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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1925
Page
11
Harrisburg Pa. speculates on the Senate table action as about 600 Governor Pinchot nominations were shelved by the newly organized Senate led by Senator Max G Leslie. The move, seen as a challenge to Pinchot, followed the Senate's post organization action.
The Senate quickly passed a motion to table the Est amid fears over future nominations. Critics expect the committee to scrutinize all names, including Richard H. Lansburgh of Swarthmore for Labor and Industry, as well as Peter G. Cameron and others for Banking and Welfare. Some notes tie appointments to long terms, with many listed to last through 1927 or until legally adjusted.
The entire Texas ranger force was ordered into Eastern Texas by Adjutant General Thomas DP Barton to capture a traveling gang of arson bandits. The gang has fired and looted seven Texas towns in three weeks, escaping with more than $400,000.
Boston dispatch reports Morse code saved Robert R. Johnson and J. W. Whitaker, workers for the American Disterer Telephone and Telegraph company, trapped inside a Provident Institution vault. After hours of failed efforts by laborers and authorities, a telegrapher tapped dots and dashes on the vault’s face, signaling smash the glass to release the tumblers. The message, though unanswered, opened the door and freed the men after about an hour, as the vault’s time lock would have released only at 9 a.m. the next day.
Mercer county treasurer Malcolm Simons reports 1924 receipts totaling 1 639 623.54 with expenditures about 1 048 427.09 leaving a balance. County tax 595 004.14 and 86 626.01 state tax paid. totals include road funds 187 217.69 and other revenues.
G Aten Smith of near West Middlesex was sentenced to pay costs after pleading guilty to cutting 400 feet of copper wire believed to be telegraph by the county court. Police arrested him following the incident. It was the first such offense in the county.
STOCKHOLM Jan 10 Efigl mar Branting former premier was in critical condition today and physicians said his recovery was in question. Branting has been ill several weeks.
Slippery Rock Pa reports the West Pen Power Company completed lines three months ago and on January 8, current was finally brought into town for high power purposes. The new transformers on Harrisville road deliver 220 volts, doubling the voltage for illumination and power. John W. Cheeseman Auto Sales and Service Garage becomes the first business to use the new current, installing a four unit Ginba Simplex two stage compressor with automatic on demand design.
Patrons in Slippery Rock back extending electric wires to their businesses to obtain higher voltage for power. The company currently serves over 150 consumers in town.
Senator Peffer proposes authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain 4h style experiment stations in Pennsylvania and nearby states to test specimens and cooperate with universities colleges and agencies. The bill asks $50,000 for the coming fiscal year starting July 1, 1925, to conduct forestry wildland and related research. More people die of broken pocket books than of broken hearts.
Jacksonville January 10. Dr George McClellan, former chief operating physician at Marlington General Hospital, confessed to four robberies netting under $60. He faces two highway robbery and two burglary charges. He blamed narcotics for his plight saying he was broke and his wife is not in hospital. He, 52, claimed to have trained at Knox College and Rush Medical College Chicago.
Butler Pa Jan 10 Seen riding two horses after a team had reported stolen from Kittanning two youths age 15 years old and 16 years old were arrested by Butler police and held for horse stealing. They identified by a telephoned description as the team of Chief of Police W K Gallagher of Kittanning who found the horses at his stable today.
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