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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1950
Page
5
The Middletown Journal details subscription prices for per copy, carrier, and mail delivery in trading and outside areas. An inserted biblical remark from Acts 2:12 appears as a curious aside about meaning.
The United States faces a hard choice to fund Europe’s recovery by 1952. Aiming to balance Western Europe’s trade, the ECA seeks an additional billion dollars in goods from the US to close the dollar gap. Without real trade gains, the Marshall Plan risks becoming mere relief, risking Western Europe’s stability against Communism.
The United States and Canada sign a fifty year agreement on Niagara River power development. It shifts focus from strict limits to enabling major power projects while pledging to protect the river’s scenic beauty. The pact promises power growth with minimal visible infrastructure.
Guatemala faced a perceived snub when a Guatemalan band greeted a Puerto Rican color guard with the American flag at Central American games. U S Ambassador Patterson protested, then Guatemala corrected the breach with American flags and the Star Spangled Banner, soothing tensions as Acheson surveys Europe.
Dr George W Crane discusses a case of 16 year old Fredy K who loves most subjects but hates arithmetic. He argues mathematics can be taught by proper hooked up mental motor training, automatic recall of basic sums, and non punitive coaching. The piece advises against overpressure and urges steady practice to improve speed.
David Lawrence discusses congressional duty to investigate DOJ failure on injunction breaches amid miner unrest linked to John L. Lewis. Addresses evidence to DOJ, union signals, and a 1949 pattern of miners obeying Lewis. Warns that moot Supreme Court rulings and zero union responsibility threaten democracy and rule of law.
Genevieve Kemble notes that well organized strategies may advance private and business ambitions beyond hopes. Astute tactics could yield financial gains promotions and surprising deals, with high officials impressed. A birthday child may show exceptional drive and progress through clever instincts and idealism.
The piece reflects on Abbie Borroto’s death and the trial of Dr Hermann N Sander for mercy killing a cancer patient in Manchester New Hampshire. It contrasts public obsession with the Sander case with the author’s wish to visit Borroto’s grave and ponder life, death, and euthanasia through personal questions.
Hal Boyle reflects on the difference between poison snakes and sin. He notes sin has a beginning and middle but seems endless, like the rim of a cup, and that public denunciations mask private practice. The piece concludes that sin resists simple explanation for a plain person.
The piece mocks city politicians and farm misperceptions about agrarian life. It argues farmers have modernized with mechanization, better seeds and livestock, fertilizers, and improved practices, boosting yields and efficiency while needing supportive policies rather than curbs. It cautions against ignoring rapid changes in farming.
Twenty years ago the Ramblers Club gathered at the Shively residence on the Alameda for a dinner followed by a brief business meeting. E F Shively as president appointed a nominating committee of Gerber Miller Moore and a program committee of Harvey Storer Stiles. Winners named in the semi finals of the Hartwitz oratorical contest at the high school include Rybolt Turvey Casper and Kettman.
A compilation of historical quotes on sin from Emerson Ben Jonson Marcus Aurelius Seneca Mary Baker Eddy and others. Passages cover sin as experiment mind state omission justice and the moral consequences across literature and religion.
Jim Maines named general manager and Eddie Meehan named business manager to take charge of the team as the Armco Association directors convened to make the selection.
The Middletown incident, with a second afternoon blast heard up to 25 miles away, lacks official cause. Residents link the noise to a possible high altitude explosion from a plane west of the city, while Wright Field denies any explosives on local flights. Local reaction notes no damage and urges inquiry. Also, two recent high school plays, Seventeenth Summer and Antigone, impress with actors memorizing long lines and masking any flubs.
Ella Reeve Ware known as Mother Bloor, 87, comes from colonial and Revolutionary War lineages in New Jersey and New England. Her life spans Quaker, socialist, and feminist movements, with ties to Debs and the American Communist Party. Her son Harold Ware organized a cell later tied to the Alger Hiss case, as Whittaker Chambers revealed.
A quirky column notes brakes checked in safe driving campaigns to protect pedestrians. It wonders about doorbell ringing before bathtubs. A scientist says insects respond to kind treatment. It jokes about flies and sleep, and cites odds of being named in Who's Who in America as 10,000 to 3.
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