13 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1930
Page
1
Francis Walker and family fled their Harbor Road Union township home in night clothes as an overheated furnace caused a fire that destroyed the structure about 2 50 this morning. Loss is about 4500 with some insurance. A gas drum in the cellar prompted fear during the early hours before escape via the porch roof.
The twenty fourth annual Old Timers Day attracted a large crowd to Cascade Park with a Grand March at Rainbow Terrace led by Harvey E. McGoun and daughter Fannie Gormley. Prizes for longevity and distance traveled will be awarded at Rainbow Terrace, followed by old time dances and a basket picnic supper.
Police hunt a man who set fire to a vacant double frame house at 304 06 Glass St at 6 10 am causing about 500 in damage. Walter Jennings reports a tall well dressed man in a dark suit and straw hat near the scene claiming to be an officer seeking a man named Mike Dennis while pouring gasoline inside.
Pilots Dale Red Jackson and Forrest O Brine rode the endurance plane Greater St Louis to a new sky record as they remained aloft for 554 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds surpassing the Hunter brothers. The feat was observed at Lambert Field in St Louis with no sign of a quick descent on August 13 according to International News Service.
The piece reports YMCA Meermans addressing unclaimed camp left belongings from Camp Fred L. Rentz on August 2, with items like clothes and fishing gear awaiting owners. It notes a parole violation suspect sought by New Castle police, a weather and drought update on lawns and weeds, blooming goldenrod, and welcomes Old Timers to Cascade for the annual New Castle reunion.
Weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum 76 and minimum 38 with no precipitation. River stage reads 3.8 feet.
Constable William Rees recounts his June 27 accident in Neshannock township. He says he cannot remember exact events but recalls attending a hearing with Constable De Graff Robinson about illegal parking and seeing a car parked near Black Lane. He was severely injured and spent weeks in Jameson Memorial Hospital.
Difficulties arising from the late Myron C. Wick will delayed the merger suit of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and Bethlehem Steel Corp. for a third time. Judge David G. Jenkins adjourned the trial to next Monday due to a witness vacation in Canada and the absence of Wick's minor children in New York. Executors named include Mrs. Francis Todd Wick, Dollar Savings & Trust, Phillip Wick, and Webster Todd. the will leaves most of the estate to Mrs. Wick.
Charles Kern of St Louis and his wife, on a trip to Toledo with a $70,000 bank draft, were reported kidnapped from a Defiance train. They returned home safely after a large search prompted by fears a Toledo deal involved con artists posing as wealthy partners. Police and bankers had urged caution over the trip and potential ransom risk.
The Rev Henry Russell aged 25 of Carnegie was injured yesterday when his car was forced from the road by a hit and run motorist near Altoona Pennsylvania. His wife escaped with minor injuries and continued to Wilkes Barre where the couple were headed. The minister was taken to Altoona hospital for treatment.
Joe Serga a 19 year old from East Brook reported missing since Saturday night has returned to his home according to police information today.
Stroudsburg Pa August 13 Freezing temperatures and a thin skim of ice were reported today at promised land a state camp in Pike county. At 5 am the mercury dropped to 32 degrees and a thin coating of ice formed on the lake edge. Frost was formed at Lords Valley also in the Pocono mountains near Skytop. The Stroudsburg reading fell to 40 degrees the lowest mark ever recorded here on August 13.
More than 100 former pupils of the old Reynoldstown school gathered in the W. N. Aiken building for their annual reunion. The 2 pm business session, led by president Anna Tobin McGurk, included memorials to John M. Snyder and a plan to erect a grave memorial at Graceland cemetery.
Prospect between New Castle and Butler hosts Old Home Week with a full village welcome. Burgess J A McGowan leads a packed schedule of addresses music and sports through Friday August 15. Tuesday August 12 saw speakers Attorney W H Martin and Congressman J Howard Swick with McGowan praising committee cooperation.
Senator George W. Norris led with about 14 000 votes from 800 of 2030 precincts and was headed for a landslide victory over W M Stebbins in the Nebraska Republican primary. Ex Senator Hitchcock led in the Democratic contest while Governor Weaver neared renomination. Natural gas support was strong in Lincoln amid labor opposition.
A Hollywood letter to the editor dismisses the idea of premature golf courses while praising the labor and material benefits they allegedly provide. The writer notes 125 million spent nationwide and claims widespread positive effects for workers and suppliers, urging more such ideas.
Captain Frank M Hawks, famed transcontinental flyer, roared away from Grand Central Airport at 2:18 A.M. Pacific Time in an ambitious bid to break the West East speed record held by Charles A. Lindbergh, blasting off with a 400 horsepower engine and blue flame from the exhaust as the craft vanished toward the San Bernardino valley.
Walter Maloney, aged 62, of 126 West Long Avenue, is listed in the death notices. Officials have not released further details about the service or cause.
Secretary Hyde reassures the nation there is no danger of a human food shortage despite drought reports. He cites drought as mainly affecting livestock and feed, urges calm to housewives and notes ongoing Agriculture Department reports to President Hoover.
A hurried writer juggles last minute copy and a looming deadline. He jokes about stuffing phrases into a rhyme to fit the moment and capture the weather as eighty nine degrees.
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