24 Jan 1929
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
1
New York dispatch notes Democrats bet Hoover 24 million to test prohibition enforcement. Worded as a political gambit to pressure action on the people’s money. A clipped exchange questions if senators are true statesmen as veto looms. A separate court remark recalls a woman saying she forgot if she shot her husband or not.
Westminster celebrates the second anniversary of the Old Main fire as the new main building nears readiness, with the Robert Audley Browne dormitory opening this year signaling significant expansion. The community anticipates next January’s Royal and Silent Masters convention in New Castle as the city welcomes major events.
Two years after Old Main at Westminster College burned, the campus prepares a new building. The fire started about 3 30 a m as students and townspeople watched. Classes resumed the next day in improvised rooms as faculty increased staff to meet rising enrollment. Builders have begun work on a replacement, with ongoing plans to restore college life.
Bellevue morgues hold five unclaimed bodies from Tuesday's bus disaster that killed 19. Four white men and a negra woman remain unidentified. A correction identified Elmer Almond as Elmer Alexander. One victim is believed to be a pal of Teddy Brawski, a Brooklyn gunman, with police silent on details.
Washington January 24 A compromise plan advances on a drastic deportation bill targeting alien gunmen racketeers and bootleggers in major cities The Johnson deportation bill will be returned to the immigration committee to craft a compromise broadening deportation limits while sparing those with minor offenses The national origins clause repeal looms as a related aim and could reshape July quotas, with Senate and House key actions expected this week
Major Ban Segrave, famed English racing motorist, leaves for the United States January 30 or 31 aiming for an average speed of 240 miles per hour and a top of at least 260. His 1000 horsepower car The Golden Arrow is described as an engineering marvel, seeking to wrest the automobile speed record from America.
Calvin E. James a 27 year old Upper Darby bootlegger electrocuted last Monday for the slaying of William Harold Dunstan on April 15 1928 was buried in Mechanicsville cemetery near Doylestown with simple funeral rites. He left twelve brothers and sisters as mourners.
Lansing aviator Hddie Preston took off at the Governor’s request to locate Lewis Sweet, a fisherman swept from an ice field in the Straits of Mackinac. Sweet lacked food but had fuel and a makeshift shack. Preston plans to land at Petoskey for supplies if the search succeeds.
Lawrence County Wool Growers Association displays at the Pennsylvania State Products Show in Harrisburg win eight prizes and a cup for the third time. The Lawrence group take first in medium wool, plus top placements in Merino, Weber, half blood ewe and other classes. Mercer County also wins several prizes while state products show sessions run through Friday evening.
Captain W E Gastinger and Officer Rodgers viewed a morgue body in Cleveland on Wednesday. The body matched the missing Pennsylvania railroad crossing man Stanley Rezedanik but authorities determined it was someone else.
From the police station bunkroom last night a crippled man said he was from Baltimore and grew ill this morning as he left. An officer ferried him to the City Mission on South Mercer Street where Rev. Benjamin Watkins reported his condition and Poor Director Hogue will arrange care.
Spanish American War veterans from Colonel Daniel Leasure camp No 24 urged by Commander Orville VanHorn to attend the funeral of Lewis Day of Pueblo Colorado a member of Company B 16th regiment at the Legion Home Friday at 1 30 PM.
W Helle was reelected president of the Lawrence County School Directors association at its twenty sixth annual convention in the Second United Presbyterian church. Pp W Griffin and W Fenton were reelected vice presidents, Mary Walker secretary, Scott Aildoo treasurer. The theme was The Duty of the School Director. Dr. Robert C. Shaw and County Superintendent John Syling spoke as 60 members gathered. Helle noted state and national common problems and discussed plans for rural school building insurance and improved school boards knowledge of the school code.
Dwight W. Morrow's future status as ambassador to Mexico likely will be decided within a week. Hoover hosted him at Belle Isle, signaling a preference to keep Morrow in Mexico City to advance evolving Mexican-American relations amid earlier disputes over land and petroleum laws. The article notes Morrow's name is linked to secretary of state but suggests Hoover will not offer the post, aiming to retain his ambassador for continued diplomacy.
Death records list Mrs Mary Kemp 73 of East Brook Betty Jane Bennett five months old Enon Valley Mrs Sarah C Sampson holder of $1 Payette and Mrs Anna J McMillin 73 Aliquip pau reflects fragmented obituary notices from the region
One of the largest realty deals in New Castle in years, the northwest corner of North Mill and Walls streets sold to Pennzoil Co for about 90100. The property, 180 feet square, was owned by P. Brown and D. H. Long and will likely host a Pennzoil station after the option was exercised.
Governor John S. Fisher appoints Attorney General Thomas J. Baldridge to the Superior court bench to fill the late Judge John J. Henderson's vacancy in Meadville. Cyrus E. Wood will become attorney general. Baldridge previously served as Blair County judge and briefed by Andover and Bucknell.
The liner America, sailing 700 miles off the Virginia Capes after a 31 hour sea chase, rescued 32 men from the sinking Italian freighter Florida. Captain George Fried led the perilous operation, transferring all crew to the America just as they neared collapse. The dramatic rescue marks a historic high sea achievement.
Six inches of ice with 200 feet of open water on the Detroit river enable downriver importers to smuggle cargo from Canada to the United States. Automobiles drive to the Canadian export docks where goods tagged for Cuba are loaded onto scows, pushed into floe ice, and towed to boathouses on the American side. Crews transfer loads while empty scows return, with trucks labeled furniture, dry goods, or flowers departing afterward.
Arthur Mometer prepares for a new start as he moves from grade school toward high school and beyond. He will begin Monday, marking the first day of a path he hopes to pursue regardless of future college or distant goals.
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