Lindberghs Prepare Plane for Pacific Flight
Mechanics work on Col Charles Lindbergh and Mrs Lindberghs monoplane fitted with pontoons for a water landing. They plan a Pacific crossing via a northern route with possible stops near Vancouver or Juneau Alaska.
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International News Service
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Pacific Coast
United States
Vancouver
Juneau
Alaska
Minnesota
Westminster College to Graduate 27 From Lawrence County
Special to The News June 5 Westminster College plans to graduate 102 seniors on June 8. Twenty seven are from Lawrence County or New Castle. The listed names include Ada Miller and Hazel Bergland from New Castle and Eleanor Lowash from New Wilmington among others.
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Lawrence County
Westminster College
New Wilmington
New Castle
Elmer O'Neill
Lois Davenport
Virginia Duff
Jack Lewis
Harriet Martin
New
Giant DO-X completes South Atlantic hop to Brazil
International News Service reports the German seaplane DC-X, with thirteen aboard, refueled at Fernando de Noronha after a 1,400 mile flight from Cape Verde, then prepared for the 200 mile leg to the Brazilian mainland. The flight followed Por to Praia, Cape Verde, to Noronha.
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Fernando Noronha
South Atlantic
Brazil
Porto Praia
Cape Verde Islands
New Castle Notes On City Changes And Weather
Pa Newc observes traffic lines and a crosswalk drift while noting safety lines have little effect. A new ice container will keep fountain water cool near P and L yards. The New Castle collegiate army is back home. Educational staff plan shifts as colleges close. A shower aids gardeners setting cabbage and tomatoes. Work resumes on the municipal golf course entrance stone front. A Pulaski flagpole dating 1917 was cut down and will be replaced with a shorter steel pole. An observer notes a deplorable fence along Croton avenue hill.
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Pa Newe
Pulaski
Daily Weather Report From U S Weather Bureau
Statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine this morning show a maximum temperature of 79 and a minimum of 63 with 37 inches of precipitation. River stage stood at 43 feet and was falling.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Missing skeleton found seated in college tower
In a Shakespearean prank at Westminster College, the missing skeleton of Dr. B. A. Quick was recovered in Old Main’s tower. Dr. W. Charles Wallace guided visitors to the top where the skeletal figure sat with a shovel in its hand, signaling a humorous resolution to the campus mystery.
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Tower
Old Main
W. Charles Wallace
Dr. Quick
Genkinger Rehereled as Chamber Head Amid Reelects
Genkinger is again named head of the chamber of commerce as all old officers are reelected. The president and secretary report a year of substantial accomplishments and progress in local business and civic projects.
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Genkinger
Chamber Head
Re elected officers of New Castle Chamber of Commerce
At a luncheon reorganization meeting in The Castle, the New Castle Chamber of Commerce re elected its old officers for the coming year. President L. G. Genkinger, vice president H. L. Gordon, and treasurer Thomas W. Dickey were named. Continued on page five.
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New Castle
Highway contract awarded for 6.97 mile New Wilmington to Mercer link
Secretary Sam Lewis announced the bid from Keystone Paving Co of Harrisburg at 199109 dollars for a 6.97 mile highway section from the Lawrence county line to Mercer. The price is described as one of the lowest in road building history.
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New Wilmington
Mercer
Lawrence County
Mercer County
Keystone Paving Company
Harrisburg
Sam Lewis
Fascists Signal Concilation Toward Catholic Church
An article in Popolo D'Italia urges a conciliatory stance amid the Vatican dispute over Catholic Young People's groups. It states that deplorable excesses do not amount to persecution and hints at a softer policy from the fascist camp toward the church.
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Rome
Popolo D'Italia
Parrot Rescue Captivates City At Local Hotel
A Spanish speaking parrot named Loretto owned by Mrs. R W Cunningham attracted crowds as firemen rescued it after it flew from the fifth floor of a Castleton hotel to a maple tree on East Falls. The bird lingered about twenty minutes before firefighters regained control and prepared to return it to its owner.
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Loretto
R. W. Cunningham
Castleton
East Falls
Railroads seek authority to operate new routes
The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to operate the Buffalo and Susquehanna lines. Simultaneously the Baltimore and Ohio urged approval to run both roads, owning about 99 percent of their stock, aiming for closer cooperation within the B and O system.
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International News Service
Washington
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo & Susquehanna
Baltimore and Ohio
Back to normalcy reshapes Hollywood power brief
A Hollywood letter warns that the era of omnipotent industry leaders is over. It argues big men collapsed when the economic realities hit, likening executives to stocks now valued by market forces and not titles. The writer urges acceptance of a new, humbler industry landscape.
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Hollywood
Cal
Fire Kazperr 1090 Medangh Strike Leads to Eviction Orders
Pittsburgh Coal Company served a ten day notice to vacate company houses at Mon tour Mine No 10 as part of a strike. Plans to import miners from other mines were made while output dropped to less than ten percent. Over 1,000 miners and family members paraded in protest as imports were discussed.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Montour
Pittsburgh Coal Concern
Foltz Will Filed At Court House
Samuel Foltz's will filed at Lawrence County Court House leaves his property to close relatives. Son Stewart P. Foltz receives the homestead and contents. sister Margaret F. Brown gets the rest of the real estate. The estate is placed in trust with Union Trust Company. voting power on securities goes to Stewart. Executors named are Stewart P. Foltz and Union Trust Company. Will dated April 21, 1923. No inventory filed. Virginia Foltz and Margaret Brown mentioned in various succession provisions.
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Register and Recorder’s Office
Lawrence County Court House
Stewart P. Foltz
Wallace and
Highland Avenue
Margaret F. Brown
Foltz
Union Trust Company
Mr. Foltz
Virginia Foltz
Stewart
Virginia
Baccalaureate Service set for New Castle seniors
Baccalaureate services for the June graduating class of New Castle Senior High will be Sunday at 8:00 PM daylight time in the Benjamin Franklin Junior High auditorium. Principal F L Orth confirms the event with the Senior High choir to perform and Dr G Bennett of First Christian Church to deliver the sermon.
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New Castle Senior High School
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
F. L. Orth
G. Bennett
First Christian Church
Union High Graduates Twenty-Six At Commencement
Dr. T. C. Blaisdell of Slippery Rock State Teachers College delivered the commencement address for Union Township High School last night. He urged that happy life comes from living for others and cherishing commonplace duties as the 26 seniors received their diplomas.
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Union High
Union Township High School
T. C. Blaisdell
Slippery Rock State
Cleveland Man Kills Himself at Detroit Superior Bridge
A 70 year old electrical worker E. L Price leaped from the Detroit Superior high level bridge in Cleveland to his death in view of hundreds of pedestrians and motorists. Relatives had quoted him as often expressing the wish to commit suicide.
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International News Service
Cleveland
E. L Price
Detroit Superior
Price
Death records list several recent passings across Pennsylvania
Trevor Oscar Hogue 40 New Wilmington Mrs M J Shell 85 Warren Cochranton Leeline Kelley Cochranton Mrs J B Shaffer 73 Enon Valley Mrs Beresaa Hendryx 88 Almira Home John Shellenberger 63 Chewton William S Burdette 83 Hickory Township Mercer County Samuel T Barr Pasadena California
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Trevor Oscar Hogue
New Wilmington
M. J. Shell
Warren
Eline Kelley
Cochranton
Shaffer
Enon Valley
Aeresa Hendryx
Almira
Home
John Shellenberger
Chewton
William S. Burdette
Hickory Township
Mercer County
Samuel T. Barr
Pasadena
Calif
Tommy Armour Wins Coveted British Open at Carnoustie
Tommy Armour of Detroit Michigan, former American national champion, won the British Open at Carnoustie Scotland. He shot 71 in the final round tying the course record but finished with a total of 296 strokes, five more than Bobby Jones did to win last year.
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Arnoustie
Scotland
Tommy Armour
Danny Detroit
Carnoustie
Bobby Jones
Tommy
Mac Smith
Chicago Teachers Unpaid as City Seeks Funds
Fourteen thousand Chicago teachers did not receive their pay as payroll checks totaling 3.825 million were blocked for lack of funds. The school auditor said tax anticipation warrants must be sold to cover wages. New York houses offered a 10 million dollar loan, while a state senate bill would let Cook County use idle funds to buy its warrants.
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International News Service
Chicago
New York
State Senate
Cook County
Small Girl Is Crushed By Auto
Lancaster June 5 A two year old girl Alice Clymer daughter of Martin W Clymer living near here was instantly killed today when the rear wheels of a backing automobile crushed her Deputy Coroner J L Ressler who investigated the accident issued a certificate of accidental death
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International News Service
Lancaster
Alice Clymer
Martin W. Clymer
Here
Clymer
J. L. Ressler
Ressler
Nautilus Sets Sail for North Pole Voyage From New England
The submarine Nautilus commanded by Sir Hubert Wilkins left Provincetown Massachusetts shortly before midnight for a Atlantic crossing on the first leg of a longer voyage toward the North Pole. Captain Sloan Danenhower and 17 others are aboard with a coast guard boat expected to accompany the craft into the Atlantic. Radio reports reached Wilkins but no further word had arrived by early morning. The plan is to reach Halifax before beginning the crossing to London for British scientists.
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International News Service
New York
North Pole
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sloan Danenhower
Atlantic
Provincetown
Mass
Wilkins
Coast Guard
Halifax
London
The Graduates Step Forth In Seventy Eight Day
A vivid portrait of a graduate, solemn and bearded, facing a tough world beyond the mortar board. The poem notes his learned posing and sharp phrases, but warns of scoffs and the need for courage as he leaves college for life.
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