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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
4
The Republican quadrennial convention in Cleveland opens next week amid a party in the minority. Leaders must craft a practical platform with sound policy to attract voters in November, replacing old rhetoric with efficiency and business sense to counter a Democratic administration.
The Soviet Control Committee reports that bureaucracy has grown and individual freedom is lacking. It concludes that large scale communism with every advantage has not functioned as expected, signaling a cautious return toward civilization in Russia.
Aged carriage streets gave way to slow bikes while autos grew. Parks and highway projects in New York City provide bike paths and one day weekly park drive closures to riders. The return of biking prompts other communities to adopt similar measures for safety and recreation.
The piece argues President Roosevelt curtailed Tugwell’s mass resettlement of Americans from submarginal lands. It portrays farmers clinging to ancestral homes over relocation, noting fear of moving 3000 miles and likening resettlement to using people as pawns in a national chess game.
General Pershing, with Mrs. Roosevelt watching, cuts a birthday cake using a general’s sword as he urges vigilance to avoid a new war. He argues no foreign nation can force war on the United States and calls for the nation to mind its business and stay properly protected.
A reflective piece argues that no one fully knows life’s meaning. Learned experts admit limits of knowledge while humbly living, and everyday people affirm meaning through work love and resilience despite uncertainty.
The piece argues that the National Recovery Act Section 7-A invites unionization, leading to closed shops and union control of hiring. It condemns labor organizing as dynamite, questions union leaders' profits, and notes congressional investigations into labor and the Townsend Plan.
A miscellany of wry observations and quips about society traffic weather and language includes notes on swearing in Elkton md modern girls ambition and unemployment. Jokes touch on German literature Spanish language misquotes and the dangers of dime chain letters.
A hundred years ago a hunter followed deer with powder in his gun. Today a woman with powder on her nose goes forth to hunt a man, showing how times and roles have shifted in brief verse.
A wartime page features a sharp exchange between a state top kick and a timid recruit lampooning rank discipline. Also included are satirical letters and notes on women’s fashion reducing streetcar accidents by half, and a quip about finding a wife amid social duties.
The French Academy notes nearly 3000 languages exist with most local. Four dominate as world languages: English French German and Spanish. English leads with about 220 million speakers followed by French 120 million German 110 million.
A fragmentary digest quotes Sidney Smith on courage and risk in hard times. It mentions families buying beyond means, and a humorous line about railroads and tips. It then notes a warning that other nations will not attack before 1940, asserting the need to prepare.
A quirky collection from a vintage column offers household hacks such as using corn molasses for grass stains and vinegar for grease on stoves. It also muses on marriage heaven, large families, and the publicity around baby births.
Dr Charles Mayo notes ten years may be added to a woman's life by early action. He identifies the dangerous age as from sixteen to eighteen.
Miss Markel answers readers on social etiquette in 1936. The column covers wedding guest rules for the best man’s wife and who pays for attendants’ attire, plus courteous thanks after dates and evenings out.
Wall Street seeks monthly corporate statements like railroads to improve transparency while praising upward business trends. Democrats confront radio priest Coughlin over reform and Roosevelt, with pledges to expand liberty. Travel notes show railroads cutting fares under ICC orders, bolstering buses. streamliners anticipated on the New York Central and Pennsylvania routes.
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest reminds readers that honesty kindness and consideration matter more than wealth or fame. It urges for personal virtue and a steady home life as true measures of success, noting that greatness requires being a good neighbor and friend.
Compiled notes list Peter John Weismuller and Grover Whalen born dates, Mrs. Taft, and key historical items. June 2 events include Ethelbert’s baptism and Napoleon in Milan. Also mentions Hardy birth, Maine prohibition, Grover Cleveland’s White House wedding, and assorted historical curiosities.
A concise aphorism attributed to Cicero about fools seeing others faults while ignoring their own.
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