New Castle Sends 19 Men to Camp Sherman
New Castle ships 19 young men to Camp Sherman this morning led by Leslie S Moore with aide Edgar Thompson and John McNulty. Captain A Martin Graham travels part way, Croton drum corps provided, crowd at P and I railroad station saw them off at 8 48. The list of leaving men includes Edward Anderson Harold S Johnston Andrew J Quinn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Camp Sherman
Croton School
Prof
Hoffmaster
Lawrence Rifles
Newell
Burns and
Whaley
Edward Anderson
Harold
Johnston Andrew J. Quinn
John Schrader
Howard Kirkwood
Leslie S. Moore
John P. G. Hirschinger
Pietro Scalero J. Allen McNally
Joseph Dawson
Harry Penrose
George Slack
Edgar Thompson
Joseph Heinrich Joseph Mmbleton
Bernard Rosenblum
Russell W. Hiles Walter Gunter Simeon Cumberledge
Dr Hillins Brooklyn Pastor Describes German Atrocities to Crowd
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn told a packed high school audience about German atrocities describing mutilation and terror to shock listeners. He spoke plainly of what he witnessed and some attendees were distressed, prompting exits as the talk continued.
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Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hillis
Hills
Fire destroys Indiana state reformatory in Jeffersonville
Fire at the Indiana state reformatory in Jeffersonville destroyed the facility with losses over 250000. About 1250 prisoners were moved from the cell house within minutes and guarded in the new school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana State Reformatory
Tractor School at Court House
The International Harvester company via its Pittsburgh office will send an expert to the courthouse on the 7th and 8th to provide information on the use and care of farm tractors for tractor owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
Pittsburg
Court House
What Have You Knit For U S
Miss Emma Moore of 218 Park avenue is a diligent city knitter who has taught many to knit since the war began and has made 6 sweaters 3 scarfs 5 helmets a pair of wristlets and a pair of socks Mrs F M Hammond of 1409 Huron avenue also has a patriotic knitting record since the Red Cross call she completed 10 sweaters 8 pairs of socks 7 pairs of wristlets and 3 helmets all to aid Uncle Sam in the war community members are urged to send their knitting records to The News
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Emma Moore
Park Avenue
F. M. Hammond
Huron Avenue
Red Cross
Sam
Germans In U S Army Facing Accusations Of Treason
Senator Weeks told Secretary Baker there are German sympathizers in the American army including officers and a chaplain cited as returned from France for pro German utterances. Baker said a treason case would lead to a court martial. Reed objected to the examination as sensational, Weeks defended it as not a passing show.
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International News Service
Washington
Baker
Senator Weeks
France
Weeks
Reed
Petition Withdrawn by Electric Co in Harrisburg
The New Castle Electric Company withdrew its PSC application seeking to require new or existing customers to cover installation costs. South New Castle protest, via solicitor Clyde V. Riley, alleges unfairness to electricity consumers and attended the Harrisburg hearing. Tomorrow City Solicitor James A. Gardner will protest proposed streetcar fare increase to six cents.
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New Castle Electric Company
Public Service Commission
Harrisburg
South New Castle
Clyde V. Riley
Riley
James A. Gardner
New Castle
America Ahead Of Schedule Secretary Baker Testifies
Secretary Baker says America had more troops in France than the January 1 plan. he faced sharp questions from the Senate Military Affairs Committee. The hearing featured fencing and wrangling over public figures on ship availability, with Baker offering private briefings and Senators Hitchcock seeking the basis for earlier 600000 troop projections.
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Washington
America
France
Baker
Senate
Pan-Germans Declare War On Socialists
Pan Germans militarists openly declare war on German Socialists per Vorwaerts copy from Berlin. Von Hindenburg and Ludendorff contend with Socialism as a military dictatorship grows in Berlin. Military actions threaten democratic peace aims while court martials intensify. Mrs. Fred Wilson visits sister in Woodlawn.
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International
Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Reichstag
Hun Airmen Driven Back By Sammies
German airmen repeatedly tried to breach the American sector in France on Tuesday afternoon but were driven back by high angle guns and shrapnel. Dozens of gas shells targeted American batteries with little effect, while an enemy signal patrol attempted to tap telephone lines and was repelled by machine-gun fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton C. Parke
I. N
France
Bidding Planned to Finish New Castle New Wilmington Highway
Bonding Co and Liable Bids sought by county commissioners to complete about 5.75 miles of reinforced concrete road. Work resumes where Schilling Construction left off after its 1917 let. bond to cover any excess costs. Engineer T A Gilkey oversees plans available for bidders.
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New Castle-New Wilmington
Schilling Construction Company
Schilling Company
T. A. Gilkey
Coffee speculation ruled by Hoover on coffee exchange
Food Administrator Hoover issued a rule prohibiting speculation in green coffee on the New York exchange. The prohibition bars dealing at prices above eight and one half cents a pound for Tyne No 7 current months. A son named Oscar Henry was born to Mr and Mrs Wesley Davy of 733 County Line Street.
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International News Service
Washington
Hoover
New York
Tyne No. 7
Wesley Davy
County Line Street
Oscar Henry
Mayor Urges War Savings Stamps Purchase in New Castle
New Castle Mayor A. D. Newell issues a proclamation urging citizens to buy War Savings Stamps to support the wartime effort. He notes Pennsylvania's request for 58 million dollars and Lawrence County's 1.5 million dollar quota, highlighting safe investment and government funding as benefits.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
City of
New Castle
Earl Dart Receives Package Of News Smokes In France
Private Earl E. Dart in the Engineers Regiment writes from Somewhere in France on December 25 1917 thanking The News for a package of cigarettes sent through The News Tobacco Fund. He lists his home as 750 East Washington Street New Castle Pennsylvania and notes the paper as one of the few pleasures in the land.
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Earl Dart
France
News Tobacco Fund
Miz
Dart
New Castle
Engineers Regiment
New Castle High School
Westminster College
East Washington Street
New Castle News
Earl E. Dart
Third Boy Goes From Gunter Home
Enoch Gunter of 1020 South Mill Street reports three Gunter sons serving in the U S forces. Walter Gunter, the third to depart, joins Camp Sherman after earlier enlistment attempts. Lee Gunter, at Camp Hancock Georgia, has gained 45 pounds and earned a machine gunner role. Walter Anderson, a ward, serves at the American front in France.
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Enoch Gunter
South Mill Street
Camp Sherman
Walter Gunter
Lee Gunter
New Castle
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Georgia
Army Life
Gunter
Walter Anderson
France
Baden Powell
America
Ice Cutting Plow Arrives to Break Neshannock Creek Channel
Arrangements are made for an ice cutting plow from Stoneboro to arrive tonight or tomorrow morning. It will be used immediately with a skilled operator. The channel in Neshannock Creek will be cut quickly to prevent flooding from ice bound conditions.
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Stoneboro
Neshannock Creek
British Bomber Raid Hits German Ostend Naval Station
British naval forces bombarded the German naval station at Ostend on Tuesday causing extensive damage. Two German aircraft attempting to attack the British ships were shot down and their occupants killed.
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Amsterdam
Ostend
Rae Claims Sanitary Officers Delayed Responding
J. M. Rae of 303 Edgewood avenues declares that reports of chickenpox in the locality were a misunderstanding. He says cases were reported by Highland School officials over a week ago and that sanitary police were slow to act, noting they had school cards when they visited homes. Rae asserts no one intends to hide cases.
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J. M. Rae
Edgewood Avenue
Highland School
Four Day Fuel Shutdown Considered To Ease Desperate Supply
Washington reports a nationwide fuel crisis with railroads near collapse and mines hampered by severe cold and snow. State fuel administrators urge the fuel bureau to order a four day shutdown ending February 12, starting February 9, yielding a half day Saturday and a workless Monday and legal holiday Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Fuel Bureau
Small Fire at New Wilmington Home Causes Minor Damage
Fire discovered in the home of Dr. W. A. Clark Jr in New Wilmington Pa last night was extinguished without using the fire department slight damage reported no injuries or further threat to nearby property
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New Wilmington
W. A. Clark, Jr
Civil Strife Spreads Across Russia Fronts Rise Against Bolsheviki
Copenhagen February 6 dispatch reports a surge in civil strife within Russia as Polish troops seize Mohilev and arrest Bolshevik commander Krylenko and staff. An army of about half a million volunteers from Poland Ukraine Don Cossacks Roumanians and Tartars fights Bolsheviks in southern Russia with Sebastopol Yalta and Kiev noted as battlegrounds amidst Bolshevik reverses.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Mohilev
Ensign Krylenko
Sebastopol
Crimean
Black Sea
Yalta
Kiev
County to Examine Men Under New Draft Questionnaire
Exemption board resumes examinations Friday Saturday and Monday to fill the county quota of 418 with about 70 more draftees from class one. Applicants not fit for full service may be certified for qualified service and placed in quartermaster or other corps if called. Notices go out for draftees to appear. a publication list is being prepared. This marks the first exams under the new questionnaire.
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Quartermaster’s
Croton Drum Corps Debuts New Uniforms in Parade
Fifteen older Croton drum corps members led by Prof. Hoffmaster escorted nineteen draftees to the P and L E station in new uniforms funded by Harry Euwer and F L Rentz. They carried a fine cell flag donated by Mr. Flower at the parade head.
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Croton
Prof. Hoffmaster
P. and
L. E
Messrs
Harry Euwer
F. L. Rentz
Mr. Flower
Death Notices for Five Local Residents
Five death notices list Mrs Stephen Roth aged 28 of 506 East Reynolds Lawson Reeder 47 of New Wilmington Robert A Crawford 80 of New Wilmington James W Fencock 73 of Fairview Avenue and Frank Zurasky 75 of 1712 Hamilton Street with ages and street addresses.
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Stephen Roth
East Reynolds Street
Lawson Reeder
New Wilmington
Robert A. Crawford
James W. Fencock
Fairview Avenue
Frank Zurasky
Ham‘Mston Street
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Chillicothe
Leslie
Moore
A. Martin Graham
Dr. Hill
Indiana
Reformatory
U.S
U. S. Army
Electric Co
Sec
Robert B. Smith
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Fred Wilson
North Street
Joseph Showalter
Woodlawn
Hun Airmen
U. S. Sector
Bonding Co
Schilling
A. D. Newell
Kaiser
Rae
Highland District
Mander
Bolsheviki
Ukraiians
Smolensk
Petrograd
Dneiper River
Croton Drum Corps
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