28 Apr 1933
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1933
Page
1
President Roosevelt appeals to defeat a bipartisan plan for a bonus payment to veterans. The move, labeled a "dodger" by critics, faces strong Senate opposition as conservative attacks surge. Supporters say the plan would ease costs, while opponents warn of inflationary risks.
Weather notes describe plowing and sowing across farms with mixed conditions. Forecasts predict improving temperatures yet potential rain and wind affecting Saturday play and events. Local sports and golf sections anticipate crowds as renovations and lower scores are discussed.
The report presents a daily weather snapshot with projected maximum and minimum temperatures and expected precipitation for the day. Data appears incomplete and contains transcription errors, but mentions temperatures and precipitation as the key elements.
Shenango plant of American Sheet and Tin Plate Company will operate eighteen shifts this week, finishing at midnight Saturday. This marks the latest closing time in New Castle’s tin plate industry. General manager D S Pyle announced the capacity applies to all thirty mills.
In St Paul Minnesota Mrs Genevieve A Clark a Minneapolis housewife chose death to avoid a six month contempt sentence for a court, after serving as a waiver in a mail fraud trial of W D Foshay and six associates Authorities found the Clark family dead in a car about fifteen miles south of the city carbon monoxide poisoning suspected Police believed the couple killed themselves after she failed to appear to begin the sentence.
City council met in the munter pat building and voted to hire fifty workers for six days of next week for relief jobs in the city. They approved continuing insurance coverage on relief workers at 60,000 for the coming week and immediate payment of $60 to men employed this week. The decision follows ongoing work at Gaston park where city acreage is being developed, with Councilman Davis supporting continued activity and the Gonkinger motion adopted.
Three fishermen drowned when their boat capsized in Pine Lake, fourteen miles south of Youngstown. Some bodies were recovered, identities not immediately established. Police found a Pennsylvania car with plate S00-N nearby as investigators, led by Coroner M. B. Hayes and Mahoning County deputies, arrived at the scene.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma urged defeating the bonus proposal tied to the farm bill while indicating possible presidential veto if the inflation rider should be approved. He supported paying the bonus but opposed linking it to the current legislation.
Special to The News reports Beverly Hills April 28 noting governments and individuals struggle to determine actual values of land stocks leases and currencies amid price swings. The piece cites England America and France meeting to assess dollar value sterling silver and other assets as global markets wobble under scrutiny.
James Mayberry of North Cravford Avenue was elected unanimously as city mercantile appraiser by the council in the municipal building. The appointment, recommended by Director of Finance Albert Hoyland, covers 1933 and 1934, succeeding B. J. Bionai who held the post last year.
Pittsburgh police report that Mang and aide Edldie Turpack remain at large after two long term convicts followed the gang killer over the wall of the western penitentiary. Fr Freday Prince and Theo Geisler were recaptured at midnight in a stolen car, but Mang and Turpack eluded capture while the others claimed to roam the city in disguise.
The Falce airliner, missing for nearly a week on a flight from Corfu to Paris, was located by Italian Carabinieri near Vacena in the Calabrian mountains. Three aboard survived while five died, including 22 year old John Van Cleef of Montclair. Survivors named: Mrs. Girandet, Jean Steve, and Radio Operator Callot, all believed French citizens.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will host the first ever feminine gridiron dinner in Washington. Frances Perkins Ruth Bryan Owen and women members of Congress will attend along with female reporters and prominent women politicians. The event marks a new chapter in Washington society and gridiron tradition with coverage by International News Service.
Jack Eberle and family of North Shenango Street returned from Pittsburgh where they attended the National Foreign Trade Convention and greeted Jamies A. Farrell former United States Steel president. Eberle and Farrell share a long friendship from earlier work in New Haven and New Castle.
Most rural schools will stay open next week while a number will not close until the latter part of May. Schools in She nang o and Taylor townships Wampum Enon Valley New Wilmington and West Pittsburg keep sessions running. Union township junior high grades seven and eight will also continue for another month. The earliest finishers ended a week ago with many suspending until next year. All Rye All Rye high schools follow a nine month term and will not close until late May.
Mercer County agent Harry Higbee reports two sheep killed by dogs raiding flocks of Hi township farmers. In most investigated cases dogs turned on by owners are blamed for the outbreaks, with owners unable to feed them cited as the incentive.
Mercer county officials report bridge painting along state roads by the State Highway Department reduces the county’s financial burden. Unemployed workers are being assigned to bridge painting projects as commissioners confirm the responsibility for funding has shifted to the state.
Allentown city council promoted Patrolman Lynch to detective today after a formal meeting in council chambers. Mayor Charles B Magie announced the recommendation to the solons, confirming Lynch’s long service and arrests. Lynch joins Cy Homer and John Young in the detective division, with plans for him to work in plain clothes.
Col Roscoe Turner launched from Cal. at 3 20 a m in his new mystery plane aiming to surpass the west to east record of 1 hour 19 minutes set by Jamies G Haidle in 1932 air races. He already holds the east to west mark of 1 hour 25 minutes.
Washington April 28 Roosevelt and M Edgard Herriot concluded talks without hard deals. Herriot departs for Paris with a clear view of US policy on the world economic conference. US urged European debtors to pay installments by June 15 and consider silver clause. open to world tariff readjustment and robust arms cuts. conference affirmed.
Gov Clyde Herring moved swiftly to restore order in Le Mars declaring martial law and dispatching 200 troops under Col Glenn Haynes to investigate the abduction of District Judge Charles C. Bradley. Sheriff Rippey aims to arrest mob members, while state militiamen support the effort as citizens request action to punish the perpetrators.
Police investigated a collision on Highland Avenue near Leisure last night after an automobile struck streetcar No. operated by Edward Fink on the northbound track. The car was badly damaged and left the scene, while the streetcar sustained little damage.
The governor approved a bill designating the city treasurer in New Castle for third class cities with 25000 to 55000 population. Salary ranges from 3500 to 5000 and duties include collecting both city and school taxes. The tax collector will appoint clerks whose salaries are fixed by council and school board with equal stationery and supplies costs.
The piece mocks April folly and rash pride as the narrator warns against trusting playful deceits. It alludes to clever tricks and a head injury from a stray card, reminding readers that even bright days can bring foolish risks and injuries.
Obituary note reports the death of Samantha Norrix Wall aged 78 of Springfield Massachusetts with connections to Wair Mont Avenue. The fragment references Waller Flynn of Youngstown but details are incomplete.
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