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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1950
Page
2
The piece analyzes the 1951 federal budget of 42.439 billion dollars and a 37.306 billion tax intake for 1950-51. It argues three paths: raise taxes, continue overspending, or cut spending to restore solvency, urging the public to back Congress reducing waste.
Illinois Veterans Commission cautions veterans living in Illinois to file timely for out of state bonus programs. Several states including Louisiana and Rhode Island will expire their programs by July. The note mentions sixteen states paying bonuses and territories participating.
The piece urges citizens to oppose government waste and inefficiency after a Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch exposed costly, duplicative federal spending. It cites examples from the Army Navy and Air Force and notes large cost overruns on projects like the Colorado Big Thomson with a final price of 131.8 million dollars. It invites readers to contact the Citizens Committee and their congressmen to push reform.
Kansas State College specialist Vera Ellsthorpe advises on making small houses feel larger. Use storage walls, built in bedding storage, compact furniture, light colors, and scaled patterns to create an airy effect without added cost.
Alaska and Hawaii have no deadlines while several states list due dates for bonus requests. Connecticut Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania South Dakota and North Dakota have specific dates in 1950 1951 or 1954. IVC officers stand ready to help veterans file and obtain information, with locations in Paris Illinois and Marshall Illinois offering weekly assistance.
Kathryn Boesiger chronicles Marshall High School from its 1881 first graduating class of nine to the 1950 dedication of the modern Marshall Community High School. It covers building fires in 1947, consolidation in 1948, new facilities in 1949, and dedication in 1950, detailing athletics, music, drama, and affiliations with North Central Association.
West Liberty residents record social visits church gatherings and school changes. Mrs Ruth Bunting and Mrs Clea Curtright are noted, neighbors share meals with the Fitzjarrald and Behner families, and work on the new school building begins Monday as revival services continue at Marshall Christian Church.
Pilgrim Holiness ministers H A Zufall invite crowds to a revival beginning February 12 at 10th and Plum Streets. Rev L W Williams, noted camp meeting preacher, leads with special singers Miss Fern McHenry and Miss Barbara Miller from Beech Grove Indiana. Thought for the week urges saving a lost world.
The Evangelaires gospel quartet from Eldorado Illinois will present a program of hymns at Dennison Methodist Church at 2 00 p m on Sunday February 12 The group is well known in southern Illinois and appears on local radio. A two week evangelistic campaign will begin next Sunday night led by Rev I E Vanney pastor of the E U B Church Marshall. Insects in stored grain are inactive below 40 degrees EV and multiply rapidly only above 70 degrees.
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