Fifty RAF captives shot in German camp murder claim
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden called the execution of 50 Royal Air Force officers at Stalag Luft III a murder. Germany admits 50 were shot, not 47, as part of mass escape suppression. Eden pressed for investigation and vowed swift punishment for those involved. The Gestapo carried out the killings amid war prisoner escapes.
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London
Anthony Eden
Royal Air Force
Chier
The
Reich
Airme
Stalag Laft
Eden
House of Commuens
Germany
Gestapo
R.A. F
Pedestrian Fatalities Rise as Rural Roads Grow Deadlier
Pennsylvania statistics show 1944 January to April fatal crashes at 398 with a 12 percent rural increase and an 98 percent urban decline. Pedestrians accounted for over 56 percent of early year deaths, Sehuckill County up while Philadelphia County down.
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Pennsylvania Bureau of Highway Safety
Sehuckill County
Philadelphia County
Scouts To Distribute Ceiling Price Lists Citywide
Boy Scouts will distribute retail ceiling prices for meats and OPA grocery prices to housewives citywide starting today. The price lists match those posted by grocers and meat dealers. Scouts can pick up sheets at the ration board on Pearson Street.
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Boy Scouts
OPA
Ration Board
Pearson Street
Communion at Plaingrove U. P. Church Sunday
Communion services will be held at the Plaingrove U. P. church at 10 a m on Sunday June 25. Dr J Ralph Neale of New Wamington will preach at the post communion service at 8 p m the same day.
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Plaingrove U. P
J. Ralph Neale
New Wamington
Girls at National Radiator Aiming for 50,000 Bond Goal
At the National Radiator Company workers including six young women led by Esther Koch Catherine Dade Angeline Ross Laverne Phillips Dorothy Bame and Rosalie Zulewitz with Harry A Sonntag are promoting a war bond drive. The campaign has raised over 32,000 so far with June payrolls and sales exceeding 32,000 and is expected to meet the 50,000 target as canvassing continues.
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Maritime Commission
Harry A. Sonntag
Esther Koch
Catherine Dade
Angeline Ross
Laverne Phillips
Dorothy Bame
Rosalie Zulewitz
Grove City Plans Old Fashioned Fourth Celebration
Grove City will stage an old fashioned Fourth of July event sponsored by Legion Post 220 with Broad street from Main to Poplar closed for stands and crowds. The celebration runs afternoon and evening. Local driver W C Peterman is the general chairman.
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Grove City
Legion Post 220
W. C. Peterman
Broad Street
Main
Poplar
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