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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1941
Page
23
A compact listing shows dairy feed at 16% in 100-lb sacks and poultry fatteners. Oyster shells and veal haddock fillets priced with multiple per-lb and per-2-lb entries. Various unit prices range from 10c to 35c per item and include 100-lb sacks and 2-lb portions.
Harrisburg June 23 Soldiers in active service needed in key defense industries may obtain honorable discharges. Requests must be sent to the under secretary of War with an employer affidavit, says State Selective Service Director Dr William Mather Lewis.
Tokyo leaders rush to meetings as public mood shifts after the German assault on Soviet Russia. Premier Konoye and Emperor Hirohito discuss domestic and international affairs while officials weigh Japan's cautious response under the tripartite pact and alliances with the Soviet Union.
British bombers roared across the channel hitting German bases on the western front. Loud explosions were heard at Folkestone as planes dropped cargoes and fighters patrolled the Dover Straits. An official report said seven enemy fighters were destroyed while two British planes were lost.
Acting Secretary of War Patterson presented a substitute bill to the Senate Military Affairs Committee restricting presidential power to draft only industrial tools equipment and facilities needed for national defense. Patterson said the narrower scope would prevent bottlenecks in the machine tool industry and address bomber program demands.
Delegates to the fifth Western State Loyal Order of Moose convention at Tyrone have returned. Led by Governor Harold Shaffer and Secretary Perry McFarland, others included George Gettings Fred Druschel Patrick Kearns Sr Fred DeFiore Joseph Quehl James E Thomas and Walter Ringer. The local Moose degree team won a prize in degree work and the Legion degree was performed at Tyrone. A large parade was held Saturday.
North Liberty hosts six o clock dinner for Clifford Patterson family and guests from Grove City and Plaingrove. A surprise shower of gifts follows with over one hundred friends and neighbors. Various locals and travelers—Theodore George Jr Alberta Decker Paul Humphrey Betty Kelley LeRoy Widine Edwin Connor Sade Uber Minnie Palmer and many more—are noted visiting relatives and attending gatherings in nearby towns. An editor's final comment mentions emergency building cars and wartime tool shortages.
Randolph Circle and Dorcas Circle host all day quilting. A church picnic is set for Tuesday June 24 at 6 30 p m at the Fred L Rentz Y M C A camp under the Woman's Society of Christian Service with transportation from the church. Various circles hold dinners and meetings at churches and homes, with dates June 27 28 29 and weekly gatherings at Cascade Park and local homes.
Mrs Blanche Walk of Washington Pennsylvania, graduate grand ritualist of the Women of the Moose, will be the guest at a 6 o clock tureen dinner at the local Moose lodge on South Mercer street Tuesday evening. Afterward a class of candidates will be initiated with the New Castle chapter degree team in charge. Installing officers will include Mrs Stella Fisher of Sharon as installing regent.
Russian communique reports German forces attacked from the Baltic to the Black Sea and were halted with heavy losses. Grodno and Kiristinopol yielded small gains as Luftwaffe raids faced stiff Soviet resistance. A nationwide mobilization adds 5 million men, Moscow endures blackout as Red Army defends the west.
The Young People's Prayer Band meets in a downtown meeting room this evening at 7 30. James Taylor will lead the session guiding prayers and discussions.
Tuesday the Junior Guild will meet at Mrs Thomas J Evens home 770 Arlington avenue at 8 p m. Wednesday Rev Mr Burton with church members will attend the summer conference at Kiski School Saltsburg Pa.
Lawrence County Red Cross volunteers received a letter from the Womans Voluntary Services for Civil Defense based in London. The Dowager Marchioness of Reading signed the note praising the county chapter and its members for contributions that helped many bomb victims. Junior branches assist displaced children through Red Cross Juniors donations.
David Brown aged 13 son of Earl Brown of 123 North Ray Street suffered serious injuries Sunday afternoon after slipping under a tractor at Howard Weston’s farm near Castlewood. He was at Weston’s home and rushed to Jameson Memorial Hospital at 1 30 p m with a fractured leg severe facial injuries and possible loss of sight in an eye.
London reports British naval patrols intercepted the German supply ship Babitonga, a former passenger vessel of 4,422 tons. The action underscores wartime efforts to choke German logistics and support for the war front.
Jameson Memorial and New Castle hospitals record numerous admissions for tonsil operations. Names and addresses span East Wallace to Mercer Street with several patients from Volant, Ellwood City, New Wilmington and nearby areas. Discharges include multiple residents and household names across Mercer and Beaver counties.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull will depart Washington for a brief vacation at White Sulphur Springs to recuperate from a cold. He will remain in daily contact with the State Department via direct telephone line and continue monitoring events while away. The move is seen as easing tensions amid the Russo German conflict and potential U.S. involvement in the war.
Harrisburg June 23 Pennsylvanias local defense councils now in 250 municipalities prepare to act on three state proposals. They will organize patriotic demonstrations on July 1 registration day for a second selective service contingent establish committees to register housewife volunteers for women home defense units cooperate in homes registration offices in communities facing housing shortages due to defense needs. Dr Arnaud C Marts says local units should be organized quickly to enable coordinated federal state and local civilian defense action.
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