23 Feb 1950
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Newspaper
Billings Herald
Location
Billings, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
1
An editorial on Washington's Birthday praising the founding fathers and universal rights. It warns against secret police and political judges undermining due process and urges remembering Brotherhood Week February 1926 and practicing equality and liberty.
The warm spell last week melted snow and ice on Billings sidewalks, exposing streets once stalled by winter weather. Civil life revives as shops illuminate, cars reappear, and local courts prepare for new activity.
A fragment from The Old Farmer's Almanac 1950 reprints an unknown authors prayer about serenity and change. The piece also lampoons a Thai cash register salesman who boasted of success and minimal demonstrations. It comments on community newspaper readers seeking attention over local news and the risks of libel suits. It includes a playful radio gag about a honeymooning couple and a city prize joke.
A long reading list of magazine highlights for March and January issues. It notes COLLIER’S basketball feature, Look and Quick culture pieces, FLair’s arts coverage, Western stories and romance, western radio, baseball rookies in Baseball Magazine, circus routing in Bingboard, Popular Mechanics jet propeller features, Flower Grower garden reports, Theatre Arts South Pacific feature, and Ingrid Bergman life story in Modern Screen.
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