Basis for Future Contest Over Vares Senate Seat
Two admissions in the Pennsylvania senatorial campaign probe fuel Democratic hopes for a future challenge to Rep. William S. Vare. Vare admitted he could not identify the bank that lent him 59 100, and state treasurer Watson could not name sources of a 25 000 cash fund, raising suspicions as the committee considers further inquiry into Vare finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Hutchinson
Ware
Thomas F. Watson
Senate
Watson
Capitol
Harry A. Mackey
Pennsylvania
Mackey
Pat Joyce
Luzerne County
Joyce
George Wharton Pepper
Arthur H. James
Pepper
Vare
Craig admissions clear mystery in Jameson death
Craig 32 and Miss Gertrude Dugan 27 detained as police announce his statement fixes responsibility for the assault and fatal injuries to David Jameson Jr. Chief Dysart files murder charge. Craig pleads not guilty and is remanded without bail awaiting Monday hearing.
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Craig
Jameson
Sam Craig
South
Jefferson Street
David Jameson Jr
Gertrude Dugan
A. G. Harper
Henry Dysart
O. H. P. Green
Miss Dugan
Harper
John Moore
M. J. Young
Thos. Lynch
C. G. Logan
Neshannock Township to Open High School
At a board meeting F. W. Cameron was elected principal of the Neshannock township centralized school and high school. The new high school opens this fall with a two year academic course and a bond vote will seek funds to add two more years. The building, completed a year ago, currently houses four elementary rooms and two basement classrooms for high school training, with plans to add six or eight rooms if the bond passes. A six teacher faculty staffs the school. Residents meet Thursday to grade the school lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neshannock Township
F. W. Cameron
Chinese Pirates Routed After Macau Raid
International News Service reports that Chinese pirates were routed after attacking Macao in Portugal’s colony. In the fighting 290 pirates were killed and 1596 captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Lisbon
Macao
Attention Nurserymen Read Our Classified Ads
Public notice urges nurserymen to advertise in the classified columns to reach thousands of homeowners who read them daily and may be persuaded their work enhances property values.
New Cabinet Being Formed In France After Briand Exit
Paris June 1 The French president Doumergue begins forming a new government to replace the Briand cabinet which resigned yesterday. Briand may be asked to head a coalition for a tenth time though stability is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Flory
International News Service
Paris
Doumergue
Briand
Locarno
Chamber of Deputies
Farm Boys From Here Enter State Contests At College
Lawrence county judging teams travel from New Castle to State College Pennsylvania for the state boys judging contests as part of Farmers Week. The dairy team includes Dale McCurley Norman Emery and Howard McCracken while the swine team features Hugh Forbes Carl Johnson and Joseph Stoner. Teams earned their spots at the New Castle Fair last fall and their expenses are funded by local banks. Paul Martin of Bessemer left for the college town to attend the leaders conference for his outstanding club organization work in the farm bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
H. R. McCulloch
New Castle
State College
Dale McCurley
Norman Emery
Howard McCracken
Hugh Forbes
Carl Johnson
Joseph Stoner
Paul Martin
Bessemer
College Town
Martin
Farm Bureau
Wrecking Proceeds On Hotel Location
Wrecking work continues today on a concrete block building in Apple alley used by a neighboring garage for storage and a frame dwelling on Mercer street. The structures sit on the Castleton hotel site at Mercer and Falls streets. The Lawrence club home at 217 North Mercer is advancing and may be ready by July, with the club leaving its current corner quarters as wrecking begins.
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Apple Alley
Mercer Street
New Castleton
Mercer and
Falls Streets
Lawrence Club
North
Shoe Sample Case Stolen From Service Station Lot
Sam Ulanoff reported to the police that a theft occurred at Wadlinger Service Station on North Jefferson Street when a sample case of shoes was taken from a vending machine from a parked car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ulanoff
Wadlinger
North Jefferson Street
South American War Clouds Gather Over Tacna Arica
Washington faces a potential crisis as Chile moves to pull out of Tacna Arica talks with Peru. The administration fears league of nations intervention and a Monroe doctrine challenge, which could harm American prestige in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
Washington
South America
Tacna-Arica
Chile
Peru
Hughes
Kellogg
United States
League of Nations
League
Warren Workman Burned By High Tension Wire
Warren electrician James Blute, 40, was severely burned when his body touched a high tension line at the Public Service power plant in Warren. He remained conscious after receiving 33 000 volts, and the accident occurred during feeder circuit work at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Warren
James Blute
Warren General Hospital
Public Service
Blute
Expect To Pay First Dividend To Depositors Soon
William L. McGee of the State Banking Department filed the bank final account with Prothonotary R M Campbell showing debts and probable assets of the defunct First State Bank. If no exception is filed within 30 days a substantial dividend will be paid from asset sales to depositors and creditors. Stockholders faced a 40 percent assessment against par value $50 stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. McGee
State Banking Department
First State Bank
R. M. Campbell
McGee
Death Record for George W. Grieder Jr Aged 7 Months
George W. Grieder Jr died at seven months. The brief notice lists Walnut Street as the address and records his death in a local obituary item.
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George W. Grieder, Jr
Walnut Street
Almira Home Directors Meet Here Tuesday
Mrs J L Stratton was re elected president of the Almira Home board for the seventh time at the annual meeting. Forty two ladies from Mercer Butler Venango and Lawrence counties attended as reports praised the home s operation and donations. The treasurer s report showed receipts of 14921 10 expenditures 15798 39 and 812 50 due from the state with 64 79 cash on hand May 31 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Stratton
Almira Home For Aged Ladies of
New Castle
Stratton
J. Ward Rets
C. H. Harper
E. Trainer
B. F. Butler
Carrie B. Agnew
J. H. Reed
Sharon
Mercer
Butler
Venango
Lawrence
King’s«Daughters of the First M. E. Church
Highland
Trinity Congregation
A. B. D. Girls
First Presbyterian Church
R. G. Maxwell
J. A. Shiner
Lawrence County Garden Club
Carrie E. Agnew
Floods Cause Heavy Damage In Germany
Floods after heavy rains hit Germany with Rhine Elbe and Oder rising three to four meters in 24 hours. No deaths reported. Silesia markets hardest hit with several cities submerged and Goerlitz partially evacuated. Upper Elbe shipping suspended.
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Germany
International News Service
Berlin
Rhine
Elbe
Oder
Silesia
Goerlitz
Upper
Expect to Break Down Defense in Magee Case
Las Vegas New Mexico June 16 a Las Vegas hotel lobby shooting linked editor Carl C Magee to the fatal clash involving Abuquerque publisher Magee and ex Judge D J Leahy. Jury hears first witnesses including J A Wheaton H W Kelly and Leahy as state outlines the key facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael F. Dackey
International News Service
Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
John B. Lasseter
Magee
D. J. Leahy
Chester Hunker
J. A. Wheaton
Wheaton
H. W. Kelly
British Miners Reject Plan To Settle Strike
British miners reject Premier Baldwin’s proposal to legislate an eight hour day in the coal industry. A. J. Cook, secretary of the federation, says the miners will fight and will not accept wage protections with the longer day. The move dims prospects for an early settlement of the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Reynolds
Baldwin
Cook
Drys Appear Victorious in New Jersey Primary Fight
Early unofficial returns show dry candidates leading wets in New Jersey with Congressman Randolph Perkins ahead of B. Duncan McClare by about 1200 votes for the Republican nomination to Congress in the sixth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Randolph Perkins
B. Duncan McClare
Congress
Ships to Search for Lost Flyer
In Buenos Ayres on June 16, the mother of missing flier Bernard Duggan asks Brazil to send two ships to search for the seaplane from New York to Buenos Aires. Mrs. Duggan offers to pay the costs, but Brazil says it will issue orders to nearby vessels to search and declines her payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Bernard Duggan
New York
Rose Show in Progress at Garden Club of New Castle
The second annual Rose show at Carnegie Steel auditorium on South Jefferson Street opens at 2 PM and runs to 10 PM today with a Thursday session from 4 AM to 10 PM. Garden club leaders praise record entries and beauty amid elaborate displays by 17 judges from multiple cities.
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Garden Club of
New Castle
Carnegie Steel Company
South Jefferson Street
S. D. Pearson
Garden Club
D. R. Harris
A. F. Bernard
Rosemont Nurseries
Painesville
J. C. Merkle
H. Goodband
Mr. Elliott
Pittsburgh
Harry Lash. Bardner
Pittsburgh slush fund probe hear witness Mackrell testifies
Joseph N. Mackrell testified before the Senate committee that he gave $5,000 in cash to the Ware Beidleman campaign and could not explain the money’s source. He described assurances of protection from political reprisals after a telephone talk with Albert Cooper in Harrisburg.
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International News Service
Washington
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Senate
Joseph N. Mackrell
Register of Wills of Pittsburgh
Vare
Mackrell
Mellon Machine
Vare-Beidleman Organization
Abert Cooper
Beidleman
Harrisburg
Reed
Missouri
Thomas F. Watson
Philadelphia
Cooper
Reidleman
Register
Doyne Cleared In Embezzlement Case And Fire Devastates Weston Flying Field
Victor Doyne, president of the First State Bank, was found not guilty in the first embezzlement case as two other charges against him proceed. In Weston Massachusetts a massive fire at the Weston flying field destroyed eighteen aircraft valued at about 100000 dollars, including four completed planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyne
Flying Field
Victor Doyne
First State Bank
Cornelise Paolise
Cresenzo Paolise
Carmela Paolise
International News Service
Weston
Mass
Weston Flying Field
Marriage Licenses Listed for Woodlawn Slippery Rock and Nearby
Woodlawn Samuel A Hobbs and Dorothy M Dickson. Slippery Rock Edward Beck and Antoinette Toskin. New Castle John F Kenney and Lena Green. New Castle Harry R Rodgers and Sallie Allen. Ellwood City residents listed for marriage licenses.
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Slippery Rock
Edward Beck
New Castle
Antoinette Toskin
John F. Kenney
New York
Lena Green
Harry R. Rodgers
Ellwood City
Sallie Allen
Rose Show Delights with Nature’s Stunning Bloom Collection
Arthur Mometer extols roses and iris in vivid praise. He notes peonies with blood colored petals and exotic tint. Bowers embankments and fronds frame the display as summer colors bloom, urging readers to attend the Rose Show and witness beauty that leaves one speechless as warmth returns with sixty eight degrees.
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Democrats
The
Princi
League Council
U.S
Warren Workman
Almira
Judge Leahy
Drys
Jersey
Probe Witness
Mellon Organization
Woodlawn
Samuel A. Hobbs
Dorothy M. Dickson
Arthur Mometer
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