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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1952
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists varying rates for per copy, carrier deliveries, and mail subscriptions in and beyond the Middletown area. It also quotes a biblical verse, Rev 22:11, about justice and holiness.
A review of Estes Kefauver’s votes reveals a liberal streak on New Deal and Fair Deal priorities, with notable civil rights voting splits. He opposed lynching-era measures early, supported anti-poll tax efforts, and backed federal aid and security initiatives as a senator, while backing or opposing various wartime and postwar policy shifts.
The U N Assembly faces a Russian backed plan to admit fourteen barred states after Security Council recommendation. Debate centers on two thirds vote for important decisions and a U S stance that membership applications should not be vetoed. Five Communist applicants face objections for treaty violations Romania Bulgaria Hungary while nine non Communist states remain barred.
In a business psychology class Don J aged 27, an insurance salesman, learns the two critical moments in a sales interview are the opening and closing. Star salesmen memorize key paragraphs, then rearrange them to seem spontaneous. They use a minor decision close, asking smooth questions about delivery or payment options to seal the sale. Send a stamped envelope to receive Dr Crane's bulletin on the New Psychology of Advertising and Selling.
Washington reports that a small part of the 1948 Economic Recovery Act, via the Marshall Plan and later the Mutual Security Agency, has yielded a $190,000 profit for the U.S. Treasury. Contracts guaranteed foreign currency for American publishers and movie firms, with negligible taxpayer cost due to service fees and foreign-use earnings. The program, run by Gilbert Simons, is expanding to counter Communist publications abroad, reaching millions of Europeans and readers of American books.
Inflationary urges push branching out with new opportunities and influential offers. Calm analysis and circumspect management advised. postpone commitments if possible. Birthday guidance warns of a pivotal year with growth prospects, but cautions on misunderstandings and hidden factors. A gifted child may show progress and initiative for a potential career.
A reader muses on family size from pin curlers in Antioch to quadruplets in Nashville, Ark. The piece weighs the cost and responsibility of parenting, noting Franklin’s example and European birth bonuses, and ends with a personal decision to have three children, two boys and a girl.
Hal Boyle recalls Pete the handyman from the past, a proud, solitary fixer who could mend anything yet refused to be paid until a job finished. His love of tidying homes and habit of drinking led to vanished reliability, leaving a lasting memory of a rare, perfectionist helper no longer seen in communities.
Washington scene recounts FBI chief Hoover laughing at a forged check swindle by Goldie Silverman tied to a California arrest for 36450 fraud at Marine Midland Bank. The piece also derides a GOP box supper beauty show at Georgetown with Lincoln Lassies and Miss D. C. Yet, humor shifts to a misdated presidential letter gag involving Senator Fulbright and President Truman.
The piece notes February 1 as the leap year month and Groundhog Day forecasts six more weeks of cold. It reflects on February and March weather lore, predicts a hopeful early spring, and mentions birthdays and the general mood as winter wanes. It ends with optimism that spring brings rebirth and better days, despite lingering winter.
The chronicle roams Broadway and high society noting Greta Garbo at the Plaza with Gayelord Hauser, Audrey Hepburn, Elsa Maxwell, Marlene Dietrich plans, and a parade of stars. It mentions Nancy Oakes De Marigny, Yvonne De Carlo with Simonelli, Judy Garland vinyl hype, and Ike’s aides staying in place amid political chatter.
Christopher Isherwood writes from England that the original Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera fascinates Julie Harris who plays her at the Empire. The young Bohemian’s identity remains a theatre secret, known only to a few, including John Van Druten. A magazine shoots a Day in the Life of Jose Ferrer in three weeks. Vivian Blaine ends her TV series with a strong rating and signs for another 13 weeks.
Singer Linda Stevens just back from Paris enjoys top steaks at Manny Wolf's with Pan Hartman. Warners and Paramount wrestle with Oscar campaigns for The Blue Veil and Streetcar Named Desire. Jane Wyman and Vivien Leigh linked to Oscars. Kirk appears in Paramount troubles.
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