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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1925
Page
2
At Central Presbyterian church services on Sunday a congregational meeting is set for Wednesday evening October 28 to decide on calling a pastor. The pulpit committee will present a recommendation, and if approved, a call will be issued. The pulpit has been vacant after Rev. F. E. Reese resigned to Aberdeen Dakota.
Dame Margaret Lloyd George backs the push toward prohibition as Liberal nerves evaluate a party wide poll on the issue. Speakers include Lief Jones Sir Donald MacLean Sir George Hunter and Lady Astor as the campaign targets women with the plea that drink harms families and homes. Lief Jones proposes local option polls in parliamentary boroughs every four years as a step toward total prohibition.
The piece discusses partisan divides over the 1925 tax plan with Democrats pushing for a larger cut and a longer debt liquidation period. Cited are opponents Garner of Texas and Rep. Garrett of Tennessee and Secretary Mellon’s inheritance tax proposal. The Democrats seek a tax reduction twice Mellon’s recommendation and a 62 year debt payoff versus 25 years.
The recent party primary names Republican candidates for county and city offices to contest the general election on November 3, 1925. The list includes nominees across multiple local offices aligned with the party platform and local governance needs.
For Register and Recorder Jeanette Hutton. For District Attorney J. Elder Bryan. For Jury Commissioner M. C. Kennedy. For City Council Two Years Louis G. Genkinger. For School Board Six Years R. T. Withers Dr. W. L. Campbell J. H. McKvenny.
Rep Garner and Sen Swanson push a double tax cut for 1925 to wipe out war debt and aid campaign gains. Swanson accuses Republicans of political gamesmanship aiming for another cut before 1928. Mellon counters that exempting smaller incomes from tax would destabilize the system, noting low-rate small payments fund government amid large volume business models like the five and dime stores.
Reported by Superintendent E J Berquist the Rescue Mission appeal drew generous support with contributions likely surpassing $8,000. The funds ensure mission work continues for another year in New Castle as volunteers praised the city’s strong response and hospitality to mission workers.
About one hundred boys in Midget Junior A and Junior B gym classes at the YMCA attended a Stunt Day. Teams competed for a candy prize with events including tug of war wheelbarrow race and diving for pennies. Winners were John Wilson Jack Stevenson Albert Jones. Baldy Watson collected the most pennies. Ice cream and cake followed. O S Goodwin and Harry S Day led the event.
United States Supreme Court refused to intervene in Charlotte Anita Whitney case, holding the California criminal syndicalism statute valid by lack of jurisdiction. The decision preserves the law challenged by liberal organizations.
Brussels dispatch reports the Belgian delegation returning from the Locarno pact conference predicted Cologne would be evacuated by the British on or before December 1. The forecast follows discussions on security arrangements amid ongoing wartime pressures.
Joseph Moore, employee of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, is jailed on a felonious shooting charge after a Saturday noon shooting along the Scanlon farm highway. M. J. Scanlon sustains non life threatening wounds and is expected to recover. Sheriff William G. Andrews and Officer Hillers arrested Moore at his home and he surrendered that evening without resistance.
Judge Emery held a short court session approving bonds for guardianships of John Warren Hodgson and Kenneth Hodgson, granting an alias subpoena in the Alva J. Foy divorce, allowing improvements to Robert G. Gibson’s property, and authorizing funds in Kaina vs Levinson. Interventions were sought by P R L Wallace and National Bond and Insurance in related cases. Viewers were appointed for the Porter harbor sewer project.
In Pittsburgh on Oct 19 bandits used nitro glycerin to blow the Vulcan Gasoline Co safe, escaping with about 500 dollars. Police said it marked the first such explosive safe opening in years and the building was partly wrecked.
The church club holds its weekly class at 6 o clock tonight at the Y. M. C. A. led by Physical Director Harry S. Day. All enrolled boys are urged to attend to enjoy gym and swimming privileges.
Funeral services for James Adams Ray were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o clock from his Richelieu avenue residence. Rev A J Randles of the Second United Presbyterian church officiated. Pallbearers were nephews Harold Caldwell John Caldwell Joseph Cubbison Ray Foster Benjamin McCleary and Raymond McCleary. Interment followed at the United Presbyterian cemetery at Plain Grove.
Funeral services for Georgiana Frances Stevens conducted at ten o clock this morning from the family home on North Cedar street. Rev J N Croxall of Mahoning Methodist church presided with pallbearers Frances Hyde Helen Woods Alice Soper and Dorothy Faithney. Burial in Oak Park cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Kerr Cunningham will be held on Tuesday afternoon October 20 at 2 o'clock from her late home in Zelienople. Interment will be made in Zelienople cemetery.
Reports at noon show funds raised as solicitors relocate to the Chest drive HQ at the High Twelve club. Obituaries list John B Christie Robison aged 28 and Thomas Audley Book aged 65 among local deaths with funeral details and family relations.
Delayed reports from Corion News Service Incia B C identify seven longshoremen of the salvage tug Hope drowned when a tide rip drove the boat into the stranded steamer Bemdyk off Bentinick Island near Victoria. Twenty eight men were aboard the Hope during cargo extraction. seven named victims were H P Hanley Charles J Bailey James S Duncan Albert Rust Herbert Forrest Joseph M Watson and Thomas N Elliott.
P T Fagan district president of the United Mine Workers said 1,500 miners near Midland Mine No 1 Pittsburgh Coal Co voted unanimously to support the Jacksonville wage agreement and keep to the deadlock with operators who are reopening mines at the 1917 wage scale. Only two union men returned to work amid reports about many workers being negroes imported from West Virginia. He warned no near term resumption, which would leave 20,000 idle miners.
A man tells friends his car radiator froze this morning while he went to the garage. An attorney searches a title to an East Side residence at the Court House. A small fox terrier barks at a milk man on Wallace Avenue. A five year old tot hunts a Hallowe'en mask in a Washington Street store stock.
Treasury records show Uncle Sam collected 118285 dollars in taxes on regular World Series tickets and revenue from scalpers during the series. The figure reflects government take from admission fees and related levies in Washington on October 19.
In Washington Pennsylvania heavy rains washed away soil from stadium pillar bases causing a stand collapse during last Saturday's game. About 300 spectators tumbled to the ground with several injuries. Mrs Juanita P Mertfs of Donora survived after X ray showed no broken back. Six victims still hospitalized.
Trial of a $100000 alienation of affections suit filed by Mrs. Katherine M Frey of Louisville against musical comedy star Wilda Bennett was postponed again in New York court. The case centers on alleged interference with the affections of Charles C Frey, owner of race horses. The latest postponement occurred on October 19.
The complaint alleges Frey and an actress accompanied by Mrs. Frey claim in 1924 at Empire City track during the Zev In Memoriam race they spent significant time together with Miss Bennett at her Great Neck Long Island country home.
An earthquake with epicenter near Ottawa was detected by the Dominion Observatory. First tremor occurred at 5:59.29 a m EST and persisted for nearly an hour, followed by a smaller second shock at 7:05.11 a m that lasted about 30 minutes.
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