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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1952
Page
4
The piece contrasts past and present heat coping methods from palm leaf fans to modern refrigeration. It notes grandmothers hung butter in wells for cooling and lauds food sanitation, safe drinking water, and reduced flies as electricity reshaped daily life, leaving butter no longer stored in wells.
The removal of Louis Braille’s coffin to Paris’ Pantheon on the hundredth anniversary of his death honors a pioneer whose system opened reading to the blind. His work transformed libraries and countless lives, making him a fitting hero in his own country while still alive and in memory.
An English landlord in Dartmouth, facing taxes and repairs, finds a tenant willing to take a house as a gift while other houses remain unsold. The piece argues government control of private property drains profit and pushes citizens toward government ownership and strict bureaucratic rules.
Health columnists and authorities urge moderation in tanning noting ultraviolet rays burn as water does. They distinguish natural blends from synthetic, warn sensitive skins need minimal direct sun, and suggest ten minute sessions to start.
The piece notes China’s emergence as a primary martial power amid the Korean War, detailing its growing air and ground forces, Soviet help, and the U N attack on the Yalu front as a hinge point for possible new offensives. It contrasts Chinese and Japanese wartime service, and highlights risks to Southeast Asia from China’s expanding capability.
In New York, Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger voices support for aiding Europe militarily and economically to preserve world peace. British Defense Minister Earl Alexander says united effort, as in Korea, holds great promise for global peace. In Seoul, General James Van Fleet asserts the enemy lacks the will to fight.
Walter Kiernan muses on a married female shortstop in professional baseball. He jokes about how society views players’ wives and the women in the sport, noting the allure of female stars and the Pirates considering Dotty Lamour with Grable behind the plate.
Edgar A Guest laments voting coercion while celebrating freedom to vote. A Spain 18 year old with 28 fingers and toes seeks surgery to remove extra digits, hoping to wear shoes. The piece notes U S birth rates averaging 66,000 weekly.
A lighthearted look at how warm weather shifts grooming habits. It notes the cost and time for haircuts, suggests DIY trimming sparingly, compares barbering for men versus hairdressers for women, and offers to share rough calculations on hours spent per year.
New York reports a week of odd headlines from Eleanor Engle joining the Norrisburg Senators to debate over women’s supposed superiority. Montagu argues chromosomes shape gender roles while urging a peaceful outlook amid male bravado and social change.
Dr Francis Townsend a physician born January 13 1867 in Fairbury Illinois served as health officer in Long Beach California and practiced in South Dakota Wyoming and Montana He originated the Townsend old age pension plan and authored his autobiography New Horizons along with related writings and pamphlets.
A wise son heeds his father's instruction while a scorner ignores rebuke. The verse Prov 13 1 emphasizes obedience and discipline as traits of prudent character.
A humorous piece by Henry McLemore recounts buying a new talking breakfast cereal that criticizes coffee, sports teams, and politics. The narrator, aided by a secretary named Gus, finds the cereal loud and opinionated, prompting him to swear off further purchases until box labeling clarifies the product.
Washington dispatch outlines how Taft forces secure the convention machinery led by Hallanan and MacArthur. It notes Speaker Martin's neutral stance masking support for MacArthur and Taft, plus movement in Pennsylvania and Louisiana delegations shaping the 1952 GOP influence.
In a 1952 column Erich Brandeis contrasts 6848 Columbia degree recipients with Emik A Avakian who, despite cerebral palsy and past denials as mentally incompetent, earned a Master of Arts and invented a stored function calculator. Also noted is James J Brennan who earned a PhD from New York University after rising from juvenile aid duties to lieutenant, emphasizing the value of supportive upbringing and education.
State Police note that pedestrians make up about half of annual traffic fatalities and about every second death involves a pedestrian. The statement urges patience to reduce pedestrian deaths and related injuries.
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