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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1952
Page
4
Public notice lists subscription prices for the Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal. Details include per copy 5 cents, carrier 30 cents a week, mail rates 9 dollars yearly in trading area, 15 dollars outside, and international 35 dollars yearly. Includes a biblical quotation at end.
The United States agreed to pay 814 million to about 90 Midwestern trucking firms for wartime property seizures in 1944. The case framed the government’s steel mill seizure dispute before the Supreme Court, with Gold Clause precedents and Court of Claims limitations shaping the argument.
A historical survey notes governors and politicians who faced forced nomination drafts. It cites Oregon's 1950s scenario with Adlai Stevenson and recalls 1868 Horatio Seymour and 1880 James A. Garfield while explaining drafts occurred despite refusals and the conventions' stampede dynamics.
Dr. George W. Crane suggests Linda P. and other commuters turn train downtime into study time. He cites Harvard doctors and Lincoln as examples, urging readers to spend 30 minutes daily on educational newspaper content rather than only leisure pages. The piece promotes self-improvement through consistent reading habits.
The writer notes that relatives of corrupt officials have long existed and suspects an excess in political influence recently. A suggestion is made that reducing this overproduction could improve future political integrity and soil the political field for better outcomes.
This piece notes Senator Taft comparing the current Republican preconvention campaign to the 1912 contest between Taft and Roosevelt. It contrasts domestic and foreign policy battles, party splits, and the roles of Eisenhower, Dewey, Lodge, Stassen, and Warren, highlighting Taft’s extensive primary campaigning and the lack of a direct 1912 parallel except in intensity.
A collage of quips and curiosities covers unusual acts and odd facts from flirtatious mishaps to a divorcing English couple. An Indiana girl downs a flirtatious man with an umbrella while a fly’s eyes number about 900 million.
Erich Brande notes lecture by Hans Petterson of Gatesburg Sweden at Yale. Petterson warned oceans will shrink revealing new continents across the Atlantic and Pacific. Earth may desiccate like Mars while Venus remains pre oceanic. He predicts billions of years before such changes occur, with geo political and educational upheaval ahead.
Kansas City columnist Hal Boyle essays on revisiting his boyhood home and the ache of change. He recalls neighbors, a tall elm, and a younger house, noticing how memory preserves youth while life moves on. A niece Kathy anchors the visit, and a family reunion underscores the ache and warmth of home.
George Dixon reports Washington social gossip as Mrs. Ymelda Miller, daughter of Senator Dennis Chavez, is injured in a crash and taken to George Washington Hospital. Amid dinner seating anger, Vice President Barkley discusses Senator Connally’s retirement with Jesse Jones, while Rayburn cracks down on insults in a heated Agriculture bill debate. O'Toole battles farm subsidies against Cooley as debate erupts. Senator Zales Ecton proposes a patent to John Takes Gun, heir to Marie Takes Enemy.
A day of exciting adventures and sudden events caps the climax with discreet handling of emotions and relationships. Birthdays bring unique year ahead with dramatic upheavals, radical ideas, and potential genius guiding exceptional talents toward unusual attainments.
A fragment list of quiz style Q and As asks which President, upon accepting the nomination, said he would not seek reelection with James K Polk in 1844 as an example. It then asks if Murmansk remains ice free in winter due to the Gulf Stream.
A heated dispute swirls around the Middletown Hospital fund campaign with claims professionals take a cut. Officials insist all contributions fund the addition, the industry fee covered by a prior reserve, not donors. A local group questions contributions to Warren County arguing evacuation risk but notes eventual needs in the area. If you were in dire need of hospital care, how much would it be worth to you?
A collage of celebrity whispers from New York and Hollywood. Lana Turner and Bob Topping settle divorce terms for about 100000 dollars. General Gruenther eyed for Chief of Staff post if Eisenhower wins. Don Ameche wins big in the Kentucky Derby. Serge Rubinstein faces Uncle Sam. Manly Fleischmann to become Defense Mobilizer. Gene Tierney and Peter Lawford form a Coast duo. Lindbergh to check in for a hospital visit. Oatis may be freed within six weeks. Rita Haworth past romances and Acapulco glamor tours. Mike Shore breaks a hand in a noisy morning dispute. Sylvia Gable’s health questions spark concern post Liz Taylor marriage. Shelley Winters jokes about Farley Granger marriage. A $40000 diamond bracelet noted. Billy Reed’s Little Club pool with Milton Berle wedding bets. Ocean Beach Night Club planned with Goldie Hawkins. English charines depart for Piccadilly shows. Top town picks include Walk East on Beacon and Copa crooners. Bookmakers anticipate tax stamp ruling boosting treasury revenue. Marian Saunders flits between lovers after split from Charles Hsieh. Veterans push for death penalty for narcotics peddlers. Hohenzollern autobiography hints at bombshells. Ethel Smith entertains at Cotillion Room. Judy Garland offered large fair sums. Subversive medical practitioners probed by state officials. Airlines boss Bob Six linked to Ethel Merman nuptials unlikely.
Diners at Cyrano's were startled when Mrs Jack Fryer known as Nevada Smith arrived with a flashy new bauble. The scene drew attention as guests watched the social figure enter the room with notable flair.
The church ranks as the third largest in Europe, following Saint Peter's at Rome and Seville Cathedral in Spain. The query notes Saint Peter's in Rome ahead in size, with Seville close behind, and mentions origins and adaptation of watermelons in Africa, spreading to southern Asia and later thriving in America.
In China the ninth day of the ninth month marks Kite's Day. Thousands of kites in shapes of dragons fishes birds and butterflies are flown across cities to float away evils believed to attack their owners.
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