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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
6
Middletown Journal announces subscription prices for per copy, carrier, and mail options. Rates cover evening editions, Sunday inclusion, and regional or international mail, all payable in advance. Bible verse Isaiah 40 18 cited at bottom.
The Berlin package may propose lifting the blockade and reopening talks on Germany at a future Big Four ministers meeting. Analysts doubt the timing and read of Soviet intent, warning that the situation hinges on political strings and future U S interpretation.
Nationwide strikes loom as major unions mobilize for wage hikes and security benefits. John L. Lewis expected to push coal operators hard while steel, automobile, rubber, and electrical workers demand raises and enhanced benefits. Production may fall if concessions decline. Deflation concerns widen calls to curb government spending. nearby rattlesnake roundup draws 6,000 hunters to Okeene Oklahoma.
Barney Cameron a 36 year old circulation manager for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette oversees extensive school and Washington tours for 330 schools, with 14 600 children on Pittsburgh trips and 2 100 on Washington visits. The program trains youths in free enterprise through home selling, budgeting and business psychology while delivering papers and collecting payments. The article highlights the educational and character benefits for perpetuating practical commerce skills among local youths.
Washington column questions President Truman’s press conference claim that Democratic lawmakers faced reward for supporting repeals. It cites U S criminal code on bribery of Congress members and warns against a pattern where executive patronage pressures legislators. The piece laments declining ethics in federal politics and predicts only a minority could be swayed.
The text argues newspapers supplement schools by serving as an educational Lab for students and carriers. It notes schools give classroom credit and colleges award scholarships to carriers, praising carriers as defenders of free enterprise and unlikely to become communists.
Old-timers recall that early slings at officials test patience as players and fans clash. The remark about “getting away with murder” echoes a facetious phrase once common in heated games, illustrating enduring crowd dynamics and umpire pressure.
Dave Regan notes Searcy with Harding College a town of 3,000 residents plus 700 students. He describes friendly campus and town thanks to a Freedom Forum, a proactive Chamber of Commerce, and welcoming hosts. He highlights lodging limits, a unique shoe-store promo of barefoot prints, and the dry town’s dimmed neon glow from afar.
Baer muses on imperial history from Hawaii to Samoa and Guam, contrasting English restraint with Nordic imperiousness. He notes colonial methods, native treatment, and the enduring idea of empire, while poking at Western power, media influence, and pop culture’s echo.
The narrator discusses Erich Brande and a book on the newspaper syndicate business. He highlights a standout paragraph about desire and self control, noting the difficulty of overcoming cravings for alcohol sex and smoking while acknowledging universal human impulses.
Genevieve Kemble cautions that bad judgment or reckless use of funds may erode prestige popularity and finances. Avoid gambles extravagance and overconfidence. Those born on this day should guard resources health and home. Jupiter is described as the eleventh hour friend.
A two year old girl Barbara Brown wandered to the top of an elevator cage in a fourth floor Chicago apartment building. Police and firemen rescued her and she was unharmed. The incident left her family puzzled about how she reached the cage. Also notes that prehistoric kangaroos grew to 12 to 20 feet tall, while largest living kangaroos reach seven to eight feet.
Hal Boyle notes National Noise Abatement week with satire on hushes and differing scales of sound. He pokes fun at politicians and sports figures while stitching in references to National Boys and Girls week, Family week, Camp week, Baby week, Restaurant week, Cutterly week, Spring Cleaning week, Be Kind to Animals week, Hearing week, Raisin week, Frozen Food week, Golf week and Packaging week. Colonial tobacco history closes the piece with a glimpse of hogshead rolling to warehouses.
George E. Sokolsky catalogs shifts in American foreign policy from principled restraint to pragmatic expediency. He argues since 1933 the United States has abandoned Washington and Monroe doctrines, embraced secret arrangements, and allowed awards of treaties and war powers to bypass Congress, corroding national pride. He cites Teheran and Potsdam as turning points and laments naval maneuverings near Shanghai as signs of decline. He urges congressional investigations into State Department secrecy and policy drift.
The cost to remodel the Knights of Pythias temple on Central Ave was estimated at 60,000 dollars. The site was to be on the third floor and committees were named to run the Z and L Circus quality shows.
The text presents remarks by Secretary of State Dean Acheson about not compromising principles for expediency in disputes. It also includes a statement from Charles E. Wilson, president of General Motors Co., on global security beyond geographical position.
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