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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
6
The Middletown Journal notes it publishes every evening except Sundays at 1007 First Ave in Middletown Ohio with the standard local afternoon edition details.
Classified notice outlines per copy and weekly carrier rates for the Middletown Journal and Sunday News-Journal. Includes mail options within and outside trading areas with annual prices, advance payment terms, and a Bible verse.
The auto market has swung to a buyers market as 1946 and 1947 used cars appear below original cost. Dealers report high weekly production and long waiting lists, while winter weather and buyer hesitation slow new car demand. Many buyers lack cash for down payments and await price cuts as demand eases.
Colorado orders highway patrol to break up hitchhiking amid a wave of crimes linked to hitchhikers including five murders and numerous robberies and car thefts. Signs warn motorists hitchhiking is unlawful and dangerous as lawmakers debate broad veteran benefit bills with projected costs well into the tens of billions.
Washington reports that three years after the UN charter inspired hope for peace, the President's Air Policy Commission warns the United Nations may not gain the authority to prevent another war. It urges strengthening the U S air forces and building readiness by 1953 to counter potential atomic attacks.
Washington analysis questions Secretary of State Marshall's ability to work with Congress as he pushes for a large European recovery program. Critics fear military rigidity clashes with domestic policy needs, complicating the Marshall Plan funding and overseas aid governance.
One hundred friends honored a New Jersey woman on her 101st birthday in a festive gathering. The piece notes quick verdicts and mentions a six minute jury decision from Indiana, then muses on holiday shopping and the earnest tone of films about standardization.
Arthur Baer humorously critiques spiritualism and Houdini legends, noting fake ectoplasm and palm readings. He recalls letters from Houdini on tour and mocks seances as entertainment, comparing them to kids peering through a ballpark knothole and noting the jokey, skeptical tone.
The piece discusses a town meeting column and reader letters about bachelor life. It cites Mayor of Hollywood Boulevard persona and remarks on marriage, independence, and companionship, contrasting bachelor freedom with family ties and societal expectations. It questions Bacon’s view on unmarried merit and highlights comfort in companionship over solitude.
Washington notes Captain William J. Broderick, in his first year as Capitol Police chief, enforces strict courtesy and neat uniforms. A 157-man force, including 15 new recruits, averages 23, with base pay about 2000 and total around 6209 with allowances. Recruits train at Ashington police rookie school with plans for Police Academy. Government threats are a recurring challenge as some individuals seek to confront officials.
Hal Boyle notes a Senate probe recalls the 1905 crop scandal in the Agriculture Department. A clerk allegedly profited by signaling crop news via window shade shifts, prompting a lock up to seal estimates and prevent leaks while the Crop Control Board cites no further leaks since then.
The article describes Capt. Broderick as leading Washington police, a modest man with four years in the Army including 20 months in the Aleutians, and notes the force requires three or four men to handle a single case. It recalls the worst trouble of the past year tied to the shooting of Senator Bricker by a man seeking justice.
Peter Edson surveys sources of opposition to the Marshall Plan in Congress and among businessmen. He notes Republican doubts over tax cuts, fears of harmed U S business, and the role of public opinion in a 1948 election year. He argues relief keeps Europe viable and that the plan aims to free Europe from American dependence.
A compilation of brief quotes from Taft, Lucas, Donaldson, Marshall, Baldwin, Wilson, Weyler, Kilgore, Evatt, and Bevin on relief, the Marshall Plan, government roles, inflation, wages, and international diplomacy, reflecting debates in late 1940s policy and politics.
Answers cover the Sorbonne as the University of Paris seat, West Virginia's 1863 statehood, brain foods, money order limits, and the world high jump record set by Les Steers at 6 feet 11 inches on June 17 1941.
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