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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
3
Modern sectional bookcases offer color and warmth for living rooms. Build and install them yourself. no special tools needed. Pattern No. 42 details materials, steps, and timing. cost small with lumber bought locally. Send 50 cents to East Bird Pattern Company for the pattern.
London tobacconists display women’s pipes with slender stems and half-sized bowls. While sales are light, shopkeepers argue that a cigarette shortage could push more women toward pipe smoking.
President Truman heard that sodium fluorine use in dentistry has expanded nationwide. Dr. Clyde Minges led ADA officials in urging a national children's dental health day next February to boost schoolchildren's tooth care.
Budget Director James E Webb told a Senate civil service panel that top government salaries are too low. He urged cabinet pay of 25 000 a year versus 15 000 now and suggested a 150 000 annual figure for the President plus a realistic expense account. He stressed the President’s demanding duties and said the vice president should be paid more.
President Truman, at a news conference, said he will again seek congressional approval for funding and authorizing the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. He defended the proposal as one of the greatest engineering ventures, while opposing New York’s plan with Ontario for the hydroelectric portion.
The court 5 to 4 sustains that accused persons are innocent until proven guilty and that rights extend to both innocent and guilty. Justice Black emphasizes prompt magistrate appearance to curb secret interrogations. dissenters argue the ruling broadens the old rule and riskily strengthens criminals’ leverage.
Headlines tell of two Chicago hotel fires with five dead and many injured at the Victoria and Hubbard, leaving 150 guests from Hubbard unharmed after a $100,000 blaze. Navy men among the dead and investigators to study fire hazards. Mrs. Ann Wells narrowly escaped both blazes.
Costa Rica accuses exiled dissidents and Nicaraguan guardsmen of a minor invasion. Analysts doubt large-scale mobilization, noting 200 to 300 invaders and a post-election Latin American power struggle. The Rio Pact and hemispheric unity hang on unclear findings.
Astronomers report the object 1948 AA as a minor planet with uncertain origin. It may be a new body or an old remnant, traveling a trajectory that brings it within about 140 million miles of Earth. Its next close approach is projected for July 1949. About 1,500 minor planets are believed to be remnants of shattered larger bodies.
A reflective verse welcomes the New Year as a balm for heartaches and a key to friendships. It invites readers to forget past ills and start the book anew with trust in shared dreams for the year ahead.
The article describes enduring New Year superstitions in England and Scotland. It notes that wearing old clothes is unlucky, and early exits invite misfortune. A first footer man brings good luck, a woman or light-haired man brings bad luck, while sharing a light risks spirits and cold houses.
The article traces New Year customs from 1598 through Ben Jonson and early modern satire. It notes tenants gifting capons to lords, a New Year gift in a blue coat, and festive tokens like oranges, nutmeg, gilded apples. It explains pin money as a money gift replacing pins.
The feast of St. Sylvester observed by Roman and Anglican churches on December 31. In Germany and Belgium the morning is religiously observed while the afternoon and evening are devoted to horseplay in anticipation of the New Year.
New Year’s Day is one of the oldest celebrations with open houses parties and card exchanges. The tradition includes horn footing Auld Lang Syne and resolutions and has a long history of gifts and greetings.
New Year’s Eve is marked by watch night services in many denominations. The Methodist Episcopal church started the practice, with St. George’s in Philadelphia holding its 178th service in 1947. The church traces roots to 1769 and 1770 church services in America.
The Mummers' parade in Philadelphia began with English and Swedish customs on New Year’s Eve. It evolved from informal masquerading to a city event, with George Washington replacing St George as the focal figure after the Revolution. In 1886 the Silver Crown New Year’s association sponsored it, and in 1901 the city officially recognized the parade with broader citizen participation.
The article recounts the presidential New Year reception tradition begun by Washington. It notes Washington opened his home to the public on the first New Year’s Day after his inauguration and that the custom continued during his seven years in Philadelphia while the capital was there.
In Scotland the New Year custom of interchanging pure platonic kisses began at midnight as a greeting. Langdale’s memoirs recount crowds, no work on New Year’s, and a visiting nobleman traveling by milk cart due to no porters at Waverley station in Edinburgh around 1904.
The name January comes from Janus the two faced god. He was linked to light and day and later to beginnings. Janus protected trade and shipping and was associated with agriculture and the annual Angonia festival.
A snapshot of New Year celebrations spanning 5,000 years. The piece notes civil and religious observances across eras, highlighting Babylonian rites for Marduk and the tradition of rejoicing and gift giving throughout history.
Coal mining and lumbering rank as the most dangerous occupations in America per Accident Facts, the National Safety Council yearbook. Disabling injuries per one million hours totaled 59.74 for lumbering and 54.46 for coal mining, with 7.96 and 5.24 days lost per 1 000 man-hours respectively.
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