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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1956

Page

2

Subscription Rates For Jefferson County Area

Rates shown require advance payment. In county and nearby counties one year seven dollars full price, six months four dollars and twenty five, three months two seventy five, one month one dollar. Outside county within 250 miles ten dollars year, six months six dollars, three months four dollars, one month one fifty. Outside 250 miles eleven dollars year, six months seven dollars, three months four fifty, one month one seventy five. Carrier delivery in city by week.

Jefferson County Jefferson Eity

Thought for Today on sacred temples and the body

A Thought for Today reflects on the verse from 1 Corinthians about defiling the temple of God and the unity of humanity, noting that the only temple in the universe is the body of man as cited by Novalis.

God

Editorial Red China’s Gestures and U.S. Stance

The piece argues Red China pursues a high level foreign minister talks charade while avoiding real progress on Formosa and other Far East disputes. It cites Alexis Johnson’s Geneva talks, rejects a two-month high level meeting, and says China’s proposals are a facade masking truce violations and interference.

U.N. Command South Korea U.S Czechoslovakia Alexis Johnson Geneva Wang Ping-nan Poland Far Pacific China Formosa Reds Korea Wang Johnson Red Peiping Far East State Department

Truman defends atomic bomb use amid Cold War critics

Former President Truman rejects Russian charges that the United States dropped A bombs for political intimidation. He notes Churchill and Stalin at Potsdam knew of the weapon and argues memoirs support military aims to save Allied lives and end the war quickly. He adds critics often fault wartime decisions for political reasons.

Harry Truman Japan Mr. Truman Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Potsdam Stalin

Across and Down Word Puzzle From old newspaper page

Mixed list of crossword style clues with numbered across and down entries. Contains hints for Rodento South America to May, river names, animals, fabrics, and various common crossword terms. Reads as a cryptic style puzzle grid with many partial phrases and odd spellings.

Comeback Attempts Enliven Senate Election Races

Peter Edson surveys several 1950s comeback bids in the Senate contests. Brannan seeks to unseat Millikin in Colorado, Tydings eyes Butler in Maryland, McKay aims to topple Morse in Oregon, with Barkley cited as a successful model. Other governors Lausche and Langlie announce bids against Bend er and Magnuson respectively.

Peter Edson NEA Washington Colorado Charles F. Brannan Eugene D. Millikin Brannan Maryland Millard Tydings John Marshall Butler Tydings Senate Sen McCarthy Wisconsin Free State Oregon McKay Eisenhower Wayne Morse Morse Hells Canyon High Dam Idaho Power Co Snake River Alben Barkley D-Ky John Sherman Cooper Kentucky Sen. Barkley Cooper India U.S Thomas E. Dewey New York Herbert Lehman Dewey GOP Herman Talmadge Georgia Walter George Frank J. Lausche Ohio George Bender Arthur Langlie Warren Magnuson

We owe tomorrow's babies a better world

Robert Dieffenbacher writes that thousands of babies are born daily into a rapidly changing world. He urges personal responsibility to improve society, emphasizing freedom, faith, love, hope, and spiritual leadership as essential to giving tomorrow’s children a world worth inheriting.

Robert Dieffenbacher D. D NEA Service You

Doctor Warns Diet Deficiencies Worsened POW Cruelty

Dr. Jordan warns that prisoners of war face diet related diseases like scurvy pellagra beriberi and kwashiorkor from contaminated and insufficient rations. He cites Andersonville and North Korea camps noting vitamin deficiencies and poor calories. He suggests simple remedies such as yeast cake and dandelion seeds to prevent nutrient shortages.

North Korea Andersonville

Broadway Talent Agent Slams Door on Dog Performer

A Broadway talent agent rejected a novelty act with slack season excuses. The caller claimed diverse talents from singing and dancing to balancing a banana and blowing heart shaped smoke rings. The dog then reveals itself as the performer, exposing the absurdity of the audition request.

Hollywood TV notes and star shifts in Hollywood

Hollywood on TV features Danny Thomas planning a widower role in Make Room for Daddy while Jean Hagen exits as his wife. Linda Christian and Ed Mund Purdom head to London for A Piece of Cake with plans for a U.S. co starring project. Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton clash over TV films in London as Nick Lucas TV idea and other ventures unfold.

Hollywood Danny Thomas Daddy Jean Hagen Danny Jean Linda Christian Edmund Purdom London England David Evans Linda Purdom Ty Power Jackie Gleason Jim Boshop Jackie Jim Lena Horne Lennie Hayton la Horne Dick Powell Perry Como Marsh Thompson Africa Belgian Congo Nick Lucas Howard Estabrook John Hodiak Hollywood Summer Theater Gene Raymond Beverly Garland Richard Boone Film Bulletin Leonard Oulter

Barbs By HAL COCHRAN on a vacation spot and overwork

A HAL COCHRAN column mulls over finding a lake vacation spot for friends to visit while noting a mortgage burden is heavy. A doctor links overwork to fatigue and warns reckless driving may cause injuries. An Indiana youth described as the typical American boy is arrested for speeding. Typical is treated as a playful label.

Hal Cochran Indiana

Delion Tea Promised Cure for Scurvy Shortage

A fragment notes delion tea may supply vitamin C in sufficient quantities to prevent scurvy. The brief suggests a brewing use and health claim without broader context or official validation.

Alternatives to Punishment Fail with Fearful Parents

A book promotes patience explanation distraction and reward as child discipline. Muriel Lawrence argues fearful mothers undermine these methods. Jimmy lies about cake theft and the mother’s fear makes patience ineffective.

Muriel Lawrence Jimmy Seward

Cyprus language balance and trivia on racing and waves

The text notes Cyprus has Greek and Turkish speaking populations split roughly 400 000 and 100 000. It cites Nashua as top money winning horse with 1 100 365. It explains starboard from steer board and says the Constitution guarantees rights, English divided into three periods: Old Middle and Modern English.

Cyprus Nashua

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