Commissioners Set Taxes Same As Past Year
County commissioners Calvin Boyd T J McCullough and PF O Elder set the 1930 tax millage at 9 mills split 6 for county purposes 24 for the poor based on a 72 million valuation yielding about 648000 for county operations. Bonded indebtedness at year end 1929 stood at 1067000 with 211000 poor bonds and 856000 road bonds. Bonds redeemed in 1929 totaled 66000 and redemption is expected to rise in 1930. An original $250000 poor bonds issue for the county home now has 211000 remaining. Highway bonds total 258000 issued in 1919 with 115600 outstanding. 1921 highway bonds began at 400000 with substantial balance remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Boyd
T. J. McCullough
PF. O. Elder
Lawrence County
Attorneys Push For New County Court House In Lawrence
Law rence County Bar Association members largely agree the present courthouse is inadequate and antiquated. Lawyer Charles G. Martin proposes a seven or eight story building with the jail on top to ensure security, while others favor a site update but differ on height.
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Lawrence County Bar Association
Charles G. Martin
Martin
Local Plant To Build Furnaces For McKeesport
W S Wheeler announces a National Tube Company contract for three 250 ton rolling open hearth furnaces at the Local Plant. The project will secure steady operation through 1930 and create one of the largest and most modern plants of its kind, with design and construction to proceed promptly.
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W. S. Wheeler
Pennsylvania
National Tube Company
National Tube
McKeesport
Coolidge Quoting Statistics Opens New York Talk
Special to the News reports Will Rogers recalling Mr. Coolidge citing new figures in New York on January 11 while noting the post crash talk of national strength. Rogers mocks the trend of declaring sectors strong and ends with Coolidge saying the heart of the American people is strong amid a backdrop of 500 deaths from heart failure during the supposed adjustment.
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New York
Mr. Coolidge
Wall Street
Postcard Weather News And Local Happenings In New Castle
The report notes a license plate 03 17 and new state tags from Massachusetts and Nebraska. Triplets amuse First National Bank patrons as two girls and a boy play on marble floors. Winter wear improves Pa Newe’s mood while coal dealers cheer warmer conditions. Local streams fall, Neshannock and Shanango levels adjust with cold weekend forecasts. City paving plans face funding and method debates, and curb lighting globes brighten streets. The YWCA elevator shows signs of shims or wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Pa Newe
State Department
Daily Weather Report Today’s Weather Statistics
Weather summary shows no precipitation in the 24 hours ending nine this morning. Maximum and minimum temperatures are not specified. River stage is 11.1 feet and falling.
Trail Suspects In Maryland
In the search for Corporal Brady Paul’s killers police believe Irene Schroeder W Glenn Dague and Tom Crawford may hide near Cumberland Maryland Residents of Laval Western Port and Lonaconing report sightings of a disheveled woman and two men at gas stations with a set of plates. The group is suspected of robberies along George Creek boulevard near Western Port and stealing automobile supplies and foodstuffs. Police deem the trio petty yeggs likely to be captured with broad state-wide manhunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Tom Crawford
Cumberland
Brady Paul
Maryland
Lavel
Western Port
Lonaconing
George Creek Boulevard
Yeggs
Weather Outlook For Jan 13 To 18
Weather outlook for Ohio Valley notes much cloudiness with rain Monday and Tuesday and continued rain over the south with rain or snow in the north later in the week. Expect warmer conditions Monday, a colder middle of the week, then warmer by Friday with above normal temperatures most of the week.
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International News Service
Washington
Ohio Valley
Britain to cut cruisers to fifty at London talks
Aboard the George Washington H V Alexander says Britain will reduce cruiser requirements from 70 to 50. The move is seen as backing Hoover MacDonald disarmament pact. Secretary Stimson declines comment, awaiting official word. US delegates view the announcement as a British seal of approval amid the London naval arms conference.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
George Washington
H. V Alexander
Admiralty
Great Britain
Hoover
MacDonald
Stimson
Alexander
Britain
United States
Search Starts For Two Fliers In Altitude Test Disappearance
More than sixty airplanes prepared to search the New York metropolitan area for two airmen missing after an altitude test from Farmingdale Long Island. Daniel Marra a 24 year old pilot and William Kirkpatrick observer took off yesterday from the Fairchild Aviation field. Clouds and wind hampered visibility and six hours passed with no sign as sleet and snow began to fall.
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New York
Roosevelt Field
Hadley Field
Curtiss
Newark
Teterboro
Daniel Marra
William Kirkpatrick
Farmingdale
L. I
Fairchild Aviation Corporation
Lancaster Citywide audit ordered after bond controversy
Lancaster mayor T Warren Metzger orders an immediate audit of all city fiscal affairs following a report that former city comptroller Ralph J Boyd may be about 6000 dollars short. Boyd was a coalition leader and banker. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Baltimore was notified about the shortage. Officials said accounts balanced at transition but later found irregularities and a definite shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Lancaster
T. Warren Metzger
Ralph J. Boyd
Boyd
Metzger
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Metzer
Will Rogers Attends London Naval Conference
Will Rogers the cowboy humorist sails aboard the Bremen bound for Europe as a surprise delegate to the London naval conference. He says he will use a three week vacation to help the delegations fix things up and improve the talks.
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Will Rogers
International News Services
New York
Europe
Bremen
London
Rogers
Parrot Fever Triggers Warnings as Two Die in U.S.
Health authorities moved to curb psittacosis after two U.S. deaths Louise Schaeffer in Baltimore and Percy Williams in Toledo. Illness spread to Annapolis Warren and others. quarantine placed on Warren households. cases linked to a parrot shipment from Argentina. Germany also reports deaths. experts note Argentina outbreak and a theatrical parrot incident.
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James L. Kilgallen
International News Service
Taft
Louise Schaeffer
Baltimore
Percy C. Williams
Toledo
Annapolis
Warren
Williams
W. W. McEntire
Germany
United States
Cummings
Washington
New York City
New York
Shirley Wynne
Insurgent plan proposes $10 million sugar bounty compromise
Washington reports that Republican insurgents in the Senate will push a plan to pay an annual $10 million bounty to American sugar growers. The proposal would set a bounty of 44 cents per hundredweight, equal to the difference between the Cuban sugar duty and the proposed higher rate, aiming to save consumers about $50 million yearly while raising tariff on Cuban imports.
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Edward B. Lockett
International News Service
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
America
Scout Leaders Honor Calahan At Testimonial
The Scout Leaders banquet honored J. Lee Calahan as he leaves the city for a deputy regional executive post in Region Three. At Shenango United Presbyterian Church 85 scouts and leaders shared chicken and hot biscuits. Ralph F Davis served as toastmaster and presented Calahan with binoculars, amid thanks to the scout board and council.
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J. Lee Calahan
Shenango United Presbyterian Church
New Wilmington Road
Scout Council
Lady Friends
Irwin Ropp
Scout Leaders’ Association
A. M. Stump
Scout Board
Calahan
Region Three
Davis
Dight Speaks At Alabama Sons of the American Revolution Banquet
The New Castle chapter held its annual January banquet at the Elks Club with about 40 attendees including members and their wives. Rev Phillip C. Pearson gave grace, and Mrs W J Caldwell sang two solos with Miss Helen Ewing on piano. Historian Mrs Francis G Simonton reviewed the year noting more than 100 graves marked or commemorated.
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New Castle
Sons of the American Revolution
Elks Club
Phillip C. Pearson
Trinity Episcopal Church
W. J. Caldwell
Helen Ewing
Herb D. McGoun
Francis G. Simonton
Edenburg
Simonton
Durin
Two Meet Death In Pittsburgh In Auto Streetcar Crash
In Pittsburgh a man Theodore T Schoos aged 40 and woman Rosalie Rowan aged 48 of Ingram died after Schoos blinded by car lights crashed their automobile into a streetcar. H D Rowan husband of the deceased said Schoos was a family friend who offered to drive Mrs Rowan home after a lodge meeting.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Theodore T Schoos
Rosalie Rowan
Ingram
H. D. Rowan
Schoos
Bandits Dress Up In Fashion for Robbery
Pittsburgh bandits dressed in high fashion including spats robed Joseph Jackson at West Homestead while he drove through Schenley Park and relieved him of 67 dollars last night.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Bandits
Joseph Jackson
West Homestead
Schenley Park
Rosenwald Settles Million on New Bride in Prenuptial
Chicago January 11 Julius Rosenwald leading philanthropist signs a prenuptial agreement giving his bride Adelaide Goodkind one million dollars in securities in exchange for waiving dower rights to his estate. The couple married recently in Lessing Rosenwald's home and depart for a honeymoon cruise to Italy and Egypt aboard the Saturnia. Mrs Goodkind is a widow with her own considerable wealth from a Minnesota pioneer merchant fortune.
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International News Service
Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Adelaide Goodkind
Rosenwald
Saturnia
Italy
Egypt
Lessing
Benjamin L. Goodkind
St. Paul
Minn
United States
Death Notices and Ages for Local Residents
Death notices list Mary Caparino age 5 of Friendship Street, Andy Worwyks 37 of S08 Frank Avenue, and Mrs James F Hennon 46 of Chewton Pa, with standard obituary brief details.
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Mary Caparino
Friendship Street
Andy Worwyks
Frank
Nue
James F. Hennon
Chewton, Pa
Girl in Battle to Save Purse
Police investigated two recent purse snatching attempts by a young man in the city. In the first report Mrs Heckathorne on Whippo and Chestnut streets said a man stabbed a girl near her home.
Million cannot buy the joys that money cannot buy
The author laments that wealth cannot purchase true friendship joy or inner peace. Money can buy a four wall home and material comforts but not contentment or the warmth of a freckled laugh or supportive handclasp. The poem notes money buys clothes, a car, and meals, yet cannot ease grief or provide shelter for the heart. Weather is bright at thirty four.
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