Firemen Battle Midnight Blaze At New Castle Lumber Plant
Firemen battled a fierce midnight fire that threatened the New Castle Lumber and Construction plant and the Lawrence Auto three story garage. Losses total about 12000 with insurance covering the damage. Authorities blame a loafing group called White Liners or Hootch Hounds, but no injuries occurred. The blaze started in the Treser ice house and spread to the shed, destroying a large stock of doors flooring and other lumber materials while damaging a company truck. A Rosena Furnace watchman notified Central Fire. Continued on Page Two.
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New Castle Lumber and Construction Company
Lawrence Auto Company
Charles H. Lynn
Rosena
Central Fire Department
MacMillan Arctic Expedition Returns to Civilisation
The Bowdoin under Dr Donald B MacMillan and his party, icebound in Greenland for over a year, nears Hawks Harbor Newfoundland aboard the U S S Milwaukee. A radio report says the Bowdoin is 187 miles from its last position and will head home once ice breaks up. The expedition left Wiscasset Maine on June 23 1923 seeking data on a possible new ice age.
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Hawks Harbor
New Foundland
MacMillan
Greenland
U. S
Milwaukee
Bowdoin
Donald B. MacMillan
Wiscasset
Maine
Arctic
Bodies recovered from Gates mine explosion near Uniontown
Ten miners entombed at the H C Frick Coke mine in Gates near Uniontown were recovered by rescuers by 8:30 am. Poisonous gas hampered efforts but all bodies were brought to the surface, leaving 27 children orphaned and 75 workers in the mine at the time informed.
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fInternational News Services
Uniontown
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Gates
Here
Delver Jitele
Walter Covington
Taft Hogan
Thomas Roskinsky
Adam Guy
John Salager
Andy Shushi
John Skolnik
Mike Sceria
John Pocnel
Allied diplomats witness sail review at Spithead
Allied diplomats at the London conference watched King George review the Royal Navy at Spithead with 200 vessels in a grand display, the largest naval demonstration since the Armistice. Delegates attended the event, pausing Dawes plan talks before resuming discussions in London. J. P. Morgan sails today to lend hand as he urges guarantees before America buys securities.
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David M. Church
International News Service
London
Spithead
George
Leopold Loeb Trial Manages First Assault Claim
In Chicago the Leopold and Loeb murder case sees defense attorney Clarence Darrow accuse Detective Sergeant James J. Gortland of fabricating testimony to intimidate the court. Gortland denies the charge, detailing Leopold's remarks about pleading before a friendly judge. The cross examination lasts two hours as Darrow presses for notes and exact details.
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Clarence Darrow
Defense Counsel
Nathan Leopold
Dickie
Loeb
Darrow
James J. Gortland
Leopold
Gortland
McCormick Elected Superintendent Of Parnassus Schools
Professor Edwin McCormick of this city was elected superintendent of the Parnassus Pa schools at the school board meeting Friday. He will assume duties about August 1. McCormick has 13 years with New Castle schools and has led Highland avenue and Arthur McGill schools.
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Edwin McCormick
Parnassus
McCormick
New Castle
Highland Avenue
Arthur McGill
Camp Invitation Turns Into Mosquito Conquest
The narrator visits Arthur Mometer at a wooded camp filled with pines hemlocks and spruces. Mosquitoes arrive in swarms, biting cheeks arms and calves, ruining the excursion. The speaker vows not to return, citing the pests as a wild, aggressive factor in the experience.
Nine Held For Applying Coats Tar To Girl
Frederick Maryland July 26 nine persons were held on charges of tar and feathering Dorothy Grandon a 20 year old married woman said to have been intimate with her husband Mrs Shanks confessed leading the mob claiming the men stood by to help she blamed only herself and said she beat the girl with a stick then tarred and feathered her eleven others named including Harry Leatherman Arthur Rice Alvey Rice Calvin Shanks Romer Shanks Irvin Rice Paul Grossnickle and Grayson Doub were arrested with the mob.
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A. T. Brust
Miss Grandon
Mrs. Shanky
Mary
Shanks
Harry Leatherman
Electric Light
Arthur Rice
Alvey Rice
Calvin Shanks
Mayor Kendrick and Butler Meet at City Ball Game
Philadelphia July 26 Mayor Kendrick and Safety Director General Butler greeted each other warmly at a Philadelphia Camden game. The pair, seen as long-lost brothers, answered questions with silence about how long Butler will stay in his post as three Camden batters were retired by Butler’s aides.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Kendrick
General Butler
Camden
N. J
Butler
George Elliot
Medium charged with murder after family dispute and a tale of spirits
York reports an unusual case as Arthur Dorsheimer and Benjamin Dorsheimer face murder warrants over the 1910 death of Peter Dorsheimer and his wife. Frank Dorsheimer, a self styled spiritualist, had long sought warrants after claiming a medium named the brothers. Arthur denies the charges and narrates the family saga.
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International News Service
York
Arthur Dorsheimer
Harrisburg
Benjamin F. Dorsheimer
Atlantic City
Benjamin
Gap
Lancaster
Frank E. Dorsheimer
Coatesville
Arthur
Frank
Justice of the Peace
Peter Dorsheimer
Benjamin Dorsheimer
Schools Forecast Smoother Teaching Staff This Year
Superintendent Ben G. Graham says the teaching force for the coming year is practically settled and in better shape than in prior terms. Some last minute resignations may occur but can be handled as the supply of teachers is larger this year than in the last five years.
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Ben G. Graham
Deaths Of The Day Notices Include Several Local Names
Michael Murray age 79 of 517 West North Street Mrs J R Daugherty of Saltsburg Pa Ralph E Baker age 71 of 914 Beckford Street and Beryl Scott age 11 of Portersville are listed in today’s death notices from the local area.
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Michael Murray
West North Street
J. R. Daugherty
Saltsburg
Ralph E. Baker
Beckford Street
Beryl Scott
Portersville
Bullets Strike U S Consulate in Sao Paulo Brazil
The U.S. consulate in Sao Paulo was struck by bullets amid the Brazilian rebel conflict. No Americans were harmed though the consulate building was damaged and the consul and family faced danger. Previous bombardments prompted talk of sending warships, now under consideration alongside Caribbean-held vessels.
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International News Service
Washington
Sao Paulo
State Department
Brazil
Department
Caribbean Sea
Floods In India Inundate Towns and Destroy Homes
Floods in South India inundate towns and destroy thousands of houses, with many lives reported lost. Dispatches from Bombay state that the floodwaters have devastated large areas, harming infrastructure and displacing residents.
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India
International News Service
London
Bombay
Camp Shannon Rodeo Prep At Mt Gretna
Forrest Freed reports from Camp Shannon Mt Gretna as Troop A heats up for the Sunday July 27 rodeo at 2 30 on the drill field. Majors McKinney Shumaker praise the 104th regiment kitchen with McClellan Van Cover and Mess Sergeant Boughter earning high marks for a 100 percent effort. Visitors from New Castle expected. Sunday menu features roast chicken celery dressing mashed potatoes brown gravy olives and other items.
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Forrest Freed
Camp Shannon
Mt. Gretna
New Castle
McKinney
Shumaker
104Th Regiment
McClellan
van Cover
Boughter
Deluge of Advice for Prosecution in Franks Case
Chicago July 26 Justice John R Caverly State's Attorney Crowe and others linked to the Leopold Loeb murder case are flooded with letters and telegrams from across the nation offering advice on prosecution and punishment. A Grand Rapids man offered to pull the gallows trigger for $100, and other correspondents urged study of psychology and even sent Bible chapters.
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Criminal Court
Chicago
Leopold Loeb
John R. Caverly
Bobby Franks
International News Service
Crowe
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard A. Loeb
Robert Franks
United States
M.S. Painter
Sheldon Avenue
Grand Rapids
Mich
Justice Caverly
Babies Win Prizes at Knights of Columbus Picnic Show
Della Glenn announces winners and honorable mentions from the Cas cade Park event this week. Babies won prizes in the annual baby show during the Knights of Columbus picnic.
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Knights of Columbus
Cascade Park
Della Glenn
Babies Pictures To Be Taken Thursday At Seavy Studio
Pictures of the prize winning and honorable mention babies from the show held with the Knights of Columbus will be taken next Thursday at 1 30 o'clock at the Seavy Studio. Mothers are asked to be at the studio with their children at that hour.
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Knights of Columbus
Seavy
Winners Named in Local Baby Health Contest
Lawrence County Tuberculosis Society and state health nurse Frances McDowell along with Anna Gilliland of Associated Charities judged a large field of babies described as perfect. Prizes will be handed out at the Knights of Columbus Home on North Jefferson Street Monday July 28 at 8 o'clock. First prize winners include Robert Lawrence Devlin and Patrick Hartland with honorable mentions Evelyn Koonce Elmer Stanley Caldwell and Florence Caplanis in respective age classifications.
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Lawrence County
Robert Lawrence Devlin
Beckford Street
Evelyn Koonce
Wood Street
Elmer Stanley Caldwell
Short Street
Patrick Hartland
Smithfield Street
Florence Caplanis
West
Lion tamers and shipwrecks tales headline Bedford and New York
Reported incidents include John Helliott saved by a pet lion after a Bedford attack while another lion mauls him. two French fishermen rescued by an ocean liner en route to New York with 10 000 francs raised for return fare. Five men die when a 20 ton packet boat capsizes in the Mississippi.
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John Helliott
Hagenbeck
Wallace
Bedford
Helliott
New York
Mississippi
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