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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1950
Page
4
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John J. McCloy testifies before the House Appropriations Committee arguing the Russians act from strength not fear. He warns a risky maneuver could trigger a clash too costly for either side and notes Moscow’s pressure aims to leverage perceived success.
The piece argues world peace hinges on India and Pakistan’s quieting of communal riots and Kashmir tensions. It notes risks from Communism, cites limited signs of progress such as jute trade and water talks, and suggests both sides may yield to compromise to avoid broader war.
The Brannan farm plan faces strong opposition in Congress as Republicans and Democrats argue it amounts to a subsidy. Representative Cooley of North Carolina leads the criticism, signaling the bill may be dead. Outside of the President and Secretary Brannan, few would mourn its passage.
Dr Elizabeth B Hurlock calls for business efficiency in colleges. She describes a Yale Club discussion with Dr George W Crane advocating practical curricula lower tuition and faculty teaching loads to cover salaries. She cites an Eastern university paying a psychology professor $10000 for five students. She argues professors must manage 100 plus students weekly to sustain costs.
Many distinguished business leaders are urged to serve as college trustees yet find internal methods inefficient and costly. They face intimidation by PhD degrees or are steered to raise funds for buildings and endowment. The text questions paying professors high salaries for teaching.
Colleges charge students up to 500 dollars yearly for tuition while claiming tax exemption. Buildings are donated by generous businessmen and benefactors, yet institutions struggle to break even and resort to fundraising panhandling.
Editorial argues many church denominations run colleges draining funds with annual losses from five thousand to fifty thousand dollars. Proposes selling or franchising to apply American business methods to curricula and finances, using tuition revenue and existing buildings, while tailoring courses to students and seeking no federal aid. Readers asked to contact Br Crane with stamped envelope and dime for his psychological charts.
A 1946 blaze tally reports more homes lost to fire than the entire number of dwellings in Nebraska, highlighting a record fire toll.
A Washington column surveys judgments by lawmakers and officials over McCarthy era FBI file disclosures. It critiques FBI Chief Hoover, Attorney General McGrath, and senators including Tydings and Tedings for missteps and withholding full information during the controversy about state department scrutiny.
The executive and legislative branches share duties to root out misconduct. A congressman may air charges before Congress to push for a watchdog inquiry if evidence is suppressed by the Department of Justice. Such probes rely on testimony and congressional immunity to avoid party taint and ensure accountability.
At its monthly meeting the school board announced Roosevelt junior high would be turned over to the city as its headquarters. City remodeling would create office space police department and city jail while the fire department stays on North Broad Street. A new south end junior high opens in July and East Central Ave. one soon after. Students will attend the two new schools when classes resume in September.
Erich Brandeis criticizes kiddy shows and televised schemes he calls confidence games. He argues the American public does not want dirt and crime and urges action against entertainment that corrupts, citing prominent entertainers to support his stance.
Mrs. Baker and her husband Floyd shared vivid impressions from nine European countries with ECA Director Paul Hoffman during a luncheon en route home from their trip. They described Danes as grateful yet self-reliant and noted Greece and Sweden facing ongoing needs while praising local efforts.
An observer recalls adult glamorization of crime with murder as a focal theme. He mentions two buxom twins used as alibi foils in a plant robbery and critiques crooks on radio and television as especially harsh and poor in character.
TELEVISION is new. It is wonderful. It opens an entirely new era in entertainment and formation. Unfortunately a lot of the entrepreneurs in this new medium think that felony and filth are synonymous with entertainment.
A fragmented meditation notes how human minds produce radio and television yet struggle to harness them fully. It reflects on opportunities created by engineers and the tension between invention and application.
Harry Boyd Viv America writes about facing the upcoming census with a calm acceptance. He dismisses objections to personal questions as minor compared to daily constitutional rights and notes he will not resist a once in ten years bureaucratic imposition.
Genevieve Kemble presents a horoscope highlighting rewards for merit and past efforts, with future diligence and goal setting. It urges long-range planning for security and happiness, noting personal strength and birthday energy shaping present influence and promising outcomes.
The board of governors decided no achievement in radio or television qualified as outstanding production. A fourth year without a top prize was noted, amid a chorus of so many poor productions.
A speaker says they will be cooperative with census workers and share details, comparing the census man to Kinsey and urging honest, sufficient questioning to provide right answers for the country. The remark emphasizes resisting trivial scrutiny while welcoming thorough data collection.
A columnist riffs on endless coffee counter debates over statistics and asserts that numbers rarely prove new points. They predict census data will be dissected for years by debaters and editorial writers to back arguments.
The author defends census statistics as authoritative and urges accurate data. He argues the public’s right to know outweighs privacy and cites the fear of being outpaced by another city as motivation to ensure proper counting. He portrays census facts as unquestioned like radio authority.
A New York model earns the title Miss Smiles of 1930, praised for her sunny demeanor and poised example for others as she captures public attention in local fashion circles.
A cautious Ohio banker warns that there are not many stocking banks left these days yet summer will still bring a roll to many a stocking.
An advisory statement advocates maximizing future security by allocating the most resources to government bonds, emphasizing long term steadiness and risk containment for savers.
Rural Middletown man Dave Regan plans to bring home by ambulance after a heart attack in a distant city. His dog Joab, a short terrier Dobermann lookalike, vanished after waiting at the mailbox for him last Thursday. family friends search daily. Call 2-3780 if you have seen Joab.
In These Days column, George E. Sokolsky and Georgi Gramada trade antics over coffee and cheese blintzes. Gramada, a Romanian Austrian Russian, muses on America, purges, and who bears responsibility for political mistakes, ending with a vivid note on Stalin’s efficiency as a cog.
A fragment quotes Gramada denigrating American politicians as purges fail and praising Stalin. He claims Roosevelt, Tydings, Churchill, and the U S government harbor Communists while Moscow shapes Western leaders' actions and tensions rise between allies.
Frankenstein is a fictional figure from Mary Shelley's story. He studied physiology and created a creature that eventually destroys him. The name now serves as a byword for someone undone by his own work.
Cotopaxi in the eastern Andes mountains is described as the world’s highest canic cone at about 19 500 feet. Its most recent eruption occurred in 1911.
The terms hardwood and softwood distinguish broad tree groups rather than properties of species. Hardwood refers to trees with deciduous or scale like leaves, mostly broadleaf, while exceptions include genera like cypress and larch.
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