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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1931
Page
2
Pennsylvanias railroad car repair shop at here will report about 300 workers from Erie and New Castle to staffing changes. The move follows a gradual reduction at the Renovo division, with work starting immediately on constructing railroad flat cars, aiming to boost output with expanded crews and minimal interruption.
Pilots Gatty and Pest recount a perilous crossing through extreme cold and haze above Nome and Solomon Island. They describe flying a semi circle north of Nome, enduring 16 hours over water and uninhabited terrain, finally landing on American ground despite near death moments. The crew praises the plane and resolves to persevere through the brutal Alaskan cold.
Weather reports predict no relief from heat with six days totaling 126 for Tiltnais Mec ropolis and over 300 dead in the Midwest that week. Parks, pools, and beaches fill as residents seek shade while motorists face highway hazards from expansion. Chicago pumps record water widely as heat continues.
Pa News reports on local life including a baseball game near the Buckeye plant with girls in uniforms, ripening wheat ready for harvest by week’s end, and hundreds from Lawrence county joining county camps. It notes park seating issues, a farmer working a plow with a runabout, blooming roses at Hoyt streets, and water lilies at the Garfield pond. Fishing plans for opening night are mentioned, along with Corporal Brady Paul memorial at Butler road and hot summer days affecting aldermen’s courtrooms.
Proceedings in Washington and Paris show optimism about a joint move on a year long debt and reparations halt. Mellon Edge and Laval discuss terms as Castle notes gaps remain in principle and practical acceptance, with Wednesday looming as a key update.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, after 18 hours aloft fighting Bering Sea storms, rested in Barrow Alaska and prepared for another leg of their around the world flight toward Edmonton. They described near disaster, said they were not worried about Canada weather if fuel holds, took hot baths and planned a long hop with a lunch and steady sleep ahead.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty completed rapid progress across Siberia and the Bering Sea landing at Fairbanks Alaska after a grueling 18 hour 45 minute crossing from Khabarovsk. They plan Edmonton then New York aiming to finish the 15000 mile journey in under nine days with remaining legs to cover by air.
Teggia Rinacenza No 19 of the Order Sons of America met at Umbita 1 hall on Division Street for the annual election of officers. Angelo Fiala, back after illness, was welcomed and thanked as president. Officers elected for 1931 1932 include Fiala as president Tomasella as vice president DiFalco as second VP Crisco as attorney Paiglay as secretary Dilorenzo as financial secretary Morelli as warden Cassacda Tomasella Audino Tuminello Sparhers Duloria Cozzai Pi stone. Two new members joined. total membership about 150 and growing. A picnic planning committee was named.
Miss Espedita Marie Alruazzini secretary of the International Institute of the Y W G states that the Italian class meeting every Wednesday at the Y W C A will hold its last session tomorrow night at 7 30 o clock before a hiatus until next fall.
Iver V. Davis, chairman of Linchewee County Feed Dealers, announced this morning that the meeting has been postponed from Friday, July 3 to Friday, July 10. All members urged to attend.
The Tigers club of the South Side will hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening at the club rooms on Sour Mul Street. The session begins promptly at 8 o clock, with Wager Wey av S218 in attendance.
Death notices from Youngstown area list Mrs. Harry Spiker of 325 East Boyles Avenue dying after illness, with survivors including husband Harvey Spiker and parents Jesse F. Huff and Lillian M. Huff. Other obituaries note Mrs. Mary Camuso, William McIntosh Sr, Mrs. Mary Pearl Weitz, Mrs. Alice Ice, Mrs. Sara Kingston, and John F. McWilliams, with service details, interments in St. Vitus, Oak Hill, Graceland, Harmony Baptist cemeteries and family residences, reflecting community mourning and burial plans.
The article notes Pastor McClure presiding at First Prian Church with many friends and relatives present. At Oak Park cemetery the Sons of Union Veterans conducted services led by Commander R. M. Campbell and Captain W. D. Park with a firing squad of six men. Taps by Fred Warner and Budd Carlson followed. Palibes listed include D. J. McWilliams, William Hammill, Paul McWilliams, Robert Mewilliams, Paul Hoskins and Ray Fenton. Interment completed at Oak Park.
American Legion golfers start their annual tournament with the first handicap round at Castle Hills course on Wednesday evening. Players are asked to arrive between 5 and 7 o'clock. After handicaps, the trophy chase will begin, with hopes for strong showings against out of town posts.
City beaches lack censorship for bathing but police act as censors arresting two young men, about nineteen and twenty, for nude swimming. Officers Dukes and Castle found them lingering near a landmark, with the threat of five days in jail as punishment.
A group of local men form the Ry inenn Fishing Club and plan to travel to Drake's Mills on French Creek to camp and fish during July. Members include William Samuels and his son Carl along with Rakinson. Jeney Experts The phrenologist who took up chiropody enlisted.
Miss Elizabeth Scriptu recited each citation perfectly earning top honors. Rev. St. J. Seripiere, pastor of the Hoover Heights Tabernacle, awarded the Golden Te quasar ton far to deserving students during the ceremony.
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