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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1949
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for in town and outside trading area. Rates include per copy five cents, carrier 25 cents week, and annual mail options ranging from six dollars to ten dollars. Bible verse Luke 12 29 is cited.
The piece argues that banning private gifts and funding presidential campaigns from the Treasury is a favored idea but impractical. It notes money will always influence politics, questions who sets a taxpayer funded cap, and warns heavy donors may gain leverage over presidents through contracts or policy favors, concluding private enterprise is preferable to socialism in elections.
Maryland seeks murder charges against David Acree for a Virginia Fisheries patrol shooting on a crabbing boat near the Maryland Virginia boundary. The case hinges on whether the shooting occurred in Maryland or Virginia and could revive long standing Chesapeake Bay watermen feuds rooted in 1877 oyster rights.
A new Boy Scout plan will make 14 the age to become a senior scout, allowing automatic advancement and affiliation with advance units while remaining in a troop. Cubs may begin at age eight, aiming to broaden participation and educational scope.
Dr George W Crane analyzes Verna R 29 a shy high school honors graduate who left work after a boss’s alleged crush and now lacks friends or conversation skills. He links her behavior to dementia praecox later known as schizophrenia and urges preventive psychology through better social adjustment and communication strategies.
Gen Jacob L Devers criticizes the Air Force for prioritizing strategic bombing over tactical air support for ground troops. He argues the Army needs low altitude planes to hit pillboxes tanks and transport and alleges insufficient tactical air resources during potential Cold War operations. He warns Navy strength contrasts with Army unready air arm.
The passage argues that Air Force obsession with strategic bombing neglects ground troops. It compares the current U S Army position to Britain in 1939, noting Devers seeks air support from the Air Force, but only receives assurances, not guarantees, and warns the Army now relies on the USAF similarly to the Royal Navy’s past.
The article argues that creating a separate Air Force has caused triplication and disunity, starving the Army of trained tactical air and diminishing naval air power. It urges giving the Air Force long-range duties while arming the Army with its own tactical air units, referencing Key West and Newport agreements and criticisms of Truman era defense allocation.
Twenty years ago Middletown banks issued $1 $2 $5 $10 and $20 notes with limited supply yet strong demand for their compact size. The last wall of the Liebee building site fell as Middletown’s downtown progress continued with the planned completion of the new Middletown Building and Deposit Association home expected by March 1930.
A Brooklyn killing defies normal police work as the victim remains unidentified and the murderer refuses to speak. Witnesses recall Leo the junk man, but investigators cannot confirm his link to the slain man, leaving the case in a perplexing stalemate.
Osa Johnson, once the queen of the jungle, now lives on Park Avenue and longs for Africa. She plans a final expedition into uncharted bush, with two station wagons six jeeps and a helicopter, to film wild life and complete new projects.
Investigators shift focus from a murder suspect to identifying the victim called Leo. Neighbors report he had long ties to the area but details on his home or origins remain unknown.
Residents described a man who earned a scanty living by pushing a small junk cart through neighborhood streets, collecting discarded items and selling them to dealers.
A narrator recalls passing a neighborhood cemetery and reading tombstone names from different eras. He notes how quickly people are forgotten and questions the lasting imprint of ambitions, concluding that many once important figures are now reduced to a single name on a grave.
The piece argues that states' rights rhetoric by political leaders is waning as federal grants lure governors into backing spending. It cites the Colorado Springs meeting where vows to cut grants failed and notes how governments prefer commissions to study relations while continuing to accept aid, likening the pattern to a rigged slot machine.
The piece argues State officials fear accepting federal grants but cannot resist the money. It contends governors prefer to receive aid rather than see other states benefit, noting taxpayers fund the matching portion and the temptation to recoup funds is strong.
The piece argues that states delay funding local needs, pushing costs to federal aid. It says politicians avoid home financing, shifting responsibility to the federal government, with leaders eager to appease the federal receiver rather than invest at home.
Genevieve Kemble foresees a dynamic state of affairs with high goals and conspicuous achievement in new paths or renewed thinking. The public may gain recognition or rewards, as daring moves and audacious patterns of life unfold, despite impediments, with a thrilling, innovative year ahead for birthday individuals and their children.
A note on historic fashion recalls hoop skirts that used whalebone as internal supports. Whalebone was an expensive material, influencing the garment’s design and social perception in its time.
A family guardians nine healthy puppies from a mother dog rescued by a girl and neighbors. Four have homes, five and the mother need safe homes. Fosterers insist on good homes and ask suitable applicants to call 2-7558 or 2-6094 with pedigree. Also a Reader asks why Aberdeen Drive drivers travel at high speed, endangering children in Wildwood.
George E. Sokolsky praises Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio for rising to leadership in the 81st Congress. He contrasts Taft's stature with his 80th Congress role, noting Taft's independence, restraint from partisan battles, and steady stance against socialization efforts and attempts to purge.
A commentator lauds a seasoned public figure for forging a party-spanning coalition in Congress to counter the President's advisers. The piece condemns rapid spending and urges restraint as the Swist Congress nears its end.
The piece argues Robert A Taft will be targeted by the A F L and CIO after their Easter campaign failed to repeal Taft Hartley. It claims rank and file labor see the law as favorable and vows the attack will fail as Americans prioritize national welfare over class conflict in 1949.
Barbs from scientists claim the cricket chirp is not a love call but a nuisance. The piece notes continued Western discourse about Moscow propaganda and the wider division of Germany beyond the iron curtain.
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