Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Listed
The Middletown Journal details subscription costs for various delivery options including per copy, carrier, and mail plans. Rates range from 5 cents per copy to 25 cents for carrier, with annual mail prices from six to ten dollars, differing by region. The page also includes a Proverbs quotation.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Evening
Sunday News- Journal
U.S.A
Rise of the electronic crib replaces the classic school pony
In the golden era English public schools used a crib to translate Latin and Greek line for line. Now science builds a pocket size electronic crib for the U S Bureau of Standards that can translate words remember 60000 terms and forecast weather though it still cannot run machines without humans.
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U. S
Bureau of Standards
Ten years of trans Atlantic mail flight become routine
A tenth anniversary pass without ceremony marks the trans Atlantic mail flight from Port Washington to Lisbon. In 1919 Capt Arthur E LaPorte piloted 1804 pounds of mail across 26 hours 54 minutes. Now the crossing takes 14 hours and mail is stored in a liner with passengers unaware of the anniversary.
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At of Aviation
LaGuardia Field
New York
Port Washington
N. Y
Arthur E. LaPorte
Lisbon
Hoover Sees Big Savings in Government Refit
Former President Hoover boosts estimate of savings from executive reorganization to four to five billion dollars annually, urging Congress to act. He endorses non voting former presidents in the Senate, while noting the Brevet Senator concept risks becoming ceremonial rather than functional.
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Hoover
Commission On Organization
Executive Branch
Congress
Senate
Worry Clinic idea on education profits and shifts
Dr George W Crane discusses education reform with James Lincoln president of Lincoln Electric, proposing a second educational shift to open college halls for longer daily use. He urges three entrance criteria age 17, mental alertness, and fluent English, and advocates practical high school courses in budgeting psychology and law.
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James F. Lincoln
Lincoln Electric Company
Clevend
Chicago
Lincoln
Wwe
Ohio State University
Ohio State
American priest ordained in Belfast ceremony
Damian M. Kobus of Yorkville Ohio joined two other Americans as priests in Belfast. The ordination was conducted by the Roman Catholic Church's Service Order with three American members among the new clergy.
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Belfast, Ireland
Damian M. Kobus
Yorkville, O
Britain’s 1945 Labor to face general election clash
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes the looming British general election pitting Labour’s first outright socialist government against Churchill’s Conservatives. He notes Labour’s imperial policy gains and independence moves for India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon, the strengthened Commonwealth, and the empire’s likely evolution toward greater self rule while evaluating past imperial debates.
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Britain
England
Churchill
London Daily Herald
Socialist Party
India
Pakistan
Burma
House of Commons
Attlee
Seattle
Ceylon
Free India
Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth
Two Dollar Tour and the Touting Tale in Local District
Arthur Baer critiques touts and speculative schemes in a satirical piece. A dasing tour, framed as a wheel of prices from two to ten, mocks window gambling, misrepresented prophecies, and the lure of quick turnovers.
We Americans and St Lo’s Reckoning in War
Hal Boyle reflects from St. Lo on five years since siege ends, noting friend and foe bonds endure amid destruction. He asserts America must back freedom and shared humanity, rebuild together, and forge a world where liberty and aid to the needy trump conquest. The piece emphasizes mutual faith as the path to healing and order.
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St, LO
France
St. Lo
America
Truman era reflections on postwar world duties and unity
A collection of quotes condemns war risks and urges steadfast U S leadership. McGuire stresses Berlin Airlift persistence despite obstacles, Grace warns German nationalism persists, Truman defends church participation motives, and Taft questions a singular guiding principle for future policy in a divided postwar landscape.
How much money does it take to be happy
Erich Brandeis reflects on a young man asking how much money buys happiness. The discussion explores whether wealth equalscontentment, noting money cannot ensure happiness amid divorces, lawsuits, and lonely lives. It argues security and sufficient means matter more than excess wealth.
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Palomar
Genevieve Kemble Tuesday Horoscope Romantic upheavals and ventures
Romance and high adventure dominate Tuesday June 7 with possible upheavals and radical rearrangements affecting personal life. Finances may waver due to extravagance. elders offer advice. Birthday readers face a year of sudden romantic travel ventures and creative achievements with prudent balance advised.
Quotable Bits On Manners And Wit From A Past Era
A collection of playful and pithy lines about manners optimism and daily life. It riffs on gender jokes comic misreads and odd trivia such as Americans consuming vast numbers of crackers and a long-delayed card delivery. It hints at social expectations and aspirational thoughts from elders.
Dayton Auto Transport Trucker Checks Cars Across Street
A Dayton morning scene describes a truck driver stepping from a three-truck auto transport procession. He opens car windows top and bottom, then returns to the cab and drives away leaving readers pondering what might be inside. A reader recounts pride in a student who credits her grade teacher Miss Brooks for teaching reading well.
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Dayton
Miss Brool
Brooks
Chris Lockmeyer
Medical education standards survive amid funding shifts
George E. Sokolsky reviews the Flexner era reforms and the postwar funding crunch shaping medical schools. He notes endowment declines, GI Bill impacts, inflation, and teaching shortages, with 78 schools spending about $51 million annually and tuition averaging $550 against a $2,200 cost per student.
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Flexner
Carnegie
Rockefeller
Alan Gregg
Rockefeller Foundation
Pri
Questions and Answers from a Historic Quiz Feature
A reader quiz presents Q and A on a range of topics. It asks who wrote the Acts of Apostles, the Palomar telescope’s reach, flea wings, odds of a perfect bridge hand, why marionettes are named, and a Delphi reference. Answers note Luke as author, vast cosmic reach, fleas as winged insects, one in six hundred billion odds, medieval puppet naming, and Delphi meaning knowledge seekers.
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Alonzo G. Grace
American Military Government Education Division
United Nations
San Francisco
Revere Lie
Poly
Robert A, Taft
Erich Brandeis
Cleveland
Genevieve Kemble
Dave Regan
George E. Sokolsky
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Harold Stassen
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Herbert Hoover
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