19 Mar 1928
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1928
Page
1
New Castle residents battle the first major snow of spring with street car crowding and drivers urging more roof straps. Local youths skate into spring ideas like municipal tennis courts and a potential golf course as town shops clear sidewalks and streets.
Dilks gains on leaders in the cross country event as he ties Eddie Gardner at 5 36 00 for the 35.8 mile Flagstaff to Two Gun Camp leg. Newton holds a large overall lead with 86 03 50 elapsed time. Salo Souminen Cronick and Demarr follow in the day’s standings. The report notes police department election results and council deadlock over new hires.
Washington reports Justice Frederick L. Siddons denied hints of a package of bonds sent to influence him amid Teapot Dome inquiry chatter. He called the allegations false and claimed such claims are fabrications.
The S-4 submarine hull in Harlestown Navy Yard Boston is to be pumped out tonight as officials plan to search for final messages from Commander Graham Newell Fitch and five crewmates. Navy inspectors will document the interior to piece together the last hours of the crew including torpedo men Short Smirek Crabe Pelna and Seaman Stevens. The body count stands at eight with more identifications pending as the ship is prepared for burial arrangements.
Special to The News from Palm Beach Florida March 19 1928 Will Rogers writes that Major Jimmy Walker rivals the Prince of Wales in stature and influence benefiting the Salvation Army with a personal defense of Walker against New York politics and mayoral fallout.
Harrisburg details Gov Fisher calls for a general conference of bituminous coal interests to end the soft coal strike. He urges participation by labor, producers, public authorities, Congress, and the federal government to secure fair wages, adequate fuel supply, and stable prices. The governor also criticizes a Senate committee in earlier speeches as he pushes for rate discussions amid strike tensions.
Senator Gooding announces a subpoena for Governor John Fisher of Pennsylvania to testify before the Senate coal investigation committee. Fisher criticized the sub committee, and Gooding says the Senate will want Fisher to explain his attack upon the committee.
The husband of Sophia Goloski, the mystery woman jailed for days, was found Saturday by Deputy Sheriff William Reynolds. Charles Golosewsky, a Masury resident employed by Sharon Steel Hoop, went to Pulaski to search for his wife. No further word was available as of noon.
Death records list Mrs Mary E Reno 74 Pulaski Steven Nicely 79 Butler Pa John Mathews 8 months Gilmore street W F Parise 61 Conway Pa Milton Stoner 80 Struthers O D M Smith Beaver Falls Ethelwin Romaine Quigley 1b 766 Chestnut Street Samuel FE McCleary 88 116 Willard Avenue Mrs Jennie Hill Horner Pittsburgh Pa Edwards Schoennocker 59 255 West Falls Street Emrico Rossi 6 months Bessemer
Burns presents cost statistics for the municipal conduit to Bell Telephone at 63000 dollars while the council delays action until public figures are released. The News will publish statistics via Fritz. Mayor Gillespie urges public access before a final ordinance.
Officials opened an investigation into a Wilmington crash that killed pilot William H Hulbert and two civilians, Jack Martin and Leonard T English. The craft lost its right wing and plunged 2000 feet, hitting near a home as children watched. 14 year old Jacinto Zamudio was knocked unconscious but survived with minor injuries.
The piece notes several women associated with daring sea and air ventures reportedly missing or dead. It cites the Hon Elsie Mackay and Princess Lowenstein Wertheim, along with Mrs Grayson and two British flyers, Mildred Doran and companions, in peril or presumed lost on transatlantic and long ocean flights.
Two U S Marines piloting planes were slightly damaged by bullets from rebel snipers in the jungle hillside area of Chipote. The attack left pilots uninjured as Sandinista rebels moved out of sight in northern Nicaragua near the Honduran border amid a U S mission supervision talk.
Samuel B. McCleary, 88, Civil War veteran and longtime local merchant, died Sunday at 1 a.m. at his Willard Avenue home after a long illness. Born August 23, 1840 in this city on land settled by his grandfather in 1806, he lived here most of his life and worked for the community. He married Ascrath A. Braham of Harrisville on December 25, 1865, and they moved here in 1866.
Fifty detectives and uniformed patrolmen were posted around the White House to guard against a possible demonstration against a Hungarian delegation scheduled to meet President Coolidge. Police feared radicals opposed to Hungary's Horthy regime planned a protest similar to the New York arrival scene.
Three men from Bremen Indiana were killed and another injured when their automobile was struck by a New York Central freight train. The victims were Benjamin Drake 58, his son Samuel 29, and an unidentified man. The fourth occupant likely saved his life by clinging to the cowcatcher.
A quirky passage laments a golfer's long winter practice. It humorously predicts after a few more weeks of cold that greens will turn emerald, sod will dry, and the golfer will curse misses and hooks as he awaits spring. The tone mirrors a local columnist's playful weather and sport note.
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