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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1928
Page
1
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills on June 5 saying President Coolidge may deploy Marines to Kansas City to protect interests at a political convention. He suggests the idea would mock Republicans if Coolidge vetoed the nomination and notes stock market preoccupations.
Graduation diplomas tomorrow at New Castle High School follow a packed senior night program in the Scottish Rite auditorium. Westminster-Lawrence County College commencement week draws old timers, with Robert Rudley dormitory opening in fall. A Sabbath School convention and a vaudeville fundraiser for the Boy Scouts add to a busy local week amid rainy aviation weather and flood chatter on Highland Avenue.
Hoover gains in Kansas City as delegates from Florida and Kentucky are seated for Hoover over Old-Timer Shunted while party machinery leans to the candidacy. National committee hearings continue with Hoover forces seen as likely to prevail. opposition flustered by Florida tests.
Senior class of New Gastie High School presents their final class night tonight at 8 in the Scottish Rite Cathedral auditorium daylight savings time. The program includes oration, poetry, a donor and gift presentations, musical numbers by the senior orchestra, and the ceremonial axe presentation by class president Louis Hazen to the senior B president. Participants listed include John Brice Mary Elizabeth Gibson Virginia Sice Samuel Davis Don Switzer Sam Fisher er Williams Louis Hazen Fred Blaha Virginia Slee Howard Sage Hazen and others.
Miss Amelia Earhart plans to start a trans Atlantic hop from Trepassey Bay Newfoundland with Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon aboard the Fokker monoplane. Fuel leak and high winds threaten the noon departure as the crew works to refuel and repair before attempting the historic flight.
Miss Amelia Earhart and Samuel Chapman, both strangers in Los Angeles, disclosed engagement after a romance sparked during prewar flights. Tufts graduate Earhart, famed as the “girl Lindy,” and Chapman, a chemist, planned a secret nuptial timeline with reactions from Chapman's mother noting support for Amelia’s aviation ambitions.
Mrs. N Howland Brown state regent of the D A R will visit New Castle on Monday June 11 for a conference with western Pennsylvania D A R members. Attending will be representatives from Butler Grove City Sharon New Wilmington Beaver and Lawrence chapters. The meeting at 2 30 pm will be at Mrs Rebecca E Royce home on East Lincoln avenue with a 2 pm premeeting for Lawrence chapter delegates to the state conference in Allentown Pa.
Death records list Mrs. Lada E. Lation aged unknown with address 1012 Dewey Avenue and Mrs. Elizabeth Bell Withrow aged 80 of 404 East Cherry Street. Also listed are Julia Long of 254 Levine Way and Teresa Kerna of 20 North Wayne Street with no ages provided.
Lindbergh arrived in St Louis from Fort Worth after leaving the Texas airport at 2 PM. He landed about 10:40 AM, spent the night under guard, and declined to reveal his destination. Officials noted his plane was intact and he suffered no injuries.
Reports from Tokyo and London say Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, war lord of Northern China and long time dictator of Peking, died from wounds suffered when the train from the capital to Mukden was bombed. Confirmations were not official and the British foreign office had no official word mid afternoon.
The historic three stop flight by the Southern Cross crew from Oakland to Suva traces a 5562 mile path. Chronology covers May 41 takeoff from Oakland at 8 49 a m for Hawaii Wheeler field arrival June 1 at 12 18 p m. June 2 depart Wheeler for Barking Sands Kauai at 7 p m. June 3 depart Barking Sands for Suva Fiji at 7 50 p m. Arrival Suva June 4 at 6 20 p m.
High School dramatics closed its season with a lively presentation of The Poor Nut. Elmer Williams delivered a standout lead performance, anchoring a strong cast as the mentally challenged Miller, whose infatuation with flowers and clever social quirks drive the college comedy.
In Charleston South Carolina Bishop William A Guerry of the Episcopal diocese was treated after a minister wounded him with a gunshot. The assailant Rev W Woodward 66 then killed himself. Funeral plans were set for the attacker as police investigated motives tied to retirement age and finances.
Andrew Schenk and Monaca France Nettie Sawyer tied the knot in Bridgewater. Alan K. Outright and Charlotte Doerr were issued licenses in New Castle, with New Christie noted for the ceremony locale.
Soviet reports say radio messages confirm Gen Umberto Nobile and crew on Franz Josef Land after Italia reconnaissance balloon landed in the Arctic. An amateur operator Schmidt says the Italia crew seeks immediate rescue as wireless signals improve.
Sabbath school workers from across the county gather at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Thursday at 8 30 a m to open the Lawrence County Sabbath School Association convention now in its sixth year. Rev S B Irvine will deliver the sermon at the morning session and Dr M Hadwin Fischer will speak on Essentials of Leadership with John W Owens directing choir. A cafeteria lunch follows and Rev P F McAllister will give the afternoon inspirational address The Spider's Mistake
Four worn airmen landed at 2 23 p m Fiji time after completing a record long ocean flight from Hawaii in the Southern Cross. Ten thousand people greeted the crew of the tri motor plane as they faced the challenge of finding a suitable take off site on Fiji Island. The mission marked the longest continuous ocean dash in the giant craft, with continued coverage to follow on page two.
Miss Helen B. Owens, a University of Chicago medical student, died after a three week battle against a slow-acting poison administered during distress over parental objections to her marriage to John Meyers of Pittsburgh. Her parents Professor Frederick W. Owens and Mrs. Owens rushed from State College, joined by Meyers, as doctors used blood transfusions and other measures to save her life.
A heavy rainstorm drenches the town with relentless sheets of rain. Rivers rise, gutters overflow, and crops face saturation as storm conditions persist throughout the day. Local streets are slick and temperatures stay cool as moisture continues to fall.
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