22 Nov 1932
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1932
Page
1
President Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt prepare for a historic White House conference on war debts. Roosevelt remains tight lipped about his stance as their meeting nears, with observers noting potential significance but the governor avoiding commitment.
Pr Newe expresses hope that the annual cold snap around Thanksgiving will ease by Thursday. Past Thanksgivings saw sharp drops, with near zero readings in some years, while a year ago the day before Thanksgiving reached 71 and then fell. Churches schedule varied services, with many singing and praying Wednesday night. Shenango high school hosts a county inter in ter-county play contest as four grange dramatic troupes compete for Lawrence county representation. A daily call to a number reveals a birdless telephone croon at top voice during talks.
The report lists the maximum temperature 43 and minimum 25 with no precipitation and a river stage of 5.7 feet for the 24 hour period ending this morning. A separate note shows a maximum 67 and minimum 55 with 411 inches of precipitation on the same date.
International News Service reports Bryn Mawr College students faced a moral dressing down after the campus newspaper published an editorial criticizing girls for untidy appearance and poor manners. The piece claimed such conduct shamed Belgian refugees and called for improved grooming and behavior.
Col Raymond Robins, famed prohibition crusader, returns to his former self after nine weeks living as a gold prospector in White Water North Carolina. He recognizes his wife Margaret, and his memory recovery follows a dramatic scene in a mountain sanitarium. Details of his disappearance near New York on September 3 remain unclear as his nephew John Dreler claims memory of his past.
Charles Bertrand Arnold Jr. an 166 year old, confessed to murdering his step grandmother Ellen Saxxe after she refused car use. He passed two mental tests and awaits grand jury action after a Riverside inquest. He allegedly strangled her and buried the body in the Arnold home backyard.
Special to The News from Corona California notes two presidents face a tense talks while readers hope for a breakthrough on money and policy. The writer also references news from North Carolina and a hitchhiker tale, closing with a personal sign‑off.
Ex Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky arrives in Dunkirk under heavy guard after traveling from Paris. Police line tracks at 50 yard intervals while Trotsky boards the Bernstorff steamer at 1 45 p m with Mrs Trotsky en route to Copenhagen for a lecture series.
The Arizona Supreme Court hears oral arguments to overturn Winnie Ruth Judd’s murder conviction. Prosecutors say she killed Agnes Lerol and Hedvig Sammelson in Phoenix and shipped their bodies to Los Angeles. Defense seeks a new trial claiming jurors were not given self defense instructions.
A Pennsy freight train known as The Beezer derailed two miles west of Niles while en route from Canton to Buffalo. No injuries reported as two wreck crews work to right overturned cars and repair 800 feet of twisted right of way under Erie division supervision. Erie crew Engineman J N Cain and Conductor G C Evans led the operation.
The FBI the World War era mystery hinges on a cryptic lemon juice message found in a 26 cent pulp magazine. Experts from the United States and Britain testified before the American German claims commission led by Justice Owen J Roberts about the authenticity and origin of the writing. affidavits from renowned specialists supported the claim that the magazine text could be genuine though some argued it may be a fabrication related to the Black Tom and Hingsland explosions. The case seeks closure on a 46 million dollar settlement amid the ongoing inquiry into wartime sabotage hidden in a pulp fiction issue.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Emergency Relief Board will seek $3,000,000 additional federal funds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation while considering expanded use for fuel shoes clothing and shelter. The federal aid hinges on state and local support for the jobless and the unemployed. In Berlin Hitler refuses the chancellorship under conditions set by von Hindenburg and talks of anew to form a parliamentary government continue.
The Pittsburgh Motor Coach company reserved the right to protest the Harmony short line extension of the Pittsburgh to New Castle bus route via Babcoe boulevard between Keown Station and U S route 8. The public service commission hearing heard no other opposition to the proposal which would link routes from Pittsburgh to Butler over Babcock and Mount Reynolds boulevards.
Speaker John N. Garner and Mrs. Garner arrive in Washington from Texas to confer with President-elect Roosevelt after talks with Kent Hoover. In New York the Metropolitan Opera opened with anxiety as bassoonist Weo Sivolini was found dead in his room with a note reading It s the only way out.
Leningrad reports today that twenty six officials of the Soviet state sextile trust have been executed by agents of the Gru in wariaue prison camps during the last few days.
The city assisted in transporting workers called for by the authorities to the Pymatuning Dam site. Officer Thomas Lynch drove them in a Buick police car to the location.
James Iggy Varecha sits on a jail cot awaiting arraignment after pleading not guilty to the murder of Frank Jordan. He faces new charges of assault to kill in the shooting of James McEligott and robbery of James Guisinger, marking a shift from bravado to fear.
An unidentified Lake Erie fishing tug burned several hundred yards from shore about seven miles west of Erie. Coastguard and private vessels battled to rescue crew members who were seen in the water. the vessel, believed to be the Helene, a Shaw Fishing Company 35 footer, was burned to the waterline.
Harrisburg reports the state board of pardons will review thirty one clemency pleas at its December session. Oral arguments will be heard on 29 of 69 cases, including Franes Desmond Lawrence Boaver Peter Catone and Andrew Debrine among others in a high profile robbery case.
World powers watched as President Hoover met with President-Elect Roosevelt to discuss international debts and disarmament. Debtor nations seek postponement of December 15 payments while Congress maintains a strong stance against changes to the war debt program.
The White House said the Hoover Roosevelt meeting today will not take place in the Lincoln study but in a formal room on the first floor, either red blue or freer, marking a change from prior plans.
The text notes staunch stand against fur ther extension of the moratorium and rejection of any revision, leaving Hoover and Roosevelt with limited options as the piece continues.
A second victim from a Wharton crash died in Houston at 6 15 am after transport for treatment. W G Gallagher of Beerville a geological party member died in the unlighted field wreck. C F Lienesch and Templeton of Los Angeles survived with minor injuries.
An analysis notes how sports fame is fleeting as the season ends. It contrasts once celebrated players with a newer star stepping forward, saying the public quickly forgets last season’s hero while others rise to take the spotlight.
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