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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1948
Page
4
Newspaper rates listed for per copy carrier and mail subscriptions in Middletown Ohio. Details include weekly, 5 and 6 day options, local and trading area prices, and international rate. Quote about bread of life John 6 48 appears.
The Ottawa move keeps Russians from visiting Canadian military establishments, seen as routine security tightening in a tense Cold War era. Officials from both sides prefer a cooperative tone, but Moscow often limits access, reflecting divergent practices in military diplomacy.
Colin F. Stam, head of the Congressional budget advisory group, estimates the Knutson tax bill could cost the government up to 6.5 billion dollars in 1948, higher than 5.6 billion. He argues this implies higher revenue and notes Truman underestimated revenue by about 4 billion. If Surplus reaches 12 to 16 billion, room exists for tax cuts, despite past understatements of income.
The piece notes fuel oil shortages ripple through coal users, gas users, and industry plans as winter tightens. It suggests voluntary cuts, production increases, and potential rationing by next winter, while asserting John L. Lewis currently sits in a protected position.
Dr. George W. Crane recalls a former student Manly F who visited a filling station at midnight in a winter tale. The customer warmed by coffee, bought tires later while praising generosity. The anecdote argues standardized merchandise and the salesman’s personality influence over sales, criticizing home office executives and costly ads that don’t aid real firepower.
Washington carries a column arguing Eccles was rotated from chair to vice chair for political alignment rather than punishment. It notes ongoing tensions among the Fed board, Treasury, and White House, urging steady leadership to avoid a credit panic amid deflation and inflation pressures.
A reflective romp through early baseball and football history ventures from Pacific Coast leagues to national scope. It notes Buffalo, Milwaukee, and Kansas City’s 1880s roles, hints at a transcontinental schedule, and imagines Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, and Portland vying for major league admission as sport’s expansion unfolds.
Hal Boyle writes that despite sensational headlines and chaos in daily news, acts of everyday kindness persist. Marilyn Lesby of Minnesota, afflicted by coarctation of the aorta, received broad community support via a trust fund and donations. She traveled to Boston for a five hour operation, and is alive and well today thanks to donors and hospital staff.
The piece argues that customers care little for brand or company, preferring the salesman. It stresses concrete ads that aid the on ground prospector, advocating against generic home office campaigns. It urges targeting the paint of sale with practical, salesman's eye advertising.
Twenty years ago Frank Simon and his Armco band left Middletown High School auditorium for a week long tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania following their performance. Rotarians visiting the Middletown Journal toured departments to learn how the Dow newspapers are produced.
An early column reveals quirky ads from a New York paper including a Tooth Garage promising safe false tooth parking and refunds. A two line plea asks What in the world do you want with a cryptic telephone prompt to call 6 to 9, hinting at romance or intrigue.
In 1905 Jane Eads notes the Nabuco family ties in Brazil's diplomacy. The teen heir to a legation, Marcio Nabuco, is praised as a lifelong diplomat, bachelor on leave in Rio de Janeiro from the Vatican post. Carlos Martins, dean of the diplomatic corps in residence, is slated to succeed the popular Carlos Martins as embassy head in Paris.
A reception honoring Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Antonio Parra Velasco featured Dr. Dillon, his first diplomatic post, and his family connected to a major Latin American sugar plantation. Guests included Martins a notable art hostess with sculpture shows and W Wedmoten, highlighting the social and business circles surrounding Banco de Guayaquil’s general manager.
Dave Regan notes readers spotted a mismatch in the Civic Association annual report directions showing 13 directors on one page and 14 agencies on another. Tom Venable says the pamphlet was read, but the Have and the Mission remain separate entities under one head.
In Mexico City a local cartoon welcomes UNESCO, while US staff at the Atomic Energy Commission notes security drills as John Taber visits oversight of nuclear research. Taber refused a visitor badge, agreeing to a guard for access, amid broader postwar discussions on military funding.
A garbled clipping presents quirky quips about pipes milk prices and fashion in 1948 style. It notes a seventy five cent milk charge, jokes about men adopting the new look, and hints at social dynamics with a playful tone. No clear person or organization is named.
A muddled dialogue fragment shows speakers debating service and loyalty. One speaker jokes about being first served, while others interrupt with awkward remarks about friendship and mind state, revealing strained social dynamics.
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