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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
2
A reflective meditation notes that true speed is the passage of time, not external forces. The piece contrasts coal town pace and desert gales with the inexorable aging of youth into age, urging acknowledgment of life’s swift progress.
A reader asks about reflexes and whether aging slows eye to muscle signaling. The piece discusses Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Ted Williams, Bill Dickey, and others, explaining that reflexes fade with time while experience grows, affecting punch timing, batting, and hitting. It notes how faster instincts once mattered more than strength.
President Truman warned that selfish interests pushing for budget cuts threaten a downward economic trend. He defended a 42 billion dollar budget, blamed tax-cutting foes for anti inflation curbs, and urged avoiding a third great blunder while stressing unemployment and investment risks.
Mezgerhard Ruth Hussey, a rising star, balances stage roles and film work. She stars in Paramounts The Great Gatsby after appearing in the stage production Goodbye My Fancy, a role originated by Madeleine Carroll.
A rapid tour through Hollywood around set life and TV radio antics. Lactations include Ruth Hussey and Betty Field dining with press, gun safety on Follow Me Quietly, Hi Brown’s door concerns, Livingston Evans songwork for Bob Hope, Dinah Shore vacationing with George Montgomery, Jack Smiths Europe trip, and dispatches on Meet the Menjous and actor wives’ truth claims.
In Ploesti Romania hundreds reported seeing a Virgin Mary and Infant image in a shop window. The militia dispersed crowds on a highway, whitewashed windows, and party controlled media offered a debunking account citing reactionary elements.
Moscow reports a new Russian device to combat locusts. Tass described an automobile that spreads poisoned bait over 80 to 200 hectares daily, travels up to 20 miles per hour, and projects poisoned balls across 6 to 10 yards.
SEDGEFOLD ENGLAND. The Norfolk village of Sedgeford with 700 residents has not paid local taxes in 18 years. A fixed rate of eight pence per pound on real estate remains uncollected while the village uses its sandpit resources to cover expenses and fund memorial refurbishment and a new athletic field.
Compton California resident Willie Jackson was jailed for keeping a music box playing after 2 am despite protests about a curfew on jukeboxes. The incident drew local cheers for law enforcement and intensified curfew enforcement.
Mrs Myrtle Dobbert of Elkhorn is described as the first licensed dynamiter in Wisconsin after receiving her certificate of competency. The brief notes she started in the dynamite business 25 years ago and will continue working for her husband Paul despite laws restricting female miners near mines or quarries.
A burglar invaded the Rosebery estate Mentmore Towers in Aylesbury England but fled when confronted by Countess Rosebery who kept a pistol in a hidden place near her bed. The intruder escaped empty handed as the countess recounts the incident to friends.
London report says investigators probe why Yorkshire hens lay eggs with green yolks. The ministry notes over 250000 emerald yolk eggs weekly among five million eggs reaching Yorkshire packing stations. Eggs are normal otherwise and are being diverted to confectioners to avoid housewife complaints.
Dr Curt Sacha a 67 year old music historian from New York university told a Carnegie Tech audience that today's popular songs recycle the same musical tricks. He argued writers lean on familiar formulas because listeners prefer what is known.
Atlantic City report says the endless routing of housework can trigger sudden asthma in housewives. The American Medical Association heard the caution during a discussion on household health.
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