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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
1
Ruth Margaret Walsh, 42, mother of seven, was acquitted of murder in the March fatal shooting of her husband patrolman John J. Walsh. She sobbed as the verdict was read, aided by three children, after testifying he abused her and threatened to shoot.
Philadelphia June 6 Lieutenant Governor Samuel F Lewis of York veteran of many Republican national conventions will act as assistant sergeant at arms at the 1940 Republican national convention in Philadelphia starting June 24. James L Jappe executive director of the committee of arrangements announced the appointment Secretary of Internal Affairs William S Livengood was named an assistant secretary.
In a Philadelphia prison riot, 14 inmates caused a blaze that was extinguished by guards after three hours, with two more hours to clear smoke. The 14 were placed in solitary confinement and refused meals, while officials noted they could handle the situation themselves. Named riders included Victor Andreoli, Charley Conway, Joseph Mailey, Harry Crag, Steven Saunders, Jack Frawley, Michael Webb, John Anderson, and David Aiken. Andrea s and Frawley are serving life terms for murder. Conway has 50 to 100 years for armed robbery. The facility houses about 1,800 inmates and sits in the city over a century old.
Obituaries list William Walker 90 of Montgomery township death details with services in Berringer Evangelical Church and interment in church cemetery. Mary Anna Biss 89 native of Indiana County dies near here. services set for Saturday in Raleigh Funeral Home with interment in Rowley Cemetery. William Johns born 1845 East Wheatfield. funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery with prior railroad career details. Rev Harvey Replogle native of New Enterprise dies in Phoenixville. burial in Roaring Spring Cemetery. Joseph Edward Davis obituary notes visitation at Nazarene Church Homer City with service by Rev O F Ring.
Deliberations began before noon yesterday after Prosecutor Roy T Chunk asked for a second-degree murder verdict. Defense attorney W. George Negley pleaded for acquittal arguing Walsh had suffered enough.
Two U S marines from Quantico Virginia were sentenced to 18 years each in federal court for the slaying of Sidney M Kittle a 29 year old tobacco salesman from Washington DC His body was found near Fort Hint Virginia with a fractured skull The men pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received sentences five years below the district attorney s recommendation The trial judge was Robert N Pellar
A Pittsburgh official said the Conemaugh River flood control dam near Salisbury remains a federal project priority but not yet funded or started. The Army Engineers noted no power generation use and that construction proceeds only with state consent, with qualifications awaiting Washington action.
Italy tightened prep arations as Malta to Syracuse shipping ended and Italian subjects abroad urged to leave. The lallain government was seen as aligning with American opinion against broad European entanglements. Jibuti port and railway control amid rising tensions highlighted regional stakes.
Military circles say German progress near overlay points in the Ancre Somme area is limited and not penetrating France defences. Five Royal Air Force crew members die when their bomber crashes into a balloon barrage on the northeast coast. Three civilians and two crewmen killed. three others injured. Balloon barrage cables aim to deter invading planes. Britain’s air defences rise after heavy German raids along a 270 mile eastern front from Yorkshire toward the Ruhr.
In Harrisburg on June 6 Governor James urged a nationwide campaign of postcard, letter, telegram, and phone calls to keep Congress in session during the crisis. He warned adjournment would enable dictatorship and criticized moves to cede militia control to the president. The governor called Congress a barrier to New Deal excess and warned that adjournment could equal disbanding, urging citizens to pressure Congress to resist dictatorship and defend the constitution.
Incendiary bombs struck eastern England and Kent as the Thames corridor faced renewed raids. A woman, her 13 year old son and a 3 year old baby escaped a house fire by leaping from a flaming roof. Fires started on roofs and a front lawn, with minor hedge damage. Authorities urged parents to register children for evacuation to safer regions in Wales and the Midlands as raids neared London. Incendiaries also burned in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and along the east coast near docks and warehouses.
FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover seeks 1 600 agents amid recruitment hurdles as Congress eyes swift deportation for espionage and felonies. Senate studies a Home Defense Force and a national industrial defense corps while WPA rolls face alien, Communist and Nazi bans. Army Chief Marshall backs 400 000 regulars.
Dr Haas notes emerging occupational fields require alertness to job prospects in New Welds. He predicts 14 to 20 percent of high school graduates will enter college or other advanced education. Many graduates take college preparatory subjects and business education, with growing focus on home economics agriculture and industrial education.
The U S 8S Bear flagship of Byrd s Antarctic expedition arrives at Philadelphia Navy Yard after seven months in the polar region. It will stay a week for repairs before proceeding to Boston for the return voyage this fall.
Frank D O'Reilly of the Lock Hill Express notes a rising trend of holes in one. He cites a recent third occurrence at the Charon County Club with an estimated 110 yards.
The report describes a broad German offensive along the 200 mile front from the English Channel east to Montmedy and Longwy. It claims about 1,000,000 French troops are involved as Germany aims a coastal wedge toward Le Havre to split Britain from France and encircle Paris with swift mechanized divisions and heavy air and artillery support.
French experts traced Somme Aisne line through Saint Valery Sur Somme Abbeville Picquigny Arhens Corbie Peronne Ham Chauny Neufchatel Isfeld Rethel Vouziers Grandpre Montmedy as Paris defense pivots to a movement war. Reynaud gains wartime control while German forces attack Amiens Peronne and the Laon Soissons corridor with tanks and dive bombers.
Three Blairdvilly R. D. 1 residents remain in Indiana Hospital in critical or near-critical states after a Tuesday night automobile crash. Stewart Houston about 22 and Michael Lovenzik 31 have shown some improvement to fair condition and regained consciousness though still irrational, while Leroy Hilty 464 remains semi-conscious.
The Municipal Band will perform tonight at 8 o clock in front of the Municipal building. The program features nearly all new selections. In war news German tanks were checked by French defenses and Allied bombardment sharply disrupted German convoys in the Peronne St Quentin and Cambrai sectors with railroad targets also hit.
Chicago grain traders confront a crisis as war demand wanes. Prices for wheat fell 30 cents a bushel, rye 26 cents, corn 10 cents, and oats 5 cents, with trading nearly stalled and market activity choked.
Attorneys for the Commonwealth will go into Dauphin County Court next Wednesday to argue the false loans case brought by the Pittsburgh School District. Counsel for the district say bonds issued by the district should be tax free when held by a savings institution without capital stock. The Department of Revenue holds them liable to the corporate loans tax.
Rome June 6 Pope Pius XI said to intimates he will remain in Vatican City no matter Rome’s fate. Papal Secretariat of State may move to a neutral country, possibly Portugal, to maintain wartime communications with belligerents. Cadman Symphony Pennsylvania recalls his native state. Cadman born Johnstown December 24 1881.
In Shenandoah on June 6 two miners quit their jobs rather than salute the American flag hoisted over the William Penn Colliery shaft. Tony Rose, operator, said the men belong to a religious sect that frowns on flag salutes. about 380 other workers lined up to salute before entering.
In 1939 Pennsylvania recorded the lowest middle Atlantic loss of man-days due to strikes among the four states, averaging less than three-quarters of a day per wage earner. New York and New Jersey faced higher totals, with about 0.92 and 0.82 days respectively, while Pennsylvania's 1935–1937 peak contrasts show much higher earlier losses.
Amos Schultz eighty year old Strongstown resident was found dead in his home by his daughter Nellie Anderson at eight this morning Coroner Edward L Fleming M D reported the heart attack as the cause two other children survive A B Schultz Strongstown and Albert Schultz Johnstown Funeral arrangements incomplete
Contractors for the Department of Highways laid 8.29 miles of new pavement in the current construction season despite weather delays. Most progress is on 1939 contracts with less than a mile on 1940 contracts. District 8 in Harrisburg leads with over a quarter of pavement, followed by District 6. Together these two districts account for more than half of the total pavement laid to date.
A new book titled The Prince Who Gave His Gold Away by Sister M. Fidel Glass details Prince Gallitzin the Prince-priest of the Alleghenies founder of Loreto. It covers early Pennsylvania history and the state’s formative struggles. The 100th anniversary of his death was observed in Loreto on Memorial Day.
W E Montgomery chief of the Division of Management of the Department of Forests and Waters announced that about seven tons of forest tree seed have completed sowing across four state forest tree nurseries. The notice appears in the Gazette Classified.
Armagh Borough and East Wheatfield Township filed for a charter for a new volunteer fire company with Prothonotary A. B. Ansley. If granted on Monday by Judge E. F. B. Creps, the entity will be The Armagh Borough East Wheatfield Township Volunteer Fire Company and Relief Association. Signers include W. H. Crier Samuel Murchison Wy RB Jones avid McMullen from Armagh and H. C. Kolmesworth RB M. Liggett Mayberry Naugle from East Wheatfield. Local fire protection has relied on neighboring towns Hamer City and Blairsville at times.
Pittsburgh markets show salable hogs at 0-9.75 per hundredweight across weights and strong cattle demand with steers 9.00-11.00 and cows 6.00-7.00. Produce notes no apples, potatoes listed. grain prices steady in Chicago with wheat near 74½ cents for July and 80¼ for September as German advances limit buying.
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