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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
7
Dr. George W Crane argues psychology includes controlled physical discipline. He cites hair brush methods and compares animal training to child guidance, stressing consistent, targeted punishment and fading temptations to speed learning. Joyce Ford criticizes his stance while noting modern parenting aims.
Illinois will distribute about five million pamphlets through county clerks and registered voters to explain Gateway the proposed constitutional amendment. The pamphlets cover how Gateway changes the number of articles that may be submitted in a single session from one to three and the voting thresholds for adoption.
Marching Communist youth carried banners urging Yankee go home. The United States may save the expense of a return trip by staying there, reflecting wartime sentiment and propaganda.
A banker notes funds accumulate slowly in an individual account but depart jet-propelled, leaving a rapid outflow that alarms the observer. The remark highlights unusual cash movement patterns and concerns about account liquidity.
The proposed law would grant criminal immunity to citizens who underpay income taxes to aid small filers while risking abuse by big racketeers. It aims to protect honest errors but must avoid offering willful dodgers a loophole once records are investigated. The change requires confession before enforcement to help small taxpayers and deter large offenders from erasing tax trouble.
An advertisement asks if readers envy the man who can afford oxive cigars and answers that envy belongs to the man whose wife allows him to smoke at home.
A recurring observation highlights the younger neighbors and their spelling bee skill, noting sharp minds and bright potential in the schoolyard competition.
The Massachusetts attorney general proposes an unusual plan to help uncover clues in the January 17 Brink's cash holdup in Boston. He aims to encourage informants by offering new incentives and protections.
Judith Coplon, freed on bond after her conviction for disloyalty, marries a youthful lawyer. The groom, eager to clear her name, hints at names and dates while critiquing the younger generation’s supposed logical deductions about history and politics.
A nutritionist urges breakfast to provide a quarter to one third of daily calories highlighting regional traditions from scrapple to bread pudding. The piece notes modern adults rush breakfasts and advocates a fuller morning meal for better daytime performance. It also references a new film The Next Voice You Hear and various European coal and steel pooling talk amid Cold War mood.
A letter from Christopher Billopp urges Mr Billopp to accept a civic duty of making multiple phone calls to six or more people. It argues for timely, polite outreach and suggests having a secretary or wife to handle the task, noting the value of being seen as responsible.
In a Bloomington letter dated May 30, 1950 a father congratulates his daughter on making soap as a high school chemistry lab project. He notes expectations that the soap floats fits the hand is fragrant and gentle on clothing. He jokes about sneeze proof and possible health properties.
A reminiscence recalls wartime soap shortages and how family members in earlier generations made soap at home. The writer notes a mother's resourcefulness sourcing supplies during crisis and how Grandmother Felts crafted laundry soap on an open fire.
A father writes about old time soap making in a home outdoor kettle using ashes and waste fats. He recalls washing hands and soap making with a pug nose and sore fingers while praising rugged pioneer women and musing on a soap opera idea for his daughter.
The article argues politics and government are the largest, most influential sectors, employing and spending vast sums. It praises citizen groups like the League of Women Voters and PTA as checks on candidates, urging vigilance and civic pressure beyond private interests.
The Sparta Wisconsin Herald quotes Don P. Raddle musing on conversations among married couples without children and wonders what topics fill their days.
The Marion Wisconsin Advertiser notes two kinds of people the good and the bad The good decide which is which Elmer Byers comments on judgment and character in a reflective column.
Edward J. Allen Jr. the police chief, quits smoking and drinking, attends mass daily, and wishes to go more often. He uses his years chasing racketeers to imitate their lingo and gestures. He lives with his wife Dorothy and children Johnnie and Mary in a modest six room house. he studies history, Columbus, the Bible, and poets, and favors Shakespeare while deriding longhair Greenwich writers.
The article outlines Labor fears over Rep. Barden taking a seat on the House committee and details William M. Boyle Jr.’s role in strengthening White House labor ties. It notes Boyle’s coordination with AFL CIO leaders and labor’s influence on Democratic strategy, including opposition to Taft and Kerr bill conflicts.
A wall of text describes Israel as a melting pot similar to the United States. It notes Jewish people from many regions, languages spoken across the nation, and diverse appearances from blondes to Yemenite newsboys and Arabs. It emphasizes cultural exchange and shared life in the new state.
In the opinion of many, old Boston links its progress to the baked bean symbol of energy and perseverance. The bean’s global migration followed Europe’s discovery, with its high protein and storability aiding sailors, colonists, and westward expansion from explorers to cowhands.
Dorothy Thompson argues that modern mass states indoctrinate children from an early age, forcing uniformity and loyalty to the party state. She contrasts Hitler Youth with Soviet era programs, warning that today’s youth can be molded into mass-minded followers who later commit brutal acts.
The Petroleum Newsnotes report that the average American will travel farther and spend more on gasoline, oil and food. A tourist is projected to spend about 279 dollars and cover 1630 miles, about 66 dollars and 381 miles more than in 1949.
The article traces bean varieties Navy or Pea, Rec Kitney, Great Northern, Marrow, Yellow Eye, Pinto and Lima. It notes beans came from Peruvian cultivated crops to Canada long before European contact and discusses baked beans and succotash as historic dishes in American and Indigenous cuisines. It mentions frijoles as a national staple in ancient Mexico and notes Inca and Incas influence on foods.
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