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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1925
Page
25
A machine toppled into the ocean and four people are reported drowned. Rescue crews and coast guard units searched the area with limited success as authorities confirm the fatalities. Names of the deceased have not yet been released.
Two men and two women believed drowned when a car carrying them crashed through the Long bridge railing into Egg Harbor Inlet near Somers Point. A second car fled the scene. A bottle of gin and two black silk capes were found aboard the submerged vehicle identified as belonging to Miss Jeannette Kennedy of Philadelphia.
Milton Hollister Hesler a 24 year old Syracuse man and heir to wealth has eluded capture for a month as the abductor of 10 year old Jimmy Dana ward of the Syracuse Lodge of Elks. He was seen in Syracuse last Tuesday morning by two lifelong acquaintances signaling a possible end to a chase that stretched to Los Angeles and Mexico.
The Postal Service reports a deficit of about 37.149 million dollars for the year ending June 30, caused chiefly by higher payroll costs for postal employees.
Last night police investigated a report of noise disturbing Emmanuel Baptist Church services. Officers Horner and Thompson found the commotion came from children celebrating a wedding held at nearby Tifereth Israel Synagogue, clarifying the source of the disturbance.
A long list of residents from various streets report returns from visits to Enon Valley Dalton Washington Pittsburgh and Geneva on the Lake. Many couples announce births and motor trips to Harrisburg Gettysburg Philadelphia and toward eastern points with relatives and friends in towns such as New Castle Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Express live poultry prices for broilers 25c turkey 23-31c fowls 21-26c. Butter and creamery prices steady with creamery extras 43-44c and creamery firsts 41-44c. Cheese prices steady with whole milk flats 24-25c and lower grades 22-23c. Eggs values list white extras 61-53c brown hens 43-47c fresh firsts 32-34c. Milk wholesale price $2.83 per 100 pounds for 3 percent within 201-210 mile zone.
Dr. William J. Hickson reports in his annual study that women are about twenty percent more likely to be considered insane than men. The psychiatrist notes that male patients most often come from laborer, clerk, and machinist groups while female patients most often come from housemaid, waitress, and factory worker groups.
Alderman J. Lee Cooper at noon Monday united in marriage Domini Co DiSabio and Karmina Valentine. They will reside on Sheep Hill.
Charles Lynn, chief of the fire department, returns to duty after a week off spent along the Slippery Rock.
In Hounslow England the demonstration committee opposes a dainty ankle and beauty contest at the annual hospital fete. Chairman A J Luto says such feminine attractiveness has vanished due to modern girls sports, especially tennis.
The East Coast Expeditionary Force of the Marine Corps will not hold an expensive field exercise this year due to reduced personnel. The Tenth Artillery will move to Camp Meade for target practice, the anti aircraft company to Aberdeen Proving Ground, and the Fifth Infantry to Bull Run battlefield in Massachusetts and Virginia.
Chicago reports a national plan to build a William Jennings Bryan memorial funded by ten cent contributions from public and parochial school children. Dionessa Hrysna god-daughter announces the project with Clewiston Florida as the site donated. Contests will pick the design and epitaph.
August Aliese of Henrietta Oklahoma rigged a burglar trap with a pistol in his trunk. He forgot to release the mechanism, opened the trunk and was shot in the abdomen. He was seriously wounded and may die.
R C Streeter of Ellwood City Pa reported a spare tire was stolen from his car parked in an alley near Cascade park. Andrew Brahe of Edenburg reported a car cushion stolen on Saturday.
All Lawrence county court house offices will close at noon Wednesday August 12 due to the Old Timers picnic at Cascade Park.
Fireman J B Zeitler of the central department starts an annual two week vacation today and will take an auto trip while off duty. Mr and Mrs Thomas Parry and four sons from Los Angeles arrive to visit relatives before moving to Cleveland where they will reside. Parry is noted as a former organist at Trinity Episcopal church. The note ends with a personal remark on human origins and habits.
Belgium will meet its debt obligations to the United States, Baron Cartier de Marchienne told the American debt funding commission in Washington. He urged leniency in timing, noting Belgium’s present capacity to pay, as Treasury Secretary Mellon pledged a business like funding that respects Belgium’s situation and ongoing friendship between nations.
Washington observers report the Ku Klux Klan plans an annual national convention and tentatively targets New York for the 1926 gathering. About 100 000 klan members and families traveled from Washington after the Arlington ceremony ending with a fiery cross signaling Protestant protection.
Walter James appeared before Alderman Walter Hamilton and pleaded guilty to violating the Snyder act. He was jailed in default of bail to await sentencing. Grace Dunlap paid a 25 dollar fine for drunken disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Two speeders Nat Rosen and D J McKee paid 10 dollar fines. Ada and Genevieve Polchisky were sent home to Uniontown with revolvers found in their possession. The note ends with a remark about carrying matches.
The Penn Theatre announces three weekly picture changes featuring first run films. Today and tomorrow Enticement stars Mary Astor and Ian Keith. midweek In the Name of Love with Ricardo Cortez Greta Nissen Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. Friday and Saturday Eve's Lover with Irene Rich Bert Lytell Clara Blandick Willard Lewis. Next week Raffles the Amateur Cracksman with House Peters. The theatre plans to show new releases from Paramount First National and Metro Goldwyn throughout the year.
The Indian Limestone Quarrymen's association estimates 1925 home building at over 2.0 billion dollars. They cite housing shortages in large cities and small communities, noting a suburban shift and that about 59 percent of America's 26 million households are homeowners.
Hospital notes list admissions including Anthony Ezzo Mahoningtown Earl Statler Cambridge Q Mrs Anna McCreary 207 Meyer Avenue Mrs Nina Eckles 407 South Pine Street Russell Lubinsky New Castle R D 1 Mrs Olivia Reimold 27 Smithfield Street Paul J and Louis Lee Lambert 103 North Bay Street. Discharges include James H Green 723 Greveland Avenue Joseph Hee Waldo Street Anthony Ezzo Mahoningtown Mrs Florence Hoch and baby Wilmington Road Francis Mead New Wilmington Lazies Jones Winter Avenue Earl Brookover East Washington Street Charles Dinsmore East Washington Street.
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