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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
1
Dr. L H Beeler of Grove City College urged the 206 graduates at Ben Franklin auditorium to follow four noble ideals as they receive diplomas in the 57th commencement of the Senior High School. Twelve hundred townspeople attended the ceremony after which diplomas were presented.
The city sees a surge of swimming interest among boys as the Y M C A launches a 10 day learn to swim campaign in its association pool. B&O reports eleven years of passenger trains with no fatal accidents from 1920 to 1930 inclusive.
The 24 hour period ending at nine this morning recorded a maximum temperature of 68 degrees and a minimum of 42 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 5.9 feet and is falling.
Commander Evangeline Booth will visit the city with a 2,000 mile tour. Mayor Gillespie urges flags downtown for the reception. Commissioner and Mrs. John McMillan and others accompany her. A 30 piece Territorial band will perform at Washington and South Jefferson. Booth is to speak around 11:30 with the program ending near noon.
Ill health and a long battle with ailments afflicted 75 year old Policeman William McConahy, a longtime New Castle figure. He shot himself in his Martin Street home around 6 30 this morning after a period of bed rest and doctor care, with his health expected to improve soon before the tragedy.
Maude Lowther, 23, of West Virginia, faces Ohio's first woman death sentence for the murder of Mrs. Clara Smith on a May 29, 1930, slaying near Ashtabula. The jury rejected mercy, the sentence mandatory at the Ohio penitentiary. Lowther confessed after a ten day romance with Smith's husband.
GREENSBURG Pa June 10 Claude Hunsberger 39 a Pitcairn railroad fireman was killed instantly today when he fell from the cab of his engine at Donohoe station near Greensburg Charles Stoup the engineer did not discover the accident until the train reached Derry
State police ready for action as the coal strike spreads into southeastern Ohio. In Western Pennsylvania officials report orderly meetings with hundreds of miners pledging allegiance to the United Mine Workers of America in counties including Allegheny Washington and Westmoreland while deputies monitor planned marches by the National Miners Union. A court injunction to halt picketing failed when Judge Samuel H Gardner did not act due to lack of individual leaders.
Governor Gifford Pinchot authorized a searching investigation into causes of the western Pennsylvania mine strike. He warned violence will not be tolerated as information from the field shows the condition of many miners and their families is pitiable.
Special to The News reports Mr. Mellon and Mr. Stim son travel to London for a conference on debt payments. The note suggests limited output and remarks on Geneva talks about dope, implying no production and broader national actions.
Fourteen of eighteen men feared dead after the British submarine Poseidon sank following a collision with the Chinese merchant vessel Yuta off China. The submarine lay 120 feet down about 21 miles north of Weihaiwei. Rescue divers located the wreck as 25 others, including five officers, were saved. two later died from injuries.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons Britain has no plan to convene a conference on canceling war debts noting such action would serve no useful purpose. He said Chequers discussions with German visitors were only a general exchange of views with no conclusions. The return date from Germany remains undecided and Britain hopes to resume Franco Italian British naval talks after France elects a new president.
A young woman was slain in a case that authorities say may lead to imminent arrests. Police declined to name suspects while confirming ongoing investigations and public safety concerns surrounding the incident.
In New York a 25 year old woman Starr Faithful was found fatally harmed. District Attorney Elvin N Edwards names two men including a prominent politician and a well known physician as persons of interest. A separate incident in Spring Grove involved a six year old fatally harming his seven year old brother during a cracker quarrel with a 12 gauge item. Edwards travel to Boston and unclear details about where the suspects reside.
GROVE CITY Pa June 10 D L McNees editor and publisher of the Ambridge Pa Daily Citizen died at Grove City hospital today from injuries in a car crash last night. His daughter Miss Helen McNees and Merrill Robb teachers at Ambridge junior high escaped with minor injuries. The car swerved off the road and struck a bank near here. McNees age 65 had led the paper 23 years and was known among editors nationwide. He had driven his wife to Grove City for Grove City College commencement. she was not in the car.
A meteor was blamed for a loud shock and a large ground crater south of Toledo. A tree was hurled by the force and no meteor trace is found inside the crater. Residents reported a huge hole and distant tremors from the mysterious event.
In Toledo on June 10 a massive hole was found near Malinta Ohio 35 miles southwest of Toledo. Reported meteor impact caused ground shock shattering windows and uprooting trees with grass scorched and a damaged elm uprooted. No body seen a blazing meteor reported.
Fire swept through a three story frame hotel used as a temporary emergency hospital by Sagamore Coal at Sagamore north of Connellsville Pa causing estimated losses over 15000 dollars. Investigators believed the blaze may have been incendiary though the hospital had no patients at the time.
Arthur Mometer finishes the year with ok grades and earns a promotion. His family plans a party to celebrate the milestone and the big change as he moves to a new room. The house chatter reflects the joy of a warm aging milestone.
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