New Castle News (Newspaper) - May 17, 1938, New Castle, Pennsylvania NEWS PHONES 4000 Telephone Items To COU NEW CASTLE NEWS WEATHER Showers Late And Warmer FIFTY-EIGHTH 164 NEW MAY 17, PAGES THREE CENTS A COPY Voters Making Decision In State's Bitter Primary Campaign All Factions In Primary Make Victory Claims Pennsylvania Voters Are Giving Verdict At Polls In Large Numbers DEMOCRATS FACTIONAL RIFTS 1938 primary Fair and warm weather drew early crowds to polling places Political Opinion Divided On throughout Eastern as well as in the central and ern Over Four Million A re Eligible To Take Part In Day's State Primary By WILLIAM G. HEARST j their franchise at News Service staff the interest created by this year's I ic feuds was expected to draw May 17. With at 75 per cent tne interest in the outcome at fever ate to ania's Can Vote voters were expected to Registration lists show stage a record-breaking turnout j Democrats and Republicans day as a climax to the spectacular j eligible to cast ballots in the Effect Of Farley's Last Minute Effort GEORGE R. HOLMES News Service Stuff Correspondent May 17. primary readied the down singe at the polls dry all the embittered factions claiming victory and none quite certain which Avny the dice may Both parties nominate candidates for congress and lesser state and there has been so much heat so much trading nnd conniving that the leaders themselves are somewhat in the however their National Chairman Jim Farley's eleventh-hour intervention in the Democratic to restore some semblance of party Although normally less than 55 j per cent of the qualified voters ex- Hundreds Seek Offices In State Legislative And Battles In Progress Throughout State ENTIRE LOWER HOUSE ELECTED THIS YEAR r GOOD WEATHER Weather as contrastingly clear as the day's political out- look was muddled greeted Pennsylvania's early primary voters Azure skies with bright sunlight prevailed throughout state as the polls opened at 7 a. EST. The weatherman could only but he indicated the 13 hours of 8 p. m. continue without discouragement from the harmony against a final dramatic fillip to the wind-up of the cam But it restored no harmony in the snarling Democratic Farley Hopes For Harmony Visualizing Democratic defeat in November unless the Democrats do patch up their Farley On PA OBSERVES it Now is the time when young birds begin to learn to also it is the lime when tats creep ily on the young prey while they are doing so. This was seen not so long News May dreds of legislative and nomination battles were being settled in primary balloting their local importance dwarfed by I the more crucial gubernatorial Despite filing fees imposed under the state's new election heavy lists of candidates remained in the lieW for the various legislative They included scores of familiar names from both major trying for a along with incumbents seeking retention or The state house of representatives provided the longest entry 864 candidates seeking nominations to the lower branch of General where the entire ship of 208 seats will be filled in Virtually all the state's 34 congressmen were seeking and with 173 candi Oi the approximately are 401.444 crats and Twenty-six candidates in both parties are seeking the nominations for United States lieutenant and secretary On Election Returns Following the usual election night The News will present bulletins on result of the vote counting in today's on the screen in front of The News building in North Mercer street The polls do not close until 8 .so that it will ably be at least an hour or so later before anything of im- portance will be available fcr the bulletin Local state returns will be Early Wednesday The News election extra will give the latest available re- No Unusual Rush To Polls In This County Voters Are Slow In Turning Out In Most Districts BIGGEST VOTE IN SOUTH SIDE Number Of Election Day Problems Are Before Court This Morning Selecting Jury For Labor Feud Kentucky Trial PWR May 17. Six farmers and two smalltown Ballots replaced words today when New Castle and Lawrence county voters marched to the polls to ex- press their choice for the state of the Republican and At noon the march was almost a single file for the votes were coming in slowly with the ex- ception of a in the south side of the On the North Hill and the East Side the voters were apparently waiting until late this afternoon to have their Due to a bitter fight not only for lor state offices but for county committee places the cratic vote in the Fifth and Eighth wards was about twice as heavy as the Republican Many Around the polls today it looked like old spectators and candidates mingled in crowds around the but there was no Judge W. Walter Braham opened court at 7 o'clock today and was on the bench most of the morning handling election disputes and a number of desertion and port Judge Dickey was to take over later in the day and be in court until 10 o'clock One of the first questions raised before Judge Braham today was that of a voter who had moved to another residence inside the pre- His ruling on the question may be a precedent in the state for so far as is known it has never been handed down the same way Judge Braham ruled that a voter Idea Of Transport Plane With Nine Aboard Is Being Hunted New Plane Was Bound For Las From WEATHER CONDITIONS HAMPERING SEARCH Four And Two dren Were Among Those On Board Plane Illinois has many beautiful but these two are choices of Photographer Paul Stone of Chicago as kind who cause young male hearts to with Beverly on the of was crowned queen of the Episcopal Cathedral of She bears a re- semblance to Joan screen While Wanda Chicago Polish bears a striking resemblance to Madeleine Calvary Pastor Is Out Of Presbytery Pastoral Relations With Presbytery Dissolved By Action Monday ness men today make up the I who removed to another cleus of a jury that will place the blame for the bloody labor feud in Harlan county's rich coal dence in the same precinct was en- titled to Commenting upon the election code of 1937 he said REV. FREDERICKS PRESENTS STAND After asking Rev. Raymond J. pastor of the seceding Calvary church of East New to cause why his pastoral re- LUC dates in the primary field for the j of talesmen Federal Judge 25 state senate seats up this one half the candidates sought Cutting swiftly into the special failure to register a change lations should not be and H. Church Ford sped the jury's lection and it was believed the box May eral services were being arranged today for E. T. partner in the firm of J. P. Morgan and company following his death last at his Chestnut Hill Stotesbury who rose from a a month clerk to head of the banking firm of Drexel and Company and to ago and only after a shower of I become E. Morgan died of a stones did the car let go of its j He was 89 years Watch for similar Save the E. I Stotesbury Dies Of Attack Wealthy Partner In Firm Of J. P. Morgan Dies Following Heart Attack of address in the precinct does not after hearing Rev. reply disqualify the The law is not I in heartily agreed to the specific in the matter would be filled by Although neither the government nor defense counsel had exercised n ne removes t. any of their challenges so the nr must notify the registration com- UP and approved the following judge promptly sifted out residents of Harlan county and the er were regarded as generally The number of or criminally violating the Wagner Labor Relations were increased to sixty-seven today with the arrest of Hugh 24, a one- time deputy He had been ill m Florida this winter but apparently had ed his full It was believed this is election and a I fortune will amount to beautiful day it is. no excuse for at least anyone that can to stay away from the and not exercise their sovereign while they still have the opportunity to vote as they please for their representatives in Pa notes that someone is making his home in a trailer at the north end of The little house on wheels has been there for several weeks sji With the danger of frost ally Pa notes a renewed activity among Various On j Daily Weather j Report Whaley Votes In New Place First Time h 61 Years Robert former sheriff of Lawrence County for the first time in 61 years paid a visit to a strange place to Woman Kills Her Suicides Halts Preparations For j Shoots Husband And Then Commits Suicide On rage Name Organizer For La S. Parly Neva May dier took over the job today of mobilizing Gov. Philip M. lette's new National Progressive I party for an attack on the polls Gen. Ralph M. News Today he voted at the First pre- tive for the but added that Third which is located j position of the victims and other in the Second U. P. Up to today he had voted in the same precinct which was located in court commander of the state militia un- der four was appointed executive director and organizer of the patty by Gov. He announced an immediate campaign to get the party on an May j active temporarily a young next he York mother interrupted breakfast unfold the story of the eclipse of preparations today to fatally wound j the two major political parties in her husband as he slept and j the struggle to beat off the according to send a lethal bullet from the same gun through her own The Mrs. Blanche 31, formerly of Somerset died an hour later in York Two hours after the bungalow shooting the George C. 30, succumbed from two bullet wounds in the Coroner L. U. Zech of York ty said there was no apparent evidence indicated a 4- United States weather statistics for the ending 5 o'clock I Monday evening are as Maximum 68. Minimum 45. River 4.8 I State Motor Police Back From Bradford Wampum Voting On Sewer Bonds Voters in the boro of Wampum j have a little more to vote upon Seven members of local de- I day than their brothers and sisters of the State Motor police in the other precincts of the I ed European doctrines of Fascism and Y. M. C. A. Men Home From Hershey Meet Start Trial In Marino Murder At Youngstown Search Debris Hotel Fire Fear Death Toll Of Atlanta Fire May Far Exceed 26 Known Victims May With the courtroom of Judge kine defense and prosecuting attorneys today at- tempted to complete a jury to try John reputed ville slot machine for the murder of paroled convict Roy last September 10. It was the trial might get under way this as 11 jurors were seated Solly Hart and Herb land police are awaiting i death trial on the same Also 0{ dieted for the murder but still at j are many of the in the are John O Boyle and Thomas j hotel at the time 0, the stm May crews dug ceaselessly through the wreckage of the Terminal hotel Fire Chief O. J. Parker predicted the toll from At- lanta's most disastrous fire would both of Landon Assails Senator Minton That the pastoral relations of Rev. Kaymond J. Fredericks with Also Charges President Favori vary Presbyterian church be dis- effective at That Rev. Fredericks and his ily be permitted to occupy the manse until October 1938. That Rev. W. J. Holmes preach at Calvary church next Sunday during the morning worship hour and de- clare the pulpit That members of Calvary church session be directed to cease acting as such at That presbytery appoint a com- of presbytery to serve with powers of session until further no- and that members of this com- be Rev. J. Greer Bingham of George Lawrence and Isaac of Calvary Rev. S. A. D. of New and K. of First New Free Speech For His Side Of Only May that President Roosevelt is vor of free speech for his side of the case Alfred M. Landon today bitterly assailed Senator man Minton of Indiana for ducing a congressional measure is a dire threat to the In a double-barreled attack on the in which he accused Mr. Roosevelt of a of the spirit of the of by not interfering with the activities of Mayor Frank Hague in Jersey the former Republican presidential candidate And that this report at cannot believe that congress On Rochester Man Is Stabbed To Death Anthony 29, Dies In Woman Is Booked On Murder Charge have returned from Bradford where Statistics for the same date a year i they were members of n party which Maximum 70. Minimum 48. conducted a futile search for jory aee 4, who disappeared a week age Sunday while picking A vote is being taken on a bond issue to build a sewer in the If the bond issue is passed the government will provide part of the money for the Attend State Con- vention Accompanied by John president of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. Secretary Robert L. and Activities Director Henry T. Nicholas of the local association at- tended the annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Young Men's Christian Association at their one-day con- vention trip was an inspection tour of the plant of the Hershey late The trio motored to Hershey early Monday and returned home Nowa May rel which followed a husband's de- mands that his estranged wife re- turn to him was blamed by police will even take the Minton The dangerous thing about the measure that it reflects an attitude Apparently it reflects the New Deal attitude toward the of the and I I'm afraid it may reflect the 1 The president's views no encouraged Senator Minton and Landon made his defense of the of the in an ad- dress before the Inland Publishers WOMEN ON JURIES MUST REMOVE HATS WHITE N. May unaccounted Chief Parker dread but I know we will find Authorities received reports that 14 who were engaged in a poker game on the third floor of the hotel when the fire broke slid to safety down a rope that dangled from a painters but Chief after don't believe the If they had escaped someone would have i seen j Henry Negro chef at the restaurant on the first floor of the today informed authorities that it was an overheated j ator fan that caused the fire and not a boiler as at first May Be Probed News May de- of justice investigation into the price of was indicated today when reports and findings of j the consumers counsel for the cultural adjustment administration i were turned over to Attorney eral Homer S. Donald A the con- maintained prices of bread are too and that rhe high prices are being continued de- spite sharp reductions in the cost of SHANTY IS BURNED EARLY TODAY City firemen were called to the rear of the 400 block on Friendship j street at o'clock this when a shanty was set Firemen were informed that an May 17. airplanes took off from the Union Air nal at 6 a. m. today to search for a huge trans- port missing since yesterday nine including four women and two children but were forced to return a minutes later because of poor At the same hundreds of including 300 enrollees of a C. C. C. camp near Mint where the plane was last seen shortly after it took off at p. m. began combing the hills and canyons in search of the The a new was being ferried to St. and was bound for Las Vegas a trip which normally a little over two Two Children Aboard Those aboard the plane ex- cept for the two officials of either the Lockheed Aircraft of the or the Northwest Air Lines Com- pany of St. to which the plane was The Northwest Air Lines officials were Fred of St. vice-president in charge of Henry chief tor at the Lockheed and Miss Evelyn 25. a clerk in the St. Paul whose wife and two 3. and 2S, were with had been stationed at the plant for some super- vising final details on the new The Lockheed aboard the plane were Sidney on Tkee Convicts Facing Death Make Escape News S. May 17. Three of six convicts sentenced to death for the murder of Captain J. Olin Sanders of the state prison guard during an attempted break last escaped from the Richland county jail early The men escaped some time be- tween and 5 a. ic was The fugitives Clayton 28. of N. Hebert Moorn 41. of and George 22, of today for the fatal stabbing of Supreme Court Justice Abram thony 29, of late I ler laid the fashion rule for Old man slept in the shanty last Jurors ln his court The j but he could not be j Mrs. Lois 30, was taken to the Beaver county jail on a der according to Grant's Mrs. Rita 29, was held as an Police reported Grant followed his estranged wife and Mrs. Wilson to their home last forcing his way in and demanding that sha return to It was said a rel followed during which Grant struck Mrs. Police said they learned Mrs. Wilson bed a knife from the table and bed him in the Grant died about an hour in the Rochester General lady jurors must remove their hats while in the jury for whom I have i the highest the judge said appear in Court as though they are on business and not to at- tend a social last LILY PONS WILL MARRY News NEW May famed opera has finally set the date for her marriage to Andre music it was revealed The will be ried June 26 and spend their in South DEATH RECORD May 17, 1938 j George B. 82, New William A. 43, William 79, Youngstown Mrs. Charles avenue Mrs. John 55, R. D 1 Here's the day at last and a sunny and eight weeks of political fun is closing out as the ballots and over the state is the larion call the as he makes his oil friends and neighbors please vote for me. He's toured the state both and he's kissed the babies and turned on he's the tanner to sow and lie's the for lie knoll's he's talked to the young and he's talked to the old in and and tltc now haic their the weather u seventy two
