Soviet Claims Of Massive Nazi Losses In Latest Front Fight
Moscow announces German forces attempted a night landing at Viborg but were repelled. Soviet lines report fighting from Murmansk to Minsk and to Luck, with 53 German planes and 21 Soviet aircraft down. High command says Przemys holds and German offensives failed.
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Racepnacional Naws Service
Moscow
Jimenove
Viborg
Ciipari
Murmansk
Minsk
Barents Sea
Gulf of Pinland
Figh
Przemis
Counoy
Black Bea
Luck
Fourth of July traffic and road work in Lawrence County
Reports indicate tar and top dressing on Pulaski road near Wilmington road with limestone surface. Traffic on highways showed potential delays through the Fourth of July period, advising residents to use side roads and avoid busy routes. Shenango plant operated on Sunday for the first time in years, starting 24 hours early to complete turns before the holiday amid hot, humid weather.
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Lawrence County
Aew
Pulaski Road
Wilmington Road
Daily Weather Report for the United States
Weather report shows a 24 hour period ending 9 am with max 03 and min 68, precipitation 0.03 inches. River stage listed as 4.7. A second 24 hour period ending Sunday morning records max 98 and min 68 with zero precipitation.
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United States
Spy Ring Breakup Nets Twenty-Four At Brooklyn Arraignments
Eighteen members of a major spy ring were set for arraignment in Brooklyn federal court on charges of stealing vital national defense secrets for a foreign power. Six others, detained in New Jersey Michigan and Wisconsin, will be arraigned later for conspiring to violate the Espionage Act of June 1917. J Edgar Hoover announced the capture and noted five already face additional prison terms. Three women are among the suspects, twenty-two natives are German. Continued on page two.
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Internstrannt News
New York
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Michigan
Wisconsin
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Germany
Citywide Pay Boost Planned by New Castle Council
The New Castle council introduced an emergency wage ordinance granting a five-cent hourly increase for all city employees except elected officials, restoring police and fire pay to 1999 levels. An emergency $10,500 appropriation funds six months of raises, with final reading slated for next Monday after printer prep.
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New Castle
J. Leon Fink
Fink
Faye
Marines Reported Torpedoed Steamer Maarsden Sinking
The navy department said it was investigating reports that the Dutch steamer Maarsden carrying U S marines to London had been torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic. No confirmation yet, while radio reports are checked for authenticity.
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Servincy
Washington
Navy Department
United States
London
Atlantic
Vichy Severs Soviet Relations Amid Accusations
Vichy announces severance of diplomatic and consular relations with Soviet Russia accusing Russian agents of subverting internal order. Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan informed the Russian ambassador and the French envoy to Moscow informed the Kremlin. Delegations to return to their homelands were arranged.
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International News Service
Vichy
Soviet Russia
France
Jean Dailan
Moscow
Kremlin
65 000 to register in Pennsylvania on Tuesday
Pennsylvania will register about 65 000 young men who turned 21 since last October 16 under the selective service. Local boards open 7 am to 9 pm regional offices will handle the process with registrars acting as chief officials in each area. The effort marks a second M-day and emphasizes service to nation and freedom under democratic ideals.
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International News Sergiea
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
FAS
Arthur H. James
William Mather Lewis
Selective Service System
Bureau of Census
Selective Service
Varigua
Mine Explosion Near Indiana Pa Kills and Halves
A blast ripped through the McIntyre Mine of Rochester at Pittsburgh Coal near Indiana Pennsylvania. About 30 men were underground. roughly half escaped unscathed while the fate of others remained unclear. Ambulances from Indiana Homer City Blairsville and Saltsburg rushed to the scene as company officials coordinated from Indiana.
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Indiana
McIntyre
Rochester
Pittsburgh Coal Company
International News Service
Homer City
Blairsville
Saltsburg
Coal Company
Youths Of 21 Will Register Here Tuesday
County draft boards prepare for Selective Service registration with five offices open 7 am to 8 pm. About 500 youths 21 years old from Lawrence County are expected to enroll throughout the day. Eastern half coverage will be Elwood City headquarters, with a temporary office in Volant Bank building to aid northern residents. Officials warn that penalties for failure are severe after a judge sentenced a man to five years in prison recently.
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Lawrence County
County Board No. One
Elwood City
Volant National Bank
Ellwood City
Pennsylvania
Three Are Killed In Auto Crash Near Greenville
A Pittsburgh party of six returning from Painesville, Ohio, suffered three deaths and three injuries in a head on collision on the Greenville Mercer highway south of Greenville Pennsylvania. Driver Joseph Greenter failed to see the bridge after a sharp curve. Names involved include William Hiser 43, Georgia Hiser 20, Alma Ziegler (all of Pittsburgh) and William Spitznage 20, Joseph Greenter 45. Mrs Hiser remained in serious condition at Greenville hospital.
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International News Service
Greenville
Hiser
William Spitznage
Iona Street
Pittsborah
Joseph J. Greenter
Clearview Avenue
Pittsburgh
Greenier
Painesville
Three Off-Shore Naval Air Stations Planned
The Navy announced plans to establish three off-shore naval air stations in the Caribbean mid-Pacific and Aleutian regions. Midway Islands will host the mid-Pacific station commissioned August 1, Dutch Harbor Amaknak Island will house the Alaska station commissioned September 6, and Carenage Bay Trinidad near Port of Spain will host the Caribbean station commissioned August 2.
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International News Service
Washington
Navy Today
Caribbean
mid-Pacific
Aleutan Islands
Midway Islands
Alaska
Dutch Harbor
Amaknak Island
Efr
Carenage Bay
Trinidad
Port of Spal
Formally Accepts First Baptist Call
At Sunday service William Bowman read a rexverse from Rev. Oliver W. Hurst pastor of Wyoming Avenue Baptist Philadelphia stating he accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist church this city and would begin around September 1. Hurst 32, has a wife and two children and seven years as Philadelphia church pastor with strong commendations.
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First Baptist Church
William Bowman
Oliver W. Hurst
Wyoming Avenue Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Hurst
Senate speeds final action on many bills
The Senate sent to the White House a 1.196 billion appropriation for labor and Federal Security Administration as leaders push to complete four major funding measures before the new fiscal year opens. Officials rejected about 500 thousand for wage hour act inspectors to keep government operating tomorrow.
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William S. Neal
Paderewski Dies In New York City
Ignace Jan Paderewski famed pianist and Father of Poland dies in New York at 60 after a four day pneumonia battle. He passed at 11:35 p m in the Hotel Buckingham suite with his sister and staff present. Funeral plans not announced. His heart to be sent to Poland.
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New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
Hig
Buckingham
Antonina Wilkowska
Sylvian Strakacz
Klollopallo
Asa Liggett -Lincoln
Wes
Paderewski
RAF Heavily Bombs Hamburg And Bremen
British raids on Northwestern Germany hit Hamburg and Bremen, concentrating on ship yards and industrial districts, sparking huge fires. Berlin claimed 13 RAF bombers shot down while one German raider was destroyed. Britain reported minor damage and no casualties in Eastern England.
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London
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Berlin
R.A. F
British
Air Ministry
Britain
England
Democratic Leadership Faces Major Shake-Up in Senate
Washington, June 30. A major shakeup nears in the Democratic Senate leadership as vacancies arise from the death of Senator Pat Harrison and the retirement of Senator James Byrnes. Carter Glass is slated for president pro tempore, with Walter F. George holding or ceding the finance chair. George’s decision will trigger a cascade of committee reshuffles involving Wagner, Connally, and others as the party reorganizes its senior leadership.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
Senate
Pat Harrison
Miss
James F. Byrnes
S.C
Supreme Court
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Byrnes
Senate Committee
George
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Tom Connally
Texas
Wagner
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Connally
Bell Promotes Caldwell to Western Pennsylvania Division
Virdyn R. Caldwell district manager for Bell Telephone Co. is promoted to division manager of the Western Pennsylvania division headquartered in Pittsburgh. He succeeds W. L. Ler as general commercial supervisor. The promotion takes effect this morning. Caldwell serves as president of the New Calve Community Chest board.
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Virdyn R. Caldwell
Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
W. L. Ler
Caldwell
New Calve Community Chest Board of Directors
Nurses Aboard Dutch Ship Reported Sunk
The American Red Cross said nurses were aboard the Dutch merchantman Maarsden, with three officers and six American sailors also aboard. Navy officials and Acting Secretary Sumner Welles sought confirmation while states that neutrality rules allow Americans on belligerent ships for government business. Nurses were said en route to Harvard Hospital in London. exact counts unknown.
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Cinternatiuma Sens
Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Maarsden
Atlantic
U. S. Ma
Welles
Roosevelt
Harvard Hospital
London
Navy
Death Record Wonday 1941 Stella Mercer and heirs
Stella Mercer and Reed Barber, men in the 70 age group, appear in the death record for Wonday dated June 30 1941. The entry notes the deceased and related parties.
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Stella Mercer
R. D
Reed Barber
Gas Rate Boost Here Suspended For Six Months
Harrisburg June 30 The Public Utility Commission suspended for six months the rate increases planned by Manufacturers Light and Heat Co Pittsburgh affecting domestic commercial and hospital customers A second tariff for July 1 raises the industrial rate while the P A C continues a rate case against the utility serving Allegheny Beaver Lawrence Washington Greene Butler and Mercer counties
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission Today
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Beaver
Lawrence
Washington
Greene
Butler
Mercer
British Report German Forces Make Progress
British authorities said German forces advancing against Kiev in Soviet Ukraine have undoubtedly made considerable progress and covered nearly 180 miles. The next two or three days will be important in judging how deep the Germans can penetrate Ukraine and whether their pincer attack is succeeding. British officials doubt Stalin’s line can be penetrated deeply.
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London
Kiev
Soviet Ukraine
Ukraine
Army pilot killed in training plane crash near Gunter field
One man died and another leaped to safety by parachute when a military training plane crashed near Gunter field Montgomery Alabama Cadet Walter W Griffin 23 of Rutland Wisconsin landed safely Walter W Griffin survived United States Army Air Forces casualties report says Second Lieut M A McCracken Manila Iowa killed instantly in Monday incident near Gunter field
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Madame News Service
Montgomery
Ala
Gunter Field
M. A. McCracken
Manila
Iowa
Walter W. Griffin
Rutland
Lvov Captured By Nazi Forces Berlin Reports
German authorities announce rapid German advances on the southern Polish front with the capture of Lvov, Minsk, and Libov as the vast German army pushes east. Reports say Russian forces are in flight in scattered areas while Kyiv and Ukraine regions face intensified pressure.
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Lvov
Berlin
International
Minsk
Libov
Blige
Pierre J. Uss
Lemberg
Ukraine
Monument Dedication Friday at New Bedford
A monument honoring New Bedford soldiers will be dedicated Friday July 4 at 2:30 PM at the New Bedford Presbyterian Church. Major Guy J. Wadlinger will give the main address, and a 11 AM to 1:30 PM chicken dinner in the church dining room will raise funds to finish paying the monument.
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New Bedford
Presbyterian Church
Arthur Mometer and the Joys of Buying a Suit
A quirky reflection on purchasing clothing and the thrill of trying on a suit. The piece notes how salespeople tell old jokes, the fitting room moment, and the satisfaction of owning attire that flatters one’s form. The tone is light and folksy, with a playful aside about weather and fashion.
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Niente
Dom A
Daily Weather Report
Charge Twenty
Greatest
America
Indiana, Pa
McIntyre Mine
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
County Board
Rolla
Ree
Dr.continued
Greenville- Mercer
First Baptist Call
New York City
R.A.F
Statin
Black Sea
Hitler
Memorial Association
Arthur Mometer
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