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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
8
Dr. Dafoe argues fathers deserve credit for their work raising children. He compares paternal visibility to mothers, notes diverse practices from tribes to modern families, and recalls cases where fathers helped at birth or as midwives. He urges readers to remember fathers on Father’s Day.
The June meeting of the Lawrence county chapter of the American Red Cross will be a dinner gathering at the chapter house on Tuesday evening June 13 at 6 30. It is the final meeting until September and several board members will turn it into a social occasion with hostesses Mrs W T Gilmore Mrs Russell J Sehty Mrs L B Springer and Mrs Allen M Crowe seen among organizers.
Ellis Parker Sr. and his son Ellis Parker Jr. must serve federal prison terms for abducting Paul Wendel and pressuring him to sign a false confession tied to the Lindbergh case. Parker Sr. gets six years and Parker Jr. three years after conviction. their attorney James Mercer Davis notes the Supreme Court refused to intervene.
WPA workmen and Union Township road supervisors near completion on the Matilda Avenue paving project. The street will be 100 percent improved within days after laying a broken stone base last fall and recent preparation for black top surfacing.
Lawrence County Commissioners face eight Lawrence county residents in insane asylums eligible for deportation at about $3000 upfront plus ongoing costs. Others seek divorces, parole violations, and new filings for the June term, including Ethyle Flavin, Lola Crawford, Dorothy Bulyan, Evelyn Melvin, Prorence Stewart, Gertrude Fabian, John Brenner, and Hartley Shoal in various townships and wards.
The article argues that public fascination with large urban works fuels the formation of The National Organization of Sidewalk Superintendents in New York. It reflects on how people, amid a bustling city, seek to understand and even oversee intricate machines and construction, from steam shovels to early electrical systems. The piece treats this curiosity as good news for civic life.
The June class of 1941 at New Castle High School voted this week for student council representatives for next year. Elected to represent their class during their junior year are Gonstahce Flavian Earl Carr and Philip Lauer. The piece notes risk and luck affecting a key figure in the story.
The Y Booster club at the Y M C A reports rapid activity with members recruiting new boys. A booster gains a hat after bringing in two new members, joining as personal property. Top recruit by July 1 earns a full week at Camp Renrz.
International News Service reports Harrisburg June 10 as Governor Arthur H. James signs bills banning sit-down strikes and strengthening labor regulations despite protests, marking a tough stance on labor unrest and industrial actions statewide.
The anti labor injunction act tightens limits on factory hours extending to midnight instead of 10 pm. It also updates the little Wagner act, granting equal petition rights to employers and employees for a bargaining election, defining intimidation, and allowing union dues checkoff only after two secret employee votes approve.
Associates of the Lawrence County Industrial Union Council will hold their regular meeting Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The gathering will take place at 1215 South Mill Street. President Jack Grittie announced the event.
Thomas Cramer son of Mr and Mrs Leonard E Cramer Couxiv Line street Oberlin college junior has been named a senior counselor for Camp Fred K Rentz of the M C A this summer He returns after serving last year and will direct music in chapels vesper services and at dinner time Also mentions Holtline 11 5 million bales of cotton in government warehouses and layoffs due to reduced demand
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