New Effort To Settle Pittsburgh Truckers Strike
Pittsburgh moves to end the four week long strike by 178 truckers against the Western Pennsylvania Labor Relations Association. A sidelined federal mediation meeting drew ire as a mayor led sidebar discussion. Federal inspectors vow to halt perishable food checks until peace returns. A mass meeting in Pittsburgh plans to press public officials and unions to act, with Roosevelt and James invited.
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Rttsburgh
Pittsburgh Teamsters
Western Pennsylvania Labor Relations Association
Tors
Cornelius Scully
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Arthur H. James
Scully
Frank L. Duggan
Deaths of the Day John F Parker and Others
Obituaries list John F Parker of Mercer aged 59 who died of a heart attack. Survived by wife Mary Elizabeth Guntram Parker and two sons Clarence and J D Parker. service pending. Also memorials for Mary Ezzo, Henlein, Jack M Scott, Israel Myers, Anna M Lindsay, Alice Mae Whaley, A C Perry Butler, Laura A Long Brenneman with funeral details and residences across Mercer Leesburg Youngstown and Cleveland.
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John F. Parker
Mercer
R. D
Mr. Parker
Thomas
Susan Edmonds Parker
Perry Highway
Mary Elizabeth Guntram Parker
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Order of Eagles
New Castle
American Legion
Parker
Clarence F. Parker
Hood River
Ore
J. D. Parker
William Parker
Columbus
Jances Astor
Cleveland
Mary Hoffman
Youngstown
Myrtle Dufford
Butler
Cunningham Funeral Home
Leesburg
Laura A. Long Brenneman
Volant. A. D
Orlock
S. A. Kirkbride
New Wilmington
William A. Lloyd
Don Rice
James Rice
O’ Kirkbride
Lioyd
Kenneth and
Lioyd Brenneman
Clyde Lowry
Guy Grimm
William Mayne
Clarence Drake
Leesburg Cemetery
Russia claims three hundred Nazi tanks destroyed
Soviet sources report heavy losses on both sides as German forces push into Polish and Bessarabian territory. Moscow says the main assault stalled with counterattacks, while air defense and ground forces claim dozens of enemy planes shot down and thousands of German prisoners taken.
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Bryelostok
Bialystok
Brest
Brest-Litovsk
Kolno
Lomzha
Minsk
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Bug River
Poland
Grodno
Ukraine
Baltic
Black Sea
Red Army
Downs Escapes Death as Party Is Ambushed
American journalist Downs survived a party ambush in Franco-German campaign days, later reported from London during the Blitz. He traveled to the United States, then reentered Europe and filed an exclusive series on occupied France. Back in England he joined a British convoy to the Near East, was rescued after a ship fire near Glasgow, then fought with allied forces toward Damascus before his assignment ended in an ambush.
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Downs
London
United States
Europe
France
England
Near East
Glasgow
Admiralty
North Africa
Cairo
Syria
Palestine
Iraq
Damascus
Temporary Easing of Tension in Pacific Ocean Raises China China Rumors
London reports a possible end to Soviet aid to China, which has aided Chinese resistance to Japan. The Japanese ambassador Yanada Shigemitsu is to visit the United States en route to Japan, sparking Washington speculation of a new rapprochement. Admiral Nomura plans to meet him in New York.
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China
London
Yanada Shigemitsu
United States
Japan
Washington
Shigemitsu
New York
Kichisaburo Nomura
Papal Legate Named for Minneapolis Eucharistic Congress
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia is appointed papal legate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Minneapolis from June 23 to 26 by Pope Pius XII. Announcement comes from Very Rev. James M. Reardon, congress chairman.
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Philadelphia
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Minneapolis
Pius XII
James M. Reardon
Funeral services for Morris M Henlein
Funeral services for Morris M Henlein 57 who died Sunday evening in Erie will be Thursday at 1 30 PM from Edward C Hanley and Sons funeral home Erie. Services will be by the state body of the Protected Home Circle with Supreme President S Hadley and Supreme Secretary L D Lininger of Sharon headquarters officiating. Henlein had been in failing health about a year.
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Pennsylvania
Home Circle
State Department
Masonic Lodge
Henlein
New Castle
Algeron and
Elizabeth Henlein
Dayton
Ohio
Erie
Cleveland
Oak Park Cemetery
Protected Home Circle
Jack M. Scott
Pittsburgh
Mahoning
West Madison Avenue
Scott
B. of R. T. Lodge
William Scott
Christina
California
Cora Davis
Washington, D. C
Richard Scott
East Palestine
T. R. Scott
Enon Valley
Belle Deamer
Warren, O
Clinton Scott
Salem
Corbin K. Scott
Warren
Morris M Henlein
Edward C
Local Boards Open Registration in Multiple Townships
Local boards across Beaver Mahoning Neshannock New Wilmington North Beaver Pulaski Taylor Union Wampum and Wilmington townships prepare for registration. Headquarters are in the Lawrence Savings and Trust Company building with staff present from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and extended coverage at the board headquarters.
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de Beaver Township
Mahoning Township
Neshannock Township
New Wilmington
North Beaver Township
Pulaski Township
Taylor Township
Union Township
Wampum
Wilmington Township
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
Nazi Airmen Bomb Black Sea Fleet
Bulgarian reports of heavy German air attacks on eight units of the Russian Black Sea fleet were broadcast by the British radio today. CBS announced lively activity on both sides of the Baltic, and NBC heard a British broadcast saying German and Romanian troops met fierce resistance as they entered Bessarabia.
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International News Service
New York
Black Sea
British Radio Today
CBS
British Radio
Baltic Sea
NBC
Bessarabia
PA Newc Observes Motorists Welcome Letter From Official
Motorists entering Pennsylvania receive a state map noting sites of interest and a welcome letter from Major Lynn G. Adams warning of the 50 mph speed limit and strict enforcement. The notice cites last year’s 700 lives saved. City playgrounds buzz with youngsters seeking sun and healthy doses of fun amid record attendance.
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Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Sel Ge
Japan delays announcement on changed diplomatic stance
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka spoke on a shifted situation while the government offered no formal statement. Japanese newspapers urged a tougher line toward Anglo America and Moscow, with Kokuma Shimbun calling for new leadership as Lindbergh advocates ballots or bullets.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Kokuma Shimbun
Japan
England
United States
Moscow
BritishPlanes Hammer Germany In Wide Air War
Swarms of British planes continue raids on Germany and occupied French territory. Heavy bomb explosions shook east coast England as RAF bombers targeted German gun positions and coastal fortifications from the French coast to the Straits of Dover. Hundreds of aircraft took part in the operations amid ceremonial parades and ambulance service upgrades in Lawrence County.
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Germany
Straits of Dover
England
RA. F
R. A. PF
First Aid Stations Dedicated by Fire Department
William Bowen presented the ambulance to D. O. Davies who dedicated it for New Castle citizens. Judge Charles Matthews Jr. accepted it for the county as the Red Cross trained firemen. Fire Chief James E Thomas received a first aid station sign as officials praised the program. A caravan then toured two other stations with first aid signs displayed.
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Harry Culliford
Lawrence County
American Red Cross
James E Thomas
Red Cross
Twe
Russia Accepts British Offer. Edén Comments
Eden said Britain would restore Poland’s independence and that Anglo-Russian collaboration would not derail this. He noted Russia and Britain differ politically, but urged acknowledgment of current realities. He added Britain would welcome Soviet agreement to safeguard Balkan solidarity.
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Eden
Britain
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Edén
Eden outlines wartime aims and Soviet cooperation stance
Foreign Secretary Eden asserts no preexisting UK Russia Balkans deal exists and endorses mutual military collaboration with the Soviet Union. He praises U.S. support as vital to quick victory, notes Poland’s freedom won and pledged redemption, and cites growing American material and moral backing to overwhelm Nazi resistance.
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Eden
Sumner Welles
United States
Poland
Air Raids Hit Romanian Port Constanza and Galat
Reuters reports Soviet planes conducted two air raids on Constanza, a major Romanian Black Sea port, with casualties noted. The blasts also targeted Galat as part of the same campaign, according to the dispatch from Rome.
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London
Rome
Reuters
Today
Black Sea
Constanza
Galat
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South
Lafayette Street
Ezzo
St. Lucy's Church
Sacred Heart Holy Rosary Society
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County Line Street
Tony Ezzo
East Brook Road
Edward
Court Street
Mary Stone
Arthur
Israel Myers
Cleveland Hospital
Bailey Myers Jacobson
Alquippa
Caroline Myers
Linda Mae Jacobson
Campbell Funeral Home
East North Street
Tifereth Israel Cemetery
Lindsay
Anna M. Lindsay
Orr
Anna M. Pitzer
Brazelles
Margaret Reed Pitzer
Shenango Township
Elizabeth and
Bernie
Charles Domhoff
Howard Moore
N. J. Hall
G. Frank Pitzer
Transfer
Whaley
Alice Mae Whaley
Chestnut Street
G S Bennett
First Christian Church
John Emery
Charles Stevenson
Charles Robinson
Samuel McCormick
Chris Connor
Fred Emery
Graceland Cemetery
Mrs. Brenneman
Shulai- Kaunas
Grodno-Volkovysk
Kobrin
Viladimir-Volkovysk
Ravarusska
Brody
Vladimir-Volynsk
Shaulai
Compiegne
Pacific Ocean
Philco
E. Wash. St
PA Newc
Lindbergh
Seventh Ward
Bowen
No. 7
Dr. Locke
Florsheim
Davis Shoe CO
Balkans
Rumania
Internatational
Ensational Sale
Amy
N. Jefferson ST
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