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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1948
Page
4
Advertisement details subscription rates for the Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal. Includes per copy 5 cents, weekly carrier prices, and annual mail options for various regions with payment in advance. Also contains a Bible verse citation in the margin.
Three agencies under President Truman study the steel price increases assessing antitrust, production and economic impact. Doomsayers warn results may be limited, as executives doubt collusion and industry says prices won’t broadly rise. Also discusses spring flood forecasts and odd science quips about baldness traits.
Dr. George W. Crane counsels Jenny L. to reduce frustration by planning the next day the night before. He urges keeping a task list, including small chores, to boost morale and track progress, noting how a daily agenda helps busy homemakers.
The speaker notes that completing multiple tasks big and small gives a sense of achievement even when overwhelmed. He cites breakfast dishes and vacuuming as examples and describes using a routine method to prioritize work. Mrs Crane uses a kitchen blackboard to track her daily quota.
A lighthearted barbs column notes that motorists on icy streets tend to drive faster than average, challenging the notion of cautious behavior on slick roads. The piece questions police and safety authorities by suggesting speed is a common response to icy conditions.
In a Tennessee town burglars restrained a local barber, gagging him during the intrusion. The incident reported included a claim about theater seating, noted as an odd misstatement about excess seats in an upper balcony.
Washington report outlines how the Taft-Hartley Act allows court injunctions against unfair labor practices, the cautious stance of NLRB General Counsel Denham, and key cases involving General Motors and the International Typographical Union. It notes the pending ITU case, the closed shop issue, and divergent lower court rulings needing Supreme Court guidance.
The court ruled that employers must bargain until the NLRB finds an unfair labor practice by refusing to bargain. Textile Workers Union sued Amazon Cotton Mills for renewing a contract after a 500 workers shutdown and October reopening as an open shop. The Norris LaGuardia Act was deemed inapplicable, potentially triggering more injunction suits and elevating Taft Hartley as a major tool for unions. Courts fear added burden from injunction cases amid unclear law and pending Supreme Court and NLRB rulings.
Washington reports that Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, already in the House since 1940, aims for the Senate seat in June Republican primaries. She faces incumbent Governor Horace A. Hildreth Sumner Sewell a former governor and Rev Albion P Beverage.
Mary Norton of New Jersey, longtime dean of Women in Congress since 1925, says she wished to withdraw and return to social welfare work. Her supporters, however, urge her to stay, noting she has served since 195 and now ranks as minority ranking member of the House Labor Committee.
In a breezy collage of satire Arthur Baer recalls Carol Lupescu and Michael of Romania amid palace scandals and exile. He riffs on royal missteps and schoolroom shifts, noting Balkan politics as chaotic as camel grunts while preferring neutrality and humor.
Hal Boyle reports Hellene Paul, an astrologer, says women born March 21 to April 20 have a 50 percent chance of marrying in 1948. She ranks all zodiac signs as marriage prospects and predicts a strong year for Pisces and Aries, with caution on Cancer and Virgo. She even notes Stalin will have a fruitful year in 1948.
Erich Brandeis praises Fordham University President Father Gannon who opposes the President's Committee on Higher Education which seeks to enroll 4 600 000 students by 1960. Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell Massachusetts vows re election and chairs the Veterans Affairs Committee. A comic strip shows a girl studying history homework while a mother jokes about comfort.
Frances P. Bolton of Ohio seeks re nomination in the May 4 primaries after being elected in 1940 to fill her husband’s term. Helen Gahagan Douglas of Hollywood plans to enter the Democratic primaries June 1 seeking a second term. Georgia Lusk of New Mexico, the state’s first woman congresswoman, runs for re election. Mrs. George B. St. George of New York also campaigns for re election and chairs a House Post Office and Civil Service sub committee.
Twenty years ago Middletown opened with an art exhibit in the Civic Association Building auditorium. In a music test led by Miss Blanche Earnhart elementary music supervisor, seventh graders at Central School achieved the top score.
Butler County Farm Bureau sponsored a meeting of alfalfa growers in the vicinity to encourage more productive crops this year. Motion pictures on correct planting and cultivation of spring crops were shown.
During the ice ages the North Sea nearly drained. As the ice retreated the Saltic briefly formed a freshwater lake and then evolved into a different hydrological setting.
Father Gannon laments that one third of so called students clutter campuses and hinder others progress. He suggests removing what he calls useless lumber on American colleges in a discussion reflecting campus reform debates.
The piece questions the purpose of college education asking whether it merely delays work, or raises social status, and cites Father Gannon, who argues it should produce much-needed national leaders. It asks how many graduates actually aim to be leaders or to apply their knowledge in college.
Thousands of parents sacrifice to fund college while many students view it as a fast track to careers. The piece argues admission should go to those whose abilities character ambitions and earnestness merit higher education, citing a harsh Burns critique of dull conceit in campus life.
A friend recounts a man who repeatedly borrowed money against a diamond ring, then vanished after claiming a huge winnings. The ring, bought for 150, was offered to be sold back by the borrower after a string of loans totaling more than 250, ending with a claim of a 16,000 gain before disappearing.
During World War I people were urged to save peach pits because charcoal made from peach pits and coconut shells absorbed gases more effectively than wood charcoal. The pits were collected to supply materials for gas mask canisters and protective filters.
Only binary star systems allow mass measurement by observing mutual gravitational effects. In such pairs, astronomers track orbital motion to determine each star’s mass using Kepler's laws and Newtonian dynamics.
The chapel of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey is regarded as the finest example of Tudor Gothic architecture in England.
Glue is a product of animals and musilage is from plants. Glue is a hard gelatin obtained by boiling animal skins to a jelly. Mucilage is a gelatinous plant substance formed by water acting on celluloses.
Newfoundland is described as a self governing dominion with its own parliament and full Commonwealth membership. Louisiana is cited as the top shrimp producing state, accounting for about two thirds of the U S catch. A long standing shoe throwing custom at weddings is linked to the transfer of possession. The first known Antarctic landing is attributed to Carstens Egeberg Borche grevnik and his Norwegian party in 1895.
Shoran is a radio navigation aid that helps pilots know their geographic position continuously. English walnuts are so named because the species was introduced to the United States from England, where cultivation began in 1562.
A fragment notes ongoing outrage over a March crime as a suspect remains at large. The quote signals public fear about what the offender may still achieve and questions the effectiveness of authorities in stopping further harm.
Native Communist leaders claim India’s 400 million will become a federation of peoples democracies under Moscow guidance, erasing 1947 partition and accepting Soviet help. Indian intellectuals dismiss the prophecy as pipe dreams while Congress promotes reforms via national planning.
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