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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
30
A vintage price listing offers fresh chickens and various fish items including salmon steak haddock fillets and lake whitefish with per pound prices. Also shown are bacon, cheese, wiener rolls, potatoes and cantaloupes with noted misprint corrections for dog food.
Berlin reports submarines attacked a strongly protected convoy in the North Atlantic and sank eight merchant ships totaling 48,000 tons. German planes also sank a 15,000-ton ship northeast of Great Yarmouth. A trout lays between 1,100 and 1,500 eggs.
In Saint Paul a Vatican radio address by Pope Pius XII will conclude the ninth national Eucharistic Congress. A final Mass was led by Archbishop Glennon, with an 80,000 strong procession to the state fairgrounds. Governor Stassen declared a statewide observance as sacrifices for national defense and emergencies are urged by Archbishop Rumme l.
Harrisburg June 26 Gov Arthur H James signed 17 measures including a bill letting voters decide on Sunday movies after four years instead of five. It raises from 5 to 20 percent the signatures needed to place the question on municipal ballots. The action also funds state employee salaries and debt management, and tightens municipal borrowing rules effective Jan. 1 1942 plus pasteurization rules for fruit and vegetable juices.
Harrisburg report states Governor Arthur H. James signed a seven million dollar stop gap relief bill for July. It creates funds allowing indigents to receive aid pending enactment of the biennial appropriation, bringing temporary appropriations to thirteen million two hundred fifty three thousand dollars. The biennial relief bill totals one hundred thirty one million three hundred ninety thousand dollars and awaits senate action.
Rev E Marcellus Nesbitt longtime pastor at Greeley United Presbyterian in Colorado has been called to lead Beaver United Presbyterian Church and will assume duties mid July He succeeds Dr Charles Fulton longtime Beaver minister Nesbitt a Neshannock township native is prominent in the region and known for nine years at First United Presbyterian in Columbus Ohio He will play a key role at the August YM U convention in Lake Geneva Wisconsin.
Delegates from Neshannock Post No 215 and Harry L McBride Post No 522 travel to Scranton for the 1941 Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Key topics include democracy, national defense, veteran welfare and government care for disabled World War veterans. Delegates and alternates named from both posts attend.
Despite a wildcat walkout by Chicago Typographical Union members, the city’s three afternoon papers kept printing. The Times used typewritten pages and photo-engraved processes. Milwaukee plants aided Chicago News and Herald American, with late bullets added by typewritten pages. Union leaders called the walkout unauthorized. editors kept publishing.
Russian bombers raided Turku in three waves, dropping incendiaries and high explosives. Seven killed and 27 injured as explosions hit workers quarters before Finnish fighters repelled the attackers from the direction of Hango. Helsinki reported two air raid alarms with some bombs in the harbor but limited damage.
The council met in the municipal hall and rejected New Castle Dantile Company’s $5,585 bid to remodel Cascade Park pool as it exceeded the engineer’s estimate by $2,000. A partial remodel for tanning sections was proposed. Wisterias may be pruned now to boost growth after a hard cutback.
Harrisburg June 26 The Cordier Kenehan bills barring Reds from public jobs and the relief roll were ready for final passage after amendments. Fire employees only for overt acts against the government and provide court appeals for dismissed workers. Adopted 103 to 30 over Republican objections as part of anti Red measures.
Warren E Stockler of Dayton Ohio collapsed while driving near Eugene Oregon. Three ambulances rushed to the scene within moments and a fourth collided en route. Stockler was taken to the hospital amid chaotic emergency response.
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