Postal busybodies and postal censorship in critique
The Post Office Department is criticized for censorious actions such as delaying a Christian Century issue with Hungarian church notes and banning a Goya painting ad of The Naked Maja. The piece argues authorities overstep, calling for restraint and less meddling in mail content.
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Post Office Department
Christian Century
Post Office
United States
Goya
Maja
Life Magazine
FCC ruling on equal time sparks broad alarm in media
The FCC backed a rule forcing equal air time for all political candidates, stirring outcry from CBS president Dr. Frank Stanton who warned the measure would distort presidential coverage and question the press’s right to define news. He urged Congress to overturn or for the agency to reverse.
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Federal Communications Commission
Chicago
Frank Stanton
Columbia Broadcasting System
FCC
Congress
Tax System Needs Study and Public Alarm Overrides Belief
A column condemns the income tax system as poorly understood and unfair arguing withholding hides tax costs fueling inflation and waste. It calls for a comprehensive reform to curb exemptions and ensure equity while urging sincerity and thoughtful public reflection. It cites Lowell Owen Penny and Mary Baker Eddy to illustrate moral concerns.
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United States
Spring Alive In Vivid Daily Scenes Of Reawakening
A stream of vignettes captures spring’s return through images of blooms, children, animals, and people. A boy dreams on a cloud, a dog basks in sun, buds open, and routines resume from school, home, and street life as warmth touches every corner.
Doctor Crane's Personal Case Betty and the infatuation test
A 16 year old high school junior, Betty G., asks Dr. Crane if her feelings for her dating boy are infatuation or true love. The piece contrasts infatuation with true love, using Amnon and Tamar as biblical example, and urges cautious, selfless choice. It warns premarital affairs risk disease, pregnancy, ostracism, and loss of confidence, urging readers to seek the booklet Sex Problems of Young People.
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Betty
Amnon
George W. Crane
Betty G
David
Tamar
Samuel
Plurals Quiz Brain Game
Answers provided appear garbled. Questions cover plurals for colloquy box cameo folio kangaroo potato dormouse judge advocate. Expected plural forms: colloquies, buzzes, cameo plural is cameos, folios, kangaroos, potatoes, dormice, judges advocates.
Audrey Meadows Aims for Quiet Stage Life and Humble Epitaph
Audrey Meadows, China born and Broadway trained, reflects on a varied career from concert singing at 16 to TV comedienne and quiz show star. She jokes about her own epitaph saying she tried poor soul and discusses kindness, curiosity, and balance between work and personal growth.
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Audrey
Edward R. Murrow
Try and Stop Me by Eddie Cantor Anecdotes
A deeply religious uncle laughs at Eddie Cantor’s stage antics after finally agreeing to attend a big benefit. The final curtain leaves the uncle ashamed and confessing he almost laughed and spoiled his nephew’s act. In another joke a wife pleads with a psychiatrist about her baseball manager husband who threatens to trade her to Kansas City.
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Ddie Cantor
Eddie
I.c
Kansas City
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Rose of Sharon In Ancient Judea Poem by Rev Mary Wahl Logan
Poem recalls Jesus’s life death and resurrection set in Holy Land imagery The author Rev Mary Wahl Logan notes the rose of Sharon lilies tulips and poppies bloom while Christ’s footprints fade but deeds endure The piece ends with a proclamation of faith and resurrection date March 26
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Jesus
Rose of Sharon
Mary Wahl Logan
How much is a life worth in medical costs
A personal reflection on medical bills and hospital care argues that the value of life outweighs cost. The author credits doctors, surgeons, and hospitals for survival amid cancer and hemorrhage, insisting modern medicine justifies expense to stay alive.
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John Foster Dulles
Technicans
Gout facts and prompts for prevention and treatment
A health column explains gout heredity and uric acid buildup, outlining symptoms such as severe toe joint pain and recurrent attacks. It notes kidney involvement, dietary limits on purine rich foods, and treatments like exolihicin Benemid and ACTH hormones, with lifestyle tips to reduce attacks.
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Jordan
Messenger Publishing Co Address Note
The Messenger Publishing Co in Athens Ohio lists a mailing address at 43 West Union Street for Associated Press material.
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the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Ohio
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Jim Bishop
Fatties Anonymous
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Judea
Holy Land
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Athens, Ohio
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