Senate Votes on Muscle Shoals Plan at Four O'Clock
Senate scheduled a four o'clock vote on the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill aimed at government operation after private leasing attempts fail. Secretary of War would have until Septem ber 1 to seal a lease before government control. Norris acknowledged better odds for passage amid support for the measure and after Ford’s private option was rejected.
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Senate
Kenneth Clark
Joscan Se News Service
Spondent
Washington
Jan
Underwood Muscle Shoals
Secretary of War
Agricultural Committee
Henry Ford
Norris
Nebraska
Ellwood City Mystery Inquest Finds No Blame
A coroner's jury in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, finds Luigi Noschesi likely died in a shack fire on January 1 1925 with no party named responsible. The inquest, held January 7, drew a large crowd as witnesses described the recovered torso and subsequent investigations.
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Ellwood City
Luigi Noschesi
Miller
Jesse A. Graham
B. J. McCandless
Charles C. Cox
Barton E. Richards
Timber Wolves
Joseph Statti
James Joseph
Generoso Noschesi
Crescent Avenue
DeWayne Ritchie
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Billwood City
J. J. Caldwell
R. Lawrence Hildebrand
Jack M. Dunlap
Hildebrand
Caldwell
L. M. Mason
Paetzel
Iseman
Edward Clark
Mason
A. F. G. Paetzel
Pittsburgh Cop Safely Rescues Two Infants From Fire
Patrolman Arthur Mechler carried the two infant children of Mrs. Anna Piani to safety after discovering fire in their downtown Pittsburgh home. The blaze caused $2,500 in damage but was quickly controlled.
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Pittsburgh
International News Service
Arthur Mechler
Anna Piani
High To Receive Trophy Tonight at New Castle High
The 1924 New Castle High School football champions join in a formal trophy presentation at the Benjamin Franklin Junior High auditorium. Ex-Captain Eddie Ward will accept on behalf of teammates with O P Brown presiding and Guy Baskerville delivering the award.
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Syracuse
New Castle
Benjamin Franklin Junior High
O. P. Brown
Guy Baskerville
University of Pittsburgh
Syracuse University
Eddie Ward
George H. Parker
Frank L. Orth
Ben ©. Graham
C. J. Williamson
Highland United Presbyterian Church
Phil Bridenbaugh
Highland
Former Bank Employee Charged With Embezzlement
Frank L. Clinefelter, former assistant secretary and teller at Lawrence Savings and Trust, is jailed on $17,000 bail charged with embezzling that amount. He allegedly forged a deposit certificate in July 1921 to cover small speculative losses. The bank’s surety bonds protect the funds, and prosecutors say he admitted the charges. The case, filed in Lawrence County Court, drew surprise given his community standing.
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Frank L. Clinefelter
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
Clinefelter
F. A. Schultz
L. C. Mantz
Lawrence
Robert K. Aiken
Aiken
Postmaster Fends Off Robbers. One Dead at Gibsonia
Postmaster Herbert H. Park killed one bandit and wounded another when two men tried to blow open the Gibsonia postoffice safe. The dead man’s clothes bore a seaman’s license to John T. Wallace of Oswego New York, with letters to the same. A missing second assailant fled into darkness. The stolen cash and stamps totaled about $1,700.
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Infernazional
Servi
Park
John T. Wallace
Oswego
N. Y
Auto accident near Industry claims two teens
In Beaver Falls Pennsylvania on January 8, Dragon Devich age 17 from Midland and Katherine Jekich 15 of Woodlawn were killed when their car overturned on the Midland road near Industry after a steering knuckle failure. Teammate Adam Kodochi 17 was treated for lacerations and a shoulder injury. another female passenger escaped harm and was taken home by a passing car.
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International News Service
Beaver Falls
Dragon Devich
Midland
Katherine Jekich
Woodlawn
Adam Kodochi
Midland Road
Industry
Weather Thaws Early Spring Tone Described
A poet muses on an unseasonably warm winter day marked by a brazen sun and spring like calm. The narrator contrasts the warm spell with usual winter chills and argues the day signals winter’s end, noting the odd warmth for late February or March.
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Woodbine
Marriage Licenses Listed for John Medvidoich and Others
A list of marriage licenses includes John Medvidoich of Struthers and O Fanniel Burich of Hillsville, and Walter A Weiss of Pittsburgh with Mary Lopme of Pittsburgh. The brief entry notes the partners and their cities of residence as recorded.
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John Medvidoich
Struthers, O. Fanniel Burich
Hillsville
Walter A. Weiss
Pittsburgh
Mary
Lopme
Campaign Against Child Labor Law Charged by Walsh
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana charged in the Senate that a well organized and liberally financed campaign of misrepresentation has been launched nationwide to defeat the child labor amendment recently sent to the states for ratification. The complaint centers on misinformation and political pressure influencing ratification efforts.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Senate
Kelton Freed From Allegheny Jail After Ten Months
William A. Kelton former Pennsylvania prohibition chief walked from the county jail in Pittsburgh a free man to resume life where he left it ten months ago after a year long sentence for violation of dry laws. He received time off for good behavior and headed home to Philadelphia.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
William A. Kelton
Pennsylvania
Kelton
Philadelphia
France Proposes Debt Settlement To Great Britain
France seeks to settle war debts with Britain and the United States over 80 years. A ten year moratorium would precede payments with 0.5 percent interest first decade and 1 percent next decade. U S insists Congress must amend the debt funding law before any conference.
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France
Great Britain
Davis M. Church
Britain
United States
Congress
Chinese Dentist Slain in New York Office
Police investigate the murder of Dr. Wah S. Chan a Chinatown dentist found dead in his office on Pell Street New York. A leather hilted dagger was embedded in his neck and a carved hilt dagger lay near the body a white flower on the table signifies death. The victim a Columbia University graduate from a prominent family has three relatives reportedly murdered previously.
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International News Service
New York
Wah
S. Chan
Chinatown
Pell Street
Dr. Wah
Columbia University
Kirby Indicted On Federal Mail Fraud Charge
Josiah Kirby former president of the Cleveland Discount Company was indicted by a federal grand jury in Cleveland on charges of using the mails to defraud and issuing a false financial statement. He is under arrest in Los Angeles for the alleged $42,000,000 scheme.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Jan
Josiah Kirby
Los Angeles
Cleveland Discount Company
Breakfast meeting pushes White House action on law compliance
A citizen enforcement committee delivered a resolution to President Coolidge urging strict adherence to federal law and enforcement by officials. Judge Elbert H. Gary of U.S. Steel chaired the White House breakfast gathering with John D. Rockefeller Jr. emphasizing public respect for law and the 18th amendment. Coolidge endorsed the principles and pledged support.
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George E. Durno
International News
AO Dane
Washington
Jan. S
White House
Coolidge
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Exports in 1924 Surpass Imports by Over a Billion
The Department of Commerce reports 1924 foreign commerce at 8.225 billion. Exports exceeded imports by 18.228 billion over six years, with exports at 4.659 billion and imports at 3.575 billion. The year marks the greatest normal-year foreign trade in U.S. history.
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Robert S. Thornburgh
International News Service
Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Birth of Labor Party in Japan to Follow Bill
Tokyo reports that universal manhood suffrage passage is seen as the birth of a Japanese labor party. Observers expect a labor government within a decade and active candidates in the next Diet election led by Prof. Ikuo Oyama. Planks include woman suffrage civil servants for war and navy reform colonial policy suffrage for colonies anti imperialism arms reduction and support for the League of Nations.
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Luther A. Huston
International Jnss Ce Staff En Correspo
Tokyo
Japan
Ikuo Oyama
Labor Party
House of Representatives
League of Nations
Sleepwalking brother shoots brother in Philadelphia
Frank Fritchie, 28, a World War I veteran, shot his sleeping brother Leo, 19, in their Frankford home. Leo, wounded in the abdomen, has only a slight chance to survive at Frankford Hospital. Leo said Frank did not mean it and Leo had been walking in his sleep.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Frank Fritchie
Frankford
Leo
Frankford Hospital
Frank
Pomona Grangers To Meet Saturday
The January meeting of Lawrence County Pomona Grange No. 65 will be held in the Y W C A auditorium in New Castle Saturday January 10. The meeting opens at 10 30 a m and organizers hope for a large attendance from county subordinate granges to handle business between quarterly meetings.
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Lawrence County
Pomona Grange No. 65
New Castle
Death Records for George Richardson Fredda Morris and Others
Brief death notices list George Richardson of S88 S36 Lathrop street Fredda May Morris age 17 of ov6 Carson street H August Mader 83 from Tulsa Oklahoma and Mrs Jane Wallace McCaslin 95 in Slippery Rock Township.
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George Richardson
Lathrop
Fredda May Morris
Carson Street
H. August Mader
Tulsan
Okla
Jane Wallace McCaslin
Slippery Rock
Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Home
Mr and Mrs Jas C Wilson marked their golden wedding anniversary at their New Castle street home with a large gathering including relatives from California Seventy five guests attended the anniversary dinner and a reception in the evening, reflecting wide community and family goodwill.
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New Wilmington
Jan. S
Jas. C. Wilson
New Castle Street
California
Automobile towed for storage at Keystone Garage
An automobile with license No. 751 885 was found parked near 310 Pine Street for several days. Police notified the owner to move it. failing that, the car was moved to the Keystone Garage and will be held there until storage charges are paid.
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Pine Street
Keystone Karage
Local Governance Deadlock and Transport Changes Highlight Snapshot
Butler council and Mayor Thomas Brown face a deadlock over filling James E. Wise’s vacancy as no candidate gains more than two votes. The B and O Railroad plans to cut two accommodation trains between Columbus and Wheeling due to bus competition, aligning passenger service with wartime levels. In Wakatomika Ohio, C Lee Sensibaugh 30 dies from an acetylene plant explosion and his family survives. William Walter, once a Youngstown constable sentenced for liquor transport conspiracy, is pardoned and returning home after serving under a year.
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Butler
Thomas Brown
James E. Wise
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Columbus
Wheeling
W. Va
William Walter
Atlanta
Youngstown
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Senator Norris
Plant
Noschess Boy
Frank Clinefelter
F. A. Schulz
County of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Yegs
Gibsonia
Oswego, N. Y
Arthur Mometer
Walsh
Allegheny
Prohibition
ZONA
Clementel
Churchill
U. S
New York City
Kirby
N. Y. City
Birth OF Labor Party
Pomona Grangers
Lubenza Holokoff
Franklin
C. Lee Senisbaugh
Wakatomika
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