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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1950
Page
4
Local notice lists Middletown Journal publication details with daily timing and rates for per copy, weekly carrier, and mail subscriptions. Rates cover local area plus outside trading area and international options. a Bible verse is included.
The piece contrasts Warren Austin peace proposals for Korea with Jacob Malik’s denials and argues the United States clings to aims of unification and democracy under UN help. It also lauds Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith as CIA head but urges stability after three years of frequent leadership changes.
The article notes the Railway Labor Act has lost meaning as the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen flouts it amid a 17 month dispute with rail management. A Truman appointed fact finding board recommended 40 hours with 18 cents an hour raise, unions demanded 31 cents, rejecting the findings and threatening yard strikes at five terminals.
Case X-296 follows Bert L. a 21 year old medical student who fears stuttering may ruin his future as a surgeon. Crane notes stuttering is largely psychological in males and offers distraction and breathing techniques as potential aids.
A St Louis Reservist letter highlights lack of a coordinated mobilization plan two months into the Korea conflict. The piece urges top military leaders to devise a universal replacement system and set clear duty terms one year or 18 months, enabling Reservists with dependents to plan work and family arrangements, while noting excess officer pools in the Army Navy and Air Force.
An offer to obtain Dr. Crane’s bulletin explains a technique of speech therapy using a mouth device to grip between the molars while speaking to rebuild confidence in the speaking situation. Readers are asked to send a 3 cent stamped self addressed envelope with a dime for printing costs to receive the bulletin and related charts.
Local readers report a spike in messages about children marking sidewalks with chalk near homes. Neighbors urge caution and remind residents to keep walkways clear to prevent slips and injuries as spring activities resume.
An insurance salesman argues for a large policy while Brandeis reflects that a home, tree, and garden hold priceless value. The scene shifts to memories with wife, children, and friends, stressing meaning over money and the partnership of life, nature, and faith.
Hal Boyle reflects on American soldiers in Korea clinging to home habits during war. He notes their stubborn desire for familiar cigarettes and toothpaste, humor amid strangeness, and the Quartermaster Corps struggles to stock known brands despite ongoing supply issues.
A narrator recalls explaining the worth of a personal property to a doctor who viewed it as a mere hovel. The account follows a tour around the garden river terrace and maple shade as the conversation unfolds.
Genevieve Kemble presents a Sunday August 27 forecast warning of temptations and risks from strong emotions and impractical impulses. It warns physical dangers and possible consequences for a child born that day, then shifts to Monday August 28 noting social and romantic tensions and advice to maintain discretion for happiness and success.
I pointed to the house itself and spoke of the knicknacks gathered over more than a quarter century. To a dealer none are valuable, but to us they are irreplaceable, milestones of our lives.
A speaker notes that pointing to many items seemed to justify a million dollar policy as minor. The speaker believes the other party did not become convinced but asserts that the listener understands the stance.
Washington report details how the Tuesday Musical Club with aviation writers and PR members organized a plane ride to transport Smokey the bear cub from New Mexico to the National Zoo after a Civil Aeronautics Board barrier halted air travel for a live animal. Elliott Barker, the New Mexico game warden, ferried Smokey, who survived a forest fire, to his new home while the club marks its first charitable project and preserves its aviation focus despite the name.
The writer argues US Army morale improves when troops can buy home familiar brands in exchanges. He notes popularity of cigarettes and razors, cites snuff habits among sergeants, and laments neglect of cigar smokers, referencing General Grant and wartime supply lines.
Dave Regan observes Middletown sidewalks in brief vignettes. A girl hauls a dog into an auto seat. siblings cross a street as an elder urges, Come on. Two plump women sway like streetcars. a driver concentrates behind the wheel. a man opens a car door for a female companion. A dead fly sits on a kitchen stove. a child resists shopping until material for a dress is discussed. Vanity, an elderly man directs traffic with a grudge, and a mother slaps a misbehaving boy. A quick stroll ends at the barbershop and office.
A Dor o thy Kilgallen item pile reports Deanna Durbin's third marriage may be postponed amid Paris rumors of a canceled plan. It threads through gossip about Ingrid Bergman custody, Ray Bolger TV stint, Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton, and Hollywood social whirl including Martha mahārājah chatter, tennis scandal, and a Broadway health club raid.
Government representatives reassess Miami Beach hotels as potential living quarters for military personnel. Le land Hayward issues a no theatre parties edict for the forthcoming Call Me Madam affecting theatre audiences. Wanda Hendrix’s favored suitor is newsman Niels Larsen.
The Loew theatres are considering introducing a disc jockey system to enhance showings. No final decision has been announced and details remain under review by management.
Scores of pretty girls visiting New Yorkers say they would leave Movieville for television work in New York. They face train fare and hotel costs but seek stardom as the industry toughens. Ardith Levine, daughter of Charles Levine, will wed Stanley Polley in December. Jimmy Cagney reportedly lost eighteen pounds dieting and smoking less.
A Q A reports that Palestine is not as fertile as in biblical times. Much land requires fertilizing and scientific planting, which is now being accomplished.
Lake Mead in Nevada holds over 32 million acre-feet of water, making it the world’s largest artificial lake by volume.
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