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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1926
Page
5
C S MacCalla vice president and general manager of the Penn Ohio Electric system reports 63 linemen walked out after rejecting a wage-based proposal. Company says pay is among the highest nationwide with only two exceptions and no public disruption expected.
Twenty seven people sustained slight injuries when a trolley car struck another traveling in the same direction on the Williamsburg bridge. In Bridgeport Connecticut a nine year old girl died after a canvas circus tent accident where a hoe was tossed through a hole.
Harrisburg planners forecast a busy 1928 Pennsylvania election with a U S Senator and two state fiscal officers on the ballot alongside Congressmembers and state lawmakers. The GOP faces leadership debates and a potential repeat of last year’s bruising intra party fight as leaders and factions gauge next steps.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a heavy dynamite explosion wrecked the Altman and Small Fertilizer Company plant causing shattered windows and jolting nearby residents. State police probe the blast with suspicion that opponents of the plant’s operation planted the bomb. Property loss is estimated at $7,000.
Wampum Methodist Episcopal church holds mid week service Wednesday at 8 pm and choir practice Wednesday 9 pm. Women's Foreign Missionary meeting at Mrs George Veons home. New Port mid week service Thursday 8 pm and 9 pm with official board meeting.
Lola Trowbridge of South Bend Indiana is praised by radio announcers as possessing a perfect radio voice. Although her voice suits radio singing she cannot be relied on for other solo work beyond ballroom dancing. A Shelbyville Illinois native born on a farm she has engaged with music since age five. Since 1919 she resides in South Bend and is pianist with the Indianaans a group linked to Goldkette. As a WSBT star her frequent solos delight crowds and she is noted for blues songs shaping her reputation for the perfect radio voice.
Moravia residents hosted and visited relatives during Decoration Day weekend. Notable attendees included Miss Ida Hill of Hadley and families of Brown Yoho St John Houk and Campbell making short calls in Moravia Ellwood City and New Castle neighbors were among those greeting relatives and friends across the area.
Bishop Crane ex-stunt artist says no return to profession after landing badly in Greensburg. He jumped from an airplane 1609 feet up. most of his parachute failed to open. Crane suffered broken ankles and bruises but displayed no regret about the stunt.
Olive Morgan aged 20 and Leona Baker 22 of Coal Grove were killed when an automobile driven by Walter Baker, sweetheart of Miss Morgan, was struck by a Hocking Valley train near Gallipolis. All were Rio Grande college summer students returning from Decoration day exercises at Ironton.
A large hall and speaker were arranged for a meeting of the unemployed. The speaker arrived irritable and requested water, then dismissed a water question with a biting joke about doing a high dive after speaking for half an hour.
Judge Frederick M. Fosdick in Boston Superior Court recalled the default warrant against Charles Ponzi and gave him until next Monday to return for sentencing on charges of larceny tied to his international coupon scheme. Ponzi said in a telegram from Jacksonville, Florida, he needed ten days more to appear, noting he is under bond in Florida for a separate land scheme conviction.
The magazine reviews Fitzgerald's One of My Oldest Friends as one of the year’s best short stories in the Magazine Section of next Sunday World. It centers on two boyhood friends torn by love for a wife as they reunite through a mysterious, almost religious incident. Edition limited.
Robert Hawkins of Campbell files suit in Youngstown for 25909 dollars against two former Campbell police officers. He alleges they confronted him with a corpse to force a confession. the officers were later dismissed from the force.
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