Costly Trucks Resume Operation After Long Shutdown
Thousands of Wittsburch truckers return to work after a 28 day stoppage, ending one of the city’s costliest strike periods. AFL drivers accept a six cent an hour wage increase pending a mediation board ruling. Some operators broke from the union and signed separate agreements, with more to follow. Food shipments face delays as crews estimate 10 days to clear accumulated stocks. Mrs. Anna Felran of 409 East Washington Street injured Sunday when she tripped on a sidewalk. treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital. no broken bones found on X-ray.
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Steel
Iray
AFL
National Cerrase Mediation Board
Washinetor
Stern Pennsylvania Labor Relations Association
Anna Felran
East Washington Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Niant
Charge 24 Face Spy Ring Ties Across Nations
Hoover announced the Arerfest spy roundup targeting a ring with Naz sympathies tied to Germany. The group included workers in defense plants and seamen, using the Little Casio restaurant on East 85th Street as a meetup hub. Information flowed to Europe by courier and radio as G-men pursued high-level suspects.
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Hoover
Germany
Song
U. S
Manhattan
Casio
East 85Th Street
Splex
Richard Eichenlaub
Europe
FBL
Senate moves final action on many bills and WPA relief
Senate advances final action on numerous bills including a 1.06 billion agriculture measure and an 84 million relief fund. A key dispute centered on the relief bill needed to continue the WPA, with a House rider proposing 50 million for the food stamping plan. An agreement was expected as leaders pressed for passage to authorize continued WPA funding.
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Tnnally
Labor Department and
Social Security Agency
District of Columbia
Congress
Senate
House
Friling
Days Ahead Will Test U.S. Says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt told governors at the 33rd annual conference in Cambridge that the coming days will test American unity and leadership. He urged full cooperation across federal, state, and local levels to defend the nation and push production, defense, and mobilization efforts amid strained contracts and labor disputes. Governor Van Wagoner urged a four point plan to curb strikes and speed settlements with labor.
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Cambridge
Mass
America
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Boston
Army
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Michigan
Office of Production Management
Gov. Wagoner
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Waroner Ale
Youths 21 to Register Here Tuesday in Pennsylvania
William Martner Lewis, Selective Service director for Pennsylvania, outlines how registrants who split time between places may choose their residence for local board jurisdiction. Those on an R P D route must state residence location not just mailing address. Registration districts and boards are listed for New Castle and Lawrence County with headquarters in Union Trust building, Public Assistance building, Ellwood City, Volant, and Lawrence Savings and Trust building.
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Selective Service
Pennsylvania
New Castle
White Streets
Lawrence County Board No
Ellport
Ellwood City
Perry Towneship
Plaingrove Township
Scott Township
Henango Township
Slippery Rock Township
South New Castle
Hickory Township
Little Beaver Township
Mahoning Township
Neshannock Township
New Wilmington
North Beaver Township
Pulaski Township
Taylor Township
Union Township
Wampum
Wilmington Township
Lawrence Savings, and Trust Company
Lost 14 Year Old Girl Sought By New Castle Police
New Castle police search for Shirley Reed a 14 year old Pittsburgh girl missing since today She is five feet three inches tall weighs 103 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes Officials describe her as in danger if she is found away from home and urge anyone with information to contact authorities
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New Castle
Pittsburgh
Shirley Reed
Soviet Claims Nazi Losses In Major Front Fighting
Soviet dispatches describe heavy combat along a Lida to Volkovyssk line with German columns cut off at Minsk and big losses of armor and air power. They claim Germans failed to penetrate Polish cities Luck and Minsk as tanks and mobile units were driven back in several sectors.
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Lida
Valkovysk
Poland
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New York
Luck
White
Russia
Lkewise
Vit
Otheir
Vilna-Pvinsk
Lida- Volkovyssk
Novograd
Volynsk
Shepetovka
Voter Registration Push Planned For 65000 Statewide
A July 1 registration drive targets about 65 000 residents eligible since last October turning 21 and new arrivals since first registration. Each registrant will receive a certificate to carry at all times and show upon demand to police or selective service officials.
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United Siates
Selective Service System
Deaths of the Day in Mercer County Obituaries
Obituaries list deaths for Stella Jane Reed Barber and others from Mercer area. Includes service details, survivors, and interment in Findley cemetery. notes Robison Elizabeth Oprean and William Davis funeral services with dates, locations, and pallbearers.
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Stella Jane Reed Barber
Stelle Jane Reed Barber
Mercer
D. G
Barber
Grove City
Albert
Mary Ann Hooyvier Reed
Charles K. Barber
Edna Barber
Ft. Belvoir
Mary Jane Kiselholz
Cleveland
F. R. Ferguson
Sharon
Fierce Wilson
Greenville
T. N Sivus
Blacktown Methodist Church
Findley Cemetery
Robison
John
Nori Beaver Township
E. A. Shoemaker
Westfield
Resbyterian Church
W. F. Byers
New Wilmington
John Robison
Corsica, Pa
John Kyle
Dale Robison
William Fox
Seldon Byers
James Kelson
Charles Rainey
West View Cemetery
Opréan
Elizabeth Ann Oprean
Electric Street
Moldaran
Democratic leadership shakeup hints at major chair shifts
Senate changes place Walsh of Massachusetts as Senate finance chair with Byrnes likely to be succeeded by Hayden of Arizona for the expenditures committee. The moves ripple through naval affairs and related panels as Roosevelt weighs Byrnes’ role as presidential spokesman and Pepper serves in a limited capacity.
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Walsh
Mass
Senate Finance
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Hayden
Ariz
Une
Byrnes
Senate
Roosevelt
Claude Pepper
Flo
Card Of Thanks From Oprean Family
We thank relatives neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown in our bereavement. Mr and Mrs John Oprean and family. If plans turn out well we are smart if they fail fate did it.
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John Oprean
Amart
Fate
Weather Notes From Paneiwc In Early Summer Heat
Summer heat peaked at 96 degrees on Saturday with a cloudy Sunday and a brief shower Sunday night. Sunday’s top reached 93 as area storms lashed nearby towns, while New Castle saw rain but avoided major violence. The year 1940 reaches its halfway point on Tuesday July 1 with 183 days remaining.
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New Castle
City Council Considers Pay Boost After Strike
City workers returned to work after a brief walkout as councilmen studied the budget for a week. An ordinance emerged proposing higher pay scales for skilled laborers, with preliminary figures around seventy and fifty-five cents per hour under consideration. Councilman Fink commented on the extra funds needed.
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Fink
City council clash as workers meet over tax funds
City officials and union spokesman Cecil Basely spar during a budget hearing over proposed spending on the Greer mill property and other city costs. Mayor Charles B. Mayne admonished Basely to stay on topic as tension rose amid the discussion. The note ends with thanks from bereaved families and a memorial tribute.
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Charles B. Mayne
Cecil Basely
New City Employes* Association
Basely
Council
Greer Mill
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