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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
19
The American delegation refused to join any temporary stabilization pact during the world economic conference in London as delegates continued the parley. George R. Holmes reports the venue pressed on with discussions while artificial trade barriers faced renewed attacks from participants.
President Roosevelt issued a formal statement through the American delegation refusing any temporary currency stabilization accord. The move shifts focus to British and French delegates to proceed on other issues, while the dollar's value falls on European markets. Secretary Hull urged tariff cuts and trade restraint removal as delegates hear MacDonald press for stronger U.S. cooperation.
At the world economic conference June 22 in London the monetary stabilization problem was sidelined to honor American wishes. Secretary Cordell Hull proposed a resolution to lay groundwork for gradual reduction of artificial trade barriers. The move followed a meeting with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Britain and French Finance Minister Georges Bonnet. Formal announcement expected later as Britain and France align with the United States.
With all sixty mills operating the old south side shows activity as smoke fills the air. Former New Castle high students and grads plan a cathedral reunion after rain disrupted Cascade Park events for years. Construction on the federal building on the public square proceeds toward a June 30 cornerstone ceremony and rapid wall work follows.
The report lists the 24 hour period ending at 9 o clock with a high of 98 and a low of 62. Precipitation measured .09 inches and river stage at 4.3 feet. Year ago the high was 87 with a low of 59 and precipitation at .14 inches.
Charles A. Smith reports from Ayot St Lawrence Hertfordshire that George Bernard Shaw derides the London talks as the world idiotic conference. In an interview Shaw blasts delegates as ignorant and bankers as greedy, urging them to return home immediately. He insists the conference has already failed and will bring only recriminations and confusion.
Special to The News notes the Library of Congress reportedly has 800 workers and a high payroll totaling about 773 thousand dollars, with inspectors alleging waste if Democrats are underrepresented. The letter also comments on the dollar’s value, urging readers to buy foreign currency while expensive.
Lawrence County Wool Growers association reports 96 280 pounds of wool pooled across Lawrence and Butler counties during the first three days of the week. The haul, up about 33 percent from last year, should net growers around 27 000 dollars. Three carloads were graded and weighed here with two carloads from Butler. Buyers include Charles B. Boyd & Co. Philadelphia.
Coroner Orville Potter will hold an inquest Friday evening into the deaths of Nathan Offutt and Sylvester Sager of Plaingrove. They died in an automobile collision near the Fair Grounds on Harlansburg road last Saturday. Witnesses from the oil truck driven by H L Fry Jr of Newell Avenue will be called.
Harrisburg reports a 6.72 mile Cook Forest highway stretch will open today, creating a shorter connection between Brookville and TiAn for motorists.
Federal coordinator Joseph B. Eastman brokered an agreement with rail heads assuring rail workers will keep their present wages. Railroads will suspend any new 12 percent wage cut through June 30 1934, after already accepting a 10 percent reduction. Brotherhoods had opposed the extra cut, averting a potential nationwide transportation strike.
Charles E. Mitchell former head of National City Bank was found not guilty by a federal jury on two counts accusing evasion of a tax amounting to 850000 for 1929 and 1930. The case centered on alleged income tax evasion involving those years.
The Jameson Memorial hospital nurses class graduated at First Christian church in downtown Shenango Valley. Despite heat about 550 attendees watched the largest class yet form the staff and receive diplomas in under an hour. Rev G S Bennett offered the invocation as Fred L Rentz spoke for the board of directors. Continued on Page Two.
A large wired device meant to explode when the starting pedal was pressed was discovered in the sedan of Congressman Charles A. Eaton in Watchung New Jersey. Employee Joseph Ballanton reported hearing noises about an hour before dawn near the estate garage.
Police probe the murder of 21 year old Betty Schwartz in the Bronx last night. An unidentified man fled in a car, motive unclear though a disgruntled suitor is suspected. Authorities pursue leads as the mystery deepens.
Detroit probate filing reveals Horace J. Rackham left a $20,000,000 trust fund to be used for the benefit of humanity without restrictions. The late philanthropist’s will was opened for probate today.
Lancaster, June 22. Robert A. King, a farm tenant owned by Secretary of Agriculture John A. McSparran, was questioned after police found a still on the premises. Two men who operated the still fled as raiders arrived. King denied knowledge of illicit operations.
Sharon Pa June 22 John Lombardi aged 40 died when his motorcycle collided with a street car in Sharpsville. Lombardi suffered a skull fracture in the crash and died at the scene or en route to hospital per initial reports.
Police widen hunt for robbers who looted Wilson Brothers clothiers and Kroger Grocery & Baking store in Rochester Pennsylvania. More than 1000 dollars worth of clothing food provisions and tobacco stolen from storerooms after forced entry.
City and Lawrence County leaders met with the Emergency Relief board to explore using Uncle Sam’s new Public Works provisions. Under the recovery act they could receive an outright gift of 300 percent of any public improvement chosen for local funding.
Mrs. Bessie Opas of Chicago and four youths were held by police on conspiracy to murder Marion Opas a car dealer with an $80 000 life policy. Angelo Masso confessed to killing Homer R Barnhart two years ago after being dared and implicated cousin Joseph Devito as pistol owner.
Prominent B and O officials visited New Castle yesterday for a terminal inspection. Attending were O B West chief of yard and terminal operations with secretary Charles Healy Emory Walton district supervisor of terminals Willard Ohio and T K Faherty district superintendent Akron Ohio.
President Roosevelt left Little Harbor, N H, at 11 40 a m bound for Portland Maine with his two sons Franklin Jr and John to join him aboard the Schooner Amberjack II en route to Campobello.
John Wesley Shaffer, 81, of Slippery Rock township died. Anthony Moran, Rochester, Pa., noted as informant.
New York socialite Barbara Hutton wed Prince Alexis Mdivani of Russia in Orthodox rite at St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral following a civil marriage to a former prince. County Treasurer Pitts reports nine retail beverage licenses remain and most wholesale licenses issued. funds to be distributed later this month with New Castle receiving the major share.
Memorial chapel surrounding the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning will honor H. J. Heinz and Anna Margarette Heinz. The $800,000 project is funded by Mrs. John L Given and Howard and Clifford S. Heinz. architect Charles Z. Klauder designs the chapel modeled after Paris Sainte Chapelle.
Old Sol loosened its grip on Western and Central Pennsylvania as showers and a cooling breeze helped, but Philadelphia endured a continued scorcher with the eastern section bearing the brunt of the heat on the official start of summer.
Coun tess Dandini Desylva of Rome, formerly Helen Constance Palmer of Wilkes-Barre, regained American citizenship after U. S. Judge Albert L. Watson approved her renunciation of the European title and Italian allegiance. She had lost citizenship when she married Count Dandini Desylva in 1915 and he died in 1916.
The narrator recalls a distant tranquil paradise where animals play and streams wander slow. A hotel nearby interrupts with rates and weather listed as seventy nine, hinting at travel plans and a wish to escape daily worries.
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