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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1932
Page
6
A student gained access to advance copies of a social problems examination by picking a lock in a closet. Officials ordered a retake and the culprit, who reportedly devised a new lock, faces consequences as details remain confidential. The incident comes amid broader debates about security and open meetings.
Police disclosed a planned triple murder targeting Vannie Higgins Salvatore Spitale and Irving Bitz aimed at a dance recital exit. The scheme tied to New Jersey rum runners over liquor hijacking, with investigators noting the plan would have endangered spectators and families in the crowd. Spitale and Bitz denied involvement and suggested they left the scene early, avoiding the killers.
In Harrisburg on June 24 Pennsylvnia Department of Highways began removing illegal roadside signs for a campaign that runs until July 16. Secretary Sam Lewdy said the effort targets small cardboard cloth tin steel and wood signs known as snipe signs. Large posters under lease or owner authority are unaffected. Removal focuses on non urban roadside areas. signs attached to official markers may be removed.
The Pennsylvania Synod of the Presbyterian church approved the Christian Education report and backed a pro education program highlighting Prohibition merits. It approved college appropriations totalling 43 000 with Beaver College and Carnegie Tech among beneficiaries. Elizabeth Parry won the stewardship oratorical contest, and a Barnhouse controversy was discussed as the cost of trial was referred for adjudication. The sessions will close today.
A reflective exhortation cautions against those who spread gloom and cynicism. It urges shielding oneself from a pessimist, a man who profits from despair, and anyone who paints goodness as impossible.
An old Kellogg advertisement extols ALL-BRAN as a bulk-forming fiber with iron to aid bowel movements. It promises relief from constipation with two tablespoons daily, notes not habit forming, and mentions Battle Creek production and grocery availability.
New Castle circle No 5 of the Protected Home Circle elected officers for the coming term. President Hildred Back. Vice President Anna Stephen Guerdian Kathryn Cowles. Chaplain Emery Breck. Guide Jesse Cowles. Companion Jack Kennel. Sentinel Homer Dake. Watchman Flora Cunningham. Plawist Harry Hichmond. Secretary Lillie B. Jones. Treasurer George W. Wyman. Accountant George W. Muse. State convention notes and local reports followed with social hour and lunch.
Dr J A MacDonald of Youngstown Ohio will be guest speaker at the weekly prayer for revival session Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the First Baptist chapel. The large crowd is drawn by his speaking and singing of old gospel hymns, with the meeting expected to attract wide interest.
Somerset Pa June 24 Directors of the annual Somerset County Fair decided to cancel this year’s show due to adverse economics. This marks only the second cancellation in 30 years, the prior one being in 1918 during World War I.
In Youngstown a 14 year old boy William Harver was shot and killed after allegedly prowling around the home of Sam Davis. Arnold Gartner fired buckshot through a window wounding Harver who died later at a hospital. The incident followed a night of prowling near Mill Creek park and involved statements to police by Gartner.
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