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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
1
Leaders frame a set of basic principles for an NRA stop gap plan. They reject an involuntary code provision and emphasize voluntary actions. The agreement outlines core aims while leaving specifics to future negotiation and legislative work.
Mrs. Philip Faber visits the state prison to petition Governor Curley for clemency for her son Abe and two accomplices Irving and Morton Millen, Needham bank holdup killers. The warden says they will die in the electric chair a few minutes after midnight unless a unforeseen change occurs.
Democratic leaders and administration legal experts agree on guiding principles for a resolution to extend the National Recovery Administration as a skeleton body to April 1. Lawmakers face drafting hurdles to shield language from court challenges and meet a June 16 NRA deadline.
The Croton Hill fence along the embankment has fallen, creating a dark, rough sidewalk risk near the railroad tracks below. The imminent closure of St. Joseph's school will end noon music games on the adjacent lot, affecting fire station activities during summer recess.
The period ended at 9 am records a high of 75 and a low of 45 with 0.65 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 4 feet. For the same date last year the high was 96 and the low 68 with no precipitation.
Rains in the Kaw Valley west of Topeka swell the Kaw river flood threatening points below. Army engineers bolster Kansas City dikes with 3 000 men as CCC workers near Lawrence escape a levee collapse. National guardsmen aid families as damage climbs to millions in Kansas and Missouri.
The two month old power dispute affecting 50 southern Illinois communities ended today after negotiations. Michael Boyle of the striking electrical workers union and Allen Van Wyck of Illinois Power & Light announced a settlement. Electric service will be restored immediately to the towns, with wage increases and shorter hours for about 250 workers.
The House Agriculture Committee adopted an AAA amendment to remove a constitutional objection to processing taxes. It states all taxes go to the treasury with a specific appropriation to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The move aims to shore up the AAA act's constitutionality amid ongoing revisions.
Harrisburg June 5 Gov George H Earle sought extra taxes to cover a state cash deficit for the 1935 37 biennium but the senate finance committee rejected the move Instead it proposed a two point plan including transfers from the motor fund and moving corporate income tax due date to December 1 1935 The committee led by Sen John J McClure argued additional taxes would produce only excess revenue.
Governor Earle presided over the 103rd cavalry pass in review for the Pennsylvania National Guard at Colbrook. Maj. Gen. Edward C. Shannon greeted the governor and participated before Earle headed back to Harrisburg. Shannon stays on camp to direct maneuvers for several days.
In Gilmer Texas on June 6 officers detained a white man and two Black men after the fatal flogging of William Peoples a Black field worker. Peoples was whipped by two white men in a woods led him to a creek where he collapsed after escaping and dying before naming a threat tied to information about a still.
Toledo Edison unions vote overwhelmingly to return to work and authorize their committee to resume wage talks. The settlement, brokered by federal mediator J. E. O’Connor with President Roosevelt’s oversight, averts a citywide power outage that would have affected about 500 000 people.
Former President Hoover left Albany at dawn to fish in the Adirondacks before continuing to New York City. He traveled with his son Allan in an automobile carrying fishing tackle.
Patrolman Thomas F. Sheahan was shot outside the Roosevelt town house where he had served as guard for three years. Detectives said it may have been accidental and ruled out suicide, while a Roosevelt domestic placed Sheahan in conversation with another patrolman before a shot was heard. He died on the sidewalk as his sister and bride of six months left the scene.
London reports the losses of Field Marshal Lord Byng commander of the Canadian Corps at Vimy Ridge Admiral Sir Charles Madden chief of staff to Jellicoe at Jutland and General Alexander Von Linsingen German victor over Russia who died in Hanover in the last day.
Cambria County authorities held two suspects in the slaying of John T. Glasgow a 69 year old merchant in his store. Glasgow was shot three times with the wallet missing and the cash drawer ransacked. The body was found by his son Gregg Glasgow. survivors include his widow two daughters Miss Ivys Glasgow Chester and Mrs. William W. Kettleberger Palmerton.
Three experienced judges from Youngstown Mrs Ralph Trigg Mrs Herman Brant miller and Mrs Louis Heller have been secured to serve at the flower show at the Cathedral on Tuesday June 11 officers of the Lawrence County Garden club announced Sewickley Albert Hunt superintendent of the Franklin farm and two other Sewickley estate superintendents will assist Word of their acceptance came to Mrs Walter C Eckenroad today.
In Havana authorities deploy all available troops and police to locate Antonio San Miguel, a wealthy Cuban capitalist abducted by five armed men posing as soldiers as he traveled to his suburban home. Frank Steinhart Jr., an American associate and Havana Electric Railway vice president, witnessed the abduction.
London reports that Britain sees no prospect of ratifying the Lausanne reparations accord while the American debt remains unsettled. Chancellor Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that the Lausanne agreement cut German reparations by 90 percent but relied on a comparable cut in the American debt under a gentleman's agreement.
In Georgetown Delaware on June 6 Mrs. May H Carey 55 plans to die on the gallows tomorrow after plotting and committing her brother's brutal murder. Her son Howard 27 shares the death sentence and both are in Sussex county jail where Carey grows wildly hysterical and is fed by Dr Aud rey C Smoot. The mother and son cry out with fear and distress as they face the walk to the prison yard and execution steps.
WEYBRIDGE England June 6 Mrs Helen Will Moody defeats Miss Mary Hardwicke of England in the St George's Hill tournament quarterfinals 4 6 7 5 6 3. Moody recovered after a slow start adapting to the slippery court and wearing socks to boost confidence.
Robert Back of 519 Sumner avenue completes ninth year in school with no absences or tardies. He attends George Washington junior high and has maintained a perfect Boy Scout troop attendance record for three years.
President Roosevelt will depart Washington tomorrow night for an extended weekend at his Hyde Park home. He plans to stay there until Wednesday for needed rest.
Hollywood June 6 Special To The News Americans won 2 745 000 in the Irish sweepstake while the rest of the world combined took 2 966 000 on the English Derby. Roosevelt seeks fairness and tries NRA features by persuasion hours and wages, but legality remains doubtful.
The Union Trust Co of Pittsburgh refused to obey a subpoena from the board of tax appeals seeking 18 items of financial transactions tied to Andrew W Mellon and Richard W Mellon in the government income tax suit against the former secretary of the treasury. Attorneys argued illegality, while government counsel may seek federal court action to issue a new subpoena, risking weeks of delay.
Paris June 6. After 24 hours of effort to form a workable cabinet to rescue France from a grave financial crisis Francois Pietri today abandoned his mission. President Albert Lebrun recalled Fernand Bouisson whose five day old government had just been ousted last Tuesday.
Spokane officers report a second ransom note appeared in the kidnapping case. investigators say one suspect is believed held as authorities continue to search for several persons of interest.
In Tacoma on June 6 police and federal agents pressed the Weyerhaeuser kidnap case as ransom bills surface and suspects scatter. A man believed detained by G men at Seattle reappeared in questions over the $200 000 abduction. George Weyerhaeuser, aged nine, was taken to Issaquah for a tour of hideouts and later released, aiding investigators with clues while another ransom note, a $20 bill, appeared in Spokane and a $10 note in Tacoma.
The piece reflects on a long career spanning a quarter century in journalism. It notes the reporter began at the daily News and looks forward to many more years, while joking about time and weather as 68 is mentioned.
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