Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Miscellany
Listing of subscription rates for Middletown Journal editions including in city and outside city zones, by mail options and international pricing. The page notes publication cadence as every evening except Sunday and includes a biblical quotation about a ship tempest.
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City
News Journal
City Area
Sunday News Journal
U.S.A
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Lobbying Probes and Push to Tighten Regulation Act
The inquiry into a $2500 campaign donation to Sen. Francis Case focuses on a specific incident as hearings may begin in March on Kennedy’s 1955 reform bill. The effort aims to strengthen the Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946 amidst court challenges and a push for contingent-fee lobbying bans.
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Francis Case
R-S.d
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Committee On Government Operations
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
D-Mo
Congress
Frank Buchanan
D-Pa
House Committee On
Buchanan
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Supreme Court
Edward A. Rumely
Rumely
Supreme Court
Politics vs public power argues for government control
Admiral Ben Moreell head of the Hoover Commission Task Force on Water Resources and Power says there is no logical reason for public power. He notes electricity costs are a small share of budgets and industry, yet politics sustains the public power push as a socialist move toward a tax subsidized electric monopoly.
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Ben Moreell
Hoover Commission
Morcel
Right to Work Laws Expand Freedom and Economic Gains
A 1947 survey of 12 states with right to work laws shows these states matching or exceeding national averages in non farm jobs, business activity, population growth, earnings, retail sales, construction, and bank savings. Some gains, like personal savings, rose 34 percent higher than others. The piece argues the right to work is as fundamental as religious freedom and free speech.
White Crows and Spaghetti and Housing
Hal Boyle riffs on superstition and tongue myths about white crows. He notes the sparse albino crow sightings, then shifts to Joe Pellegrino’s non skid spaghetti curling like hair and wrapping around forks. The piece contrasts 1925 and 1955 housing unit data and ends with a quip about urban crowding.
Estrellita Predicts Energy and Patience for Domestic Plans
Tomorrow brings energy and ambition that may test your patience with delays caused by others. Use diplomacy to ease progress. for homemakers it’s a good day to reorganize and plan changes at home. If your birthday is tomorrow, a year of opportunity awaits with effort and caution about get-rich-quick schemes.
Truman's Writings Stir Public Interest and Political Tension
George E. Sokolsky praises Harry Truman as a rare, engaged voice keeping a two party spirit lively amid Washington chatter. He argues Truman provokes anger and debate, challenges bipartisan foreign policy, and stirs voters to test their knowledge on current issues while contrasting wartime leadership with postwar rhetoric.
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Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
United States
Soviet Russia
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Russia
Sen. Taft
Rube Marquard Misses Hall of Fame Honor
A relic of baseball history notes that Rube Marquard once pitched 19 straight wins for the New York Giants in a season, a record, yet he remains excluded from Cooperstown Hall of Fame in New York. The piece condemns the omission as a ridiculous situation.
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Rube” Marquard
Moundsman
Yesteryear
New York Giants
Rube
Baseball
Cooperstown, N. Y
Democrats accuse Republicans of failing to live up to policy
The passage notes Republicans accused by Democrats of not faithfully adhering to bipartisan foreign policy. It contrasts this with a humorous reference to Harry Truman who never consulted Republicans before finalizing his policy.
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Harry Truman
Harry
Washington
Highways Taverns Targeted as Drunk-Driving Hazard
A call to reduce alcohol outlets along highways and to subject roadside taverns to strict patrol scrutiny. Highway Patrol would conduct surprise visits. customers visibly intoxicated would not drive and would be sent home by taxi or kept until sober. The piece also weaves in trivia and Q A items about weddings, birth, and famous figures.
Obituary Notes on Elsa Maxwell and Sophie Tucker
A terse column notes Elsa Maxwell is 72 and weighs 196 pounds, alongside Sophie Tucker, also 72, as part of a brief life commentary on prominent women.
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Elsa Maxwell
Sophie Tucker
Gregory Peck's Breakfast Style Spotlight
The note recalls Gregory Peck preferring a small cereal portion with a raw egg beaten in sherry. It then shifts to the speaker's own long overdue update to clients about their breakfast, describing an ample morning meal of oatmeal, prunes, two poached eggs, toast, hotcakes, and coffee.
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Gregory Peck
Millionaire definition and odd health notes from a bygone era
The text defines a true millionaire as someone with over one million dollars yearly income and discusses dental benchmarks for ages 45 55 and 65. It mentions a 13 pound birth infant in New York prompting excitement and cites former heavyweight James J Braddock a native of New York weighing 17 pounds at birth, concluding with a remark about United States records potatoes and gravy fan.
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United States
New York
James J. Braddock
New York City
Waldorf Astoria Reports 48 Security Officers On Staff
The hotel now identifies its guards as security officers and notes a staff of 48 in this role. A separate tip offers a folk remedy for sore throats: beat a tablespoon of money with a raw egg and lemon juice, then drink immediately.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Congressmen Plagued by Homework Seeking Kids
Washington lawmakers face a wave of requests from students across grades asking for help with papers exams theses and projects. Senators Kefauver Duff Morse and representatives Tolleson Short and others report swamped offices with letters demanding tutoring research guidance and even capitol pages.
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Washington
Congress
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Sclons
Dewey Short
Missouri
Representative Short
Kefauver
Capitol
Thor C. Tollefson
GOP
Tollefson
Tacoma
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Solon
Potatoes Not So Fattening Butter Makes the Difference
The discussion notes potatoes themselves are not unusually fattening. The fattening effect comes from added butter. It cites claims that a slice of pie is three times as fattening as an eight ounce potato and that a doughnut is twice as fattening.
Military ranks and natural science terms in brief
The highest non commissioned Army rank is master sergeant while the Navy's equivalent is chief petty officer. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Ichthyology is the study of fish. Mount Whitney in California is the highest US peak at 14 495 feet.
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United States Army
Navy
United States
Mount Whitney
California
SPEBSQSA Presents Harem Harmony Charity Quartet Show
Middletown hosts SPEBSQSA annual program at the high school auditorium this Saturday night. The two hour show features regional and district winners with a comedy theme and songs such as I care Not For The Stars That Shine Ath lone Were Gonna Swing To night and Shrek of Araby. Tickets are available from members or at the box office with early arrival advised for a full house.
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Middletown Medalist Chorus
Washington, D. C
Spebsqsa
Middletown
Hollywood whispers and social whirl mix in 1950s chatter
A sprawling montage of celebrity dating, marriages, and showbiz moves. Rita Hayworth charms Raymond Hakim but Gina Lollobrigida contemplates stepping back from a Paris Notre Dame project. Bruce Norris, Mollie Netcher Bragno’s new romance, Billy Daniels jokes about legal brush with the law in New York, Peggy Lee and Dewey Martin near marriage, and royal betrothals with Britain’s Alexandria and Norway’s Prince Harold. John Astor’s boat incident in Miami Bay raises headlines as deflation hits a Las Vegas musical. Darryl Zanuck’s Fox exit stirs talk of a France-based future. Gigi, Havana club deals, and a fantasy film cast linger in Hollywood gossip.
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Gotham
Rita Hayworth
Raymond Hakim
Gina Lollobrigida
Notre Dame
Hakim
Paris
Mollie Netcher Bragno
Billy Daniels
New York
Peggy Lee
Dewey Martin
Alexandria
Prince Harold of
Norway
John Astor
Miami Bay
Royal Nevada
Las Vegas
Sans Souci
Havana
Hollywood
Darryl Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
France
George Frazier
el Morocco
Park Board appoints C H Pippert to city commission
Twenty years ago on February 13 1936 C H Heinie Pippert was appointed a Park Board member by the City Commission succeeding O O Pegg. In church notes Mrs Anna Stidham was elected president and Mrs Grace Adkins vice president of the First Baptist Church S S W Class.
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C. H. “Heinie” Pippert
O. O. Pegg
Anna Stidham
Grace Adkins
S.S.W
First Baptist Church
Mrs Hursh Elected Leader In 19th District Eastern Stars
Mrs C C Hursh head of Prosser Chapter Order of Eastern Stars was chosen for an office in the association of the 19th District. She was elected woman at large while Dora Kern of Germantown was chosen vice president.
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C. C. Hursh
Prosser
Order of Eastern Stars
Association of the 19Th
Dora Kern
Germantown
Alan Dale wins sleeper poll as top male vocalist
The Make Believe Ballroom Poll shocks industry by naming Alan Dale No 1 male vocalist. Dale reportedly outpolled Perry Como Eddie Fisher and Julius La Rosa combined, a surprising result that stunned observers. Errol Flynn and Pat Wymore canceled their Las Vegas engagement over budget cuts. Jake La Motta responded to an abusive heckler with a swift knockout follow up silence.
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Alan Dale
Dale
Perry Como
Eddie Fisher
Julius la Rosa
Errol Flynn
Pat Wymore
Jake la Motta
Pentagon notes Tito era arms shipments post Yugoslav visit
The piece reports Russia shipping tanks planes and other weapons to Marshal Tito after Bulgarin Khrushchev met in Yugoslavia. It also mentions a coroners reconciliation, Marilyn Monroe calendars in 1956, and movie interest in Gene Austin’s life story.
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Pentagon
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Bud
42Nd Street
Gene Austin
Ruth Etting
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