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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for city area carriers and mail outside, with weekly and annual prices pre tax. A decorative Bible verse from Matthew 5 16 appears amid the notice text.
Fortune notes retailers expect high sales but not higher profits as competition keeps markups down. Manufacturers hold prices steady while consumer buying remains strong, with production and distribution meeting demand and improving goods value overall.
A leading oil executive argues atomic energy will not displace oil soon. Global population growth and rising energy demand will keep oil use expanding, with civilian markets facing direct competition from nuclear power only in electricity. Oil's future, he says, should exceed all prior eras.
A California electric utility offers to partner with the Bureau of Reclamation to build river project power facilities. It claims to save taxpayers 50 million dollars in capital outlay and to pay 3.5 million annually for water use, with total project benefits over repayment tallying 171 million dollars. It cites other private power projects as evidence that government should not subsidize state tax funded plants.
The essay argues that dictatorial rule and harsh Soviet agriculture suppress production. It notes meat shortages under price controls, peasant discontent, and compares past Czars era cattle to today. Malenkov is described as a symbol rather than sole administrator, with systemic failures blamed on communism’s structure.
Hal Boyle profiles Hilde Neff Broadway star and war survivor. German born and now American citizen, she shines in Silk Stockings with Don Ameche, recalls bombing years in Berlin, surviving a concentration camp, and finding stability in a penthouse after years of travel and hotels.
Washington readers review the Yalta papers showing that Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill compromised principle, sold out Poland, appeased Moscow, and risked a cold war. The piece cautions against appeasement in Korea Formosa and elsewhere, urging defense of self determination and free elections.
Washington March 20 The Office of Defense Mobilization chief Lee W Schooler faced a costly request to connect his office with a secretary’s in the State Department Building. A proposed 1800 hole would link rooms 106 and 106A, but Schooler balked at the price and instead installed screens along the corridor to shield the secretary’s access. The mishap highlights bureaucratic quirks amid wartime stress.
In a column on newspapers and criticism, Harry Boyd recalls a reader named Smucker from Orrville Ohio who challenged his jelly judgment. Smucker, heir to a jelly and jam foundry started in 1897, argues American producers packed 800 million pounds of preserves last year. He sends a case of jellies and preserves, prompting Boyd to admit his error and praise jelly quality, even joking about better than his mother's.
An official questions a $1,800 quote to cut a connecting door for a needy student, lamenting that even simple tasks are overcharged in Washington. He asserts he can cut a hole through any wall in the capital, including near the Engraving and Printing, for $100.
A 1,572 foot television tower in Oklahoma City surpasses New York’s Empire State Building as the tallest structure. The Empire State Building had been boosted to 1,472 feet five years earlier. The note traces the height race and mentions other industry facts.
A national drive by the National Association of Travel Organizations seeks to replace midweek days with Monday holidays. Sylvia Porter of the Post-Hall Syndicate will promote letters to legislators. The plan adds five three day breaks including Presidents Day and shifts like Thanksgiving, aiming to boost travel and reduce absenteeism.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Franchot Tone and Zsa Zsa Gabor raising Perfiorio Rubirosa’s blood pressure. The piece covers Diahann Carroll style sightings, Marlene Dietrich at Luchow’s, Kathleen Winsor penthouse chatter, and other New York celebrity tittle-tattle with dates and places.
Tomorrow brings patience and tolerance to keep things running smoothly during a restricted period. Focus on essentials and think through problems to ensure happy solutions. Investments and financial affairs require extreme caution with an excellent outlook for domestic and family matters. December should be profitable.
Grace Kelly visits Lucky Pierre’s with Bud Palmer and plans an afternoon cooking lesson with chef Jean Gendron. Producers Bowden and Barr will stage an early Kurt Weill opera in New York this fall with Lotte Lenya’s approval. Jane Russell’s secretary Penny Sweeny receives a divorce diploma. VP Nixon’s goodwill tour spurs GOP leaders to press Eisenhower about 1956 ticket plans. A Jelke defense witness candidate is ill and unavailable. Hanson’s Broadway drugstore adds a mysterious new character who deposits 16 quarters, then vanishes.
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