15 Jan 1938
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1938
Page
1
President Roosevelt works on a planned production program to end the business slump. He aims for mutual confessions from industry and labor and hopes for labor peace and fewer strikes. The plan hinges on cooperation and may be sent to Congress as a special message after final talks.
The article notes today is the final day to use 1937 Pennsylvania license plates on autos with new 1938 plates required after midnight. It also mentions an inhalator purchased for Pymatuning Lake, city roadwork on Florence avenue, and a crowd at the county treasurer for dog licensing amid a drive to curb unlicensed dogs. A North Mercer street paving project is highlighted as a major city improvement, and a garter snake was found by Robert Adams while gathering kindling on Mitchell school road.
US weather report for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am shows a maximum temperature of 25, minimum 14, precipitation .02 inches, river stage 6.1 feet. Year-ago figures list a maximum 35, minimum 38, precipitation 1.26 inches.
Mayor Varles E. McGrath and Chief Ralph A. Criswell implement a January 16 overhaul in the City Police Department. Detective John Moore shifts to East Side patrol as a patrolman while Detective John Young becomes an investigator in uniform from the detective bureau. Lieutenant Ray Showalter oversees day patrolmen and fingerprint work, with Patrolman William Allgier moving to First ward day patrol and H L Richards taking cruiser operator duties. A G Harper and D J Thomas are now patrol car operators with rotating 4 pm to midnight and midnight to 8 am shifts. Wayne Lines becomes relief sergeant and radio technician, while Thomas Jones is promoted to traffic supervisor. Jack Thompson becomes a relief rider and driver of cruiser cars, and Carl Wallace’s duties continue.
George R. Balph, a long time bank executive and member of a pioneer local family, was elected president of Citizens National Bank. He joined the bank in 1903, rose from teller to cashier in 1920, then executive vice president since 1927, succeeding Joan H. Lamb who becomes chairman. Balph and his wife live at 136 Hazelcroft Avenue with their two children. he has relatives in Pittsburgh and Louisville.
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti said he is seriously considering running in the Democratic primary for governor amid mounting pressure. His political plans have puzzled both parties and recall his prior bid in 1934.
A W McDowell of the Sharon Herald was elected president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association at Harrisburg. He succeeds Floyd Chalfant of the Waynesboro Record Herald. Millard A Staffler of the Hamburg Item was named vice president and Howard Reynolds of Quarryville Sun was chosen secretary treasurer.
A county school board was elected and sworn in at the 25th annual Lawrence County School Directors association session in the Second U P church. Officers include M. Cox of Volant as president and W A Grinnen of Wampum and Audisy J. McClymonds as vice presidents, Roy DeArment of Bessemer as secretary, and George Lawrence of Shenango township as treasurer. County Superintendent John C. Syling will join the board to form the new governance group. meeting Tuesday.
Two youths, Henry Frzybylsk aged 20 and Marion Lik aged 11, were injured Friday night when a sled crashed into a car at Terrace Avenue and South Jefferson Street. They were taken to New Castle Hospital with injuries described as jaw and leg damage. The auto was driven by Fred Stickle, 28, and four others were reportedly on the sled at impact. Additional drivers reported nearby sled incidents with no injuries.
Local notice from Bessemer records the death of Mrs Anna Elizabeth Eirbenaue Johnson. No age or burial details provided in the fragment. Further obituary information likely available in next page or official death certificate.
Shanghai dispatch reports a major Sino Japanese clash feared along the Hsuchow front to the north with Chinese forces said to total about 400,000. Japanese columns are converging from Shantung toward the Tientsin Pukow and Sungai railways as observers brace for a potentially decisive battle that could shape the entire campaign.
City firemen answered an alarm at 7:45 on Box 83 to Big Run street four houses were ablaze causing about 1700 dollars in loss. The Hugh Henry home at 23 Big Run street was the source from a faulty kitchen chimney. Sparks spread to 19 and 21 and 25 Big Run street. Berardelli home at 25 had a second flare at 9:40 from the roof cone. Total damage around 1700 dollars.
A 22 year old dancer from Chicago known as Sandra Neal killed herself in New York City. She arrived seeking work on Broadway after months of rejection at agency offices and previously worked at a Chicago club Alabama. Her sister Mrs BR Stanley lived at 934 Edgecombe Place.
Washington reports a weekly weather outlook for the North and middle Atlantic states with rain in the middle region and snow or rain in the north on Tuesday or Wednesday, ending by Thursday. Temperatures above normal in the middle Atlantic, colder Thursday and Friday. Ohio Valley and Tennessee see rain Monday or Tuesday, ending Wednesday, with rain in the south and snow in the north at week’s end. Mild temperatures early week, colder midweek, and warmer again by Friday.
Washington Jan 13 The treasury approves immediate tax revision and outlines a future sweeping reform plan. Undersecretary Roswell Magill backs modifying profits and capital gains taxes to aid business but opposes full repeal. The administration envisions integrating federal and state taxes, eliminating tax exempt bonds, and removing double filing requirements.
A 200 person searching party in Kane Pennsylvania searched forest areas for C Vandermark 57 and Florence Williams 18 both of Gar Nean McLean county reported missing since Tuesday night Vandermark a railroad employee for many years and longtime acquaintance of the girl their car was found abandoned near Gaurdeau with tracks into the forest.
Mrs Lawrence D Sanders wife of a Comanche descendant gave birth at a Sunbury Pennsylvania hospital. After ten days she learned the baby was a girl instead of the named Ellis Junior Sanders. Hospital authorities cite nurse miscommunication as the source of the error.
In Sunbury Pennsylvania state police prepared final questions for principals in a baby mixup case near Shamoking and Irish Valley. Mrs Lawrence Sanders and her husband say the Dec 30 birth at Shamoking State hospital was claimed as theirs. doctors state there was never a mixup. The welfare department reviews hospital records as authorities consider settlement.
Belleville Michigan January 11 an aged woman was shot to death by her woman companion after a minor automobile accident. A farm youth Albert Delph drove the victim toward Ida Michigan while a search identified a Mrs Edith Maw Cummins a Detroit real estate agent later found shot in a field near Belleville. Police noted the suspect was also under indictment in Kentucky in a real estate swindle case.
At a Retail Merchants Association meeting this week, 15 members voted 10 to conduct a citywide survey of parking meters January 17 to 23. Merchants will study the meter system, gather patron opinions, record replies, and use the results to reach a comprehensive conclusion on the situation.
Hollywood report says film actor Allan Jones and wife Irene Hervey welcomed a son named Jay Allan. The couple, both in the film industry, shared happiness over the new arrival and said mother and baby are doing well.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at May Barnes restaurant 216 South Jefferson near Central Fire Station Friday night. They found a small fire in a first floor room caused by paper covering a stove pipe hole catching when soot ignited in the chimney. Loss estimated at about $5.
President Roosevelt nominated Stanley Reed solicitor general to join the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by Justice George Sutherland’s retirement. The nomination was sent to the Senate today before noon as Reed, a 53 year old Kentuckian, has defended New Deal legislation before the bench.
Paris January 15 confidants say Georges Bonnet former French ambassador to the United States is pressing to form a new government to replace the Chautemps ministry which resigns. Bonnet who was finance minister under Chautemps hopes to persuade President Albert Lebrun of success by early afternoon observers fear if he fails Lebrun may call Leon Blum to lead a socialist government.
The narrator recalls primitive heat from oil or gas flames, a bonfire in the woods, and makeshift meals with limited cash. He mentions old foods, jars, potatoes, and the rough pleasures of cheaper days, ending with a brisk weather note of thirty one.
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