20 Dec 1933
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1933
Page
1
Private investigators opened a probe into the killing of Carl Metling a 52 year old retired farmer in Pepper Pike Village near Cleveland. Britton Young a 21 year old Western Reserve University law student and nephew of Congressman Stephen Young was released on 1000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing on a manslaughter charge.
The page notes patrons may borrow larger books by number and a library desk sign asks patrons to cooperate by checking books in before leaving. The YWCA is decorated for the season with wreaths holly and small trees. A camping truck with plates from Indiana New York and Alabama sits in a local lot as police warn a motorist to replace something after a Harrisburg trip.
The 24 hour period ending at 9 am shows a maximum of 45 degrees and a minimum of 27 with 0.07 inches of precipitation. The river stood at 5.9 feet. For the same date last year the high was 31 and the low 6 with no precipitation.
Britton D. Young a 21 year old Western Reserve University student and nephew of Congressman Stephen M. Young was bound over to the grand jury after admitting the lovers lane slaying of Carl Metling a Pepper Pike Village truck farmer and Bible student. Young said he shot Metling to save his companion Ruth Belter a Flora Stone Mather College student who was being dragged from a parked car.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order extending the blanket agreement under the NRA for four months. The original order expires January 1, delaying the end date to May 1 and prolonging the employment provisions.
A pension package is forwarded to Pinchot for review. The move aims to address retirement benefits for eligible workers while awaiting formal approval and implementation details.
In Harrisburg the House concurred with Senate amendments on two old age assistance bills, sending them to the governor's desk. The action marks a moral victory for Governor Dee Long, who is hospitalized in New York with a nervous ailment, after prior opposition to pension reform. The concurrence vote was 187 to 0.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh reach home in Englewood New Jersey after a five and a half month 31 country air odyssey. Guards surround the Morrow mansion as they seek privacy for their infant son Jon and his first real Christmas celebration. Only a few intimate friends admitted.
Walter Witherup faces a murder case in which he is expected to plead not guilty to the death of his father. Prosecutors allege a fatal attack, with the defendant due in court next week for arraignment and further hearings.
A community Christmas tree on Laurel Boulevard near Delaware Avenue was decorated and lit, blazing with colored lights last night as the festive display opens for the season.
Paris Illinois December 20 Ed Shouse 27 a member of John Dillinger mob and two girls were captured after a bloody downtown gun battle in front of the Friends hotel Indiana State Policeman Eugene Teague 25 Indianapolis likely fatally wounded shot through the head. Sixteen Indiana State Policemen Paris officers and the local sheriff fought the battle Shouse surrendered after emptying his gun. Capty of the jail at Lima Ohio October 12 when Sheriff Jess Sarber was killed.
Walter Witherup 19, a Kennerdell oil worker and son of Clark N. Witherup 52, was arraigned in Franklin Pennsylvania on first degree murder charges and entered a not guilty plea. A further hearing was scheduled for December 29.
Washington Dec. 20 Direct loans to industry by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may be authorized Rep Joseph Burns Tennessee Democratic leader of the house said today A fund of about 1 000 000 000 for direct loans could be provided when Congress extends the lending power of the agency Loans would finance payrolls production of goods with orders and aid small industries unable to finance NRA program costs
Obituary notices list Judith Fae Daugherty age unknown of Hoysdale, John D Yoho age 73 of Koppel, Mary G Matheny age 73 of Ellwood City and Wampum, and Arthur Layton of Greensburg, Pa.
Firemen from No 6 and Central departments faced a thrill when a defective pump at 808 W State street burst gas and flames several hundred feet high. No injuries. The blaze started from a short in wiring and $100 loss. Also a coal gas explosion at 718 Court street caused door to blow open with smoke, no damage. City police report an auto collision on County Line street involving Lyle Slater.
Pennsylvania's legislature narrows social reform, ready for final action on the federal child labor amendment. Both houses push to pass the Salus child labor resolution and set second readings for approval before governor. Many measures on old age pensions and other social programs face defeat as lawmakers contend with the special session.
Workmen from CWA uncover walls and ceilings of the old Martin Gantz school revealing white pine joists hand hewn oak beams and handmade soft bricks with lime mortar. Builders consider preserving a marking stone on a native boulder for the Senior High School lawn as a memorial while tearing down proceeds slowly to save brick stone and lumber for park use.
County Commissioner P. O. Elder joined Beaver County commissioners and Youngstown officials to discuss a proposed ship canal. The group noted bridges to raise in Beaver and Lawrence counties if built, including at Edenburg, with Edenburg bridge and several Beaver County bridges already under consideration for takeover.
New Wilmington marks the 101st birthday of Dr J S Barr born December 22 1832 in Dunningsville Washington County He attended Washington and Jefferson College then seminary before joining missionary work in India for 44 years He later fathered three children and has six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Final disposition occurred Tuesday as Frank Clyde and Leslie McNeil pleaded to pending charges after some convictions last week. Walter Rausch George Zalick and others faced varied verdicts with a sentence court set for Thursday before Judges Hildebrand and Chambers. Mrs Zalich and Mrs Rausch were discharged after a nolle prosequi by District Attorney Powers.
International News Service reports Councillman Lewis Levine to investigate charges of discrimination in CWA job placements for Farrell men in Pa. with workers registered weeks ago still idle. Pittsburgh federal court moves toward a second jury trial for six vote fraud defendants after a hung first trial. Miners in Tamaqua get a premature Christmas victory as Lehigh Navigation Coal orders work to resume for Panther Creek valley in a time equalization move.
Chicago December 20. Joseph Harrington president member of the bituminous coal code authority revealed the first arrest for violation of the coal code. Charles Seals of Centerville Iowa was arrested.
Seventeen men arrested by state police in two raids on numbers headquarters in the Turtle Creek Valley were released after bond guaranteed appearance in Allegheny county court. Justice Bernard Volk of Versailles township set hearings. alleged operations extended through Turtle Creek area into Rankin Swissvale and parts of Pittsburgh.
Special to The News Beverly Hills report quotes Mr Hutchinson of Film Co s London who says English buyers loaded up on American securities at low prices. He compares England to a sober observer and notes cautious optimism about US prospects as a reforming bad boy.
Fog shrouded the New Castle area as an army bomber piloted by Lieut. M. C. McKinnon descended to the local airport. Floodlights activated by airport staff guided the monoplane, described as a dual motor with retractable gear, to a safe landing at Castleton. The aircraft was en route west and the flyer is registered at The Castleton.
James L. Kilgallen reports Jesse L. Livermore, famed market operator, vanished after a routine afternoon at his offices and Park Avenue apartment. His wife Harriet Noble alerted police amid a widespread federal inquiry into possible kidnapping. No clues have surfaced.
Formal approvals for three projects were received in the office of CWA Administrator L B Round. The items include George Washington junior high school grading the widening of roads in Big Beaver township and the widening of a run in Enon Valley.
Arthur Mometer reminds readers that three more days remain to finish Christmas shopping. The column lists items like stockings, hats, lighters, and woolen hose, urging early purchases due to wet weather and looming deadlines.
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