Missing Smith case shifts to southern states
Northampton mass January 28 search for Miss Irances St Johns Smith a missing college freshman shifted to Louisiana Arkansas and Alabama after letters to her parents from Miss Helen Coss described a girl posing as Miss Smith. Coss says they were part of a chewing gum promotion distributing samples.
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International News Service
Northampton
Mass
Irances St. John Smith
Louisiana
Arkansas
Alabama
Butler
Helen Coss
Miss Smith
Pennsylvania
Miss Coss
Covington
Jury In Hickman Trial Believed Now Selected
Three women and nine men were tentatively chosen to sit in judgment on William Edward Hickman in the Marion Parker kidnapping and murder case. The trial, paused over the weekend, is set to resume Monday with the jury to be sworn in after the district attorney and defense indicated satisfaction with the panel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
J. J. Trabucco
Asa Keyes
Trabucco
Geneva College President Gives Address at 49th Senior High Graduation
Dr. McCleod M. Pearce, president of Geneva College, delivered the keynote at the Senior High school's 49th commencement in New Castle. Fifty three seniors received diplomas in a mid year graduation praised as a landmark. He urged building a better world, community, and character, stressing co education and youth vision.
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McCleod M. Pearce
Geneva College
New Castle
Castleton
Auntie Pilot Leads New Wave In Female Flight
Ruth Nichols, a Wellsley graduate and New York socialite, flew a hydroplane from New York to Miami with two men aboard to show that aviation can be casual and accessible. She aims to engage young women of leisure in flying as a practical pursuit and potential work.
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Hazel Canning
Central Press
New Castle News
New York
Ruth Nichol
Wellesley College
Miami
New York City
Miss Nichols
Snow Trail Ends in Capture of Hoyt Homes Burglar
New Castle police tracked a suspect through fresh snow from the Hoyt homes on Winter and Leasure avenues to Edenburg, arresting Richard Cowan alias G Andersen, 28, after a gun confrontation. Officers recovered Frank Hoyt’s diamond ring valued at 2500 and wallets with about 60 dollars, plus a 32 caliber gun and shells. Cowan confessed to the Burglaries before later denying guilt in the detective bureau.
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Edenburg
Hoyt
Omaha
Wilson
New Castle
Richard Cowan
G. Andersen
Maha
Nebraska
Alex Crawford Hoyt
Miss May
Frank Hoyt
Winter Avenue
Miss May Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
Miss May Hey
A. G. Harper
John Moore
Clarence Samuels
George S. Kennedy
Carl Lockard
Winter
Leasure
Water Works
North Hill District
Euclid Avenue
Pulaski Road
Harbor Bridge
Detective Bureau
New York
Allentown
Bowery
Cowan
Anderso
Edenbure
Lawrence Hotel
West Washington Street
Harper
C. C. Horner
Samuels and
Lynch
A.C. Hoyt
Basketball Night at the Hill Emphasized by Loyal Fans
The poem paints a scene of Arthur Mometer and twenty onlookers watching a winter basketball game. Twenty players, twenty eyes, and a thousand fans fill bleachers as two five man teams compete on a polished floor under a high whistle. The verse captures the sport's thrill, courage, and communal spirit on a cold night.
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Panther
Walt
U.S. Wants Out of Nicaragua, Rogers Reports
Will Rogers quotes a Havana dinner remark about Secretary Hughes explaining Nicaragua policy. Rogers portrays Hughes as plainspoken and capable, saying the United States desires exit from Nicaragua as much as Hughes.
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U.S
Nicaragua
Hughes
Will
Beverly Hills
Cal
Havana
Snow and development reshape New Castle business district
A night of heavy snow and near zero temperatures reshapes New Castle as the First National Bank of Lawrence County builds a imposing new structure on Washington and Forcer. Traction crews clear tracks while street traffic adapts with Highland hill treacherous conditions. A local firm wins a road contract Eastbrook Volant progress slated for spring. The First United Presbyterian plans a new church site in a residential district. The column notes parking and traffic impacts and a Sid Smith reference.
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First Naional Bank
Lawrence County
Forcer
Washington Streets
Ing
Woods & Gold Company
Eastbrook
Volant No Mile
Residentia
President Coolidge Seeks New Rank for Major General Summerall
President Coolidge recommends elevating Major General Charles P Summerall to General of the Army after recalling him from the Pacific Coast. The move, proposed in a letter, aims to calm military circles amid disputes over senior ranks and hospital housing conditions.
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Williams
Neal International News Service
Washington
President Coolidge
Charles P. Summerall
Pacific Coast
Army
Summerall
Coolidge
War Ee
Davis
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama
Cement Plant Three resumes production after repairs
Lehigh Portland Cement plant number three began cement production on Friday January 28 after machinery repairs. More than 200 workers returned to the site, ending months of idleness caused by a cement stockoverhang and promising impact on the city’s business districts.
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Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Ghost Airplane Invention Aims Pilotless Flight Across Nation
The Flying Dutchman of air lore becomes a test case as Robert L. Mack plans a driverless, radio guided ghost aircraft to fly from New York to Los Angeles and back next June pending final arrangements. Police and public interest rise as a driverless car earlier startled crowds in western cities.
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National News Service
Los Angeles
Cal
New York
Robert L. Mack
Mack
Marriage Licenses Involving Pittsburgh and New Castle Names
Frank R. Wiles with Mamie Gruber in Pittsburgh. Lucille Dodson with Howard L. Reno in New Castle. Anna M. Shiderly in New Castle R.3. Ear Lancefield listed with no spouse clearly provided.
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Frank R. Wiles
Mamie Gruber
New Castle
Ear
Lancefield
Lucille Dodson
Howard L. Reno
New Castle, R. D
Anna M. Shiderly
New Castle R
New Tests For Dry Agents And Administrators
Senate contest fallout and election timing loom as William S. Vare plans to waive a recount in his 1926 Pennsylvania Senate race. He aims to speed a Wilson challenge to a decision before February 23 to keep his April primary path clear. Vare doubts major errors will overturn his 190,000 vote margin. Bitter Washington clash over dry agents nears resolution as civil service exams broaden eligibility.
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William S. Vare
Ei National News Service
Washington
San
William 8. Vare
Pennsylvania
Vare
Senate
William B. Wilson
Ware
Wilson
Robert Ss. Thornburgh
International News Service
Jan
Federal Prohibition Office
Civil Service Commission
Death record Captain John Ferguson Fullerton
Captain John Ferguson Fullerton 72 of San Diego California died. Infant Barber of Big Beaver Township is named in the record.
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John Ferguson Fullerton
San Diego
Cal
Infant Barber
Big Beaver Township
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