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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1948
Page
4
Public notice outlines subscription prices for Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal by carrier and mail in and outside trading areas. Rates include daily and weekend editions, with annual options and a Bible verse quotation.
The government withdraws unsold surplus explosives such as M-3 blocks amid a Palestine export debate and a December arms embargo. Six men surrender to the FBI over TNT seizures tied to Palestine shipments. Washington weighs embargo effects, Greek and Turkish arms, and a proposed international force for Palestine while warning against clandestine interference. Scientific age claims and civilization reflections follow the security discussion. Low-priced cars era forecasts from Detroit spur a housing vs car demand debate, with 1948 production outlook and price dynamics for Ford and GM.
Dr. George W. Crane explains that stuttering in children aged 3 to 5 is usually normal and often fades if parents do not let the child become self conscious. He notes stammering may reflect blocked ideas and tends to appear in pre school years, puberty, or early adulthood during courtship.
Washington columnist discusses political calculations around Henry Wallace possibly withdrawing his third party bid and backing President Truman in 1952. The piece argues Wallace’s best path is regaining regular Democratic support in 1948 to win the nomination in 1952, noting party dynamics and the Marshall Plan.
Advice discusses parental impact on child stuttering, left-handed tendencies, and ways to treat adults. It suggests extroversion, social focus, praising others, breaking habit patterns, and odd tricks like chewing gum or biting the tongue to disrupt speech patterns.
A two foot tall lemon tree at Hubert Davis home in Bradford New Hampshire produced a lemon weighing 1 1/2 pounds and measuring 14 inches in circumference.
A string of satirical quips reflects on Roosevelt era policy and Congress, mocking public works waste, foreign affairs, and political doublespeak. The lines reference WPA, CCC, Danzig, Chamberlain, and Borah, with sharp one liners about trains and governance.
A speaker recounts a dinner with steak corn lettuce Roquefort salad prune souffle cream rolls and coffee to illustrate rising costs. He notes prices from 69 cents for corn to 56 cents a pound for coffee and argues higher prices sow seeds of communism as families with limited incomes pay more for basic groceries.
Twenty years ago N J Lawler spoke on advertising benefits to Middle town butchers and grocers at a dinner. Mr and Mrs Fred Wittlinger hosted a Linden Avenue party for Hans Wittlinger of Germany. Buller County Board of Education was organized.
A Q A exchange covers Walter Reed Hospital’s Civil War battlefield site at Fort Stevens where Lincoln nearly was shot. It explains bee hum from wing vibration, carnations named pinks from pinking edges, Jefferson Davis’s 1867 retirement and writing, and heraldry marks by younger sons indicating departure from main line.
Hal Boyle notes Washington cabbies blend philosophy and blunt humor while speaking on Congress Supreme Court and public figures. The piece captures their mixed respect for presidents, senators and citizens as they narrate nightly rides and tips amid city life.
A hamal or Turkish porter, used to carrying trunks on his back, will flinch at carrying a small bundle under the arm or in the hand, illustrating surprising limits of his burden tolerance.
The piece surveys the balance between state sovereignty and federal authority from the Constitution’s origins to modern debates. It notes presidents and Congress expanding federal reach, mentions social programs, tax-and-spend tensions, and election-year signals shaping policy directions. It also touches on Cold War tensions, party shifts, and speculative reactions to leaders like Eisenhower.
Dave Regan weighs in on Fred J. Schatzmann’s push for city annexation reaching toward the Warren County line, with rural groups backing and opposition likely in rural areas. The piece urges a five to twenty year city plan, zoning reevaluation, and potential legislative control of lands to balance urban growth and rural lands while noting the Real Estate Board’s call for zoning study.
Little Rock Arkansas city voters pick the Joe T Robinson Rose as the official flower in a popular vote. The bloom is named for the late Senator from Kansas and earns the city a formal ceremonial designation.
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