Violence On Our Newsstands by Marjorie Arlene Jordal
A reminiscence on how new media forms like radio and television shaped reading habits and culture. The piece argues horror comics fuel youth delinquency, outlines two types of horror comics, decries censorship, and urges parents churches and communities to promote healthier reading choices for children. The author cites rising comic book circulation, lack of a formal code, and calls for action against harmful publications.
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Post Office Department
Catholic Legion of Decency
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Federal Council of Churches of America
The Homemakers Corner Garden Tips and Dessert Recipe
Mrs. Calvin Lundberg offers garden border planning guidance focusing on size, depth, plant groupings, and sunny sites with avoidance of rigid rows. She covers annuals use, division of perennials, and six practical planting ideas, plus a Cherry Ice Box Dessert recipe with gelatin, cherries, cream, and wafers for make-ahead serving.
Comic Book Code Aims to Clean Up Newsstands
The Comics Magazine Association under Mr. Charles F. Murphy drafts a code to regulate content. It would enforce respect for marriage and home, prohibit divorce as desirable, ban nudity and improper sexual hints, censor exaggerated female forms and religious or racial mockery, and ban horror comics to keep magazines suitable for children.
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Charles F. Murphy
Comics Magagine Association
Plan Canoe Trip to Canada Tonight Meeting Called
Scout leader Ronald Yahnke calls a meeting of Explorer Scouts at the American Legion Room City Hall tonight Thursday May 19 at 7 30 to plan the annual canoe trip into Canada. All parents urged to attend.
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Ronald Yahnke
American Legion Room
Canada
Former Resident II at Des Moines Hospital
Former neighbors and friends of Fred Stubbe now living at Lake Mills report he recently underwent brain tumor removal at Mercy hospital Des Moines. His wife and Jean have stayed at his bedside. though critical, his condition shows some improvement.
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Fred Stubbe
Lake Mills
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
May News Notes and Local Highlights Across Town
Roving Reporter salutes Mrs. Jim Iverson as newly elected president of the Woman's Community Club at the May 10 meeting. Includes a medley of local items: Hospital Week praise, a Buffalo Center Mother's Day gift rod, Mr. Dick Gibson’s 86th birthday, seniors near graduation, a parakeet sighting from a local loss ad, and Miss Marjorie Jordal’s original oratory on violence in the comics.
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Jim Iverson
Woman's Community Club
Dolmage
Marjorie Jordal
New Tribune telephone digits shift to 21641
The Tribune reveals a new number set 21641 amid re arranging of lines. The old combination now assigned to Rev. W. G. Gerthe and readers may misaddress calls, provoking a wary reaction from the amiable news hawks. Thought for the Week urges choosing worthy efforts.
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Tribune
W. G. Gerthe
Mrs James New First Grade Teacher Takes Class
Starting May 1 Mrs Ruby James began teaching the first grade previously led by Mrs Mark Speed who will focus on one child, her newly adopted son Gene Jerome, instead of the class.
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Ruby James
Mark Speed
Gene Jerome
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