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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
4
The piece argues President Truman should approve the $4,000,000,000 income tax reduction citing Senate 48 28 and House 220 99 margins as broad national support. It presents tax relief as a step toward postwar economy and calls the bill fiscally prudent and timely.
The Shanghai poll showing Americans as the least liked nation drew ridicule as a flawed survey. It suggested Russia as the favorite and predicted Japan would dominate the Far East, a scenario seen as unlikely by U.S. readers. The study was backed by a leftist paper linked to communist factions, coloring perceptions of its results.
Across the Memorial Day weekend more than 400 people died in traffic, air, drowning, and other accidents. California reported 31 highway deaths, Indiana 13, Wisconsin 11, Pennsylvania 8, New Jersey 6, with plane tragedies surpassing some motor fatalities. Strong enforcement and stricter driving rules are urged to curb the deadly toll.
Farm deaths from accidents grew nine percent in 1946 driven largely by automobile and truck incidents. Home and work fatalities shifted slightly while highway risk prompted calls for better driving habits and tougher penalties for reckless drivers. Authorities note reduced counterfeiting and cite U S discontent amid a Nicaragua revolution as context.
It is correct and pleasant to approach the speaker or singer after a performance to express pleasure but do not ask favors or take too much time. Public performances are tiring and the performer needs rest after it.
Social notes report Andrei Vishinsky deputy foreign minister of the USSR has gone to Carlsbad Czechoslovakia for a rest cure. He is described as a brilliant and ruthless Kremlin operator who once pressured Romania to oust its prime minister and remains a key Soviet figure whose visit may echo Hungary dynamics. The piece notes Czechoslovakia’s different situation after Soviet withdrawal and hints at broader iron curtain tactics.
The guidance covers appropriate dress by time of day, who to send acceptance to, sample wording for replies, timing of gifts, and choosing wedding gifts. It notes gifts should be for the couple's home, usually to the bride, and that a personal gift to the groom is not typical. White reply stationery is advised.
A Cincinnati Enquirer remark notes a candidate for the dumbest man of the year for holding up a carload of Florida tourists on their way home. The poem emphasizes returning kindness and keeping good will as one moves through the year, in Edgar A. Guest’s verse from 1947.
A column discusses childhood speech anxiety and the impact of eye contact on conversation. It urges parents to ease a child's fear, avoid pressure, and model calm face to improve speaking with strangers. The piece shifts to a satirical note about duodenal ulcers as the source of work energy, quoting Dr Charles W Mayo and sharing a humorous, exaggerated anecdote about ulcers and daily life.
A Rochester quoted maxim urges careful conduct to earn a good name and advises not to over-worry about success once the right effort is started.
A guide stresses ear health and early treatment to prevent deafness in children. It notes cold related ear trouble can worsen and urges special attention for those with partial hearing or vision impairment to avoid future problems.
Poem advises not to seek fame or wealth but to live well and support others. It contrasts personal sorrow with the value of encouragement. The speaker urges kindness, resilience, and optimism as the world seeks those who lift others.
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower tells West Point graduates that war is mankind’s most tragic folly and that provoking conflict is a black crime against all men. In New York, Dr Frank D. FacKenthal of Columbia University argues democracy offers life, invention, and freedom and must provide survival assurances.
Dr Karl T Compton advocates universal military training while noting the uncertain international future and expressing hope in the United Nations as an effective instrument for peace. He emphasizes the need for preparedness alongside postwar peace efforts.
Pravda lauds several Americans as friends of Russia and advocates of a durable democratic peace. The roster includes Joseph Davies, Henry Wallace, Albert Einstein, Senator Claude Pepper, Robert Kenny, and Elliott Roosevelt, with mixed praise and pointed caution about dual loyalties.
Walter Kiernan reports Detroit plans major redesigns for 1948 models with new door handles ash receptacles and longer lower bodies. Henry Ford promises sensational changes up to a model A for Adam and a self-emptying gas tank while prices will be shown openly and a bronze radiator bust honors Reuther.
A Bible verse on keeping commandments frames a moral line. A Kansas City Times note discloses Calvin Coolidge’s widow saying the late president sometimes spoke for two months. A Center, Iowa, Point Independent line teases about men dying with boots on and one boot on the accelerator.
Washington dispatches claim Secretary of State Marshall lacks Byrnes’s charm and could derail bipartisan policy. Critics say Vandenberg is not consulted and may threaten support, but defenders insist no policy changes occur without prior briefing and that both leaders remain cordial and committed to unity.
The article reports Britain's Mountbatten proposal for gradual partition of India as a path to eventual self rule. It notes approval by Indian leaders and Churchill's party, raises questions about peasants workers and laborers accepting the mandate, and frames the move as a long-standing shift against British sovereignty.
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