Middletown Journal subscription rates and Bible quote
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for per copy, carrier, and mail delivery in and outside the trading area. The page also includes a Bible verse from James 2 21 about Abraham offering Isaac on the altar.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening
Sunday News-Journal
Sunday News- Journal
U.S.A
Abraham
Isaac
James
Questionable Coal Shutdown Fuels Debate Over Labor Power
The article discusses John L. Lewis ordering a two week coal mine shutdown to protest a planned directorship and honor injured miners, warning of widespread impact including 20,000 railroad layoffs. It contrasts this with Taft Hartley Act debates and notes Rakosi's definitions of people’s democracy and proletarian dictatorship amid Hungary and Bulgaria trials.
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John L. Lewis
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lewis
Truman
Congress
Frozen High Prices and Stubborn Bread Costs
The piece argues that despite minor price cuts by General Motors and some appliances, overall manufactured goods stay at peak levels. Bread costs remain high as flour, milk, and other ingredients drop, yet bakers see little relief due to higher freight, wages, and taxes. Demand for bakery items declines, depleting subsidies for bread. The article labels this a system of frozen high prices with no clear solution.
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General Motors
Thea
Why college economics fails to teach real business
Dr George W Crane argues that university economics professors, often focused on theory, do not prove their practical grasp of business. He cites a professor who borrows at high interest and questions why academics lack hands on experience. He urges horse sense over theory and offers a test for practical knowledge.
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Perry W
Roosevelt
Perry
Costa
Senate rules fight masks civil rights debate in Washington
David Lawrence argues the Senate clash over closing debate reveals a larger struggle over minority pressure and federal police power in state matters. He says civil rights politics distort the issue and hinder open discussion of constitutional methods and federal intervention.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Congress
North
CIO
AFL
Time Lends Enchantment Milwaukee
Kepec Chemical Co. president Bill Pohl bid $105 for a German air mail Zeppelin stamp addressed to his firm. He later found the stamp was the same one he had given to a friend in 1927.
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Enchantment
Milwaukee
Bill Pohl
Kepec Chemical Co
Pohl
Ponzi recalled in Bugs Baer squib on 1920 tale
Baer reflects on Charles Ponzi in 1935 style, noting his 1920 coverage and the 1949 commutation, recounting Ponzi’s foreign exchange racket, earnings, and downfall with sharp, humorous phrases. The piece traces Ponzi’s rise and fall, from dazzling bets to prison and a scattered legacy.
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Boston
Ponzi
St. Peter
New England
Postal Exchange
Chinese Restaurant Pioneer Shapes New York Dining
Hal Boyle profiles Jimmy Yoong, founder of Sun Far, who modernized a Chinatown eatery into a nationwide Cantonese dining boom. He notes doctors frequent his restaurants for heart health options, praises Cantonese cooking for its meat vegetable balance, and advocates moderation and herbal tonics as stomach and heart guardians.
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New York
Jimmy Yoong
Jimmy
Off
Sun Far
Yoong
Canton
China
Love and Time Don’t Go Together in Public Booth Tales
Erich Brandeis notes that a three minute limit on calls in Britain failed in Parliament. He recalls youthful romance in Berlin and reflects on time, love, and aging. He recalls his own longing for restraint, only to end with a view that time and love don’t mix.
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Wilfred Paling
England
House of Commons
Wilson Harris
Cambridge University
His
British Empire
Berlin
Germany
The Stars Say For Friday March 18 on Affairs of Heart
Genevieve Kemble presents Friday March 18 guidance focusing on love and home matters, with personal influence shaping domestic and business dealings. Birthday signals a prosperous year centered on heart themes, charm and culture, and a child born today will be affectionate and responsive to home life.
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Benigh
Three Time Divorces Hit One Oklahoma Couple
Mrs Nettus Sloan of Hobart Oklahoma has been granted her third divorce from J W Sloan within two years. Sloan previously divorced Edward J Hayes three times to reconcile with the second husband but says this divorce will stand.
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Hobart
Okla
Nettus Sloan
J. W. Sloan
City official eyed yellow zones changed to green
A city official observed a crew preparing to paint yellow parking zones yesterday and urged changing the color to green. The note mentions Irish-sounding Sullivan and joking weather on St Patrick’s Day, plus a digression on Erin Go Bragh and a Latin card game trend.
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Sullivan
Charity Deduction Misleads on Net Income Figures
George E. Sokolsky argues the 15 percent charitable deduction is misinterpreted when based on gross income. He cites Treasury methods showing 4.1 percent of adjusted gross income as deducted, stressing contributions come from net earnings after taxes. He urges private charity sustainment and notes tax take reduces funds available for giving.
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Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Colin F Stam
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
United States
Treasury
New York
Barbs Infernal machines and Sunday car trips
A collection of satirical aphorisms on politics music medicine holidays and finance. The quips contrast dumbness with judgment praise bankers opinions on the U S future and the impact of millions on economic actions. The tone skewers public figures and everyday life with wry humor.
Advertising science topic discussed by Armco VP Bennett Chapple
Twenty years ago Bennett Chapple Sr vice president of the American Rolling Mill Company spoke to the engineering economic class of Armco on the science of advertising its history growth and role in modern industry. The Middletown baseball club joined the Tri state League with Fred Roberts named manager of the local team.
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Bennett Chapple
American Rolling Mill Company
Armco
Middletown
Fred Roberts
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Rokosi
Hungary
Bulgaria
Proletariat
Stalin
Rakosi
George W. Crane
David Lawrence
MR. Lewis
Arthur
Bugs’ Baer
Ponzerro
Lkker
South America
Hal Boyle
The
Erich Brandeis
Dreamland
Monkey House
Genevieve Kemble
Dave Regan
St. Patrick's Day
Ireland
Webster
Mr. Webster
Erin
George E. Sokolsky
Junior
U. S
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