02 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1928
Page
1
A humorous Beverly Hills letter notes public interest shifts after a president’s travel signs fade. It jokes that if Wisconsin behaves like voters, Cal may eat meat all summer, predicting Coolidge won’t court doubtful states and will follow the pack.
Daylight saving time takes effect as churches switch to the new hour. The Jameson Memorial Hospital is ready to serve this fall, described as Western Pennsylvania’s finest. New Castle YMCA offers free swimming lessons for boys from June 1 to 20, enrollment details follow. School board notes Lawrence School lacks a bell. a replacement set will be installed. Sunday marks the start of high school commencement season with address by Rev. George M. Landis at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. East Washington Street sees carpenters remodeling a storefront and a new garage foundation with steel work underway. Aiken School showcases a teaching method where nature study replaces the three R's. School graduates' invitations flood mail as typical postterm activity continues.
Italian air and sea search efforts in the Arctic circle press on for the Italia crew and General Nobile. Norwegian pilot Holm leads the Hobby tied to Tromsoe with a seaplane, while King’s Bay becomes a staging point for air reconnaissance as nations pledge planes and ships to reach Spitzbergen.
New Castle will turn clocks forward one hour on Sunday as residents begin a three month daylight saving period. The change begins this season and ends the first Sunday in September, replacing the usual five month run. Citizens expect the shorter period to reduce objections to the program. Turn your clocks tonight.
County commissioners approve immediate construction of the North Street bridge from Croton Avenue to North Street over Neshamock Creek. Land acquisition planned. County Engineer T A Gilkey to draft plans for a steel structure and contract let once approved. Project aims to ease traffic, especially near Washington Street.
A clinic for crippled children will be held at Shenango Valley Hospital on Tuesday June 5. Dr. J. O. Wallace, a Pittsburgh specialist, will lead. All old and new patients are urged to attend for examination in the afternoon.
Elders of the Republican party meet in Kansas City ten days before the convention to settle factional differences in the South. The full national committee will judge the 69 contested seats as Hoover backers seek strength across states like Texas and Mississippi. Contests could influence the nomination as Hoovers claim votes.
Edwin T. Meredith secretary of agriculture in Wilson's cabinet is near death at his Des Moines home. Dr. A C Page says he is critically ill from high blood pressure and complications. Once a Democratic presidential possibility, Meredith led Meredith Publishing Company in private life.
Public schools will operate on Eastern Standard time for three days Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to end the school year. Commencement events including baccalaureate class day and graduating exercises will be held on daylight saving time evenings at 8:00. Senior play Monday evening also uses daylight saving time.
A baccalaureate service for the New Castle senior high graduating class is planned for Sunday evening at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Rev. George M. Landis of First Baptist will deliver the address at 8 o clock daylight saving time. Rev. A J Randles of Second United Presbyterian will assist and special musical numbers will be performed.
West Virginia will send a split delegation to both major party nominating conventions after Tuesday's primary. Hoover leads in some delegates, Lowden supporters gain votes, and Smith of New York leads Democratic delegates with Reed backing similar numbers. Dry advocates from WC T U may influence at large allocations.
The Shenango plant of American Sheets and Tin Plate completes a giant roof sign over New Castle. Letters 15 feet high spell New Castle for 200 feet with an arrow pointing to the airport on Harlansburg road. The beacon, lit by giant floodlights at night, marks a bold landmark in the area, per plant GM David Pyle.
Boston police identified Miss Mary C. Maham 21 of South Boston as the slain cabaret singer found in Blue Hills Reservation. Her brothers and father viewed the body in Quincy and said jealousy and a purchased revolver may explain the murder. Police traced the sweetheart to Detroit after he announced plans to visit relatives.
Nearly nine hundred attended the Consistory Dinner club dinner dance at the Scottish Rite Cathedral on Friday night. The event drew substantial out-of-city support, and the dining room was filled as the committee led by M. D. Wells presented a well prepared program ending with a smooth finish.
In Flowersville Michigan Mrs Ruby Snell 46 was held pending investigation into the drowning death of her six year old son Paul in a bath tub. She reportedly told police she loved him and did not want him to grow up lacking advantages. Neighbors noted she had been worried about money and his future and believed her mind may be unbalanced. Paul was the Snell family’s only child.
Sebastian M Campbell, aged 2, died at 341 Shaw alreet. Details unclear from fragment.
New Castle man completes a successful plane flight as radio reports reach the ground and authorities confirm the maneuver. The event showcases local aviation progress and community pride in technological achievement.
The Southern Cross flight from America to Hawaii completed a pioneering transpacific trek praised as both a navigation and communications victory. Despite vast oceanic isolation, the four crew members maintained radio contact, updating listeners in the United States and Hawaii as bearings were confirmed on three occasions.
International News Service reports Ohio State University will have a new football coach for the 1939 season after Dr W Wilce, 15 years director of football, tendered his resignation to the university athletic board effective June 1929. No successor is named. Dr Wilce will retire to medical practice and teaching.
Italian aviators Perrarin and Delprete set a new world record for sustained flight lasting 58 hours and 3 minutes. They surpassed the previous record held by Dale Stinson and George Haldeman in Florida by five hours and 19 seconds.
Samuel W. Clain and Barbara R. Vocen from Hullsville among couples listed. Gerald Fleshey with Elizabeth Freed of Beaver Falls. Michael J. Muller with Virginia Ruth Jonson of Sharon. Donald G Northrop with Velma EH Aiken of Ellwood City. Farry QO. Smith with Florence M. Pflug Gee. Genevieve L. Clauson connected to New Castle. other names link to New Castle and Jelwood city uncertainties.
Hawaii welcomes four adventurer airmen after completing the California to Australia leg in the Southern Cross. The tri motor Fokker touched Oakland Airport, then Honolulu at noon Pacific time, 27 hours 27 minutes after takeoff. The crew, hailed by Honolulu, now plans Hawaii to Suva Fiji as the next non stop water flight leg.
The speaker refuses to belittle the weather and suggests possible rain to aid crops and work, despite acknowledging limited improvement. A playful proposal imagines rain arriving in the morning or while sleeping, hoping the rain would help potatoes and other tasks. More rain is forecast, with a tone of light humor.
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