Soviet Planes Raid Helsinki Reported by Reuters
London reports 15 Soviet aircraft attacked Helsinki with two shot down. A Stockholm dispatch says German Stukas bombed Russian fortifications on the Hangoe peninsula and raided Russian air bases in Estonia, sparking large fires and assumed Tallinn fires.
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International News Service
London
Helsinki
Reuters
Stockholm
Hangoe
Estonia
Helsinki Stadium
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Ellwood Kiwanis Initiates Two New Members at Meeting
Ellwood City Kiwanis welcomed Samuel Mailin and Dr. Mallory as new members at a June meeting in Trinity Lutheran church. Delegates returning from the National Kiwanis Convention in Atlanta reported to the club. A plan for the Less Chance Boys Camp was discussed and a committee set a meeting for Wednesday at 9 p.m. with Dr. Harold Sumner’s offices inviting other organizations to participate.
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Ellwood City
Ellwood Kiwanis Club
Trinity Lutheran Church
Samuel Mailin
Dr. Mallory
Atlanta
Georgia
H. E. Helling
J. Ellis Bell
Kiwanis Club
Harold Sumner
Vargo Rites Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Vargo were held June 24 at 9 a.m. in W. D. Porter funeral home Ellwood City. Rev Fr Martinovich of St Joseph Catholic church Ellport conducted the service. Burial followed at St Agatha Catholic cemetery. Grandsons Frank Joseph and Peter Simon of Ellport and Frank Spisak of Fairmont served as pallbearers. Mrs. Vargo, 89, born in Hungary, is survived by daughters Mrs Joseph Simon and Mrs Joseph Cleveland, 16 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Mary Vargo
W. D. Porter
Martinovich
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Ellport
Class Two Meets With Mrs Reed
In Ellwood City on Tuesday evening Class Two of the Bell Memorial church gathered at Mrs Pearl Reed's home. Mrs Tina Houk led the devotional, Mrs Matilda McFate supervised the business meeting, and sixteen members enjoyed a lunch hosted by Mrs Reed and two others. The fourth division will lead the next meeting on July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
City
Bell Memorial Church
Pearl Reed
First Avenue
Tina Houk
Matilda McFate
Goldie McConahy
Maude Gillespie
Two Men Taken In Car Theft
Ellwood City, June 25. The theft of a car owned by Jack Sherling Wiley Hill was reported at 2 10 a m Wednesday. William S Dixon Toledo Ohio and Henry J W Boyer Shel octa Pa were seized in possession of the car and held in the Ellwood City jail until charges are preferred. The men said they were employed by the Gooding Amusement company and took the car from in front of Murphy's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
City
Jack Sherling Wiley Hill
Wiliams
Dixon
Tolelo
Henry J. W. Boyer
Shelocta
Ellwood City
Gooding Amusement Company
Murphy’s Store
Luncheon Held by Ellwood City Jewish Council
Ellwood City hosts a luncheon at the Country Club honoring retiring president Mrs. Eugene Lebowitz. Music by John Kaczmarski and piano by Robert Stevenson accompany readings by Mrs. Marcus. Delegates from Erie Detroit Beaver Falls and Clairton attend as the council wraps its fall program.
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Ellwood City
Ellwood City Country Club
Ellwood
National Council of Jewish Women
Eugene Lebowitz
John Kaczmarski
Robert Stevenson
Marcus
Beaver Falls
Continue Hunt For Auto Bandits
Ellwood City police and Pennsylvania State Police report no new developments in the double automobile theft and robbery involving William Ifft of Ellwood City and A B Sheriff of Erie on June 23. Ifft was released near Bizard and returned home yesterday. Authorities continue the search for the thieves and the missing cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Pennsylvania State Police
William Ifft
A. B
Erie
Ifft
Bizard
Scout Council Dines At Camp Thompson
Ellwood City district of the Boy Scouts of America will hold regular meetings on Tuesday July 1 at Camp Thompson. A dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. The council visits the scout camp annually while it is in session. The News by Mail subscription available.
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Ellwood City
Ellwood
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Thompson
Greenwood School Reunion Planned Near Ellwood City
A Greenwood school reunion is set for Saturday June 28 at the Greenwood school house in Franklin township between Ellwood City and Zelienople. An all day basket picnic with entertainment and sports is arranged. Notables J Howard Swick Beaver Falls and Ruben A Nagel are expected to attend.
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Ellwood City
Norman Hall
Lillyville
Greenwood School
Greenwood
Franklin Township
Zelienople
J. Howard Swick
Beaver Falls
Congress
Ruben A. Nagel
Wayne WCTU Discuss Civic Problems in Ellwood City
In Ellwood City on June 25 the Wayne WCTU met at Mrs. Leo Coulter’s home to discuss civic problems under the series My Town and Its Citizens. Topics included Liquor Forces and The U S O Program with a business meeting approving a 14 donation to the United Service Organizations and plans for a July 15 picnic.
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Ellwood City
Silver Screen
WCTU
Fox
Berger
Arthur Wehman
Thomas Rogers
Worrell
United Service Organizations
George Schuller
Thomas Berger
Clair Boyer
Doremus Women To Meet Friday In Ellwood City
Ellwood City news notes a Doremus Class gathering at Mrs Mary McDanel’s home on Country Club Drive with a tureen dinner planned for 6:00 p m Friday. Also reported are hospital admissions and discharges for June 24 including Dorothy Newton Zelienople and Faye Rape Ellwood City and a birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs William Scheidemantle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Mary McDanel
Doremus
First Baptist Church
Country Club Drive
Ellwood City Hospital
Dorothy Newton
Wood Street
Jane Eppinger
William Scheidemantle
Bridge Street
Robert Baird
William Ferre
Fountain Avenue
Katheryn Walczak
First Avenue
Donald Migilioroto
Faye Rape
Clay Street
Zelienople
Directors Will Meet Thursday Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce
The Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce board will meet Thursday night at 8 in the chamber rooms. F. E. Moore will preside. other directors include A. E. Conner C. W. Carbeau C. C. Davidson D. J. Jones Jr. Edward Mackasek J. A. Evans Dr. H. E. Helling W. F. Kegel R. J. Shearer R. J. Herge Nelson Runyan.
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Ellwood City
Baptist Society Dinner Meeting at Ewing Park
Twenty members of the Women’s Missionary society of the First Baptist church met at Ewing Park picnic grounds for a tureen dinner and business. They planned sending a delegate to Grove City college for the Missionary House party July 7 to 10 and reviewed a church campaign supporting the Baptist home and orphanage. White Cross work was discussed and the next meeting with a picnic is set for July 15, with group captains in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Ewing Park
Grove City College
Society of the Church
Baptist Home and Orphanage
White Cross
The
Missionary Society
Class Meeting At Dambach Residence Ellwood City
Members of the Immanuel Reformed church Ladies Aid society met at Mrs Harvey Dambach's home on the Ellwood New Castle road Tuesday evening. Mrs Emil Forsythe led the business, followed by social time and lunch hosted by the hostess and daughters Lorna and Lillian. Next meeting is July 29 at Mrs Russell Sitler's home.
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Ellwood City
Immanuel Reformed Church Ladies’ Aid Society
Harvey Dambach
Ellwood
New Castle Road
Emil Forsythe
Lorna
Lillian
Russell Sitler
Glen Avenue
Death Comes To Joseph Cappello
Joseph Cappello aged 76 died at 7 15 this morning at his home 1116 South Second Street. Burial is slated for Friday morning from his home and the Catholic church with interment in Locust Grove Cemetery. He is survived by wife Pauline and ten children, Pauline Teresa Angeline Mary Rose Anthony Carmen Michael Frank and Nicholas.
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Ellwood City
Joseph Cappello
South Second Street
Locust Grove
Mr. Cappello
Pauline Cappello
Pauline
Teresa
Angeline
Mary
Rose Cappello
Anthony
Carmen
Michael
Frank
Nicholas
Picnic Planned by Faught Society in Ellwood City
At a United Presbyterian church meeting in Ellwood City the Marjorie Faught Society discussed a June picnic. Ruth McCowin led devotional exercises and conducted the brief business meeting. A report on the Women's General Missionary Convention was received. Mrs. Neva Koach of Wurtemberg attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Marjorie Faught Society
United Presbyterian Church
Ruth McCowin
Women's General Missionary Convention
Neva Koach
Wurtemburg
Margaret Pugh Class Concludes Meetings
Margaret Pugh class of the First Presbyterian church held a picnic dinner at 6 00 Tuesday evening at Ewing Park. Twenty members attended and the dinner committee included Frances Stimson Irene Croft W P Rolman Blanche Jackson and H E King. The meeting closed with social time and will resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
Margaret Pugh
First Presbyterian Church
Ewing Park
Frances Stimson
Irene Croft
W. P. Rolman
Blanche Jackson
H. E. King
McKim Family Holds Eighth Annual Reunion at Shadyrest
The McKim family plans to hold its eighth annual reunion on Saturday June 28 at Shadyrest, Jane McKim’s cottage on the old McKim farm near North Sewickley. Dinner will be served at noon.
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Ellwood City
McKim
Shadyrest
Jane McKim
City Employes Back at Work After Strike Ended
Employees of the sewer street and garbage departments who walked out Monday returned to duties this morning. The stoppage followed a wage-raise request. A council conference Tuesday led to the promise of a decision next Monday.
Lithuanian Flags Salute Nazi Troops in Kaunas
Stockholm reports Lithuanian national flags were raised in Kaunas as German troops entered the city. Lithuania is said to have announced secession from Soviet Russia. Bombing messages mentioned Libau Windau and Riga during the day.
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International News Service
Stockholm
Kaunas
Lithuania
Soviet Russia
Libau
Windau
Riga
Maximum Prices Set For Pig Iron
The OPM price control administration in Washington on June 25 set maximum prices for pig iron, a key steel raw material. This follows earlier ceilings for iron and steel scrap and for iron and steel products as part of extended steel market controls.
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International News Service
Washington
OPM
New Castle Boy Scout Court of Honor Friday Night
The New Castle Boy Scout district holds a court of honor Friday at 8 PM at First Christian Church. A large number of scouts are expected after Tuesday’s board of review judging by the turnout.
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First Christian Church
New Castle
Leningrad Bombarded, Soviet City Hit by German Air Attacks
NBC reported a Rome radio broadcast stating a heavy German bombardment left a huge pall of smoke over the Russian city of Leningrad. The bulletin notes extensive destruction and ongoing air raid damage as the conflict continues.
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International News Service
New York
Rome
NBC
Leningrad
Amendment To Draft Act Still Pends In Congress
Washington June 25 The draft age ceiling to 28 years faces a House vote expected Friday after Senate approval and a military affairs committee rewrite. If passed by the House it goes to a conference committee and then back to the Senate for re passage.
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International News Service
Washington
House
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Congress
Man Found Dead in Gas-Filled Auto Near West Pittsburg
Howard P. Anderson 37, of 1323 West Washington Street, was found dead in a gas filled car off Hog Hollow road near West Pittsburg. The coroner ruled suicide after Anderson was seen earlier by local boys, who reported the disposal method using a garden hose into the exhaust. He worked at Shenango pottery. survived by wife Jennie and children Curtis Robert Audrey Jimmy, plus his father Jack and sisters Ethel Sullivan Grace Weinstein and Earl Anderson. Funeral set Friday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist with Dr Frank Hollins officiating. burial in Graceland cemetery. The family sera at the mortuary evenings.
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Howard P. Anderson
West
Washington Street
Hog Hollow Road
West Pittsburg
Samuel and
James Clark
Elmo Clark
Anderson
T. F. Nugent
Walter Bannon
Mr. Anderson
Foxburg
Jack
Margaret Phillips Anderson
Shenango Pottery
Jennie Donley Anderson
Curtis
Robert
Audrey
Jimmy
Jack Anderson
Ethel Sullivan
New Castle
Grace Weinstein
Youngstown
Earl Anderson
Joseph B. Leyde
Highland
Frank Hollinshead
First Baptist Church
Graceland Cemetery
Delaware Trees Stand Out In National Survey
Delaware, the first state to join the Union, shows strong arboreal presence in a national Forestry Association survey. The state claims four of the largest trees among 77 species, including white ash, beach, basswood, honey locust, post oak, and willow oak with circumferences ranging from 12 feet eight inches to 17 feet three inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Wilmington
Del
American Forestry Association
Delaware
Beach
Information on U-9 Submarine Condition Sought by Congress
Rep Shafer introduces a resolution demanding Navy Secretary Knox provide full details on the ill fated submarine U 9. It seeks commissioning date reconditioning date wartime service and whether the sub was repaired with inferior materials or sent to sea in an unseaworthy condition amid lend lease questions.
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International News Service
Washington
Shafer
Mich
Secretary of Navy
Knox
House
Portsmouth
N. H
Secretary of the Navy
House of Representatives
Navy Department
United States
Great Britain
German Luftwaffe Bombs Russian Rail Lines
Berlin reports the Luftwaffe attacked Russian railway lines yesterday, destroying 23 trains and damaging stations and tracks across multiple stretches. High command said the strikes aimed at disrupting transport logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
High Command
Scout Leaders Gather At Camp In Slippery Rock Valley
Eighteen members of the Leaders Association of New Castle met for supper at the new Girl Scout cabin beside Slippery Rock creek. The final meeting of the season featured tours of the completed building and plans for a bird sanctuary inventory led by Miss Elizabeth Reis and others.
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Girl Scout
Slippery Rock Creek
Leaders Association of
New Castle
Branchton
Slippery Rock Valley
Audubon Society
Thomas Clay
Elizabeth Reis
C. M. England
Thomas Clark
George Ward
Helen MacLean
Girl Scouts
Barbara Brinser
Sally Norris
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Scieto and
Long Ave
Armour’s
Jewish Council
Auto Bandits
Scout Council
Henes Ann
E. Washington St
Tin
Martello
Call
S. Mill St
Sucsio
Butler Ave
Ham Hocks
Derosa
Shankless
Dallas
Baptist Society
Dambach
Faught Society
M’kim
Court of Honor
St Lawrence
Howard Anderson
West Washington Street
Monachies
Republics
Japan
East Indies
Lawrence Savings & Trust Company
MR. al
Mrs. Wise
Linger Light Dairy
Betty
GETTY
Supreme
Long
Phare
N. Mill Street
Electric Service CO
N. Mercer ST
Business College
New Castle Business College
May’s
Do-Nut Shop
E. Washington Street
Demonstrator Ironers
I—Maytag
I—G. E. Ironer
I—G. E. Roner
Porter’s Electric Shop
Mill St
Washington St
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