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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
7
City police say motorists with 1924 licenses may drive at their own risk until state word arrives on enforcing the rule. Chief Hitler urges drivers who missed timely renewals to keep cars in garages until new licenses arrive as state patrols enforce the ban on 1924 licenses in 1925.
Police records show 4084 arrests in 1924, likely a city record for a single year. The write up adds a quirky remark about Eskimos and punishment, noting parental behavior is linked to cultural stereotypes.
The Federation of Women's Clubs education committee fixes the week starting January 12 for a Book Campaign to unite homes and schools through donations of used good books to junior and senior high school libraries. Each club should appoint collectors, focusing on quality over quantity, with books sent to the Senior High school and delivered by clubs. Non members seeking to donate may call Senior High at 630. aim is to put good books in circulation to educate the population.
London reports that Britain has informally urged the United States that when France starts repaying its debt to the U S society, payments should be made in equal and simultaneous amounts to England. The idea reportedly excludes moratoriums or reduced rates and comes from unofficial quarters via the Inter National News Service.
Two silver loving cups have been received by Agent Norman Dale of the Agricultural Association for award at the wool show to be held at Liberty Grange on February 7. The event accompanies the Lawrence County Wool Growers Association annual meeting and officer election with an all day program. Liberty Grangers host the dinner at noon and cash prizes totaling 43 dollars donated by the National Bank of Lawrence County will be given for best displays of fine and medium wool fleece. LL. F. Bank of Waynesburg will judge the show.
A January 1925 schedule lists events for WGY in Schenectady including Phil Ramano’s Orchestra, First Presbyterian Church services with Rev. Anthony, Leo Kilwen conductors and vocalists, organ recitals from Albany, and broadcasts by Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra and Hampton Institutes Quartet.
A garbled seventies era broadcast schedule lists WRC Washington musicals and times from January 3 1925 including Posey Albion Dynne broadcasts Irving Boernstein and Cornell Musical Club. Washington Hotel Orchestra and Otto Beck organ recital from Crandall Tivoli Theatre are noted. Edina listing shows Westinghouse Band and Arlington time signals with weather. WOC Davenport CST schedule covers sport news bedtime stories Sunday school lesson and LeClaire Hotel Orchestra. A final line mentions an Agriculture Department import of a blue puppy from China to dispel blues.
A fragmentary note lists radio stations and program snippets across multiple cities. The text includes scattered mentions of WCAF WEA WEmt and others, along with stray phrases about dance orchestras and a remark on evolution theory. The passage reads like a garbled broadcast log with no clear event or outcome.
The Day notes Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, oldest by service, nears twenty seven years on the Supreme Court, after a career in law and politics from Philadelphia to California. It also profiles General Sir George MacMunn, appointed to succeed Sir Herbert Samuel in the Holy Land mandate, a veteran soldier and administrator with wartime service in India and South Africa.
The advertisement touts the great police dog Rin Tin Tin in the film Where the North Begins at Reg ent Theatre. Audiences are urged to see the picture and hear praise from late-night patrons about the show.
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