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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1931
Page
2
Berlin prices on the bourse opened about ten points higher as investors piled orders over the weekend amid optimism from President Hoover's war debt holiday proposal. Young plan bonds led demand though gains faded by close after Reichbank credit limits.
City council awarded two paving contracts to Olsen Contracting Co for Blaine Street from Park to Moody and Meyer Avenue from Carlisle to Highland. City Engineer Frank Miller reported the low bids of Olsen and recommended concrete material. contracts approved unanimously. Blaine Street bid $8,197.20. Meyer Avenue bid $15,503.00.
Bather found a five year old girl waist deep in water and called for help. Mr. Walters and Mr. Gilbert performed first aid and recovered the child to consciousness before professional aid arrived. Gilbert trained in life saving at the New Castle Y M C A and recently placed second in a two mile race for St. John’s Lutheran church.
Ralph English of 427 Boyles Avenue seeks a permit for a garage. Mrs. Sue Allen of 114 Dewey Avenue applies for a permit to build a chicken coop.
The Flint Daily Journal notes that anticipated increases in railroad freight charges would push travelers to keep riding passenger cars, highlighting a shift in transportation habits due to rate changes.
A Saturday wind storm toppled a tree limb on Walnut street nearly hitting Ed Young’s brick house. A large limb also fell on a Croton line trolley wire, halting service for about an hour before repairs restored the route.
A large tree fell on Rich elieu avenue blocking the street and neighbors acted quickly to saw the tree in two and restore traffic. Potatoes bloom along Lake Erie and early crops promise good yields. Strawberries and cherries are abundant and should be canned to prevent waste. The storm damaged many radio aerials and beachgoers appeared at No 2 dam in pajama outfits displaying college names.
Sun exposure reddened residents after a sweltering day. Saturday storms caused widespread damage with broken limbs and uprooted trees across the city. Rev Nathan McClung was elected State Chaplain of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, sponsored by the Harry L McBride Post. Cherries arrive in markets and Bell Telephone linemen fixed outages. A bee hive was blown but mostly survived, and a swimming pool project progresses near Westminster College.
Chicago grows weary of gangsters and the local talk includes that moving pictures advertised but did not show gangster plays. A Saturday storm toppled a large tree blocking an undertaker’s garage, needing an hour and a half to clear.
Pa Nene visited Camp East Brook, the Y W C A girls camp, Saturday evening as excited girls planned a party. Half the crowd dressed as boys and the other half as female escorts with corsages.
The camp showcases a prettier landscape this year with a blooming rose bush on the front terrace tall trees around the area a sparkling pool and the nearby Neshaminy river enhancing miles of scenery.
President Hoover moves to push debt funding plans with Reed Smoot of Utah guiding Senate passage. Smoot arrives for talks on international debt relief as ambassadors from Britain France and Italy meet at the State Department amid expectations of British and Italian acceptance.
London reports Prime Minister J Ramsay MacDonald and all parties accepted President Hoover’s proposal for a year long holiday on inter governmental debt payments in principle. Full cooperation pledged to enact the plan at the earliest moment.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Jos. Dumblaske, 22, of Huston, crashed through a plate glass window at the Eighth Avenue restaurant in Homestead. Police say he fell asleep at the wheel. the car stopped after hitting scales, narrowly avoiding serious injuries.
Death notices and funeral details for Ed ward Baldwin Sara Schuler Frank Giancotti Milton S Buchanan and others. Services held in homes churches and cemeteries with interments at Greenwood Clinton St Vitus Reformed Oak Park Mumford and other local cemeteries.
A suitor tells the father he wishes to marry his daughter. The father reacts with shock and questions the suitor's meaning while the suitor urges calm and asserts the girl is suitable.
Officials of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company ordered 1,000 men back to work after receiving an order for 41 000 tons of 25 inch pipe. Strong pipe orders in recent weeks prompted the move and production in July and August will rise to 40 percent with the new workers.
Three people are recovering at home after a dog bite incident in Pittsburgh. The bitten are Minnie Sobzak aged 60, Stephen Huber 44, and Joseph Arbasak six. The dog responsible was reported to have bitten the three.
June 22 in Harrisburg the Governor’s office announced L. B. Eurich will serve as Justice of the Peace in Tarentum and August Kramer will serve as Justice of the Peace in Sharpsville.
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