08 Apr 1930
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1930
Page
1
A Special To The News dispatch from Beverly Hills quotes Will criticizing American political memory. He cites radio reports claiming sinking of ships and England’s parity, arguing voters forget campaign promises as issues drag on. He asserts short memory keeps politicians in office.
The paper notes a rare trio of fat robins seen on Wallace Avenue Monday afternoon as northern migrants feel the bite of early winter. The writer remarks the weather is far from ideal for these early birds, urging southern warmth a bit longer.
A town resident notes a youth with ice skates on East North street and reports various local scenes, from construction material shipments at P and L E station to conduit work for the AT and T company. The column references weather, real estate activity, a mailbox incident, and a distant friend in Chapel Hill, NC, with a tease of continued coverage on another page.
Weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am show a maximum of 38 and a minimum of 30. Precipitation amounts to .08 inches with snowfall noted. River stage is 7.6 feet and rising.
County Superintendent John C. Syling was re elected for four years with no opposition. Salary set at 4000 plus 700 expenses, covering tests and related items paid from state funds. Assistant supervisor C F Ball salary also set at legal minimum plus 700, with expense allocations discussed.
Epworth M. E. church at East Washington street and Butler avenue seeks bids for the superstructure. A special church board meeting will decide the award in the next few days. Foundation work is underway and officials hope construction may start soon with better weather.
Stockholders of Youngstown Sheet & Tube meet to decide if the firm will be taken over by Bethlehem Steel. A concurrent injunction suit targets otis & co voting 51 thousand shares as opponents press last minute moves.
London naval conference winds toward collapse as Briand returns to London. Britain, Japan, and the United States pivot to a tri power accord before adjournment while Admiral Villette threatens resignation over tonnage reductions despite League safeguards.
Solon Rogers, 29, a Memphis Steel Co. salesman, fatally wounded his 23 year old wife after they agreed to separate and came to an understanding about the matter. Rogers killed himself with a pistol. the wife, not expected to recover, is in critical condition in New Orleans.
Sidney Harry Fox, 26, was hanged this morning in Maidstone jail after being convicted of matricide. He strangled his mother and set fire to their Margate hotel room to claim life insurance. The courts had granted a divorce to Captain George Alfred Morse from his wife yesterday due to an affair with Fox two years prior.
Obituary notices list George Gayle 36 of Ellwood City Pennsylvania. Also named are Mrs. James W. Foster 39 of Detroit Michigan and John Donahue of 704 East Washington Street.
Y M C A campaign workers prepare to subscribe 1 000 new members for the year ahead. A opening dinner tonight will feature General Chairman L B Rounds as the 144 workers, men and boys, plan final details for a 48 hour drive.
Coroner's jury ruled the death of Wilbur Miller, 16, accidental after a Saturday collision with Lawrence A. Blochinger of Youngstown. Blochinger was released from jail and cleared of blame. six witnesses described the event at Staite street hill near State and Grant streets.
Pittsburgh on April 8 three men aged 20 21 and 25 were overcome by carbon monoxide while sleeping in a car in Casmir Emala s garage. Kane and Skin ski died at the scene while Leonard Williams was revived briefly but remained in a coma. Emergency crews searched for more than two hours but could not save the two men.
After a severe coastal storm five liners were due to dock in New York, 24 hours late. The Bremen and the Paris faced further delay, others like the Vulvania St Louis Transylvania Minnewaska and Kungsholm were scheduled to arrive today. A rain storm and 60 mile gale swept the north Atlantic with two deaths in New York and a man drowned in Newark Bay.
The executive committee of the Pennsylvania Department Grand Army of the Republic outlines arrangements for the June encampment in the city. An estimated several thousand visitors are expected with a budget near $5000 and housing needs across hotels and private homes. The housing chair reports many applications and hotel rooms will be scarce. auxiliary groups must name committees to handle arriving delegates.
Billy Sunday told 4500 listeners in Philadelphia that lipstick rouge short dresses and dancing are personal taste not tied to religion or morals. He was paid 5000 dollars for a 16 day revival by 48 churches. collections totaled 10000 dollars and several hundred converts were made.
Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania April 8 two men killed and three others injured possibly fatally when an automobile they rode in to work at the mines was struck by a Nanticoke trolley at the local traction system Louis Woodhue was killed instantly Fred Lesley owner of the automobile died after admission to Nanticoke State hospital Ray Hayward section foreman Loomis Colliery Glen Alden Coal Company Alex Nicholson and Fred Ridgewood were identified among the injured.
Four crew members were killed and three seriously wounded when a depth bomb exploded prematurely on the British destroyer Sepoy during practice outside the harbor. The Sepoy, an Admiralty S class destroyer launched in 1918, has a crew of 96 officers and men.
Albert Greggy a 16 year old inmate from Pittsburgh fled the state reformatory with three other boys escaping yesterday. Authorities launched a manhunt to recapture the quartet as news of the breakout spread from Prunytown West Virginia today.
Millions of Illinois voters tramped to the polls for a dramatic U S Senate primary. Ruth Hanna McCormick and Charles S. Deneen vie for the Republican nomination in a contest seen as pivotal with McCormick as a pioneering female candidate challenging the long-time political figure Deneen.
N. E. Sampson, Wilmington township school director, was en route to a directors meeting when his car became mired in a snow drift near Shepherd school. The vehicle clogged to the radiator as snow rose near the fences. a farmer and horse pulled the car about 100 yards to free it.
A whimsical piece frames a mused bowler as a modern philosopher guiding gloom with each split and spare. The spoof pairs ancient learning with a sporting rite, casting the bowling sage as educator and sage in a humorous arc.
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