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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
8
Dorothy Dix counsels a wife facing a nagging husband and a planned divorce after the children finish college. A future wife is warned that rushing marriage before a man is financially ready can doom him to poverty, and the adviser urges patience and caution over hasty warnings.
A column discusses changing eating habits with age, stressing vitamin B and B2 roles in midlife, and recommends smaller portions and reduced starches. It cites Dr. Boris Sokoloff on vitamin B and notes that carbohydrate needs drop with age. Also includes Dorothy Dix advice on dealing with conceit and a note offering a leaflet titled Vitamins in Your Diet.
A health bulletin warns parents to watch children for early polio symptoms such as fever stiff neck and muscle stiffness. Isolate suspected cases, use separate dishes, and follow doctor guidance strictly. Summer tips include avoiding fatigue, chilling, dirty water, crowds with children, strict handwashing, and monitoring milk and water supply. About 50 percent recover fully. seek National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis assistance if unable to pay. Next: Summer Dysentery.
Washington dairy workers of the AFL Teamsters Union voted to accept a compromise pay and hours agreement and return to work ending an eight day strike. Indications show deliveries will not be restored before Tuesday with details pending. The vote was about 700 to 100 in favor of ending the stoppage which had demanded a five day forty hour week and exemptions from certain plant operations.
Belgrade dismissed Albanian claims that 20 Yugoslav soldiers crossed half a mile into Albania on May 31 as trumped up to support the Caom Inform campaign against Tito. The Belgrade radio and official press cited the accusations as false as of June 18.
Dylan Kilgailen reports on New York social whirl with Joe DiMaggio dining near the West. Lisa Kirk has an appendectomy and remains in hospital. Luxury liners cancel many suites while travel costs rise. Dorothy Lamour tours Germany for troops and Fran Warren cancels Riviera shows. Louis Prima reshapes his act for TV. Jackie Robinson’s ankle fears loom for the Dodgers. Charles Binaggio murder leads draw from a New York operative. George Arliss’ widow ill in London, Faye Emerson shops for cheese and jukebox tunes. TV advances may bring color to Texas and California from a Mexican video station. Raymond Scott tops charts with Digg That Coal. The Men features Brando and Sloane. Paul Killiam mocks silent films at the Old Knick. Punchy the Cat hits shelves. Gigi Durston sheds society songbird label for Cafe Society Downtown. Huntington Hartford backs horse show riches for Marjorie Steele amid coaching by Constance Collier.
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