Middletown Journal subscription rates and notices
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Middletown Journal
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News-Journal Inc
Aid To Housing Industry Faces President on Down Payment
The fate of summer construction may decide if President Eisenhower lowers government insured mortgage down payments from 7 percent to 3 percent under the housing law. Bipartisan pressure, led by Sen. Javits and others, argues for immediate use of authority.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Jacob K. Javits
N.Y
Senate
Javits
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
George A. Smathers
Fla
Olin D. Johnston
S.C
Albert M. Cole
White House
Prices and Wages in U S History
The piece surveys how price and wage controls synced during World War II and the Korean War, noting Roosevelt and Congress granting authority for ceilings, the Little Steel formula, and the 1950s defense act. It highlights presidents Truman and Eisenhower calling for end to controls and critiques their effectiveness on inflation and living costs.
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Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Congress
War Labor Board
Truman
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Counting Sheep Keeps You Awake Says Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle notes a string of curious facts from mailroom to museum, from superstition to naval customs, highlighting how odd knowledge can wake the mind. He cites Will Jordan on a henpecked weatherman, Tommy Manville’s alphabetized wives, Horatio Alger’s birthday, and other quips about work, pets, and history.
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New York
Horatio Alger
U. S
Will Jordan
Tommy Manville
U. S. Post Office
University of Alaska Extension Service
East 45Th Street
Australia
Ladies Begin Camp Hastings Training in Illinois
Mrs. Anna C. Blasberg and daughter Anna Ruth depart for Camp Hastings Lake Villa Illinois for two weeks of bene ficial studies to aid future YMCA women and girls work. Emilie the third of the Dionne quints sits up at Dafoe Hospital after a sore throat. Brown's Run Riding Club track construction nears completion funded by donations. Spritz Credit Dept Stores to lease 1003 Central Ave Middletown location for five years. Sen Alben W Barkley and Mr Barkley buy The Angles near Paducah Kentucky.
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Anna C. Blasberg
Anna Ruth
Camp Hastings
Lake Villa
Ill
YMCA
Emilie
Dafoe Hospital
Brown's Run Riding Club
David H. Spritz
Spritz Credit Department Stores
Central Ave
Middletown
Congress Limits Court Jurisdiction The Hughes View
George Sokolsky discusses Charles Evans Hughes and the 1927 lecture on congressional power over Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction. He cites 1868 Habeas Corpus Act limits, compares U S and British systems, and questions defining security in cases like Rosenberg Hiss Jencks Watkins and Service decisions.
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Charles Frans Hughes
Hughes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Congress
Supreme Court
McCardle
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Joseph Clark
Pennsylvania
Jencks
Mallory
FBI
United States
Rosenberg
Hiss
Watkins
Service
The Threat Of Normalcy And Global Dread
Paul Harvey warns that a dangerous normalcy threatens global resolve. He critiques UN voices, Cold War tensions, and arms emphasis while urging vigilance and daily perseverance against complacency and drifting toward peace at any cost.
Detroiter Jailed for Stealing Newspapers
A Detroit man served 90 days after swiping five newspapers from a street stand. He will have time to catch up on reading while serving the sentence.
Notable 1939 Life Observations and Racetrack Anecdotes
E V Darling discusses age demographics and potential markets for retirees, including book and pamphlet ideas. He cites Sylvia Astor Wilks as a six foot widow with a $100 million estate, then shifts to readers’ queries on costs of West Point and Annapolis, dollar purchasing power since 1939, smoking rates by gender, and a claim about Frank James as betting commissioner for trainer Sam Hildreth with Hildreth confirming in his memoir.
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Hetty Green
Sylvia
Matthew Astor Wilks
Hotel Plaza
Manhattan
West Point
Annapolis
Army
Navy
New Jersey
Our
Frank James
Jesse
Sam Hildreth
New Yorker
Mr. Hildreth
Guttenberg, N. J
Byline Daydreams and Bygone Names in Politics
A reader recalls misattributions to famous quotes and credits Thomas Jefferson for saying Few die and none resign. The note mentions P A B Widener, P H B Fre linghuysen and S F B Morse as eye catching initials. The author muses on naming conventions and a playful imagined byline A B C Darling.
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J. C. Calhoun
Justice White
Thomas Jefferson
P.A.B. Widener
P.H.B
Frelinghuysen
S. F. B. Morse
Arthur Barry Charles Darling
A.B.C. Darling
San Francisco Business Group Pays Office Boys 70 A Week
A San Francisco business circle pays its office boys seventy dollars weekly. Whisky distillers increasingly feature the old fashioned quart bottle. The speaker asks who started the fifth bottle, guessing a Scotchman.
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San Francisco
Warm to cold start hints at changing summer
The writer recalls a warm Saturday and a chilly morning, noting a near 100 degree forecast averted by a cold front from Chicago. Redlegs excitement and sunbaked streets follow a tour of new districts showing homes with water meters and green lawns. August heat lingers, but summer mood softens as two youngsters promise letters to Santa.
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Chicago
Gossip in Gotham highlights Hollywood entanglements and lawsuits
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys New York gossip on extortion letters allegedly sent to Kim Novak, Bettina’s betrothal to Prince Ali Khan, Linda Christian dating Ali, Gene Tierney’s calls, Shelley Winters pregnancy rumors, Chaplin’s Riviera ambitions, Ava Gardner’s split from Walter Chiari, and Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong’s Verve album. The column also notes Miss United States fallout, Leona Gage’s Miss universe chatter, Porter’s Les Girls, Anita Ellis’ new style, and Mike Todd Eisenhower as goodwill travel advocates. A Colony fashion moment, triplet dresses, Sammy Kaye romance, and a Florida club dispute over unpaid wages wrap the column.
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Gotham
Kim Novak
FBI
Bettina
Prince Ali Khan
Linda Christian
California
Ali
Gene Tierney
Shelley Winters
Tony Franciosa
Charlie Chaplin
French Riviera
Hollywood
Victorine Film Studios
Nice
Ava Gardner
Walter Chiari
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong
Verve
Cole Porter
MGM
Anita Ellis
Bon Soir
Mike Todd
Eisenhower
U. S
Mike
Ike
William Brigham
Milton C. Blum Jr
Allan MacDougal
NBC
Monitor
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Estrellita Horoscope Advises Financial Prudence This Year
Tomorrow’s stars urge budget discipline and cautious spending while teamwork and tactful dealings with superiors aid career progress. Health care for balance, and year end good news may cap 1957. avoid emotional outbursts especially mid November. a child born today shown as intelligent and conscientious.
Factographs Pidgin English in South Seas trade
Ecuador produces 90 percent of the world supply of balsa used in life saving equipment. Traders in the South seas once used factographs pidgin English, now recognized as a language in its own right.
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South Seas
Ecuador
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National Association of Homebuilders
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Paducah, Ky
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House of Lords
Law Lords
Alfred the Great
Paul Harvey
Geneva
Switzerland
UN Economic and Social Council
England
Moscow
Kremlin
Pentagon
Broadway-Seventh Avenue
Central Park
E. V. Darling
Dave Regan
Redlegs
Reds
Santa Claus
Dorothy Kilgallen
Ballyhoo
Leona Gage
Miss Little Rock
Miss Podunk
Sammy Kaye
Mary McCoy
Florida
Jane Powell
Jane
Agva
Ewner
Estrellita
Dennis the Menace
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