Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Bible Verse
The Middletown Journal shows subscription rates for local carrier and mail delivery in and outside trading areas. The notice includes a biblical quotation from Matthew 19 23 about a rich man entering heaven.
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Indo China crisis deepens as major powers weigh Vietnam
The article flags a widening Sino Western struggle over Indochina with Russia recognizing Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Nam, Britain likely to back Bao Dai, and fears Moscow aid to Minh. It notes Chinese troops along the Viet Namese border, native rebels against French authority, and U.S. stance to back Bao Dai to curb communism. It links the conflict to potential spillover into Siam, Malaya, Burma, and Indonesia while praising French troops as a defensive core. It also mentions Paul Mantz’s piston engine transcontinental flight record amid aviation’s shift toward jet and rocket propulsion, framing it as a possible end of piston era.
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China
Southeast Asia
Far East
Russia
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Britain
Viet Namese
Bao Dai
Acheson
Minh
France
Annam
Indo-China
Siam
Malaya
Burma
Indonesia
Paul Mantz
Mantz
Texas
Boston Bars Japanese Parliament Observers from Council Session
The Boston City Council voted 11 to 8 to bar 13 visiting Japanese national parliament members from observing a council meeting, prompting cautious commentary on Far Eastern trends and a warning that bans elsewhere may backfire.
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Prize Contests as Education and Bonding Hobby
Dr George W Crane notes Constance G a 32 year old former student who found prize contests to be an educational hobby that united her and her husband. She won $500 in a national contest and now plans to save winnings. Crane describes contests as a serious pursuit with large payouts and lifelong prize prospects.
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Dr. Crane
Indiana
Northwestern University
Constance
McMahon plan for world peace urges thought transmission
Washington columnist notes Sen Brien McMahon of Connecticut promotes a moral force approach to peace not a money gift. He argues for a large scale program of information to Russia via leaflets letters radio and newspapers to win over the Russian people and dismantle the iron curtain. He says future aid hinges on a trustworthy Russian government and urges extending the voice of America with substantial funding.
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Relativity of life in a local paper humor piece
A light essay blends Einstein joke with life observations. It recalls a Princeton anecdote about jelly beans from a child visiting Einstein, then shifts to local news notes: budget approvals for an adding machine and a typewriter, a HS parking lot light, a YMCA dance, new staff in the Selectmen’s office, badminton matches, electrolysis services, and general puff about relatable newspaper content.
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Staples ‘High School
YMCA
Phonograph Records
Madeline Remlin
Selectmen's
Badminton Club
Mary Bellew
Faces I Collect Like a Traveling Voyager
Hal Boyle muses on collecting faces as a universal, inexhaustible hobby not bound by ownership. He ranks the appeal of very young faces and aged faces, notes patterns in people, and recalls a preference for a Chinese face to symbolize memory, travel, and life’s stories.
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Professor Einstein
Einstein
Princeton
New York
Rembrandt
Victor
Bay of Naples
Weu
Magnificent expansion predicted for February 8 births
Genevieve Kemble forecasts a bright period for February 8 birthdays with scope for growth, honors, and increased prestige. Success hinges on preparation and prudent use of wits and talents, while hidden factors and deceit could jeopardize goals. A child born that day may reach high attainment but risk faulty judgments.
Harry Boyd’s America on China policy satire
The author mocks U S long term China policy as a sly tactic to let red forces choke on their own mistakes. He suggests pulling back consuls to signal disapproval while predicting chaotic post conquest governance and widespread problems for the new rulers, warning the plan may take decades to bear fruit. He ends by wishing for a shorter range, pragmatic foreign policy.
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Uncle Sam
State Department
China
Reds
Pravda
Pacific
List Of Civil Service Exam Survivors Announced
C E Burke secretary of the board released a complete list of survivors from a civil service exam held at Roosevelt Junior High School. Of 100 plus applicants for vacancies, 48 survived and only eight men qualified for the next stage.
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C. E. Burke
Roosevelt Junior High
Three Kinds of Sheep Show Child's Geography Gaffe
Dave Regan Here And There recounts a local boy puzzled by a geography lesson. He mixed up sheep categories during class and argued goats milked by goats not sheep. The anecdote ends with the question what are the three kinds of sheep.
Elliott Roosevelt and Cairo Conference Critique Debated
The letter defends Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime policy, arguing Chiang Kai-Shek was a legitimate Chinese leader and that the Cairo Teheran and Yalta agreements were misrepresented. It notes Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang attended Cairo while Stalin did not, and accuses Elliott Roosevelt of misreading postwar diplomacy.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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China
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Chiang
Manchuria
Hong Kong
Canton
Shanghai
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Chungking
Stalin
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State Department
Yalta
Winston Churchill
Alger Hiss
Middletown police promote, humane aid aids animals and statue fund
The Middletown police filled six vacancies including a captain’s seat left by Capt. John Evers. Otto E. Klodzik, Roy E. Crout, Loren A. Gustin, Lawrence A. Gough, George Woody, Charles Roy Porter, Joe R. Newkirk, Albert Carr and Forest J. Wilson were named. The Middletown Humane Society inspected 12 work animals and relieved several from neglect or harsh conditions. In the high school lobby a plaster likeness of George Washington appeared, funded by the senior class play. a Lincoln statue followed from the Student Senate Variety Show.
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John Evers
Otto E. Klodzik
Roy E. Crout
Loren A. Gustin
Lawrence A. Gough
George Woody
Charles Roy
Porter
Joe R. Newkirk
Albert Carr
Forest J. Wilson
Middletown Humane Society
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