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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
6
Publication details for Middletown Journal Middletown Ohio nightly edition with weekend bundles and mail rates. Rates include 5 cent per copy 25 cent weekly carrier, 35 cent weekly combo, and yearly mail options within and outside the track area. Bible verse quote follows.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration issued a report praising domestic and overseas mail carrying airlines for 1948. Fatalities per 100 million passenger miles fell from 3.2 to 1.3 domestically and from 1.1 to 1.0 overseas, despite higher flight activity. Advances cited include new instrument landing systems and radar aids improving safety.
Dr George W Crane discusses pork barrel politics and the need for public education in political and economic issues. He argues for church and press collaboration to foster informed citizenship and outlines five stages of emotional growth from egocentric infancy to mature relationships.
In a curio of wit and satire Arthur Baer reflects on female performance and press commentary as he strings together observations from his forty years of writing. He mocks the “Drumming Dame” who taps and talks, contrasting her with past fashion shifts and the era’s male critics.
Hal Boyle surveys writing craft from Arthur Brisbane to Tolstoy, arguing that childlike spontaneity keeps language fresh. He cites examples from Chaucer to Stalin, noting how kids’ imagery outpaces trained writers and that genuine expression beats clichés.
Erich Brande recalls a letter from Mrs Helen L Hart of Hollywood praising his illness column. She says the writing has grown more interesting since his attack and reflects on the unimportance of self. Brande cites doctors, habits, and a bachelor friend as examples, urging acceptance and daily joy.
Business leaders confirm that high postwar profits have sustained high-level employment in many industries. warn that a tax policy blunder now could curb heavy-goods employment, stunt economic growth, and trigger a recession.
Questions and Answers recount the Tom Thumb designed by Peter Cooper as the first US locomotive to draw passengers. On August 28, 1830 it carried 26 people over Baltimore and Ohio tracks in 1 hour 15 minutes.
Detective John Fitzgerald assists Homer Flaugher 77, a cab driver, in obtaining a March of Dimes donation box. Flaugher adds funds after customers contribute, while Carl Wedekind, deputy county treasurer, donates and matches. The pair deposit 1.70 as early as five minutes, then a bulldog appears near the deputy’s office with a “Get Your Dog Tags” sign nearby.
George E. Sokolsky argues Chiang Kai-Shek will not surrender to Soviet Russia and praises Madame Chiang for dampening anti-Chiang propaganda. He criticizes U S officials and embassies, warns against coalition governments in China, and outlines how Chinese Communists historically restrict religion after seizing power.
The reading notes tactful grasp of openings and unusual contacts may yield tangible results shaping dreams into reality. Birthday readers face intriguing urges but balanced by common sense as hidden powers and intuitive drives may bring concrete returns. An atom of helium weighs less than four hydrogen atoms.
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