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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
4
Lola describes how a 29 year old housewife and her husband rated each other on the Wifes and Husbands tests from Dr Cranes bulletins. After applying the advice they report improved affection, less tension, and a more generous, peaceful home. Readers are urged to request the bulletin on Sex Problems in Marriage by sending a three cent stamp and a dime.
A diary style column notes summer’s last bursts of activity with picnics and sales on summer clothes. It discusses shopping for warm weather outfits, hem alterations, and the craving for small cantaloupes, veal patties, and varied meals as meat prices may fall later in fall.
National Welfare Doctor Gallup finds 54 percent of those questioned approve a cabinet level Department of Public Welfare. Twenty six percent disapprove and 20 percent have no opinion. Party lines show Truman supporters favor the plan three to one while Dewey supporters are narrowly in favor.
The designer Dior announces fuller skirts amid a fashion rethink as he questions how to handle already full blouses. He notes the trend as young women head to college while patriarchal attitudes waver and families adjust.
A comfortably proportioned old girl boards a bus that waited ten extra seconds, prompting a warm, appreciative remark about the delay in a scene reflecting daily transit patience and courtesy.
President Eisenhower nominates General Omar Bradley army chief of staff to head the new joint chiefs of staff post created by defense unification. Bradley will be the first to hold the office with Ike acting as temporary chairman until confirmation and will remain on call as a consultant to Eisenhower.
General Omar Bradley pursues a career path akin to General Eisenhower and envisions a future as president of Columbia University. Bradley parallels Ike's ascent while speculating on a leadership role in higher education.
A lawyer critiqued a Government surplus hotel sale noting a $32,000 fee. He quipped that the figure is not hay but could reference Hayes. The line hints at controversy over costs in the public sale.
In testimony before a state committee, a public relations counsel and former Washington lobbyist admitted fibbing in letters to clients and prospects about talking to ranking officials. He framed the deceit as harmless as long as the letter’s facts were correct, highlighting cutthroat tactics in free enterprise.
The article notes outfits with government contracts paid excessive expenses from profits, possibly on cost plus deals, with the extra charged to the Government and taxpayers. Business leaders testified yet offered few substantive answers to committee questions, despite past profits and influence.
The writer muses that the Old Paragrapher cares not for wealth but for the cash value of wedding presents for the Vice President and his bride. He recalls a familiar five percent and references Elliott Roosevelt settling a debt with the A and P magnate after Jesse Jones stepped in.
Paris fashion leaders decree shorter skirts as a trend. The move encourages women to adapt wardrobes by cropping old long skirts, enabling practical alteration at home with scissors and sewing kits.
The essay links Horatio Alger like virtue to a present case of John F. Maragon once a Greece immigrant who rose from shoe shiner to federal investigator and White House associate. It notes his wealth and unseen bank accounts while pondering what Alger style sequels might reveal.
The piece imagines equal rights forcing women to investigate noises at 2 am, recalls Herbert Hoover turning 75 with a cautioned salute to the Spirit of 76, and questions a foreign blockade echoed by Labor leader Harry Bridges.
A reflection on why adults should avoid hidden eating in front of kids. The piece argues honesty builds trust, suggests openly sharing what is being eaten like a chocolate bar, and warns to stop chewing and swallow if a child approaches to avoid awkward questions and choking risks.
A Kansas City Star line uses a teacher figure sensing he can only take a few more bites. He asks for a piece of pie as big as the Education slice in tax dollar charts, illustrating political budgeting concerns.
A humor piece links Shakespeare lines to modern life showing club and trick phrases. A fisherman at a lake loses fish from a torn sack then cannot find his car key and is bitten by a dog on a dark porch before borrowing a light and returning home with no fish or fellowship.
A fragmentary column touches on a new state dram shop act aimed at curbing abusive lawsuits while joking about bridge skill and family events. It weaves in tax payments, a gas bill fund, fishing bans, and a meter-reader basement access note, all in a casual editorial tone.
In a June style column, the article urges men to wear open neck shirts and short sleeves, even shorts, to beat summer discomfort. It mocks business leaders who force coats and ties and cites Clark Gable as a model for a sensible summer wardrobe.
A verse from May Richstone in the New York Herald Tribune speaks of a boy’s mischief and a precarious home on the edge of disaster. The poem evokes a street address and tension between safety and danger.
A New York World Telegram remark notes husbands wishing wives would imitate Mrs Tru man by losing weight rather than "throwing it around" in a witty social aside.
Doris Fleeson reports opposition to Oscar Ewing the federal security administrator as Reorganization Plan No. 1 to merge welfare into a Department of Welfare faces peril. Hoover testified support while Truman seeks Ewing as welfare secretary though Congress has not enacted a health program yet.
The piece notes a Republican Southern Democrat push to oppose Plan No 1 in the White House policy fight. Senator Taft and Democrats Hunt of Wyoming and Fulbright of Arkansas support the resolution. Taft’s move to tie Plan No 1 defeat to party policy is rebuffed, seen as repudiation of Hoover. Democrats decline to press the President to withdraw Ewing’s candidacy.
The piece criticizes Dean Acheson’s letter and the State Department for faltering China policy. It argues three flawed premises drove policy: aligning Russia against Japan at China’s expense, paying Russia at China’s cost, and treating Chinese Communists as reformers rather than Russian puppets.
The piece argues Dean Acheson’s department must remove subordinates tied to a disastrous intelligence failure. It attributes the catastrophe to sympathy with the Soviet Union or incompetence, or both, and contrasts with Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley’s accusations as the Amerasia affair remains suppressed and John Stewart Service unresolved.
The article details Ewing winning the appointment while facing strong AMA opposition to the Truman bill. It notes AMA financing and influence, Ewing’s civil rights actions, and mentions key voting splits among Southern Democrats and allies, with Hoey and others among the lawmakers cited.
The article argues that Truman appointments face competence scrutiny while praising Ewing as a capable New York lawyer and former Democratic vice-chairman. It notes lawmakers’ access to free hospital care and mocks congressional opposition to socialized medicine, suggesting hypocrisy among senators and representatives.
The author critiques claims on Yalta concessions, citing Russia and China policy in the Far East. He argues the invasion rationale was tied to unconditional surrender and faulted leadership for persisting with misguided beliefs about Comintern and Soviet stance. He urges resignation over past apologia and notes a moral warning about intent versus outcome.
Sheriff H W Lee Croft said John Edward Summers 32 a former Peoria Illinois man dictated a full confession admitting the July 16 rifle murders of Mr and Mrs Howard Easley in Tacoma Washington The Illinois man was picked up in San Francisco last week by FBI agents after a coastwide manhunt The statement dictated Saturday said robbery was the motive.
National Geographic Bulletin notes the tomato's mixed identity as botanically a fruit yet legally treated as a vegetable. It references the 1893 Supreme Court ruling and mentions other examples like beans peas peppers as fruits in botanical terms.
Planning outdoor barbecue portions advises about half a pound of spare ribs per person. The guideline helps estimate rib quantities for gatherings and meals.
Prosecutors withheld full confession details while a psychiatrist discussed Summers as a case component. The Easleys, missing from their Tacoma area home, were discovered dead in a mountain thicket.
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