Middletown Journal Rates and Publication Note
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options and mail areas. Rates include 5 cents per copy, 25 cents weekly by carrier, 35 cents weekly for combined Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal, and yearly mail options both inside and outside the trading area plus U S A. rates.
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Berlin crisis and church-state issues dominate editorial page
The piece warns of Soviet aims to remove Allied presence from Berlin amid postwar zone tensions. It discusses Berlin’s central role in the Russian zone, the potential puppet government at Wilhelmstrasse, and broader four power agreements. It shifts to church and state debates, criticizing U S budget priorities and urging Congress to scrutinize President Truman's proposals. It notes the Protestant group’s push for church-state separation and Supreme Court contrasts.
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Berlin
Russia
Reich
Germany
United States
Sam
Washington
Wilhelmstrasse
Reds
Yalta
Truman
Congress
Scientific Dating Bureau to aid marriages proposed
Alicia D. 29 of a small town seeks marriage prospects after widowhood. Dr George W Crane argues for a nationwide certified dating bureau to provide a wide pool of suitable partners, urging churches and newspapers to tackle the social need rather than tolerate quacks.
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Alicia
America
Husband Sues After Wife Makes Him Sleep In Attic
Milwaukee news reports Joseph Rodich filed for divorce after a 24 year marriage, claiming his wife forced him to sleep in the attic during a heat wave, as he sought legal relief.
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Joseph Rodich
Truman Balcony Row Reflects White House Debate
Letters from across the country condemn President Truman for a south portico balcony at the White House. Rep Muhlenberg and the Fine Arts Commission oppose the change as improper and potentially illegal, urging preservation of the historic building and its public ownership.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Fine Arts Commission
J.M.H
Kensington
Nero
Shakespeare
Juliet
Mussolini
Missouri
Muhlenberg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
House Public Works Committee
Commission On Fine Arts
Railroads Brace for Christmas Holiday Travel Surge
Washington American railroads prepared weeks ahead for peak New Year travel as about 17 500 trains run daily and a passenger train departs somewhere every 4.9 seconds. Officials forecast a 35 to 40 percent traffic jump and held conferences with chief passenger agents, traffic and operating heads, and sleeping car company reps to estimate when and where heaviest demand will occur.
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Washington
United States
Association of American Verding
Association
One Word Led To Another On Bugs Baer and Franchises
Arthur Bugs Baer muses on the sparse history of early baseball towns in the American circuit from 1901 to 1902 through the years of Ban Johnson and McGraw. He recalls St Louis and Milwaukee shifts, names forgotten players, and notes how only a few cities paid for cheering losers. He argues franchises rose and fell with attendance and sentiment.
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John McGraw
Ban Johnson
Milwaukee
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
Colliflower
Schreckengost
Waddell
Shreck
Louisville
Detroit
Browns
Worcester
Massachusetts
Troy
Johnny Evers
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Providence
Syracuse
Kansas City
Hartford
Texas
Ziegfel
Truman to Build 15000 Dollar Balcony at White House
Hal Boyle outlines President Truman’s plan to add a $15,000 balcony on the south side of the White House, ignoring opposition as part of ongoing mansion upgrades. The piece compares past first families and notes how executive homes evolve with time and needs, linking to historical anecdotes about Fillmore and Taylor.
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Harry S. Truman
White House
Truman
Executive Mansion
Millard Fillmore
Fillmore
Taylor
Mrs. Fillmore
Democracy
Republic
America
National
Washington
Midwest
Wallace third party bid judged harmful and hollow
Peter Edson argues Henry Wallace offers peace and prosperity but lacks concrete policies to achieve them. He dismisses a one party or second party role, notes Wallace’s weak stances on reducing high prices, and criticizes his international proposals as impractical given Soviet resistance to UN police, nuclear control, and European reconstruction plans.
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Washington
Nea
Henry Wallace
Gerald L. K. Smith
Father Coughlin
Henry
Huey Long
Wallace
Russia
U. S
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Lincoln
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Council of Foreign Ministers
Four
Germany
Korea
China
Ussr
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Europe
UNRRA
Remembering Crowninshield the Last of His Kind
A tribute to Frank Crowninshield editor and bon vivant. The piece recalls his gracious life style, wit, and generosity toward writers and friends. It highlights his etiquette mastery, love of culture, and his belief that a gentleman helps others.
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Frank Crowninshield
Dorothy Parker
Vogue
Paul Gallico
Harper's Bazaar
Barbs and Blasts From A City Roundup
Washington police arrested three high school boys for stealing an airplane and landing somewhere unexpected. A bigamist loves not wisely but two well. An eastern pastor resigned after his congregation demanded church suppers, and he probably dislikes meat loaf.
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Washington
Tombstone Mulligan Learns Calendar Lesson
A young local businessman, Glen Mulligan, earns the nickname Tombstone Mulligan after falsely claiming a meeting date to hide a missed engagement. The tale contrasts honesty with pretense as friends joke about his calendar error and bragging wife.
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Tombstone Mulligan
Glen Mulligan
Tombstone
Arizona
Mulligan
Morningstar commended for preventing blaze at packing house
Twenty years ago merchant policeman Harry Morningstar was lauded by firemen for spotting a small fire at the People's Packing House and reporting it promptly, a move that averted a large blaze threatening the entire building. United Brethren Church reached its $1500 building fund goal by a drive inviting members to enclose a 25 cent piece and add another quarter on return.
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Harry Morningstar
People’s Packing House
United Brethren Church
Questions and Answers Overview of Historic and Legal Facts
Historic Fraunce’s Tavern in New York City hosts George Washington’s farewell to his officers. The Supreme Court justices need not be lawyers, though most have legal training. Beer dates back to ancient Egypt about 3000 years before Christ. State motor vehicle commissioners decide license plate colors. The Progressive Bull Moose label came from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 campaign remark “I feel as fit as a bull moose.”
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Vatican
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Supreme Court
Bull Moose Party
Theodore Roosevelt
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