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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1949
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lays out per copy and carrier rates for local and out of area subscriptions including weekly and yearly options. The notice notes payment in advance and includes a biblical verse from Psalms.
The article surveys methods to keep major roads open during severe winter storms from California to Maine. It highlights underroad heating in Oregon via warm water pipes, electric heating under Michigan highways, and costs of operation. It also notes wartime bomber plans and shifts in global power dynamics shaping postwar strategy.
Analysis argues Truman’s victory would not reflect a Taft-Hartley mandate as electoral votes and voting records across Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Texas Virginia and other states show lawmakers who backed the Taft-Hartley Act were reelected. The piece discusses House delegations and the Wagner Act context.
Dr. George W. Crane advises Ethel G. and readers that facial blemishes or poverty do not define worth. He urges a philosophy of life, developing compensating charms, and civic-minded living to find happiness beyond appearance. He cites historical figures to reinforce resilience and brain over body.
Twenty years back Frank B Pauly voiced confidence Middletown would be the nation’s most substantial industrial center of its size at the Real Estate Board annual meeting. Estyle A Hanson, a Middletown native, earned notice for work with Western Electric Company, a major national concern.
Arthur Baer recalls early journalism curiosity about pie on the Washington Monument window sill and jokes about psychology, psychiatry, and anecdotes from 1912 to modern times. He notes numbered Thousand Islands, alphabetic labeling, and a playful feud with psychiatrists, tallying little mutual help.
Hal Boyle writes of uncertain futures and odd turns in Wednesday astrology and advises cautious, adaptable plans. The South faces change with flowering pride, Civil Rights debates, and regional pride shaped by festival lore and local wit.
A column laments intelligent women like teachers librarians and writers appearing unattractive due to neglect of their appearance. The writer argues femininity and cosmetics matter, admits bias, and asserts men value looks alongside brains though brains alone rarely secure marriage.
A humorous note about a restaurant exaggerating an oyster story contrasts with fines for 36 speeders in a southern town being redirected to the March of Dimes. The piece adds a casual aside on slang terms and a thought about emergency measures.
Dave Regan notes a new barritz bank setup with one teller for personal banking while others handle business. Customers misread the neon sign as they adapt to the change. The piece ends with a light anecdote on communal kindness and flexible babysitting offers during March of Dimes events.
George E. Sokolsky notes a motion by M G M to disqualify Judge Leon R. Yankwich from a case over alleged personal bias. The piece recounts statements about the judge’s views, a social gathering in Los Angeles, and the judge’s later ruling in favor of Lester Cole against M G M on a contract dispute over a writer’s refusal to answer if he is a Communist.
The questions ask if a sitting president can have pay raised. the Constitution says compensation cannot be increased or diminished during the elected term. It also explains the penknife’s name came from its original use to sharpen quill pens for writers. The Kensington Stone is described as possibly detailing a 1062 Scandinavian expedition in Minnesota, though its authenticity is unproven.
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