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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1941
Page
22
Cape Town reports that 35 more Robin Moor survivors were saved after a German torpedoing left 11 others picked up by a Brazilian ship. The incident underscores Nazi brutality as nearly all passengers and crew escaped death only by chance sightings and timely rescue.
States increasingly adopt organized defense guards with 28 states plus Pennsylvania forming units. New Castle serves four western counties as headquarters. total authorized strength exceeds 110000, with about half receiving weekly instruction. Variations in uniforms appear across states as guards mature into official law enforcement roles.
The piece argues that wartime reporting by correspondents in capital cities relies on a hidden grapevine. It notes failures in predicting Hess’s Scotland flight and Winant’s rushed return, suggesting many insiders know the reasons, yet the press cannot access or reveal them.
Forbes interviewed 67 current industrial leaders and found key traits. Leaders sought opportunity, pursued education and specialized training, and valued learning, teamwork, and sacrifice to master their fields. The article ties leadership to national progress and notes high defense spending alongside a record 12.69 inches of rainfall in 24 hours in Burlington Kansas amid a spring drought end.
The author urges spanking young children to train safety and citizenship, detailing a method of immediate no punishment until a definite time in a chair. He argues for definite sentences, no pleas or rewards for crying, and minimal later punishment, claiming this yields calm, cooperative children and better parent child harmony.
On a sultry August morning in 1841 in Boston a shoemaker named John Augustus won probation for a man charged as a common drunkard. The piece notes that probation and parole spread nationwide, praises Augustus, and cites Roscoe Pound calling it the greatest forward step in criminal jurisprudence, while warning of abuse and leniency.
A clipped note asserts soda ends more than indigestion, easing Dad’s fear of death and repentance as a humorous aside in a miscellany. The line underscores soda’s touted temperance-like benefits in a wry context within Addison commentary.
A collection of quips and jokes on safety, weather, labor, and daily life. A tale about a boy’s classroom organ lesson and a guard call during national service, ending with a humorous note about a sergeant who once ran a fruit stand.
A miscellaneous column offers guidance on maintaining courtesy in business, resisting a superior attitude, and assisting a boss professionally. It also covers wedding invitations delayed by illness, and a series of witty clippings about social behavior, bottle labels for whisky, political notes, and light humor.
Column notes Premier Salazar probes U S plans for Cape Verde and Azores as strategic footholds near the West Indies and South America. Hull offers cautious talks while Portugal, Britain, and Spain pose a fragile balance amid Axis threats and Franco’s Spain.
A returned visitor recalls danger while traveling in Manchuria where trains stop and luggage must be hidden to thwart guerillas. The mention of Red Caps draws a parallel to similar threats in his own country.
A collage of light bites on work life and politics includes a remark on overtime leading to promotions for stenographers, a jibe about bosses, thoughts on heartfelt daily labor, a sailor’s return tale, and a pacifist quip. It also notes a custom officer exchange, dental adages, and a congressman’s widow stepping into his term with four children.
Walter Fuller, head of the Manufacturers Association, urges a firm government stance to curb strikes in defense industries but warns the army cannot replace sound labor policy. In Rochester, Prime Minister Churchill accepts an honorary Doctor of Laws and calls for unity, saying united we stand and divided we fall.
Captain Fritz Wiedemann, Germany’s top ranking consul general in San Francisco, comments on the order closing Nazi consulates and his uncertain path ahead. He says he is not surprised by American action and doubts he will be sent to the army.
Rep Hatton Sumners of Texas condemns strikes and disunity as perilous to America. He warns the nation is mirroring France and marching toward the doom of democracies worldwide.
A guidance note advises that when a young man visits for the first time a new girlfriend should introduce him to her father and mother. The rule underscores family presence as a social formality in courtship.
Time and Fate outlast possessions and wealth as memories of loves and art endure beyond gold. The poem laments losses and praises enduring values, noting that joy, memory, and ethical ties persist after money fails. It contrasts material gains with lasting human treasures.
June 18 1803 at New Rochelle New York portrait painter Robert Walter Weir and his renowned works. 1841 geologist Lester Frank Ward later professor at Columbia University and author of notable books. 1954 Edward Willis Scripps newspaper publisher who founded the Cleveland Penny Press and built a regional media empire later known as Scripps Howard.
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