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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
1
News Service reports eight deaths at United States Radium Corporation of America linked to radium necrosis. Autopsy planned for Sarah T. Mailleter. victims were women painting luminous watch-dials who reportedly wetted brushes with their lips, introducing poison.
The speaker contemplates Amundsen’s Arctic landing observing onion prices radio parts hats coal and roadhouse charges. He recalls Eskimo flapper jazz and distant girls, noting the heat on the trip was cool, eighty degrees in their city shines.
Shortly before one o'clock this morning two young men held up Hotel Sherman night clerk James Wiggins at gunpoint and stole about thirty dollars from the register. Detectives Horner and Officers Augustine and Thompson pursued but the suspects, described as about 19, fled south on South Mall Street.
Reports from Spitzbergen say Roald Amundsen telegraphed Norway’s premier that no land appears at the North Pole despite a lead in the northern ocean. The expedition’s aircraft found animal life in the ice filled region and the party contemplates a future attempt, likely in a dirigible, though not this year.
Washington officials say talks will begin soon on funding France’s 4 billion dollar debt after recent diplomatic exchanges between the United States and France. This bulletin reports official learning of impending negotiations and FR debt funding prospects.
Joshua Russell former Federal Prohibition Director of Ohio and former Ohio Congressman was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary and fined 7500 after conviction on two counts of conspiracy involving thousands of gallons of whiskey released from the Hayner Distillery in Troy Ohio. Warren E. Harnett Columbus lawyer and politician received five years. Merle B. Copeland chief permit clerk to Rissell’s office drew two years and a 2300 fine.
Mahoning Public School in the Seventh ward reported a robbery overnight June 18. Police say entry was gained via the roof fire escape and a door on the roof was forced open. A paper box held money and seven basketball team suits were stolen. Police have clues and may arrest suspects soon.
At a special meeting of the trustees of Central Presbyterian church arrangements were made to award the contract for redecorating the interior of the church building. Work is expected to start within two weeks and be completed within about a month from the start. The redecorating will make a noticeable improvement in the church building.
Berlin reports an epoch making trade contract between major German and French industrial groups. If permanent, it would begin a Franco German economic union with interdependence. Germany grants French and French embargo wares access at half price, while France supplies German industries with iron and steel at world prices. German partners include Florian Kloeckner the Phoenix group and Krupp.
The special Capitol Limited section bearing the body of United States Senator Robert M. La Follette passed through New Castle at midnight Friday. The train stopped briefly in the Seventh Ward to water, drawing only a small crowd due to the hour and lack of public notice.
President Coolidge sails the yacht Mayflower from Washington to Swampscott Mass as the summer White House. On board are two dogs, an auto truck, three cooks, two butlers, a doorman, a baggage man and a maid. Captain Adolphus Andrews leads the voyage toward Marblehead for the Walta Court ahead of next week’s arrival. John Mays serves as valet and butler and will join the train voyage Tuesday afternoon.
Abd El Krim, head of the Riffian forces fighting Spain and France in Morocco, says he can hold out for three years despite a Franco-Spanish alliance. He told Popola Ilvana that Madrid's conference aims at an offensive, accuses Spain of offering to sell Riff country to France, and hopes for recognition of a Riffian republic as new attacks near Tangier continue and the Tangier Tetuan road is closed to traffic.
Butler Pa June 2 Miss Oliva Miller four weeks old died in April leading to manslaughter conviction of an unwed mother. Judge John R Henninger sentenced her to 214 100 years in the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburgh. The mother had been in jail since April 10.
Raymond Gibson Wallace, 34, of Pulaski township, has died. The obituary notes his age and residence, with no further details provided in the readable text.
Commander Donald B. MacMillan began the ninth Arctic voyage from Wiscasset Maine aboard the Bowdoin. The expedition aims to reach the North Pole area and explore a supposed lost continent north of Alaska while pursuing a air route to the pole and renewed drive after Amundsen’s failed flight.
Pulaski township farmer Rarmont Gibson Wallace aged 34 was killed Friday afternoon when a colt kicked him in the chest as he led a yearling from the barn to pasture. He died at his home after being brought inside and medical efforts failed. Born September 181, Wallace was a highly regarded local resident and son of Julius and Mary Wallace. Funeral services set for Sunday.
The nineteenth Reynoldstown school reunion is planned for August 11 at the old Reynoldstown school now W N Aiken school. Organizers aim for a record turnout led by President John M Snyder and officers including Lyle G Emery William T Butz Fred L Rentz and others. Twenty six eighth grade graduates will receive certificates after Sunday mass at 3 36 am and Rev Fr X DeMita will speak. The parish celebrates promotion on June 28 with 305 current attendees and many pupils earning diplomas and Palmer pins. May Bullitt oversees new school expansion toward five rooms and 305 attendees.
The La Follette funeral train carried Wisconsin’s late senator toward Madison as crowds along Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin paid tribute. Railroad workers and townspeople paused at windows to view the flower covered coffin, while the nation mourned the statesman on his final homeward journey toward rest among his people.
New York, June 20. Mrs. Jena Tarter, 45, faced an approaching street car in the middle of the street. She threw a child to safety with each hand, shoved a third child clear, and was struck by the car. She died en route to the hospital. Two children escaped unscathed. a stepgrand is injured.
Federal agents describe intensified anti rum actions with seizures on land and sea. The coast guard and other agencies report arrests and confiscations near the Canadian border and along the Great Lakes as authorities press to dismantle rum operations amid wartime controls.
The government will appeal Judge Blake Kennedy's Cheyenne ruling upholding the Teapot Dome oil leases. Special government counsel Alice Pomerene said an immediate appeal will be filed and provided no further comment.
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