German Robot Plane Attacks Continue Across Channel
Allied fighters and anti aircraft batteries destroyed several German pilotless bombs aimed at southern England after daybreak. Homes were hit, casualties reported, and some children were rescued from a ruined house. Night activity by such craft caused further damage and casualties across the channel. Meanwhile extensive US raids on the Reich involved about 2000 bombers and fighters, with 15 bombers and two fighters lost, while 33 Nazi interceptors were downed and 16 more knocked out on the ground.
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London
England
Rnns
FCC
Carinthia
Styrla
Lower Danube
CBS
Austria
Reich
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Last Of June Army Selectees Leave From Three Boards
Selectees from three local boards centered in New Castle depart for Army service via the Pennsylvania Railroad. The small group, aided by a crowd of friends, received kits from the USO service committee. Carl R Bowen, son of Crawford Avenue widow Mary Bowen, is among those leaving. his brother-in-law also serves, with one Bowen son wounded and another prisoner of war.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lawrence County Service Men's Aid Committee
The
USO
Carl R Bowen
Mary Bowen
Crawford Avenue
S. Set Fred Bowen
Pfc
Phillip Bowen
Italy
Farm Sale And Local Socials In Lackawannock Area
E Lackawannock reports the sale of a farm to Mr and Mrs Ammer of Millvale with possession planned around July 1. The Andersons bought the Milton Anderson property at Leesburg and plan to move. Several visits and gatherings across area families, grange events, and minor illness and storm damage noted. no major incidents beyond routine social and farming life.
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Harry Anderson
Ammer
Millvale
Anderson
Milton Anderson
Leesburg
Emma Heckathorne
Mercer Cottage Hospital
Eleanor Osborne
Betty Jane Evans
New Wilmington
Frank Wigton
Ellwood City
A. Minick
Mercer
D. B. Cosgrove
John Cosgrove
Wampum
Clyde Bowen
Pleasant Orange
the Grange
J. A. Bear
Willard Grange
Orville Anderson
Karen Lee
Perry Highway
Esraa Minick
Harry Swartz
Greenville Road
Arthur Garrett
Roy Moose
Jefferson Township
Clarence Humphrey
Charlotte
Homer Thompson
New Castle
Pleasant Valley Grange
Grange Hall
Harold Osborne
Ruth Ann
J. N. Uber
Blacktown
James Holden
Aliquinpa
Betty
D. A. Hoagland
Paul Johnston
Earl Faichney
J. W
Humphrey
William Rothaber
James Drake
Carpenters
Noes Drake
K. O. C. Boys Club Dance Tonight
Knights of Columbus Boys' Club hosts a summer dance this evening at the Catholic Center on North Beaver Street. Dancing begins at 8:30 PM with Elmer Suber as chairman and helpers Gene Maher and Larry Flynn aiding the event.
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Knights of Columbus Boys’ Club
Catholic Center
Beaver Street
Elmer Suber
Gene Maher
Larry Flynn
Price Control Bill Signed By Roosevelt Extends OPA
President Roosevelt signed the price control extension to continue the Office of Price Administration through June 30, 1945. The act freezes subsidies after 1945, links cotton ceilings to parity with raw cotton, allows defenses in treble damage cases, and broadens OPA powers to buy products for violation evidence while expanding hardship rents and curbing so called kangaroo courts.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Barbara Will Ask Complete Custody
Barbara Hutton Grant filed a new lawsuit in Los Angeles seeking full custody of her nine year old son Lance. The action follows a prior charge dismissed that she failed to provide proper care and that she attempted to poison the boy against his father Cary Grant. The case names Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow as the father.
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Los Angeles
Lance
Barbara Hutton Grant
Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Wolworth
Martin Reappoints To Planning Board
Gov Edward Martin announces the reappointment of three cabinet members to the state Planning board. The appointees are Charles M Morrison secretary of the commonwealth from Ireland John A Shrover secretary of highways from Shamokin and James A Kell secretary of forests and waters from New Alexandria all named in Harrisburg on June 30.
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Harrisburg
INS
Edward Martin
State Planning Board
Commonwealth
Charles M. Morrison
Ireland
John A. Shrover
Shamokin
Forests and Waters
James A. Kell
New Alexandria
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M. WilHoUd
Wisconsin
E. Lackawannock
Beaver
East Washington ST
Popular Records
Elmo
Hollywood
Westmore
ePathe
Ene
Bobby
Westmore Brothers
Pere
Wally
Bud
House of Westmore
AthaLee
Corinthia
Per Carton
AEN
Magnifier
Dr. West
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Fasel
Electrc
Sil Wool Pot Cleaners
Bayer
Westmores
Brach
Tents
Weston
Barbara
Martin
Calif
Fruitland
Old
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