Court Hearing On Injunction Next Tuesday
Judge S P Emery granted a temporary injunction to Jacob F Genkinger owner manager of the Opera House restraining Mayor William H Dunlap and the police department from interference with the show to be presented Saturday night and during the injunction period. The permanent injunction hearing is set for Tuesday January 29 at 930 a m.
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S. P. Emery
Jacob F. Genkinger
Opera House
William H. Dunlap
Butler Launches Third Offensive On Crime In Philadelphia
General Smedley D. Butler begins a new 48 hour crusade against vice in Philadelphia. He warns lieutenants to clean up districts or face dismissal as joints allegedly reopen in daylight and a night time surprise is hinted. He denounces officers for exaggerating results.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
Butler
Former Fire Chief Connery Honored at Surprise Banquet
A Carnegie Auditorium banquet honors former New Castle Fire Chief Frank J. Connery. Judge Emery extols his loyalty and service while Major Wadlinger acts as toastmaster. The event, organized by Knights of Columbus and local clubs, ends with a tribute and a community salute.
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P. Emery
Carnegie Auditorium
St. Mary's
Chief Connery
Connery
New Castle
Frank J. Connery
John A. Jackson
Knights of Columbus
Rotary, Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Jackson
Charles Lynn
Guy J. Wadlinger
America
Chief Lynn
Major Wadlinger
Singing of America
M. J. Brennan
Hattie Sullivan
Another Woman Slayer To Hang For Georgia Crime
Ida Hughes faces death by hanging after a brief trial in Atlanta Georgia for killing her mother in law Mrs M C Hughes about a month earlier. The jury deliberated three hours and the defendant was in her cell when verdict was returned. The case is linked to her husband who is jointly charged.
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B. V. Sturdivant
International News Service
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia
Ida Hughes
G. H. Howard
M. C. Hughes
Unofficial Funeral Observed For Red Leader Lenin
Nicolai Lenine's death prompts unofficial funeral services in Moscow as throngs file past the crimson bier at Trades Union Hall. A winter scene of zero weather and frozen ground surrounds crowds singing revolutionary tunes while bands play the Internationale and labor unions arrive from out of town.
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WM. Reswick
International News Service
Moscow
Nicolai Lenine
Red Square
Kremlin
Lenine
Trades Union
Postmaster for New Castle to be named by July Start
The next postmaster for New Castle will be appointed by Congressman T W Phillips with term start July 1. Candidates include Edwin E Crawford and Joseph S Pyle, with other hopefuls from postal and local business backgrounds. If a $550000 post office expansion is funded, the new appointee will oversee a larger receiving and mail handling plant.
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New Castle
H. M. Good
Edwin E. Crawford
Crawford
Joseph S. Pyle
William E. Harris
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. L. McMillen
C. Lee Horner
T W. Phillips
Thomas W. Phillips, Jr
Two Major Conflagrations Alarm Syracuse Authorities
Syracuse police and fire officials opened investigations into two large disasters. One fire at the Manhattan Hotel downtown left one dead and two missing, imperiling about 400 people and causing over $100,000 in damage. A blast on Burnet avenue’s Little Italy destroyed five homes, prompting arson ring suspicions and a rapid, extensive blaze.
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International News Service
Syracuse
N. Y
Manhattan Hotel
Burnet Avenue
Little Italy
Burnett Avenue
New York
Fall Defends Doheny Loan as Past Favor in Alaska Years
Ex Secretary of the Interior Albert B Fall testified he received a $100000 loan from Doheny not tied to the Elk Hills lease, insisting the money was a personal favor from a 30 year friend. Doheny said the loan was repaid later, though no repayment has been mentioned since.
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Albert B. Fall
Doheny
Naval Reserve Lands
California
Fall
Internation News Service
FE. L. Doheny
Pan- American Petroleum Company
Senate Public Lands Committee
Naval Reserve
Elk Hills
Calif
Washington
New York
Speed Cop Slows Traffic In Slippery Winter Day
Arthur Mometer observes icy roads and warns speeders to slow down as snow and rain make conditions dangerous. He notes few drivers push speeds on wintry days and emphasizes the risk of skidding and collisions.
Fireman Walter Wilson Dies From Train Accident
Walter Wilson of 405 West Clayton street died at Shenango Valley Hospital from a fractured skull after falling from a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Edenburg early Thursday. He was 30, born January 7, 1894 in Blackford, Virginia, married three years ago to Jessie Robinson Wilson, and survived by parents Franklin Fierce Wilson and Josephine Taylor Wilson, five brothers, and two sisters. Funeral services are set for Monday at his Clayton street home with Rev. Harry G. Kaye, burial at Oak Park cemetery.
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Walter Wilson
West
Clayton Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shenango Valley
Edenburg
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Blackford
Franklin Fierce
Josephine Taylor Wilson
Jessie Robinson Wilson
Virginia
Madison Avenue Christian Church
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
Harry G. Kaye
Madison Avenue
Ex convict jailed for Detroit street shooting
George Kelly 52 was shot dead on the steps of a John R street residence in Detroit. Police arrested ex-convict John Pudgy Joseph Dunn, reported to have terrorized Missouri prisons and linked to past killings. Dunn allegedly confessed self defense. two women from the residence named Florence Higgins and May Edwards as witnesses.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
George Kelly
John R
John
Pudgy
Joseph Dunn
Dunn
Missouri
St. Louis
William T. Egan
Kelly
John R Street
Florence Higgins
Belleville
Ill
May Edwards
Plan Triumvirate Rule For Russia
London dispatch reports Soviet Russia to be ruled by a Triumvirate of Leo Kamenevy M Rykov and M Tsurupa as joint presidents replacing Nicolai Lenin. The trio comes from top posts in the council of peoples commissaries and will govern in the immediate future.
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International News Service
London
Russia
Leo Kamenevy
Council of Peoples’ Commissaries
M. Rykov
M. Tsurupa
Moscow
Evening News Today
George Tchitcherin
Peoples’ Commissar
Nicolai Lenine
Counsel of Peoples Commissaries
Marriage Licenses Issued in New Brighton
Samuel C. Apland and Agnes C. Holland of New Brighton received marriage licenses. The filing lists both parties as residents of New Brighton.
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Samuel C. Apland
New Brighton
Agnes C. Holland
New Grade One Pupils To Start On Monday
Superintendent Ben G. Graham of the New Castle public schools announced that Monday is the enrollment date for new first grade pupils. He urged parents to have eligible children start school on Monday morning.
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Ben. G. Graham
New Castle Public Schools
Rentz withdraws from state senate race due to illness
Fred L. Rentz has withdrawn from the Republican nomination race for State Senator. Speaking from Cambridge Springs where he is resting under a physician's orders he said campaign activities would worsen his health. County Commissioner George T. Weingartner may announce his candidacy within days.
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Fred L. Rentz
Cambridge Springs
Rentz
Lawrence
Beaver
George T. Weingartner
Mabel Normand to Appear Before Chicago Club Women
Chicago January 25 film actress Mabel Normand will speak publicly after her full recovery before a gathering of Chicago club women who invited her to recount the shooting of Courtland S. Dines by her chauffeur The secretary confirms the plan and notes that discussions on barring films of Normand arose from New Year party revelations involving Edna Purviance and Chaplin colleagues.
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International News Service
Chicago
Mabel Normand
Chicago Club
Courtland
Dines
Sophia Delavan Cowles
Chicago Women Chamber of Commerce
Miss Normand
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Edna _ Purviance
Chaplin
Council approves bill for Gardner avenue viaduct work
The council authorized honoring a bill for 3352.23 presented by Lawrence County commissioners for work on the Gardner Avenue viaduct.
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Council
Lawrence County
Gardner Avenue
Three Meadville Boys Hurt In Bobsled Crash May Die
Meadville Pa January 26 three of the five boys injured in a second serious bobsled accident in two days were listed in critical condition Carl Stadler 16 Earl Swartz 14 and William Snakey 14 all Meadville and James Horne 20 and Garrett Miller 18 of Warren Pa freshman at Allegheny College. Stadler Swartz and Snakey suffered fractured skulls and probable internal injuries.
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International News Service
Meadville
Carl Stadler
Earl Swartz
William Snakey
James Horne
Garrett Miller
Warren
Allegheny College
Stadler
Swartz
Snakey
Cold Wave to Hit Western Pennsylvania Tonight
Weather forecasters warn a northwest cold wave will drop temperatures to about ten degrees tonight in Western Pennsylvania. Snow is expected with the cold spell, with the peak moving into eastern sections by tomorrow night and lingering through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Mellon Ignores Challenge On Wealth Extent In Tax Row
Washington January 25 a fresh chapter in the Mellon Couzens tax correspondence. Mellon replies to Couzens calling his reasoning unique and insists business is hurt by high surtaxes. He ignores demands to disclose his personal wealth and potential gains from tax cuts.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Couzens
Michigan
Mellon
Congress
Public Schools Promotion Day Observed Citywide
Mid-Year Promotion Day actions extend through all grades with cards indicating eligibility to advance. Junior High students largely move to Senior High as a banquet celebrates progress and commitment to continued schooling in Franklin. Entrance Day on Monday January 28 welcomes about two hundred new pupils with early attendance urged for parents and children.
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Franklin
Five Defendants In Harness Trial Found Not Guilty
In Parkersburg West Virginia on January 25 five remaining defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the government in the war harness contracts case were found not guilty at a special night session of federal court. The trial marked the collapse of the first war fraud case.
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International News Service
Parkersburg
W. Va
U. S. Harness Co
Ransom
Deaths in City and Nearby Areas Reported
The notice lists Walter Wilson aged 30 of 405 West Clayton Street and Margaret McIntosh of St Petersburg Florida among deceased. Also named are James Clarke McCleery 81 of Jefferson Ohio Milton Sample 78 Akron Ohio Mrs Scott Edeburn 58 West Middlesex and Andrew Paugust 72 City Home and J W Norris 68 St East Main Street.
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Walter Wilson
West Clayton Street
Margaret McIntosh
St. Petersburg
Ela
James Clarke McCleery
Jefferson
Ohio
Milton Sample
Akron
Scott Edeburn
West Middlesex
Andrew Paugust
City Home
J. W. Norris
St. East Main Street
News Snapshots From Kane And Beyond
Police hunt a man who beat a horse to death near Kane Pennsylvania as it failed to pull a load. A grocer from Erie named O L Wilseffer grappled with a handgun wielding youth resisting a holdup but the bandit escaped. A family in Oil City faces tragedy when older children smother their baby sister Josephine six months. Jeanette school board member Maud Tresher seeks Westmoreland County legislature seat. Police probe explosion at O H Wilson’s grocery in Youngstown and a train strike injures no one as pastor D R Davidson and two others escape unharmed after a grade crossing wreck.
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Kane
Joseph Rybak
Oil City
Josephine
Child Dies in Altoona Fire From Toy Fireball
Hilda Corbin seven months old died in Altoona after a four year old sister tossed a celluloid fish that fell on a stove and burst into flames upon striking the child’s hip the fire causing fatal burns.
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Hilda Corbin
Altoona
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Dunlap
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Steve
John Griffith
Paul Pitzer
Faye
Howard
Bier
Phillips
Kenneth W. Clare
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Arthur Mometer
Detroit Street
PLAN
Club Women of
Secretary of Treasury
Surtax Retards Business
Gheorge R. Holmes
Mawreaanan Aant
O. L. Wilseffer
Erie
Maud BR. Tresher
Jeanette
Westmoreland County
Youngstown
O. H. Wilson
D. R. Davidson
Sheffield
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