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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1933
Page
23
Lawmakers discuss overhauling federal pre prohibition liquor laws, raising tariffs on imported liquors, and stopping domestic monopoly as repeal of prohibition looms. Debates hinge on medicinal liquor provisions and the anticipated post repeal demand.
Transportation will be provided for all veterans and for wives and widows desiring to attend the Battery B reunion at Mt Jackson on Wednesday. Those needing rides should meet at the Legion Home on North Jefferson Street at 10 a.m. Wednesday for arrangements by the Earl J. Watt Post American Legion. A large crowd is expected to honor Civil War Battery heroism.
More than 600 Epworth League members from New Castle district gathered in Grove City for the June rally and annual meeting. Dr W A Worner was re elected president, with Helen Sloane Ruth Ferline Wesley Hodge Ruth Buchanan Edith Williams and Don McGowan named to other posts. New leagues formed and district fund raising set a record as plays and music entertained attendees before departures.
Seventh Ward residents learn of ticket office renovations at the Baltimore and Ohio station in preparation for July 9 when P and L E trains stop. Upgrades include buff and brown maroon exterior, new ticket cabinet, and added telephone lines. The article also notes the marriage of Benjamin Stone Davies to Edna Opal Cox in Youngstown and lists local residents visiting or traveling in late June.
Half hundred juniors from the Mahoningtown Presbyterian church enjoyed a picnic at the G. G. Horchler cottage in Cottage Grove New Wilmington. About fifty guests including some parents attended. The afternoon featured swimming games and a picnic lunch inside the cottage despite light rain, which did not dampen the merriment.
In Petersburg, residents are advised to visit Mt. Jackson via Westfield Grange and Pinchot road to reach the local park. Tomorrow afternoon and evening the Ma- Presbyterian Sunday school holds its annual picnic. Officer W. W. Walls notes dahlias blooming in his garden while E. T. McKee praises a lone portula flower in the fire department garden which closes when shown to visitors.
Monday afternoon the Mahoning library expanded offerings with two new titles for pay shelves, Sabatini’s Stalking Horse and Kathleen Norris’s Wife For Sale, plus numerous children’s easy readers for ages 8 to 10 added to the free collection.
Albert Russo will arrive home from reforestation work at Trouton on Friday. He will enjoy a leave of absence from camp until Wednesday, July 5. Russo is among sixty New Castle young men to be home over July 4.
Miss Ella Ringer visits her aunt and uncle in Pulaski. William Kahle travels to Kittanning for a stay. George Ringer stays with grandparents in Jackson Center. Thomas LaMarck and Victor Thomas of Turtle Creek visit local relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W Clarence Smith of Roscommon return home.
Mercer June 27 The Reznor stove works will start production the week of July 16. The farmen are notified to report the week of July 11 and prepare for the plant start. Material recently received. No percentage of capacity announced. Plant idle for months.
The fire bell at the seventh ward fire department building corner of East Cherry and North Cedar streets, in service since 1896, received minor repairs yesterday afternoon by Capt. F. F. Gorley.
The seventh ward fire department answered a call at the corner of Second street and Wabash avenue Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. They extinguished a grass fire that had started there.
International News Service reports tax experts urged the House Ways and Means sub committee to retain the capital gains and loss provision. They say repeal would favor the rich while helping the government close various loopholes that allow Morgan and Mitchell to reduce tax burdens.
Rep Vinson of Kentucky argues the Morgan episode is used to claim Morgan paid no tax here while paying in England. He contends the real motive is wealthy confidence that economic days will improve and capital gains will rise if law is repealed.
Closing exercises of Tifereth Israel religious school were postponed from last Sunday to Wednesday at 8 p m in the synagogue on South Jefferson street Rabbi Morris Shiffman will lead the program. The article notes woolen blanket care after washing and drying to improve appearance.
J. A. Boak master of the Penite Sylvania State Grange visited Clymer to address the mens division of the Kittanning Presbytery and then Harrisburg. With the State Grange Executive Committee the group will decide where next December’s meeting is held after visits to Lewistown Chambersburg Gettysburg Reading Lebanon and Harrisburg bidding for the state event.
Statement contrasts civilian fatalities from automobile accidents with historic military casualties. The claim emphasizes road crash deaths as a continuing national loss, implying greater toll than U.S. armed conflicts across history.
Miss Margaretta Barr performs practice work for the New Castle free public library to prepare for a library science course and spent Monday on duty at the Mahoningtown branch.
A school or library indicates a policy withdrawal of borrowing privileges for patrons returning books in poor condition. The notice warns that dirty or damaged volumes will result in restricted access until items are returned in acceptable condition.
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