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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1949
Page
3
The NAACP local branch hosts a June 26 forum at 4 p m in Elm Street YWCA with Ernest Hill as speaker. A musical program and refreshments are planned. committees and officers urge members to renew and reach the annual goal ahead of the San Francisco convention.
A Wheaton College group of five soloists and two accompanying staff will conduct a service at Calvary Gospel Tabernacle 900 Vogan Street at 11 Sunday morning. The team includes Marian and Betty Stam twins from Pompton Lakes New Jersey Arthur Brown of Elgin Illinois Bud Schaeffer of Fort Wayne Indiana and Bill Wareham of Glen Ellyn Illinois with Marjorie E Glover from the college faculty. The six week tour covers 13 states and two Canadian provinces.
Portland bus and taxi companies still employ women drivers though counts have fallen from 175 during the war to 27 now. Officials say all former drivers quit of their own accord and none were discharged.
Chiang Kai Shek expected to boost nationalist requests for American aid while supporters in Congress push against recognizing the Communist government. Some lawmakers fear economy and unfinished legislation will doom aid, but 21 senators urge Truman to resist recognizing Beijing, linking to Greece Turkey Marshall Plan and NATO commitments.
The article notes a reduced target for low rent apartments from 1 050 000 in seven years to 319 000 in six years under President Truman. Spence proposes 60 day extensions for provisions of the national housing act expiring June 30 to foster private building. Democratic leaders expect all substitutes to be defeated when the House resumes the debate.
Ralph Reider of 118 North Scott street New Castle soloed at the New Castle airport during the week in a brief aviation event with no incident reported.
The university catalog shows 1,966 courses will be taught at Columbia and the Rolla school of mines, the largest number in the school's history. Instruction spans fifty eight fields across campuses.
The Epworth Church in Grove City celebrated paying off its mortgage with a Friday evening service. Rev Howe led the ritual as church leaders and youth watched the mortgage burned in the bronze tray. Bishop Wicke will dedicate the debt free church Sunday at eleven, with a Vesper Service at four.
Chicago woman Reseda Corrigan identified Engel as a con man who posed as a Hollywood producer to win affection and steal tens of thousands. He admitted taking 5000 from her and claimed a twin brother ran similar schemes while denying others. He was arrested in a Michigan Avenue luggage shop after Corrigan alerted police following a June disappearance.
Mrs. Sara Binder 69 widow of Martin Binder died at her daughter’s home after a long illness. Born in Transylvania she lived in the city since 1902 and was active in Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid. Survived by four children and eight grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church with burial in Greenwood. Other obituaries note Frank Bartolone 84, Nellie Orissa Bernhart 73, and William F. Dickson whose funeral included military rites at Castle View Burial Park.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Mae Doster of 1011 West State Street will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Church of God in Christ with Elder Shepherd Threats officiating. Burial is in Greenwood cemetery. Surviving husband Elijah Doster and five children are named, along with siblings and grandchildren. Separate notices announce funeral services for Mrs. Harvey W. Sipe of Mt. Jackson and obituaries for Miss Sarah Almira McBride of Van Nuys, California, with arrangements to be announced. Also brief item notes a report from Portland on 21 aircraft missing in Oregon and Washington over 12 years, the largest being a Canadian Air Force plane with nine passengers.
The Castleton club will show color film The Wild Life of Pennsylvania presented by Slade of the Game Farm. Members are asked to donate 2.00 on Monday to send a crippled girl to Laurel Mountain camp, with no lunch ticket next week due to the Fourth of July. secretary Carl E. Paisley notes makers and speakers at local towns.
The ship's bell from the historic aircraft carrier Saratoga, known as a Bikini atomic target vessel, will be enshrined at the Veterans Memorial home on the Saratoga Spa Reservation this summer.
Judith Coplon concludes her testimony amid claims of a frame-up. She accuses a conspiracy involving Harold P. Shapiro and Valentin Gubitchev while naming Raymond Whearty and William E. Foley as ring leaders, as jurors listen.
Albert A. Davis donated blood after a severe accident and the rare negative type in the Phoenix bank was his own blood, saving his life. An INS dispatch notes a 1948 figure: U.S. street cars, trackless trolleys and buses traveled 3,287,000,000 miles.
Western military governors raised no objection to reimposing a Soviet zone blockade as German rail workers threaten to shut trains to the East. Jahn said an emergency meeting of the West German union council is set for Monday to consider the strikers’ request.
A city repair crew worked after a lightning strike while a driver was taken to the police station. No. 6 company did not respond, but No. 3 company later aided at 708 Carlisle street where a bolt followed lines into Herb Samuels home, igniting a radio and causing about 150 in damages as firemen moved the device outside.
Fire fighters in Lakewood seek replace old gongs with quieter signals after a medical report links loud warnings to heart ailments among firefighters.
Southern coal producers face a possible strike when their current contract ends. The Taft Hartley 60 day rule governs notice for modification or termination, with August 14 as the deadline in the North and looming in the South. Analysts predict full industry shutdown by July 5 if no pact is signed, while Pennsylvania anthracite remains unsettled. Hard coal talks begin July 7 in Philadelphia with an August 15 end date, delaying the return of 72 000 workers for six weeks.
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