Middletown Journal subscription rates and policies
The Middletown Journal publishes every evening except Sunday from 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio. Subscription options include per copy 5c carrier 25c weekly and combined Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal 35c weekly by carrier. Mail rates vary by area with pricing for 5 days and 6 days, plus U.S. and outside U.S.A. options. All mail subscriptions payable in advance.
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Titoism and Browder stir debates in world communism
The piece notes tensions within the Communist world as Earl Browder attacks current Soviet leadership with pamphlets like Chinese Lessons for American Marxists. It contrasts Tito’s independent course with Moscow’s stance, and discusses how this dissent signals broader strains in the disciplined international Communist bloc. It also covers U.S. defense plans advancing air and Army force ceilings, framing them as enabling rather than appropriations, amid postwar budget limits.
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Daily Worker
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Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
China
Anna Louise Strong
Russia
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Soviet Union
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Defense must be kept free of politics, Johnson urged
The piece argues that Louis Johnson should run the Defense Department without political influence. It urges Congress to bar political committee ties for appointees, protect civilian input, and have the President avoid partisan selections. It warns that partisan appointments erode public trust in national security and calls both parties to uphold strict standards.
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Drama as Faith Boost for Churches in Chicago
Dr George W Crane argues churches should use dramatics to engage parishioners and youth. He cites a Chicago playwright and local actors, notes theatre energizes audiences, and urges Sunday schools to embrace exciting Bible tales with cinematic pacing. He critiques dull teaching and calls for broader church audiences and mathinee Sunday schools.
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Chicago
Walt Disney
Crane
One Word Led To Another on Buyer and Seller Markets
A think-piece contrasts buyer and seller markets, arguing no real difference and that buyers remain constrained by costs. The narrator, amid satire, imagines a true ideal market with giveaways, trial periods, and pension options, warning against optimistic but impractical economic schemes.
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Middleman’s Reef
Ubangi
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Fountain of Youth ideas and reflections from Brandeis
Erich Brandeis discusses a new Fountain of Youth named the Lake of Life in the Ural Mountains in Russia and claims it can revive bedridden patients after treatments. He compares it to Ponce de Leon’s fountain in St. Augustine and expands the concept to happiness, hope, faith, and charity in daily life. He also shares a radio quip from Fred Allen about money and happiness.
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Ural Mountains
Russia
Ponce de Leon
St. Augustine
Fla
Fred Allen
Fountain of Youth charms Minerva Pious in society column
The column lampoons social pretensions, recounts Miss Pious's rise from secretary to comedian earning weekly what she once made in months, and toys with the notion of a personal Fountain of Youth while urging readers to seek joy and humor in daily life.
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Minerva Pious
Fountain of Youth
Genevieve Kemble The Stars Say For Thursday March 31
Pressage predicts a surprising turn to a difficult situation through hard work and study of underlying factors. Concentrated effort and practical fundamentals may win support and funds from influential sources for a bright idea with sound techniques. Birthdays bring prestige, recognition, and favorable opportunities in life and work.
Quote from Earl Shreve on national partnership stance
A quotation from Earl O. Shreve, president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, stressing a partnership of capital management and labor and cooperation between government and business for the common good. The remark ends with a political jab at Republicans as ineffective.
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America
Earl O. Shreve
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Garfield Defines Career Balancing Act Between Stage and Screen
John Garfield, once a juvenile delinquent, credits Angelo Patri with steering him to meaningful work. Now 36, he navigates Hollywood and Broadway, seeking varied roles over stardom, preferring a strong, meaningful project even if it isn’t a lead. He rejects a house or hobbies, values theater fun, and warns against lifelong security in film contracts.
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Jules
Hollywood
Broadway
Garfield
Clifford Odets
Free Lance
Progressive democracy calls for wage increases to meet cost of living
The quote argues that repeal of OPA distracts from real needs as a housewife cannot feed her family on speeches and declarations for Americanism. Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas and Edward A. Stone of CIO United Public Workers are cited in a discussion on economic policy and workers' rights.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Edward A. Stone
CIO United Public Workres
Congress battles over veterans pension and labor bills
Bradenton Florida dispatch notes bitter House fights over a veterans pension bill and a new labor law draft. It cites taft driven labor battle in Senate, fear of social security clashes, Truman remaining in Washington, and accusations around un-American ties as political tempers flare.
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Shanghai currency collapse cited in international note
Dave Regan reports that a small home movement clipping gained wide attention after reprints in California Utah and the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. Ta-Kang Kao Shanghai representative of Armco International cites soaring living costs in Shanghai with the Gold Yuan depreciation to 12 500th of fixed value. currency history cited from 1947 to 1949 highlights the widening gap between rising costs and purchasing power.
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Middletown
California
Utah
Shanghai Evening Post
Mercury
Shanghai
China
D. E. McCoy
Armco International
Ta-Kang Kao
Mr. Ta-Kang
U. S
Zoopraxography and Civil War era trivia quiz questions
A compact Q and A excerpt defines zoopraxography as the science of animal motion with eight quadruped gaits and notes the kangaroo as a ricochet example. It recalls the Regimental Army song Benny Havens C and references William Jennings Bryan’s 1925 Scopes trial public appearance and his death soon after.
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West Point
William Jennings Bryan
J. T. Scopes
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