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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1949
Page
6
The notice lists subscription options for the Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal with carrier and mail rates, including weekly, five day, six day, and international prices. It states payments are in advance and ends with a Bible verse.
A column criticizes President Truman and Attorney General for avoiding clear constitutional limits on injunction power during strikes, argues Congress should codify it, and contrasts this with wartime airlift weather and a sergeant de-icing innovation. It also lampoons fashion shifts from the new look to a crisper era. The piece notes $100 million freeze losses versus $9 billion annual tax burden, urging tax relief.
Lois L., 22, seeks guidance from Dr. George W. Crane on balancing love and athletic expectations. The essay argues the boyfriend seeks superiority through her tennis struggles, urging Lois to abandon competition and embrace compatibility, implying health and fitness matter but marriage is not a tennis match.
Washington columnist argues the National Labor Relations Board favors unions, distorts Taft Hartley provisions, and undermines free speech rights in labor disputes. He cites 1945 and recent cases to claim impartiality is needed to restore employer confidence and fair treatment.
A Manhattan critic awards first prize to his own satire of a fiddle player at Carnegie Hall. He quips that the music is not as good as it sounds and muses on truth in perception, recalls Joe Louis and Wilson Mizner, and ends by suggesting the line could read that all sound is better than it looks.
Hal Boyle argues women outlive men due to desire and social role, not biology. He jokingly claims men's shorter life spans stem from pride, chivalry, and the need to please women, with married men living longer than bachelors as proof.
Erich Brandeis discusses the Chicago Symphony confrontation with conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who quit the contract amid protests by artists against Nazi ties. He questions artist privilege, praises ingenuity from all creators, and cites figures like Lily Pons, Andre Kostelanetz, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Alexander Brailowsky, Irving Berlin, and Grant Wood while urging focus on art’s universal value over politics.
A horoscope-style notice warns that focused effort can mend faltering situations and avert danger. It notes a birthday influence may bring sudden changes and odd emotions, advising calm analysis, calculated attack on factors, and steady work to sidestep loss and disappointment.
A General Assembly proposal would assure that bride and groom share wedding presents unless a different agreement is made. Arizona hosts 17 Indian reservations and 14 tribes with about 50 000 residents.
Dave Regan notes light verse about foolish questions then reports on Civic Association rehearsal Sunday. A nurse phone bit amuses. Mrs E B Boelcke and Mrs Clair Tieman share a lucky 1,000 aces pinochle hand, thrilling a Superior Ave home in a standout moment for old card players.
George E. Sokolsky argues the US will spend over 30 billion dollars this year on war and postwar costs. He praises James Forrestal for seeking an efficient defense while criticizing gaps in policy making. He urges a strengthened State Department with clear national objectives and expanded expert planning to avoid ad hoc foreign policy.
The Q and A cover thermostat operation in electric irons saving cost by cycling current. It notes 1949 solar eclipses on April 28 and October 21 with visibility regions. It cites New England coal use before 1840, wood as common fuel until about 1840, and Madison's 1809 inaugural ball as the first official event.
Twenty years ago Earl Fox formerly of Middletown appeared in a principal role in Four Sons a movie showing here The Middletown Police Department traded in four old cycles for new Harley Davidson motorcycles costing 750 Middletown High School debate team met the Clarksville debate team to reenter state competition
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