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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
7
In North English Carl Johnson’s broken upper jaw kept him in bed but 21 neighbors with 19 tractors and two teams plowed 65 acres in a day and planted 3414 acres to complete the season’s sowing with soybeans left to command the remainder.
Open house planned for Friday to show work and play at Cascade Park day camp for 235 Girl Scouts. Camp runs 9 am to 4 pm with daily activities across units including puppets from potatoes and timber for fires. Public inspection requested. closing week ahead.
New Castle hosts the second annual pet parade Friday afternoon June 30 involving 14 playgrounds and county centers. Children escorted by playground supervisors march with dogs kittens parrots and other pets from Rosena field to Rosena grounds via East Washington Water and Jefferson streets. A judges committee will evaluate entries from a viewing stand along East Washington Street with prizes for winners sponsored by the New Castle Recreational Education Council and The Townsmen club.
At First Presbyterian church Sharon, Shenango Presbytery heard General Assembly Cleveland and Synod Chambersburg reports. Elders H S Williams Clyde B Houk and ministers T C Henderson William Ferrer spoke. new members named. Enon Valley pastor resigns. next meeting set for September in Wampum. Gulf Stream note appears in local column.
The Greater New Castle Association will invite the Pennsylvania Department of the Grand Army of the Republic and allied groups to hold their 1940 convention in New Castle. GNCA directors, meeting last night, asked Executive Vice President Arthur H. Andrews to extend a formal bid immediately. President Norman E. Clark noted a Thursday night testimonial dinner for the Pennsylvania Power company will draw 1,500 attendees. The board also reviewed industrial development ideas, calling them preliminary.
Admiral Koshiro Oikawa commanded Japan's Third Fleet in Chinese waters and ordered all Americans and U S ships to depart Swatow Harbor. Admiral Harry Yarnell of the United States Asiatic Fleet refused, asserting that American lives and property would be protected by U S arms.
Fort Worth visitors flock to the city zoo for a curious fox pup kept alone in a large cage. Attendants report many questions from curious sightseers about the animal and its breed, while no informative sign was provided.
Dr. Bruce Baxter president of Willamette University told the Oregon State College graduating class in Corvallis that religion should be personal viral and powerful for youth entering society. He urged viewing religion as a technique for getting things done not a mass of beliefs or regulator of conduct.
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