Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Motto
The notice lists subscription rates for the Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal, detailing carrier and mail options inside and outside the trading area, with annual and weekly prices. It ends with a biblical motto from II Timothy 2 3.
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Middletown Journal
Front Ave
Middletows
Ohio
Cony Sc
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday
News-Journal
Evening
Evening Middletown Journ
New Journal
U.S.A
Jesus Christ
Winter Driving Dangers and Safety Tips Issued by NSC
The National Safety Council warns January and February bring the deadliest winter driving risks as icy roads and braking distances surprise drivers. Expert Ralph A. Moyer offers seven tips from feeling road conditions to using chains and maintaining safe distances to prevent crashes and protect lives.
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National Safety Council
Ralph A. Moyer
Iowa State College
Wallace Strength Emerges As Split Radical Vote Looms
The essay outlines Wallace as a third party contender with loose organization and broad but uneven support across states. He reportedly controls California Democratic machinery in part, wields influence in Minnesota Chicago and Detroit, and has notable New York City opinion backing. Labor leaders largely oppose a third party run, while Wallace promotes New Deal liberalism with peace appeals to win over many voters.
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Henry Wallace
Wallace
Democratic
California
Washington
Oregon
Democratic Party
Minnesota
Chicago
Detroit
New York City
R. Wallace
Sybil Wins Back Suitor By Shedding Weight
Dr. George W Crane counsels a candy shop owner in a case of love and ego. Sybil, once heavier, loses 31 pounds to rekindle romance and secure a preferred marriage plan against a rival. The doctor notes romance hinges on attraction, compatibility, and timely commitment.
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Sybil P
Dr. Crane
Sybil
How Congress Works in the 1948 Session
James Marlow explains congressional routines from gallery observation to committee work. He notes weekday sessions, noon starts, morning hours, and the public can attend committee meetings. The Marshall Plan hearings begin January 7, with House and Senate committees running parallel inquiries before joint action.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Full House
Truman
Mr. Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Wainwright to Head Carabao Wallow in February
Washington The Military Order of the Carabao will induct Gen. Jonathan Wainwright as Grand Paramount Carabao at its February Wallow stag dinner. The former four star general and former commander of the U S Fourth Army will travel from Texas for the event, replacing Admiral William F Halsey. Army and Navy officers in Manila founded the order 47 years ago to promote military and social duty and to preserve memories of their duty. This year officers who fought in the Philippine campaign will be selected for new officer slots.
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Washington
Military Order of the Carabao
Jonathan
Wainwright
Corregidor
U. S. Fourth Army
Texas
William F. Halsey
Army
Navy
Manila
Voters League caucus sparks debate in Middletown
Dave Regan notes a local stir over two Voters' League City Commission candidates backing a caucus meeting. He argues caucuses can be open and civic, while nearby Hamilton uses the term to hint at secrecy and a possible city manager removal.
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Voters’ League
City Commission
League
Commission
Ross Hill
A. K. Lewis
Middletown
Hamilton
Early pro stars pushed age limits and odd paths to fame
A quirky reminiscence traces famous players like Waite Hoyt Mel Ott and Rube Waddell to remarkably young ages. The speaker jokes about scouts milk routes and bottle babies while recalling historical figures such as Abner Doubleday Toad Ramsey Iron Boy Hicks and Snapper Andrus, noting improbable early starts and comical career twists.
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Waite Hoyt
Yanks
Mel Ott
Willie Hoppe
Abner Doubleday
Cooperstown
Rube Waddell
Matt Kilroy
Baltimore
Matt
Toad Ramsey
Toad
Iron Boy Hicks
Cincinnati Reform School
Iron Boy
Dasher Troy
Eagle Pencil Company
Dasher
New York Giants
Snapper
Andrus
Cubs
Chandler
White Sox
Wallow dinner and carabao toast mark holiday event
A Washington outfit plans a 7 pm Wallow dinner with cocktails and a 30 to 40 voice song table. Skits, service hymns, a new Halsey Song, and a lighted stuffed carabao highlight the evening to support the Philippine nurses home at Bataan and a broader Carabao project.
Tolstoy, War and Peace and a New Year’s Resolution
Hal Boyle recalls a copy boy’s vanity and his own failed vow to read War and Peace. He chronicles decades of trying to finish the Tolstoy epic, revealing the social pressure to claim familiarity with the novel and his decision to abandon the effort in 1948.
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NEW York
Marlene Dietrich
Leo Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Cognoscenti and
Intelligentsia
Ilya Ilyavi
Ilya Ilyavitch
Moscow
Anthony Adverse
Manchester Hotel Coffee Shop closes on lease expiry
The 27 years Ace Manchester Hotel Coffee Shop closed as lease held by Chris Pape and Frank Katzulos expired. No future tenant named yet. Mrs R L Stewart named new treasurer of Midl town Day Nursery succeeding Mrs Mary Rhonemus who resigned.
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Manchester
Chris Pape
Frank Katzulos
R. L. Stewart
Middletown Day Nursery
Mary Rhonemus
Whence His Idea Mohandas Gandhi Read Thoreau for Nonviolence
The article credits Mohandas Gandhi with forming nonviolent resistance after reading Henry Thoreau. It also notes a separate historical claim that penicillin was first isolated as a brown powder in 1940 at Oxford University.
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Mohandas Gandhi
Henry Thoreau
Oxford University
Young technocrats shaped Marshall Plan team in Washington
Washington reports on the Marshall Plan task force detailing the 200 experts from various departments who drafted the $17 billion four year program. It notes long hours, marital strains, and a mix of personalities from Undersecretary Lovett to Paul Nitze shaping early 1947 congressional briefing.
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Washington
NEA
Brain Trust
Congress
State Department
Italy
Iceland
Department of
Robe A. Lovett
George F. Kennan
Polic Planning
Charles E. Bohle
Charles Bonestee III
Gener
Marshall Plan Biat Trust
Frank Southard
Treasury
Fred Northrup
Agriculture
Jim Boyd
Interior
Phil Kaiser
Labor
Col
Raymond M. Cheseldine
Arm
Civil Affairs
Tom Blaisdell
Commerce
Burke Knapp
Federal Reserve
Ernes Gross
Paul Nitze
Harold Spiegel
Arthur Kimball
Lincoln Gordon
Marshall Plat
Toy Brass
Congres
Optimist reads no from left to right and back
A jumble of phrases suggests playful wordplay and scrambled terms about optimism, a spider’s web value, a controversial claim by a scientist, and musings on love, alimony, and fortune. The fragment hints at misordered words and light philosophical lines.
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Harry B. Smith
William Howard Taft
White House
T.R
Woodrow Ilson
Princeton
New Jersey
Taft
Teddy
George W. Crane
Prince Charming
Norse
James Marlow
Jane Eads
Dave Regan
Arthur
Bugs’ Baer
Erich Brandeis
Halsey
Ezra G. Allen
Winder
Joe Carey
Joseph Siler
Washington Council
Frank Halford
United States
Philippines
Bataan
London
Hal Boyle
Peter Edson
News of Washington
Bill Philli
International Resources Division
Honey
Bill Bray
International Resources
Charles Kindelberger
Gee
Pat
Miher
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