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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1927
Page
11
A fragmentary report from London June 18 discusses controversial ideas about creating life in laboratories. The text cites physicians and chemists debating whether laboratory mass production of protoplasm could produce life, noting ethical and scientific implications and risks if such capabilities emerge.
Mrs B Chamberlin and Mrs Levine joined a shopping trip in Berlin after arriving from Bremen aboard a North German Lloyd liner. They praised German shops and the warm reception, admiring the licensed woman aviator Rasche who piloted the plane. They plan further travel to Vienna and central Europe.
Jamaica Nova Scotia June 18 Convicted thief Joseph Brown aged n a negro was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Adel in Queens county court under the Raymes law. Brown had six penitentiary records five previous convictions would have sufficed for life.
Mrs Francis Leanna Warfield, a 70 year old farmer from near Damascus, travels from Rockville to Washington. She views the Washington Monument after testifying about a Rockville robbery and is amazed by tall three story buildings. She rides elevators, sees statues and a movie, buys gifts for grandchildren, and fears pedestrians while sightseeing.
The Volant Children’s Day program at the Methodist church begins Sunday morning June 19 at 11 o’clock. Rev W S Miller leads prayers. Numerous recitations and songs are listed by child and class, including Lois May Miller, Ruth Coates, Leona Welker, and the Junior Cox. The program features dialogues by Home Department and Hospital and a final Congregation song.
PLAINGROVE church services at 10 30 a m at the U P church with Rev J H Hughes and Gil McKissick Sunday school. Presbyterian church service at 10 30 a m led by Rev A Dickenson with 11 39 a m Sunday school supervised by Howard Pi. M E church to hold worship at 2 p m led by Rev McCasker.
Sunday school at 1 8 p m Wilson superintendent BUFFET DINNET Mr and Mrs Howard Gardner entertained a buffet dinner Tuesday evening Guests included Mr and Mrs Will Gardner Mr and Mrs Seth Neeley Mrs John Sankey Ja Mr and Mrs Chen Shaw Mr and Mrs Burt Foster Mr and Mrs James Barron Mr and Mrs Alvie Stevenson Mr and Mrs Howard Gardner Mr and Mrs Carl Heckathorne Bellba McCracken Visitors and social guests listed with several Mercer and Pittsburgh links among attendees.
GALLIPOLIS O June 18 Locked in a closet in her Bremen farm home Mrs James W Me Curdy 50 burned to death last night Neighbors rushed to the scene and broke down the closet door before finding her The fire may have been intentional and a state fire marshal will investigate the fourth blaze in the neighborhood recently
Mrs Marguerite Fanslow a hospital attendant was dismissed from state service after a civil service trial found she tortured and brutalized women patients at Mendocino State Hospital. She gouged keys into necks and feet dragged patients by the hair knocked them down and jumped on them.
Old steeple jack, claimed to be the oldest in the United States, works on St. Brigid’s Church at Liberty and Arch streets in Meadville. Jack Herd has over 30 years in the trade and says he painted the highest tank and steeple in the country, citing records at a 225 foot tank in Ashland and a 245 foot steeple at St. Mary’s Church in McKees Rocks.
Jackson Center Miss Hather McMillan leaves Bell telephone work to fill a vacation vacancy. Mr and Mrs George Sidley and their sons Paul and John join Mr John Kaufman and his sons Homer and Troy and daughter Elsie at Sunday church. Rev Elder’s former congregation hosts relations and the wedding of Robert T Kier to Marie George at the George home with about forty guests. The couple plan a Woodland farm home after a wedding trip. Nearby relatives visit and extend congratulations.
California officials reveal two new dances for marriages the Reno hop and the California hobble. The three day license notice becomes law July 29 aimed at curbing elopements and gin marriages while Nevada and neighboring states eye the trend and Greta Green Reno poised as a Gretna for California couples. Local officials worry the marriage business may shift across borders as honeymoon routes and special rules lure prospective brides and grooms.
Perr Koen announced plans for a Berlin to San Francisco flight with a single stop in New York. The aircraft, a two Wright nineties model, would carry a radio operator and a passenger load, aiming to test the route with a substantial cargo of marks.
Moscow June 18 two altered Polish spies Knipinsky and Varjobovich were executed at Charchov after a convication on charges of planning to kill members of the Ukrainian Soviet Government.
Vingent Hendrickson, an employee of the Commercial Bank and Trust Company of Titusyn, yesterday pleaded guilty to embezzling about $9,000 of bank funds covering roughly three years. The case centers on unauthorized withdrawals and concealment within the bank's accounts.
In default of 315000 bond he was committed to Crawford county jail at Meadville for appearance at the September term of court. Hendrickson was married on May 20 last.
Washington dispatch reports the passing of the horse leading to the closing of the United States College of Veterinary Surgeons. The college founded 38 years ago held its last commencement with four graduates. President C Zabel Robinson announced the shutdown and the end of a long era.
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