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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1954
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for city and outside areas with weekly and annual rates, and includes a Bible verse from Nehemiah 5 15 about past governors exacting bread wine and silver from the people.
The wool portion of Eisenhower's farm message proposes market-determined prices for domestically produced wool, direct payments to raise returns to 90 percent of parity, and funding from tariff receipts. It notes trials, past Brannan opposition, CCC stockpiles, and 1952 1953 production, with California and several western states as top producers and 6 cent parity gap.
The piece argues that Eisenhower's farm plan, promoting flexible price supports, has slim chances in an election year. It notes farmers favor high, rigid supports, surpluses clog warehouses, and Congress will likely seek a temporary compromise while the administration studies a longer term reform. The article urges tackling surplus disposal via nonmarket methods and using stockpiling or aid programs, seeing this as a step toward solving broader agricultural policy.
Washington faces a massive surplus of 131000 tons of butter. Government minds search for a lead grease program to dispose of it, while the administration contends with surplus debts taxes unemployment and a shortage of Republican senators. Meanwhile the farm price support program adds 1000 tons daily.
A bloated butter surplus shadows government policy as lawmakers debate odd fixes. Proposals include a colossal butter monument, gifting butter to the Soviet Union, or a butter bonus for Congress. The piece notes storage limits and warns a summer melt could trigger a political flood.
Washington notes the Big Four foreign ministers Dulles Eden Bidault Molotov will meet in Berlin on January 25 with a sign forbidding children. The article argues Moscow fears a united Western Europe and a rearmed West Germany backed by the US and Britain, while Western Europe stays divided. Berlin’s talks are unlikely to yield a peace breakthrough as tensions over Germany persist.
Erich Brandeis extols a memory chest as a priceless substitute for travel. He recalls a Parisian bon marche box from his wife’s opera night in Paris and a wobbling balcony scene at Romeo and Juliet. He lists Rhine ticket stubs, wine labels, Versailles transfers, Atlantic passenger lists, and photos from Europe and the Americas. He notes a 30 year cruise in two hours and highlights atmospheric tides as moon effects.
Washington topic centers on Rep. Katherine Price Collier St. George of New York chairing a House subcommittee on postal operations. The piece catalogs absurd contradictions in weight and delivery rules, cites cases from 21 to 70 pounds, and notes the need for reform before any sense emerges.
Postmaster General Summerfield expresses confusion as multiple overlapping laws create regulatory ambiguity. Officials weigh interpretive gaps and potential reforms to align disparate provisions surrounding mail service and government governance.
The text urges bold imagination and initiative during a bene ficent period. For tomorrow’s birthday, six months may ease pressures since 1953 with strong creative and financial aspects and emotional experiences. June could bring an influential new connection, aiding goals, and a fall trip plus romance and prestige in winter.
A short quip praises Barbs Nature for having the best air cooling system. It muses that concise speech saves words and hints at a social thought on educated youths being labeled problem children.
Dave Regan honors Jerome Inwood whose death at Middle Town Hospital ends a life of Christian virtue. He is praised for leadership, generosity, and steadfast courage, touching thousands across races and walks of life. His memory inspires faith, humility, and enduring influence on friends and community.
Dorothy Kilgallen heads to Italy while Frankie and Frank Sinatra circle Europe. Hollywood intrigues include Joan Tyler fleeing a Damone romance, Vic Damone, Pat Kennedy and Lawford rendezvous in Chicago, Ava and Vittorio Gassman in Rome, and Ginny Simms possibly remarrying Bob Calhoun. Cab drivers profiting from the Big Snow, Willie Pep’s marital turmoil, theater hits in Philadelphia, and Broadway chatter mix with music, fashion, and nightlife notes across Manhattan.
The American Rolling Mill Co announced a $76,000 United States marshal sale purchase of Belfor Steel and Wire Co assets valued at $1,000,000. Arme will operate the nail mill after a $100,000 upgrade. Belfont obligations include 38.00 shares, $923,900 in preferred stock, and $475,000 in bonds held by Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati trustee. Middletown bankers note Treasury Secretary Morgenthau extended the gold surrender deadline.
A historical Q and A item lists answers to queries about tariffs, biblical quotations, exploration, monarchy, long bridges, and wood density. Topics include the first protective tariff act in 1789, Jeremiah, Francisco de Orellana, Queen Anne, Hartland Bridge in New Brunswick at 1282 feet, and balsa wood as the lightest commercial wood.
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