Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Notice
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for various delivery options including daily, evening and weekend editions, with prices for in area by carrier and mail abroad. The page includes a Bible verse and publishing details, noting rates for U.S. and outside U.S. subscriptions and payment in advance.
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Profits and Critics in the Postwar Economy Debate
The Senate House economic committee grills corporate profits and faces a divided path to a congressional report. Testimony from economists like Slichter and Paton challenges profit inflation while investors claim gains skewed to workers and firms. Berlin’s siege and Bedell Smith’s Moscow posting frame a broader view of wealth, power, and foreign policy.
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Washington Happenings and the 1949 Economic Outlook
The piece discusses how Truman's election and a Democratic Congress may dampen 1949 business plans, with expansion suspended or canceled, rising unemployment, and fears of an excess profits tax and Taft Hartley repeal. It highlights the need for earnings financing and labor stability, noting unions' growing power could raise wage costs and slow the economy. The message from the presidency could reassure or alarm business about the year ahead.
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Gifts for graduates use typewriter or dictionary
Dr. George W Crane advises two enduring gifts for a graduate: a typewriter and a collegiate dictionary. Typewriters boost grades, typing speed, and professional presentation, while a dictionary sharpens vocabulary and communication. A wall chart lesson and small rewards illustrate practical gains in literacy and ambition.
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Baer’s 1948 Forecast In Wry One Word Prophecy
Arthur Baer uses irony to mock predictions for 1948 with absurdities about the year. He riffs on politics, fashion, travel, and sports figures, delivering a satirical look at forecasts and public figures through playful one liners and puns.
Pandora's Box open for 1949, Boyle says
Hal Boyle reflects on New Year 1949 with a light touch on Pandora's Box, urging readers to embrace hope and avoid hangovers of last year. He argues life goes on, progress continues, and citizens should seize opportunities, trusting that the year will bring blessings.
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Christmas Cards and Gifts in a Cynic’s View
A reflective Christmas piece notes holiday cynicism fading as New Year arrives. The writer recalls festive cards from readers and the warmth of true friendship, while humorously detailing gifts and a wife’s ban on discussing her presents. The tone remains light despite social satire.
Genevieve Kemble The Stars Say
Astrological guidance suggests possible obstacles but promising prospects through decisive effort. Support from influential financiers and friends may reward honest work and sound principles. Birthdays may favor consolidation of resources and changes to plans for lasting returns and stability.
Barbs on Goblets and Coinage in Times
The fragment questions minting dimes resembling pennies as fitting the era. It hints at a debate over currency design. The text notes a limit of 35 million brooms and comments on strong substances in goblets, suggesting a satirical or editorial tone about public policy and consumer goods.
Stage Makeup Highlight At Purple Maskers Club
Thelma Clevenger director of dramatics at M H S spoke on stage makeup at the Purple Maskers Dramatic Club meeting. Schools were closed a week ago due to a flu epidemic.
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Bear on Tracks Delays Freight in Alaska
A bear caused a freight train delay on the Alaska rail line as it wandered onto the tracks. The incident prompted a halt for the crew to stop, look, and listen before resuming.
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Dual control blanket mixup and holiday humor
A Christmas gift, a dual control electric blanket, leads to a comic mishap when a couple finds they have heated the wrong sides all night due to the blanket being upside down. Also notes a Pan-Hellenic dance aftermath with two bleary workers remarking on a short night. The column closes with a New Year aspirin joke.
Controversial Letter on Israel and Arabs Sparks Debate
George E. Sokolsky discusses a letter by Agnes Lewis of the National Blue Star Mothers of America condemning U S support for Israel and backing Arab positions. He questions the notion of unseen advisers and asks for names, while tracing Palestine’s history through centuries of conquerors and noting wartime behavior by various powers.
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Questions and Answers from a historical quiz page
A quiz section asks about war paint among American Indians possibly for camouflage, chinchilla breeding in the United States starting from 1923 with twelve brought from the Andes increasing to fifty, Socrates drinking a poison likely European hemlock, and Washington College in Chestertown Maryland named with George Washington’s consent as the first college named for him.
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