Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Ad Text
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery, detailing weekly, five and six day options, with rates for in area, outside trading area, and international, followed by a biblical quotation from Revelation 3 16. The text includes a street address and a punishment note about evenings except Sunday, ending with a Bible verse.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday
News-Journal
Evening
Sunday News Journal
Evening Middletown
New Journal
U.S.A
Sound plan aims to revive Japan with private loans
A proposed revolving fund of 250 million dollars would finance Japan’s industrial recovery, largely via private banks with repayments from Japanese production. Exports Bank support plus private capital could outpace Europe’s aid, reducing American taxpayer burden while Japan resumes competitiveness under U S decision. Russia poses potential opposition, but Japan moves toward independence from Uncle Sam.
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Europe
Japan
Sapen
Congress
Russia
Roosevelt
United States
Forgotten Spots in the Philippine Islands Remembrance Fades
A reflective piece recalls Tacloban Leyte and Samar Island from World War II, noting how memory fades. It warns that many who fought there are still remembered by some, yet public awareness wanes as new events rise. The article discusses battles, deceived admirals, and near disasters near Leyte as Japan threatened Allied forces.
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Philippine Islands
Philippine
United States
Tacloban
Leyte
MacArthur
Samar Island
Admiral Halsey
Luzon
Halsey
Aps
Right and Wrong in America A Call to Focus on Good News
A writer argues the public discourse overemphasizes negative trends. They cite millions avoiding divorce, safe driving and travel milestones, and workers staying on the job, noting such positives outweigh the bad. The piece urges directing attention to constructive trends to foster progress.
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United States
America
A Safety Solution for Highway Deaths in 1948
The piece argues the highway death toll will persist in 1948. It blames neither drivers nor cars, noting manufacturers focus on speed and comfort. It advocates driver education from school onward, teaching speed, force, and safety as essential as English grades.
Doctor explains conditioning in fear and taste learning
Dr George W Crane discusses how fears and food preferences are learned through conditioning. He cites Dotties mother turning a fear of train whistles into a positive cue with candy on the porch, and notes tastes develop from pleasant experiences and repeated exposure.
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Dottie F
Dr. Crane
Dottie
Mao outlines Chinese Communist strategy and third road collapse
The piece analyzes Mao Zedong's December 25 report and January broadcasts detailing the Communist program to win mass support, land reform, and consolidation of power. It notes dissident KMT moves in Nanking and Hong Kong, forecasts a Communist dominated coalition, and critiques U.S. aid as instrumental to Chiang Kai-shek's survival.
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Hong Kong
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Mao Tse-Tung
Shensi
China
Far East
People’s Liberation Army
Amur
Yangtze
Mao
Chiang Kai-Shen
H. H. Kung
T. V. Soong
Chen Li-Fu
Chiang
Bugs Baer On One Word Led To Another In 1947
Arthur Baer reflects on postwar politics and the 1947 political landscape, arguing the nation drains wealth abroad while domestic policy falters. He critiques continued aid, fiat currency, and heavy industry exports, suggesting Republicans may offer change though Democrats could prevail with a cautious slogan.
Silent Night Proclaimed From Empire State Carillon
In a Christmas column, a writer recalls the Empire State Building hosting a giant carillon that played Silent Night and other carols for miles, thanks to George J. Schulmerich of Schulmerich Electronics Inc. The piece reflects on Christmas reverence, small-town roots in Sellersville, Bucks County, and wonders which sound reaches heaven.
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Manger
Bethlehem
New York
Empire State Building
Times Square
Coney Island
George Washington Bridge
George J. Schulmerich
Schulmerich Electronics Inc
Sellersville
Bucks County
Trumbauersville
Quakertown
Schulmerich
Carillon
Quick Q and A on cities and sports figures
Question and answer snippet covers Amman as modern city built on ruins of ancient Philadelphia, doodle bug as magnetometer, Bob Feller's salary peak, southern Europe point near Gibraltar, St. Lawrence River source traced to Minnesota, and a reference to a tallest preai- figure.
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Philadelphia
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Ptoleemy Philadelphus
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic Ocean
Minnesota
Vowvacer: The Circus Saints and Sinners Society
Hal Boyle profiles the Circus Saints and Sinners Society a club that makes the guest of honor the fall guy in a two hour program of pranks parodying his career to entertain audiences and raise funds for retired circus performers. Notable initiates include Eisenhower and Dempsey with former Gov Harold G Hoffman as president staging dramatic skits and comic jabs while supporting impoverished circus veterans.
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New York
America
Circus Saints and Sinners Society
F. Darius Benham
Sardi’s
Benham
Felix von Luckner
von Luckner
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
Grant
Cook
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Hoffman
Lincoln's Stature Noted In Early Biography
A fragment notes Abraham Lincoln's height as about six feet four inches, highlighting the prominent physical presence of the future president in early remarks.
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Dent
United States
Abraham Lincon
New Empire Is Born Forecast At Middletown Hotel
Dave Regan reports N J Lawler of The Journal will present his tenth annual future forecast to Middletown Rotary and service clubs at the Manchester Hotel at noon tomorrow. Lawler’s talk, titled A New Empire Is Born, previews 1948 and beyond with a focus on youth and opportunity. Also noted is a humorous aside about fashion trends and a military academy graduate blowing bubble gum in public.
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Middletown
N. J
R Lawler
Journal
Manchester
Lawler
Roary, Cooperative
Kiwanis
Civitans
Lions Clubs
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Labor Unions Weigh Power in 1948 Election
Washington report surveys six labor backed political movements including CIO PAC and Machinists League. It notes no central Labor direction yet and limited cooperation, but potential power of 20 million union members if organized. Democratic leaders urge focus on national interests and grassroots collaboration.
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Washington
NEA
Labor
League
John T. Jones
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
CIO
Roosevelt
Willkie
Jack Kroll
Cio-Pac
International Association of Machinists
Machinists
Taft-Hartley Congress
Railway Labor
A. E. Lyon
AFL Labor
Sam Gompers
AFL
American Labor Party of
New York
Notable quotes on faith, economy, and policy center stage
A compilation of quotations from Henry A. Wallace, Emil Schram, Rep. F R Rich, Sumner Slichter, and Kathleen Norris. Topics cover wartime religion, speculation in capitalism, isolationism, food shortages, and enduring hardship. Each person weighs in with concise, forthright observations.
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Erich Brandeis
Looline
Mexico
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Gibraltar
Spain
Italy
Greece
North
Africa
Hal Boyle
Dave Regan
Peter Edson
News of Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Emil Schram
New York Stock Exchange
FR. F. Rich
Pennsylvania
Sumner WB. Slichter
Harvard Univ
Kathleen Norris
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