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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
3
The piece debates the Hiss Chambers trial with a deadlocked first verdict and a renewed effort, noting public belief divisions and the hope for truth through confession. It also urges conservation, government acquisition of private forest lands, and praises Truman’s environmental actions while doubting Eisenhower’s candidacy.
The Feline society shipped food across the Pacific for Mrs. Angus Ward's cats and sent several pairs of those so called cat's pajamas. President Truman forecasts a favorable business outlook for 1950, asserting his qualifications as a former businessman.
Many authors employ the term mi lady not as a real addressing term but as stylistic flourish or irony. The usage signals social pretension or gendered tones rather than genuine address, reflecting broader literary conventions.
The Hoover commission found the federal government spends about two million dollars yearly on bonds for employees but incurs average losses of only two hundred thousand. Rep. Frank M. Karsten argues the preliminary figures may be correct and suggests adjusting premiums or dropping bonding altogether. He favors self insurance leveraging government power to recover losses and save money.
A public poll finds seventy percent doubt humans reach the moon or Mars in rockets in fifty years while at least fifteen percent believe otherwise. The piece praises a proposed Atomic Energy Commission security probe and ends with a provocative question about who protects the caretaker’s daughter.
A terse quip suggests men who received neckties for Christmas faced mixed feelings, as those who chose them may have doubted their own gifting choices.
President Truman ordered the readiess areas of the Superior national forest in northeastern Minnesota closed to airplane flights. The move is seen as a conservation triumph and precedent, though some may be disappointed or angry. The forest remains largely primitive due to its interior inaccessibility.
A seat on the New York Stock Exchange sold for 46 thousand dollars, surpassing the price of a Rose Bowl game seat in value. The deal reflects strong demand for trading floor access.
In Connecticut a man charged with drunken driving was freed after a doctor testified excessive antihistamines can cause dizziness. The writer argues drivers should be liable if they endanger others, and laws should cover such cases to protect the innocent and hold the voluntarily dizzy driver responsible.
Observers in major cities report General Eisenhower refuses to be talked into a presidential bid while watchers note growing TV content and color broadcasting. The piece also mentions a 1950 car design risky with a mule train radiator resemblance and broader media and tech shifts.
The piece analyzes the 1949 coal safety record amid a three day workweek and idled underground workings. It notes no major disasters through November, with fatalities down from 1948, and warns that idle maintenance increases future danger while John L. Lewis’s three day week burdens operators and risks long term mine viability.
A boy yearns for a dog and a stray black cocker spaniel appears on his porch. After a lost-dog ad leads to a heartfelt mix up, the family returns the wrong dog and later adopts the original, nourished by care and a veterinarian. The tale ends with the father calling the dog an answer to his son's prayers.
A shopper laments repair shops refuse to fix a cherished item claiming it will fail again. He offers to pay and conceal the work while disguising flaws to preserve prestige, predicting the deal will end in a costly, unspoken misjudgment.
Dr. George W Crane argues against spoiling children with wealth. He urges parents to teach kids trades or skills so they can earn food and shelter and avoid economic collapse. A strong inheritance, he says, is training in effort and self-reliance for future security.
A paraphrased passage cites Benjamin Franklin on knowledge as a lasting asset beyond stocks and bonds. It argues education gives children independence and moral steadiness, reducing reliance on wealth during economic downturns and helping them navigate societal duties and work.
National Labor Relations Board general counsel Robert Denham announced plans to set aside a Taft Hartley Act union shop provision for the building trades. He cites political and practical reasons, highlighting a rare administrative divergence from the law amid Truman administration resistance to revisions.
The Bonn government asks Western Allied high commissioners to reveal plans to defend the new German republic in case of war. Western Germany’s rearmament is debated, with fears of civil war, Russian alliance in the east, and possible Western destruction of pro Western forces. A weak Western German army could prompt Russian action, risking war and European instability.
The note questions Western Germany security amid claims of a large Russian force including 20 000 tanks and 6 000 heavy bombers. It frames worry about NATO defenses facing a substantial Soviet military buildup.
A court ruling upholds the law’s applicability to the judge’s sworn duty to administer the law as written. The decision, opposed by the National Labor Relations Board, marks the first stated shift from a government of laws to a government open to other principles.
The Taft Hartley act draws mixed reactions from labor and industry leaders with Administration and Taft comments shaping fallback enforcement. Analysts note the issue may influence 1950 elections while rank and file union members show uneven support for the law.
Malenkov states the sole foreign political aim is the communization of Germany. If German Communists trigger a civil war, Western intervention could escalate to a general war. Allies should seek German disarmament and neutralization of Europe, with plebiscite and UN supervised elections to determine Germanys government.
The speaker argues Europe is defended in America not on Elbe or Rhine and warns against a Russian peace trap. Aims include German disarmament, unification by popular will, and neutralization, while strengthening the United Nations and promoting peaceful reunion to deter Russian aggression. The piece ends urging Western resolve and moral action.
A Pleasant and Lazy Day describes a calm Christmas week at home. The writer notes making thank you notes with the children, enjoying coffee, papers, and a tea party, and reflecting on winter's varying weather and an upcoming catch-up week.
A Westbury estate Squire cures telephonic false alarms by directing calls to a saloon crowd but creates chaos with wrong numbers. A Midtown businessman adopts a bookie’s private line after 73 mistaken calls. after two days he stops the spike and hires a bodyguard.
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