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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1931
Page
2
New Castile retailers cheer the shift from retailer to distributor for gasoline tax collection. The old law required retailers to post bonds, report monthly sales, and face penalties up to ten percent plus monthly increases if late. The change removes most bookkeeping from retailers, lowers penalties, and transfers duties to wholesalers, easing burdens on shop owners.
Old John Fairweather agreed to sell land to a neighbor with a 30 day closing, extendable 30 more. The neighbor sought to close within the first period, but Fairweather withdrew. Ten days remained in the initial term as a civil suit was filed.
In East New Castle a baby boy named for Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Morgan brings joy. The town highlights painted gasoline tanks along the river district as Law rence county becomes a bulk oil center. Fire loss for the month drops, while a casket salesman notes a nationwide dip in death rates amid hard times, linking it to restrained living.
After a six year world wide search Phillip K Knapp known as Allen K Phillips is arrested in West Orange. He had married Eleanor Hill of Boston soon after the Panella slaying and she aided police with details of the case.
Two delegates from New Castle Chapter No 87, Order of Ahepa, are to attend a Harrisburg banquet where Ambassador Charalambos Simpoulos will present a Greek silk flag to Governor Pinchot. The ceremony at Penn Harris hotel includes American Legion and Ahepa members.
Dr Deely a 45 year old bachelor and leading Brooklyn physician is found slain in a three story brownstone on Columbia Heights. An apparent throat wound and overturned telephone table suggest a struggle. Nurses and a secretary employed by him were questioned as investigators search for letters.
Napoleon Bonaparte died on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. The first English parented child born in America was Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, though the question refers to early colonial births linked to English settlers.
On this date in 1875 Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the principle of the electric speaking telephone. Today’s horoscope notes that persons born on this day are proud and ambitious.
The text describes drawing a line with a dotted guide, creating alternating semicircles from centers A and B with ends joining as shown. It mentions a location at St Helene Saint Helena and notes Virginia Dare. It concludes that the reason is because he makes lines.
The planetesimal theory by Chamberlin and Moulton proposes earth formed from a sun torn nucleus growing by meteors, then attracting atmospheric and oceanic materials from its interior. Modern geologists suggest earth’s atmosphere and water largely originate from within the planet, with some gases forming air and water.
Receiver John S. Crowl of Westmoreland Chemical and Color announces a public sale of the plant and holdings on June 26, 1931, at 1 30 p m on site. The acreage fronts Ma honing avenue and Hobart street and includes a brick main building 42 by 181 feet plus several smaller structures. Several parties have inspected the property as Crowl aims to place the plant back in operation with a suitable buyer.
Supervisors at Union township awarded the bid for 1,280 feet of cement gutter on Smithfield street to Bert Coates of Youngstown road contractor with the lowest bid of 996 dollars. Work starts June 15 and will take about 30 days. J Clyde Gilfillan of New Castle was the second lowest bidder.
Obituaries note George Fleeger of New Castle and U.S. residents including William Young of Denver and Mrs. Otto Hassell Ward. The list covers services, survivors, and funeral arrangements for multiple families across Grove City and surrounding areas.
The report criticizes Hollywood paganism and Nevada gambling, arguing marriage and divorce reflect education. It cites concern over birth control debates and ecumenical harmony within church and state groups. International pact rhetoric and Vatican relations frame a broader religious and political discussion. The piece also notes U S diplomatic caution over Italian Catholic affairs and lipton royal yacht status.
The government will act to end the dispute with the Vatican over the treaty. The Vatican declined to comment on relations but stated it seeks to preserve the Lateran treaty with the Italian government in the same spirit despite recent events.
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