02 Sep 1948
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
1
Stan Collins runs a country service station near Pine Grove and loves to talk about catching mice. A robbery unfolds as a man and a girl load the cash while a mouse trap finally pins the culprit. Stan proclaims the mouse saved $200 and the country.
A sewing pattern ad describes a graceful slenderizing nightdress for the slightly larger figure. It highlights cool comfort with short sleeves and easy sewing, and offers Pattern No. 5046 with complete instructions for sizes 42 and 46 for 90 cents plus name and address.
Sam, a shy boy with a busted violin, confides he will quit lessons to earn a new instrument. Harriet Sweet, lonely but kind, offers her own violin for him to use and hints at friendship beyond teacher and pupil as she recalls her desire to help him.
A violin seller named Mrs Sweet learns Sam, a boy seeking a $50 loan, wants to buy her instrument. He offers 75 dollars and says he will work to repay his uncle. She contemplates the price and durability of friendship before agreeing he could buy the violin if he can raise the funds.
A nostalgic teen girl culture piece catalogs fashion fads and social signals from petticoats to can can bustles. It notes the PHD society Petticoats Hanging Down and reviews ways teens adopt outfits with school uniform constraints. It cites movie influences from Good News Captain from Castile and new hair trends inspired by Eleanor Parker and Ronald Reagan.
Kathleen Norris argues that divorce and poverty push boys into institutions, condemning American mothers for failing to keep families intact. She recalls personal hardship, urges women to reorganize work and home life to protect children, and calls for national action to keep families together.
Dr Rudolf Dreihurs, a Chicago psychiatrist, argues that any parent who spanks a child invites punishment later. He calls childhood whippings undesirable and says they leave a lifelong mark on a victim's character. The doctor notes he himself was paddled occasionally as a child.
Miss Norris warns that many boys in homes come from broken or divorced families where parents send children away to avoid bother. She cites her own family example of three siblings supporting three younger children through sacrifice to keep a family unit intact.
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