Dear Miss Dix Advice on a Marriage Lost to Immaturity
Dorothy Dix presents two letters on marital strain from women with young or unsteady husbands. The first describes a 15 year pattern of avoidance and noncommitment, urging a firm home management role by the wife. The second portrays a wife resisting an affair while facing a nosy homewrecker, with guidance to protect the home and threaten court action if needed.
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Miss DIX
Muriel Nissen Able
Florence V
Qgnest
Pvt Coleman Ledlow Serving In Germany
Pvt Coleman Ledlow of Decatur is serving with the 28th Infantry Division in Germany. The Pennsylvania National Guard unit is conducting training in Bavaria. Ledlow joined the army in January 1952 and arrived in Europe last July.
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Pvt
Coleman Ledlow
Decatur
28Th Infantry
Germany
Pennsylvania National Guard
Bavaria
Ledlow
Europe
Hasty Marriage Advice Warns Teen Readers
Dorothy Dix cautions a 16 year old about a 19 year old suitor who lingers at street corners. She recommends focusing on boys of better habit and suggests obtaining leaflet D-8 by mailing a 3 cent stamped self addressed envelope to the newspaper.
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Miss DIX
Dorothy DIX
Safety Program May Win Award
Decatur Automobile Dealers Association offers a $100 prize to the local civic club presenting the most effective traffic safety program in October. Rotary directors learned of the prize during their Monday night meeting at the Decatur Country Club.
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Decatur Automobile Dealers Association
Civic Club
Spence Hicks
Rotary Board of Directors
Decatur Country Club
Rotary Club
Tom Fitzpatrick
Roy Sudhoff
Hafford Leeman
Rotary
Charlie Malone
Prentiss Clark
Harvey Pride
al Shelton
William Jenkins
Fine Set Aside for Federal Sleuth in Alabama Liquor Case
In Grove Hill Alabama an Inferior Court ordered a $50 fine and $49.90 in costs against a Federal Alcohol Tax Unit undercover agent Cecil D Martin set aside after his identity was revealed Sheriff Jenkins Hill had arrested him July 28 under the alias Cecil Thomas Special Agent S O McPherson argued the ATA had no expense allowance and the true facts were outlined by U S Attorney Percy Fountain Federal and state officers have rounded up 68 alleged liquor ring members in Southwest Alabama over the past week
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Grove Hill
Ala
Alabama
Cecil D. Martin
Jenkins Hill
Martin
Cecil Thomas
S. O. McPherson
U. S
Percy Fountain
McPherson
ATA
First locomotive for heavy hauling believed built in England in 1801
The claim holds that an early steam locomotive created in England in 1801 pioneered heavy hauling work. Details remain sparse about the designer and exact usage, but historians cite this as a foundational milestone in rail propulsion.
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England
Egypt and Iran enact land reform aimed at poor
In Egypt General Naguib moves to seize land from the rich for redistribution to the poor, capping ownership at 200 acres and offering long term, low interest repayment. In Iran Premier Mossadegh imposes a 10 percent wealth levy and plans further taxes on landlords to aid peasants and balance state finances.
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Washington
Iran
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Farouk
Mohammed Mossadegh
Naguib
Mossadegh
Maher
Elieiont
Middle East
Swim Stroke Discovery Before 1900 Limited to South Pacific
Historical notes indicate that the crawl stroke was not widely known before 1900 outside the South Pacific region, suggesting regional origins for early swimming technique development.
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South Pacific
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
Don’t be annoyed by slipping false teeth. FASTEETH powder sprinkles on dentures to keep teeth more firmly set and give a confident feeling of security. Available today at any drug store.
Japan Sets $700000 for International Exchange Plan
The foreign office will allocate about $700,000 for the next fiscal year to advance international student exchange programs and establish Japanese language schools abroad, according to Kyodo News Agency.
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Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office
Kyodo News Agency
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution Founder
Brigham Young founded in 1868 Zion's Co operative Mercantile Institution the first department store in the United States era.
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Brigham Young
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution
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