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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1950
Page
4
Parker M an atheist challenges Dr Crane while a columnist extols church, Sunday school and communal virtue. The piece argues worship offers the best of human behavior and urges parents to send children to church for at least one hour weekly.
The U S Office of Education directory shows 80 new institutions last year and 70 more expected this year bringing total to 1808. About two to three million students are enrolled with projections of three million in ten years. War training boosted civilian education and liberalization attracted more funding and scholarships.
A sweeping note warns of a new Southwest dust bowl while claims of midget auto races invading the region appear amid broader debates on U S image abroad. The piece ribbed travelogues and Hollywood stereotypes, defending American self-image.
A Chicago man trained his dog to retrieve golf balls and jokes about teaching the animal to putt.
Forever Curtis Dall Jr. heir to Franklin D. Roosevelt may seek to add Roosevelt to his surname upon reaching age. Dalls and Boettingers show differing ties as Anna Roosevelt's children retain or shift family names. Eleanor Roosevelt remains a Roosevelt by birth and marriage, reflecting a lineage span across generations.
President Truman calls for closer military alignment with Western Europe and stresses practical rebuilding effort. In England the removal of gasoline rationing brings a reassuring clamor of traffic as fenders bang and bumpers crash. A New York scrubwoman displays work in an art gallery proving paintings can be mop created.
The Dionne quintuplets Anette Cecile Emilie Marie and Yvonne turn sixteen last Sunday in Callander Ontario. Once the public’s favorite tourist draw they now live largely private lives as their father reasserts control over their careers. The girls reportedly remain unkissed and without dates.
A column reflects on President Truman’s non political West Coast swing and compares it to McKinley era travel. It mentions Everett McKinley Dirksen and political ironies, including a London horse guards anecdote and a Des Moines club named Frontier. The piece riffs on names, parties, and historical echoes with light humor.
The article reports six European nations backing the Schuman plan to pool coal and steel, while Britain hesitates seeking details on production limits pricing, funds distribution, and how a continental coalition would operate. It notes U S caution and Schuman’s goals to cut costs and modernize industry.
A humorous note from H I Phillips outlining a mock appeal to the Supreme Court against Justice Douglas being named Father of 1950. The letter mocks his lack of children and questions his fitness, listing imagined grounds and referencing other judges and cases for contrast.
In a bustling New York life, monotony and strikes at Oak Rid ers A reveal broader tensions. The piece reflects on how industrial action disrupts essential operations, a striker’s dazed outlook, and a chorus of wry aphorisms about everyday life and civic figures.
A poem arguing against downsized nuclear weapons and their unintended spread. It envisions pocket sized bombs causing universal danger. The speaker warns that any attempt to restrict scope may still bring catastrophic surprise and global peril.
A battered Scottish granite shaft at Zeebrugge port commemorates the World War I naval raid of April 23 1918 and its wartime damage in World War II. British and Belgian groups held a ceremony this spring and called for restoration of the obelisk beside Zeebrugge’s mole.
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie has no plan to end the cold war, despite optimistic Western hopes from his Moscow trip. His concrete aim is to end the Russian boycott of the UN, aided by shifting support for seating the Chinese Communists, a move opposed by Congress and unresolved by Moscow.
The story of the Zeebrugge raid is told in Bruges where Belgian carvers have etched a harbor map on stone. The 13 foot bronze St George statue once crowned the 45 foot shaft was removed during wartime to melt for weapons.
The industry drilled an estimated 6680 wildcat wells in 1949, the most since oil discovery in 1859. Wildcats are exploratory wells in unproved territory, with only one in five succeeding amid high financial risk.
Voters face partyless ballots as California heads to the polls on Tuesday. Incumbent Earl Warren and James Roosevelt dominate key races, with shifts in labor support and cross-party endorsements shaping the contests. The A F L opposes Warren as the 1946 Democratic primary aftermath unfolds.
In 1948 preconvention maneuvering Roosevelt drawn fire from both the CIO and the Organization Democrats for his role as state chairman in making overtures to General Eisenhower for party support.
The piece notes signs the business community is regaining energy after decades of distrust. It recalls the 1930s era political blame on businessmen and describes their past silence amid public hostility and heavy involvement in party politics.
A growing business bloc, aided by advertising and PR advisers, urges direct appeals to the public to counter creeping socialism. Steel leaders like Benjamin Fairless and Charles White argue with solid facts in key speeches, challenging government panels and Congress. The public grows wary of rhetoric without substance as administration spokesmen prepare to respond.
Insurance and oil executives condemn excessive government spending and inflation. The appeal targets rank and file workers to promote sale of their doctrine. Businessmen join doctors and professionals in citizen action to oust demagogues in Congress, urging more victories like Pepper’s defeat to curb the superstate.
Roosevelt’s delegate slate backed Truman on first ballot as pro Warren faction led by Walter Wanger and Y. Frank Freeman challenged. Roosevelt won more than 3,000 write in votes in 1946 governor race though not a candidate.
Major candidates include Helen Gahagan Douglas and Richard Nixon both cross filing after Sheridan Downey withdrew due to illness. The pair, with Manchester Boddy, previously pursued House seats in 1948 with Douglas later marrying actor Melvyn Douglas. Hollywood influence colored the 1946 race as Will Rogers Jr. lost to Newland.
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