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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
6
The Kenosha Youth Foundation has reduced youth mischief through organized programs over two decades. Leaders announce a new phase expanding KYF supervision to permanent neighborhood outposts for children up to high school age, building on prewar outposts revived postwar and praised by 300 plus local leaders.
Governor Earl Warren of California advised college graduates to engage in government work to defend free institutions amid Cold War fears. He contrasted Taft’s caution against public posts with a call for citizens to study government past and present and pursue intelligent, honest public service for the nation’s good.
The article notes tariff debates faded from the forefront, overtaken by global concerns and economic strain. It cites Hull sponsored reciprocal trade and the drop toward the 1913 Underwood Act levels, arguing higher tariffs are unlikely while the world finances stay fragile.
Kenosha's Centennial celebration will move the religious ceremony to Simmons Island Park due to wet grounds at Washington Park bowl. R S Kingsley, president of the Centennial association, announced the change.
An editorial from the Washington high school paper questions student gullibility after a fictitious candidate named Tom Barnett was petitioned. It urges careful voting by tomorrow’s leaders and warns against trusting fast talking promoters and incompetent candidates. Portland Journal notes later discuss aging society and policy needs. Illinois highlights a state aged care hospital in Galesburg.
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains polio can occur with mild or no paralysis and discusses tonsil removal during outbreaks, exercise effects before and after symptoms, age immunity, urban versus rural incidence, and polio’s mortality rank versus diseases like whooping cough.
The historic incident behind Longfellow’s Evangeline is the Acadian expulsion from Nova Scotia and their resettlement in Louisiana. Evangeline is presented as the poem’s heroine.
A lighthearted column notes that common sense is fine but uncommon variety could help. It jokes about water lilies in spring and jokes about expense accounts. It compares the five foot limb spread of the Japanese crab to the wider mouth spread of some American crabs. It ends with kids glad school is out though they have nothing to do.
Capt. John Smith, the first Colonial American author, wrote True Relation in 1608 detailing the Jamestown settlement and its early struggles. The document marks a foundational narrative of early English colonial ventures in North America.
AP analysis notes a possible shift in policy as General MacArthur and John Foster Dulles favor prompt aid to Chiang Kai-Shek on Formosa. Defense voices push to prevent a communist takeover, weighing Secretary of Defense Johnson's report after Tokyo talks with MacArthur. Chiang lures troops from Chusan, but lacks air power. Red forces have yet to strike Formosa despite mainland victory.
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson says propaganda cannot hide the truth from opponents. Undersecretary James Webb foresees a new era with the decay of totalitarianism. President Truman credits hydroelectric plants on the Columbia and Tennessee rivers with winning the war. General Kenney predicts bomber speeds reaching 600 mph. Richard Rosenthal warns that business skepticism can harm the economy as much as optimism during a downturn.
Preliminary data show Japan reforested about 1,610,000 acres in 1949 as part of postwar forest recovery. The figures reflect nationwide recovery efforts with emphasis on afforestation and hillside protection.
Ruth Millett weighs a wife’s response to discovering her husband’s affairs. She suggests using self care and personal spending as a response, arguing it preserves dignity, avoids ruinous scenes, and may benefit children while keeping focus on the wife’s own interests. The column endorses a pragmatic, if controversial, stance.
A travelogue excerpt from Damascus, Syria, playful portrait of the city and its scents. The writer notes shoe shine boys, the abundance of donkeys clogging streets, and a colorful night life centered on Freddie's saloon and the Black Cat club. Light humor contrasts with local quirks and curious customs, ending with a casual meet‑up invitation.
In Elliston Virginia merchants on the east side of Main Street opened second fronts at the rear of their shops when the state diverted U S Routes 11 and 460 one block from their usual course. The move lets them continue facing the highway.
In a Nature column tale, Zane Grey and Buffalo Jones chase a large puma in the Rocky Mountains. The cat leaps, climbs, and fights dogs as Jones finally lassos the animal, ties it to a tree, and Grey clubs the hounds, ending with a live capture in the wild.
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