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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
1
Alice Longworth reports on Franklin D. Roosevelt's acceptance speech in New York. The piece notes how the president projects power beyond constitutional limits and hints at government assuming broader control, with Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance underscoring the occasion.
Ruth Morse reports the first dahlia of the season in her Harbor Street garden. Community notes cover flying insects, Girl Scout day camp opening at Cascade Park, and YWCA activities paused for two months to cut costs. Delmont Michaels earns a birdie after striking a bird in flight at Sylvan Heights.
U S weather statistics show a 69 degree maximum and 57 degree minimum with 0.78 inches of precipitation and a 4.3 foot river stage. Compared to the same date last year the maximum was 89 with no precipitation recorded.
Mounting partisan disagreement over unemployment relief and social security features blocked compromise moves in the Pennsylvania special session. Republicans weighed $54.294 million in relief needs and proposed only nominal new taxes, while sticking to Mothers' Assistance amendments. Conference committee failed to harmonize on the latter measure as debate stretched into the ninth week of the session.
Betty Baker 30 wife of an Ann Arbor patrolman confessed to police that she shot and killed Clarence Schneider 24 a boarder in her home with her husband’s revolver in an attempt to scare him The shooting on a lonely road she said was accidental She was jailed after nightlong questioning and taken to the scene at 3 am to repeat her story Schneider’s mother was killed in Detroit a year ago and he lived with the Bakers while working in a beer parlor
In St Paul Minnesota on June 30 Charles Fritz Fitzgerald Los Angeles pleaded guilty to participation in the 1933 Hamm ransom kidnapping. He will be sentenced July 7. Three defendants remain set for trial July 14 Alvin Karpis Edmund Bartholmey and John Pfeiffer linked to the Hamm case.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington from Hyde Park after accepting the Democratic renomination. He faces 60 bills needing his signature, including the ship subsidy bill and Walsh-Healey act, before a three day stay then a Virginia campaign swing with a July Fourth address. He seeks to rally New York Illinois and Michigan backing for re election. Governor Lehman aides in pivotal state efforts.
President Roosevelt signed the ship subsidy bill to Americanize and strengthen the merchant marine. The measure places private American shipping on parity with foreign competition, grants a 50 percent construction subsidy, and requires American crews on vessels flying the American flag. A maritime commission of five members will be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Secretary Wallace's drought committee proposed allocating 500 million dollars from WPA resettlement and customs funds to aid farmers in the grain belt stricken by drought. The Agriculture Department began a national cattle feed survey as a first step to meet an expected crisis if rains do not relieve the bread basket.
Haile Selassie the Ethiopian emperor, defeated by Mussolini, forced his way to the League of Nations rostrum in Geneva to plead his case personally. Diplomats from great powers argued over his right to speak as a delegate, with Eamon De Valera defending the king’s speaking role and the assembly awaiting his address.
Dayton Dean, known as a Black Legion enforcer, sits in a Detroit jail awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a murder he helped plan. The July 30 case centers on a night engineered killing.
Obituaries list Margaret Watters 70 Ellwood City R D 1 and Clem Zambella 28 105 South Cedar Street. Also named are Oscar Eugene Rager 7 Peters burg, Benjamin Fenati 67 Grigsby Avenue and Cunningham 84 Perry Highway Portersville R D 2.
Edmund H. Hammond, messenger for the Malden Trust Company, was abducted by two armed bandits who forced him to surrender a bag containing 8971 in cash and checks and his pistol. The trio fled to a waiting automobile and sped off before an alarm could be raised.
Governor Herbert H. Lehman announced from Albany that he will seek a third term. He said he would reconsider his May 20 statement declining re election after a draft movement and a request from President Roosevelt. The surprise announcement followed his earlier declaration of retirement.
Hans Eduard Giese, 32, received Germany s first death sentence under the Lindbergh law for kidnapping an 11 year old boy, Hermann Joseph, and attempting a $700 ransom from the father. The new law provides the death penalty for kidnapping for ransom when the victim is under 18.
The dirigible Hindenburg departs Frankfort at 5 35 p m local time for a voyage to Lakehurst New Jersey marking its fourth voyage. The veteran airship has logged two trips to South America and three to the United States.
Benjamin Fenati aged 67 of Grigsby avenue near Butler road was fatally shocked at 11 50 a m while blasting dynamite to dislodge stone at a Lehigh Portland Cement quarry along County Line road He died after reaching Jameson Memorial hospital Foreman A G Krah said Fenati was blasting stone when the accident occurred his left hand touched an electric wire and he was killed Krah aided Fenati and also received a shock
Tawas City Mich June 30 Sheriff John Moran said the killer appears well known to 10 year old Bobby Kenyon and his dog Tip. He noted no blood on the overalls suggesting the boy was nude at death and that the body was clothed and dumped in the Au Gres river on his uncle’s 2500 acre farm. Moran sent water from an animal trough to the University of Michigan lab for analysis.
Premier Mussolini returns to Rome after two nights with his infantile paralysis patient daughter Anna Maria. Tivoli held three days of special masses as prayers for her recovery amid the illness that had gripped the nation.
A head on truck collision near Ligonier, Johnstown, left William Rice 65 of Somerset dead. Three others—Orville Rice of Somerset, Jacob Martin 56 of Mercersburg, and Charles Dailey 48 of Mercersburg—were injured with Orville Rice needing hospital care at Greensburg hospital.
Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck of Washington state bids farewell to Washington after a tense day in the capital. He announces plans to fly to Seattle to reach his ailing mother, saying reporters and others have attempted to harm him and his mother. Rep. Wallgren accompanies him as he departs Union Station.
Police link murder of 24 year old nightclub hostess Florence Thompson Castle to a male suspect, with her son Jimmy describing the killer as a masked white man then a Negro. Evidence included theatrical grease paint and a wash of white hands, suggesting disguise.
ESTES PARK Colo June 30 With a series of political conferences planned the McGraw Ranch vacation spot for Governor Alfred M Landon became a campaign hub for the GOP nominee. Representative William E Exwall of Portland Oregon was to attend on arrival last week for a ten day rest.
In a rustic scene the village pump delivers water that quenches a parched throat better than bottled drinks. The writer evokes old time charm as a wooden handle releases clear water into a gourd cup, noting the draught feels like ambrosia from Mt Olympus. The passage ends with a weather remark: it weathers up to eighty one.
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