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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
4
A tax assessor mailed self assessment blanks to farmers and property owners to value their own holdings. The honesty of taxpayers produced 5,000,000 more in assessments than the previous year, cutting costs per inspection from 1.25 to 0 cents. Officials consider expanding the plan if results hold.
President Roosevelt appoints Rear Admiral William A to West Africa elevating Dakar as a key Allied base. The move coordinates American activity there amid past Axis threats, repositioning the sword poised over the Allies to instead target the enemy.
The piece honors war correspondents and front line reporters for sharing risks with soldiers in battles from the Pacific to Europe. It notes fifteen corps members died and others are missing or in enemy captivity while photographers, writers, and radio men persist in delivering a realistic view of sacrifices and dangers to the American public.
The column surveys Allied and Axis moves in China and Europe. It notes China’s hold against Japan, limited aid due to Burma Road disruption, and the hoped Burma–China route via India. It discusses Europe’s invasion focus, Morgenthau’s tax target, gasoline shortages, and Mussolini’s fading stance as the war evolves.
An article urges parents to foster at home creative activities and tool use for children from five to fifteen. It argues that building, drawing, storytelling, and simple machines cultivate imagination, discipline, and cooperation, with guidance on supplying tools and recording progress. It also offers a correspondence list for playthings and a reader help column about solving verbal problems by improving reading comprehension.
A short verse about Ellen Elizabeth deemed to sing off key, blamed on family trait from her father’s side. The community laments her musical fate and compares her to her grandfather, Eben Elizabeth, predicting a life of gentle mockery and exclusion from song. The piece carries a 1943 copyright note.
A religious note cites a Deuteronomy verse QB712 about divine provision and spiritual wealth. The short item presents a faith-based reflection likely for a devotional or scripture reading split from a larger column.
A quotation praising perpetual wonder and worship as vital eye of the mind. It emphasizes that without astonishment and reverence, a person becomes a mere spectacles without sight, echoing Carlyle's urging to seek meaning beyond routine perception.
A collection of quirky observations and prowar sentiment reflecting postwar mindset. Jokes about economy shortages and rationing mix with patriotic tirades, quotes on sacrifice, and social commentary. Contains light humor about politeness, divorce, fashion, and etiquette, alongside calls to sustain national unity.
A reader seeks help on rationing two-person households with scarce meat and dairy, and on outlining a home wedding procession. The reply endorses frank hospitality limits but offers no-evidence steps to stock, plus a detailed, stage by stage wedding procession including usher placement, bridal party order, and entry sequence.
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart recalls the UN’s evolving stance on Russia after Stalin’s abrupt public declaration. He notes the surprise to democracies and suggests Stalin’s timing was a deliberate jab at totalitarian powers. He reflects on prewar radical contacts and Kropotkin’s role in European revolutionary circles.
Moscow reports Stalin condemns the dissolution of the Communist Internationale as ending Moscow's alleged plans to interfere and Bolshevize other nations. Seabrooke criticizes production pressures and dehydration gear shortages amid material limits. Eden claims the U boat battle remains unsettled but offers some reassurance. Smith warns against subsidies distortions and the demoralization of American voters.
A satirical column on the Red Cross labor politics. It jokes that if the Red Cross becomes a CIO open shop, unions like the AFL and DAR will target it. It notes Chan Burton founded the Red Cross and references its congressional charter and presidential ex officio leadership, with pithy remarks on organization and freedom.
A Southern California village forum of 15 to 20 residents gathers fortnightly in homes to debate politics and society. The weekly village paper, edited by a former Kansas City Star reporter, parodies a Chicago Tribune columnist. Topics range from wealth and taxation to wartime duty as wartime fears, figures, and jabs at leaders mix with calls to support soldiers overseas.
Two paired columns recount antiwar images from wartime events. A Japanese atrocity and a German dam blast provoke thoughts on shared humanity. The writer urges readers to start now, stop hatred, envy, deceit, and work for peace on earth.
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