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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
4
A columnist contemplates the sight of land for nearly 3,000 Americans aboard ships and thousands awaiting rescue. It argues the United States must remain secure and capable of defending liberty, urging returning citizens to support peace through strength and readiness to fight if needed.
The transfer of the Immigration Service to the Department of Justice will establish a separate administrative unit. About 3,500,000 naturalized foreigners will register and have residence changes kept current by the government. The tone shifts from welcome to closer monitoring of aliens amid changing attitudes.
Canada faces a clash between maintaining tight border controls and preserving its tourism surge. Officials fear Ernest Lapointe's proposals to bar many visitors could hurt American travel and a multi million dollar tourist revenue stream, while both sides seek a workable compromise. Americans are urged to carry credentials to ease entry and show goodwill.
A call for an expansive national defense plan notes rising costs and the need for fiscal reform. It argues defense funding should come from smart economy, cutting subsidies, and reducing waste, rather than heavy taxes or debt. The piece stresses balancing budget discipline with greater defense capacity.
An article promotes orthoptics as a non surgical correction for cross eyed children. It explains stereoscope based exercises, cites Johns Hopkins and Fifth Avenue Hospital as early centers, notes costs around two dollars per treatment in hospitals and less in clinics, and urges parents to seek expert care especially for ages six months to six years. It also advises limiting eye strain during illness recovery and mentions bow legs as another common handicap linked to nutrition.
A jumble of playful lines notes a set of hints about timings for sunset and sunrise, cautions against traveling through towns hosting a firemen's convention, and stray quips about diets and a new dance permitting two women to waltz with one man.
A fragmentary verse piece notes wartime sentiment and social satire with lines about a red white and blue bordered newspaper page, absent content on the first page, and a Dodge Your Spade club in the city. It mentions a U S army official predicting three and a half years to county wartime readiness.
A visitor to a movie star’s dressing room remarks on a large portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson. The star replies that the portrait was sent for a study in wrinkles, turning a moment of admiration into a light quip about aged looks.
A mixed slice of 1920s newspaper whimsy and ad lite items. It includes a humorous jelly faced verse about a baby, grocery jokes, etiquette notes on table manners, courtship and divorce quips, readers questions, and breakfast table nostalgia with a dash of political and social snippets. Names and places appear in brief vignettes across the page.
A humorous miscellany on marriage, manners, and oddities. An Indiana couple marries then seeks relief, a Kentucky tobacco spit contest ends with fines for spitting in public, and a chatty barber quips about a gas attack as a playful reader inquiry is teased with a self addressed envelope.
A brief Bible thought notes Ecclesiastes 3 17 about divine judgment and mentions new Castle in a column about parents worrying when their daughter is out with a boy. The item reflects on parental concern and shared youth experiences.
Rail leaders fear slow postwar aviation shift but Hinckley asserts rapid plane output and 50,000 pilots annually. He envisions doubling air routes, expanding airmail, and creating large aerial freight carriers to meet wartime needs, while rails worry about losing business as aviation gains a monopoly on transport.
The President spoke to lift public thinking on national defense and unity. He urged peace at home and abroad, readiness to spend millions, and devotion to American liberties under God. The writer urges voters to set aside politics and back the Chief Executive in New Castle.
Washington June 8 The President is poised to overhaul his Cabinet with new heads likely for War Navy and Labor amid a long standing headless or ineffective leadership in three departments. Roosevelt aides press for action to address persistent frictions and crisis driven by European war developments.
A quotation praises politeness as genuine kindness and an admirable definition. Mrs. Sigourney notes that practicing politeness charms others and reflects true manners in daily life.
International News Service reports from New York New Haven and Boston with quotes from Dean Virginia Gildersleeve Barnard College urging sacrifice for cherished ideals Yale President Charles Seymour calling for more than laws to secure peace Justice Stanley Reed asserting democracy endures dictatorships and H W Prentis Jr of the National Association of Manufacturers defending free enterprise with government fair play. NaY in New Castle.
The note warns men who smoke in elevators are rude in close quarters. It cites annoyance to other occupants and the risk of burning another person or their clothing in crowded lifts.
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