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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
6
A ten year anniversary mail flight from New York to Lisbon passed without ceremony. Captain LaPorte steered 1804 pounds of mail aboard at La Guardia, and the 26 hour 54 minute voyage became routine as the crossing was completed in about 14 hours.
The page pairs Hoover Reform delays with rising U S spending and deficits in the 1950 51 fiscal years. The unnamed Truman fiscal family members warn deficits persist unless taxes rise. Congress faces stalled Hoover Commission reforms amid conference delays.
An article compares a gold era school crib or pony with a modern electronic version built for the U S Bureau of Standards by twenty mathematicians. The device translates Greek and Latin lines, remembers 60 000 words, offers three foreign equivalents per word, and may learn more, but remains heavy and costly.
Science redefines luck as relaxing intuition while a Marion Ohio thief gang flees with 34 hogs. A traffic expert warns motorists lack moral sense and a proper grasp of left and right. Red Ivan keeps saying no at the Paris conference. Congress plans to adjourn July 31, aiming at spending cuts and tax savings for a summer vacation.
View of News Of The World by J. C. Oestreicher notes signs of a Soviet tactical pullback to mend fences amid economic and political strain. It cites Vishinsky’s Paris posture, Kotikov’s Berlin talks, Prague talks among European Communist leaders, and rising discontent in satellite states.
A 25 year old asks how much money it takes to be happy. The speaker lists wealth wishes and contrasts them with happiness tied to everyday life, noting divorces, legal fights, and lonely deaths despite riches, ending with the idea that happiness requires a roof over one's head.
A devotional excerpt reflects on seeking light and truth from God to lead the speaker to divine fellowship and praise. The text envisions approaching God at His holy hill and tabernacles with joy and harp music.
Garry C Myers argues parents should respond with support not shame when a student fails to win promotion. Seek professional guidance from teachers and a psychologist, consider summer school or tutoring as a positive opportunity, and keep emotions calm while building a practical plan to improve reading arithmetic and spelling.
Henry McLemore muses on inventor folly after visiting the First International Inventors Exposition in New York. He jokes about doghouses for husbands, dream gadgets, and humorous improvements while critiquing displays that fail to enhance everyday happiness.
The column suggests Truman prefers peace with Russia over Congress and notes Phil Murray and allies have long clashed with Congress. It jokes about the trio’s potential run for Congress and laments their feud, while predicting Truman may stay in Washington until he gets his way, hinting at a long presidency.
A Croton District fundraising and tribute event for Asa Hoffmaster, retiring principal of Croton and North Street schools, is set for Friday evening at the Croton School building. The program features music, dancing, stories, refreshments, and congratulations from local leaders to support the New Castle Hospital Building Fund.
A golfer ignores the scene around him to focus on beating his opponent. The speaker reflects on beauty in nature as rival prioritizes par and competition, missing the landscape and birds. The poem contrasts mindfulness with rivalry during a golf game.
Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews says indecision or defeatism must not appear in any segment of the population or in any armed service. Whittaker Chambers calls marriage a middle class convention while Communist Party members should live together for their own purposes. Berlin fugitive Gerhardt Eisler argues those who erred politically in Soviet satellite states should be released but spies and saboteurs should not.
Washington observes a rising concern in Congress over the nation’s finances as a growing deficit forecast for 1950 prompts calls for economy. The piece contrasts spending zeal with Hoover Commission savings, notes ADA opposition to cuts, and warns that only drastic reductions in waste can avert national decline.
Capt William Kidd faced piracy and murder charges and was hanged in 1701 after a controversial career in colonial New York and London. Samuel Gompers, born in England in 1850, rose as a cigar maker and labor leader, shaping the AFL era until his 1924 New York death. Shanghai’s Chen Po-tah urged gradual reforms and non disruption, aiming to supervise rather than disturb.
The piece recalls Senator Edwin W. Smith of South Carolina known as Cotton Ed for blunt, terse, yet fiscally aware remarks. It credits him with linking good government to good morals and praises his insistence on Americanism while noting his outmoded reputation among ultra New Dealers. Continued on Page Seven.
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