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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1930
Page
5
Orville Potter in charge at 82 East Street seeks workers to ready the Sons of Veterans Reserve Camp at Scotland Lane. Twelve men needed Thursday and Friday and for all next week during camp. apply to Mr. Potter or call 2697.
Graf Zeppelin prepares for departure from Friedrichshafen with a busy summer schedule ahead. The airship will undertake Arctic cruises to Tromsø and Spitzbergen, plus a 60 hour voyage to Iceland, and plan Baltic and Mediterranean flights among many short cruises. Commander Dr Hugo Eckener also spent a weekend in New York with American representative F W Von Meister while crowds viewed the airship at Lakehurst.
A string of wrecks across multiple cities left ten dead and about twelve injured. Accidents ranged from head-on collisions to rear end crashes and a hit-and-run, with victims in Pittsburgh Sharon Moonan Harrisburg and nearby towns. In New Jersey two girls died when a novice driver’s vehicle wrecked at Bordentown.
Dr Eckener was expected to confer with a group of American bankers backing the International Zeppelin Transport corporation at Lakehurst, returning there from this meeting early this afternoon.
Sheriff Frank N Johnston and Deputy William Reynolds sold properties seized on executions at the courthouse. Most items went to plaintiffs. bidders were few. Listings include J O Rodgers farm sold for 1910.25 to James A Gilkey and several Ellwood City and Wayne township properties sold to various lenders and individuals with prices noted.
A travelogue notes sword quirts sold in Mexico and warned by locals as illegal in the United States. Prices for quirts revolvers holsters shawls and ivory ornaments are given. The piece laments peddlers selling Mexican Indian carvings and praises regional brass bands with improvised instruments and a poverty stricken but passionate ensemble.
Mary Scortia and Carl Lutz of East Brook High School won the Lawrence County W C T U essay contest held in the schools. They also earned top honors in the county contest, joining their school in the win.
Jimmie Bevan nine year old son of Mr and Mrs David Bevan of 409 Knox street suffers a four inch deep cut below the knee after slipping along the Shenango river bank Sunday afternoon. The injury will keep him from finishing this year's school attendance and may affect his promotion after a year of several accidents.
Washington June 2 census bureau released 1930 population figures showing Bellefontaine Ohio at 9535 residents up from 9336 in 1920 Steubenville Ohio at 35418 up from 28508 in 1920 Deputy Peter Capitola of East North Street arrived in Pittsburgh as a business visitor today.
Mothers of underweight children urged to use McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Extract Tablets sold by McKee's Eckerd's Love & Megown. An ironclad guarantee offers weight gain or money back, claiming a New Jersey boy gained 10 pounds in 21 days. Each bottle contains 60 sugar coated tablets for 60 cents.
The writer argues a tariff that protects exports is essential to prosperity and keeping workers employed. He muses on a grand opera radio era, recalling Patti, the Dereszkes, and past greats, and wonders which casts would impress as the medium expands. Russia moves to govern gold fields in Lena and Tahutsk, a doubtful government venture.
George Crabb files writ of foreign attachment in prothonotary's office against R. F. Davis. Sheriff directed to attach an automobile currently in the hands of McCoy Motor Company.
Police tie Saturday slaying of Philip Gnolfo to a wave of violence across Chicago and Fox Lake. Genna and Moran-Aiello factions clash as Capone interests loom, with shootings at multiple districts and a deadly hotel massacre recalled from 1929.
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