30 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
1
The bulletin notes the president is showing signs of improvement as medical teams report progress. Officials provide no further details, but the update suggests stabilization and cautious optimism for upcoming days.
Washington reports indicate President Wilson had a good night of sleep and is improving under Rear Admiral Grayson’s absolute rest plan. Grayson expects renewed energy with rest, fresh air, and further nights of quiet, while White House circles note optimistic prospects for the treaty ratification battles in the Senate.
Westminster College sophomores won the annual flag rush near the gym after a tightly regulated contest. The sophomores defended the flag for six minutes, rested five, then held it for another 12 minutes despite being outnumbered as freshmen pressed to haul down the colors.
Grove City College in Grove City Pennsylvania began registration for the fall term. Officials anticipate about 400 students enrolled during the first week as arrangements continue for the opening of classes.
The ninth day of the national steel strike shows gains by operators in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania as plants gradually return to normal and more workers resume duties. Crucible Steel hits a new high and other steel stocks rise slightly while Bethlehem plants see little effect and most plants remain idle or crippled. clashes occur at Waukegan as authorities prepare to send state troops.
Four year old Jimmy Glass vanished years ago while living near Greeley Pennsylvania. Farmers uncover bones of a small boy in a buckwheat field sparking an official inquiry and renewed hope for the Glass family in Jersey City.
Weather bureau reports a chance of rain in Cincinnati for tomorrow’s opening World Series game. Forecaster H C Frankenfield notes cloudy skies likely with possible rain in northern Ohio and extendable to southern Ohio. Temperatures will be cool and conditions not warm.
Following months of practice local merchants announce October first Thursday as Suburban Day. Special attention will be given to country district buyers and unusual bargains will be offered to the public.
Report by the taxpayers committee shows 949.65 in contributions and 924.65 spent during the county commissioner primary. Advertising accounts for most outlays, leaving 25 in treasury.
Troops were posted at railway stations and armed guards at departing trains during the national railway strike. Government says attempts to derail trains failed. Lloyd George and Geddes report improvement while railway union leader Thomas warns of a 24 hour crisis with potential sympathy strikes by 1,050,000 transport workers and coal miners. Amalgamated Society of Engineers refrains from striking but will not take over trainmen work. vehicle workers delay strike vote to tomorrow.
Two hundred additional men reported to work at Shenango Works of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company. Operations speeded up across departments and the strike at the plant has practically ended with near full capacity in cold roll and hot mills. New Castle Works see more men returning. no disorder reported as authorities stay alert in the strike zone.
Coroner H. D. Boyles will open an inquiry into the death of Mrs Sophia Johnson, who died from wounds suffered during a riot between steel mill guards deputies and strike sympathizers early last week. No date for the inquest has been set.
Chairman Elmer Crawford of the Republican county committee announces a city committee meeting for Thursday to organize and outline the campaign for Republican candidates in city offices. Ward appointments include Treser and Henry in the first ward, Brown and Young in the second, Green and Hoover in the third, Alexander and Brudin in the fourth, Sands and Harris in the fifth, Woods and Sweesy in the sixth, Raney and Dalzell in the seventh, and Ritchie and Jones in the eighth.
Boston September 30 Lieut Commander A C Read of the N C 4 seaplane announced plans by Bleriot and other French aviators to make a one day trip around the world possible. Read said Bleriot claimed a speed of 1000 miles an hour and an altitude of 60000 feet could be sustained with new French inventions.
A roundup of incidents includes Mrs. Anna Baird’s 1011th birthday dinner near Wheeling and a six foot eight inch gray eagle shot by Jack Pancake in Moorefield. L. G. Gay killed by a Pennsylvania train near Reno. Edwin H. Brun lands Brazil highway contract. Walter D. Roath dies from a domestic crisis bullet. A barn moves 15 miles on the Altoona area. 3 year old Joseph Towreski injured in Beaver Falls. Rose Lattieman assaulted in Pittsburgh. Swiss agents offer $75,000,000 in iron and steel contracts. farmers in Washington County organize against marauders targeting livestock and fruit.
William Z. Foster, eastern director of the steel workers' strike, was summoned to Washington to appear before Senator Kenyon's Education and Labor Committee. He is to testify Thursday at 10 a.m. on his radical ideas as outlined in 1912 and 1915 works. Pittsburgh leaders welcomed the visit as a chance to present strike grievances.
Management of the Rieck McJunkin distributing establishment announced a one cent advance in October prices. Farmers will receive $3.60 per hundred pounds, up from $3.25, with the new retail rate at 15 cents per quart or 9 cents per pint, effective tomorrow.
The president sent to the senate nominations for Brand Whitlock of Ohio as ambassador to Belgium and Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz as chief of naval operations with the rank of Admiral for a four year term.
About three thousand Cleveland residents wait for the Senate to ratify the peace treaty. They are foreigners seeking naturalization who cannot become citizens until ratification because they are still regarded as enemy aliens.
The Senate education and labor committee will reopen its steel strike inquiry in Pittsburgh next Friday. Chairman William S. Kenyon said the investigation will run three days Friday Saturday and Sunday unless the League of Nations situation in the Senate interferes.
In Washington the Senate faced a heated debate as a resolution by Senator New sought information on American naval landings at Fran. Senator Hitchcock accused Republicans of deliberate filibuster and constant heckling aimed at pressuring the administration seeking peace.
Paris dispatch reports The Libre cites Wilson telegrams suggesting an accord on Fiume is feasible if Italy acts firmly. It notes possible Italian elections or crackdowns on insurgents under Gabriele d Annunzio as alternatives.
The nation will gain one hour on October 26 as clocks are set back at 2 00 AM on the last Sunday in October marking the end of daylight saving. Congress will repeal the law amid farmer and minor interests protests and industrial center opposition. L Dale Aul of East Washington Street returns to Pittsburgh to resume study at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood assumed command of federal troops in Omaha after Sunday's riotous outbreak. Balloons and searchlights monitored the Negro district while machine guns secured key intersections. Mayor Smith hospitalized after narrowly escaping mob violence. Authorities prepare arson and assault charges against involved rioters.
Eight hundred workers at Carnegie Steel in Youngstown begin repairs for a general resumption next Monday. Youngstown Sheet and Tube plans to operate then. Carnegie notices promise full pay Saturday and discharge for those not returning.
Mrs. Anna M. Lindsay aged 70 of 718 Brooklyn Avenue Mrs. Cinderella Weatherby aged 63 of Pennsylvania Avenue and Vincenzo Pacelli nine months of rear 516 Pearson Street are listed in a death record entry.
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