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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1941
Page
27
A large window in the Boys' club in St. Louis toppled onto dancers during a jitterbug display. One girl and two boys were cut by flying glass and treated at City hospital. The pane dropped from 12 feet above the floor.
Pennsylvania motor police on Sampson street tested 104 applicants for motor vehicle operator permits. 59 passed. Examinations repeat next Tuesday. Names list includes Sam Radovic Beaver Falls Zada Garner Volant Donald Hosler 629 Superior street etc and ends with The News by Mail for 1 Year, $5.00.
Moscow communique reports heavy German tank losses in Grodno Volkovysk Brest-Litovsk sectors with continued fighting. Soviet forces claim air and naval victories including 34 German planes shot down and a submarine sunk in the Gulf of Finland.
The Greater New Castle Association says two or three specific industrial projects show promise as it reviews its second annual report for the year ending February 28. The mimeographed summary notes a financial report and includes a closing letter from Norman E. Clark thanking the GNCA staff and committee members.
Shenango Presbytery met all day in the First Presbyterian church here to set pulpit supplies for Calvary and Hopewell churches. Dr. John Orr of New Wilmington was named supply for Calvary until September. Dr. Robert W. Veach was named stated supply of Hopewell, New Bedford.
The piece argues Britain and the United States must aid Britain against Hitler while countering Communist influence at home. It warns that a German victory would empower Hitler, complicate Allied aims, and asserts Americans should support Churchill’s line, aid Russia, and distrust Communists within the United States.
The Civil Aeronautics Board set aside air space above 17,000 feet for military flight to ease growing civil and military traffic. It also requires civil airways between 3,500 and 17,000 feet to use specified altitudes and equip aircraft with radio and altimeter, while space below 3,500 feet stays unrestricted for general aviation and training.
Dr. John J. Shaw state secretary of health in Gov. James cabinet will be buried privately in the Ware family plot at West Laurel Hill Cemetery on Friday afternoon A viewing is set for tomorrow evening at the Oliver H Barr funeral parlor 1820 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Friday Shaw was found dead in a Harrisburg hotel room death cited as heart attack His widow Beatrice Vare daughter of William S Vare is mentioned Gov James visited Mrs Shaw at her seashore home last night to extend sympathy
The June gathering of the W C T U and L T L met at Mrs W E Currie’s home with leader Mrs J M Houk. Guests attended. program included songs, prayer, a 23rd Psalm reading, a Hold Back the Judgment Day solo, leaflets on recreation and American living, and a time étude on school leisure. Refreshments followed a business session led by vice president Mrs William Leslie.
A discussion of wartime priorities harming small nondefense factories. Peter R. Nehemkis warns that nondefense plants struggle to obtain raw materials needed for essential goods as defense firms receive priority. The result could be plant closures, job losses, and a broader economic slump after the war. The piece uses humor and regional stereotypes to illustrate public frustration with rationing and resource allocation.
Sergeant Owen E. Tighe enlisted four young men at the New Castle Army Recruiting Station this week. Michael J. George of 514 West North Street enlisted for the Air Corps at Maxwell Field Alabama. Joseph F. Broschart of New Castle R D 2 joined the 40th Air Base Group Meridan Mississippi and heads to West Palm Beach Florida for initial training. John F. Zenobi of Grove City went to Maxwell Field Alabama. Edwin P. Rood of Templeton Pennsylvania, a Westminster College graduate, enlisted in the regular army unassigned and will report to New Cumberland Pennsylvania. he previously served in Hawaii. Thomas A. McElwee, Philadelphia post office assistant superintendent of mails, spent a few days at home with his son and daughter-in-law Chief Petty Officer John J. McElwee and wife at 813 Butler Avenue after attending the postal supervisors convention in Erie Pennsylvania.
Over 75 couples are expected to attend the monthly outing and steak fry of the National Radiator Social Club on Thursday evening at Ramb lers Rest on the Slippery Rock road. The dinner will be served at 6:30 o'clock. Following the dinner, dancing will be in vogue for the remainder of the evening.
District Attorney Andrew T. Park of Allegheny County announced his bid for a common pleas court judgeship. A Westminster College and University of Pittsburgh Law School graduate, Park has been elected county prosecutor three times.
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