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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
6
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The FCC weighs revoking a seven year old ban on editorializing by broadcasters, hearing two opposing views. One side urges complete freedom akin to newspapers, the other calls for stricter policing, highlighting fundamental differences between radio and print media.
The piece rebukes Henry Wallace for claiming American press misleads about Czechoslovakia. It argues the U.S. press remains reliable and urges readers to verify reports against verifiable facts. It notes Czech ambassadors resigned as their country became a totalitarian police state.
General De Gaulle urges the United States to provide arms and ammunition to European states to counter Soviet influence, proposing a defense oriented plan akin to a second Marshall Plan. He warns such aid would risk war and clash with American traditions, with broad public reluctance beyond Wallace and his Communist supporters.
Dr. George W. Crane recounts Gideon’s biblical siege where 32 000 volunteers shrink to 300 after tests of courage and perception. God guides the selection, sending a night assault that scatters a vast foe with trumpets torches and broken jars.
The text argues that a few properly chosen men are more valuable than a mob of cowards and ignorant persons. It cites Gideon and Christ, noting 12 apostles with 11 proving worthy, to illustrate leadership and quality matter more than numbers.
The essay argues that General Douglas MacArthur, while a superb military leader with broad intellect, is unsuitable for the presidency due to lack of civilian governance experience. It contrasts his career with Ike Eisenhower and cites other Republican hopefuls like Dewey, Stassen, Taft, Vandenberg, and Warren as preferable, stressing the need for intimate political skill and reconciliation in office.
The column riffs on European pretenders from Bourbon claims to Habsburg dynasties and modern monarchic figures. It notes Franco’s influence, Cassie Chadwick’s fraud, and imagined disguises while wryly calling out the politics and legacies of royal mimicry and wealth.
Hal Boyle recalls a ten year run of houseguests, bachelor friends who drop by for Frances’s cooking. He groups them into types from chronic to “throwing” bachelors, noting Frances’s evolving view as she feeds and helps them find wives while he remains the steady, amused spouse.
George E. Sokolsky argues that administrative conduct in the Condon case reaches beyond Dr. Edward A. Condon to the President and Averell Harriman. He urges publication of Hoover Harriman letters to clear public doubt and defends rigorous scrutiny of all public figures including atomic scientists.
The Hindu practice of suttee where a widow self immolates on her husband’s funeral pyre was officially forbidden in British India in 1829.
Erich Brandeis notes the forthcoming visit of ex King Michael of Romania and his party to the United States. The event stirs socialites from Long Island to Park Avenue as plans form to entertain and host the royal party amid Democratic sentiment and social intrigue.
The War Department plans to open Fort Washington as a public museum and convert 300 surrounding acres into a recreation park with tennis courts a golf course and baseball and softball diamonds. The site dates to 1794 with fortifications from 1808 to 1814 tied to Washington and nearby Mount Vernon.
Former king Michael plans a stay in the United States where he remains a figure of ceremonial royal dignity. The visit signals continued public interest in his legacy and royal heritage.
President Truman urges a $1 billion highway aid to boost US production, while Walter Reuther President of LAW cites faults in highway infrastructure and economy and calls for intensified American manufacturing to remedy and save the situation.
A humorous column recalls Lib Mers guiding Mrs Ruth Sanders preparing for a Chicago bowling trip. Lib’s years of advice prompt a sly dig at city slickers. The item closes with a humane note on animal welfare and responsible disposal of a chicken killer dog.
In 1946 the U S Army Signal Corps established radar contact with the moon, the signal returning in under three seconds. The Golden Triangle refers to the Pittsburgh area where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio, noted for its skyscrapers and large department stores.
The Czechoslovak Republic was created after World War I with independence declared on October 28, 1918. It comprised Bohemia Moravia Silesia Slovakia and parts of northeast Hungary.
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