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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1952
Page
7
Dorothy Dix answers readers on child chores marriage responsibilities and neighborhood etiquette. She advises setting clear tasks with purpose for the 11 year old, sharing duties with a partner, and allowing limited guest access to the yard to teach respect and social skills.
The Massey Farm Bureau Club held a picnic supper at Me Kendree church basement on Thursday night July 17 with Alvie Penn in charge and Miss Lucille Hawkins delivering an inspiring devotional on Work. The Har din family sang several pieces and Floyd Anderson spoke to the group. Vacation Bible School continues at Mt. Nebo Baptist church daily 1 to 4 through Friday July 25 directed by Miss Gertrude Radford with Rev. I. W. Myers assisting. Several community updates note local visits, health, and travel, including Mrs. D. W. Buckelew’s eye operation, Sybil Bailey’s throat infection, and friends travels between Decatur, Birmingham, and Mt. Hope areas.
In Whiteville North Carolina U S district judge Clawson Williams will sentence 71 defendants in Ku Klux Klan flogging cases including Imperial Wizard Thomas L Hamilton of Leesville South Carolina. Sentences start at 2 30 p m with possible four year prison terms.
Col. William C. Kingsbury of Stead Air Force Base plans free weekend bus service for 90 Negro airmen, traveling 140 miles to Sacramento after being refused entry to Reno clubs and restaurants. He called out local venues for racism and asserted the airmen protect national safety despite birth race.
In Rome the use of balia wet nurses declines as Italian mothers switch to American milk formulas for infants. Stars like Ingrid Bergman may still use balia, with her twins Isabel and Ingrid born last month to be fed and cared for by a balia for about a year.
The Department of Health reports New York City averaged 449 births daily in the first six months of 1952, down slightly from 455 in the same period of 1951. The figure reflects a stable trend despite minor year to year variation.
The Office of Price Stabilization announced a rise in ceiling prices on lean pork cuts through October, with smaller increases on shoulders and other cuts. Slaughterers and wholesalers may add 1.20 per hundred pounds to sales to restaurants and hotels. Sausage cuts saw no boost due to parity and new price controls.
Margaret Truman arrives in Geneva from Paris for a three day stay in Switzerland. She will be hosted by U S Minister Richard Patterson and wife. They plan to attend a music festival in Salzburg, Austria on Friday.
The passage explains parity as a price framework to raise producer income to match changes in costs. It states parity aims to ensure farmers receive a fair return relative to their purchasing needs, offsetting rising prices they pay for inputs.
Peiping radio reports a cleanup drive by the Chinese Communists. The broadcast states monumental accomplishment as Peiping killed 60 million flies. Advertisers claim want ads get results.
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