wellsboro
Betty Hagedorn
Westfield Today
Westfield
Ann Louise Murray
Waverly
N. Y
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Percy Winner
Luft Correspondent
ARS
Parentok
Simmons
Cara
East Washington St
East Weshington
G.O.P
Faye Que
Senate Navy
Cal. Knox
Mass
Julian Bishton
Mrs. Brown
Chnanyi
Charles Ames Cansnal
New Galilee
R. D
St. Ann's Catholichurch
Pred Leger
St. Mary's Cemetery
Beaver Falls
Heckathorn
Domer J. Heckathorn
Highland Heights
Coaltown Free
Domer Heckethorn
Alfred Black
Domer Sankey
Wiliam Lolz
George Huffman, Jr
Carl Huffman
Clinton Cemetery
City Hall
Trench General Staff
Navy Department
Trench Sea
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Bordeaux
Ruth Peterson
Ne-Cu-Hi
Stewart
Y. W. C. A. Notes
Weingartner
City Mall
By Rogaux
J.B. Nielsen
Laurel Queen
Frew’s
Jefferson Near
Grant St
Martin Gantz
Morgan-Burrows Showroom
Jefferson St
DeSota and
Plymouth
Red Kick Box Super Suds
Cocomalt
Barge Phys
Gurke’s
A. Darrell Burke
Funeral Home
Hite Bros
N. Jefferson St
Wilmington Ave
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