Alice Longworth Critiques New Deal Critics in Outburst
Alice Longworth writes a letter to Mr. Gots Stancourt in which she defends public efforts and mocks opponents of the New Deal. She notes widespread unemployment, criticizes the administration for transida failures, and mentions persistent federal programs like the AAA and WPA.
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Wastlington
Dp. C
Mr. Hoover
Gots Stancourt
Roosevelt
Bony
Public eAtonies
Tavpayers Montes
Supreme Court
W. PB. A
Snow cleanup and near spring hints in New Castle streets
South Side residents worked through the day clearing snow piles along curbs while cars show single headlights and tail lights missing. March marks next inspection period as highway crews anticipate a busy season. A year ago New Castle dug out after record snowfall, with six inches falling over two days.
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Pa Nene
Highland Avenue
New Castle
WH. J. Henry
Tiphway Patrol
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report shows a maximum temperature of 30 and a minimum of 4 below zero with no precipitation and a river stage of 4 feet. Year ago readings recorded a maximum of 84 and a minimum of 20 with 66 inches of precipitation.
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U. S&s
Mastin
Temple Confers Honorary Degree On President
President Roosevelt receives an honorary doctor of jurisprudence from Temple University in Philadelphia. He riffs on criticism of his speeches while avoiding Washington quotations, noting education’s role in a republic and the government’s duty to promote it.
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George Duano
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Temple
Roosevelt
Coreorge
United States
Two Pitt Students Killed In Auto Crash Night Of Dance
Two University of Pittsburgh students Pearis Wogan 18 and William McLaughlin 17 were killed and five others injured in a road accident after an alumni dance at Central Catholic high school. Witnesses said icy roads caused a skid and crash into a freight car at a Wilkinsburg intersection. The dead were pronounced at Columbia Hospital.
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International Navy Service
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Pearis Wogan
William McLaughlin
Edwin F. Ellis
Irene Maroney
Mary McClain
Frank Sweeney
Donald Crane
Wilkinsburg
Miss Vogan
McLaughlin
Columbia Hospital
Central Catholic High School
University At High School
Mrs Redfern Hopes for News of Missing Flyer
Mrs Redfern, wife of Paul Redfern who vanished en route to South America from Georgia on August 26, 1927, continues watching dispatches for clues. A rumor spoke of a white man seen dropping from the skies and held by a western Guiana mountain tribe. Mrs Redfern now lives in Cleveland.
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Paul Redfern
South America
Georgia
Guiana
Mivs
Redfern
Cleveland
Big Industrial Exposition Opens Monday Evening
The big Industrial Exposition organized by city industries will open Monday at 8 p.m. Mayor Charles E. McGrath will officiate. Daily exhibits run from 2 p.m. to evening with visitors invited to view Lawrence Auto Sales Company displays and the growing local product lines. Parking will be available near the showroom.
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Ralph W. Bolsinger
Lawrence Auto Sales Company
Charles E. McGrath
New Castle
Girl Confesses Poison Plot In Family Food Tragedy
Fourteen year old Gladys Dillon confessed to Lincoln county prosecutors that she placed poison in a flour sack at her Hubball home, poisoning her mother, father, and six siblings. Three children have only slight chances of recovery as doctors treat all victims. Gladys showed little concern, saying mom should have died. The family crisis followed her elopement with a rustic suitor who was later intercepted on the road near Logan.
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International News Service
Hamlin
W. Va
Gladys. Dillon
Lincoln County
W. F. Damron
Hubball
Damron
Cleve Chandler
Edgar
Chandler
Anrithing
Here
Damien
Gladys
Logan
League To Ditch if Embargo Act
Geneva reports the League of Nations moved toward shelving the oil embargo issue citing the United States stance. The 18 member sanctions committee plans a March 3 meeting with France’s foreign minister Pierre Etienne Flandin. Discussion centers on an embargo against Italy over its Ethiopian campaign.
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International News Service
Geneva
League of Nations
United States
League
Pierre Etienne Flandin
France
Italy
Subsidy Program For Farmers Is Assured
The Roosevelt administration gains congressional authority to spend 500 million dollars yearly on a broad farm subsidy program replacing the AAA. House approval totaled 267 to 97 and Senate support was three to one. Roosevelt aims to sign after Hyde Park, with tax measures to fund the plan pending. A White House tax conference is planned on return.
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William 5. Neal
International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
AAA
Senate
House
Hyde Park
Congress
White House
Treasury
Mayor Proclaims Industrial Show in New Castle
Mayor Charles E. McGrath designates February 24 to 29 as Industrial Week in New Castle to showcase local manufacturing and industrial products at the Lawrence Auto Sales display rooms and urges citizens to attend. The proclamation notes New Castle as a center of industry and asks public attendance.
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Charles E. McGrath
Lawrence Auto Sales Company
New Castle
Charles £. McGrath
City of
Open Sessions Of Conference Here For Young Men
New Castle man presides as the eighth annual Western Pennsylvania Young Men's Christian Conference opens at the First Christian Church on the public square. About 150 to 200 delegates from across the state attend as Dr. Frank D. Slutz of Dayton delivers the keynote on Religion Dynamic Force, with election of 1936 officers and a full weekend program announced.
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First Christian Church
Pennsylvania
Chris A.lark
New Castle
Reader
Frank D. Slutz
Dayton
Pr. Slutz
Coasting Crash Kills Boy, Injures Girl in Dunbar Area
In Connellsville Pennsylvania a coasting accident left 12 year old George Legreco dead and 13 year old Thelma Hughes severely injured with a fractured skull after their sled struck the rear wheel of a car. The sled rider could not avoid the collision and the driver was identified as Jeffries of Pechin.
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International News Service
Connellsville
George
Legreco
John Legreco
Dunbar Hughes
Roy
Thelma
Hughes
Dunbar
Lawrence
Jeffries of
Pechin
Death notices for Steen Orsburn and Rowland in New Galilee and New Bedford
Death records list Samuel L. Steen age 58 of New Galilee and F. A. Rowland age 84 of New Bedford among reported notices. Also referenced is Joseph W. Orsburn with an address 233 Highland Avenue.
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Samuel L. Steen
New Galilee
F. A. Rowland
New Bedford
Joseph W. Orsburn
Highland Avenue
Pennsylvania Armory Plan Seeks Federal Funds For New Castle
A 65,000 dollar New Castle administration building and stables for Troop F, 108th Cavalry, under Captain George Mitchell, are included in a 5 million dollar Pennsylvania armory construction program. Twenty five members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation pledged support for federal funding, a larger 75 million dollar national armory program is tied to this effort.
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Washington
National Guard Administration
New Castle
Pennsylvannia
108Rd Cavalry
George Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Eddie Peyton Now Missing
Pittsburgh reports Eddie Peyton, a nightclub entertainer, is missing while awaiting jail for an aggravated assault and battery conviction. Investigators ponder his whereabouts from Minami to Havant or the Bahamas, with extradition discussions in play. Peyton sought a new trial and has counsel appealing to the superior court.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Eddie Peyton
Squire James J. Westwood
Minami
Havant
Bahamas
Peyton
Leonard C. Calder
Beck urges reading Washingtons farewell to mark Washingtons birthday
James M. Beck former solicitor general and constitutional expert urged re reading George Washingtons farewell address during the 49th Washington Day banquet in Chicago He read the passage warning about public credit and questioned what Washington would say about a government spending two dollars for every dollar it takes in and debt rising to stratospheric levels.
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International News Service
Chicago
James M. Beck
United States
George Washington
Union League Club
Washington
Witness Millard Whited Defies Governor in Hauptmann Trial
Millard Whited the Sourland mountain hill bill disclosed he will not surrender to questioning on his Hauptmann trial testimony. He said Hauptmann was near the Lindbergh home on two occasions before the baby kidnapping, and he defied Governor Hoffman by vowing to stay at George Ike’s Landisville home rather than be taken into custody.
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Lambertville
Millard Whited
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
William Saunders
Winterdon County
William Dillinger
Whited
Landisville
George Ike
Lawrenceville
Ike
Harold G. Hoffman
Trenton
N. J
Harald G. Hoffman
Sourland Mountain
Hauptmann
Clock Murder Puzzles Police
The diabolical double murder by the clock is revisited as a man confesses to killing an old couple whose parrot interrupted his looting. He admitted beating them to death and then triggered an infernal machine to burn evidence in a Southern California apartment. The suspect Fred remains in custody as investigators pursue motives and ties.
Song Strike Ended At Grove City College After Fraternity suspensions
Grove City Pa February Grove City college ended a student song strike that began in chapel over the suspension of 18 members of an eight fraternity for pledges breaking rules. The day closed with a chorus of the Star Spangled Banner as students resumed singing.
Weather Woes Inspire Patchwork Verse from a Reader
A reader seeks a single line to capture a restless mind as words fail to rhyme. They reference winter, sport, spring, religion, art, and politics, noting the weather shifts from frigid to rising warmth as a trigger for fresh thoughts and verse.
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Pat
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