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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
1
The Pennsylvania railroad Cherry street car repair shop will add about 50 workers starting Wednesday July 1 doubling the local staff and aiming for a peak of over 300. Most new hires come from the Erie shops with potential transfers from New Castle if Erie employees decline to apply.
Mrs. Leah Chase Eaker, former wife of Capt Ira C. Eaker of the Question Mark flight, selected Capt Harrison W. Flickinger of Langley Field Virginia as her second husband. The ceremony will take place in New York after a 1930 divorce.
American aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty landed in Moscow completing the third leg of their round the world voyage. They planned the next leg 2,600 miles to Irkutsk with a rest stop before continuing to Kharborovsk.
Governor Pinchot vetoed a bill by Senator Weingartner that would have created a county controller office in sixth class counties, replacing county auditors. The veto paves way for counties to keep or seek a controller under existing county code provisions and notes changes approved in Act No. 146 of 1931.
Pa Newc notes home grown corn will reach markets by late July while other local varieties are available now. Gardens are flourishing. Detours on Route 17 from Poland to Rootstown affect Akron dirigible visitors. Road quality improves after Rootstown toward Route 17. Thousands visit the Akron dirigible dock daily, with concession stands active amid growing industrial interest.
U S Weather Bureau records show a maximum temperature of 85 and a minimum of 56 for the last 24 hours ending at 9 am. No precipitation was observed. River stage measured 3.4 feet.
In Steubenville Ohio a mob of coal strikers attacked a Dillonvale miner convoy with stones. At least two men were seriously injured as deputies responded with guns and tear bombs, arresting 19 strikers to avert bloodshed.
Close to 70 Lawrence county medical dental and pharmaceutical professionals attended the first joint banquet at the New Castle Field club last night. Dr John Foster chaired the event with a local orchestra providing music and Mrs Jesse Cooper supplying garden flowers. Guests came from near and far as the combined societies planned future gatherings.
Paris June 25 An invitation has been extended by Foreign Minister Briand to German Chancellor Bruening to join Franco German talks in Paris on war debts and reparations. The invitation was sent via German Ambassador Van Hoesch and Bruening was asked to arrive in Paris next Tuesday if possible. The development was described as likely to involve Secretary Mellon in the discussions.
Otto Hillig of Liberty New York and Holger Hoirs a Danish pilot landed the white plane Liberty at Krefeld Germany at 5 30 p m local after crossing the North Atlantic. Hillig said they lost their way over Spain and France before resuming to Copenhagen.
Pittsburgh reports under state police and extra deputies, 85 percent of 2,400 Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp miners returned to work. Demonstrations occurred at mine entrances led by the National Miners Union, which denies any agreement with operators and says the strike continues. Ohio miners planned march did not materialize. governor Pinchot warned against outside interference and ordered escort to the state line if needed.
The Volant College annual reunion drew over four hundred alumni and friends recalling memories from forty years ago on the Neshannock Creek campus. D. D. Potter was elected president for the coming year, with A. M. McConahy vice president, Olive Clinefelter secretary, and Mrs. Scott Hamilton treasurer. The group planned to meet again on the last Wednesday in June 1932 when the Volant Memory Book is expected. Attendees traveled from Grove City New Castle Franklin Beaver Youngstown Pittsburgh Akron Cleveland and other nearby areas including Maude Watson Wilson of Plymouth Massachusetts.
A Beverly Hills writer argues that proposed world solutions cannot be acted on until December congressional sessions. He notes public excitement fades in weeks and criticizes grand plans as the cause of current troubles while urging practical work to resolve issues.
The bullet scarred body of a well dressed man found by two fishermen in Orange Township was identified as Jack Kibby Langman also known as Kibby Langman a 28 year old reputed member of an east side gambling and gangster mob Langman had two gunshot wounds to the back of the head and police say he was likely killed after being lured by gangland enemies. Police launched a hunt for the attackers and cited a ride taken by Langman as part of the sequence of events.
President Hoover faces a crisis as France raises conditions for a one year pause in intergovernmental war debts. Paris demands Germany’s unconditional reparations payments totaling about 110 million dollars annually, threatening the overall plan.
Five hundred attendees witness the rededication and unveiling of the Portland Cement Association trophy awarded to the New Castle mill of Lehigh Portland Cement for no lost time accidents in 1930. D. E. Ritter and Col. Henry A. Reninger headlined a ceremony with officials, band, and choirs in attendance.
Harrisburg June 25. Governor Pinchot signed a voting machine amendment bill as part of a broad wave of approvals and vetoes. The ceremony featured Col Reninger and Rev F E Stough with remarks highlighting public service and a No Accident Campaign. The measure updates the 1929 voting machine law to strengthen enforcement of machine installation where approved. Continued on Page Two.
Robert James Cochran, 42, of South Beaver Street Extension, has died. Funeral arrangements are pending and details will be announced by the family.
In Erie Pennsylvania on June 25 three firemen were overcome by smoke while fighting flames that destroyed a building and badly damaged a neighboring structure. Mrs Luella Garrish 42 was rescued from a second floor apartment by Ray Collins a local boxer. Barbara Schlaudecker also living in the same building was rescued after being overcome by smoke. A restaurant in the adjacent building sustained fire and water damage.
The passage describes an abundant fruit season with heavy loads of cherries peaches and berries. Apples crowd plums swell while a hot dry spell pushes temperatures to ninety four degrees. The abundance suggests widespread yield though some fruit may spoil on the trees.
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