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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1951
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces its publication schedule and subscription rates. It lists prices for carrier and mail subscriptions, with different rates for Middletown and outside trading areas, and quotes a Galatians verse as a decorative header.
The Senate plans a April 2 vote on sending four more U S divisions to Western Europe under Gen Eisenhower. Debate centers on whether Congress must approve dispatches and in what form, with simple and concurrent resolutions shaping the Senate’s position but not legally binding.
Dr George W Crane explains how excitement spikes pulse rate and blood pressure, raising stroke risk for elderly with heart trouble. He cites a case of a man dying after a Notre Dame Northwestern game and notes nerves and stress inflate readings. Relaxation, placid living, and religious faith can help lower blood pressure.
A reader quiz style piece explains the Boxer Rebellion’s aim to drive out foreigners, notes Brazil nuts grow in Brazil, discusses pearls in brides via Hindu legend, recounts Dvorak’s New World influence by Negro folk music, and identifies Tomb of the Unknown Soldier guards as the Ceremonial Company of the 3rd Infantry at Fort Myer Virginia with four hour shifts.
David Lawrence argues that filming all participants in gambling venues could expose the industry and deter activity if local authorities act. He notes the complicity of public, police protection, and political contributions to gambling, and suggests federal tax and revenue enforcement as a path to curb or control legalized gambling.
In two Kyoto area villages a long feud ends when a schoolmaster and schoolmistress from rival sides fall in love. Elders hold joint meeting, approve marriage, invite reconciliation, and the community celebrates. The piece urges neighbors to seek understanding to dissolve petty feuds.
A dramatic reversal theme marks the forecast with sharp turns and uplifting use of personal influence in social, professional, and business matters. Birthday readers may expect adventurous, dynamic experiences, tempered by prudence to turn calamity into growth and a lively career under karma’s decree.
Hal Boyle and George Dixon in The Washington Scene argue that Voice of America broadcasts irritate overseas audiences. They cite repetitive news replay and mocked Soviet parables like Abe and Jake, Pat and Mike, or Hans and Fritz renamed to Stalin Lenin Marx Streets, plus a tale of a Kovacs in Budapest. They note a prepaid Amvets booklet circulating the same joke, and question theValue of continued broadcasts and odd “disc jockey” methods.
The piece argues borrowing surpasses baseball as a national pastime, praising the social and imaginative benefits of loaning. It contrasts old views with modern trends, noting office borrowers outnumber baseball fans and that borrowing connects people with money and lively anecdotes from real life office stories.
Dorothy Kilgallen chronicles a Broadway style Easter in Manhattan. Crowds flood Fifth Avenue from 47th to 50th Streets as roosters in feathered hats, ornate outfits, and radio crews parade past St Patrick’s and Radio City. Celebrities ride, walk, and broadcast from hotel lobbies while shoppers and churchgoers savor the city’s festive mood.
A fragmented Middletown column recalls a tapin painter Chaliapin and a delicate egg carried from New York to Middletown. Another decorated egg arrives by mail at the Schmid house as local talk shifts to women returning to work and calls for a League of Women Voters push amid airwave chatter.
A playful note questions April showers versus June weddings. An astronomer predicts 86 million years of sunshine, while a weather forecast jokes about the forecaster hoarding sunny days. The column hints at flu season etiquette and shared humor in daily life.
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