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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1929
Page
11
Chief of Police C. Horner reports many complaints about pedestrians crossing streets at traffic lights without regard to the signals. He notes extensive efforts to paint white lanes at key intersections and in the downtown district to regulate traffic, but pedestrians’ disregard complicates motorist behavior and police traffic control.
Massachusetts residents report Colonel Lindbergh and Anne believed to have fled by air near Cape Cod. News planes and boats scoured the area as a green seaplane with checkered rudder shadowed the Mouette yacht. Witnesses described two men on the wings and an attempted transfer may have occurred at sea.
Braddock Pa June 5 Mrs Harry Barr of Braddock was held on murder charge by a coroner s jury at an inquest into the death of her husband Harry Barr 52 a street car motorman on May 23 Physicians and nurses at Braddock General hospital corroborated police testimony that Barr in a dying statement accused his wife of shooting him He was committed to jail Coroner W J McGregor held the inquest at the Braddock police station Mrs Barr did not testify and denies the killing
The eleventh annual commencement at Bessemer High School Wil Wake plate occurs this evening in the school auditorium at eight. Dr W Charles Wallace president Westminster College will address the graduates. Valedictorian Helen Eakin and Salutatorian Anthony Cappezzuto will give orations. Pittsburgh June. Oil Well Supply Company personnel to transfer to Oil City as office building extension is completed. B F Harris president cites options for expansion. Moonshine found during school recess prompts call for new laws.
Rose Avenue school received the city’s highest ranking for spelling and rapid arithmetic, an honor established four years ago by the Woman’s Club. Miss Ivetta Dart, principal, again led Rose Avenue to victory following prior winners Terrace Avenue and Oak Street. news came via the club education department, with presentations by Mrs. W. H. Hanger and others.
Ramsay MacDonald led a joint Labour Party committee meeting in London to discuss the Labor government policy as he began forming a cabinet after being commissioned by King George. News indicated cabinet names would not be revealed tonight and may be delayed for days. Meanwhile at Naples, university students were injured by lava from Mt. Vesuvius as the eruption intensified, threatening Avino and the village of Tersigno with destruction.
Officials in Washington indicate the United States shows little interest in the Russian situation despite the large American investment tied to Henry Ford’s 30 million dollar deal with the Soviet government. Hoover and Stimson have not pressed for recognition, while Borah refrains from pushing the issue amid signs of slow communist advance and partial state control in Russia.
Troop F 10th Cavalry completed a 150-foot suspension bridge over the Neshannock to connect target pits and firing point during a recent bivouac. The bridge, named Gardner Bridge for Sgt Instructor Edwin G. Gardner, with a field kitchen supported by Donald J. Fishdo, will host evening firing sessions from 6 to 8 40 through summer, and the range remains in first class condition after swift construction.
International News Service reports Charles Lindbergh and his bride aboard a 38 foot motor launch named Mouette in Massachusetts waters observers in Provincetown saw the craft anchored with the name partly concealed. Coast guard officials warn that disguising a vessel’s identity risks forceful boarding and possible firing on refusal to heave to.
Market prices rose as copper stocks gained 1 to 6 points with Greene Cananea leading at 150 and Anaconda up to 107 amid heavy buying and European demand for copper. Motor stocks Chrysler Packard and General Motors also rallied, absorbing market selling as bargain hunters pushed high grade shares higher. Nevada consolidated further gains as Kennecott rose, reflecting renewed confidence after May declines.
Norristown Pa June Wally Schang catcher for the Louis American League team will face a hearing tomorrow before Magistrate Isaac Kehoe on charges of non support of his daughter Joan. The case appears tied to a pending divorce action involving Marie Anbury Setang and the estranged wife from Widow Grove, with further details emerging in Philadelphia.
Washington hails the Paris reparations accord as a lasting settlement and a step toward international confidence. President Hoover congratulates Owen D. Young for skillful negotiation while France weighs ratification of the Mellon Berenger debt deal and the United States faces overdue payments and potential debt reductions.
In Pittsburgh on June, five union drivers from Liberty Dairy Products were discharged with reprimand and warning by Judge Richard W. Martin after an alleged restraining order violation and silk wagon attack that left one dead. The defendants Thomas McGreevy John Morgan Charles Arnsberg Eugene McCormick and Paul Vandergrift were linked to striking AF of L drivers seeking higher pay and regular raises amid mediation efforts that failed.
Members of affiliated charity bodies of the Community Chest will hold their weekly Round Table in the rooms of the Associated Charities on East State Street Thursday afternoon at 1:30. They will discuss problems affecting the various societies and a full attendance is urged after Memorial Day.
In unclear wording a 45 year old man described as an official of an oil company appears in a garbled police report. The text references a theft investigation and mentions clothing items and a vest. No coherent event or location is clearly discernible from the fragment.
A father reports his son Frank Jr aged 19 has been missing since May. Police are asked to assist in locating the boy, with details limited by the readable OCR text.
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