Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for home and mail subscriptions with rates for evening, combined with Sunday News Journal, and special terms for trading area and outside regions. It includes annual and six day options, with prepayment required and a Bible verse quoted.
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Universal Military Training in American Legion Plan
The nation debates universal military training sponsored by the American Legion and before Congress as H. R. 4278. It would require one year of training for youths between eighteen and twenty, with four months basic and eight months advanced in military schools ROTC or service in the armed forces reserves or National Guard. It promises personal education benefits and a ready manpower reserve for national defense.
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American Legion
Congress
Armed Forces
Organized Reserves
National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Lesson in Panama strains Good Neighbor policy
The Panamanian assembly rejected a 10 year United States base treaty, signaling that Washington must reshape its approach. The dispute highlights Latin American pride, perceived arrogance, and unequal pay in the Canal Zone, with broader lessons about manners and respect in interstate relations. A separate New York ruling on fair trade keeps prices fixed for perfume, sparking criticism of laws that produce inflationary, grotesque regulations.
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Panama
Banana Republic
National Assembly
United States
Washington
Canal Zone
Assembly
Congress
New York State
New York
The Only Choice For Atomic Energy and Farming
Predic tions about atomic energy abound yet scientists push daily toward use for mankind. Radio isotopes offer soil enrichment potential turning farming into an exact science, moving from wasteful fertilizer use to precise nourishment. The dual promise of great good or vast destruction hinges on humankind making the right choice.
The Worry Clinic Case P-232
Dr George W Crane notes Henry L a 35 year old insurance official with high salary and devoted mother is viewed as a cautious romantic donor of umbrella and overshoes. Colleagues say young women label him an old granny for fearing rain yet admire strength and courage in a man who ignores ailments.
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Truman, plan and politics shape the Marshall plan debate
Washington Happenings discusses the congressional path for the Marshall plan, noting bipartisan support hinges on public opinion and open hearings. President Truman faces pressure over tax revision and cost pressures, while critics from both parties threaten to derail aid as domestic politics entwines with foreign policy.
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Eaton
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
Senator Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Vandenberg
Truman
Europe
League of Nations
White House
Harry Tuman
One Word Led To Another Arthur Baer On Chefs And Gender
The writer muses on why most famous chefs are men and good cooks are women. He relays anecdotes about historic diners, chefs like Escoffier, and notes wives often help in the kitchen while men dine with clients. The piece blends humor with observations on gender in culinary prestige.
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Optician
Philoxenos
Conde
Louis
Chantilly
Wates
The Voyager: Living in a One World Tower
Hal Boyle sketches a 15 story Lower East Side tower where diverse UN workers mingle in a multilingual utopia. He recalls milk deliveries, elevator greetings, and party nights, with a humorous tale of Russians sharing a quiet ride after a hats-off misunderstanding.
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New York
Lower East Side
United Nations
Hong King
Shanghai
Tower of Babel
Berlitz
Beauty Queen Ideal From New Zealand Sets Higher Standard
Erich Brandeis admires New Zealand 1948 Beauty Queen Mary Wooton and its wider criteria. Judges chose a candidate for beauty plus culture art sports homemaking leadership and knowledge of history geography and traditions. The piece advocates adopting this broader, more demanding standard in the United States.
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United States
New Zealand
Mary Wooton
Christchurch
Canada
England
Norman Hartnell
Princess Elizabeth
Washington debutantes flood capital society in grand season
Diplomats and dowagers lined the way as close to 50 debutantes were introduced in Washington society. Luncheons dinners and balls filled the social calendar with elders and families hosting for their daughters and co debaters. Notable hostesses included Mrs George Mesta who staged a 60 guest luncheon for Miss Bessie McKee as family trees and memories framed the season. Laura Wilson, daughter of Francis Winslow, traces lineage to Dr Charles Worthington who settled in Georgetown.
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Washington
George Mesta
Bessie McKee
John McKee
Laura Wilson
Francis Winslow
Charles Worthington
Georgetown
Eighteenth Century Exclusive Debutantes Highlight Grand Lineage
The feature outlines debutantes connected to notable families including the granddaughter of a late U S minister to Norway and Margaret Crosson Wiley of Toledo Ohio. Wiley, studying here this winter, stays with grandparents Dr H J Crosson and Mrs Crosson. Her mother, Margaret Blaine Crasson, once a popular social figure, is linked to a Blaine line that traces to James G Blaine.
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Norway
Margaret Crosson Wiley
Donald Wiley
Toledo
H. J. Crosson
Margaret Blaine Crasson
James G. Blaine
Garfield
Chester Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Meanest thief tale contrasts with dog tale in Middletown
A blunt grim anecdote opens with a fire kill of a kitten after oiling and lighting. A resident’s son ends the cat’s suffering with a gun. A lighter note follows about a host and a dog loving guest. Shoestring fragments left by pups cause embarrassment later.
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Mixtletown
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East End
Middletown
Washington Notes Preview Postwar Policy Clash
Peter Edson reports from Washington on pending 1947 leftovers looming after the 1948 Congress secures details for Marshall Plan fixes. The piece contrasts Republican and Democratic lines, notes ongoing fights over rent and price controls, universal minimum wage, a Federal Science Foundation, and politics ahead of summer conventions.
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Federal Science Foundation
Congress
Truman
Tar
Trumear
Senate
Taft
Estimated loss tops 280000 in Hamiltons fire at Jefferson Theatre
The Hamiltons blaze began on the Jefferson Theatre stage and spread to adjoining buildings. P G Banker was elected dean of Middletown Board of Education, succeeding Danford.
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Jefferson Theatre
P. G. Banker
Middletown
Career Girl Dilemma Cited by Public Figures
Marg et Truma laments balancing career and social life while Sen Kenneth S Wherry warns on bread shortages if carryover drops. Eleanor Roosevelt praises private enterprise as a path to well being and reward for individual effort. Sumner Slichter notes American industry has about one fifth less capital equipment per worker than in 1929.
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