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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1949
Page
6
The Middletown Journal details per copy and carrier rates, weekly and yearly subscription options, and regional mailing terms for the Middletown market. The notice closes with a Bible verse reference from Matthew 9 4.
The article critiques Secretary Tobin distrusting public opinion on unions, cites Truman seeking power over labor unrest, and analyzes Stalin’s latest peace statement with cautious optimism. It also notes a New York debate of six junior high students on child freedom, urging balanced parental guidance. Nat Weinberg proposes a 20 percent wage rise, questioning its realism amid falling prices and potential deficits.
Dr George W Crane argues that the average college professor is a second rate mind and calls for a practical liberal education. He praises Chancellor Hutchins for a vigorous stance and urges schools to teach resourcefulness, budgeting, job letters, and useful subjects over antiquated study. He offers a bulletin titled A Housecleaning In Education for readers to send for.
Washington editor argues for dignified, open diplomacy with Stalin to pursue peaceful settlement and end the cold war. It warns against flippant rhetoric, urges inclusion of Britain and France, and stresses that talks may fail yet must be tried to avoid escalation and continued Berlin blockade costs.
The Stars Say Sunday's horoscope shows favorable aspects for regulation interests and activities of the sabbath day. Public and professional life, domestic and social functions look pleasing with honors, rewards and promotion likely from superiors. Birthday individuals may gain favor from employers and influential figures with minor tokens of preferment.
Arthur Baer riffs on sports war cries and wordplay in a humorous column about coined terms, slogans, and yodels used in and around sports. He lampoons monostyllabic memos and the impact of jargon from Rutgers to Open Sesame while inviting readers to submit more playful yodels.
Mary Uglianitza, a 22 year old North Bergen Duro Test worker, sails to England on the Queen Mary to work in Spennymoor for a month or two as the first participant in an international factory worker exchange proposed by her boss. She plans to observe British methods, shares a simple routine with her family, and hopes to meet British workers and possibly a princess, affirming a bid for cross cultural labor goodwill.
A narrator muses on the allure of free or cheap goods, warns of overenthusiasm and overbuying, and uses a humorous chain of anecdotes about pressing pants, Bermuda trips, and advertising tricks to show how people chase savings while paying in other ways. The piece ends noting the paradoxes of clever bargains and personal sacrifice.
Scarboro Maine local man John Scott Pillsbury aged 80 quotes life being uncertain and digs his own grave at a cemetery indicating intent to end his life. Police report confirms the incident occurred in Scarboro Maine and notes Pillsbury chose a private burial plot in a local cemetery.
Dave Regan argues that rising fundraising drives in Middletown and across the nation support welfare and health programs. He notes drives supplement government needs, fund national research, and enable local aid, warning that abolition would shift costs to individuals through public programs. He likens giving to auto insurance, beneficial when needed.
George E. Sokolsky argues that boycotts against pianist Walter Gieseking echo broader calls for revenge after World War II. He condemns hatred and urges forgiveness, noting similar debates around Kirsten Flagstad and Wilhelm Furtwängler while praising the need for civil harmony and reconstruction.
A collection of wry lines touches on tax collection aims, February and March weather, celebrity nightlife, Marines, coin lifespans, rapid travel, marital strain, financial vanity, barber humor, and an Arizona hermit who subsists on onions. The tone is humorous and observational.
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