Middletown Journal Rates and Publication Details
The Middletown Journal publishes daily except Sundays at 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio with various subscription options by carrier mail and region. Public notice of rates includes 5 cent per copy and weekly carrier prices, plus yearly mail rates and international price.
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Middletown Journal
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Middletown
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Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News Journal
Housing boom tests 1951 despite shortages and curbs
A 1951 housing surge partly buffers material shortages and labor limits. Despite Oct 12 1950 credit curbs, builders aim for around a million starts in 1951, aided by potential FHA mortgage insurance expansion and targeted federal funds for housing, water and sewers, and defense housing.
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Senate
House
Federal Housing Administration
Truman silent psychological strategy board marks shift in policy
Washington opinion notes President Truman creates a psychological strategy board to influence foreign publics, with Gordon Gray heading the effort. It would operate independently of the State Department, incorporate CIA leadership, and aim to combine wartime tasks while using infiltration tactics akin to Soviet methods but without copying them. The piece argues success hinges on coherent national policy and united leadership, warning against insincere or inconsistent objectives.
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Washington
Truman
Department of State
Department of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Gordon Gray
Army
Office of Strategic Services
Office of War Information
United States
Acheson
Formosa
Voice of America
Psychological Board
Strategy Board
Board OF Strategy
China
Asia
Worry Clinic discusses Lem J and infidelity pressures
Dr. George W Crane profiles Lem J a 46 year old business executive whose fear of aging drives an immoral affair with a lower status woman. The column notes his wife and son, critiques male midlife insecurity and urges intelligent wives to rekindle romance and resist paramours. Continued on Page 6.
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Romeo
Lem
Ponce de Leon
Stars Say For Tomorrow State of Af fairs
Genevieve Kemble presents an astrological forecast urging excitement and progress across life’s domains. It highlights high stimuli, brave plans, and supportive backers, with intimate matters promising enjoyment and success. a birthday child is described as ambitiously guided toward constructive living.
Six collies, one nip, a magistrate's curious ruling
A West Hartlepool tale recalls a man claiming a collie bit him, the owner brings six dogs to court, all good and alike, and the judges can’t tell which dog bit the man. The verdict orders the owner to keep the biting dog under control and leaves the question unresolved. The anecdote shifts to a reflection on judging others and ourselves, noting the line “it is up to you to decide which one it is.”
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Ernest Raddle
George Roberts
Roberts
Raddle
Collies
W. T. Hogg
Cugat Eyes Dog Ranch Plan After Music Career
Xavier Cugat, famed rhumba bandleader, plans to turn dog farming into a business after retiring from music. He already owns about 600 chihuahuas in California and aims for 1,000, betting on a lucrative niche built around his pet hobby and stage persona. He says his band has grossed about 15 million dollars in 20 years and still commands high performance fees.
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America
California
Cugat
Caruso
Guy Lombardo
Dumont TV Network
Waldorf-Astoria
Danny Thomas Defends His Big Nose in Public Column
Dorothy Kilgallen presents Danny Thomas defending his prominent nose as a source of humor and resilience. He recalls studio pressure for cosmetic changes, cites George Washington and John Barrymore as with beaks, and argues audiences respond to his natural look while sharing personal anecdotes from Toledo to Hollywood.
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Hollywood
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Rosemarie
Marie MacDonald
Marie
Harry Karl
Eve
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Bob Hope
Dottie Lamour
Bing Crosby
Truman creates Psychological Strategy Board to lead propaganda effort
Washington AP intrusion into the Cold War unveils a new top level body headed by Gordon Gray to coordinate US psychological warfare against the Soviet bloc. The board includes Walt Bedell Smith of CIA Robert Lovett and James Webb key officials, while the old interdepartmental committee continues in a reduced role.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
China
Psychological Strategy Board
Committee
Walt Bedell Smith
CIA
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Defense Department
Mar Marshall
James FE. Webb
State Department
Acheson
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Minnesota man’s plans collide with robbery sentence
A Minnesota man faces prison for robbery yet remains bound by restrictions. The piece weaves in sharp one liners about wealth, fate, and decision making, noting how personal and professional life intersect in tense times. The prose reflects a mix of wry observations and cautious forecasts.
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Minnesota
Nervous Habits Observed At Meetings And Parties
The piece catalogs nervous tics found in people at gatherings, detailing tappers, scratches, snappers, and squirmers. It notes nose scratching as common during concentration, describes fingernail tapping and snapping, and highlights movement patterns with warning not to squirm off your chair.
Television Actor Shaped by Moonlit Gas Shortage
A fragment hints that a television actor notices how talking or remaining silent changes tone, while poetry on celestial influence notes a full moon causing autos to run out of gas, suggesting odd astronomical effects on daily life.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
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Woods
National Association of Real Estate Boards
National Production Authority
Senate Labor Subcommittee
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Douglas
D., Sr
Philip Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Fulbright
D., Ark
RFC
Congress
David Lawrence
George W. Crane
The
Worry Clinic
Lem J
Genevieve Kemble
Ony
Erich Brandeis
West Hartlepool
England
Lookers
Hal Boyle
New York
Xavier Cugat
Cuga
Dorothy Kilgallen
the Voice of Broadway
Danny Thomas
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
Danny
St. Louis
Francis Lederer
Cary Grant
Old Woodward High
Toledo
Patricia Morison
Spencer Tracy
Tracy
MGM
James Marlowe
Europe
Japan
Korea
Germany
World
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
National Psychological Strategy Board
Nnt
Cnn
Cies
Dave Regan
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