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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1948
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription rates for per copy 5 cents by carrier and weekly and yearly mail options for the trading area and outside areas. The notice ends with a biblical verse Genesis 24 63 about Isaac meditating in the field at eventide.
The piece argues that air supremacy is essential for national defense, diminishing the appeal of foreign aid programs like the European Recovery Program. It urges focusing on air power research and swift mass production of advanced aircraft, referencing Mitchell and de Seversky as influence.
Pessimists warn Mexico may lose its bullfighting tradition due to inflation hoof and mouth disease and import bans. Placing a new plaza Mexico high costs matadors up to twenty thousand dollars per bull while losses at Plaza Mexico exceed ten thousand dollars on a crowded opening day. The Wheat market could swing with CCC purchases and farmer holdings signaling future price volatility.
Dr George W Crane counsels Imogene and other young women facing marriage to weigh pros and cons, push when ready, and live on the husband’s salary to avoid financial strain and marital trouble. He warns against maintaining separate budgets and urges using personal earnings for furniture or a home, not household expenses.
In certain Australian regions the annual evaporation rate reaches fifteen times the average rainfall. This indicates extreme aridity with strong water balance imbalance and potential impacts on ecosystems and agriculture.
The piece weighs Truman's reelection chances and party dynamics. It argues Truman failed to assemble a national, cross party team and mismanaged balancing factions. It details Republican hopefuls Taft Dewey Vandenberg Martin Stassen and MacArthur, noting internal divisions and strategic moves shaping the nomination race.
Genevieve Kemble predicts a pleasant and profitable year for those who direct efforts with industry tact and prudent use of personal charm. Gentle magnetism and sympathetic approach help clear difficulties and boost family, business, and cultural relations. A birthday may bring happiness, home ties, romance, and financial gains through positive attitude and behavior.
Arthur Baer argues the American farmer remains a small share of national income and must endure rising costs and debt. He mocks wartime optimism, notes farm equipment deterioration, and warns against overrating farmers’ postwar fortunes while stressing population shifts and urban pressures.
Hal Boyle notes a string of paradoxes in the Soviet Union as officials, scientists, artists, and managers clash with Marxist ideals. Budget overruns at the Bolshoi, a slow film, mismanaged factories, a ministerial ouster, and criticism of scientists, among other items, show elite deviation from promised egalitarian doctrine.
Erich Brandeis recalls Thomas Montanez, a ships carpenter aboard the S S Santa Clara who fell overboard in the Caribbean and swam for hours. He was saved after a crew spotted a circling tern above him. Montanez credits prayer and a perceived sign from the bird as keeping him alive and urging others to hold a guiding goal.
Alfredo Ferreyros new Peru vi an ambassador recalls visiting the Washington Monument in 1908 and his family ties to Peru and England. Mrs Clark Thompson of Texas sets a Congress call record with 1 100 embassy and congressional wife visits and returns with the 80th Congress.
A shipyard carpenter reflects on life and faith as essential for living with purpose. He prays and rejects a purely long life without usefulness, urging spiritual motivation to keep hope alive and sustain action toward a better tomorrow. The tern becomes his symbol of endurance and tomorrow’s promise.
Broadway M. E. Church began a drive to raise 4000 dollars to clear a long standing debt. Ross Snyder chaired the campaign committee. Small fry robbers hit three stores but only netted 3.55 dollars and a 15 dollar revolver. The Malta residents became British subjects in 1813.
Dave Regan notes anxieties over a potential third world war sparked by events in Czechoslovakia Finland and Italy. He contrasts somber world affairs with a light schoolyard moment where a girl declares it is Johnny’s turn to hold her hand this afternoon.
A Rockwell public power bill faced a showdown in the House with an eastern Republican bloc pushing changes to amortization and revenue rules. An Elliott amendment to shorten the payback period passed 210 to 152, signaling strong eastern backing and likely Senate defeat due to Western committee composition.
The Four Horsemen represent War Famine Pestilence and Death. States set voting ages with no universal rule. Gerrymandering is the division of a state into unnatural districts to secure political advantage.
If a diver is pulled from deep water too quickly without gradual air pressure equalization, a state of paralysis can occur. This condition is known as the bends.
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