Thieves Break Into Two Churches in Sunday Night Theft
Two churches, First Presbyterian and Trinity Episcopal, were broken into last night with about $20 in cash and several checks taken. Windows into the Sunday school rooms were forced. Rev P C Pearson observed two boys near the church earlier, and police believe youths were the culprits. Detective C G Logan and Officer John Moore investigate.
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First Presbyterian
Trinity Episcopa
C. G. Logan
John Moore
Reb
First Presbyterian Church
Wadler E. McClure
Trinity Episcopal Church
P. C. Pearson
Pearson
Falls Street
Hast Street
Lusk Proposes Tax Exoneration for Aged Resident
Councilman Lusk announces support for exonerating 91 year old Mary Boyle of 110 South Mulberry street from taxes. Colleagues back the move as the board of revision prepares to make the final decision on tax relief for the senior resident.
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Lusk
Mary Boyle
South Mulberry Street
Board of Revision
Wandering Pair Plans Hasty Escape From City Life
Arthur Mometer describes a planned trip with a friend leaving in a pal's flivver. They will pack lightly and depart within three weeks, seeking a quiet, deserted place away from crowds. Weather is warm, around eighty eight, and they aim to stay briefly before continuing their journey.
Heat Wave Again Stifles New Castle
A noon shower offers brief relief from a brutal heat wave in New Castle as Old Man Humidity returns with high temperatures not far from 95. Streets swelter, drinking fountains run busy, and ice and soft drink vendors report bustling demand while mills brace for hotter days ahead.
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New Castle
Sahara
United States Ready To Talk French Funding
United States debt funding talks with France are ready to begin at once or after August 16, with a ten day August 5 to 15 reserved for Belgium negotiations. French ambassador Daeschner communicated that the talks may start before mid August if convenient, while Italy debt discussions are also expected in early August.
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H. EK
Reynolds International News Service
Washington
Emile Daeschner
Paris
American Debt Funding Commission
United States
Belgium
Treasury
American Debt Commission
Caillaux
Debt Commission
Italy
American Commission
Ground Is Broken For County Home Construction
After Judge Emery approved contracts, ground was broken this morning by Smith and Bauman for the foundation. Work will proceed quickly to finish before bad weather, with completion hoped before next spring. The new building will shift oversight from the poor overseer to the county commissioners.
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Emery
Smith
Bauman
County Commissioners Office
Rum Runners Slay Officer in Salina California
Deputy Sheriff N H Rader was killed and Sheriff W A Dyer with State Traffic Officer Henry Livingston seriously wounded when rum runners battled a sheriff s posse near Moss Landing California. A cavalry detachment was summoned to pursue the raiders who fled into a hay field after a machine gun was fired. Two trucks and a touring car were seized. Livingston was cut by flying glass and the pursuit continued toward Moss Landing and Watsonville for aid.
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Saulletin
International News Service
Salina
Calif
N. H. Rader
W. A. Dyer
Henry Livingston
Moss Landing
Moses Landing
United States
rum chaser #5
Livingston
Watsonville
University Needle In California Picks Up Earthquake Shock
A UC seismograph in Berkeley recorded a minor earthquake at 6 17 29 am. The quake was estimated 1000 to 2000 miles away with unclear direction. Dr Perry Byerly said the event did not match known Japan shocks and could have occurred in Alaska or Mexico.
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International News Service
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Perry Byerly
Observatory
Japan
Alaska
Mexico
Dayton Welcomes William Jennings Bryan Amid Scopes Trial
Dayton Tennessee readies a large welcome for William Jennings Bryan who travels to aid the prosecution in the Scopes case. The town plans a municipal celebration as Judge Gore’s decision limits pretrial injunctions, highlighting a looming clash between fundamentalists and evolutionists in the famed trial.
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William K. Hutchinson
International
We Service
Blair Gorn
Dayton
Tenn
Payton
William Jennings Bryan
John T. Scopes
Bryan
Florida
John T. Gore
Cookeville
Judge Calls Off Trial Of Slayers
In Noblesville Indiana on July 7 judges adjourned the murder case of David C. Stephenson Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck until October. Attorneys argued over principal defendant and sought bail or a new trial before a different judge. Defense planned a habeas corpus challenge to remove the presiding judge.
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J. F. Yoder
Noblesville Ind
David C. Stephenson
Earl Gentry
Earl Klenck
Madge Qberholtzer
Hines
Stephenson
Rip
Gentry
Klinck
State Supreme Court
Indictments Loom In Pickwick Club Disaster
Boston July 7 with 43 dead state and city officials clash over blame as Suffolk grand jury resumes hearings. 45 witnesses testify while squads of workers search the ruins for more bodies. Independent state inquiry possible. secretary Cook says club lacked charter and operated illegally.
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International News
Boston
Mass
John H Mahonay
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Pickwick Night Club
Ag Mahoney
Jay
Alvan T. Puller
Pickwick Club
Safety
Foot
James Curley
Mahoney
James J. Headrick
Cook
Bishop Berry Ill in Jamestown Hospital
Dr. H A Ellis reports Bishop Joseph Berry of the Methodist Episcopal church is critically ill at the W C A Hospital in Jamestown New York. He has been hospitalized for two weeks with an abscess on his head and previously conducted meetings in the First M E church of New Castle last winter, drawing many friends here who regret the illness.
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H. A. Ellis
M. E
Charles E. Welch
Jamestown
N. Y
Joseph Berry
Methodist Episcopal
Berry
New Castle
Milk Thefts Reported Across City Neighborhoods
Police report regular milk thefts at night in several city districts. Joe Mostrapillio of S21 Morton Street cites a man and a boy in a car making rounds and taking milk from porches during midnight hours.
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Joe Mostrapillio
S21
Morton Street
Councilmen Fix Personal Tax Valuations For Coming Year
Tax revision sets 1926 occupational rates across professions from real estate agents to firefighters. Aldermen face 250, auditors 300, barbers 300, butchers 400, detectives 280, judges 1000, with many others including masters and junk dealers at 500. Changes follow rise of new occupations and debates on whether some groups earn year round.
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Lusk
Drewe
Drive Carefully You May Be Next in New Castle Area
Report covers traffic accidents from June 28 to July 4 with 35 persons injured outside city and in county, plus 442 injured and 190 fatalities from January 1 to July 4. Inside city incidents incomplete.
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New Castle
Coolidge Won’t Engage In Klan Row Precedent Set By 1920
President Coolidge will ignore the Ku Klux Klan controversy as hundreds of letters about addressing and reviewing a Klan assembly go unanswered. An official source says he will follow his 1920 stance of not issuing a definite pronouncement on the Klan. The issue arose after Col C O Sherrill asked for guidance on allowing the Sylvan Theatre rally in Washington park. aides say the president is displeased and the matter may continue.
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George F. Durno
International News Service
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
White House
C. O. Sherrill
Sylvan Theatre
Washington Park System
Conlidge
Sherrill
Weil
Troop A Prepares For Camp With Encampment Dates
Captain John B. Brettell recalls Troop A of the 104th regiment to be ready for encampment from August 3 to August 21. The period before camp will focus on intensive drilling in mounted formations.
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John B. Brettell
104Th Regiment
Death Record for Veale Phillips and Others
Death notice from New Wilmington reports Mrs Veale Phillips, Hosea Warner aged 72 of Petersburg, and Cain aged 70 of Ashtabula, O. Entities include Veale Phillips, Hosea Warner, Cain, Petersburg, Ashtabula, New Wilmington, and Ohio.
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Veale Phillips
New Wilmington
Hosea. Warner
Petersburg
Picnic Boat Capsizes Drowning Eight At Lake Pinafore
At Lake Pinafore near St Thomas Ontario a picnic boat carrying twenty six children and one woman capsized, killing eight people including five children and one adult. Dozens search for more bodies as relatives watch. Names recovered include Mrs. Thomas Watts and Joan Robinson. others still missing are Roland Smith and Jackie Sutherland.
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International
Lews Service
ST. Thomas
Ont
Lake
Pinafore
Mrs. Thomas Watts
Joan Robinson
Edith May Robinson
Frances Wilder
Murray Barnes
Jean Murray
Roland Smith
Jackie Sutherland
asWan
Buntman Injured At A R Crossing
Joe Buntman of New Castle is hospitalized in Mercer with serious injuries after his truck collided with a Pennsylvania passenger train at Turner's crossing near Mercer. He leaped clear but was struck by the impact. the truck was demolished and injury severity remains high though recovery expected.
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Mercer
Joe Buntman
New Castle
Mercer Hospital
Pennsylvania
Turner’s Crossing
Buntman
Traf
Coolidge Attends Son's Grave Anniversary
SWAMPSCOTT Mass July 7 Today marks the first anniversary of Cal vi n Coolidge Jr s death The president and Mrs Coolidge planned to visit his grave in Plymouth Vermont but the president s father s illness changed plans They placed a moral note from Washington on the grave in Plymouth Vermont
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Swampscott
Mass
Coollidge
Calvin, Sr
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Picture House
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D. C. Davies
Lusi
Rum Fleet
Derrida Cain
Ashtabula
Canada
A.R
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