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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1950
Page
5
Dr. George W. Crane discusses a 12 year old Tad and three similar boys in Sunday school who disrupt class. He suggests channeling ego hunger into constructive roles such as monitors or junior traffic officers and using competitive group activities to restore discipline. He notes parental involvement and school authority as last resorts.
The National Air races are cancelled this year after Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson refused military plane participation. The event had drawn large crowds but raised safety concerns with low altitude, fast planes. Last year Bill Odom died in the Thompson trophy race, prompting the march cancellation and a broader move to halt all races.
The American Guild of Organists faces stalled negotiations as members demand a higher pay scale while no concrete method or plan has been agreed upon to achieve it.
A witty office joke asks if the flying saucer pilot is a disc jockey. Don McNeill signs a 20 year contract, earning a living while others seek rest.
Iowa Democrat Sen. Guy M. Gillette says a Senate investigation will reveal huge expenditures in senatorial primaries. He notes federal campaign limits apply only to general elections and arguments that primaries deserve similar spending controls, especially where nominations are tantamount to victory.
The University of Notre Dame announces research on germ free animals. The program explores immune responses and development without microbial exposure under controlled conditions.
A compact simile compares budding authors to a juke box repairman. It frames deafness as a playful image about listening and fixing signals in creative work. The tone resembles a casual newspaper anecdote.
A brief ad touts Tight Little Island as a comedy of pure gold, claiming it delivers the best entertainment the United States has sought from the T. L. I. The note emphasizes the film's sparkling humor and high value in the current market.
A 16 year old boy was killed by a 14 year old friend in Clin ton Illinois after the younger boy loaded a 12 gauge shotgun and fired it. He then shot his companion with a 16 gauge gun without checking if it was loaded. The incident underscores the danger of readily accessible firearms and careless handling by youths.
The House passed additional farm related proposals as part of a broader agricultural package, signaling ongoing legislative activity in the lead up to Halloween.
In East Berlin the sports staff of the National Zeitung resigned in protest after orders to write sports from a political viewpoint. The National Zeitung is the Communist aligned organ of the National Democratic party. The writers claimed they were told to confine reporting to Soviet oriented coverage.
Representative Mack of Illinois praised President Truman as "the greatest guy in the world" yet his comment implies limited travel experience. The remark suggests a mix of admiration and possible misperception about the president’s broader reach.
Christopher Billopp notes that hurried people encounter impediments from others and systems. He argues that rushing provokes delays in phones, doors, elevators, queues, buses, taxis, traffic, and service lines, and that creeping proves more effective than speed.
The New Republic argues South Africa tightens racial segregation as a proto fascist policy expands. Non whites face voting bans literacy limits and forced residence while separation extends to courts and policing with fingerprinting and tracking. Riots and potential race war loom as UN debates aid.
A curious new neighborhood hobby involves a tapped wire using a third tin can and 12 feet of string, adding a playful twist to a classic children’s game.
Dozens of ideas swirl around Elmer Twitchell as he develops a film concept about the slingshot. He touts it as the great American weapon, hints at press agents, rewards for audience-sent exhibition ideas, and toys like water pistols and rocks as possible plot elements.
A fragment reflects on fair dealing and public rights amid a wave of strikes in New York City, noting the labor unrest may become a notable feature of the metropolis and affect how residents view work and fairness.
Officials in Washington, confident Europe can be defended at reasonable cost with new weapons, discuss lifting secrecy to share facts. They note European isolationism grows from hopelessness, cite Russia's tank stockpile, and claim anti tank weapons may blunt tank warfare for a while. President Truman repeats peace rhetoric in Dallas speech and urges restraint.
The Milwaukee Journal recalls Finley Peter Dunne's Mr Dooley quips about the Chinese presence on earth. The column notes the humor of the old remarks and hints at later changes as history moved forward.
The piece notes limits on U S diplomatic representation abroad and proposes reciprocal bounds such as forcing Romanian diplomats to stay within 35 miles of Washington and suggests a retaliatory midget limit if Czechs reduce our delegation to one man in Prague.
Washington The Post reports ambassadorial appointment to Greece as reward for handling security programs under Marshall. John E. Peurifoy, veteran foreign service officer, will head the department's security program and replace Henry F. Grady, who moves to Iran. Senate action pending adjournment. Carl Humelsine expected as deputy.
The article profiles Frank Erickson described as the United States' biggest bookmaker awaiting sentencing in New York City after pleading guilty to 59 counts of illegal gambling and a conspiracy. It explains his business model as a wholesaler in pari mutuel betting and outlines the broader crackdown on illicit gambling.
Peurifoy, a 43 year old South Carolinian and promising State Department official, won praise for his security program at the White Sulphur Springs governors conference. He leaves at his own request to seek an ambassadorship and finish a decade of service since joining in 1938 as a $2,000 a year clerk.
The text notes 35 year old Humelsine as a likely candidate but suggests youth may favor his rise while signaling pressure for an outsider, possibly a Republican, to oversee State Department security. It mentions President's historical unresponsiveness to similar calls and references Senator Tyd—.
The article notes a momentary plan for an impartial board to recheck the Tydings committee findings on Senator McCarthy's 81 cases. The President opposed it and the board appears to have died on the vine.
National Geographic Bulletin notes the odds of lethal lightning in the U S at about one in 365 000 with roughly 400 fatalities and 1500 injuries yearly. It explains lightning’s frequency in storms, safety in all steel cars, and the low risk to modern airplanes, plus cloud to cloud strokes and speeds of 20000 miles per second.
At the governors conference in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia the push grows for state control of water resources with federal support. Leaders Langlie Peterson Robins McKay argue for state rights while Lausche notes progress with limited federal aid. A council study to report next year aims to chart a coordinated state driven development.
Driscoll argues states can finance projects more cheaply by self liquidating bonds than by federal taxes and deficits. He notes the New York port authority as a successful interstate model and suggests federal operation may not be the economical path for state owned resources. Governors’ debates show lack of thorough review and a need to weigh alternatives.
The Philadelphia Inquirer recounts a Texas congressman who visited a psychiatrist after voicing dissatisfaction with his mental outlook. The doctor prompts for deeper causes, but the congressman finally reveals his worry that Texas itself may not live up to Texans’ pride.
A compact note argues taxes are the price paid for bold economic risk and progress. It frames taxation as a consequence of aggressive growth and wealth creation.
The text explains lightning behavior including flash distance up to 10 miles, peak temperatures around 27 000 degrees, thunder reach about 18 miles, and artillery sound range. It notes 44 000 daily storms globally and 100 lightning flashes per second with a safety axiom about hearing thunder and seeing lightning.
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