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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
1
President Harding plans to stress government profit and budget surpluses as proof of efficient governance during a western trip. He will argue the United States operates like a business and show a $200 million yearly profit to sway voters.
Washington officials reveal a government plan to mobilize a large fleet of seaplanes to combat rum smugglers along the Atlantic coast. The plan, favored by the president and cabinet as cost effective, could begin after the new fiscal year starts July 1, with Commissioner Roy A. Haynes receiving a large emergency appropriation.
A narrator describes Arthur Mometer as a pestilential, argumentative companion who argues about politics and ancient lore day and night. He asserts even simple truths lead to weeks of dispute, claiming the friend will not concede black is black or white is white. The speaker calls him a friend of nine but jokes the constant arguing exhausts them.
Triplets two boys and a girl were born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis 8 Criswell of 92744 South Mill Street on Monday afternoon. The babies are healthy and the attending physician Dr B E Sankey notes it as his first local triplet birth. First boy weighed 3 pounds 14 ounces second boy 4 pounds 1 1/2 ounces and girl 5 pounds.
Relentless lava from Mount Etna destroys villages near Lingualossa and Giarre. About 50,000 people are homeless as trenches divert lava away from Linguaglossa. King Victor Emmanuel and Mussolini cabinet officials head relief efforts with troops aiding evacuations. No fatalities reported yet. danger remains as lava advances.
The notice lists multiple applicants across New Castle Ellwood City Chicora and Woodlawn including Mary F. McClenahan Harold De Cartright Oliver S. Frost Agnes M. Fenes and other names. The compilation notes pending licenses and partner pairings for upcoming nuptials in the region.
Ten or twelve plasterers sought for the new News building on North Mercer Street. Inquire for the Boss Plasterer on the job.
EAST SIDE WOMAN FIRES AT KNOCKER AFTER HEARING LOUD KNOCKS AT REV RANDLES HOME POLICE CALLED AS CROWD GATHERS NEAR QUENT STREET SECOND STORY WINDOW LADDER LIFTED BUT BURGLAR NOT FOUND REV RANDLES AWAY IN CALIFORNIA. FURTHER SHOT FIRED BY MRS HANNA AT HER KITCHEN DOOR AFTER UNKNOWN KNOCKS.
Mr and Mrs Theodora Weimer of Beckford Street were to sail Saturday to Paris for training but a change in the Paris school schedule delays their departure until July. They had planned to study in Paris and later go to the African Congo mission field in the fall.
Angelo Russo, a man identified as operating at the corner of West Washington Street and Atlantic Avenue, has been ordered to report to police headquarters. The red light diverting traffic on the Diamond is reported out of order.
The Leviathan, rebuilt from the former German liner Vaterland at a cost about 9 million, readies for a 6 day trial voyage to Southern waters before returning to New York. Officials, Congress members, engineers, and reporters aboard. critics call it a taxpayer expense while supporters call it essential to prove fitness for regular trans Atlantic service.
Governor J A O Preus was conceded to have won the Republican nomination for the U S Senate seat left by the death of Knute Nelson. Oscar Hallam was his main rival. Magnus Johnson was believed to have captured the Farmer Labor nomination over Dr L A Fritsche. State Senator James A Carley faced little opposition for the Democratic nomination.
Petition filed this morning seeks removal of juror William H. Davis in the Carl H. Dutford murder case. Josephine Best alleges Davis is related to a Dufford family member connected to the defense and asks to examine the juror for cause to permit removal if the relationship is proven.
Amherst College leaders reached a partial accord after a lengthy meeting. President Alexander Meiklejohn will not resign but will not contest his dismissal. A formal statement is planned as the board continued its annual session amid faculty and alumni disagreements over policies.
Fire at the National Casting company foundry in Lancaster Pennsylvania caused an estimated ten thousand dollar loss. The blaze is believed to have started from an overheated flash cast early today.
Police learned a Ford car abandoned in the South Side was stolen from Mrs. Robert Earl of 506 West State Street. The vehicle was recovered by authorities last night.
Torrid heat drives higher demand for milk and ice among charity dependents. The Milk and Ice Fund is running low and urgent contributions are urged to support June 30 drives led by Wimodausis committee headed by Mrs. Earl Thompson. Funds from the Bull Calf sale on June 20 and stock shares sale on June 30 aim to boost the local relief effort.
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis unveils a nationwide plan to compel registration of all aliens, stripping naturalization delay, and aims to tour the country to sell the measure this fall. The program would track foreigners from arrival to citizenship, creating a legal dragnet against illegal entries as part of a broader citizenship policy.
Mildred Dukes, Helen Cotton and Herman Patton of this city are delegates from First Christian church to the Young People conference at Hiram College in Hiram Ohio. The conference is under the Ohio Christian Missionary Society of Cleveland and the United Christ Missionary Society of St. Louis Missouri. Over two hundred delegates attend. Rev and Mrs M Small attended the contest on Sunday.
Obituary style record lists Nancy A Weaver aged 78 of 1008 Righthond Avenue and additional names including Jacob Carson Walls, George Eximond Rackley, Charles Frank, Julia Caisver, and others with addresses on East Washington Street East Reynolds Street and Dean Block.
In Lawrence county court a juror was withdrawn from the Josephine Best case after being sworn, the first such move in decades. William H. Davis, Third ward conductor, was excused amid a discovery that he is the uncle of Paul Duford’s wife, wife of a Commonwealth table participant, prompting a conference among Commonwealth attorneys with no immediate reply.
Report from Monday afternoon and evening updates the defense petition to reexamine Mr. Davis which was granted. Davis was examined and challenged for cause, a challenge sustained, and he was removed from the jury. Louis B. McAnaney was chosen as mercantile appraiser, with other jurors selected, leaving nine sworn. The note adds that 101 salesmen have been examined. Continued on page thirteen.
A boilermaker C E Montress aged years was found dead with a bag over his head and gas hose in his mouth in Timsville Pa. Helen Bentler aged 14 slipped from a rock into Lake Henry Scranton Px and drowned. William Cook 29 escaped convict from Moundsville WL Va captured after a battle in which he was shot. Mrs Bare barn Relder 80 died after injuries near Spangler Pa. Mrs Sxmmel Swift 44 died and several injured in a crossroad auto collision near Mt Plane Pa. Martin Cebzo 88 killed Paul Ladiak 45 seriously injured when a caustic liquid burst a metal link at Penn Salt Works Pittsburgh. William Massey dislocated his jaw during incarceration at the county Jail ambush scene. doctor arrived too late.
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