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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1954
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates with pricing for per copy 30c in city, 25c outside, with Sunday News Journal 40c in city and 35c outside. Mail options vary by trading area, with annual rates from 9 dollars to 35 dollars outside the U.S. A Bible verse is included at the end.
Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota chairs the Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee in its inquiry amid charges from the Army and McCarthy aides. Mundt, ex-House Un-American Activities chair, recalls Hiss perjury convictions, defends Acheson's loyalty stance, and notes McCarthy friendship. Mundt’s background includes teaching, farming, real estate, and a 1955 reelection bid. He helped sponsor the McCarran Act and Voice of America authority, and in 1953 opposed Bohlen’s Moscow ambassadorship nomination.
The Supreme Court swiftly ruled Congress may transfer public lands including tidal offshore oil lands to states or others, upholding unlimited federal power over public lands. Alabama and Rhode Island challenged benefiting states California Texas Louisiana and Florida while seeking revenue from offshore oil. The court dismissed the suit, leaving the political fight to future scrutiny and public debate on waste and private gain.
Out of Helena Montana comes a report that on Jan 20 this year the thermometer touched 70 degrees below zero for a new national cold record. We are far from the world record of 94 below in Verkhoyansk Siberia. The piece jokes about internment camps for Communists and recalls World War II losses to remind readers of wartime practices.
Hal Boyle warns that the modern urge to perform how to do it projects self importance and distraction from life. He praises wonder over planning, ridicules hobby projects, and mocks the idea that vanity projects solve worries, offering a counterbook titled How Not To Do It.
Washington report notes a surge by liberal White House aides aiming to undermine Senator McCarthy and target Republican leaders including Representative Welde and Senator Jenner. It cites magazine attacks on the FBI, questions over Hoover, and disarray in handling the Army McCarthy dispute, with leaks and improper distribution of a Senate report.
Aati-competitive column recalls the GOP hotfoot tactics used against Secretary Charles Brannan in 1950 to block food shipments abroad and aid school lunches. It notes the Democrats now deploy similar pressure on Ezra Taft Benson, while highlighting an existing law that already directs surplus food to needy Americans via state warehouses and the Agriculture Department.
After a pleasant month in Miami Mrs Douglas Robbins and her daughter Virginia Robbins returned to S Main Street. Merle and Chester Wendt resumed studies at Ohio State after a brief visit. Dean Phillips, Yale senior, spent spring vacation in New York City.
A dispute over the Pentagon report on a dispute between John G Adams and the McCarthy staff shows poor team play. Only Senator Potter received the document ahead of others, with Potter reading it briefly before McCarthy protested its one sidedness to Defense officials.
Senator McCarthy questions why Potter received a report in advance and alleges Potter ally Lewis was hired as legal counsel to Army Secretary and paid 12000 dollars a year. Potter supporters deny, while Republicans quarrel and the left wing gains.
A reflective piece questions whether crime pays as readers note millionaire racketeers, then recounts Terry Druggan’s Chicago jailhouse rise and fall. It contrasts glamorous outlaw life with the fear of law and eventual ruin, asking who truly profits from crime.
A social note describes a party misunderstanding where a young woman learns a mistaken identity about her sister and a gray hair claim. It also mentions Frank Dobrozsi of the Board of Elections and a rumor about address changes. The column closes with a pet pup named Gus missing from 2201 Waneta St with contact numbers provided.
Dorothy Kilgallen profiles a New York social whirl of romance and crime. Alistair, a pale dreamer, marries Judy for money then embezzles to fund her spending, lands in jail, while Judy moves on to wealth yet sends him a birthday card yearly. Eleanor’s Reno divorce over a baby clothes bill exposes marital strain. Eddie Edwards stays loyal to his wife despite Hollywood temptations, with her constant support keeping him out of scandal.
Tomorrow favors initiative and enterprise amid sidereal influences. Pursue goals with vigor, rely on intuition in business, and study situations before acting. Minor routine changes improve efficiency, while a birthday tomorrow signals two months of business activity and social growth with possible honors.
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