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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
1
A 25 year old woman Dor othy Dieter Mahoney was hurled from the ninth floor of a Washington hotel. Her lover Arthur D. Millison 36 leaped after her. Police believe a sensational murder death by his own action followed the fatal fall.
Lawrence County Wool Growers Association to hold its annual wool pool Monday through Wednesday. Butler County growers ship wool to the B and O Station in New Castle. wool from there is graded by Penn State expert W W B Conner and later graded at Boston for Commodity Credit Corporation ceilings.
Tomorrow marks Flag Day with flags displayed city and countywide. Harrisburg will close for three days at end of today’s business, resuming Monday morning. New Castle garbage collection notes low food waste in the city. An electric rotating signal warns of road work near P and L E crossing. The dog catcher’s wagon operates on the East Side to cover more territory.
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 am report a maximum of 78 and minimum of 69 with 0.22 inch precipitation. River stage stands at 5.4 feet. A year ago for the same date the high was 77 and the low 65 with 1.01 inches of rain.
Dr. Rufus S. Reeves, Philadelphia public health director, urged extension of non-profit insurance and avoidance of federal political control at the Lawrence County Health Institute dinner in The Castleton hotel. Dr. Paul H. Wilson presided. Miss Ruth Roth organized the event as a cancer forum followed by Dr. E. P. Buchanan’s breast cancer lecture with slides.
Secretary of State James F Byrnes departs for Paris to break the Big Four deadlock on European peace treaties. He aims to avert a winter of chaos and pursues a federation of states under a central government to integrate Germanys economy.
The Chinese Central News Agency said fierce fighting raged in Tsingtao's suburbs where United States Marines are stationed. Communists in over 20 sailboats attempted a nighttime landing but were repulsed by 8,000 Nationalist troops. A British cruiser arrived as Maj. Gen. Keller Rockey and Admiral Charles Cooke Jr visited to assess American forces.
Hollywood June 13 Charles Edward Butterworth 46 year old actor killed in a spectacular automobile crash at Sunset Boulevard and Pluma Road. His roadster allegedly struck a building demolishing the car and hurling him onto the cement. He had lived at the Bel Air hotel and died at General Hospital. Born in South Bend Indiana he studied at Notre Dame and earned a law degree before starting as a reporter.
Pittsburgh cleans up after a sudden 15 minute heavy rain floodsn disrupted traffic and forced thousands of shoppers and workers to seek shelter. Emergency crews raced to areas with backed up sewers to prevent flash floods.
Saginaw Michigan drivers of City Lines Inc began a pre dawn strike at 4 54 AM halting all early morning departures. The stoppage left the city transportation system paralyzed as scheduled runs were not covered.
Commander Jack Dempsey urges buying United States Savings Bonds to back the future after victory. He says securing peace begins with citizens investing to support children and national stability, and he encourages everyone to overcome fear by purchasing bonds.
Mayor John F Haven directed Chief Robert D Hanna to halt speeding in New Castle streets using all cruisers and officers. He said few motorists speed but those drivers will be arrested and prosecuted in local aldermen courts.
The Senate moved toward a final vote on an amended OPA price control bill extending controls for one year amid potential veto by President Truman. Majority Leader Barkley expected passage within hours as debate narrowed to limited time, with a joint conference to craft a compromise before sending to both houses for approval.
New Castle school board discussed Rev. Fr. W V Stancelewski offer to buy the Terrace avenue school for 10000. The building once closed may reopen as a school for SS Philip and James parish, plus a branch library and neighborhood center, with sale terms set for a June 15 auction.
Greenville council approves Joe Alexander ordinance selling nine buildings at Deshon Annex to Cleeland J Pivosean Emerson Sh and Charles Bowers and leasing land in Cunningham Park for 8500 to aid veterans housing. Buyers will convert buildings to apartments and Mayor Haven to sign contract. Water rates will rise 15 percent beginning July 1 per Greenville Water Works administration.
The House Judiciary Committee meets behind closed doors to decide on intervention in the Jackson Black feud. Indications point to airing the full story, but action will stop short of impeachment as no grounds exist in current charges.
Two British army colonels deny urging Chetnik leader Draja Mihailovic to attack Tito partisans in the Yugoslav trial liaison role. The British government asks Belgrade to prove charges while Bailey’s discussions aimed to unite guerrilla factions. Colonel Hudson says he warned neither side to fight for Russia and urged no outside power control.
In Pittsburgh six year old Danny Schapper lay dying as Private Dan Schapper rushed from Manila to be at his bedside. Doctors offered no guarantee the boy would survive to greet his father who was alerted after a week old injury from a curbstone fall caused a ruptured spleen.
Police sought to identify a 22 year old blonde woman whose body was found in a box car near Prairie du Chien. They said death appeared natural though initially suspected murder. Dr Thomas Farrell noted a possible narcotic overdose and a morphine prescription from Cicero Illinois was found among her effects.
Washington June 13 A Maritime union leader said the government proposal to settle the threatened strike of 200 600 Maritime workers at midnight tomorrow has neither been accepted nor rejected He noted the final form remains unknown as discussions continue among union leaders and government and ship owners representatives at the labor department in Washington.
Cal. June 13 INS Three P 80 Shooting Star jet pilots completed the first one day round trip across the continent. Col Leon Gray of Casa Grande Arizona Major Robin Olds of Beverly Hills California and Lieut Jack Richardson of Oklahoma City flew the jet fighters from the West Coast to Washington and back in 12 hours 18 minutes flying time. Lieut Dean D Cox of Manhattan Beach California dropped out at Tinker Field Oklahoma City after accidentally jettisoning external fuel tanks.
In Washington a London paper story claiming President Truman would go to Moscow if the Paris meeting fails is dismissed as purely speculative and untrue. Other briefs note a Cambridge, Massachusetts mountaineering search at Mt. St. Elias and Bucknell University awarding an honorary degree to Gov. Edward Martin during its centennial commencement.
The 108th session gathers at the Third U P church with eight districts represented. Rev G S Bennett leads devotion on Christ for Our Boys and Girls of Today. Dr R F Galbreath delivers the morning address on The Victorious Christ. Robert M Strickler presides as the morning program continues.
Workmen from the Pennsylvania Railroad in a rowboat attempted to free a clogged water line at the Shenango River bottom. The line feeds a 60,000 gallon storage tank supplying locomotives, with engines needing about 2,000 gallons each. Floods caused the obstruction by mud or stones washing into the pipe.
The Rev W D Preston Haas of Bristol a Methodist minister was chosen grand master of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the conclusion of its annual convention in Wilkes Barre.
Death notices list Roger Lee Shoaff aged two of 623 Superior Street James Brooks Frey 72 of Moore Apartments Mrs Wesley Sarver 70 Elmwood City and Mrs Frank Byers McClelland Avenue all noted in Thursday record entries
Former King Humbert of Italy fled the country by air to Portugal amid a turbulent move to establish a republican government. Pope Pius XII urged moderation to avert civil war as Premier De Gasperi led the new regime. Royalists vow to fight, while the cabinet says the plebiscite made Italy a republic in fact.
The United Nations security council weighs a compromise plan to pressure Franco's Spain to change its government by September. Delegates held two days of talks aiming to win over extremists especially the Soviet Union to back a united stand. If no change occurs, the council may sever diplomatic relations with Spain, with broader action deferred to the general assembly in September.
The weather readers notes a soggy day with Arthur Mometer remarking it's too wet for golf hike swim or drive. Suggests staying indoors with a book and pipe or soaking in a tub and reading. Seventy four is recorded as the temperature and a nudge to catch up on reading.
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