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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1949
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for the Middletown Journal and related papers, detailing per copy, carrier, and mail rates in trading and outside areas. A biblical quotation from Nehemiah 6:9 appears, urging strengthened hands.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration seeks a standard air vocabulary to reduce pilot confusion and miscommunication with controllers amid rising traffic. Using wartime findings, it aims to create a universal code, then gain international recognition to improve safety and cut the accident rate.
The Defense Department's Munitions Board finally secures a civilian chairman as Hubert E. Howard of Chicago accepts the post. The four member board has waited since June after Donald F. Carpenter's resignation. Other candidates failed due to salary or availability concerns, while the National Security Resources Board chair remains open.
A parliamentary committee seized offices of Associated Press and United Press along with seven Argentine newspapers to probe links to opposition funding from the 1946 campaign. Critics say the move targets independent outlets and press agencies to silence dissent before an upcoming election. The regime defends the action as a routine inquiry.
Dr. George W Crane discusses Ernest F a 31 year old son raised to pure academics by anxious parents Their marriage to a waitress of different race and religion leads to a baby and financial strain The mother laments lost social ability and parental pride while urging divorce and warning against overprotective schooling.
A speaker critiques parents who sacrifice the normal wishes of their son to gain social prestige and professional eminence for him. The text notes excessive prodding during education to keep him in the limelight and prevent a normal married life.
A brief community note warns against turning children into showpieces. It decries exploiting offspring for self-promotion and urges parents to avoid pressuring kids for attention or approval.
The piece argues a single economic dictator within the United States controls steel mills coal supply and workers’ employment. It claims this power rivals political dictatorship, risks housing fuel, and stymies labor voting blocs. It asserts Congress and the president fear this economic autocracy and political parties avoid addressing it.
The piece outlines a pattern where economic groups seize power, opposition to political methods fails, and totalitarian rule follows. It cites the U S coal industry as an example, noting a biased Supreme Court and the Wagner Act enabling broad bargaining power to shut down industries.
The passage argues the Taft Hartley Act lets the federal government curb strikes and accuses President Truman of avoiding enforcement for political reasons. It contends a vital industry, coal, is being harmed as miners’ union power curtails production, driving up prices and risking antitrust challenges. It warns of a creeping American dictatorship and questions U.S. political will amid union influence.
A Cleveland letter warns against forcing a child into public contests for parental vanity. It argues true parenting aims at a happy adulthood for Ernest and his wife, condemns meddling mothers, and defends humble education while stressing faith and moral integrity.
A Middletown Christmas decoration fund will be $5 under budget after a private citizen donated $5. The donor praised local merchants and town children, urged broader community support, and said the gift would bring $50 in satisfaction by helping the town brighten Christmas.
Erich Brandeis recalls Mr. Vishinsky’s wartime sounding plea for peace at Lake Success. The piece compares his double talk to a Lewis Carroll satire and quotes snippets about mystery, sonography, and the Mock Turtle. The tone parodies political posturing with literary allusion.
The Mock Turtle describes his schooling to Alice listing reading and writing then arithmetic and other branches. He inflates the curriculum with fanciful names while Alice questions the breadth of his education in this whimsical scene.
Genevieve Kemble notes a promising Sunday December 4 with innovative ideas and hard work likely yielding a productive payoff. Birthday individuals are urged to pursue research driven ventures and originality for personal and professional gains. Monday December 5 emphasizes pleasure, social events, and possible rewards through focused effort and reputation building.
Jean Tennyson heads a vast concert bureau providing free performances for 1,000,000 veterans in 130 hospitals. She employs about 300 artists including Lily Pons Margaret Truman Erzio Pinza Arthur Rubinstein and Gladys Swarthout. She says the program started with long haired performers and now includes Benny Goodman choral groups and a magician.
A compact verse within a larger story imagines lobsters being thrown to sea with amusement. It recalls a snail refusing to join the dance and a whiting’s polite refusal, lending a playful, nautical tone to the piece.
The excerpt recalls a playful verse about a crocodile and his gleaming tail as he spreads golden scales and waters the Nile with a cheery grin. It juxtaposes literary whimsy with a reference to a stern political speech from Lake Success.
An inch of rain over one acre equals 27 143 gallons. Lead pencils originated in England around 1560 with Barrowdale graphite mined in Cumberland. The first real pencil invention occurred in 1795 by Conte in Paris and Hardmuth in Vienna.
Question and answer discuss painting wet or green lumber. The reply explains paint does not adhere well to wet wood and is likely to peel off.
Yes. The War Department, established in 1789, covered both Army and Navy. A separate Navy Department was created on April 30, 1798.
The Founders Tree, a redwood in Humboldt State Redwood Park near Dyerville California, stood at 364 feet tall in 1047. This historic record highlights the ancient giant among California coast redwoods.
Witch hazel is not a hazel tree but a shrub. The name witch comes from wych, as its leaves resemble those of wych elms.
Sequoyah, a Cherokee named George Guess, prepared the first Indian alphabet. He worked as a talented craftsman and language innovator in early American history.
Symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski mentors a small group that has arranged over 350 concerts in about 90 veterans hospitals since 1977. Mise Tennyson, aided by a secretary, schedules shows and covers all expenses, seeking to reach all hospitals including remote ones.
Miss Tennyson recalls how a Chicago hospital engagement helped patients as well as veterans. Letters from doctors praise programs for therapeutic value and a blind veteran signed a Dallas hospital note about Novotna's ward visit. She plans to continue her concert bureau as veteran needs rise.
A quirky editorial note references a long history of human conscience and ties it to football pool promoters. It jokes about a janitor turning heat off affecting tenants and mentions mom serving pancakes as another football season begins.
President Dwight Eisenhower, speaking before the Nutrition Foundation, recalls a wealthy family refusing to donate to Columbia University, opting to leave their wealth to peace. He argues increasing food crop yields would advance peace more than committees and research.
The author critiques peace advocates and scholars from Carnegie to Shotwell, arguing human history moves by dynamic change not static words. He traces how Kellogg Briand and real-world events from Manchuria to Ethiopia undermined pacifist formulas and influenced WWII and Cold War power shifts. He mocks elite mystique and urges practical measures over pamphlets.
Portable one man saws powered by small gasoline engines lighten the lumberman’s load by cutting logs more efficiently and with less manual labor.
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