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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1933
Page
10
Gettysburg College trustees vote to end the ban on female students effective immediately. Eight co-eds completed graduation as part of a ninety eight student class at the latest commencement.
Ashland Pa June 23 Edward Koch and Carl Smith claim the honor as the only two Pennsylvania Boy Scouts holding the Lincoln Memorial badge for completing a 22 mile hike from New Salem Ill to Springfield along the Lincoln Highway. They hitchhiked to the World's Fair in Chicago before the scout hike.
Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Reading Company.
He succeeds E. T. Stotesbury who led the board since 1924. Stotesbury will stay as chairman of the executive committee. The proposed railroad consolidation would see the Reading become part of the Baltimore and Ohio system.
A Mahoning and Lawrence county victim list grows as seven new indictments are returned by a grand jury in Youngstown. The fresh charges add to 33 indictments previously issued against O. E. Hawk for real estate and mortgage transaction schemes.
Harrisburg report shows state colleges and universities hold about 90 million dollars in endowments with five of 54 accredited schools lacking any funds. The top endowment is nearly 19 million dollars.
Harrisburg reports high school enrollment in Pennsylvania nearly doubled from 1928 to 1932 while teachers increased only 30 percent. Over 500000 pupils attend state high schools, reflecting rapid growth and strain on resources.
At Bedford Springs Pennsylvania Bar Association delegates moved toward nominating a successor to retiring secretary Harold B Beitler who has held the post 16 years. Aaron S Swartz and Walter B Gibbons are potential contenders for secretary. A measure to limit bar membership was rejected as un American after debate led by Judge Joseph Stadtfeld who warned it contradicted American ideals.
Women of Willard grange take charge of the program at their next meeting on Tuesday night June 27. A men versus women contest features one act play readings music and talks with the losing side supplying a treat. Committee is Mrs. Margaret Wellar Mrs Mae Dean and Miss Wilberta Boak. Judges are W S Fullerton Lawrence County Pomona grange Mrs Thomas Lindsay East Brook grange and Mrs Harry Boots Pleasant Hill grange.
In Watchung New Jersey on June 23 police hunted attackers after a dynamite bomb in Rep Charles A Eaton’s car was found. Two cigars and a five cent piece served as clues when Joseph Ballanton, who heard a noise, discovered the bomb mechanism. The cigars and coin were left in the Eaton garage.
Sylvania's inheritance tax law is 107 years old, according to Commissioner Linn L. Reist of the Bureau of County Collections, State Department of Revenue. The state was the first in the union to adopt such a tax, with 45 others following since. Alabama and Nevada have no inheritance tax laws.
Mrs. George Newman of Long Island New York has been called back home by the death of her son in law Frank Kropp of Long Island. Mrs. Newman was accompanied home for the funeral services by Mrs. Cook.
Representatives of the state health department are conducting a sanitary survey of all fourth class school districts in Harrisburg. Over 500 letters were sent to school boards in the past week advising repairs and the elimination of insanitary conditions in school buildings.
Dr Louis R Rickards 62 a Franklin Pennsylvania dentist of 38 years died suddenly in his home likely from angina pectoris. He was found after being seen strolling the streets an hour earlier and had been deeply affected by the death of his brother General George C Rickards in January.
In Charleroi Pennsylvania an unidentified man about 36 was found shot in the chest near the mouth of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company mine. A blood trail from the fan house led to the entrance. no weapon was found. He had been dead about three hours. No labor unrest reported at the company.
SUNBURY Pa June 23 a youth named John Bell of Catawissa is credited with saving Mrs Agnes Smith of Rupert from a deadly plunge on a Reading Company bridge when a train approached. He grabbed her arm and swung her to a railing, holding her until the train passed, preventing a potential drowning.
Scranton pledges far surpassed the goal in the renovize campaign on June 23, reaching a grand total of $5,027,690, believed to set a nationwide record.
Rose Marie Dzurisko aged one died after tumbling into a half filled tub of water while playing with her elder sister. The accident occurred yesterday in Pittsburgh as relatives were nearby.
In Vatican City on June 23 many Spaniards travel to Rome for the beatification of Father Joseph Pignatelli, a Spanish prince of Italian origin who faced expulsion with Jesuits from Spain in 1767 and endured disabilities after miracles of healing were reportedly performed by Pope Clement XIV. A railroad crossing and a barber shop are noted as offering opportunities for a close shave.
In Tartentum PA on June 24, taxpayers of Harrison township owing 1931 township taxes are asked to visit the town treasurer, obtain their element, and report to the foreman.
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