New Castle News masthead and publication details
New Castle News published by The News Company New Castle Pennsylvania lists staff including Jessie Treadwell Anderson as chair, Lucy Treadwell Ray as president and general manager, J Pred Rentz as vice president and treasurer, Pred C Scheppele as advertising and credit manager, and George W Conway as editor. Advertising, telegraph service, and circulation notes appear with subscription rates and offices in multiple cities. The paper carries International News Service dispatches and instructs readers to address checks to The News Company.
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New York City police officer quits TV show over Shakespeare standoff
Patrolman Redmond O Hanlon, famed for quizzing on Shakespeare, exits the program after a 16 000 lead and diverse fan letters urging him not to risk more. He plans to write a book on Shakespeare puns.
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Bluecoat Bard
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Thrift Revival Sparks Home Sewing Trend
The article notes a renewed interest in sewing as pattern counters in stores show busy activity and last year’s strong pattern sales. It suggests that home sewing once common in girls’ training faded with mass production but has since revived as mothers and daughters sew to supplement wardrobes.
Is It A Fair Tax Classified Income Tax Debate
A front page opinion discusses Governor George M. Leader’s classified income tax proposal. It analyzes five tax brackets, exemptions, and example incomes to question fairness and equity, noting constitutional issues and how different earners would be taxed under the plan.
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Pianos Out of Tune as Times Change Amid Reading Habits
The article notes many of the six million pianos in the United States are out of tune or aligned with current trends. It links this to growing interest in television, reading good books, and attention to worthwhile magazine articles alongside daily newspapers.
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Five hundred Chevrolets shipped to Red Bulgaria
A Brooklyn dealer ships 500 Chevrolets to Bulgaria for government officials, the first such export approved by the Bureau of Foreign Commerce in six years. The piece argues American cars symbolize affluence and could spark imagination among Bulgarians and others, potentially influencing Soviet propaganda.
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Who's Ahead in Air Power
Frederick Rentschler of United Aircraft argues that American aviation leads today and will for a decade, emphasizing engine excellence and industrial capacity over mere airframes. He warns against complacency and notes Russia's possible engine gaps and lack of tooling to sustain wartime aircraft production.
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Korea
Folks of Fame: Lt Gen Walter Y Weible’s Army Rise
The piece traces Walter Y Weible from Pratt Institute graduate in 1917 to a 1944 brigadier general and his rise to lieutenant general. It notes his early service as a private, attendance at Coast Artillery and Chemical Warfare schools, Command and General Staff School in 1935, Army War College in 1938, and eventual deputy chief of staff.
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Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
The passage recalls H T Webster sending a one word telegram to twenty friends, with few calling to inquire why others sent thanks. A police school student meets a future officer, they date to practice pinching, a Sahara desert complaint reaches an oil refinery, and a joke about stamps and a shift of John Paul Jones to Russian service in 1788 is noted along with 1953 trade figures for beverages.
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Butler Fails to Make Waves in Texas Visit
Dallas report on Paul Butler DNC chair shows Texans resist outside meddling and shift toward “measurable men” in politics. Ike’s reform era boosts economy, oil and off shore profits. Butler’s shadow looms over 1956 prospects with Ike’s rising popularity and party shifts in Texas.
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Bruce Alger
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Lyndon Johnson
Price Daniel
Jack Garner
Sam Rayburn
Do It Now Emphasizes Prompt Work Ethic
A brief poster style verse urges taking immediate action on tasks. It cautions against hesitating and postponing work, stating delay leads to lost time and falling behind others. The cadence motivates readers to rise, brace themselves, and be useful to society.
You're Telling Me! A collage of quips and quotes
Excerpts feature comments on Gar ner aging on TV and a witty take on summer uniforms. The piece wraps light jests about weather solar science and odd discoveries from a Yukon hotel floor to a parachute jump by a 70 year old Detroiter.
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Maryland Flag Hidden Coat of Arms Highlight
The Maryland state flag bears the Calvert family coat of arms, noted as the only state flag featuring a coat of arms. The insignia links to colonial heritage and the Calverts. The flag accompanies a biblical verse about refuge and strength as guidance.
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Navy Quix Mix scandal swirls around Seattle scheme
A 1950s query reveals Lt Halstead and Cmdr Moler arranged large orders for Quix Mix concentrate for MSTS ships. Investigations show 2,600 cases costing 177,660 dollars, with profits to a salesman. Prominent figures face fallout as probes expand.
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Chet Halifield
Calif
Sleuth Ellis
Moler
Quix Mix Carraway
Fairly Spoken By Margaret Latrobe On Candy And Coffee
Margaret Latrobe muses on the shrinking per capita intake of candy and coffee since the 1940s, blaming faddists and price peaks while noting Northanton Massachusetts restaurants serving cheaper coffee. She laughs at diet trends and suggests publishers and candy makers should adapt to consumer waistlines with wit and imagination.
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International voices call for policy grounded in UN charter
San Francisco cites Lester Pearson urging adherence to UN principles for peace. New York Governor Harriman condemns Communist front groups running children camps as anti-American. Tokyo Justice Douglas urges a political settlement with Communist China.
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Lester B. Pearson
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Averell Harriman
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U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
China
Signs of Childhood in a Humble Home
A mother reflects that while bicycles and worn lawns show children grow, the real aim is to raise a child. A home must offer grace and happiness, as children gather on streets and yards where toys lie about.
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