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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1948
Page
4
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The late Czech foreign minister Jan Masaryk spoke frankly in a 1946 off the record interview, urging America to adopt a tough policy toward Russia while praising both nations. He warned of Russian aims and the danger to freedom, and suggested America must recognize its power to deter. His death raises questions about whether his sacrifice spurs decisive global action and policy alignment.
The piece argues that Czechoslovakia's loss of liberty signals a widening Soviet bloc from the Baltic to the Black Sea. It urges Western European unity, notes anti communist protests in Scandinavia, and warns of Moscow gaining a rich strategic prize while President Benes yields to communist power.
Dr. George W. Crane rails at luxury and excise taxes in daily life. He cites 89 cent lotions with 21 cent tax and a $10 bag taxed to $12, plus 25 percent charges on long distance calls and travel. He questions why routine items become luxuries and calls for tax relief.
A writer denounces current income taxes and what they call luxury taxes. She objects to taxing essentials like trips long-distance calls light bulbs cosmetics and hand lotions and says these affect women unfairly. She notes her wife is upset by the taxes.
George E. Sokolsky laments Jan Masaryk for dying at 61 after a career of Prague New York ties and mixed policy. He argues Masaryk chose duty over collaboration with Stalin, warns against appeasers like Wallace, and links Masaryk’s death to Czech fate and broader Western politics.
A columnist satirizes gender politics and campaign vituperation. The piece references a congresswoman called Kitty, notes her charm and intelligence, and critiques political mudslinging and cosmetic stereotypes in a bygone era. It imagines a female mayoral run and a president within twenty years.
Maj. Gen. James Gavin, nicknamed Slim Jim, addressed 105 combat veterans of the Eighty-Second Airborne Division in Bragg North Carolina before his promotion to chief of staff of the Fifth Army in Chicago. He vowed the division would never die and reflected on his youthful rise and airborne battles in Sicily Italy France and Holland.
Dr Crane explains nursery schools push parents to consider age peers for early social development. He notes urban limits, private tuition, and suggests churches run large programs to use church spaces for child care and early education.
More than 2 500 paintings from junior and senior high students are sent to Czechoslovakia France Sweden and Venezuela through an American Junior Red Cross and Eastern Art Association program. The project expands next year to involve more countries and features urban and rural scenes plus school life.
The passage argues nursery schools are to socialize children through play and social experience, not to teach writing or reading. It warns against imitating grammar schools and teaching early academics, noting parents demand progress while children should learn unselfishness in a social environment.
At the annual meeting and banquet held at the Y M C A officials and members decided to rename the Community Golf Club to Wildwood Golf Club of Middletown and adopt the new title for the club’s future.
The Middletown Legionnaires marked their ninth birthday with a stag party showing camaraderie and community spirit among members.
Native peoples living near the Catskill Mountains believed the region housed the Great Spirit. They held the area as sacred, shaping early legends about creation and ancestral lands long before European contact.
The letter argues the street sweeper has improved cleanliness but urges residents to keep sidewalks clean and reduce litter from stores cars and pockets. It notes Middletown voters will face political dinners and a tough national outlook, urging leaders to offer solid plans beyond platitudes.
From Aug 22 1947 to Feb 11 1948 the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service faced 358 work stoppages involving 92 000 workers and closed 4 201 disputes. Cyrus S. Ching 72 directs FMCS aiming to prevent strikes by early grievance settlement and engaging with unions not in full compliance.
The Taft Hartley Law creates arbitration, fact finding, injunctions, cooling off periods, and NLRB votes to prevent strikes while negotiations proceed. Director Ching has not yet used these tools. He aims to narrow central authority by shifting work to eight regional offices.
Ching explains that the Service normally avoids disputes before the NLRB but may intervene when national safety and health are at stake. He notes authority over certain cases where union bargaining agents are in dispute and where involvement may be required regardless of NLRB proceedings.
Tuesday March 16 auguries favor exceptional success and promotion with employer praise but warn of hasty moves and confusion. Birthday readers may gain support yet risk overacting and impulsive revisions. patience and careful note taking advised. A talented child born today could win high support but falter with haste.
The Q and A note the South Shetlands lie in the Antarctic region. It states Britain owns the islands with Argentina and Chile challenging Britain's claim.
Miss Aline Neal, a fourth grade teacher in Jackson Mississippi, was voted this honor in a nationwide contest among school children.
The first kerosene was distilled from coal shale, and thus was called coal oil.
The aardvark is an African ant eating burrowing animal. It is a large creature with ears longer than a rabbit's and a snout longer than a pig's, plus a tail longer than a man's arm.
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