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NEWS PHONES 4000 Your News Items To The Call 4000. NEW CASTLE NEWS WEATHER Rain Changtnu To Snow Tonight And Probably Tucr.day. FIFTY-NINTH YEAR-No. 73 NEW CASTLE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, PAGES THREE CENTS A COPY SPINISH TRUCE Workers Enthuse At Opening Of Greater City Campaign City Expansion Workers Members Drive Launch Greater New Castle Association Campaign At Morning Session Sixteen Year-Old Youth Makes Plane Solo Flight Claiming the distinction of being lor all of the required maneuvers the youngest pilot to solo an air- of an airplane, including forced FIRST REPORTS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT 'Optimism Prevails That New Castle Is Entering On New Era Of Progress The Greater New Castle Association, truly an organization by and for all of the people of New opened its intensive memher- campaign at a breakfast rally this morning in The Castleton. And this afternoon, in every section cf the city, almost 100 campaign workers, charged with the important job of winning the financial support needed to place the well- designed Greater New Castle machinery in motion, were in the field soliciting members.

On Wednesday night they will report for the first time. The lively brought 80 cf the ail prominent in their fields and all represenattive of Uie city's busines.s. Industrial, professional and club life and gave an impressive, promLsing send-off to the drive is expected to last one week. Hope To Complete Taak Speedily It Is the hcpe of campaign leaders that its financial campaign will be completed by Saturday, or before. And while a definite money goal has been set up, the job of winning members will go on indefi- (CoBtiauod plane In LauTence county, Paul Taylor, aged 16, of East North street, flew a plane at the New Castle airport Saturday afternoon.

When asked how he felt upon landing, Taylor exclaimed: was fine, but the empty front seat made me a little Findley C. Wilson, instructor for Taylor, stated that he handled the ship in fine manner and made an excellent landing at the field. Paul has been at the airport for the past five years and is well known to all of the pilots and steady port visitors. Wilson has skillfully taught Tay- landings, spins, slips, stalls and the like. These maneuvers, along with eight hours of dual instruction, are now required before a student Is permitted to solo.

Saturday afternoon Taylor climbed into a flight training ship at the airport and taxied down the field and took off in expert fashion. Climbing above the field, Taylor flew about for 15 minutes before bringing the airplane to earth. In landing there was never a bounce. With the ship being brought in to a nearly perfect landing. So well liked is Taylor at the New Castle airport that several (ContlBued On Two) Spreadiiig ni Are Idenbfied rrom Okio River Flood Big Areas Bank Robbery (International Xew.s Seivire) PITTSBURGH, Feb.

today identified two of the five suspects held in the $3,400 Rankin bank holdup of Saturday, although both men had presented alibis to show their whereabouts at the time of the crime. The men identified in a at county detectives bureau by bank employes and another Rankin resident who saw the bandits enter the bank. Five employes NEAR LOUISVILLE, KY. i and five customers were held at I gun-point while three masked men I scooped up counter funds and fled Saturday' morning. Both suspects said they could prove their alibis with witnesses.

Estimate 6,000 Families Already Driven From Homes In Lowlands WORST FLOOD STAGE Glowing Tribute Given Capt. Roger W. Rowland In Cathedral Banquet Crest Of Flood Far Below Height Of 1937 Stage Of River PA NEWC OBSERVES It was quite murky early this morning. Automobiles and the street car, with their lights, coming through the fog way out East Washington street, appeared as if coming out of a tunnel. yesterday on route 422 were almost entirely free from snow and Ice.

Travelers found driving a pleasure, and nearly spring to boot! iji iji There are 53 Sundays in 1939, January 1 and December 31 being Sundays, leaving us 312 working days. Mavbe spring is coming early? Pa Newc is informed that persons In the vicinity of Wilmington Junction on Saturday saw a flock of wild geese flying northward, 5jc Top surfacing of North Jefferson between tlie public square Grant street seems to be disintegrating rapidly these past few days. The street is full of holes in the top surface for some reason. sje if: sjc While downtown New Castle was rather sloppy with melting snow and Ice on Sunday afternoon, there appeared to be plenty of good skating on the in the nearby sections of the county. sje work on the storm sewer job on North Mercer street in progress, and indications that the project will be completed in several months, proposals that the thoroughfare be paved are now being heard.

The pras- pect on paving of this street has (CoBtlBned Two) fTntPrnational News Service) LOUISVILLE. Feb. the spreading waters drove thousands of families from their lowland homes along a 250-mile front, the Ohio river today inched slowly into flood stage at Louisville, scene of the 1937 disaster. The threat of further rain today brought the prediction that a 34- foot crest would be reached before colder weather sets in tomorrow. Flood stage is 28 feet which was reached last night at 7 p.

as the river continued to rise at the rate of one-tenth of an inch an hour. The 34-foot level, although harmful to riverbank districts, would still be far below the 57.1 foot crest reached in the raging 1937 flood. 6000 Families Out Approximately 6,000 families have already been driven from their homes along the Ohio or its tributaries in the past five days in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Ten- tcssee, according to the Red Cross. At nine persons have lost their lives by drowning or by accidents attributed to the flood and property loss estimated in excess of $1.250,000. With the waters rising, communities along the river began organizing flood committee.s to a.ssist the Red Cross and quiet fears of the residents, that were heightened over the weekend with flurries of false rumors.

May Have 30,000 Refugees Although the Red Cross estimated that it may have to care for 30,000 refugees before the emergency Ls past, it pointed that in contrast 250,000 fled to the hills in Louisville, alone, in 1937. Hardest hit so far.have been the Two) Michael Rich, Is Buried Today Funeral Service Is Conducted This Morning At Hillsville Church LOUISA CORCHIA NEW Corchia Is only a poor Italian girl who to but she has a bartender for an and he has hired Carnegie hall for her first concert on February 20, just three days before her eighteenth birthday. Not only that, he has persuaded Italian societies to buy up whole blocks of seats and. winning friends by them up at the bar, he has offered and them tickets too at psychological moments. He anticipates a full house for her debut.

The is Sereno Corchia, who owns a bar-cafe. He is her first cousin, and his support gratifies not only Louisa but Donato A. Paradiso, her teacher, who thinks so much of the future as a coloratura soprano that he has given her free lessons since she was thirteen. Many miles down the Boulevard of Years an old gentleman named Rowland i.s going to pull out a pocket watch and recall that it was given him on his forty-fourth birthday, February 4. 1939.

But more than that it Ls going to recall to hLs memory one of the grande.st testimonial dinners it was ever the distinction of a man to be tendered. The testimonial dinner to Captain Roger W. Rowland in the Cathedral Saturday night, was more than just a succes.s, it was one of the mast remarkable public tributes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. About 1500 men and women gathered from every part cf Labor Leaders Welcome Hines Group Confers With SecreUury Of Labor During Visit To New Castle Lawrence county and We.stern Penn- tn acclaim the New Ca.stl" citizen who now the Secretary of Property and Supphe.s in the cabinet of Governor Arthur H. Jame.s.

Dining Room Filled In order to accommodate crowd it wa.s nece.s.sary to use ail three of the rooms located on the lower level of the Cathedral, the main dining room, the bail room and the we.st wing dining room. In each of rooms tables were laid from wall to wall and with a few exceptions the places were filled. The crowd was there to tell Captain Rowland what they thought of (CoBtinwAd On Tiv) First Moves In Effort For Peace Are Being Tahen British And French Diplomats Seek Negotiations With Gen. Franco REPORT FRANCO WANTS SURRENDER Troops Of Defeated Government Army Fleeing Across French Border I St. LawTence church of Hillsville I was filled to capacity this morning w'hen Rev.

Fr. Nunzio PirulU celebrated high mass of requiem for Michael Rich, Hillsville youth, who died last week of gun shots allegedly fired by a woman, Angelina Maravella. A5 is a short service of blessing was conducted at the home, and then the funeral cortege traveled across Hillsville to the church. A great profusion of flowers had been sent in memory of the youth. Pallbearers Nick Marzani, Frank Navarre, Tony Veltri, Lawrence Sheldone, Albert Uropia and Nick Polito.

Interment was made in Holy Rosary cemetery. Lcwellville, where the young man w-as laid to rest be- of his mother, who died last year. Board Members Bebeve Sit-Down Strike Is llleeal Third Member Of N. L. R.

B. Refutes To Commit Himself On Issue ONE OF WEALTHIEST MEN IN WORLD DIES (Tnternatlonal News LONDON. Feb. Gaekwar of Baroda, ruler of one of greatest and one of the wealthiest men in the world, died in his magnificent palace today, according to a Reuter dispatch from Bombay. The Gaekwar 75 years old.

Daily Weather Report Some Idea Of Immense Task Of Preparing For Banquet For 1500 Persons By EDWARD B. LOCKETT NVw.v; ice Staff WASHINGTON, Ffb. Two members of the National Labor Relations beard regard the sit-down strike as illegal, but the third, Edwin S. Smith, is unwilling specifically to commit himself. A house appropriations subcommittee questioned Edwin Smith at length on the subject, but fail'xi to get from him an unequivocal statement for or against the sit-down on a legal ba.sls.

Chairman J. Warren Madden and member Donald Wakefield Smith, however, declared they regard the sit-down as unlawful. This wa.s disclosed today in hearings made public by the committee, all three members of the labor board underwent exhaustive quizzing, not only on the subject of sit-downs. now' largely outmoded because public opinion was against them, but on the entire scope of the labor relations act. Three Killed In Crash Of Auto, Eluding Police rTnternattnn.il PHILADELPHIA.

Feb. a three-mile chase by police from nearby Clifton Heights, three Philadelphia youths riding in an allegedly stolen automobile were killed instantly today when the vehicle crashed into a light standard near a West Philadelphia bridge. The youths were identified at the morgue by police iingerprmLs as Gustave R. Merker, 22. believed to be the driver; Charles Hausch, 29, and Daniel Logan, 22.

Hillsville Girl Enters Plea Of Not Guilty Arraigned Before Alderman Green This Hearing Comes Later During his visit to New Castle Saturday night for the testimonial dinner to Captain Roger W. Row- I land. Secretary of Labor and Industry Lewis Hines was welcomed by a group of labor leaders of this city. The labcr union men met with Mr. Hines in The Ca'Jtleton hotel following the dinner in the Cathedral.

Included in the group were Audino, pre.sident of the New Castle Trades and Labor Assembly; Norman Freeborne. Frank E. Dovle. Albert Wilson and G. Skundor, grand lodge representative of the International Association of Machinists.

Mr. Hines has been in the labor movement for year.s. having been executive assistant to William F. Green, presidfnt of the American Federation of Labor. In his conference with the local labor leaders he outlined his hopes for his tenn as secretary.

He repeated his promise of earlier in the evening of endeavoring to secure complete harmony between capital and labor and promi.sed to return to New Ca.sile in- the near future and address the local Trades and Labor A.ss.embly. Confessed Slayer May Plead Insanity Believe Dr. Norman Stewart, Slayer Of Wife And Child To Be Unbalanced Auuiversary ObsavedBy Wool Growers Program Saturday Marks Twentieth Anniversary Of Organization WOOL SHOW HELD; WINNERS NAMED United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending five p. m. Sunday are as follows: Maximum temperature, 44.

Minimum temperature, 6. No precipitation. River stage. 9.7 feet. Statistics for the 24-hour period ending at five p.

m. Saturday are follows; Maximum tempcraiurr, 31. Minimum temperature. 15. Precipitation, .10 inches, inch of tatoes.

80 quarts milk. Feeding approximately 1500 people is a task huge enough to frighten a large hotel staff. If it frightened the women of Cathedral Chapter 440. Order of the Eastern Star Saturday night when they fed the crowd at the testimonial dinner, they never betrayed the fear. Because of the immensity of the task w'e thought you might be interested in knowing how much food it took to go around.

It surprised us, it may interest you. It looks like I the ration order for a regiment. Here it is: 14 bushels Irish potatoes. 7 bushels swee potatoes. 850 pounds of baked ham.

9 ca.ses baby lima beans. 7 gallons of oIive.s. 7 gallons pickle.s. 200 bunche.s celery hearts. 60 quarts cream.

30 gallon.s milk for scalloped po- 100 pounds of sugar. 75 pounds of sugar for sweet potatoes. 65 pounds 93-96 score butter. 250 dozen rolls. 70 loaves bread.

300 pounds ice. 210 quarts ice cream. 1600 apricot sherbets. 350 pies. 6 gallons dressing.

4 bushels apples for glazed apples. 2 gallons vinegar. 25 pounds salt. 2 pounds black pepper. 400 pounds cabbage.

50 pounds lettuce. 20 pounds onions. 100 pounds hot house tomatoes. 5 dozen hot house cucumbers. 45 pound.s carrots.

72 pound.s 42 gallons fruit cocktail 60 pound.s minis. 75 pound.s mixed nuts. There my friends is a grocery order. Hunt Pair In Death Of Woman lit orri.T iofia 1 NEW YORK, Feb. in eight eastern states today were watching highways for a 15-year- old school girl and her 26-year-old in Milton.

for questioning In the murder of Maude Horne, 61, a wealthy spinster. Miss Horne was found bludgeoned to death in the living room of her home Saturday by a relative. Her badly battered head was covered by a pillow case. Immediately afterward an eight-tate teletype alarm was sent out for John Norman Howland and Aida Butler. Marmvella, ctiarfed with the murder of Michael Rich.

of Hill.sville was arraigned attemoon before Alderman O. H. P. Green and pleaded not guilty to the charge. She will be given a preliminary hearing sometime this week.

Over the week end Angeline Mar- avello. charged with the murder of Michael Rich. of Hillsville. began her defense plans with her attorneys. Miss Maravcllo is in the county jail on a first degree murder charge.

The nervousness which characterized her the day she was arrested February 3, and that night, has disappeared for the most part and Is accu.stoming herself to the jail routine. DEATH RECORD Monday, Feb. 6, 1939. Thomas P. Brown, 75, 204 South Crawford avenue.

Mrs. George D. Glosner, 74, Warren. O. Mrs.

Walter S. Uber, 10 Ea.st Laurel Alexander H. Gilmore, 72. Neshannock township. Robert M.

White, aged 11, Espey- viUe. Negro Is Saved From Angry Mob By Woman Sheriff Tn prn.T lonn I MONTGOMERY. Feb. Tom Williams. 38, one of the three negroes saved by a woman sheriff from a lynch mob.

confe.s.sed early tbday to the hold-up slaying of Charles Herrin. 66-year-old planter. according to Herrin was fatally wounded in his prc-Civil War home near Taiias- see, Saturday night. (Intomr.tion;il Sprvicp) PITTSBURGH. Feb.

6 The probability that Dr. Norman Stewart. II, slayer of his and sen, wculd plead not guilty to the crime by reason of insanity, appeared today as Attorney James I'. McArdle pondered whether or not to defend the former Pittsburgh man. McArdle said he was asked ro act as counsel for Stewart, but that he decided definitely a.s yet whether or not he would take the casf'.

If he does, he indicated, he would enter a plea of not guilty oy reason of insanity. Dr. Stewart, goaded by his con- srirnce. returned unexpectedly to Pittsburgh from Florida week and ccnfe.ssed the slaying of his wife and three-year-old in their Wilkinsburg flat June 14, 1935. Since that time he has been married again.

His Florida wife her love was unshaken and that she would by him. His mother. Mrs. Lena Stewart of Ludlow. McKean county.

announced she wculd help her son but thus far has not communicated with him. Members of the Lawrence Wool Growers association gathered in Liberty Grange hall Saturday lo commemorate the 20ih of the founding of the and the event proved a gala occa- Sion. and directors elected were: President. J. L.

Burton cf Scott township, and W. F. McCracken di Scott township, secretary. in addition to the above. S.

B. Hayes North Beaver township: R. P. Peebles. Scott township; Earl Wimer.

Butler county, and Guy Fullerton and F. Kyle of North Beaver After the busine.ss session in the morning W. B. Connell, sheep and wool expert of State College, gave an illustrated talk on and reports on dipping practice with the portable tank werp reported on by Guy Fullerton and Everett McConnell. Recall Early Days Thus was followed by a banquet, served by the ladies of Liberty Grange, following which Norman C.

Dale, county agent of Susquehanna county, who was largely instrumen- tal in the founding cf the tion 20 years ago. took charge toastmaster. Reminiscences were given by Dale and by F. Kyle and S. B.

Hayes, past presidents of the association. A song, written by Dale when the association was five years old. was brought up to and was sung again. Awards were presented to the wln- Oa Two) i fInternationai Service) 11 for an early truce in Spain mounted i today peace wore becrini witli liiiuriifent Francisco I Franco by the British and L'rencii Governments. Franco was reported to be 'demandinir complete surrender tlie Spanish ornment before afcreeiiifr to a truce.

His stand was bol- stored decision of the Frencli iioveniment to insist upon formal resiyniation of Juan Xearrin's cah- iiiot as a body before insr bis the status of political Launches Peace Plea Jiiiio Alvarez Del Vayo, foreign minister in Negrin's cabinet. launched the peace proceedings by appealing to Britain and France to intercede With General Franco Del Vayo c.aimed to represent the of Negrin's cabinet Sharp differences of opinion among members of the Negrin government regarding peace moves were apparent. Negrin himself was reported enroute from Perpignan. Fiance to Toulouse to catch a special airplane for Valencia, apparently to carry on tlie war from there. Italians To Remain The situation was complicated bv announcement in Italv that Itahan will not be vvithdrawn from Spam until all government forces have been entirely vanquished and all Red elimmated from Spanish life.

Meanwhile, with the Franco- Spanish border thrown open at two points, troops of the bedraggled and defeated govrnment army poured across the frontier, threw down their (Continued On Two) ---Rivers Receding At Pittsburgh Depth Of Three Rivers At In Pittsburgh About Normal Today Refuse To Confirm Roberts Appointment Ttitpni.at ional WASHINGTON. Feb ing President Roosevelt, the senate today refused to confirm the nomination of Floyd Roberts of Virginia, to be judge of the we.stern district of Virginia. The nomination was reported adverselv by the senate judiciary cornmiitee after senators B.yrd and Glass ot Virginia said appointment was personally to them. 'The vote was 72 to 9. Ii PITTSBURGH.

Feb. 6. burghs three rivers continued to recede at the here todav. Virtually eliminating all threats of danger as the city's first flood of I the year passed into history. The rivers at the of the Monongahela and ghen.v.

dropivd steadily over the wTek-end after reaching a level of 25 41 feet five inches over flood stage. This morning the depth was about normal. Arthur Mometer Wild Ducks Swoop Down On North Beaver Farm; Devour 60 Bushels Of Com Never tell J. P. Miller, North Beaver township wild ducks eat short just 60 bushels of husked corn because an army of them swooped down on his farm a few day.s ago.

The farm located on the Mt. Jackson-Edenburg road. lieard a duck-like noise, but 1 a tame ducks were ovei Miller related today. never dreamed they were wild ducks and that there were But hundreds flapped noisily into the air when Miller and his farm helpers finally decidt'd to investigate things. The roar of the birds momentarily startled them.

Miller believes hungry hogs would not have devoured the corn as fast as the did. The 60 bushels was the last of 2.000 bushels bt'Uig moved from the field to the barn. 1 hired the boy.s to husK the corn and they did The dueas have eaten it and now all 1 have is a he said. i The golfer scans the uinter sktes I and hopes for summer sun, for win! ter is a bore to him he has no kmd I of fun. You understand that run to him is golfing every day.

and tn the winter these parts a fellow I cannot play. And so he sits solitude his clubs are only sticks, they lift' no use on days like this, the weather forty six But that is much too low for play, the golfer sadly knows, he cannot smack that little bull when we haie heaiy 4 snows..