Doctor Discusses Fight Against Insects and Disease
Dr. Edwin P. Jordan explains the ongoing battle against disease‑carrying insects. He traces early control methods, the rise of chemicals like DDT, and issues of resistance while noting dangers from bites such as mosquitoes and black widow spiders. The piece highlights insect factors in disease and discomfort, plus caution on exposure.
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Edwin PB. Jordan
NEA
Hones
Paris Green
D.D.T
Americas
Making a God of Life by Roy L. Smith
Read Psalm 63 and explore human intellect as a lifelong quest for meaning. The piece contrasts animal perception with human curiosity, claims intellectual pursuit drives progress, and urges gratitude for mind and grace. It ends with a prompt about daily joy and the source of lasting fulfillment.
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Roy L. Smith
Paddy
Mother Wiil
Hoy N. Smith
Abingdon Press
When You Do What Is Holy Be Of Good Cheer
A devotional line urges steadfast courage in right action, noting that God Himself joins the righteous in their holy deeds. The terse quotation emphasizes spiritual assurance and moral fortitude in the believer’s path.
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Menandar
Three Years Ago Hoffner Case Texas US Justice
Editorial notes that Louis Hoffner, wrongly convicted of murder in New York, received 112000 dollars in state compensation after prosecutors concealed key identification evidence. It argues prosecutors erred against justice and cites Homer Cummings as a model prosecutor who pursued truth over conviction.
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Hoffner
Heffner
Homer Cummings
New
Franklin Roosevelt
Figures to Ponder Civil Defense Test Reactions
Mixed reaction to a nationwide civil defense test shows officials estimate catastrophic potential from an A bomb attack in 61 cities. Five million killed, five million injured, ten million left homeless, even with air and civil defense. The test underscores the frightening scale of wartime destruction.
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U.S
Cash on the Line Across the Ages and Currencies
A garbled clue list suggests a crossword style puzzle mixing currency terms with scattered words. It contains references to cash as evil, various numbers, and random phrases implying wordplay on money, religion, and nations.
Jumbled Puzzle Clues From Historic Page
A scrambled puzzle item lists numbers and letter fragments with clues for a word fill. It includes entries like Martinique mountain, war god of Greece, and Imogene actress, inviting solution of connected terms and cross-letter connections.
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Martinique
War God of
Greece
Chillier
Adenauer No Hat in Hand to Moscow Gate
Peter Edson notes Eisenhower grants Konrad Adenauer full freedom to act with the Russians if he goes to Moscow. After meeting in Washington, Adenauer seeks a strong Western stance, while Ambassador Krekeler pushes reunification goals and rejects neutralization. The piece frames Germany's independent course and the Big Four talks as key to easing East-West tensions. A closing line about beaver colonies chipping fruit trees appears as quirky editorial trivia.
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NEA
Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Harvard
Heinz Krekeler
Germany
Europe
Geneva
Krekerer
Bonn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Germany
East Germany
Krekeler
NATO
United States
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
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Architect Elected to Illinois Society Board of Arbitration
At the 58th annual Illinois Society of Architects meeting in Chicago on June 21, David Clarence Wilson of Mt. Vernon was elected a member of the Board of Arbitration. He is a well known local architect with a long Mt. Vernon practice.
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Ilinois Society of Architects
Chicago
David Clarence Wilson
Mt. Vernon
Board of Arbitration
Wilson
Business call amusing misprint ends with spelling joke
A businessman phones an associate at home and a child answers. The child asks to spell Brown and then in a humorous twist asks how to make a B. The exchange highlights childlike confusion and a playful miscommunication.
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Brown
Telephone Etiquette Warns Against Unreturned Callbacks
A note on manners describes a man frustrated after two hours awaiting a return call. It advises not to leave a number unless you can answer the phone and complete the call. The piece emphasizes avoiding missed connections by ensuring availability.
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