Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Motto
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for per copy five cents and carrier rates from 25 cents weekly. Mail subscriptions vary by area with combinations of the Evening Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal, including a $6 yearly rate in the trading area and higher rates outside it. The notice ends with a Bible verse from Job 22 13.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Evening
Sunday News Journal
U.S.A
Tighten Espionage Law As Clark Proposes Strongest Peacetime Act
Attorney General Tom Clark unveils a sweeping espionage bill aiming to close gaps in current law. Provisions include legalized wiretapping for U S intelligence, removal of the three year statute of limitations, and penalties for possessing confidential documents or failing to report losses. The measure, now with Speaker Rayburn and Senator McCarran, seeks to bolster national security amid Cold War tensions.
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House UN- American Activities Committee
Tom Clark
Clark
U. S
House
Rayburn
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Inaugural Address Signals Peace Move For World
David Lawrence analyzes President Truman's inaugural address focusing on international aims. He notes a shift toward peace talks with Russia, calls for easing Cold War tensions, and highlights U S plans like the North Atlantic Alliance and European recovery while domestic policy remains understated.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Russia
Young
Berlin
Europe
America
Mr. Truman
Break Into Fiction With Market Knowledge Says Dr. Crane
Clem V. asks how to break into top magazines without a degree. Dr. George W. Crane says start with markets paying 1 cent per word or less, study 700magazine lists, and seek coaching from experienced editors. He notes suspense and psychology matter more than grammar and offers a bulletin on salable fiction.
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Clem V
Dr. Crane
Saturday Evening Post
Clem
Good Housekeeping
Esquire
Barbs on Home Life and Holiday Plans
A fragment suggests domestic humor about wives cooking skills and home life. It hints at Christmas approaching and a joke about a father discussing moving to a poor house.
Stars Forecast Encouragement For Sunday Plans
Genevieve Kemble writes that Sundays bring splendid encouragement for Sabbath and ambitious projects, aims and operations in which readers pursue meaningful plans. The page notes a hopeful tone and guidance for the week ahead.
One Word Led To Another Arthur Baer on Spring Training Feasts
In a Beloved Musings column Arthur Baer jokes about players training in Florida and Cape Cod while banquets and overeating shape spring rosters. He riffs on Jackie Robinson Frankie Shea Bobo Newsom Cy Young Babe Ruth and Shanty Hogan with humorous fat versus fit contrasts and a Coast Guard gravy craving.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Florida
Yessir
Cape Cod
Jackie Robinson
Frankie Shea
Michelen Tire
Robbie
Shea
Cy Young
Bobo Newsom
Bobo
Babe Ruth
Babe
Shanty Hogan
Shanty
Coast Guard
My sec Laurie tidies desk in a comic office romance
Hal Boyle recalls hiring his secretary Laurie to clean his cluttered desk and empty the fur coat fund. He notes the chaos turning to order, the cost of change, and his resigned humor as Laurie prepares to depart.
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New York
Laurie
Frances
Family Fur
Francis Boyle
Hee
Dreams and publicity ripple through a columnist life
A writer laments weak sensationalism yet notes how dreams and ideals can materialize with support from high places. He recalls Faye Emerson Roosevelt’s razor nick earning front page publicity and contrasts it with his wife’s kitchen accident, musing on public attention and privacy.
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Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Polio Fight Urged After Port Union Girl Case
Dave Regan urges middle town readers to support the polio drive after reporting an 11 year old Port Union girl contracted polio. The piece notes polio costs families thousands for care and highlights the Middles town polio committee funding treatment and recovery services. The author plans to volunteer at the Broad Central fund booth Monday afternoon from 4 to 5.
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Port Union
Middletown
Broad Central
The President's solitary burden in governing the United States
George E. Sokolsky argues the U S president alone bears government responsibility. The cabinet mostly serves as secretaries, with few real powers independent of the president. The piece notes the demanding pace, long hours, and reliance on staff and speechwriting in shaping national policy and public leadership.
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United States
England
Soviet Russia
Bureau of the Budget
Harding
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wilson
Colonel House
Harry Hopkins
Ohio
Truman
Missouri
City Commission protests proposed gas tax bill loss estimate
The City Commission filed a protest against a state legislature bill to divert all gasoline excise tax proceeds. Middletown would lose 28 000 yearly income. Charles R Hook elected president of the executive board for three Boy Scout districts and Middletown district chairman. Judge Gideon Palmer spoke in Hamilton noting 1928 had 965 more marriage licenses and 351 divorces issued.
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Middletown
Charles R. Hook
Boy Scouts
Gideon Palmer
Hamilton
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