Political Plums Ripen For Roosevelt Administration
Progressive senators press for restraint as hundreds seek posts under the new regime. Roosevelt, aboard the Nourmal on an uncharted Bahama cruise, plans Nassau stop to fish. Dispensations will flow through standard channels via senators congressmen and party leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Durno
International News Service
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Bahamas
Vincent Astor
M. H. McIntyre
Nassau
Nourmahl
Senate
Union High School Building Damaged By Burglar’s Work
Burglars forced entry to Union Township School on Scotland Lane causing extensive damage. They pried open classroom doors and smashed windows including the cafeteria. State Policeman Engle traced two suspects toward Greenwood Avenue by shoe prints, but traffic erased the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union High School
Union Township School
Scotland Lane
Earl Ammons
Albert Pelco
Engle
Greenwood Avenue
Senate Weakness Tied to Voters Not Senators
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Coolidge's reflection on the Senate and honesty. The autobiography installment quotes him saying the Senate mirrors the people who elect it and that it can act at its own will, a critique from a president who observed the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Senate
Coolidge
Self Defense Plea in Widow’s Shooting of Husband
Anna May McNeil 28 requests self defense as she faces a murder charge for shooting her husband on Wilmington road near Walma. She details alleged prior abuse and threats, recounting a struggle in the bedroom as their three year old slept nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna McNeil
Widow Charged in Walma Tragedy After Party Beating Claim
The 28 year old Annua McNeil is jailed on murder charges after her husband Harold McNeil 54 was shot in their Walma home shortly after a Saturday night party. County police say the fatal bullet entered his right breast at about 1 45 am and he died within twenty minutes. McNeil allegedly claimed he attacked her and called her uncomplimentary names while she said she tried to back away. The couple’s children are two orphans with a son three and a daughter six. The incident followed a party at the McNeil home with guests including Ernest Webber Arthur Carpenter and Grace Morrissey. The shooting prompted neighbors to provide aid and McNeil’s self proclaimed widow was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Ernest Webber
Grace Morrissey
Arthur Carpenter
Harold
Martin’s Ferry
Annua McNeil
Harold McNeil
Walma
J. Lee
Betty
H. A. Jones
Martins Ferry
Engie
Frank Johnson
McBride
Engle
Orville Potter
McNeil
Local scenes as winter weather hits New Castle area
Residents observe a snowy Saturday with ducks at Moravia street and Big Run, boys practicing basketball behind the wool storehouse, roller skating on North Cedar street, and a bonfire near Gardner avenue viaduct. Cars display windshield inspection stickers amid the storm. hospital grounds see improvement work as Jack Frost nips the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia Street
Gardner Avenue
North Cedar Street
New Castle Hospital
Daily Weather Report Summary
U S weather statistics cover two periods. The 24 hour period ending this morning shows a maximum 20 and minimum 9 with 0.01 inches of precipitation and river stage at 4.8 feet. The prior 24 hour period ending Sunday morning recorded a maximum 34 and minimum 9 with 0.05 inches of precipitation and 0.5 inch of snow and river stage at 6.5 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Coast Woman Kidnap Victim Seeks Ransom
Mrs. Mary B. Skeele of Los Angeles, 65, was abducted from her home while her husband Dr. Walker K. Skeele, USC College of Music dean, was at church. Kidnappers demanded 20000 dollars. a fake telephone call lured her into an car and the note warned the family as police opened an active search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Los Angeles
Walker K. Skeele
College of Music
University of Southern California
Mary B. Skeele
Rush Lindsay Heads to London For Debt Conference
Southampton dispatch says Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay will be met by a special tender from the Liner Europa. A fast automobile will rush him to London for a conference with the cabinet war debt committee, after a thick haze delayed the liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liner
Europa
Fast Auto
London
International News Service
Southampton
Eng
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Cabinet War Debt Committee
Butler Blaze Destroys Three Stores in Business District
A three hour fire left a blackened ruin site in Butler's business district. Beginning at Drake Auto Accessory Shop the flames spread to Charngold General Store and George Restaurant. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Butler
Drake Auto
Charngold General
George
Auto
Skidding Auto Damages Hydrant Triggers Water Shutoff
Howard B. Richards of the New Castle Water Company reports a car skid broke a fire hydrant at Highland and Leasure causing a Saturday water shutoff. The emergency crew responded quickly as Highland Avenue between Moody and Leasure and Winter Avenue between Highland and Delaware lost supply during the period 4 45 p m to 9 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard B. Richards
New Castle Water Company Today
North Hill
Highland
Leasure Avenues
Water Company
Highland Avenue
Moody
Winter Avenue
Delaware Avenues
Boak Attends State Capital Meetings This Week
J. A. Boak leaves this morning for Harrisburg to join executive and legislative committee sessions of the state grange. He will hear the Senate committee on the Snyder-Armstrong law, then attend Pomona grange meetings in Potter and Lebanon counties on Thursday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Boak
Harrisburg
State Grange
Senate
Pomona Grange
Potter County
Pomona
Lebanon County
Hunt Slayer Of New York Girl In Pittsburgh
Police pursue a young man with a scratched face after a New York schoolgirl Helen O Connor is found killed in Pittsburgh. A woman riding a bus from New York identified a nervous youth who left at East Liberty, with injuries on his cheek and traces of blood under Helen’s nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Helen O’connor
New York
Helen
East Liberty
Fire Threatens Coney Island Amusement District
Firefighters rushed to Coney Island to battle a blaze in the concession area as wind fanned flames. Five small buildings and a ride concession burned, threatening the boardwalk and echoing last summer’s substantial loss. The fire, started near an area hit previously, caused damage estimated over $250,000 before being controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
Coney Island
West 11Th
West 12Th Streets
Bowery
Grove City Reduces Taxes by Three Mills
Grove City residents will see a three mill tax cut at the February borough council meeting. The new rate is 12 mills, down from 15, with allocations of 8 to General Fund, 1 1/2 to floating bond, 1 1/2 to 1921 bond issue, and 3 to 1923 bond issue, totaling about a $12,000 reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
Fire consumes three city homes in Sunday blazes
A Big Run Street house owned by Charles Mooney burned at 1:15 A.M. with $4,000 loss, no occupants present. Joe Palus home on Randolph Street suffered $500 damage after a pantry blaze started while he was away. A Palus residence later reported about $2,000 in damage with insurance of $7,000, possibly caused by a painter's gasoline torch in the pantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mooney
West Big Run Street
Mooney
No. 5
Joe Palus
Randolph Street
Palus
Stockman
Japan Refuses To Soften On League Stand
Tokyo reports that Japan will not ease its stance over the League of Nations in the Sino Japanese Manchurian dispute. Foreign Minister Uchida sent instructions to delegate Yosuke Matsuoka after a meeting with the Emperor.
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Japan
International News Service
Tokyo
League of Nations
Japanese League
Uchida
Yosuke Matsuoka
Death notices and ages listed for several residents
Death records list Harold Lynda McNeil 34 of Walmo Kenneth Brenneman 31 of 709 Cumberland avenue Fred L Frankfather 64 of 620 Superior street J C F Jackson 70 of Big Beaver township Robert J Kildoo of MecConnell's Mills and Mrs Florence Minteer Searfoss 60 of 317 Shadyside with locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lynda McNeil
Walmo
Kenneth W. Brenneman
Cumberland Avenue
Fred L. Frankfather
Superior Street
J. C. F. Jackson
Big Beaver Township
Robert J. Kildoo
MecConnell's Mills
Florence Minteer Searfoss
Shadyside
Lawrence County Wool Growers Elect Officers At Liberty Meeting
Last year's officers were re elected at the annual meeting of the Lawrence County Wool Growers Association in Liberty Grange Hall. The event featured a large wool exhibition with 40 fleeces and a noon banquet. Officers and directors were reelected, with S B Hayes as president and W F McCracken as secretary treasurer. Distinguished speakers included W B Connell and R C Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Wool Growers Association
Liberty Grange Hall
S. B. Hayes
North Beaver
R. P. Peebles
Scott Township
J. L. Burton
J. G. Russell
Little Beaver
G. M. Fullerton
D. F. Kyle
W. F. McCracken
Liberty Grange
John Robinson
Mercer County Wool Growers Asociation
Raymond McCracken
C. D. Montgomery
Bessemer
W. B. Connell
State College
Pennsylvania
R. C. Stevens
Pittsburgh
Harold Waha
Mercer County
R. H. McDougal
Butler County
Ross M. Gridley
Beaver County
J. Audley Boak
Pennsylvania State Grange
W. M. C. Drake
Association
Hitler Gag Law Seeks to Curb Violence in Germany
Berlin February 6. Adolf Hitler’s government enacts a drastic press gag law to curb political violence. The measure imposes up to one month imprisonment for newspapers printing false news about state affairs, ridiculing officials, or lauding violence amid a spate of deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
German Republic
Coal Trade Joys in Unseasonably Warm Weather
Arthur Mometer recalls friends selling coal by the ton as summer warmth brings ice sales and shifting demand. He laughs at luck while shoveling coal, noting mild days and dwindling coal stocks despite the twenty nine degree weather.
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Democratic Party
Florida
Rice Institute
Houston
Tex
Frances Collier
Miss Collier
Anna May McNeil
Wilmington Road
PA Newc
Liberty Street
Madison Avenue
South Mill Street
Jack Frost
Daily Weather Report
Franklin Skeele
Dr. Skeele
Rush Lindsay
Highland Ave
Boak
Hunt
Millage
Borough Solons
Big Run Street
East Side
Geneva
League
United States
Hitler
Arthur Mometer
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