Middletown Journal Rates and Subscriptions Listed
The Middletown Journal publishes daily except Sundays with various subscription options. Rates include per copy five cents, carrier five dollars and two fifty weekly, and mail plans ranging from seven fifty yearly in the trading area to twelve dollars yearly outside the trading area, with U S A at thirty dollars yearly. All mail subscriptions are prepaid.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening
Sunday News Journal
Evening Middletown Journal
House of Israel
Ezekiel
Offshore Lands Debate Shapes Education Funding Battle
Representative Mansfield seeks to tie federal education aid to offshore land title with a plan to direct lease revenues to states. The House backed a three mile offshore title scheme with 37 percent of lease money to states, while Truman veto looms. Senate talks continue as parochial school funding remains contentious. Texas California and Louisiana stand to gain from offshore oil rights under the House measure.
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Senate
Mansfield
Mont
House
Treasury
Truman
Hill
Ala
House Committee On Education and Labor
Barden
N.C
Cardinal Spellman
Texas
California
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Representative Celler
N.Y
The Army Punishes Gen Crawford For Gifts And Abuse Of Trust
The piece reports Brig Gen David J Crawford was relieved of command at the Detroit Tank Arsenal after admitting to accepting gifts and hotel entertainment from defense contractors and using government lumber for personal projects. It contrasts with other officials and calls for a broader ethical reset in Washington.
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David J. Crawford
Detroit Tank Arsenal
Army
Washington
Junior
Harry Vaughan
White House
State Department
Vaughan
Donald Dawson
Miami
Congressional Committee
Dawson
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Crawford
Detroit Arsenal
The Worry Clinic Case 3B 306 Play Game With Marbles
Dr. George W Crane recalls a family game of marbles that becomes a lasting pastime. The 11 year old Philip and younger Danny learn strategy, luck, and skill as they play to 11 points. The activity also entertains adults and serves as a social pastime.
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Philip
Danny
Rent control changes expand federal reach and state carve outs
The new rent control law adds that federal controls can be imposed on any community deemed critical to defense, while still allowing increases up to 20 percent above June 30 1947 in areas under control. New York’s statewide law remains a special exception. Landlords may file for immediate increases after sworn applications.
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New York
Tighe Woods
Woods
Secretary of Defense
George Marshall
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
Marshall
Wilson
Uncle and boy discuss inflation through a dictionary
A twelve year old asks about inflation after reading his dictionary and cites inflated definitions. The uncle explains two senses of inflation and notes prices rising, while contrasting public talk from Washington with a child’s practical view.
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Washington
Dreams That Come True Across Time And Space
Hal Boyle recounts dream journalism and parapsychology. An English scientist tracked dreams with date logs and found some later echoed actual events. A famed tale tells of two sailors dreaming of a wife’s concern before their gale struck New York.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Dreas
North Atlantic
Broadway gossip and rumors from Dorothy Kilgallen
Column packed with celebrity chatter on Battenberg era figures and industry intrigue. Mentions Lady Iris Mountbatten Lew Ayres Coleen Gray Judy Hall Eva LeGallienne Ezio Pinza and Bette Davis with notes on Truman Baruch Malik and other power players shaping theater and film in New York and beyond.
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Lew Ayres
Coleen Gray
Coleen
Stanley Rubin
Lew
Truman
John Foster Dulles
Don McNeil
Howard Dietz
Lucinda Ballard
Peggy Maley
England
Europe
David Ballards
Alcoholics Anonymous
Theatre Guild
Erugen Vale
Westport
Eva LeGallienne
Judy Hall
Larry Schwab Jr
Prospect House sold. Geaney leaves Blair House host role
Mrs. Victoria Geaney, longtime Blair House hostess, has left that post and Prospect House in Georgetown was purchased by Rep. Thurmond Chatham for about 187000 dollars after being leased from Mrs. James Forrestal. She plans to fish near Oxon Hill while looking forward to returning home. The property has hosted guests including the Shah of Iran and the Ecuadorian president.
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Washington
Victoria Geaney
Sam
Prospect House
Georgetown
State Department
Geaney
James V. Forrestal
Defense
Thurmond Chatham
D-Nc
Blair House
Trnvan
White House
Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Potomac
Ecuador
Galo Plaza
Blair
Chesapeake Bay
Oxon Hill
Maryland
The Stars Say For Tomorrow And The Birthday
The auguries for a pleasant and profitable weekend emphasize continuing relations with influential contacts. Those born on the day may see happy connections and potential wealth through subtle agreements and powerful influences. The day after tomorrow may bring restlessness and trips with surprising denouements.
Unusual Change Driven Day for New Contacts and Interests
The passage predicts dramatic and thrilling adventure as emotions rise with new interests in all relations and associations. A child born today is noted for a fine mind, intuition, versatility, and a drive for change, adventure, and novelty, urging prudent weighing of dubious situations.
Fall fashions and a moving John Ross Store
A humorous note on a child's answer about eye color and a broad look at fall schoolwear displays from Central Store. The John Ross Store plans a rapid cross street move and major renovation, seen as an almost impossible feat but anticipated with interest as work progresses.
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Truman
Wilson
Mr. Johnson
John Ross
Dew Adds Billions of Tons to Britain's Water
It is estimated that Britain receives an average of 22 billion tons of water annually in the form of dew.
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Great Britain
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Jacob Malik
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the Royale
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Scott Brady
Vinton Freediey
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Jerry Lester
Lester
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New England
Bernard Baruch
Elder Statesman
Baruch
Billy Rose
Mt. Kisco
Joyce Mathews
G. Lynn Starr
Dick Krakeur
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Irving Rapper
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Myron McCormack
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