23 Nov 1932
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1932
Page
1
President Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt prepare for a pivotal White House meeting on war debts. Roosevelt remains tight lipped about his future role, signaling caution and no rush to assume decisions. The session, described as epochal, marks a historic handoff between administration leaders.
The Bryn Mawr College News published a sharp editorial criticizing students for untidy dress hair and table manners. The piece claimed the appearance flaws would bring shame to a Belgian refugee and labeled the student body a blot on the landscape.
The Beezer freight wreck on the Niles Alliance line derailed the fifth car, causing 23 cars to pile up and a 800 foot right of way to be cleared. No injuries reported as crews and division officials, led by Superintendent G. S. West, rushed to the scene. Engineman J. N. Cain and Conductor C. F. Evans were aboard the train from Erie at the time of the crash.
Peter Gibb 22 died while patrolling a rural West Middlesex New Bedford road after an eight shot volley. Neighbors heard the gunfire, found the body two miles from New Bedford. officials suspect a motorist mistaken for a motorcycle patrol. Investigating officers tied the violence to local chicken thefts and vigilante activity.
European interest centers on a White House meeting between President Hoover and President-Elect Roosevelt to discuss international debts disarmament and world economics. Debtor nations seek postponement of December 15 payments but Congress remains firmly against changing the war debt program.
Pa Newc Observes a hopeful freeze around Thanksgiving with a forecast of slightly warmer weather by Thursday. Past Thanksgivings brought sharp drops after mild days and snow. Churches plan services and song gatherings, while Shenango high school hosts a county play contest among four granges. A local phone-owning bird and a drive on the New Bedford Pulaski road are noted.
U S weather statistics show a maximum 43 and minimum 28 with no precipitation for the period ending 9 this morning. River stage is 5.7 feet. A year ago the high was 67 and low 55 with .11 inches of precipitation.
Col Raymond Robins, famed prohibition crusader, ending nine weeks posing as a gold prospector in Whitier North Carolina, regained his memory at a sanitarium near Asheville. His recall came as he recognized his wife Margaret and his life of twenty seven years. His nephew Dreier said memory of past life may be restored, details of his disappearance near Hoover’s 1930s presidency remain unclear.
Special to The News from Corona California notes the anticipated high tension of the presidential talks and hopes for tangible results and even funds. The writer also recalls the North Carolina accident involving Robins and jokes about a hitchhiker seeking a ride, ending with a casual sign-off.
Charles Bertrand Arnold Jr a 16 year old held in a Riverside probe after confessing to bludgeoning his step grandmother Ellen O Saxe to death in her suburb home over denial to use her car He was sent to a county jail after two mental tests and a grand jury murder indictment stemming from the backyard cistern burial.
Heavily guarded ex Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky arrived in Dunkirk from Paris and was hustled onto the channel steamer Bernstorff at 1:45 p m. Police lined tracks and Trotsky handed a statement thanking the French government for its tact. Mrs Trotsky said he is a bad sailor and they expect to reach Copenhagen for a lecture tour.
The Arizona Supreme Court heard oral arguments as Winnie Ruth Judd, the so called double trunk murderer, seeks to overturn her conviction for killing Agnes Ann Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson in Phoenix. Defense contends trial judge Howard Speakman erred by not instructing the jury on self defense.
A cryptic lemon juice message in a 25 cent war era magazine is the focal point of a World War mystery. Experts from two continents and officials from two nations debate its authenticity as part of a 40 million dollar settlement before the American-German claims commission led by Justice Owen J. Roberts.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania emergency relief board will apply to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for more federal funds. Gov. Pinchot notes current allocations total 3 million, with possible use for fuel shoes and clothing. The plan depends on local adoption of new unemployment support measures and Talbot act funds.
Berlin Nov 22 Adolf Hitler again refused the chancellorship under conditions set by President Von Hindenburg. Further talks were expected as Hitler argued parliamentary government under his control was unattainable.
Speaker John N. Garner vice-president-elect and Mrs. Garner arrived in Washington from Uvalde to confer with President-elect Roosevelt after meeting President Hoover. The meeting was unspecific on the war debt issue as Garner hurried to the capital.
Nov 22 reports from Leningrad state that twenty six officials of the Soviet state textile trust have been executed in several prison camps by GPU agents over the past days.
Pittsburgh Motor Coach company reserved the right to file a formal protest against Harmony short line's extension of the Pittsburgh New Castle bus route. The plan would carry passengers on Babcock boulevard between Keown Station and U S Route 8 as part of a link between Pittsburgh and Butler. No other opposition was voiced at the Public Service Commission hearing.
Nov 22 at the Metropolitan Opera House a substitute bassoonist performed while Ugo Savolini, a leading member of the orchestra, was found dead in his gas filled room. A note reading It is the only way out was recovered, signaling suicide amid illness and retirement plans.
The city assisted in moving a group of workers needed for the Pymatuning Dam project. Officer Thomas Lynch drove a Buick police car to the site to transport the men.
CHICAGO November 22 James Iggy Varecha appeared in court after pleading not guilty to murdering Frank H. Jordan. He faced arraignment on two more charges including assault to kill in the shooting of James F. McElligott and robbery of James Guisinger. He showed fear and nervousness on a jail cot awaiting his second hearing.
An unidentified Lake Erie fishing tug burned seven miles west of Erie with crew members said to be swimming and awaiting rescue. Coastguard and private vessels aided efforts to extinguish the fire believed to involve the 35 foot Helene owned by Shaw Fishing Co of Erie.
Harrisburg notices that thirty one pleas for clemency will be considered at the state board of pardons December meeting. The board will hear oral arguments in 29 of 69 cases, including Francs Desmond of Lawrence robbery Peter Catone of Beaver highway robbery Andrew Debrine of Erie larceny and Joseph L Pelton of Erie larceny.
The White House announced that the planned talks between President Hoover and President-Elect Roosevelt will not take place in the Lincoln study but in a formal room on the first floor, either the red blue or green room.
The speakers stand 100 percent against further extension and refuse any revision. Hoover and Roosevelt face a firm stance with little room for negotiation or compromise on the moratorium.
International News Service reports a Wharton Texas air crash killed two men. E C Templeton of Los Angeles died at the wreck. W G Gallagher of Beeville died later in Houston after transfer for treatment. C F Lienesch of Los Angeles had minor injuries.
The piece reflects on the fleeting nature of football fame, noting that a hero's glow lasts only for the season. It argues that once the season ends, last year’s star is forgotten and new names rise to take their place.
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