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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1952
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces pricing for per copy and carrier deliveries with weekly, six day, and yearly mail options. Rates include evening editions and the Sunday News Journal, with prices varying by trading area and outside the U S. Subscriptions are payable in advance.
A discussion notes 23 states do not require employers to grant voting time, affecting 38 percent of the population. It summarizes how many states require two hours, wage protections, and who can claim time off including four states with restrictions. It also explains that electors meet in state capitols, not as a national body, and that modern practice makes them rubber stamps for voters rather than a college-like deliberative body.
A political study estimates that 141 electoral votes from 1948 Dewey states minus New York could, with a five percent national shift of Democratic votes, give Eisenhower 225 to 242 votes. Additional small-state gains could reach 263, with New York still leaning Republican.
Hal Boyle profiles Sam Ochiltree who retires after 36 years as a reporter and news editor for Associated Press in New York. Born 1906 as telegrapher, he covered the San Francisco earthquake, Korea, and major 20th century events. He values lifelong work, family, faith, and staying curious about retirement.
An Ohio dentist comments that people with good aims in this world will miss fire in the next, reflecting a humorous or ironic take on moral behavior and the afterlife.
The piece contrasts Governor Stevenson's claim of ending commercial gambling with Internal Revenue figures indicating a 25 million dollar annual illegal gambling business in northern Illinois. It notes tax collections rising since the new 10 percent federal stamp tax began last November, and cites Wright, a district commissioner, on projected yearly gambling activity. It also mentions Illinois budget deficits and calls for better coordination between public statements and tax data.
Dr George W Crane explains a case of Fred N a life insurance broker who fears public writing and signing due to hand tremors. He recommends recognizing the habit, avoiding caffeine, using the non dominant hand, writing with finger movements, and seeking his emotions bulletin by mail.
The piece notes a discretionary pickup being acceptable socially in a ritzy hotel lobby where guests not staying may observe. After months of effort, the author reflects that reaching a vacation vibe could feel distant without the detours.
A Chelsea Borough Council debate on a huge Thames sign ends with a denial of the permit. Some members praise progress while Margery Thorton urges leaving darkness for lovers. The piece laments bright modernity and questions whether light outpaces beauty and humanity.
Genevieve Kemble notes a strikingly inventive mood in current events with high energy and keen judgment. The writing highlights feminine influence, social and romantic factors, and suggests fresh ideas attracted by capital and support from elders and institutions. A child born today may pursue a spectacular, influential life.
A reflective column dismisses August as dull but invites readers to dream of what they might have become. It muses on missed talents from opera to science and asks what fate, laziness, or money did to shape today, urging acceptance of one’s present self.
Jottings in pencil note Hollywood district attorney seeks the husband of a famous girl singer on bad check charges tied to a West Coast nightclub collapse. Other items mention Ali Khan investing in films, MGM leadership talk, theatre and society gossip, and various entertainment industry moves.
Twenty years ago the Armco Band performed at Sunset Park premiering Frank Simon’s new march Camp Hook. The piece was dedicated to Charles R. Hook who donated the camp to Middletown Boy Scouts. Hook attended via his son George Verity Hook. A Scouts chorus sang the verse by Bennett Chapple Sr. Others on the final concert were Elizabeth O’Brien Kathryn LaFayette George and Alfred Fenrique. Harry Newlin was appointed city treasurer and deputy water works collector and deputy city clerk succeeding Roy Clark. Charles J. Brehany earned a patent for a one knob radio receiver seat control filed December 1929.
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