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Central Valley Post

Location

Middletown, New York, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1927

Page

2

Great Program Of Racing at County Tracks During August

A major August racing circuit centers on Orange County tracks with events across Monroe Goshen and Middletown. Purses total over 52 700 for the Grand Circuit meet and 31 000 for each Orange County Circuit event. The schedule opens in Endicott July 26 with numerous trotting and pacing races through August at Goshen Endicott and Middletown.

Orange County Monroe Goshen Middletown Orange County Fair W. H. Cane Range County Endicott N. Y John R. Gentry H. Harriman Rensselaer Weston

Walden Girl To Wed Amityville Man In Quiet Wedding

Miss Dorothy MacGowan daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis F MacGowan of Walden will marry N Scovil Osborne of Amityville N Y on Saturday April 9 at the prospective bride's Walden home. The ceremony will be private with immediate families present. Miss MacGowan a graduate of Albany Teachers College and New Paltz Normal School has been teaching in Amityville for two years. Osborne is described as a young businessman of Amityville.

Dorothy MacGowan Lewis F. MacGowan Walden N. Scovil Osborne Amityville N. Y MacGowan Albany Teachers’ College New Paltz Normal School Osborne

Coolidge Seeks Legal Pay Advance For Pensions

President Coolidge proposes that Treasury and Interior officials use legal avenues to advance May and June pension payments until next fiscal year funds are available. The delay affects 40,000 New York pensioners awaiting July 1 payments due to Congress not passing the deficiency bill.

Coolidge Treasury Interior Departments Congress New York State

Two more student crisis reports detailed in headlines

On Tuesday two student personal crisis reports emerged. Anthony Zeno Jr., an 18 year old Port Chester High School senior, died after ingesting poison and igniting gas in his home. Frank Conklin, 13, a Richmond Hill High School student and son of a policeman, shot himself with his father's pistol.

Anthony Zeno, Jr Port Chester N. Y Frank Conklin Richmond Hill High School New York

Beacon Residents Protest Webb Bill on Water Supply

Beacon manufacturers urge city residents to oppose the Webb bill allowing New York City to take extra water from Dutchess and Columbia counties. They warn it would divert Fishkill Creek and deprive local industries of their supply.

Beacon New York City Dutchess Columbia Counties Fishkill Creek

Browning separation upheld and other city notes

Justice Seeger grants separation to Peaches Heenan Browning and dismisses her suit while criticizing her charges as unfounded. Kermit Roosevelt pays a $2 fine for wrong way driving and avoids jail. Earl Carroll loses a Supreme Court appeal regarding a perjury sentence of one year and a day plus a $2000 fine. Hornell residents report a gas leak from a knothole in a telegraph pole. GE’s long range searchlight gun, resembling a naval cannon, can project images on clouds or buildings at varying distances.

Peaches Heenan Browning Edward West Browning New York Justice Seeger Browning Kermit Roosevelt Earl Carroll United States Supreme Court Atlanta General Electric Illuminating Engineering Laboratory

Shanghai Falls to Nationalists Amid Tense Calm

Nationalists take control of the native section of Shanghai without a battle. Natives fear massacre as 1,200 American Marines land and patrol to protect citizens. Admiral Williams reports Moscow celebrates the event as a Soviet victory with massive street demonstrations.

Shanghai China Admiral Williams Washington Moscow

Alcoholic admissions rise in state hospitals under new department

A report to the legislature shows a marked increase in alcohol related cases admitted to state hospitals since 1920 the first year of prohibition. Drug patients have remained steady since 1909 as functions moved to the Department of Mental Hygiene.

State Hospital Commission Department of Mental Hygiene

Baumes Laws Praised For Nar County Criminal Justice

District Attorney E N Edwards lauds the Baumes laws in the Nas sau county annual report. He says they have knocked the blackjack and gun from crooks and given the DA prompt legal weapons to deal with criminals.

Nassau County E. N. Edwards

Governor appoints Frank R Utter to lead Bureau of Standards

Governor Smith names Frank R Utter of Friendship Alleghany county longtime Republican state committeeman as head of the Bureau of Standards and Purchase with a $10 000 yearly salary.

Smith Frank R. Utter Friendship Alleghany County Republican State Committee Bureau of Standards and Purchase

Composition and Prices of Commercial Fertilizers in New York in 1926

The New York State Agricultural Experiments Station at Geneva released a report on the fertilizer market in 1926. It notes improvements in products offered to New York state farmers and provides data on composition and prices.

New York New York State Geneva

Republicans Criticize Governor Smith Over Gasoline Tax

The Republican State Committee issued two statements attacking Governor Smith for extravagance in government and accusing him of political opportunism on the water power issue. One release says motorists statewide will thank the Republican majority for showing how a two-cent gasoline tax could be avoided.

Republican State Committee Smith

Typhoid Fever Epidemic Expands in Montreal

An epidemic of typhoid fever is unfolding in Montreal Canada with 443 cases reported since March 4. Health authorities monitor the surge as residents seek treatment and sanitation measures are intensified.

Montreal Canada

Chicago boy’s death tied to parents’ double suicide

Police theorize the boy was killed by either his mother or foster father who then suicided in an Austin suburb apartment. The charred body found in a Chicago park was linked to the discovery of the couple dead at home in a suspected personal crisis.

Chicago Austin

Virginia death shocks town as alcohol raid turns deadly

Chapman Osborne a 42 year old deputy or curvy agent in Tazewell county Virginia was shot and killed during a liquor search. Cliff Joyce of Jewel Ridge Virginia is jailed on murder charges in connection with the shooting.

Chapman Osborne Tazewell County Virginia Cliff Joyce Jewel Ridge

First Woman Elected to New York State Board of Regents

Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt of Glen Cove L I has been elected to the New York State Board of Regents She is the first woman to receive the honor and succeeds the late Dr Charles B Alexander of Tuxedo

Herbert L. Pratt Glen Cove, L. I State Board of Regents New York State Charles B. Alexander Tuxedo

President Coolidge Fights Wrist Ailment After Handshakes

President Coolidge suffers a swollen right wrist with limited hand use. Doctors are unsure of the cause though some attribute it to excessive hand shaking during public duties.

Coolidge

New Drivers License Law Sets May 1 Start Date

The Bartholomew bill authorizing three year operators licenses ends special chauffeur licenses so all drivers receive the same licenses with a junior permit for rural minor operators. It requires a $2 fee for three year licenses and shifts license terms to May 1 each year with renewals beginning April 30 to start issuance early.

Assembly Senate Motor Vehicle Bureau Charles A. Harnett

Aged Performer Faces Eviction From New York Tenement

Annie Jackson 85 once yoked to Barnum circus as equestrienne faces eviction from a two room apartment at 419 East 25th Street New York City. Native of Goshen she lived on a Florida road farm with husband Ed Jackson a known circus tumbler. Once supported by cooking and chores she cannot pay 9 dollars monthly rent and is crippled by rheumatism with only a blind 15 year old dog for company.

Annie Jackson Goshen East 25Th Street New York City Jackson P. T. Barnum Florida Road Ed Jackson

Inspectors urge safer crossing in county schools

Motor vehicle inspectors in Orange County continue the state drive to cut accidents by teaching children road safety. The campaign began in Cornwall and will move to Walden and Montgomery schools with a list of precautions to curb reckless crossing.

Orange County Cornwall Walden Montgomery Central Valley Highland Mills

Sailors Rescued After Thirteen Days Adrift Off Cape Hatteras

Seven bedraggled seamen and Captain Hall arrived at Bayonne New Jersey aboard Gulf Point. They survived thirteen days clinging to a deck house roof after their schooner G. J. Cheery wrecked March 2 off Cape Hatteras. They had little food or water as eight steamers passed within sight before the Gulf Point finally rescued them.

Bayonne N. J Gulf Refining Company Gulf Point Captain Hall G. J. Cheery Cape Hatteras

Vessels Lost Report From Washington Bureau of Navigation

The Bureau of Navigation in Washington reports last year 291 vessels were lost including 267 merchant ships and 24 yachts. The disasters carried 2,014 passengers with 175 fatalities.

Bureau of Navigation Washington

Confession of Chicago & Alton train robbery suspect

Postal inspectors cannot verify Fred Buhl Jr confession that he and five men robbed postal clerks on a Chicago and Alton train and fled with 300000. Buhl, 24, was arrested in Brooklyn. No record of any mail train robbery at Alton Illinois in August 1923 exists.

Fred Buhl, Jr Chicago & Alton Buhl Brooklyn Alton Ill

Tragic Crossings Claim Three Lives at NJ Rail Grade

Three people died when a stalled auto blocked a grade crossing on the Central Railroad of New Jersey at Northampton near Easton Pennsylvania. On the same day an unidentified man waited hours at the same crossing and then threw himself under a train, dying instantly.

Central Railroad of New Jersey Northampton Easton

Local Boy Counts Rattlesnake Bounty On Mount Wantastiguet

Douglas Cain, aged 16, claims sixteen live stakes and three bad ones from two days of rattlesnake hunting on Mount Wantastiguet in New Hampshire. He earns nineteen dollars in bounties for the effort.

Connecticut Valley Douglas Cain Mount Wantastiguet New Hampshire

Trial of Ellenville Women Called Off

The March 24 trial of Mrs. Arland J. Sanderson and Mrs. Roy M. Currey on a third degree assault charge was dismissed after attorney Leroy Lounsberry argued all facts had been revealed in the Police Chief’s trial. The three participants are exonerated and the case ends as gossip.

Ellenville Arland J. Sanderson Roy M. Currey van R. Moffitt Leroy Lounsberry Lounsberry

Cross Bills Passed In Albany March 24

The New York House approved the Cross bill from Sullivan County to amend the municipal tax law for railroad property and also passed Edson D. Knapp’s claim bill.

Albany

Prominent Franklin Nearn Dies in Central Valley

Frank J. Nearn, longtime Middletown area figure, former police officer, postmaster at Central Valley, and court officer, died Friday at his home in Central Valley. Survived by his wife Elizabeth Reilly five grandchildren three sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday at 9 AM at his home and 10 AM at St. Joseph's Church Middletown with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Frank J. Nean Central Valley Middletown McQuaid Engine Company Mr. Nearn Elizabeth Reilly Wurtsboro Lucy Nearn Ford Nearn Monroe Council Knights of Columb Iddletown Middletown Firemen’s Relief and Benefit Association St. Joseph’s Church St. Joseph’s Cemetery

Victim of Lockjaw Near Death in Warwick Hospital

John Stankierwicz a 45 year old black dirt farmer from Florida is dying in Warwick Hospital. Doctors report tetanus from a splinter under a fingernail. He has convulsions and muscle rigidity and is receiving regular serum doses after a delayed initial treatment.

John Stankierwicz Florida Warwick Hospital Stankiezwicz Stanklerwicz M. R. Bradner Warwick

Middletown Residents Pass Civil Service Examinations

Local men Raymond A. Henry and Joseph Herbert, both of Middletown, passed competitive civil service exams. Henry earned the post of Chief Railroad Inspector and Chief Fire Inspector for the Conservation Commission with a $1 200 annual salary. Herbert attained Chief Transfer Agent for the State Hospital service with a monthly pay between $74 and $82.

Albany Middletown Rai The Conservation Commission Raymond A. Henry North Street State Hospital Service Joseph Herbert Middletown State Hospital

Highway Committee Advances Middletown Pine Bush Route

The Highway Committee of the Board of Supervisors met at Cir cleville to secure rights of way for a new Middletown Pine Bush highway. Most rights of way are secured and bids may soon be invited.

The Board of Supervisors Circleville Middletown Pine Bush

Government tax receipts may exceed six hundred million

The article notes likely income tax payments above $600,000,000 and a possible public debt reduction for the fiscal year ending June 30 of up to $1,250,000,000. The figures imply the government could run a sizable surplus as receipts outpace expenditures.

Warm trend follows heavy rain as March may end mild

Spring brought a heavy rain storm and a forecasted severe cold wave did not arrive. Warm weather is expected to continue and the March close may not resemble a lion. The Middletown fashion show drew over 1 500 visitors at J W Demerest dry goods with 500 luncheon guests. The Middletown High School senior class raised funds for an Easter trip with a sales share. Governor Smith signed a county supervisor pay amendment. The Orange Lake Fish and Game Association won permission to transfer bass from the Hun sop river to Orange Lake waters via local anglers.

Weather Bureau J. W. Demerest Dry Goods Middletown Middletown High School Wilson C. van Duzer Chester Florida Washington, D. C

Bus Service Abandoned Over Impassable Road Condition

Road between Middletown and Pine Bush becomes nearly unusable with deep ruts and mud, forcing suspension of local bus service.

Middletown Pine Bush

Mrs Ruth Snyder Confesses Murder Link to Henry Judd Gray

Mrs Ruth Snyder ages 31 in New York confessed to Police Commissioner McLaughlin that Henry Judd Gray, a two year friend, killed her husband Albert Snyder in their apartment. Gray, 45, was later arrested in Rochester, N Y but remained silent. She claimed two unknown men attacked them and killed him.

Ruth Snyder New York Albert Snyder McLaughlin Henry Judd Gray Gray Rochester N. Y Wher Snyde

Trout Fishing Season Opens Amid Cold Conditions In April

Anglers prepare gear for the trout season opening on April 2 in Orange County. Poor fishing expected if weather remains cold with high water levels and snowmelt. Some upstate brooks still ice bound and all streams likely carry snow water.

Orange County Brooks

Walton Village elects Paul F. Taylor president

Paul F. Taylor was elected president of the village of Walton on the Citizens' Ticket by a majority of 308 votes over A. J. Courtney, the present president, who has served six terms.

Paul F. Taylor Walton Citizens A. J. Courtney

Widow Ida A Flagler declares world dominion in sanatorium

The Boston businessman brother cites Ida A Flagler widow of Henry M Finger Standard Oil heir with $11,000,000 fortune. She proclaims ownership of the earth and estate while confined in a Central Valley sanitarium.

Ida A. Flagler Henry M. Finger Standard Oil Charles F. Shourds Boston

Nervous Wreck boosts fund for Newburgh senior trip

The West Point players stage The Nervous Wreck raising over $1,000 for the Newburgh senior class journey to Washington.

Newburgh Washington West Point

Barn Burns at Fraley Miller Farm North of Montgomery

A new barn on the Fraley Miller place north of Montgomery burned to the ground last week. The structure was empty as the hay had been pressed and removed the day before. Loss is estimated at 7000 dollars.

Fraley Miller Place Montgomery

Fourteen Counties Plan First Year Tree Planting Campaign

In a statewide effort, boys and girls in fifteen counties will plant 495000 trees as their initial year of a three year forestry project.

Middletown Introduces Aerial Ladder Truck In Service

Middletown unveils its new aerial ladder motor truck with a demonstration showing ladders raised with firefighters to rooftop heights. The modern unit replaces horse drawn fire apparatus, marking a shift in local firefighting methods.

Middletown

Five Hundred Attend West Point 125th Anniversary Dinner

About five hundred graduates of the West Point Military Academy attended the New York Section Association of Graduates dinner at the Hotel Astor Saturday night marking the academy's 125th anniversary.

West Point Military Academy New York Association of Graduates of the Hotel Astor

Car stolen from Palatine Hotel recovered wrecked near Woodbury

The Packard sedan of Carl Willisen of the Palatine Hotel Newburgh was found badly wrecked near Woodbury before the owner learned of the theft. Stolen by two men who escaped serious harm as the car sped sixty miles per hour down an embankment. the pair were seen running away.

Carl Willisen Palatine Hotel Newburgh Woodbury

Prison site digs uncover ore near Sing Sing walls

A steam shovel on state land adjacent to Sing Sing prison scooped up gold and silver ore during construction of new prison buildings. Convicts are currently drilling and blasting at the site, where a former silver mine existed prior to the prison's establishment.

Sing Sing Prison

Man 32 Hangs Self in Barn Found by Power Company Worker

Frank McDonald of Piermom committed suicide by hanging in a barn. A Rockland Light and Power employee found his body.

Frank McDonald Piermom Rockland Light and Power Company

Missing caretaker nicknamed Turkey George feared to have fallen through ice

A caretaker known as Turkey George at Greenwood Lake is missing after authorities fear he ventured onto rotted ice and fell through. The incident prompted search efforts by local responders as conditions remain hazardous.

Turkey George Greenwood Lake

Three Inmates Brought Back to Hudson Institution

Police from Poughkeepsie recovered three young girl inmates from the Hudson Institution for delinquents and returned them to the facility.

Hudson Institution For Poughkeepsie

Resignation of Ellenville Chief Currey After Acquittal

After the Ellenville assault case, Police Chief Roy M. Currey was acquitted of directing an assault on Arland Sanderson and resigned effective immediately. He had not been on duty for weeks during the investigation and issued no statement with his resignation.

Ellenville Roy M. Currey Arland Sanderson Chief Currey

Albany Bill Promises 40 Million East Hudson Water Project

The Delaware and Neversink waters likely to stay with local counties as Albany introduces a strong bill backing a 40 million dollar project along the east side of the Hudson. Orange and Sullivan counties see hopes for a Neversink Mamakating Valley lake fade as New York shifts plan amid water treaty troubles with New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Delaware Neversink New York City Albany Hudson Orange Sullivan Neversink-Mamakating New York New Jersey Pennsylvania

Middletown Chamber Meeting Sparks Labor Suggestions

The Middletown Chamber of Commerce hosted an open meeting last week inviting workers to share ideas on city benefits. Workers offered constructive suggestions to manufacturers and merchants, making the session informative for both sides.

Middletown

Port Jervis trio seeks permit for Port Jervis to Monticello bus line

C A Porter C C Herman and Stewart Rippon of Port Jervis filed with the Public Service Commission for permission to operate a bus route from Port Jervis to Monticello.

C. A. Porter C. C. Herman Stewart Rippon Port Jervis The Public Service Commission Monticello

Ellenville man released, arrested again on assault charge

Ishmael Brown, once sentenced to twenty years for assault in Ellenville, has been released and returned to Ellenville. He is now under arrest and held for the grand jury on a second degree assault charge filed by a young white woman.

Ishmael Brown Ellenville

Pioneer engine company marks 70th anniversary banquet

Pioneer Engine Company of Elonville celebrated seven decades of service as a fire department with a banquet attended by members to mark the anniversary.

Pioneer Engine Company Elonville

Sisters Died From Brain Abscesses in Five Day Span

Genevieve Kennedy aged 12 and her sister Caroline Beatrice aged 9 of Poughkeepsie died within five days of each other from brain base abscesses.

Genevieve Kennedy Caroline Beatrice Poughkeepsie

Death of Marcus D. Williams in Poughkeepsie at 85

Marcus D. Williams died in Poughkeepsie at age 85. He was born at Summitville and moved to Poughkeepsie forty one years ago. He established many lunch wagons and quick lunch spots in that city.

Marcus D. Williams Poughkeepsie Summitville

Missing Poughkeepsie Woman Found In Beacon

Edith F. Stickles left her home on March 6, 1920, from Poughkeepsie to work as an operator for Central New England Railroad in Beacon and was never heard from again. Her will, filed in Poughkeepsie, disposes of an estate valued at about $2,000.

Edith F. Stickles Poughkeepsie Beacon Central New England Railroad Company

Reform of Poor Laws Promoted at Albany Hearing

Miss Caroline Cuddeback and Peter Cantline of Orange County sponsor a radical revision of state poor laws. They urge abolition of 1 100 town overseers, stop waste in relief administration, and prevent suffering in poor families homes. Hearing before Senate Judiciary and Assembly Internal Affairs committees draws over twenty counties.

Caroline Cuddeback Peter Cantline Orange County Senate Judiciary Committee Assembly Internal Affairs Committee Albany

Nearby News Note Teases Page Nine

For other news of nearby places see page nine. This brief line directs readers to additional local items and regional updates featured further inside the paper.

Two Rural New York Counties Targeted by Crime Commission

A Crime Commission report critiques two rural central New York counties, Atlantic and Pacific, for drab schools, lax enforcement, and social ills. It suggests Putnam or Tioga and Schuyler as possible real names, notes dances, bootlegging, and breaks in compulsory education and highway laws amid waning church support.

Sinclair Lewis New York State Crime Commission New York State Atlanic Atlantic Main Street Tioga Schuyler Crime Commission Pacific

Port Jervis cafe owners arraigned on bail

Tony Fantano, John Bridgider and Alphonse Petite, port men and cafe owners, were arraigned Saturday before U S Commissioner Harry T. Crist of Middletown after federal raids the prior week. They were represented by a New York attorney, released on bail, cases adjourned one week.

Tony Fantano John Bridgider Alphonse Petite Port Jervis U. S Harry T. Crist Middletown New York

Weston Badly Injured by Taxicab in Continental Trek

Edward Payson Weston, famed trans continental pedestrian, was struck by a taxicab in Orange County. He suffered a fractured skull and was in serious condition after recently turning eighty eight. A friend, Anne Nichols, helped him with a lifetime stipend of 30 000 dollars following his poverty. He was en route to church to thank donors when injured.

Edward Payson Weston Orange County Anne Nichols

World War Vets Warned On Insurance Reinstatement Lapse

Veterans of the World War are warned that the privilege to reinstate and convert their war time insurance will lapse on June 2, 1927. Congress failed to pass a bill to extend the time.

Congress

Earley Murder Trial May Face Delay On Appeals Ruling

The Lucy Earley murder trial in Newburgh was reset for April 18 by Justice Arthur S. Tompkins but may be delayed further while the Court of Appeals considers a writ of prohibition. District Attorney Lemon claims the writ voids Justice Seeger order requiring the prosecution to reveal its case to the defense.

Lucy Earley Newburgh Daniel Earley Arthur S. Tompkins Court of Appeals Prohibition Lemon Seeger

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William H. Cane Walter Cox News OF the World Hornell Sanderson Frank J. Nearn Putnam County John Rothery Orange Lake Crime Board Crist Weston
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