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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
1
John F. Haven sworn in as city policeman and Mayor Mayne plans to urge council to appoint Haven chief of police effective June 15. Haven will work with the current chief temporarily to learn duties. The mayor indicates a department reorganization is forthcoming.
Pittsburgh report summarizing remarks by Dr. F C Jordan of Allegheny Observatory. He states Venus is about 26 million miles from Earth and shines due to sunlight reflection. The near peak brightness occurred May 22 and will fade in two to three weeks, with an August 1 appearance in the eastern dawn sky.
New Castle residents report renewed gardening activity with many fields plowed and planted. Street lamps have been repainted green, the News office displays a floral bouquet from Mrs. John Mitchell, and J W Barnes offers garden plots along Wilmington road for summer use. A drizzling shower provided short relief, yet a steady rain is needed for crops.
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am reports a maximum of 80 and minimum of 60 with .03 inches of precipitation. The river stage is 4.4 feet. Year ago the maximum was 67 and minimum 39 with no precipitation.
U S will not attend the Lausanne debts reparations meeting due to budget worries and political timing. State department circles say EuropePolitical leaders pressuring for the meeting complicates U S stance ahead of Chicago conventions. A world economic conference may be proposed to follow Lausanne rather than at Lausanne.
William Wipple, a federal prohibition agent from Erie, Pennsylvania, was found shot in the head in Fairmount Park and taken to Womens' Homeopathic Hospital in critical condition. He told officials he was tired of life and had admitted the self infliction to colleagues who described him as previously in good health and spirits.
Westminster College President Robert F. Galbreath told Union Township High School’s 37 graduates last night that heritage is a friendly yet fearful world requiring personal contribution. Diplomas were conferred by Union township Board of Education president L. G. Rudesill as the ceremony closed with quotes on spiritual foundations and a valedictory by Virginia Wallace.
Two army planes from Selfridge field collided a mile west of New Haven Michigan. Lieut Joseph Muffett of Detroit and Lieut Joseph McCoy of Almira New York piloted the aircraft. Muffett's wing struck McCoy's plane tearing wings from both crafts. Both pilots parachuted to safety landing about 100 feet apart. Muffett suffered facial lacerations and was treated at the army airfield hospital.
In Peru Indiana on June 2 a man believed to be W R Miller 35 of Columbus Ohio was shot and killed by police after entering a filling station by breaking a window. Officers ordered surrender and he fired four pistol shots prompting police to return fire.
Governor Gifford Pinchot announced budget reductions totaling 5.3 million dollars within his control for the coming fiscal year, narrowing the 35.6 million state portion of expenditures. He said he will publish a detailed breakdown and noted the total cuts would be 24.3 million below what the legislature deemed necessary. He is studying a plan from party leaders for a possible special session and seeks absolute assurance of cooperation.
In the prothonotary office 206 marriage licenses were issued during April and May, with Ohio couples receiving over half. May saw 58 Ohio licenses, while June began slowly with three licenses, two to Ohio couples. Few licenses went to New Castle and Lawrence County couples as work scarcity tempers marriages.
Special to The News from San Francisco June 2. Will Rogers jokes about visitors from Los Angeles and Stanford students, mocks knowledge of Herbert Hoover, and comments on the senate balancing a budget based on current earnings. He signs off with a humorous farewell.
Boston June 2 A rescue party led by Charlie Hubbard former Harvard football captain and two pilots took off in a borrowed monoplane with pontoons to search for missing Grenfell Mission members in Newfoundland. The crew includes Harold Crowley and Edward T O Toole of Winthrop. The missing are Dr Karl A Kuenhart and Arthur Sullivan who disappeared Sunday in dense fog during a pleasure trip.
Coast guard vessel fires 75 rounds at the speed boat Auf Wiedersehen off Cuttyhunk Island. Three men are arrested, one wounded, with 370 cases of liquor found on board and 20 brands identified. Master Louis Vincent of Fairhaven and Peter Holmes of Fall River held. a third man hospitalized.
Officials finalize hearings in the Walker probe with decisions pending. Witness testimony wrapped as investigators prepare findings and potential recommended actions for the council.
June proceedings before the Hofstadter committee featured Samuel Seabury drafting removal charges against Mayor James J. Walker over city payments to Reliance Bronze and Steel. Walker accused Seabury of malice while denying any grounds for removal as hearings paused until autumn after a month of turbulence and Walker’s two days of testimony.
Mrs. Irion Allshouse of Brookville was injured when her car collided with a truck near St Marys and overturned three times. The accident happened three hours after her wedding to Irvin Allshouse in Coudersport. She was hospitalized with scalp wounds.
Berlin reports an early Reichstag dissolution and new elections likely after the formation of Franz Von Papen's national concentration cabinet. The Catholic Center Party condemned the government, threatening its defeat in the Reichstag and prompting expectations of President Von Hindenburg to dissolve parliament within weeks.
Erie citizens urged city hall for increased police protection after a crime wave with two store burglaries netting 100 dollars and a bus driver robbery of 40 dollars by bandits. The appeal came from a delegation at city hall.
City department attaches report that top dressing will be placed on Rural Avenue soon after receipt. The work will not require closing the avenue.
Burdell Alden Clark aged 2 at 1505 Hamilton Street. Samuel M McMillen aged 62 of 764 La Throp Street. Benjamin Means aged 71 of Union Valley. Mary Louise DeSanti aged 2 of 350 Cascade Street.
Conferees from the House and Senate cooperate to finish a compromise tax bill this week. Administration leaders expect a conference report approved by Congress and signed by President Hoover to lift revenue without delay. Disputes center on income tax rates of 2 4 7 vs 4 8 percent and surtaxes, with both sides insisting on harsher rates to balance the budget.
Dr John F Condon known as Jassie prepared to view rogue gallery photos at Philadelphia police headquarters to identify the ransom recipient after paying $50,000. He had earlier scanned thousands of Trenton photos without finding a match as the Bronx grand jury resumed with Morris Rosner as a principal witness.
The solemn graduate in cap and gown speaks of foreign debts wars and rubber checks. He carries a speech that strips varnish from the world and promises the real lowdown on weather and events to Guam and back.
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