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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1952
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces pricing for per copy and mail subscriptions. Rates include 5c per copy, 30c weekly by carrier, and annual mail rates of 9.00 within trading area and 15.00 outside trading area, plus 35.00 for outside U S. A. All subscriptions must be prepaid.
The piece argues the claim that 46 million of 95 million eligible voters didn’t vote is inflated. It lists barriers such as registration by mail limits, inability to vote by mail, residence requirements, poll tax, racial intimidation, institutional confinement, criminal records, and wartime moves. If 12 million were kept from voting by these barriers, about 34 million would have been eligible to vote but did not, not 46 million.
The article notes a de-salting method under study by Columbia University professor J. R. Smith and reports a new five year federal program. Congress appropriated 2 million dollars under Public Law 448 to develop inexpensive large scale ocean to fresh water processes.
Chancellor Butler told the House of Commons that a surge of American visitors next year would ease Britain’s dollar shortage with Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in June. He noted strong current travel to Europe and rising tourist traffic on air and sea routes, while warning total yearly gains may still lag declines in exports and higher import prices.
Hal Boyle imagines a mother guiding a son toward the White House by shaping a universal appeal. The piece mocks credentials and politics while suggesting a well rounded upbringing across regions with varied work, military service, and cooking skills as key traits for a future president.
Loge A. C. Keister of the YMCA physical directorate was invited to the annual conference of YMCA physical Supervisors in Columbus on September 10 with leaders from all state associations expected to attend. Fred Strickland Jr. attended Culver Academy training. Two boys, Donald Selby and Gaylor Ferguson, escaped serious injury when struck by a car driven by a West Virginia resident while riding a bicycle.
The analysis weighs Governor Stevenson’s letter to the Oregon Journal as he confronts whether a party shift and clean government can root out corruption. It questions his stance on public power, congressional division, and national ownership, noting his limited national policy experience and Eisenhower’s similar learning curve.
The piece notes a seaside column on Rex the Boston terrier and a cat that turned out to be a porcupine. It then debates titles in Egypt after King Farouk’s fall, arguing pashas and beys persist via wealth and snobbery, even in a supposedly democratic society.
Dr. Crane discusses Laverne G a 38 year old married woman with two children who confesses love for another man and seeks advice to forget him. The column attributes recurring dreams to unmet affection and urges husbands to actively supply care verbal affection and physical closeness to satisfy wives.
Report from Wildwood recounts a confrontation on a fairway where a local golfer nicknamed the impatient one waited impatiently as a Cincinnati foursome ahead failed to clear. The woman in the group then posted an 80 with a 66 by a companion, while the impatient golfer waited to apologize after the round.
President Truman held a long anticipated news conference in the State Department auditorium beside the White House. He opened with a mimeographed note about old White House furniture showing past sales, then faced questions mainly about Eisenhower's invitation and related timing. The room had few questions and ended with a light moment as Truman said there was nothing else to add.
The forecast notes drama may ease into a static period due to lack of funds and waning support. It advises patience, restraint, and hope, warning against overacting and urging composure for a possible sudden turn of events benefiting those with birthdays. A talented child born today may face temporary setbacks but shows drive.
A quirky instructional note promises a return envelope and a dime to teach a husband how to curb his wife’s preoccupation with past suitors. The itemliest claim frames a domestic behavior remedy and hints at relationship tension.
A witty mixed load of quips and brief items notes the rise of unpressed clothes, a full moon causing gas loss, the home as battleground, church habit, a need to tidy, a thunderstorm search, a bus robbery, long bus bottlenecks, low energy worth, moonshine busts, and a joke about a Kentucky jail tied to a kiss and marriage.
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