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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
8
A compact collection of aphorisms from C R Newcomb, Mahatma Gandhi, and Plutarch. It emphasizes generosity as a path to wealth, viewing disappointment as a stimulus, and the value of listening to profit from critics.
A pensive woman shows sadness, then happiness from money, while a professor ignores notes. A vacationing wife returns to her husband, finds the house unchanged, and a conversation reveals social contrasts. A terse exchange ends with a remark about companionship and advantage.
In Louisiana the Department of Education runs a citizenship by mail program under INS supervision. Foreign-born residents receive circulars and register for a course using two textbooks Our Constitution and Government and Federal Textbook for Citizenship. A helper may assist, with no set completion time. Completion and final exam earn a certificate and prep for naturalization questions.
New York reports a growing trend in training fathers in child and maternity care as hospitals discharge mothers and babies sooner. The Maternity Center Association started the courses, now graduates four or five classes yearly with about 2000 men trained. Topics include baby handling, sterilizing bottles, formula, emotional security, and prenatal care to support the wife.
Detroit study finds thumb sucking three times more common among middle class children than poor. Dr. Martha Ericson cites bottle feeding duration, maternal nursing, and "tenement child" differences from interviews of 48 middle class and 52 lower class mothers in Chicago. Other findings compare home responsibility, education goals, permissiveness, and social expectations between classes.
New York City elementary public school children, roughly 200,000, will receive only four report cards this year, a reduction from six last year and from monthly reports in prior years. The new cards provide space for teachers to note personality and appearance.
Two ex army fliers, Robert E. Frownfelter and Val Mackiewicz, work to control gypsy moth in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties using DDT spray from aircraft. They join state and federal teams to cover 28,000 acres of infestation in a 600 square mile area.
The article profiles Cerro Gordo implement dealers William E. Vulgamott and Oliver R. Bowers who rush to repair stalled combines tractors and other equipment in the field. They land beside the idle machine and fix it quickly, saving time and giving Vulgamott a thrill from the job.
The piece surveys top pitchers like Myell Blackwell Hal Newhouser and Warren Spahn plus best infielders outfielders and rookies Curt Simmons Leland Brissie Stallcup Alvin Dark Al Papai Hank Sauer as winter notes. It cites Harris and Dyer on Yankees Cardinals in the next world series while noting 1947 attendance records and spring citrus league gains and hints at Joe Louis WBA plans for June with Walcott and refits after age and weight challenges.
A stunning date frock in bold striped fabric designed as pattern No 8161. It features a keyhole neck and tiers that softly fall in front. Available in sizes 12 14 76 19 20 with yardage for 33 or 30 inch width.
The modern inhabitants of Switzerland plan to close the historic St Bernard hospice after about a millennium of service. Monks and dogs will relocate to the Rhone Valley while four dogs remain for rescue work. A branch was once sent to Tibet to establish a St Bernard hospice and kennels are in Martigny.
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