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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1933
Page
4
The National Recovery Administration presses to abolish tipping and pay workers a direct minimum wage. Grover Whalen leads the drive in New York, facing hotel and restaurant owners who fear higher costs. A service charge proposal is debated but deemed unfair as it shifts payments to the public. NRA officials stand firm on base wages excluding tips.
Samuel Crowther argues in America Self Contained that future gains from foreign trade are limited. He says trade with other nations requires equal exchange, risking lower living standards if we match lower foreign wages. He favors boosting the domestic market to raise living standards and consumption for national salvation.
Pennsylvania State Police undertake an effort to list known law violators and their associates. Major Lynn G. Adams notes bootleg gangsters will seek new criminal cash after repeal. General Pershing emphasizes identifying foes as a first step in fighting crime.
President Butler of Columbia University argues leisure arises from contented work and warns against treating unemployment as leisure. He notes insecurity fuels fear and questions proposals to use idle time while citing contrasts from Russia and U. S. politics.
A gardener recalls first inhabitants of a plot who lived among birds, moles, gophers, snakes, lizards, and a squirrel family. The writer describes dispossession by building a home and killing pests to protect plants, noting beauty comes at a cost to earlier tenants.
Advice urges wives to plan discussions after men return home to avoid quarrels. Emphasizes home should be a refuge, suggests time for meals rest and a calm talk to reduce daily tensions and foster cordial family relations.
In this poem Edgar A. Guest reflects on past poverty versus modern cost of living. He recalls frugal days with worn shoes and coal scraps, contrasting them with today’s numerous needs and comforts that make poverty seem harder to endure.
A collage of jokes, puns, and light satirical lines appears. It includes wordplay on shipments of vegetables, dating couples, social scenes, and small-town anecdotes featuring characters like Nick the Irish clerk and Uncle Hector, with a playful edge typical of a pasted newspaper humor section.
Chronology notes mark a 1680 New York New England comet as a portent with a fasting day. Notables born on this date include William Temple Hornaday and Gerard Swope.
A playful exchange about canned sardines and free oil leads to a quip where Mandy jokes about a pie scene. The Mistress admires scallops and Mandy replies with a humorous line about using false teeth.
A wife plans a long absence staying with friends after making elaborate preparations. The piece hints at motivations and social context but provides few concrete details beyond the departure setup.
Editorials across newspapers react to the Roosevelts monetary program and Sprague's resignation. Newspapers praise the President while warning against inflation or deflation, with varied opinions from Atlanta Journal Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Fort Worth Star Telegram Yakima Daily Republic San Jose Mercury Herald Abilene Daily Reporter Rock Island Argus Danbury News Times and others. The column notes Alfred E. Smith's attack prompts further Democratic party debate on currency policy.
Frank Bennett rode a cow pony to Hackberry ferry on the Osage near Warsaw Missouri and rode off without paying 15 cents. Forty four years later he offered 4.53 dollars to ferryman Frank See or his heirs, who declined the interest and kept the original fare.
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