Middletown Journal subscription rates and notes
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options and prices including 5c per copy and 25¢ weekly carrier routes. Rates vary for evening issues, combinations with the Sunday News Journal, and mail subscriptions inside and outside the trading area. A biblical quote follows the charity note.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening
Sunday news-Journal
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News- Journal
USA
Tibet and the threat of war in a hermit nation
The piece discusses Tibet’s remote, high plateau setting under monastic rule and its nominal Chinese ties. It examines fears of atomic age warfare, the possibility of Tibet becoming a strategic target, and Soviet interest in the region as a potential flashpoint beyond a humorous Roosevelt remark about Shangri La.
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Tibet
China
India
Burma
Sinkiang
Nepal
Bhutan
Dalai Lama
James Hilton
Moscow
Ibet
Russia
Roosevelt
Shangri la
Nation hears the first Pentagon annual report
Defense Secretary Johnsons first annual military report signals a strong stance on readiness and alert for an Alaska attack while revealing details on A bomb assembly at Sandia New Mexico and aggressive progress in unconventional weapons. Navy Air Force Army sections revisit key issues. Designers push color in menswear but buyers resist.
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Johnson
Alaska
Secretary of Defense
Sandia
N. M
Air Force
Army
Navy
Dr George W Crane Worry Clinic Case W-219
Dr George W Crane discusses Sally R a 37 year old widow and a dating trauma. A man pressured her with insinuations about affairs and pushed the idea that most people engage in immorality. Crane warns against mob psychology and stresses self restraint and true love leading to marriage as the proper measure of affection.
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Sally R
Dr. Crane
Sally
Education of veterans GI schools under scrutiny
A VA report to Congress flags abuses in GI bill education noting cases like a jeweler supply firm markup and a radio school charging for lessons not given. Since 1944 about 7,600 new schools opened with 850,000 veterans enrolled in under‑college programs. VA cannot police all, and states approve schools, not VA, raising concerns about training quality and job prospects for graduates. The Administration plans to seek reforms while Taft pushes legislation to limit VA rules and allow easier course switching.
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Rowland Evans, JR
James Marlow
Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Wheeler
D-Ga
Philadelphia
Taft
Ohio
House
The Stars Say Sudden Dramatic Day For Genevieve Kemble
Genevieve Kemble receives a reading warning of sudden, dramatic events making this day memorable. Personal, romantic, domestic, and business affairs move quickly with high stakes, suggesting strategic calm over force to smooth rough spots and favor conservative gains and pleasures.
Ladies of Century Club Host Meeting and Play at Middleton High
Mrs C C Clark and Mrs Leslie Raine led a Century Club gathering at the Clark home on Kenwood Drive with recitations by Mary Ann Kronborg and papers by Mrs C H Shafer Betty Lloyd and Vance Cribbs. Ralph Wood performed several musical selections. The junior class of Middleton High staged The Road to Yesterday about a modern girl reliving medieval adventures with Wanda Roberts in the cast.
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C. C. Clark
Leslie Raine
Woman’s Century Club
Clark Home
Kenwood Dr
Mary Ann Kronborg
C. H. Shafer
Betty Lloyd
I Vance Cribbs
Ralph Wood
Middlestown High School
Wanda Roberts
Frankenstein Rediscovery By Mrs Shelley In Geneva Tale
Erich Brandeis recalls the Frankenstein origins from a Lake Geneva summer with Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. The article summarizes the 1818 tale of Victor Frankenstein and his creature, noting its dramatic impact and the author’s cautionary preface about fiction becoming troublingly real.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Husbad
Lord Byron
Lake Geneva
Switzerland
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Shelley
The City Wins the Parking Lot Dream
Hal Boyle argues the urbanization of America could turn farmland into parking space and garages, predicting population shifts from farms to cities. He notes rising densities, mechanization on farms, and a future with widespread paving, fewer roads, and continual congestion. He ends with a wry wish to win a paving contract.
Father and Son Share Movie Hobby Misadventures
A father reflects on trying to bond with his son through shared hobbies especially movies. He notes the challenge of balancing adult leisure with a child’s needs and the comical misalignment of interests while recounting long cinema outings and the boy’s eager questions about plots and cartoons.
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Mr. Keen
Aspiring Girl and Ruth Stern Star in Comedy
William Weikal presented the comedy with Dick Sebald as the desired hero. Max Rus sello acted as Lord Strangeron the villain. Ruth Stern accompanied the young lead as her aunt.
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Ruth Stern
William Weikal
Dick Sebald
Max Russello
Lord Strangeron
Dayton convocation to mark university founding
George N. Shuster president of Hunter College New York City will be principal speaker at Dayton University academic convocation commemorating its founding March 18. About 200 educators are expected to attend the ceremony. the university was founded March 19 1850.
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Dayton
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
New York City
University of Dayton
Public lands' boundaries traced by star observations
Boundaries of U S public lands were defined using astronomical star observations and survey methods, reflecting historical practices in mapping and land allocation. The procedure linked celestial navigation with terrestrial borders, guiding territorial limits and governance.
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U. S. Public Lands
Ambidextrous Canasta and Gin Rummy Party Idea
Dave Regan muses on hosting a mixed card party blending Canasta and gin rummy inviting players of both games. He notes ambidextrous players and differences in Canasta pronunciation, then shifts to current strikes and a nod to civic groups Girl's Club and Boy Scouts celebrating long anniversaries in Middletown.
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Girl's Club
Boy Scouts
Middletown
Acheson and Stalin and the Manchuria Question
George E. Sokolsky argues the State Department and the New York Times push a narrative that Stalin pressures Mao Tze-Tung. The piece traces Mongolian and Manchurian separations back to 1920s treaties, Yalta agreements, and past concessions to Soviet claims, asserting Acheson distorts history to shield policy failures.
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State Department
Stalin
Mao Tze-Tung
New York Times
Acheson
United States
Tito
Soviet Russia
Mongolia
Manchuria
Sinkiang
Chinese Turkestan
China
People’s Revolutionary Government
Russia
Mongolian
Mystery lines from a quirky 20th century column
A string of brief items touches on racing horses, odd observations, robbers hitting an Illinois tobacco store thrice in a month, and a holiday joke about a dad's return home. The fragment also notes birthday twins in Michigan and a London oddity about two men marrying the same nurse.
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Illinois
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Genevieve Kemble
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Mrs Shelley
Frankenstein
Hal Boyle
Republic
Daniel Boone
Census Bureau
Hayseed
Harry Boyd
Dave Regan
George E. Sokolsky
Inner Mongolia
Jehol
Yalta
iChurchill
Outer Mongolia
Mongolian People’s Republic
Dairen
Port Arthur
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshall Stalin
T. V. Soong
Nese
Mancchuria
Portsmouth
Japan
Churchill
Soviet Union
Ussr
South Manchurian
Soviet
Mao
Michigan
London
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