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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1958

Page

12

Dear Dorothy Dix on marriages and deception in youth

The column answers reader questions on why women marry troublesome partners and how to handle a teen relationship with lies and age concerns. Dorothy Dix explains motives behind reforming others, maternal appeals, and cautions about manipulation, while advising communication and boundaries.

Dorothy DIX L. T L.T Gilly

Servant or Tyrant of Alcoholism

Dr Bauer argues alcoholism is a disease that involves personality, not mere drunkenness. He warns against social punishment and Prohibition as ineffective, urging care, understanding, tolerance, and love to treat underlying causes and help the alcoholic. He stresses the need to address psychological roots rather than blame the individual.

Office Cat and Light Humor Columns Mix in Daily Page

A collage of light jokes and anecdotes features a nurse-like first aid quip, a lawyer riddle, a vase debacle, jokes about whittlers and chiselers, streetcar mishaps, and a Decatur hostess quip. Dear Dorothy Dix advice concludes with playful social notes and fashion commentary.

Gallenberg Placed On Probation After Break In

Nor bert Gallenberg, 19, charged with breaking and entering, was placed on probation for two years. He may return to his Easy Street home at 1917 Easy Street in Waukesha Wisconsin.

Waukesha, Wis Norbert Gallenberg Easy Street

City population and mayoral bench roles noted

The text cites the U S population at 172 830 000 including armed forces abroad. It records the New York mayor no longer presiding over city courts but allowed to sit as committing magistrate a role once filled by LaGuardia.

The United States Armed Forces Overseas New York LaGuardia

Three Hearts in One Chicken Reported in Ky

In Munfordville Kentucky Bertha Galyan reports a local tale finding three hearts in a single chicken Ruth asks about Janet's unpopularity while Rose notes she won a popularity contest.

Ville, Ky Bertha Galyan Munfordville, Ky Ruth Janet Rose

Horoscope for Tomorrow Says Stars Favor Caution and Focus

The Stars Say Estrellita advises avoiding diversions and sticking to steady duties now. If your birthday, job efforts in the next three months may shape your future, with September bringing promotion prospects and December delivering news affecting finances.

Oil field workers in Sumatra endure muddy roads

In Sumatra American financed oil fields workers must use snow tires and chains to move trucks through muddy tropical roads. More than four million Africans crowd Ruanda Urundi, a Belgian colony about the size of Maine.

Sumatra Ruanda-Urundi Africa Maine

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Muriel Nissen Cleveland Ohio W. W. Bauer M. D American Medical Association Junius Nina Coombs Pykare Lincoln America Ole Olson Olson Decatur U.S Bell Syndicate, Inc Sammie Galyan Munford Tork Bt Say Estrellita Romance Eio Sterchi’s Jewelry Dept Blue Cross Blue Shield Alabama Blue Cross- Blue Shield Blue Shield of South 20Th Street Birmingham
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