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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1949
Page
1
Public schools in New Castle close for summer with about 7500 students and 315 teachers enjoying three months of freedom. About 512 graduates received diplomas in Cathedral Tuesday night, marking the end of their school years.
A brisk look at Shenango river swimming near Gardner avenue abutments and rose garden blooms at Jameson Memorial hospital. City playgrounds reopen Monday June 13 while state offices observe Washington's Birthday and Flag Day holidays. Road crews begin surface treatment in New Wilmington area and work in North Beaver Township nears completion.
Fair and slightly warmer today with Saturday bringing considerable cloudiness and scattered showers. Maximum 81, minimum 52 with no precipitation. River stage 5.1 feet. A year ago high 75 and low 45 with 0.01 inch precipitation.
Hospital fund drive advances to 36.2 percent of its $595000 target with $379974 raised to date and a closing report set for June 21. Advance gifts lead at $189043, industrial $115145, clubs $32300, employee $31700, commercial $11786. Two meetings remain.
The second escapee from Rockview penitentiary, John R. Evans, 27, was found near Pottersville after an eight hour chase. Evans, serving a Lawrence county larceny sentence, was captured by Lewis Allman of Spring Mills. Evans' partner, John Florey, 35, was seized earlier near Spring Mills by state police and guards.
Washington June 10 in the Judith Coplon trial 164 pages of FBI data will be read as part of the defense case. Archibald Palmer said he will not publish 18 of 30 reports, but the remaining 12 hottest reports will be read into next week. A separate item notes two girls finding a can with green contents in Manhattan and potential prize money if unclaimed after six months.
Anne Dale O'Bierne 18 a noted American diver died at the Cret Clinic in Neufchatel Switzerland after injuring herself when she dived into shallow water in Lake Neufchatel Her death was reported from Neufchatel on June 10 1930.
Epworth Methodist marks 75 years with a June program from June 19 to 26. Former pastors Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke and District Superintendent Thomas H. Morris will speak. Newell A. Kelly chairs the planning under Rev. Albert C. Howe. The mortgage will be burned during the festivities.
Harrisburg June 10 A bench warrant was issued for Edith J. Cassey a 48 year old Harrisburg grandmother accused of peculations totaling twenty thousand dollars while secretary treasurer of the Pennsylvania Nurses Association She disappeared May 22 after leaving a note hinting self harm and noting a shortage extending back ten years Police seek cooperation from other cities especially eastern shore resorts to locate her.
Western foreign ministers aim to wrap up the Paris talks by next Wednesday or Thursday if no deal. The U S delegation weighs proposing an Antarctic council to negotiate a Germany trade pact with Berlin free access. A consultative body to contact the Russians in Germany is also planned. Bevin and Schuman will attend the Brussels Pact Ministers Council in Luxembourg.
A 29-year-old man, Robert Gemberling, confessed to fatally beating a brunette divorcee, Mrs. Jean Mills, 32, and her nine-year-old son, Michael Lubowski, with a baseball bat. Detectives say he spoke after hours of questioning, claiming revenge over his brother’s imprisonment and alleging Mills had exposed his alleged infidelity. The victims were found with gas jets open in Mills's kitchen after tenants smelled the odor.
In Ravenswood West Virginia state police captured Gerald Noland 19 as he alighted from a freight train near Rav enswood. He surrendered without a struggle bringing to thirteen the number apprehended of the fourteen dangerous convicts who escaped from Moundsville state prison on June Still at large is 23 year old Eddie Starcher serving a ten year term for grand larceny.
Governor Paul A. Dever set a midnight deadline for settlement of the nine day strike by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company with the possibility of state seizure of the company’s facilities if no accord is reached.
John W. McClelland of Shawnee Oklahoma returns home to New Castle for his 73rd birthday celebrating a reunion with his brother Harry and family in Portersville. The retired oil field worker spent decades in the southwest and plans to revisit his youth haunts and friends in Pennsylvania.
President Truman flies from Washington to Little Rock to address the Thirty-Fifth Division reunion on world peace. He attends a 7 am Battery D breakfast, leads a downtown parade, then speaks at 2 30 pm at a war memorial dedication before returning to Washington.
In Sendai Japan on June 10 a boat fire left six U S Air Force men and one Japanese dead with three airmen missing and presumed dead. Only survivor Corp Albert N Duffield Jr of Willow Grove PA swam six miles ashore from the scene off the northern Japan port of Sendai.
Readable fragments list individuals with ages and addresses: Mrs Anna B Davis 74 627 Superior street Infant Andrew Germani 1307 Barbour Place William McHannon also known as Will Mack 813 Moravia street Joseph Palus 72 East Long avenue at Scioto street.
President Truman and top officials refrain from public intervention as John L. Lewis backs a June 13 20 mine shutdown. Railroads warn of furloughs due to reduced coal freight while Moody of the Southern Coal Producers Association condemns the move as economic dictatorship and Taft Hartley violation. Negotiations with United Mine Workers resume in Bluefield West Virginia next week.
Neshannock township in Lawrence county prepares for Walmo public school expansions due to rapid population growth. An east wing addition adds three classrooms and a health room while the west wing gains one classroom increasing total rooms to fourteen. Attendance is expected to rise from 475 last year to about 565 this fall with 64 new students noted.
A Erie gathering of northwest region county and functional chairmen outlined the 1949 Pennsylvania Week. B M Kirsch of Erie chaired the session at the Erie club. The October 17 24 window was chosen for the observance with an expanded program. William L Dean of Mathews Conveyor Co Ellwood City is county chairman with L B Round of Pennsylvania Power as functional chairman.
Rep Nixon of California urged House Un American Activities Committee to probe whether the Polish liner Batory served as an escape ship for Communist agents. A discharged U S government security officer testified he attempted to depart the United States aboard the Batory without a passport.
A brief note from Arthur Mometer reports students receiving promotion as the school year ends. It reflects on another year passing toward education and mentions no student must stay in the same grade. Weather noted as eighty four degrees.
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