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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1937
Page
1
Terrific cannonading between Japanese warships and Chinese artillery battered Shanghai's international settlement. The N Y K wharf was hit three times and the Japanese consulate struck once. Chinese entrenchments along the front held despite day-long bombardments and aerial attacks.
The season opens tonight at 8 o clock as Har Brac High School visits Taggart Stadium for a 12 week grid campaign. The piece notes early season optimism despite distractions and describes the opponents as a tough upstart program.
Europe awaits outcomes of secret talks in Switzerland over Mediterranean piracy. Nine powers attend, Britain backs anti pirate measures while France and Germany adjust plans. Shanghai battles ease as international tensions rise. Rome faults Moscow over piracy charges and Japan rejects responsibility for losses in Shanghai.
The City of New Castle Water Company will issue checks to consumers whose undisputed water bills have been paid for 12 consecutive months. The item cites credit rating benefits and notes recent weather and local happenings in a brief community snapshot.
U. S. weather reports summarize over the last 24 hours ending at 9 o’clock. High reached 81 and low 52 with 0.01 inches of rain. River stage 6.2 feet. Year ago the same date saw 86 high, 56 low and no precipitation.
The News reports the season kickoff game between New Castle High and Har-Brack High at Taggart Stadium. Coverage will continue tonight with progress updates and season notes as in previous years. Call 4000 for more details.
A Rome government source says Italy will accept no settlement but complete withdrawal of Soviet piracy charges against Italian ships. Moscow accuses sinking two Russian vessels. Rome ignores both notes. Italy and Germany skip the Nyon piracy conference as Russia weighs new proofs.
Helen Hull Jacobs, a four-time champion from Berkeley, loses to Jadwiga Jedrzejowska of Poland in straight sets 6 4, 6 4 in the national championship semi final at Forest Hills New York. Jedrzejowska advances to the final with powerful all around play.
Harold E. Dahl, an airman from Champaign, Illinois, held by Spanish rebels with a death sentence, gains new hope after his wife Edith Rigers writes to Franco and sends a photo. Franco replies that Dahl can be freed if a Nationalist airman held by Loyalists is exchanged, prompting renewed diplomatic talk.
Hatfield England Sept 10 two airmen died as the King’s Cup races opened with 27 entrants. A Miles Falcon piloted by Wing Commander Percy Sherren with Wing Commander E G Hilton as observer crashed at Scarborough killing both instantly.
President Roosevelt drafts the Washington address for September 17 while balancing Hyde Park duties. He plans to stress crop control and hour wage legislation as key New Deal goals, aiming to rally support before his West Coast trip and national radio address.
Washington Sept 10. Dr Charles W Gilmore of the Smithsonian announced the locate believed to be the last pasture used by giant dinosaurs about 150000000 years ago in western Utah Fossil bones of a sauropod were found at the base of deposits indicating the area was frequented by the creatures for a few million years during their extinction.
Death notices list Benjamin Freeman of 128 Bridge Street and others including William C. Martin 61 Petersburgh Ohio and Phil Davis 43 Warren Ohio. The brief item records residents and ages without further details.
In Nuremberg on September 10 Adolf Hitler addressed the Nazi women's section and offered a marriage recipe emphasizing common sense comradeship consolation and mutual recognition of gender aptitudes noting nature arranges the rest and that men would be happy without women and vice versa.
NAHANT Mass September 10 Mrs F Haven Clark denied reports that John Roosevelt 20 youngest son of the president was engaged to her daughter Anne Lindsay Clark a blonde Boston debutante They said they are just friends Roosevelt drove to Nahant with Miss Clark from Hyde Park where she had greeted him on his return from Europe Miss Clark was a guest at Hyde Park after Franklin D Roosevelt Jr marriage to Ethel Du Pont
Public health officials expect the fall cool weather to sharply reduce the minor epidemic of infantile paralysis centered in Illinois. They report no startling developments and anticipate substantial nationwide case declines as fall weather arrives.
A Greyhound bus and a car collide head on between Stowe township and Coraopolis injuring 18 people. Hugh Lane and his son Buddy of Aliquippa and Mrs. Elizabeth Martindell of Detroit are among the injured. most others continued their trip. The bus driver from Bellevue was unhurt.
Former Representative William A. Rodenberg of Illinois died in Alpena Michigan after a fall led to pneumonia. He had been ill days and a relapse followed. His wife and two children survive. the family plans to bring the body home for funeral arrangements to be announced.
Madrid reports renewed intensity along the Biscay coast as loyalist and insurgent forces clash with aerial and artillery duels. Loyalists claim to stall heavy insurgent attacks on the northern front while rebels hold positions at Penasblancas and Magdalena. A sea battle off the Algerian coast is described as a government victory with the rebel Canarias damaged and returning to Palma, Majorca.
In Scranton Pennsylvania a truck from Newark New Jersey careened down a steep hill, slammed into a bridge and burst into flames. A Avillano was ejected through the windshield onto railroad tracks 40 feet below while Mike Mezziano was trapped in the cab.
The News urges election boards to call in returns as totals come in so the paper can relay results quickly. A full staff remains on duty all night, but only returns from boards enable publication. Please remember The News phone is 4000 for timely updates.
In Columbiana County Ohio a young man, about 28 to 30, was found shot seven times in a ditch along Route 7 at Rogers village. The body wore a dark green suit with a Youngstown label and five dollars was found in the pocket. Sheriff Harry L. Gosney reported the discovery as authorities investigate a recent Lisbon corpse case.
Washington reports reiterate that American rights and lives must be observed in Shanghai fighting. Secretary Hull says the U S has warned Japan and China to protect property and lives and will seek indemnities for any damages.
Firemen were alerted at 7:45 am from Box 56 to 417 East Long Avenue where gasoline left in a bucket in Elias Haddad’s home ignited. The family removed the bucket, and there was no damage to the house.
Sept 10 delegates to the nine power conference open in Geneva with a focus on piracy and related maritime disputes. The gathering aims to coordinate actions among participating nations to curb unlawful sea seizures and neutralize threats to international shipping.
At Nyon, Maxim Litvinov said Russia will act immediately to safeguard its ships in the Mediterranean before the conference reaches a broader piracy accord. He attacked Italy over sinking Soviet vessels and linked it to ongoing notes of responsibility.
The text announces the start of the football season tonight with team readiness and a sense of competition. It references a game on a marked grid and asserts the season kicks off with emphasis on the sport and its stakes. It mentions excitement and money at stake in the gridiron clash.
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