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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
1
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Charley Dawes as the leading proponent of the dry embassies solution. He argues the policy targets not England or Americans but the food of mankind. A German Reichstag speaker attacked a multi-state nation with a starry flag while dodging direct names.
Pa Newo observes daily life in the city with reports on merchant exchanges, hat dilemmas in rain, summer YMCA activity, and pedestrians risking traffic signals. It notes constructive local praise for visiting delegates, school projects in Hillsville and Bessem er, and Enon Valley Park signage as the Fourth nears.
Weather data at 9 am shows the 24 hour period readings for a maximum of this morning. The report lists high and low temperatures with precipitation and river stage figures.
Five friends of slain Broadway figure Frank Marlow were questioned at police headquarters as fifty detectives hunted for clues. Police seized Igna tius Coppa’s automobile, believed tied to Marlow’s murder ride, while Coppa denied involvement and no blood traces were found on the car.
New Castle fireworks makers race to fill orders for Independence Day celebrations. Three plants operate on the New Castle Hiwood City road as hundreds of thousands of dollars of pyrotechnics are produced for nationwide use and the start of a busy season through fairs and other events.
A severe Massachusetts storm brought intense lightning and heavy rain injuring six people. A truck bound for New York was struck, causing a crash in Leicester. a Brookline resident was overcome by gas. lightning ignited a bed in Wellesley injuring Mrs. Susan Newcomb and her daughter. Chelsea apartment residents faced near panic as streets flooded from half an inch of rain.
State convention of post office clerks announced with over two hundred expected attendees. Notables invited include Congressmen I Howard Swick Clyde Kelly and Harry Weinstock plus Thomas F Flaherty, secretary treasurer of the national association, at Washington. Meetings set for July 21 and 22 in New Castle with local officers naming committees.
Isabel Jeans, English stage star, argues wives should flirt occasionally to prevent dullness and preserve the husband wife spark. She says light flirting can keep romance alive through years of marriage amid posts, asserting courting instinct benefits the home’s harmony.
Fears grow for Major Ramon Franco and three companions as a wide search by four Spanish destroyers seaplanes and Portuguese boats fails to locate any trace of their plane between Portugal and the Azores. The British carrier Eagle assists with patrols as hopes fade for wreckage sighting near the Azores.
Dr C J Williamson pastor of Highland U P church will give the principal address at the Battery B Day program in the North Beaver township consolidated school auditorium at Mount Jackson. The event includes a noon dinner in the Knights of Pythias hall and a 130 PM service at the battery monument. Two other survivors are Wilson McClusky and George Pitzer, while David N Needler is likely the sole remaining member. Transportation is arranged from the American Legion home on North Jefferson Street at 10 AM EST for veterans and wives. The day begins with county ladies preparing the noon meal, followed by the 130 PM service led by Rev George N Neill, with a firing squad from the Sons of Veterans.
Arthur Schreiber a Portland youth who stowed away on the French plane Yellow Bird arrives by boat in New York to a father and reporters greeting him. The family, including Morris Schreiber, boards a revenue cutter to meet him at quarantine and then plans to travel to Portland.
Friday council meeting expected to discuss and decide on removing Rosena dam. Municipal Engineer Miller estimates cost near 1000 dollars. State board granted permission to proceed with the dam removal citing downtown flooding risks.
Death records report Mrs Bertha Meengley of Kappel and Harry Rodgers of Cleveland both aged 63 passing away. Details on causes or service not provided in the fragment.
Lawrence County and New Castle Boy Scouts depart New Castle on July 18 for the international Jamboree in Birkenhead England. J Lee Calahan serves as leader with personal charge throughout the trip except during the jamboree camp stay. They plan a European sight seeing tour after the event.
London reports that negotiations toward a world conference on naval armament reduction moved forward after a Sedba conference involving Presidents and Dawes with the American ambassador to Belgium. A second meeting with Ambassador Dewes and Ambassador Gibson at Hugh Gilsamen House yielded optimism and plans for a forthcoming decision on conference location and aims.
A Rochester woman, Patrice H Calhoun, 26, died after a car left Zellenaple Road in fog and crashed. Four others, Gazel Romich, Lawrence Poruden, Edward Coneerman, and a Rochester driver, were injured and hospitalized. State police plan charges against Crudden.
Hoover backs revision of the sugar tariff plan as Smoot and Reed weigh new rates. Reporters note the existing $3.00 per hundredweight tariff may be adjusted to a lower scale while President Hoover signals support for the proposal. The House faces political pressure from farmers and industry groups amid the tariff debate.
Drivers will be examined weekly on Tuesdays at the new site near Sanson Street between 2 20 p.m. and 3 p.m. by State Highway Patrol members. The shift to Jewel Street location, approved by Lt McRae, avoids previous residential district difficulties and uses the New Castle Lumber and Construction company office for questioning in wet or cold months.
At Le Havre Mme Jean Assolant formerly Pauline Parker an American show girl arrived aboard the Te De France as the Yellow Bird circled overhead scattering flowers. She was met by her husband who had left Old Orchard Maine with Armeno Lott id and Rene Lefevre on a trans Atlantic night flight ending in Coruna Spain.
Captain Charles Smith and the crew of the Southern Cross completed the first leg of a long flight, landing near Derby after a 22 hour journey. The account notes the difficult route across vast stretches of desert and remote terrain.
A proposed ballot measure to extend Pittsburgh’s jurisdiction to include surrounding county areas appears to have failed. About 48,090 votes were cast, with results indicating insufficient support for the broad expansion amid a light turnout and altered ballot lineups.
A garbled notice places Dr. Tindley at an afternoon event at St Luke's and mentions a brief address about the Christ and a pistol issue. The fragment references a 2:30 time and First Baptist, with continued publication of the item.
Fragmentary text mentions weather and appears mixed with garbled phrases and stray terms. No coherent events, names, dates, or locations emerge to form a clear news item or summary.
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