Festival Choral Society Makes Magnificent New Castle Debut
Immense crowd attends the maiden appearance of the Festival Choral Society under Paul Browne Patterson in the Scottish Rite Cathedral. About 3090 voices delivered a flawless program with Mrs Paul Browne Patterson on organ and Mrs C Henry Jaxtheimer on piano. The performance, praised as the best ever in New Castle, impressed a 2500 audience in an amplified theater setup.
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New Castle
America
Festival Choral Society
Paul Browne Patterson
C. Henry Jaxtheimer
Sharon
New
Lindbergh Wins Wilson Prize in Thomasville Opinion
In Thomasville Georgia on March 21 a local reader praises Col Lindbergh for the Wilson prize and his peace efforts. The speaker jokes about sending senators and congressmen on flights to make them boost air travel and inter national goodwill.
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Thomasville
Col Lindbergh
Inter
Lindbergh
New Castle Notes Mark Start of Spring and Local Happenings
Spring arrived officially at 3 45 PM on March 20 due to leap year. Frank Hayden razed an old Shenango street building once used as a church and distillery dated around 1810. Letters from J Crawford White confirm walls erected in 1810. New Castle features construction plans on East Washington street and a Festival Choral Society concert at the Cathedral.
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Weather Bureau
Pa Nene
Frank Hayden
South Street
New Castle
George W. Conway
Wditor
Shenango Street
Crawford White
J. Crawford White
Washington Street
Adams and
Washington Streets
P Church
Big New Castle Auto Show Opens Thursday
Automobiles worth about 115000 arrive to fill Scotus Rite cathedral dining and ball rooms for what organizers boast as one of New Castle's largest shows. Doors open at noon Thursday March 22 and run daily through March 24 from 11 am to 11 pm. L C Johns leads the show committee and a runway from Lincoln avenue brings cars inside.
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New Castle
L. C. Johns
Lincoln Avenue
Borah Receives Small Donations for Sinclair Fund
Checks and cash totaling $50 arrived in the first mail today, bringing Senator Borah Idaho's Republican conscience fund to about $3500. The fund aims to repay Harry F. Sinclair's $160,000 donation to the 1923 presidential campaign fund to cover the 1920 campaign deficit.
Dilks Wins Day's Lap In 16th Stage Of Desert Race
A field of leaders in the Cross Country Pyle’s Los Angeles to New York road race pushed toward Navajo. Arne Souminen of Detroit held first with 106 hours 00 minutes 50 seconds for 610 miles. Earle Lin Dilks of New Castle, Pa., won the day’s 52 mile lap into Holbrook on Tuesday.
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Ariz
C. Co
Pyle
Los Angeles
New York
Painted Desert
Navajo
Andrew Payne
Claremore
Okla South
Winslow
Arne Souminen
Detroit Medico
Souminen
Earle Lin Dilks
New Castle
Hit and Run Driver Still At Liberty
State police and Butler authorities pursue a hit and run motorist whose stolen car struck and killed 76 year old Mary Ellen Brown in Butler County on the New Castle to Butler highway near Mt Chestnut. The victim was found on the highway by Robert McMinn, a New Castle post office clerk, who notified state police and the coroner.
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Butler
J. Charles Dengler
West
Pearl Street
Mary Ellen Brown
Hooker
Butler County
New Castle-Butler
Mt. Chestnut
Mt Chestnut
Robert McMinn
New Castle
Chicora
McMinn
State Police
Highway Patrol
Bill Aims to Compensate Pennsylvania Farmer for Barn Loss
Rep Thom C Cochran of Pennsylvania introduces a bill in Congress to reimburse Sam Tait of Cool Spring Township for a barn and crops destroyed in December 1926. A reported U S mail plane sawed through the structure, triggering the loss.
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Cochran
International News Service
Sharon
Thomas C. Cochran
Pennsylvania
Sam Tait
Cool Spring
U. S
Mammoth New Kiln Lights Up Shenango Pottery Plant
Shenango Pottery Co unveils a 264 foot long kiln lit for a month to cure the lining as an experimental start. If successful after nine months, two more kilns may be built. initial fuel is coal, later gas, under James M. Smith.
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Shenango
James M. Smith
Shenango Pottery Co
Rumor of Missing Fliers in Maine Discredited
International News Service reports a widely circulated claim that Captain Walter Hinchcliffe and Hon. Elsie Mackay survived a wreck on White Top mountain. Inquiries across Moosehead Lake region and Aroostook County found no trace of the trans Atlantic fliers.
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International News Service
Portland
Walter Hinchcliffe
Elsie Mackay
Great North Woods
Maine
White Top Mountain
Moosehead Lake
Aroostook County
Cabinet approves reprieve for Doris McDonald
The cabinet council and Justice Minister in Quebec approve a stay of execution for Doris Julia McDonald, a former Mt. Vernon New York resident. Governor General Viscount Willingdon is not expected to oppose the cabinet decision. Preparations continue for the hanging of her husband George McDonald.
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International News Service
Montreal
Que
Doris Julia McDonald
Viscount Willingdon
Mt. Vernon
Quebec
George McDonald
For
Slayer Killed Jumping From Train in Illinois Town
James Bradley, 45, recently captured in Marquette Michigan and moved toward Paintsville Kentucky where he had been condemned for murder, leaped from a moving train near Winthrop Harbor and died. His handcuffs were removed and he entered a washroom alone before fleeing through a window. Bradley had broken jail at Paintsville shortly after sentencing to life.
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Waukegan
James Bradley
Marquette
Mich
Paintsville
Winthrop Harbor
Bradley
Mellon Targeted In Bitter Bond Inquiry Fight
Mellon faced sharp attacks as a bond inquiry centered on alleged agreement to conceal party contributors. The probe seeks to determine if Mellon should be ousted under a resolution tied to the oil inquiry.
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Mellon
Bond
Man Suffocated In Limestone Stock Room
Tony Pinecki aged 58 died Tuesday afternoon in the stock house of Carbon Limestone company at Carbon. An employee, peering through a manhole, found him inside and the machinery was halted. Coroner J P Caldwell ruled accidental death. Pinecki, a 1925 hire, left two Cleveland children. Body sent to Cunningham morgue Lowellville as officials seek relatives.
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Tony Pinecki
Carbon Limestone Company
Carbon
Pinecki
Company
Two Cleveland Men Die in Shootout Terror
Two Cleveland men are killed in a violent attack by young assailants. The report names Ben Nadel, accused of arranging a hide-out for Pat McDermott, one of the victims, and notes the involvement of young thugs in the killings.
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Cleveland
Ben Nadel
Pat McDermott
Deaths of Morris Nadel and companion near Willoughby
Morris Ben Nadel, who helped harbor Pat McDermott, and an unidentified companion were shot to death in a Lincoln sedan on Lost Nation road near Willoughby. Nadel faced a penitentiary sentence for harboring McDermott, now serving life for Mellett murder, while a suspect resembled Dan Pfaff of Cleveland. Police cited two suspicious youths as likely killers.
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Nadel
Highway Patrol
Lake County
James Maloney
Willoughby
Maloney
McDermott
Mellett
Senate oil inquiry probes party treasurer pact on 1923 campaign funds
Sidelight to the Continental Trading company probe notes an alleged agreement between national treasurers of the Republican and Democratic parties to conceal all campaign contributions in 1923. The session also weighs Andrew Mellon’s potential resignation as secretary of the treasury amid a broader Senate clash.
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William K. Hutchinson
International News Service
Washington
Continental Trading Company
Senate
Andrew W Mellon
James Couzens
Michigan
Mellons
Telegrams Boost Local Runner Earl Lin Dilks in Coast-to-Coast Chase
Interest grows in New Castle as Pennsylvan ia-Ohio Electric Company employee sends a telegram of encouragement to Earl Lin Dilks in Navajo Arizona. More messages are expected as C C Pyle's caravan stops. Dilks is among the leaders and praised for his seventh lap lead of the 34.3 lap yesterday.
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Earl Lin Dilks
New Castle
Pennsylvania-Ohio Electric Company
Ariz
C. C. Pyle
Dilks
Seventh Ward Railroad
Death Record Charlotte Jones and Tony Pinecki Noted
Miss Charlotte Jones of 1620 East Washington Street is listed in the death notices. Tony Pinecki, age 58, is also acknowledged in the obituaries with residence in Carbon.
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Charlotte Jones
East Washington Street
Tony Pinecki
Countess Scranzo Case: Mother Testifies in Alienation Suit
Mrs. Henrietta Stevenson testified in New York Supreme Court aiding her daughter Countess Scranzo against Alice Corbett of New Castle. She recalled calling James F Corbett the dirtiest scoundrel for abandoning Alice, noting he eloped with the countess while concealing a prior marriage. Corbett is now a Sing Sing convict.
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Internatove Mews Service
New York
Henrietta Stevenson
Supreme Court
Countess Scranzo
Alice Corbett
New Castle
Stevenson
James F Corbett
Alice
Corbett
Sing Sing
Speeding Plane’s Radio Link Demonstrated On Tour
A New York American Toledo leadership plane carried on two way telephone radio links with KDKA during its 242 mile Washington to Pittsburgh hop. The crew and engineers hailed the coast to coast flight as a landmark in commercial broadcasting and radio plant performance.
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Internations New Ser
Pittsburgh
New York American-Toledo
Washington
KDKA
Comity Season Brings Youthful Spring Games
The piece describes children ages eight to twelve enjoying games outdoors as warm weather returns. It highlights rough hands, worn stockings, and pocketfuls of shooters, noting that play dominates despite dirt and muddy conditions. Mothers face the mess weather brings as spring arrives.
Marriage Licenses List From Ray Matthews to Beatrice Harry
Marriage licenses issued in New Castle and Youngstown area include Ray Matthews and Beatrice Harry among multiple names. The brief notice lists entrants Curr San and Youngstown connections with the ceremony locale references.
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Ray Matthews
Beatrice Harry
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