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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1952
Page
4
The Middletown Journal informs readers of subscription prices for various delivery options including per copy, weekly carrier rates, and yearly mail rates for local and distant areas. It lists in and outside trading areas, with special rates for evenings and combined editions. The notice ends with a biblical quote linked to the publisher.
Senate Agricultural committee to hear two bills on April 16 to reopen farm price support, with S 450 seeking 90 percent parity for non basic commodities and S 2115 extending current parity rules for six basics. Bills push back against 1949 law base shifts, citing 1954 potential support reductions and Truman calls for keeping farmers financially whole during the national emergency.
Senator Morse argues the President’s war powers could justify seizure of steel plants and frame a great constitutional question. The article traces Smith Connally and Taft Hartley histories, noting votes on seizure amendments and ensuing inaction by the House.
In a tale from Dr George W Crane a cynical 27 year old professor Clyde G wagers six months of dating a handpicked student Polly to test if love ignites beyond math and arousal. Polly uses banter and psychology to guide him toward genuine affection through shared dates and church attendance.
Indignation runs through the county about corruption and loose handling of funds in Washington. The mood is split with a majority angered by crookedness, while a faction remains less stirred by the spending.
The article argues President Truman overstepped by seizing the steel industry under asserted powers not granted by law. Congress extended wartime statutes but barred seizures of private plants, warning the President to obey due process. impeachment is discussed if the President cannot be restrained. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans an investigation into seizure powers, underscoring a potential constitutional crisis.
Polly met Clyde on a holiday weekend and turned down several dates to honor a promise to be his partner at the Senior Prom and other events. Clyde, feeling insecure, bought an engagement ring in a panic that another man might win her. Polly accepted the ring and they celebrated with Mrs. Crane and me at dinner and a theater.
Gerald Maurois thirty two son of Andre Maurois plans a guide to New York after three months in the city with a British secretary. He toured museums and promenades noted New Yorks constant change and dynamic beer bottling plant. The essayist argues real portraits of people define a city more than museums or money.
Beverly Hills resident Uncle Larry Perkins runs a global relay mail system to combat loneliness among service members. With 200 UN relay agents, vaudeville shows at veterans hospitals, and a cookie relay project, he mails thousands of letters to GIs in Korea and Japan. He also hosts blind service introductions and maintains a missing persons list across military camps.
George Dixon surveys military publicity in Washington noting a large cutback in Air Force press staff and hints of similar moves by Army and Navy. He recalls former public relations figures, cites Budget Bureau counts showing three agents per reporter, and ends with field anecdotes about Newbold Morris and Irving Belt in Washington society.
The general trend of business affairs has been under excellent stimuli for growth and expansion. There are good prospects for the launching of new projects with initiative and fresh ideas under highly accelerated speeds for organization with new ventures into speculative fields commercial and fi-
The reading notes health concerns from colds, advises care, and highlights a year of active enterprise. It calls attention to new contracts, reorganizations, and scrutinized partnerships in business and personal ties, urging diplomacy in relationships. It also predicts a versatile, alert child born today with a pleasant social life.
Middletown residents are asked to join Red Cross blood drives as demand rises for military use in Korea. The piece stresses that donating involves a quick prick, no pain, and no danger, with tests and food provided, and explains how to list yourself with the Red Cross to be called for future donations.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on AGVA fines for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis over an unpaid Vagabonds Club appearance in Miami, Errol Flynn winning a Nassau lawsuit for over 15,000 plus costs, Betsy von Furstenberg dating Nicky Hilton, and a flurry of Hollywood chatter about Faulkner’s Requiem rewriting and other nam ed figures.
UN observers believe a Russia India pact is forming. The Art Students League Dream Ball is sold out. Met tenor Jussi Björling resumes singing as his wife recovers. Harold Nicholas finds a replacement for his ex wife the beauti...
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