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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
3
Hundreds of American schoolteachers in Japan and Department of Army civilians will work or stay on duty during holidays while pupils are home. Regulations require the DACs to be on or off duty, with unpaid leave if they take leave. One DAC husband says teachers are hopping mad about the situation.
The Federal Reserve Board's monthly bulletin reports debt rose across all sectors in 1952 while savings also grew and inflationary tendencies were damped, signaling a broader expansion with controlled price pressures.
News note says students from elementary to high school will not return until January 5. Teachers must report next Monday to work through the week. When asked what work they will do with no pupils, officials said teachers can study curricula, grade papers, and inventory libraries.
Michael Patrick O'Brien, 57, roams the Lee Hong ferry between Hong Kong and Portuguese Macau without a passport. Authorities won't land him. he claims American status while the State Department says Hungarian. He has lived aboard the ship for months, sleeping on a circular divan and subsisting on help from passengers and a Shanghai contact. He laments Christmas spent at sea, far from shore.
W Randolph Burgess, named to head debt management under new Treasury chief George Humphrey, outlines ideas to stabilize long term debt, raise returns on securities, bolster Savings Bonds, and keep Fed independent. He favors flexible credit policy, a higher interest rate on new issues, and a return toward a gold standard once world monetary reform allows.
Washington the Department of Commerce reports a generally bright year end business picture with a couple of dark spots. The Survey of Current Business notes declines in farm prices and in manufacturers unfilled orders as the main weak points in the latest roundup.
Alvin Robert Rogers of Fort Worth Texas, 35, aims to sail around the world in an 18 foot stainless steel Shark outboard boat after previously crossing the Pacific in a 25 foot ketch. He plans Caribbean to Panama Canal, then 4000 miles to Tahiti, calling this leg the most dangerous yet most interesting.
Washington Senator Douglas of Illinois, a frequent critic of high spending, says he will continue his economy drive once Republicans gain power. He adds he does not want to be accused of partisanship in the next session.
An Armynow advertised skin care set promises relief for itching eczema psoriasis infections athlete's foot and more with Wonder Salve and Wonder Medicated Soap. The greaseless antiseptic pair are sold by Castell and Gallaher Drug Stores in Middletown and other hometown druggists with a money refund guarantee.
In Lowestoft England a school dramatization of Julius Caesar used a tommygun prop in a lively town event. Brutus killed Caesar on stage prompting an inquiry by the education committee led by Miss J M Mann who noted mothers’ worries about toy or real tommy guns among youths during Christmas. Headmaster P W Hartop explained the production aim was entertainment not violence.
Gov Lausche appoints Loucks B. Brown former Kenton mayor to succeed Josten E. Lady as Hardin County probate judge effective January 4. Lady joins Ohio House next session and Brown will serve until February 9 1955. Brown was Kenton mayor in 1948 49.
A modern adaptation stays with the original's warning that violence corrupts and harms all. Daggers echo the deadly symbolism of tommyguns, showing how old forms of harm translate into contemporary violence while maintaining a firm stance against crime.
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