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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1949
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options. Evening Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal by carrier 35 cents per week. Mail rates from six dollars per year, with outside area and international options. The notice includes a biblical exhortation and addresses for publication.
Four years after hostilities end, tens of thousands of German and Japanese POWs remain in Soviet hands. The piece argues Russia uses prisoner labor and infiltration tactics to advance a Communist world revolution, warning against underestimating the Kremlin and urging vigilance in countering Soviet expansion.
Economists see a short recession as business leaders anticipated it and the public holds ample funds. Americans have over 250 billion in savings ready as bonds and life policies. With high savings and stable income, a panic is unlikely unless policymakers persist inflationary measures that risk a future crash.
Medical science reports progress in polio control with a one pound plastic lung that fits over the chest. About 100 in use and 75 ready for shipment, it allows patients to lie abed or ride in wheelchairs and perform exercises during recovery.
Dr. George W. Crane discusses a reader’s question on whether a future Messiah could differ from Jesus in fairness, compassion, and teachings. He contrasts Christian ethics with Confucian and Buddhist precepts, noting Christianity’s social uplift and institutions, and urges active church involvement.
President Truman supports withholding final judgment until all facts are in regarding the House Armed Services Committee inquiry into defense policy, contracting influence and possible misuses of funds. The piece argues the core issues involve lobbying, contracts, and potential mergers in the aircraft sector and questions about B-36 orders and related financial rescue.
In sweltering heat the author recounts a planned grand automobile trip from the Berkshires to Canada and the Midwest, disrupted by stifling conditions and odd mishaps such as lobster prize worries and hotel prices. He ends up back home, cooling in shorts with lemonade.
A colorful ode to Brooklyn questions local love for the borough, contrasting pride with the laughable image of a sad place. It highlights its size and warmth while noting crime and decay, ending with a soda fountain anecdote that mocks audience patience.
A college professor argues the rich resist change and stay secure by accepting the status quo. The remark ties to discussions about the White House completion and whether a modern "people call" device or plush rug would accompany it, reflecting class attitudes.
A couple planning a grand 1949 vacation in New York registered at a swank hotel only to find a stifling room and a $16.00 per day rate plus 80 cents New York City tax. A thunderstorm on the drive marred the trip as they anticipated a moonlight Hudson River sail.
Genevieve Kemble forecasts August 21 as a day of opportunity to advance status with influential people and seek favors while urging conservative personal investment. It notes benefits for those born this day and highlights themes of promotion, capital seeking, risk avoidance, and later promising prospects through strong external support.
A political piece argues against a police state view of Truman and cites figures like Hugh D. Scott Jr. It discusses science as a path to peace and notes a radio iodine cancer treatment by I. B. Randall while warning totalitarian leaders may seek cooperation when free nations prove too strong.
Secretary Ache asserts U S atomic superiority within the Atlantic Pact while Gen Bradley warns of strategic bombing capability. He questions readiness to send troops to Indo China and Siam inviting allies to back a six month stand to avoid red entanglements. Dr C H Kan cites Li Tsung Jen officials.
A personal column recounts a split between small town and big city vacations. The author notes cost, rest value, and social contrasts. A friend in the small town explains residents stay tolerant, forming close-knit friendships and correcting faults, illustrated by a bridge circle habit that averted loss of companionship.
George E. Sokolsky reflects on postwar youth fear and ambition sparked by Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety at Tanglewood. He contrasts prewar resilience with modern insecurity and warns youth against seeking false security in government handouts or communism, urging self belief and achievement.
A quiz style summary lists questions about chess origin, nearest fixed star, flicker ant meals, Raleigh's History of the World, civilization start dates, and MLB home run inning records. It notes Hindustan chess origins around five thousand years ago and the 1940 Red Sox and 1939 Giants inning records.
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