19 Jan 1923
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1923
Page
1
The Rev Williams announces resignation from his current charge and plans to depart the city around March 18, ending his ministry at the local church and reducing his duties in the come weeks.
The film world mourns the death of Wally Reid once a noted youth hero. Dorothy Davenport his wife endures grief at their Delongpre home as messages of sympathy pour in from Universal and European fans.
Owen Penfield Fox, a New Castle artist, is recognized in the Chicago issued Sports Afield magazine. One drawing shows an Indian encampment by a lake at dusk. Fox, known for depicting Indian types, has done advertising sketches for Brown and Hamilton and will contribute more drawings to the magazine.
Arthur Mometer praises the brass band as it marches past. He loves the big bass drum’s booming rhythm and the drummer's steady pounding though he notes drummers rarely gain fame. He insists bands would fail without them and celebrates their handy, relentless tempo.
London January 19 The German embassy denied an official German mission was coming to London to seek British intervention in the Rhineland. It admitted that representatives of German industry and coal miners might travel from the Rhineland to present representations to the British government. British officials thought Premier Bonar Law would require a definite plan before meeting any German envoy. The premier desires to keep Britain neutral.
Three applications for liquor licenses were filed with the license court before the deadline tomorrow. Standard Brewing Co seeks a brewer license in Eighth ward, Fritz Loeh berger seeks a restaurant license in the same ward, and Tony G Turner seeks a hotel license at Wilwood City. More filings are expected tomorrow as the state limits sales of beverages with less than one half of one percent alcohol under the Volstead act.
A garbled OCR list shows marriage licenses with names and places such as Fency Dewenreds from Detroit, Anna Brilla from New Castle, Adeline Otling and Ralph Urban from Warren Ohio, Christen Peulusi from New Castle. The entry lacks clear formatting and full details.
Paris officials say France has drafted a plan to create an independent autonomous state from the German Rhineland if Germany rejects France's terms for an indemnity settlement. The report comes from Duternations News Service Braft Correspondent Frank Bh Mason.
A number of coal mine managers in the Ruhr were arrested by the French for failing to deliver coal to the allies. The step marks tighter French control as occupation nears two weeks, with requisitioning of coal barges and trains and threats to force production to pay reparations. The stakes center on how labor will respond to forced output amid the Franco Belgian presence.
Lawrence county commissioners and New Castle councilmen will meet at 10 30 a m Monday in council chambers to discuss constructing a Gardner avenue viaduct. Petitions from industrial plant workers urge action due to a hazardous structure and fear of catastrophe. The councils forwarded the petitions to county commissioners and then to Harrisburg and the state committee.
Council grants Bell Telephone permission to extend conduit 85 feet between curbline and sidewalk on South Jefferson street. Atlantic Refining erects two gas glutton units at South Telfarson and Lawrance street, to be removed as terminal pole under city engineer supervision.
San Diego reports the death of 20 year old Fritz Mann an Oriental dancer found washed ashore near Torrey Pines Beach. Police hold two men including Roger W. Clark and Dr Lewis L Jacobs as suspects amid an autopsy and inquest that point to a possible killer who wrapped the body in an army blanket and dumped it along the beach.
International News Service reports France begins requisition of Prussian state mines in the Rhineland and an inter allied commission orders customs officials to obey the allies not the Berlin government. General DeGoutte acts as military governor and orders exploitation of state forests while talks of a Rhineland customs barrier intensify. Private exchanges show 26,000 marks per dollar amid shifting wartime finances.
City Assessor Andrew Sands presented to council the 1925 valuation totals by ward, noting increases in real estate and personal property across all wards. The overall taxable real estate is 29,801,060 with 3,037,440 in personal assessments and 3,320,180 in non taxable property, totaling 32,833,500 for city and school taxes.
A committee was appointed to secure further figures on the proposed Elks hotel in New Castle. At a Thursday gathering on North Mill Street, Mayor Pred Rentz named John Hutton, Gunkingar, and John S. Davin to investigate costs and details, with a report due at the next general committee meeting on January 24.
In Harrisburg area, January 20, Turner Brathergs wells near Harlansburgh will feed 400,000 extra cubic feet daily into Manufacturer's Light and Heat lines as weather delays ease. Joseph Campbell, royal manager of the Ras company, reports progress with pipe and meter work adjoining New Castle. The new supply serves as an emergency reserve for peak demand.
Lieutenant Alexander Pearson Jr. completed a Dayton to New York hop in four hours three minutes yesterday. He left Garden City at 9 05 on the return to McCook Field Ohio with civilian instructor Bradley Jones as passenger. He will attempt a non stop return but not aim for a new record. Pearson called the trip a marvelous success.
E. J. Berquist, superintendent of City Rescue Mission, will speak Sunday morning at Memorial Presbyterian church in Youngstown. Rev. S. J. Purvis, formerly of Mahoningtown Presbyterian, pastors the church. Berquist will return to conduct afternoon and evening services at the mission.
A scanned death record fragment lists numerous individuals with partial addresses and ages including Mrs. George L. Brecht 3H and 511 Weet Cherry Street, Mrs. Emily Frances Washburn Taunton Massachusetts, Frank T. McCoy 88 of 1003 Wa mington Avenue, Mrs. Milo Cochran 00 on 1303 Moravia Street, Mr. Mary McConnell Crawford 81 of Washington, Ellen Magne 2108 O'ftoien Ave, Hubert Noble Minteer 60 of New Wilmington.
Five thousand German miners employed in Prussia state mines requisitioned by France went on strike in Essen and Duisburg as the French seized coal mines in the Ruhr region. French authorities warned workers not to strike. Mulheim Mayor said he had no power to arrest mine owners. A German mission planned to appeal to London for intervention.
Nancy Gardner Gunther daughter of City Solicitor James A Gardner of Nitinsport Tennessee writes a letter to Mayor Rentz councilmen and New Castle citizens expressing gratitude for the honors paid to her father on his eightieth birthday.
Slapshots At News details a 25 year old Woodlawn man John Sterger killed when his coat snagged on machinery at Jones and Baughlie mill yesterday. Other reports note Skelly of Rochester dies after an attack in East Wilmington last Saturday. Noble County faces a severe influenza outbreak with several deaths. A Me Pleasant church shooting ends in death of Charles Preststell. Pearl Cloud arrested after a quarrel over a girl. Pittsburgh sees twelve autos stolen in six hours with few recovered. Snow blocks country roads near Mauneh Chunk PA, six to seven feet deep. Rachael Kauffman of Aurora Ohio dies leaving 107 direct descendants.
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