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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
4
The organization announces the appointment of the President and Managing Editor to lead operations and editorial direction. The Vice President will serve as Treasurer, with the Manager acting as Assistant Treasurer. A Secretary and Editor complete the leadership team.
Officials express concern over rising bicycle injuries as the sport regains popularity. Cities like Miami Minneapolis and Salt Lake City have adopted strict rules with penalties such as bicycle impounding. The League of Oregon Cities proposes uniform standards including lights at night and two riders on one bike restrictions to improve safety.
A sequence of four days in a nearby county and two others saw youths leaping from moving cars after accepting rides from strangers. One 17 year old girl died, another 16 year old girl is hospitalized, and two more girls aged 15 were hurt. The piece condemns abduction attempts and urges prosecution of the men while blaming parents for not warning daughters about dangers of rides with strangers.
General Leach won the Minneapolis mayoral race with 188000 votes to 73000, defeating a Left-wing radical backed by labor and radical groups. The result signals a shift toward conservative leadership, with Leach described as a courageous, honest, law and order official backed by Democrats and some Republicans.
The quote argues that moral or social progress is achieved by expanding the list of necessities people depend on. It suggests a critique of consumer culture and social conditioning through increasing compulsory items or standards. The statement targets behavior and economic implications without naming individuals or organizations.
Scientists claim electric current shapes human fate as events in Europe unfold with startling shifts in power and direction. The remark frames a broader debate about technology's role amid turbulent continental developments.
A public reading advocate argues fewer summer borrowings than in winter and urges parents to visit libraries regularly with their children. He suggests helping choose books, getting library cards for toddlers, and making library trips a valued family activity to foster a lasting love of reading.
Marshall Maslin argues that while people feel unique in their moods and life choices, they share common experiences of doubt about happiness and regret over choices like college or work. The piece explores universal fears and counterfactual musings about personal paths.
The passage reflects self examinations about talents, religious feelings, superstition, childhood happiness, aging, and social image. It suggests a tendency to worry about others' perceptions while recognizing the potential for personal growth and happiness.
A reflective verse echoes longing for home amid urban bustle. The speaker contrasts a crowded city with the comfort of returning home, seeking forgiveness and solace. The poem laments fear and doubt while hopeful embraces await at home.
A collection of brief, quirky vignettes and punchlines from local life. Jokes about a pardoned convict, a noise taxed organ grinder, relief payments, a loud Tom cat, a Nebraska native on zephyrs, a boastful speeder, a dictionary, wedding trends, and social observations about marriages, independence, and money.
A bashful clerk asks his boss for help as he and his wife struggle on one salary. A joke about cooks in schools and men handling housework follows, then a critic on women and licorice, plus a cartoon caption about a cannibal king and a burnt dish.
A Oregon woman’s misfortune of missing two chairs sparks a lighthearted remark likening thieves to sit down bandits. The tale turns whimsical as birds reportedly need a perch too, contrasting human loss with avian practicality.
The lighthearted item riffs on politics and money with Snoot Gluckins struggling to put on his night shirt over city bought pajamas, in a humorous domestic vignette from a bygone era.
A rough crowd forms in Ohio to help enforce existing laws despite public doubt that law enforcement is effective. A boy's wormy apple remark and a girl's school tale imply local humor and social commentary.
A light humorous note from a charity dinner in New York features Samuel Jiebowitz, famed for courtesy and sharp wit. Amidst chatter about the Scottsboro case, he answers a jab with a gracious comeback about beauty. The scene ends with playful banter and lingering doubles.
Dear Miss Markel offers guidance on receiving lines for teas, whether to greet guests, and guiding them to seating. The wedding Q&A covers invitations by phone, head coverings for a church ceremony, and attire choice for a 6 PM lace dress with tuxedos for men.
A lifelong scholar praises Bilbao as a modern Sparta like Thermopylae. The piece notes Bilbao’s 1936 37 defense against Carlists and rebels, its Basque endurance, its industry in hardware rope hats and leather, and the Basque language Escuara as non Aryan.
In Los Angeles Senator Morris Sheppard predicts Prohibition will return, calling liquor traffic a social menace. In Chicago Dr. John A. Lapp foresees an early end to current labor strife and backs collective bargaining as the path to better employer employee relations.
Williamstown Mass Harvard history professor and retiring president of the American Historical Association Charles H McIlwain reflects on the perils of the present era. He says the past struggles loom and fears many are unwilling to make necessary sacrifices to safeguard human liberty and welfare.
Hollywood actor Charles Ruggles reveals his ideal leisure is staying at home. He describes a simple, private pleasure routine and prefers solitude over nightlife.
A brief devotional notes the verse I John 4 18 declares there is no fear in love and perfect love casts out fear. It states that fear brings torment and those who fear are not made perfect in love.
Today in Central Press items note Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Duke of Windsor born 1895 and jeweler Ernest Root born 1862. It recalls William Penn Indians treaty lore, Sholes the typewriter pioneer, and state histories from New Jersey 1664 to Georgia 1752 with a 1924 nonstop continental flight by Lt. Russell L. Maugham.
On June 23, 1611 Henry Hodgson called Hudson, famed explorer of Hudson Bay routes, was seized from his ship Discoverie in Hudson Strait. Mutineers set him and eight others adrift in a small boat. they were never recovered.
Across Springfield New Jersey a 5000 infantry force with six cannon attacked American brigades. Americans held the village then used torn hymn pages as wadding for muskets to counter attack. British suffered heavy losses and Hessian deserters joined the Continental army.
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