Nazi Forces Already Victors in Vast Berlin Drive
Berlin authorities claimed that Hitler’s armies have already defeated Soviet forces after five days of massive blitz attacks on the eastern front. Officials said the war could be regarded as won and cited German air supremacy as Soviet planes were unable to drop bombs.
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Berlin
Hitler
Iak
Russia
Vfolal
Vfolal Decision” Fell On the Main Battle Field of the Eastern Front
East Prussia
Poland
Summer church services start on Cass ende Park
A summer program of Sunday evening church services will begin next Sunday at Cass ende Park and run all summer. In Cleveland yesterday about eight thousand cards were handed out warning pedestrians on Reduathiene and Highway 224 west. New Castle and Lawrence county will send 128 young men to army service tomorrow, the largest county group since the selective service act. Farmers are busy making hay as the crop season continues.
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Union
Cassende Park
Cleveland
Castre
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report United States 24-Hour Summary
Day by day weather report shows a 9 a.m. reading with a maximum of 64 and minimum of 62 in the area. No precipitation recorded. Stage of Fulver at 4.7 feet. Year-ago figures list a 72 maximum and 52 minimum with 0.33 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Russian Campaign Develops Surprise Factor For Germans
Berlin dispatch reports German high command surprised by Soviet troop concentrations at frontier sectors where advances seemed unimpeded. Official communique denied major changes, while observers in Berlin claimed new Soviet manpower disrupted plans along the eastern front.
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Berlin
Turku Bombed as Finland Joins War with Germany
Soviet planes bomb Turku in a day of raids with a black smoke pall rising from wreckage. President Ryti urged nationwide resistance as Finland formally enters defensive war against the Soviet Union after attacks along the southeast coast and other localities.
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Toivo Vitikki Internacional
Helsinki
Turku
Aabo
Finland
Germany
Red Russi
Hango
Kista Ry
Ryti
Picket Lines Opened By State Troops At Dow Michigan
International News Service reports Michigan state troopers cleared about 100 pickets as Dow Chemical plant workers returned to work today despite a CIO United Mine Workers order to strike. Dow, with around 5000 employees, is said to be the world’s largest chemical plant and claimed 85 percent defense work. Kempton Williams, UMW representative, said the strike was ordered after two union workers were laid off.
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International News Service
Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Company
United Mine Workers Division
CIO
Dow
Kempton Willams
UMW
Beamish Quits Bar Association in Protest
Public Utility Commissioner Richard J. Beamish resigned from the Pennsylvania Bar Association at its annual Bedford Springs convention, citing Judge William M. Hargest's "violent and partisan attack" on federal and state agencies. He noted administrative agencies have multiplied far faster than population in 140 years. Beamish is head of the bar group and president judge of Dauphin County Court.
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Conternations! News Service
Harrisburg
Public Utility
Richard J. Beamish
Pennsylvania Bar Association Today
Dauphin County
William M. Harreset
Hargest
Bedford Springs
Pennsylvania
Hungary Declares War on the Soviet Union
Budapest reports that repeated Russian air raids on Hungarian territory led to a state of war with the Soviet Union. The declaration was issued at 10 a.m. as a response to barbarian provocations, with Hungary promising all necessary measures.
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Budapest
Hungary
Soviet Union
Russia
Captain Mitchell Enroute Home From Fort Sill Visit
Captain George F. Mitchell of Battery F, 6th Field Artillery, on furlough after three months at Fort Sill Field Artillery Officers School visits CAMP SHELBY. Lieut Edward Eekin commands the battery in his absence while regimental commander Samuel B. Wolfe also attends courses at Fort Sill.
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Locum Gurse
Shelby
Miss
George FP. Mitchell
6Th Field Artillery
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
New Castle
Mitchell
Edward Eekin
Samuel B. Wolfe
Tremendous quake shocks world with epicenter near Licobar Tylands
International News Service dispatch reports the Liverview observatory registered a tremendous earthquake with its epicenter near Licobar Tylands, a British-owned isle group east of the Bay of Bengal. Officials claim the tremors traveled twice around the earth and call it the greatest earthquake ever recorded, with Bombay observatory noting a similar quake.
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Bulleti
International Nrova Service
Sydney
Australia
Liverview Observatory
Licobar Tylands
Bay of Bengal
Bombay Observatory
Report Another Raid on Helsinki
Vichy news agency reports another Soviet air raid on Helsinki within hours. German planes from the north renewed attacks on Leningrad and Kronstadt. Two mechanized German columns from Vilna and Baranovichi are now near Minsk.
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Innternational News
Vichy
Today
Helsinki
Leningrad
Kronstad
Vilna
Baranoyichi
Minsk
Massive RAF squadrons unleash renewed daylight raids
Royal Air Force formations averaging between 250 and 400 planes intensify the offensive against Nazi Germany. Reports from England describe heavy bombing along the English Channel and French coast as observers witness large fleets moving from multiple bases into the invasion zones. The operation marks a peak in aerial fury with sustained daylight attacks and rising demand on RAF resources.
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Merrill Mueller von
Statr
England
Royal Air Force
Nazi Germany
Ilish
Kerst
Dover
Herat Tésiens
France
Bri
Hell's Corner
Jorne
Legislators near July adjourn amid settlement talks
Harrisburg June 27 Governor Arthur H. James nears his administration’s greatest triumph as Democratic leaders and the Republican executive reach a settlement plan to permit final adjournment of the general assembly by July 10 following six months of controversy and three days of negotiations.
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Conternalindal News Sordia
Harrisburg
Arthur H. James
Republican Ethicle
General Assembly
Evacuation Planned for 20900 Vichy Troops via Turkey
A Reuters dispatch from Ankara reports arrangements to evacuate 20,900 Vichy French troops from Syria through Turkey. The report states Armenian and Arab forces will not be allowed to cross Turkish soil.
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Vichy
Turkey
Gens News
London
Selectees To Leave Saturday For Induction
Lawrence county will send 128 youths to Camp Meade Maryland for induction into the service. Boards One and Two will depart at 7 30 from the Seventh Ward station. County Board One sending 40 men from Ellwood City at 5 45 AM by P and L E railroad direct to camp. Large crowds expected as the largest monthly selection to date.
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Lawrence County
Gamp Meade
Seventh Ward Staton
County Board One
Ellwood City
P. and
L. E
Camp Meade
Irish Republic Must Show Desire To Resist Nazis
President Roosevelt said arms shipments to the Irish Republic would require clear assurances it will defend itself against German attack. He noted Ireland has not yet given such assurances and said he was considering supplying rifles but could not provide ammunition due to U.S. production shortfalls.
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George Duano
U. S
Sixteenth Consecutive Air Raid on Germany
London reports the sixteenth consecutive RAF night raid on Cologne Dusseldorf and Kiel with high attendance, while Germany claims limited British bombardment on East Anglia. No major city incents recorded. Berlin notes Luftwaffe activity with minimal damage. The Daily Express cites the German battleship Lützow.
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Germany
Bulletix
International
London
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Kiellascl Highl
Air Ministry
Britain
East Anglia
England
Landon
Esgress
Luetzow
NYA Center Opens In Cunningham Park For Youth Training
About 50 youths from New Castle and Ellwood City will use the National Youth Administration Job Experience Center at Cunningham Park this afternoon for defense work training. Adjoining counties will visit Saturday, with the center expected to be fully under way by Monday. The facility will house about 200 youths, provide meals, and offer shop work experience in the erected facilities.
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New Castle
Ellwood City
National Youth Administration
Cunningham Park
NYA
Krug Promoted To Second Lieutenant At Camp Shelby
Krug, a New Castle native, became the first from the area to win a commission since the unit relocated to Camp Shelby Mississippi. Sgt James M Ring of Battery F received the commission as second lieutenant during a retreat formation attended by regimental officers including Lieut Col Jean T Bell, while Col Samuel B Wolfe was away. Krug enlisted October 1940 at New Castle Armory and rose quickly through duties on Battery FP staff. he is expected to serve as reconnaissance officer for the unit, a leading firing battery in the regiment.
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Seyees
Camp Shelby
Miss
New Castile
Shelby
James M. Ring
United States Army
Jean T. Bell
Punxsutown
Samuel B. Wolfe
Fort Sill
Oklo
Brug
Cunningham Armory
New Castle
Krug
Hoover to Broadcast Sunday From Chicago Red Network
Former President Herbert Hoover plans a nationwide NBC broadcast from Chicago Sunday night on America’s wartime situation. The address, from 8:30 to 11:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, will outline U S concerns in the European war. Also, Alderman Wallace Ewing, of 303 Boyles Avenue, reported today to Jameson Memorial Hospital and said to be considerably better.
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International News Service
New York
Herbert Hooléaday
Chicago
America
Roosevelt
White House
Chica
NBC
Alderman Wallace
Ewing
Boyles Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Death Record notices from June 27 1941 list multiple names
Death notices dated Friday June 27 1941 record Elizabeth Ann Opreen aged 22 of Eleciie street Morris L Cukerbaum aged 66 of Bitts burgh Mrs John F Pearson aged 89 of West Newbury Miss. The fragmentary listing includes several individuals with ages and locations.
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Elizabeth Ann Opreen
Morris
L. Cukerbaum
Bittsburgh
John
F. Pearson
West
Newbury
Miss
Parachute Army Used By Nazis Against Russia
Heavy fighting raged along the Minsk frontier and Bessarabian sector as German parachute troops repeatedly dropped inside Soviet lines while German armor and air units pressed to breach Minsk and nearby towns. Soviet forces fell back to stronger positions in the Minsk Baranovitch area but held on the Bessarabian front. Moscow reported gains and countermeasures as the front line shifted amid intensive clashes.
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New Serviet
Moscow
Minsk
Soviet Bureau of Information
Borisov
Bobruisk
Mogilev
Minsk-Baranovitch
Russia
Bessars
Japan Doubts US Can Provide Much Soviet Aid
Japanese government officials stated today that material aid from the United States to Russia would put Japan in an extremely embarrassing position amid Russo German hostilities. The spokesman doubted whether extensive American assistance to Russia is possible.
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Japan
U. S
TORYO
Govr
Russia
Anniversary Memoir From Ten Years Past
The narrator recalls a day ten years ago marked by heat and a nervous wedding plan. They describe a fear of walking the aisle and a confident claim that the crew has grown, noting the year as ninety five and a desire to celebrate.
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