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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1950
Page
8
The article notes West Germany chancellor Adenauer seeks a federal police force of about 25,000, to be answerable to Bonn. Allies fear it could mask a future German army, while Eisenhower era occupation tensions reflect Cold War pressures and propaganda games.
West Germany seeks a police force of 25 000 to 30 000 officers while Allied authorities worry the move could let Bonn act as a large scale police and robbery operation.
A hillbilly star makes $100,000 yearly while TV sets appear on long trip California buses. The Chamber of Commerce boasted scenic views now unseen as an abandoned Phoenix Arizona gold mine for sale attracts buyers, possibly suited for old razor blades.
Report notes that film industry uses a magnetic clutch concept in special effects long before electrical engineers publicly demonstrated similar tech. Experts cite cinematic applications in stunt gear and prop design.
A UNESCO study argues newsreels can be shaped to convey state messages. It cites Czechoslovakia Brazil and Turkey as examples of government influence, while five U.S. newsreel firms provide factual reports to many countries. The report says U.S. reels aid in the Cold War exchange by good reporting.
Report notes nine hundred voting machines for Cook County will exceed one million dollars. A ward-heeler claims he can buy votes for less. A horse bettor marks bets with a pencil and may carry a fork for parlays. Vacation photos lack sharpness to show mosquitoes. France discusses television and expects odorous programs on Channel No. 5.
The American Booksellers Association, meeting in New York for its 50th annual convention, warns television is drawing readers away. A speaker notes light fiction and children's books are hardest hit as home leisure shifts from reading to TV.
The passage depicts a man nicknamed Wr. Billopp carving through a garden with little regard for plants. He justifies his actions with a sense of importance and insists the foliage be trimmed, despite warnings that withered plants and footpath damage result in a long afternoon of cleanup and inevitable reckoning.
The Browning gondola once owned by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Samuel Browning is headed to the Mariners Museum in Virginia after years in East Hampton. Gifted by Browning to a gondolier in 1861 and later used by painter Thomas Moran, the vessel now leaves for public viewing as local keepers lament its departure.
The 84 year old former schoolteacher in Nyack New York nicknamed Grandma Taylor is building a dream cottage. She has spent 500 on materials and 100 on bus fare to visit her son who houses her. She fears completion but plans brown shingles on the walls and green on the roof.
Odd Dish Florida political menus feature peppers smothered in onions reported by Joseph Ray in the Daily Bulletin Blackfoot Idaho.
The idea of teaching safe auto driving in American schools spreads with 64 York teachers lately trained to instruct students on two point driving. Authorities urge teachers to model calm, legal driving and to warn students that good citizenship comes from responsible road behavior. Elmer commends efforts but warns adults should set safe habits and avoid speed or reckless acts.
A prisoner declares he had no intent to harm the town and admits giving atomic bomb secrets to Russia. The report juxtaposes the claim with headlines about Soviet UN involvement and plans for atomic dentistry research, followed by a note about a million dollar Las Vegas restaurant opening by Mat West.
The piece notes ants at picnics evolved over 30 million years and run organized colonies. It describes mass nuptial flights on ideal days with winged males and females, while neuters stay groundbound. It urges readers to treat winged ants gently, as their brief unions end in lonely afterglow.
Dr George W E Case surveys the salesman in modern life noting how house to house selling reflects vitality and wit. He argues salesmen drive innovation and living standards, from vacuum cleaners to radios, automobiles, and war mobilization, as essential drivers of civilization.
The text observes how rivers seas and mountains acquire vivid color based names such as red black or blue. It notes that many names linger despite fading origins and that disputes over a place name origin are common across cultures and languages.
The article surveys how rivers and ranges in the United States got their names from native words, color associations, and vivid landscapes. It cites the Red River of the North and Red Lake connections in Minnesota, the Mississippi basin markers, and naming by early French explorers near Istrouma. It links color terms to regions from the Green and White rivers to Blue Ridge and Great Smokies, Black Hills, and New Hampshire White Mountains, pondering seasonal vs geology in naming.
Ernest K. Lindley analyzes the McMahon resolution proposing immediate disarmament from Congress, broadening focus to conventional arms and weapons of mass destruction. The piece discusses international inspection, Soviet resistance, and the resolution's value as Western public relations, not a pledge of unilateral steps.
The draft resolution may stir false hopes and discourage Western powers from strengthening defenses against Soviet aggression, despite the drafters intentions. Many of the 11 signers appear unlikely to support the urging.
Sen Brewster proposes Truman review Forrestal diary to determine if it signals a reason for delaying the Amerasia arrests. The diary, kept by former defense secretary Forrestal, is sealed at the White House after his death and has been sought by Congress.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a tense exchange with references to elasticity and a sergeant. The text is garbled with incomplete phrases and lacks clear event or outcome. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are confirmed.
U S Supreme Court rulings on interstate travel and higher education segregation push civil rights forward. Analysts say the court’s decisions relieve the Truman administration of immediate political pressure and may alter FEPC lobbying tactics.
The Department of Justice backed ending segregation while the Interstate Commerce Commission lost on travel cases. Chief Justice Vinson earned unanimous, rapid victories on education and other issues, with Justices Burton Reed Clark also noted for joining the opinions.
The article notes Justice Vinson shaping the court like Charles Evans Hughes, with Clark and Minton added under Truman’s influence. It highlights strained civil rights efforts in Congress and suggests the court’s recent breaks with precedent align with Vinson’s leadership, including the chief justice’s role.
Merle C. Dawson mocks General Motors simplification of car noises into six verbs. He argues his motor’s sounds include roars, sputters, coughs, squeals, purrs, pings, slaps, backfires, singing tires, chatters, howls, and moans. He quips engineers need a new vocabulary or a new car.
Clancy invites O Houlihan to his wedding anniversary party and directs him to use the buzzer on the fifth floor apartment B by touching it with his elbow. O Houlihan asks why, and Clancy replies that he should not come empty handed.
Bennett Cerf reports in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a quick witted Detroit automobile magnate received a fine han as a present. He murmured thanks and said he would smoke it later.
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