Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Note
A brief notice lists subscription prices for the Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal. Rates cover per copy 5 cents, carrier 25 cents weekly, and mail plans for local and trading areas, with annual costs and U S A pricing. A biblical verse remains in the text as a nonessential fragment.
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Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Evening Middletown Journal
Evening Middletown
U.S.A
Slaves and Slavery Debates in Cold War Era US
The piece contrasts allegations of widespread slavery in Russia with American criticisms of Soviet and Western practices. It notes a UN debate on slave labor charges, comments on meat supply forecasts and farm economics, and questions whether government planning serves practical bread and butter realities. It discusses Dewey's New York budget push, GOP reactions, and the broader two party system dynamics.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
United States
United Nations
Britain
France
Edgewater
N. J
UN Economic and Social Council
Australia
Denmark
Kremlin
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Republican Party
Dewey
GOP
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
Wey
FEPC
Betsy the temperamental Guernsey cow and milk psychology
Dr George W Crane recounts milking Betsy a nervous eight year old Guernsey cow. He notes cows have emotional lives, with cases of inferiority and other psychological factors affecting milk output and gut function, urging calm, affection, and emotional control.
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Betsy B
Guernsey
Betsy
London
Malcolm Bradbury
Mr. Bradbury
Truman rewards Louis Johnson with cabinet post
Washington notes President Truman paid off his campaign debt by appointing money-raiser Louis A. Johnson to the cabinet as secretary of defense. The piece contrasts Forrestal’s exit, Johnson’s Navy trust, and political pressure around defense policy and post-election loyalties.
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Washington
Truman
Louis A. Johnson
Department of National Defense
Armed Services
Finance Committee
Democratic National Committee
Louis Johnson
United States
White House
Forrestal
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Department of State
Dewey
National Defense
Johnson
War Department
Navy
Capitol Hill
James Forrestal
S.O.B
One Word Led To Another in Baseball’s Managerial Dragnet
Arthur Baer muses on rosters shrinking from five hundred to thirty-five, recalling Brooklyn days and drafts by McGraw Griffith Johnson Ainsmith Doyle and Giants legends. He ponders reporters loyalties when moving towns and the urge to swap players, hinting at March thoughts and potential headlines.
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Dodgers
Florida
Philadelphia Eagles
Old Brookly
John McGraw
Clark Griffith
Boston
Cincinnati
Phillies
Washingtons
Giants
Griff
McGraw
Walter Johnson
George McBride
Zeb
Milan
Eddie Ainsmith
Larry Doyle
Kelly
Durocher
Is sincerity worth hurting a friend for honesty
Erich Brandeis discusses whether honesty and sincerity justify damaging friendships. He notes many literary submissions seek praise not truth and contrasts a female reader’s hat dilemma with a man’s joke about a spouse. Sincerity may be cruel, yet truth can ruin affection.
Sunday and Monday Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble
Sunday March 6 foresees pleasant progress in charitable cultural and social affairs with honors and festivities possible though delays or disappointments may occur plan for health care. Monday March 7 predicts an intriguing dramatic day with opportunities in work yet urges caution with possessions and deals while pursuing realistic goals and ideals.
Voyager Hal Boyle piece on Kwato missionary Cecil Abel
In a travelogue style vignette Hal Boyle profiles Cecil Abel, a 46 year old Anglo Papuan missionary at Kwato New Guinea. Abel recounts cannibal lore and headhunters with wry humor, discusses the mission’s aims to shape thinking, and recalls his father’s prophecy. He travels to the United States to secure corn and rice seed, later heading to Guatemala after advising on rainfall.
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Cecil Abel
Kwato New Guinea
Cecil
United States
Canibal
Abel
England
Abe
Iowa
Guatemala
California man builds house on old truck chassis
A Californian constructs a home atop the chassis of a former truck, while a separate note mentions cuffed pants, an Oklahoma auctioneer found unconscious from gas, and a reflection on avoiding glamor and sensationalism in pursuit of sound judgment.
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Oklahoma
Middletown needs bold city planning for future growth
In a column the author argues Middletown must plan a future “Middle town” with land for parks public parking and civic centers like Columbus. The piece urges adopting a payroll tax to fund essential improvements, noting how Columbus benefited after funding and planning changes.
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National Guard
Middletown
Topsy
Columbus
YMCA
Civic Association
YWCA
Atlantic Pact aims to bypass Congress, warn on war powers
George E. Sokolsky argues a Western defense alliance seeks to formalize a de facto war plan against Soviet Russia. He contends the treaty bypasses constitutional war-declaration powers and could delegate Congress's war authority to the President, noting massive projected defense costs and existing commitments in Europe.
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Soviet
Russia
State Department
Dean Acheson
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
Roosevelt
Teheran
Yalta
Quebec
Atlantic
Singapore
Acheson
Europe
Rhine
River Rhine
United States
China
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Wilson
Questions and Answers from a historic paper quiz
The text presents a Q and A style recap answering four questions. It notes Schumann's 1854 attempted drowning in the Rhine and his two years in a German asylum, Israel's proclamation of independence on May 14, 1948, the line of demarcation set by Pope Alexander VI, and that the vice presidency has been vacant 15 times since constitutional gaps in filling the office.
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Robert Schumann
Clinton
Madison
Roosevelt
Truman
Israel
Jewish National Council
Tel Aviv
Alexander VI
Spain
Portugal
New World
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Genevieve Kemble
Hal Boyle
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George Tucker
Pacific
Lanny Ross
Dave Regan
George E. Sokolsky
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