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1 NEW CASTLE NEWS NEWS PHONES 4000 WEATHER FIFTY-THIRD YEAR No. 295 NEW CASTLE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1934. -18 PAGES THREE CENTS A COPY FIND BODY OF MISSING DETROIT GIRL FIND MORE RANSOM Col. Lindbergh Witness Before Grand Jury Probe (International News Service) DETROIT, Sept. 26.

The tody of Lillian Gallaher, 11, missing for six days, was found today in an apartment New Crossover More Of Ransom Johnson Resigns Post As N.R.A. Head Roosevelt Resumes His Arduous Duties ROGEH5 Be Financed In JOHNSON Will Be Put In Use On Saturday Sweeping Change In Rail Operations Here Of B. And O. Will Result RUNNING TIME TO EAST IS CUT Will Use P. And L.

E. Pass enger Station In Pittsburgh In Future Terminal Trainmaster J. L. Tho-man received orders this morning to begin operations oi an tnrougn trains of the B. and O.

over the tracks the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, between New Castle and mc-Keesport, using the new crossover at midnieht Saturday. The huge job, which entailed the changing of the entire trackage of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for more' than a half mile, the construction of an overhead crossing, and the change of the course of the state road leading to Moravia, wa: started on July 15 by the Vang Construction company. While there is still some work to be done on the overhead bridge and the road, the trackage will be complete and ready for use by Saturday. Beginning Sunday, the Baltimore and Ohio will operate all Its through trains over the P. and E.

system, through Pittsburgh and into McKeesport, using the Pittsburgh' passenger depot of the P. and Cut Kunninr Time The change in operations will re- suiriri" cutting thffTamninir time ol the. fast passenger trains approximately half an hour between New Castle and Pittsburgh, and will cut off an hour or more running time on the freight i The P. and L. E.

roadway between New Castle and Pittsburgh is a low level route, and has few curves in it, while the old Toute ot the B. and Callery and Etna, had many steep grades and curves. The new and much easier to negotiate. in addition to providing a luster running time, an added safety feature will be involved in the use of the P. and E.

trackage, as the. na u. trams win oe equipped with automatic train control, mak ing it impossible for a train to run through a red If the engl- Teachers Plan For Convention County Teachers Attending Mid-Wetern District Meeting To Get Credit Teachers ot the county who attend the mid-western district convention ot the P. E. A.

will re ceive credit for attending institute mac many cays, county superintendent of Schools John C. Syllng The meeting, which takes place October. 26 and 27 at Beaver Fails, will likely be largely attended by both the city and county teachers. Police, Textile Workers Battle (International New Service) CHATTANOOGA. StDt.

26. Police and textile workers fought pitched battle here today before it gates of the Bryan hosiery mill tne owners oi the plant, closed by the nation-wide textile sougnt to re-open it. Jesse Jones, a mill emplove, was snatched from a police guard as he attempted to return to work, clubbed and sent to the hospital with a possible fractured skull, Four of the battling group were subdued by police and arrested. Tanneries Start Full Operations (International Ntwn Service) RIDGWAY, Sept. 26.

Pro viding employment for hundreds of men, tanneries ol the Elk Tanning! roundlne towns were piaeed in operation today alter six-week The tanneries had been discontinued during that, period due to 3 shortage in hides volume, Money Is Found By Garage Search Announcement Is Made By Authorities As Lindbergh Is Before Jury AMOUNT IN NEW FIND IS LARGE Col. Lindbergh la Befor Grand Jury For About 25 Minutes NEW YORK, Sept. 36. An indictment charging extortion was returned by the Bronx county rrand jury this afternoon against Bruno Richard Haiiptmann, the Lindbergh cae suspect. This development cane not long after Colonel Charles A.

Lindbergh, father of the kidnaped baby, testified for 35 minutes before that body of 23 By JAMES KJLGALLEV ImtoTnatlonal Mw S.rrtca Staff Corroponant NETV YORK, Sept. 26. WhilG Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, "whose baby was kidnaiied and murdered, was testifying- under dramatic circumstances today before the Bronx county vand jury which is hearing evidence against Byu.no Haiiptmaiin, the, suspect, announcement was made by the authorities that more ransom money had been found by detectives searching" Haiiptmann 's garage. A .25 caliber revolver also was found hidden behind a wall in tha diately revealed.

Previously $13,750 of the $50,000 which Dr. John F. Condon, tne Lindbergh intermediator, had turned over to a strange man in Sc. Raymond's cemetery, the Bronx, had been found in a can in the Hauptrnanu lindberfh Testifies Lindbergh testified for twenty live minutes. He then quickly left tne Duuaing.

He did not see Hauptmarm, so far as known, although the kidnap suspect- was sitting-, shackled to chair in the district attorney's office, two noors below the eighth-Hoor grand jury room in which the famous flyer gave his testimony. Announcement that more of the ransom money had been recovered was made by District Attorney Samuel J. Foley just as Lindbergh left the courthouse in an automobile, presumably for the home of- his relatives in Englewood, N. J. There was a rumor that he would go to the Hauptman home to inspect the scene where the ransom money was found but this could hot be verified.

Countinjr Money The money found in the garaga today was being counted and, for that reason, there wns a delay irj the ami hall, its a general that just simply covers a hint of Qickliixg jpices TJtere's and (o7na(ocs and of squash, you can smelt it you can teste, you can. almost jcel it, gosh. it. just hiti you in the nostrils, makes yon tt'ulcr at the tongue, its the kind of smell that poets and the minstrels ojt have sung. Pickles, jellies, jams and conserves, grapes, tomatoes, peppers, too.

seems the folks hale been all canning stuff, tiul soon they're through, and. the shelves shou: Hie answer in the jars and snv. Inste right gold weather's eighty-four i today. I Arthur Mometer (SpMia.1 To Tha Mei) NEW YORK, Sept. 26.

Well, the old boat docked in time to rush to see the East-West polo game, and it vias a real game. And hats off to the eastern fcids, for they are a bunch of young fellows. They played a great game and deserved to win, to 13. you 'can't pet it much closer than that. Our team did mighly nobly, and the fine thing about it there was no protests and no hard feeling.

Our boys just got to Co home and die tip a couple of more goals by next year. Yours, Four Persons In Auto Crash Car Hits Bridge Railing Near Palmerton, In Fog TWO ESCAPE DEATH IN CRASH; INJURED One Of Victims Is Four Year k-Old Boy Mother Also Killed (BCLILTTJI) PALMERTON, Sept. 26. Four persons, Including a four-year-1 old child, were burned to death near here today when the automobile in. which they were riding through a heavy log struck a bridge Tailing, overturned and burst into flames.

Two men, also occupants of the car, were injured. The vlctitnes who met a flaming Mrs. James Heyrit, of Palmerton: her son. John, four years old; Le-land Follweiler, 29, of Aquashicola, Willurd Green, 26, of Palmer- Escac-inc death in the fire which enveloped the small roadster in which the six persons were driving James Herat, husband of the dead woman; and Paul WynasyL Heydt, who was driving the car, suffered serious' burns, but was expected to recover in Palmerton hospital where he was taken after the tragic crash. wro was noir.B in tns; rumble seat, suffered a broken arm.

He, too, was rushed to Palmerton hospital. Passing motorists pulled the dead cid in lured from the flaming wreckage of the machine. The acciaer.t occurred one Expect Sanction Soon For Start OfReliefWork No sanction of RWD projects has been received In this county from Harrisburg as yet. but such sanction is expected within a shoTt time. A number of oroiects have been pre sented to the relief authorities here and they in turn have acted upon mem speeany.

The matter or starting work is now up to Harrlsbmg and depends upon the allocation of funds and the authorization of projects. Under the new RWD program there will Ue some changes from that adopted by the old CWA and the RWD. A budcetaTV deliclencv plan will be set up in which a relief week. He will work this out the RWD, but should he be unable to work through causes not his own, he will still be given his weekly AUTO TAKES FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING Central firemen were called, to North Mercer street at V.VS this morning, whEti the service truck owned by Nick took lire as It was being driven to Mercer ttreet to haul in a disabled car, The blaze was caused by a short circuit in the wiring, xne damage was slight. CcrrponUcnt WASHINGTON, Sept.

SG. Debonair and seeminfly unperturbed, President Roosevelt returned to the White House today and launched at once frit the arduous task of straightening out numerous kinks in the new deal that have developed in his absence. ganlzatfon of NRA, which amounts stationary perch 'and flying again Gen. Hurrh 5. Johnson from the Wasnington picture, ine presiuum ganrzed as soon as possible, but gave however, are fairly well known to invnlw rllvirllncr NBA into three os.

aamir.15trfl.11ve, lesisiauve and Judicial, with. a general coramlt- shaping poucy. mere wu uc lore one-man control. within twn hours after he cot otr his train, Mr. Roosevelt faced a circle ol more than 100 reporters in his regular weanesoaj preas President Will Reorganize NR A Baruch And Swope May Be Leaders In New Set-Up THREE DIVISIONS WILL BE INCLUDED (International Kewa Service) iuninn TT.WRTriKNTIAL SPE CIAL.

Sept. 26. President Roosevelt will reorganize me nun few days, according to the program jhnson will not be e. part of the set-uc The man who has thn of the New Deal's Blue Eagle lor the past la mourns resigned, effective October 15, and resignation. In Three Divisions so without Johnson.

Mr. Roose velt will split the big recovery unit Into three distinct divisions, eliminating overlapping functions ar.d red tape, and will name a new set of rulers for the organization that has lormed the heart oi nis The. three divisions into which NRA will be divided will iollow organization of federal Ov'ernment It self. They will, be administrative. legislative and judicial.

The legislative' branch will be the vital, pol icy-forming unit. Under the Judl- nlianee. The administrative divi sion will do the mechanical work Half a dozen of the nation's biggest business and financial leaders have been mentioned In speculation as those who will head the various branches or tne new jnra. Likely Heads I AmonE those mentioned as ible heads are the men who within the past few days have came to Hyde Park, where the President vacationed from August 26 until last mgnc. Jiney incmae, inst oi an and perhaps most important.

Ber nard M. Baruch. friend- the administration: Gerard Swone. eral Electric Company, and others. IC all the siens are rieht.

the re organization will go through with- i the 10 Woman Gone For 19 Years; Termed As Legally Dead Woman Returns To Claim Et tate Given To Son At Shippensburg, Pa, Inte SHIPPENSBURG. Sent 2fi This community from which she suddenly disappeared 19 years ago gaily Refusing- to reveal the circumstances of her mysterious absence, the woman, about 50, simply stated she "Just decided to come home." Mrs, Stevick revealed, however, that she had been working in Ohio lor the last eight years. The estate which her son gained when she was declared legally dead Ave years ago has been returned to the mother. 2188 LILLIAN GALLAGHER building on the near North ro ii an.nrmnuea. The child had boon dead several davs.

Police would not allow anyone to enter the death apartment. Believed Strangled Detroit. Sept, 26. The body of Lillian Gallarter, 11, missing since last Thursday, when she set out to sell "chances" on a school raffle, was found today in a fourth floor apartment in a building on the near Worth Kirifl. The child was believed to have been strangled.

Hv radio and teletvne a Dollce der' immediately- went out for the arrest tit Mr. and Mrs. M. w. Goodrich, who rented' the apartment, ac-pra-rilntr.

to the hulldtnc superin tendent, a few days before Lillian dlsarroeored. Goodrich was described as an orchestra trap-drummer, about 26 Years old. Coroner's physicians said the child was siain several uays ago, possibly on the day stie disappeared. Rewards totaling 52.300 been posted lor her recovery. Meanwhile, police handwriting experts examined tnree ransom notes, believed to be the work of "cranks" which were received' by (cotistta oo rue xwoi Reading street banners while crossing a street isn tne saiest practice, even though it Is a safety banner.

An automobile almost ran down a woman pedestrian at Mill ana wasnineton last nignt as walked across the thoroughfare, her eyes fixed on the "Everybody's Safety Drive" banner which has been hung up over The street. Pa Newc guesses it was a good safety jessan ner, tnaugn. At the Federal-State Employment office the record flies are in A-No-1 shape for the commencement of the state's new work rehel prowntr. peevtu to be launched shortly. Quite merit nf tJnft filine svstem.

but it aim was to allow greater efficiency when the rush comes. Traffic alone the city's streets, most considerably as a result of the polii department's war or. speeders. Daily Weather Report TX, S. weather statistics for hour period ending nt 9 o'clock this morning are as.

follows: Maximum temperature. Si. Minimum temperature, 66. No precipitation. River stage.

3-6 feet. Statistics for the same dste a year ago. lonow: Maximum temperature. 7i. Minimum temperature.

S3. Precipitation, ,13 inches. PANEWCl OBSERVES 1 ITS Estimated From Half Mil lion To Million Dollars Worth Of Work Here HOUSING COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETING Initial Plana Are Made For Mass Meeting To Be Held Next Week cw. mpptinc of an advisory com mittee oi 17 appointed by Chairman J. W.

Pattison, under the national housing act, was held at the night. The object of the meeting, this city under which property owners can take advantage of the op-nnrtunitv offered to make necessary Improvements and repairs. Big Need Here was estimated that half a mil lion dollars worth of work at least on homes or tnis city. -those present placed the es timate at a million. The wort would Include the installation ol heating plants, painting, roofing and general repairs.

In many work has been held back through lack of funds. The national housing act provides a method of get ting trie money. ton, D. special representative of the government, was present explained what is being done other cities. He presented figures showing that wherever a campaign the employment of hundreds or mechanics in the buildine trades.

The building trades, workmen have been hard hit by the depressioi Flans Outlined Mr. Anthony outlined plans that have been used in other cities to stimulate Tepair and remodeling work. In many places newspaper Oontinmd On Tiff Two) South Side Board Plans For Parade Plant Formulated For Annual South Side Hallowe'en Celebration Plans were formulated for mammoth South Side Board of Trade Hallowe'en when tne organization neiu its regular meeting toe omce or Alderman j. Lee Cooper, of East Long avenue, on Tuesday night. Accordins to officials of the or ganization, this year's celebration Will 2' At special meeting to be held Tuesday night at '8 o'clock, in the office of Alderman Cooper, commit tees win do named, it was nounced.

During the meeting, arose In reeards to parkine regula tions on South Side streets. Many merchants of the district park their lishments throuihout the day. Since parking space Is limited, this nrnrtlm makes it Inconvenient for shoppers. Today letters are being to do away with this practice. Unless this condition is changed, the organization plans to present the Two Are Injured In Auto Accident Eleanore Rbinehart, 435 East Washineton street, aged ahout 17, and Gene Winters, of 321 Shaw street, were injured on Tuesday night about 11:30 o'clock, on the Youngstown Toad, when the car they were, riding In, collided with another vehicle.

Miss Rhlnehart is in the New Castle hospital suffering with lous injuries to her left leg shoulder. Mr. Winters, received treatment for lacerations. He was able to return home Irom the hospital, late last nielit. Tliev weri brought to the hospital by Robert matter and Dean Forrest, or Dewberry Station.

GEN. HUG ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPEC- I IAL, Sept. 26. Hugh Johnson has resigned. The most meteoric career of the i New Deal, approaching il at all possible the color and fire of the man who now heads the government, Franklin D.

Roosevelt, is ended so j. as the present administration Johnson: in. resigning, advised the president that" when called 'on 'again, he. would be glad to serve. The pres- Head Of Legion Is Unopposed For Command-ership Of Perry Gaston Post At Election OTHER OFFICERS FOR YEAR NAMED Ches C.

Sweesy was named commander ol the Perry Post, of the American Legion, at the an nual election meeting which took place in the Legion last evening, Sweesy was unopposed for office, but there' was a spirited contest on for some oi the other offices and the results were extremely close. Other officers named for the coming year, who will take office at the first meeting in October, are: Senior vice, commander James E. Moorhead. Junior vice commander Dave Historian Harold Blewjtt. Chaplain Rev.

Charles Warren Sergeant-at-Arms Wade Daug-herty. Post finance officer John Kennedy. Trustee Guy J. Wadlinger. Prior to the business session Ralph S.

Bolsinger addressed the post in behalf ol the goodwill spirit wnicn is ceing ceveiopea lor tne corning football name between New Castle and Johnstown high schools and asked the Gaston Post to send a special Invitation to the Join town Legion members to attend i Posters wei'3 ordered for the co iiig membership campaign, which will be distributed throughout the county during the comins few months. Follow Ins the business session election, lunch was served and open house was enjoyed by the large crowd or members present. DEATH RECORD Samuel J. Rhode, SI, 1042 Highland avenue. John Gniloylc, 518 West Washington street.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cann, Mtndvlllr. Seymour Curlev, 69. Younrstown. Ohio.

Ralph Cantey, 39, 311 South Liberty- street. Mm. Bertha List Bartch, 79. 1011 Craton avenue. Mm.

Hoba Sadler, 2Vi Dcnn block. ident in accepting the advised as he esignation him in the letter, that he might call But never aeain. will the nation see Johnson in the brilliant setting he has centered for the past fifteen months. Nei'er again will he be the czarlike figure who in effect ruled the business and industry of a land ,140,000,000 people. Never again will his rugged, lined lace be seen tCoatmoefl Ob Fag1 mil FiveWomen Alive In Car ADA, Sept.

26. Five women ere burned alive late Tuesday after an automobile collision two miles south nl here Tuesday on Route 30, south. The dead: Mrs. Hamilton E. Hoee.

56. of Kenton, wife of the common pleas judge 01 iJarain bounty. the President of the Runkle Candv Manufacturine Co. Mrs. Helstand, t-i, widow at Kenton physician.

Mrs. Ceha McConnell, 65, widow a Kenton contractor. Mrs. Julia Ott. 65.

of Berkeley house guest of Mrs. McConneLl. from Lima to their homes in Ken- whin automobile over turned after striking a trailer-truck and burst into flames. pants al! died before rescue efforts could be made. The truck was firn 1 by Harold The women tried to pass the truck, slewed off the road nt high speed and then, their automobile apparently out of control, cut back between the cab and the trailer.

Major Kidnapings Are All Solved Lindbergh Kidnaping Case Was Last Of BiE Cae For Department of Justice (InlGrniulciml News ScrvlciO NEW YORK. Sept. 26. The arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh case leaves no unsolved kidnapings before the Department of Justice, Attorney General Cumminss declared today. "I am satisfied the Lindbergh case is solved," he said.

CummingE was risked whether he felt Hauptmann was the right man. "1 don't think anybody doubts that now," he said. Cummings snid that 29 important kidnaping cases had been solved by his department since he took office, although he admitted that In some of them the perpetrator: have not been apprehended. Cummings inlands to return' to WashiriEtcn on the 3:30 m. train Mrs.

J. Cunningham of Rochester. spent Wednesday with Mtes Margaret Wilhclm ot Sheridan ave-.