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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1935
Page
1
Lawrence County grand jury returns conspiratorial indictments against defendants linked to the numbers racket. The rare action groups accused co conspirators together following DA Mont L. Riley’s prior bills. The preface cites jury instructions and notes alleged lottery operations in New Castle threaten public corruption.
At Westminster college New Wilmington the campus queen coronation opens alumni day events. Miss Reed and her junior attendants will receive the crown on South Terrace at 7 pm with Miss Wettich of New Castle presenting. Maypole winding to follow as Isabel Reed receives the May crown.
The House passed the voluntary NRA measure 264 to 121 despite opposition over trust enforcement. Senate leaders criticized the new blue eagle but New Deal chiefs predicted quick enactment after a brief fight. The bill faces continued Senate disposition with concerns over voluntary agreements replacing old codes.
June opens with nine days of rain totaling 1.39 inches aiding vegetation. Jamison Memorial Hospital reports 113 patients at midnight, rising with morning arrivals. Tonsil operations run about six daily as rhododendrons bloom lavishly, notably 225 blooms on a Wirsing bush. Local youths use park tree branches as a makeshift trapeze, prompting calls for action.
Weather summary shows a maximum 77 and minimum 44 with 0.024 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 3.9 feet. A year ago, max reached 72 and min 51 with no precipitation.
Westminster college opens its commencement season with the Duff chimes dedication at Old Main and May Queen Isabel Reed of Poland Ohio crowned at seven. The 82nd graduation follows Monday with 120 seniors receiving degrees and five honorary degrees. former Senator W E Wenner of Ashtabula delivers the address The Re Taking of America.
Attorney and Mrs. C. W. Fenton and Mr. and Mrs. Floed Hook depart Sunday for Reading Pennsylvania to attend the Independent Order of Odd Fellows convention opening Tuesday. Mr. Fenton currently serves as Deputy Grand Master for Pennsylvania and will be elevated to Grand Master, the top Odd Fellows state office. Mr. Houk attends as delegate from the New Castle lodge.
Former Illinois governor Frank Lowden will not seek the 1936 presidency and will speak at the Monday opening of the 10 state Republican midwest rally at the fair grounds in Springfield. He said he will remain at his Mississippi home.
President Roosevelt detrained at Hyde Park after an overnight run from Washington to handle official business following the NRA court decision. His wire basket of reports grew as he planned study time and a Wednesday West Point graduation, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and White House staff.
President Roosevelt accepts Donald R. Richberg resignation amid New Deal battles. Richberg, famed for the Blue Eagle dispute and a costly un undertaken, prepares to leave his post as a top public service official. The president's three paragraph letter expresses regret at his departure.
Mary Julia Burton, 20, of Binghamton New York, was killed when the car she rode in with her brother Earl Burton collided with a truck near Tyrone Pennsylvania. They were en route to her sister’s high school graduation.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Wright, 75, in Altoona, selected a burial plot at a cemetery and died moments later from a heart attack in a car with two daughters, Mrs. G. W. Banks of Wilkinsburg and Mrs. D. I. Dibert of Altoona.
Obituaries list Frank Cook 23 of Chewton Catherine A Jackson of Washington DC and Charles Wilkison 78 of Shenango Township with notice of their deaths in the local column.
Superintendent Dr Wayne W Bissell and staff face crowding as 113 patients were under care at midnight, a five year high driven by tonsil surgeries and a wave of maternity cases this week.
Hunt for three men and an attractive woman in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping centers on the Rocky Mountain region. E. J. Connelly leads the case from Salt Lake City as more than 500 peace officers block roads out of the city after the suspects were last seen in Brigham City and Green River.
Lieut George F Mitchell commander of Troop F promoted to captain during Pennsylvania National Guard maneuvers at Colebrook Pa The commission is dated May 31 1935 He has risen from private to captain since joining the troop and takes over after Capt Harvey G Bintrim resigned in February His promotion is welcomed locally for his dedication to the unit.
Harry L. Hopkins, long a chief figure in federal relief, is named to direct the $4 billion work relief program. He will oversee employment measures drawn from May rolls as the administration enacts Roosevelt's rules and Hopkins plan to map the relief effort.
London June 8 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin will tell the nation that the national character of the government remains intact after yesterday's cabinet changes. The broadcast will mark the new government's first national contact and seek continued support. He met with Austen Chamberlain and other Tories at a Whitsun House party in Himley Hall before the address. The press reaction was mixed with Liberal and Labour scoffing while newspapers welcomed Ramsey MacDonald and Sir John Simon's exit from the international scene.
Harry Gormley of Fairfield Avenue will become state president of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association. The announcement was made at a New Castle Elks banquet by W. A. Sutherland. The selection will take effect at the upcoming Philadelphia state convention, after Gormley served as state secretary for the past year.
Great Britain announced it will default on its 85 million dollar June 15 installment, a move that signals other European nations may follow. The United States faced an 180 million dollar loss this month as debts from Europe come due.
In a spirited Special To The News dispatch from Hollywood the writer lampoons international affairs. He notes France may offer a premiership to anyone but Chevalier while England amid chaos trades horses on the Thames and Italy hawks forces to Africa. Russia vanishes from discussion as global governance falters.
Arthur Mometer presents roses snapdragons irises peonies delphinium and more in a spring display. The piece promotes the beauty and grace of plants and notes a Tuesday date for the annual flower show on the hill with cool weather forecast.
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