Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Note
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for its evening edition and the Sunday News Journal. Rates cover carrier, mail within and outside the trading area, with annual figures and a Bible verse included.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Maiin
Sunday News- Journal
U.S.A
Administration attitude toward business after election
The piece discusses Secretary Sawyer’s stance that there is no reason for legitimate business to fear government actions to curb inflation. It notes stock declines since the Democratic victory and argues business seeks proof of competent economic policy, not merely courteous reassurance, to restore confidence.
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Commerce Sawyer
Truman
Inflation and deflation pressures loom over U S economy
Joseph M. Dodge, president of the American Bankers Association, warns the nation faces conflicting inflationary and deflationary forces. Deflation risks include overproduction and price cutting, while inflationary pressures persist in autos, steel, housing, wages, and armaments spending. Ending the preparedness program could quicken deflation, but policy aims to keep low interest rates and debt interest near five billion dollars, risking deficit financing and tax hikes.
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Joseph M. Dodge
American Bankers Association
Russia
America
Apprenticeship Deferment Sought Amid Draft Concerns
William Patterson urges National Selective Service and Congress to create a deferment for apprentices. At the American Vocational Association convention in Milwaukee he cites the draft as paralyzing the apprenticeship system and warns peacetime conscription could devastate skilled labor. He notes post World War I shifts to high school graduates and rising college trends diminish apprentice numbers.
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National Selective Service Boards
Congress
William Patterson
United States Bureau of Oe
American Vocational Association
Milwaukee
Patterson
Finding a Wife for Pete J Aged 35 In Chicago by Crane
Dr George W Crane prescribes systematic dating to Pete J a 35 year old factory superintendent in Chicago who seeks an intelligent attractive wife. The column urges expanding mate options beyond youth and suggests a professional marriage broker to match backgrounds ages and cultural attitudes, noting high divorce rates tied to narrow partner pools.
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Pete J
Dr. Crane
Chicago
Pete
Dewey and Truman to share gridiron table next Saturday
President Truman and Governor Dewey will sit together at the Gridiron Club dinner where both will make off the record speeches. Dewey has shown no public sign of regret after the election and supporters say he will speak out on Republican policy once free from presidential constraints.
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Truman
Dewey
Gridiron Club
New York
Mr. Dewey
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
William Jennings Bryan
Elihu Root
George Norris
Wendell Wyshkie
United States
Clay
One Word Led To Another Met Opera Feud
Arthur Baer recalls a feud between the Metropolitan Opera of Manhattan and the Metropolitan Opera of Chicago. He notes both sides clashed during a holiday term with injunctions and on stage tensions over staging the Barber of Seville. Baer recalls diva conflicts and public quarrels.
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Metropolitan Opera of
Manhattan
Chicago
New York Met Demands Chicago Met Drop Use of Name
The article reports a dispute where New York Met requests Chicago Met to cancel the name usage. It notes tensions between two groups described as rival operatic factions.
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New York
Chicago Claims Metropolis Status and Strip Tease Tattoo Fame
Chicago asserts its metropolitan standing rivaling New York and cites having the first strip tease dancer with a laundry mark tattooed on her skin. The city proclaims it has everything a big city should possess, including things it perhaps shouldn’t.
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Chicago
New York
Chicago Metropolis: A City Beyond Its Baseball Teams
A definition of Chicago as a metropolis in four syllables emphasizes its role as a principal city and its distinction from its baseball teams, noting its suburbs and broader urban status. The remark juxtaposes Chicago's identity as a major hub with the sports teams that arise from it.
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Chicago
Rival impresarios clash over staging of Car men
A fragment describes two veteran theater chiefs debating a New York Met production of Car men with sharp jealousy and stage bravado. The scene hints at a performer in character, even holding a rose in her teeth during a moment on stage.
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New York
Carmen
When Met Teams Consider Merging Towns
A notion proposes the New York Met and Chicago Met merge to improve both towns, suggesting they meet halfway to share benefits and resources. The idea frames a hypothetical collaboration between two regional teams to boost local development.
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New York Met
Chicago Met
Public Domain Opera Rights Stir Up Choirs in Buffalo
The passage mocks exclusive control over a metropolitan tithe covering varied services while noting the Met Opera performs many tasks. It asserts public domain status of a title and questions the right to modify music rights, implying a clash between art, commerce, and freedom of expression.
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Buffalo
Niagara
Met Opera
City hires private forecaster after last December blizzard
In a humorous take, Erich Brandeis notes New York City's plan to employ a private weather bureau for winter after a blizzard. He mocks meteorology while praising a local, unwitting trio of forecasters: Lonergan and two ducks that instinctively predict weather, snubbing radios and newspapers.
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New York
We Do Not Pay Much Attention to Official Forecasts
The narrator recalls conflicting radio weather reports and notes a perfect fall morning. Despite an official forecast predicting rain and chill, the day is sunny and warm, leaving the couple unsure how to plan. Their real meteorologist remains unnamed here.
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Rube Goldberg
Mr. Lonergan
New York
Stars Forewarn Sudden Change and Rash Emotions
The column warns of sudden precipitation of a difficult situation in December. It cautions that rash feelings could worsen matters, while calm, rational conduct and listening to inner intuition may solve a complex problem. Birthdays may bring singular experiences or uprooting change, potentially provoking intense emotions.
Hal Boyle on the voyage from a hypochondriac's cure
Hal Boyle writes from a wrinkled bed about exposing his own hypocondriac cure and the fiasco of borrowing others medicines. He recalls faint diagnoses and a doctor revealing a rheumatoid infection rather than gout. He ends noting a child born this day may have unusual drives but inner urges may prevail.
China and world affairs seen through wartime lens
A Bradenton Florida column surveys postwar China, Manchuria’s fate, and allied actions, critiques the Kremlin’s influence, and weighs U S budget strains, civil rights talk, and presidential press conferences. It notes Alabama Democrats’ electoral vote dispute and Musings on Madame Roosevelt.
Railroads lose romance as trains vanish from daily life
Dave Regan recalls a Columbus to Cincinnati rail trip with a fellow reporter. He notes reduced service by the Big Four and crowded trains. A Cincinnati columnist laments lost rail romance, suggests teaching kids about train history and offering more rides to rekindle interest.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
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