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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1930
Page
1
Five inmates remain at large after a jail break, authorities report multiple suspects fled the facility, with searches ongoing by sheriff's deputies and state police. Investigators are reviewing security footage and considering potential outside accomplices. No injuries reported.
Three more inmates from Ionia State Hospital were recaptured after a mile and a half chase as over 300 officers hunted central Michigan for remaining escapees. Recaptured were John Milander Frank Garrison and Pearl Covington. Henry Vanden remains at large with others still free.
Bishop James Cannon Jr defies the Senate lobby committee and refuses to answer questions about organizing anti Smith Democrats in 1928. He calls the inquiry an infringement on liberty and a threat to the 1928 uprising. No quorum existed as only Walsh and Blaine attended.
PA Newc notes a midnight lighted plane seen toward Akron and daylight saving dawns. Buck Reynolds, after serving as sheriff, retires to a farm but resumes barbering at Sol Davies shop. Decorators prep New Castle for the upcoming state G. A. R. convention with an enormous flag pole donated by Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
Weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 oclock show a maximum temperature of 91 and a minimum of 53. No precipitation occurred. River stage stands at 3.9 feet and is falling.
The Republican state committee race splits into the open with Edward Martin and S Van Brown as candidates for state chairman. Martin has backing from Ware Mellon and most nominees, while Pinchot backs Brown with Grundy allies and upstate county committeemen. A vote will occur Saturday at Bellevue Stratford as factions claim momentum.
Mrs Omella C Rose aged 183 widow of Marcus C Rose of 409 Hillcrest avenue died at Jam eson Memorial hospital after being struck by Mike Fisher of 208 Hillcrest avenue on Hillcrest and Highland avenues. She crossed from the west to the east sidewalk and stepped in front of the southbound car. The driver swerved to avoid her and the car mounted the curb, entering a front yard. Fisher and his brother Dan rushed to aid her and stopped a passing motorist to summon help. Continued on Page Twelve.
Municipal playgrounds will open formally June 16 under Nicholas Casillo who was reappointed to a 200 dollar monthly salary. The recreation board met at the city building with members Offutt Genkinger Treser Hazen Hyde and Superintendent Green present. Fourteen courts are planned with eight tennis courts and two at Georg.
Special to The News notes Beverly Hills on June 4 where vacant lots in Republican prosperity era were converted into miniature golf courses. The piece describes varied hazards and even costumes for players, calling the courses a life save for towns with unused spaces.
Senior class honors list shows students named to high honors to recognize academic excellence. The article highlights top scholars and the torian designation among the senior cohort, underscoring continued scholastic achievement.
Ruth Mervis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mervis of 210 North Beaver, will be valedictorian for New Castle High School's June class, announced by Principal F. L. Orth. Hazel May Matthews of 715 Harbor is salutatorian, both named for their academic achievement and service in Senatus Romanus. Seventeen in high honor constitute the remainder of the June class.
Aga Khan's Blenheim, an outsider, won the 150th running of the English Derby at Epsom Downs before a record crowd of more than half a million. Thad owned by Somerville Tattersall finished second and the favorite Biolite placed third.
James J. Davis will remain secretary of labor in the Hoover administration until September 7. He had planned to resign July 1 but agreed to extend his tenure to finish final reports and unemployment cataloging. The president has not named a Davis successor, as labor factions contest Hoover’s preferred candidates.
Washington June 4 opposing leaders clash over the administration tariff bill as the Democratic insurgent coalition seeks to delay a Senate vote until week’s end. An INS poll suggests the bill may pass by two votes or with a tie broken by Vice President Curtis, hinging on Senator Grundy whose stance remained unclear.
In Chicago on June 4 the eighth victim in four days was found in a West Side alley. He was garrotted and bound with wire. a chauffeur license identified him as Thomas Somnerio, a Capone gang worker. Detectives raided a garage linked to the Fox Lake massacre and uncovered dynamite hidden in a furnace used by gunmen.
The New Castle Hospital will graduate its ninth class of nurses Tuesday evening June 17. Fourteen students complete the course with exercises at eight o'clock in Ben Franklin Junior High School. Named graduates include Mary Rutherford Young Doris Francis Hanna Nellie Ann Sullivan Ina Lucretia Patterson Margaret Elizabeth Daly Thelma Cecilia Hennessy Beatrice Rachel Jenkins Virginia May Colley Anna Marian Micco Florence Dell Micco Mary Dolores Stinson Irene Carol Lombardo Ruth Eleanor Tillia Margaret Mary Stechan.
William D. Walton of Shenango township receives the naming honor for the Sons of Veterans Reserve Camp to be stationed on Scot land Lane. The camp name honors his Civil War veteran father Milton Walton who died in 1882 after serving from 1863 to 1865 with Company FP 100th Pennsylvania.
Bulletin from Horta Azores reports the Graf Zeppelin passing over Farol Island at 9 30 am EDT on its eastward return to Seville and Friedrichshafen after a voyage of more than 10 000 miles across three continents. Crowds cheered sightings as the air monarch rode the mid Atlantic blue.
Death records include Donald W. Rice 28 of 415 Winter Mrs. Mary B. McKee 540 E Moody Lida Emma Gilliland 54 of 306 Leasure Ave John R. Edeburn 61 West Middle Sea infant Catherine Qughiiree infant 1124 12 Pollock Ave Omella C Rose 83 of 409 Hillcrest Ave.
Clark B Hamilton of Lincoln avenue Civil War veteran and adjutant of New Castle Post No 100 presented $10 to R L Meermans Encampment Finance Committee chair to aid the encampment likely last state meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic Hamilton has long served New Castle in civic and veteran affairs and is named an honored guest for the encampment next week.
A man recalls first learning the ancient game and being ridiculed for bidding hearts or no trump. His friend mocked the sport as childish and vowed to play only when decrepit. Time proves the mockery false as the friend becomes obsessed with brushes, strokes, and the game itself.
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