Salem Witch Trials Allegory Spurs 1949 Debate
AP reports Marion L. Starkey argues The Devil in Massachusetts reframes Salem 1692 witchcraft as an allegory of modern times. She links late 1940s bobby-soxer culture to renewed hunts, driven by pseudo scientific notions of race and nationality and fueled by communal fear.
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Salem
New England
Marion L. Starkey
Miss Starkey
Massachusetts
Knopf
Salem Village
University of Connecticut
Tituba
Betty Parris
Betty
Salem Witch Trial Panic and its aftereffects
The piece recounts the Salem witch trials with vivid excerpts of hysteria and execution. It notes the flimsy evidence, the prominent victims including a grandmother, a minister, a judge, and the governor's wife, and the town’s October shift toward stronger proof. It highlights ministers from New York challenging the evidence and the lingering impact on survivors and families.
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John Alden
Longfellow
New York
Harvest by agitation in Soviet harvest drive
In Rostov district 36000 agitators participate as Communist party organizations steer the harvest. The first days show many party groups have not developed active political work among the masses, according to Culture and Life.
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Communist Party
Rostov
I U Expands Ag Department At Southern Illinois University
Expansion of instruction and research in agriculture at Southern Illinois University is planned under acting chairman Dr. Lowell R. Tucker for the fall term opening Sept. 12. With new space and faculty, the department will enlarge the curriculum, extend outreach, and add a soils specialist and a farm-management expert.
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Agriculture Department
Southern Illinois University
Lowell R. Tucker
Tucker
Benjamin Fehrman
Frederick Jacob Dietz
Southern
Southern Illinois
Illinois Agriculture Association
University of Illinois Horticultural Station
Olney
Illinois
Vienna
SIU Enrollments Reach 7 343 For Year Ending June 10 1949
Southern Illinois University served 7 343 students in the year ending June 10 1949. Registrar Marjorie Shank reported 3 503 residents in long session 1948 49, 1 919 summer 1948, and 1 921 in extension classes. Total rose 316 from 1947 48. Final 1949 summer term enrolled 2 000 students.
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Southern Illinois University
Marjorie Shank
Toay
Footwear critique from British Medical Association leader
Professor R P McMurray told the Liverpool Rotary Club that 90 percent of British women deform their feet by poor shoe choices. He said nature intended the big toe to align inside the foot and urged women to reconsider shoe shapes while noting husbands are told to mind their own business.
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Liverpool
England
British Medical Association
R. P. McMurray
Liverpool Rotary Club
Navy Volunteer Reserve opens enlistment in Marion station
The Marion Navy recruiting station now enlists men ages 17 to 34 in the Volunteer Naval Reserve. The Volunteer Reserve includes former WAVES and SPARS and requires no obligation to attend meetings. Former members can regain prior rates. advancement and retirement benefits are possible through study courses and annual training cruises. Further information is available from the local recruiter at Marion post office.
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United States Navy
Marion
Volunteer Naval Reserve
Volunteer Reserve
Navy
Colonel frets London scene at Waterloo station
An improvised military policeman scolds a lounging colonel in civilian clothes at London Waterloo while both act in a film scene for Seven Days to Noon. The colonel loses his temper as the passerby fails to recognize him, then reports for the shot.
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London
Waterloo Station
C.o
World’s oldest map from ancient clay tablet found north of Baby lon ruins
Archaeologists unearthed a clay tablet about 200 miles north of Baby lon showing a prehistoric map. Preserved at Harvard University, the artifact is hailed as possibly the oldest map in the world.
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Babylon
Harvard University
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