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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1949
Page
4
Case U-269 discusses how a three year old named David reframed pain as a social signal, turning a head bump into a display of bravery. The piece argues pain is relative, shifting from hunger to social hunger as children grow, driven by brain habits and desire for approval.
A reader shares questions about grapevine pruning in late winter, transplanting crowded rose bushes, and coaxing African violets to bloom with Epsom salts. The piece reflects domestic garden observations and views on preserving trees amid yard work.
MetLife statisticians say polio remains relatively uncommon and death rates among insured children have fallen since 1916. They note case counts may rise due to better diagnosis and reporting, with some 1949 figures potentially overstated but the net benefit of reporting and treatment deemed worthwhile.
The Wallace party moved away from a symbolic animal and embraced the Dodo as its emblem, signaling a shift in symbolic branding and political identity.
If the St. Louis Cardinals win the National League pennant President Truman plans to come to St. Louis for the World Series. If the Brooklyn Dodgers win Vice President Barkley will come to St. Louis as usual.
The American military government of Germany approved a Bavarian loan of 1 million west marks about $300,000 to fund the 1950 revival of the Oberammergau Passion Play. The village has hosted the pageant for three centuries, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors who will spend money in Bavaria.
A cartoonist mocks political symbols showing donkeys and elephants with lifespans noted as 16 years for donkeys and longer for elephants, highlighting satire of lasting power in politics.
Commentator notes it might have been just as well if Governor Dewey had not appointed Herbert Hoover to New York's vacant Senate seat. The piece jokes Hoover would face unhelpful chair tacks and gum in his inkwell.
Senate probes Five percenters as John Maragon, Kansas City immigrant turned White House familiar, refuses to answer. Investigators present documentary evidence of his private–public ties, detailing a $9,500 three month travel and entertainment bill for Albert Verley Co. plus a $300 Jackson Day dinner. He traveled on an army plane at no cost and earned a U S. State Department salary while abroad as a Greek election observer.
Argentina stands out in Latin America by lacking any leader titled Diaz or Gomez who serves as a president dictator. The remark underscores a political distinction versus neighboring nations with such titulature.
Former President Herbert Hoover says the United States is following the same path he warned against, noting current policy echoes his prior concerns about economic or domestic threats. He urges vigilance and policy review to avoid repeating past mistakes.
The United States government via the Atomic Energy Commission offers a 10000 bonus for discovering a uranium ore deposit of at least 20 tons assaying 20 percent. The commission will buy oxide at 3.50 a pound less processing charges, with total potential value around 38000. Amateur prospectors may spend 50.30 to start, including 50 for a pocket Geiger counter and 30 for a Prospecting for Uranium pamphlet.
The article notes V-Day when General Vaughan is scheduled to testify. It also remarks Grand Ole Opry has been on air for almost 24 years, signaling its long run.
Maine and Massachusetts governors push tides power revival at Passamaquoddy on the Maine New Brunswick border. Once killed in 1936 after $6.5 million in relief funds and a $42 million first unit cost, engineers and an international commission now revisit feasibility as testimony begins and Congress weighs another push for funding.
The piece satirically profiles Mr Billopp and others who, despite colds or contagious illness, insist on going to work. They cite indispensable duties, social obligations, shopping, and packages as reasons to push on. They spread illness by remaining active and avoid bedrest.
In a Washington Star letter George F. Mills of the Refrigerator Equipment Manufacturers Association argues that deep-freeze is a brand name for a frozen food cabinet and warns against generic use. He notes Kodak and Victrola as examples and suggests manufacturers might cash in on headlines from Washington.
The piece surveys usage of possessives in English quoted by Caroline Cain Durkee and cites a New biography of Henry VIII by Theodore Maynard. It lists likely classic 1940s American titles nominated by critics including Frost, Sandburg, Sherwood, and Guthrie with a final selection due in October.
National Dog Week runs Sept 18 24 with Arthur Godfrey as national chairman. Knitted Outerwear Week is Sept 26 Oct 1 and National Hat Week Oct 29. Household fixes noted, wartime construction criticized, and literary notes praise The Brave Bulls and Mark Van Doren. Hale peaches praised. university spraying instructions promised for 1950 fruit season. 18th anniversary referenced with homey gift idea.
Senate Library committee orders no further library backed prizes for poets musicians etchers and others after the Bollingen Foundation award to Ezra Pound for Pisan Cantos. Pound then in St Elizabeths hospital faced treason charges for WWII Mussolini broadcasts.
Doctors ask parents to prepare youngsters to endure teeth fillings and injections without fear. Emphasize bravery by praising restraint, likening it to growing up and becoming a soldier, and share tales of pioneers. If a child resists, doctors request a parent step out to avoid eliciting sympathy or tears.
A large meteorite fell in the Urals area and exploded 22 miles above the Earth. Fragments spread over about 150 square kilometers, with many already found and studied by Soviet scientists. Fragments weigh up to forty kilograms each and belong to a rare stone meteorite group.
The piece argues that Soviet pressure on Yugoslavia during August signals an imminent war, with Tito resisting Moscow’s line and exposing fundamental clashes with the International Communist Order. It warns that a Soviet strike through Yugoslavia risks a broader world war, condemning reliance on ideological defense blocs.
Henry Ford's 1926 prediction of a five day 40 hour week spread across America and nears fulfillment as nearly a million railroad workers adopt the shorter workweek. The Wage Hour Act of 1938 set 40 hours for interstate commerce, but railroad, farming, and other groups were excluded. Non operating railroad staff shift from 48 to 40 hours while pay remains steady, with hourly rates rising but staying near factory levels for skilled workers. The broader trend toward shorter hours extends back over a century, driven by machinery and efficiency improvements.
Hal J. Snow of Carbondale argues readers should support a rapid new world war. He claims war binds people into teamwork and urges decisive action to end the monotony of peacetime economic struggles and push humanity toward abundance.
The text traces a shift from longer to shorter workweeks across eras. It notes the 10-hour day movement in the 1840s and 1850s, the eight-hour day after the Civil War, and the spread to a five-day 40-hour week in the 1920s and 1930s, led by Ford's push in 1926 asserting equal or greater production in five days.
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