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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1952
Page
4
Subscriptions and pricing details for Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal are listed, including per copy costs and weekly carrier rates. The note includes a biblical quotation from Matthew 4 9.
A 1952 overview contrasts J. Ramsay MacDonald and Aneurin Bevan, forecasting Labour splits, possible expulsions, and the party's direction amid Attlee and Churchill, while noting election year economic patterns and security markets. The piece links Labour’s past and present to political risk, leadership fights, and future conferences.
Dr. George W. Crane frames a tale of a German worker at a Russian plant with wheelbarrow full of sawdust to warn against Soviet “sawdust” tricks. Ivan P. quits guard duty after doubts and seeks inner peace, while Crane argues Russia uses fear to weaken the United States and urges skepticism of Universal Military Training and air raid drills as overreactions.
James Marlow notes the battle over forcing the Communist Party to register as a Moscow agent and disclose leaders and funding. Since April 1951 the Justice Department has presented documents and 19 witnesses to the Subversive Activities Control Board, with six more to come, amid appeals and potential Supreme Court review stretching into 1953 at the earliest.
David Lawrence argues honesty in tax administration depends on more than changing collectors from political appointees to Civil Service. He calls for independent IRS staffing, clearer laws, and stronger prosecution of evasion to curb political influence and restore public trust in federal taxation.
The column muses on whether child prodigies show genius early, noting most become ordinary adults. It cites Sinclair Lewis’s eighth grade report as evidence that future greatness isn’t foretold by childhood grades, and jokes about punctuation habits of the writer and his wife.
Hal Boyle reviews Donald Day’s selection from Will Rogers, a practical antidote to tense politics. Rogers’ quips lampoon politicians, expose corruption, and celebrate the circus atmosphere of conventions. The piece reflects on Rogers’ enduring edge and questions about modern television’s impact on politics.
George Dixon reports Rep. Allan Oakley Hunter cites an ex bureau crat’s gift avoidance scheme while Baldy Brannan stores 362000 bags of red kidney beans in a Lehigh Horseheads Warehouse near Elmira New York. Comptroller Warren eyes operations as Taft campaign lyrics draw criticism.
A political barb suggests candidates would seem more promising if younger. In Ohio a man singing in a night club was punched by a patron. A TV observer expresses a preference to keep such a man away from their screen.
A local plant worker faces a serious illness and is treated by a renowned surgeon who flies in with six assistants. The hospital fills with letters and flowers from friends, while a patient in the same room hints the surgeon might be the city’s mayor. The distant town learns Middletown’s spirit through this ordeal.
Dorothy Kilgallen relays a roundup of show business glimpses from Rodgers and Hammerstein announcements to club reopenings and Hollywood romances. Nina Foch, Bob Webber, Arlene Francis, and Marlon Brando surface amid speculations, money talks, and casting quirks while theaters seek live talent and star power remains volatile.
Questions and Answers on electricity by eel power frigates and bean harvesting. The piece notes electric eels produce up to 400 volts in adults and 120 volts in smaller individuals. It lists early US frigates Constitution United States Chesapeake Congress and Constellation. It mentions mechanical harvesting of snow beans.
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