Middletown Journal subscription details and rates
The MIDDLETOWN JOURNAL lists subscription options including per copy 5c, carrier 25c weekly, and combined editions at 35c weekly. Mail rates for the trading area and outside areas are quoted, with U.S.A. at 25 year and all mail payable in advance.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Sunday News- Journal
U.S.A
Jericho
Reuther challenges Ford on speed-up in debate plan
Walter Reuther aimed a public debate with Henry Ford II on factory speed-ups, seeking to press broad welfare for UAW members alongside pay raises. Ford rejected the idea, saying public debate with union audiences would be fruitless, though Reuther is likely to press on with a renewed push despite the setback.
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Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford II
Ford
Reuther
UAW
International Union
Democrats face future in party as new words evolve
Sen. J Howard McGrath says Southern Dixiecrats have no future in the Democratic Party but warns against premature exclusion. The piece discusses possible realignments among Northern Democrats, labor unions, Republicans, and Dixiecrats, noting patronage and electoral votes tied to Southern support. It also surveys linguistic changes with new words entering Webster’s and world terms born from World War II.
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J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Con
White House
Democratic Party
Michigan
CIO
McGrath
Truman
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Earth
Reading Help For Paul M Aged 11 From Dr Crane Worry Clinic
Dr George W Crane discusses Paul M a fourth grader with reading difficulties. Despite normal intelligence and good eye health, Paul skips small words and fabricates text to gain praise. Emphasizes emotional family dynamics and parent guidance to treat reading as detective work and practice with flash cards to reinforce basic words.
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Paul M
Paul
Peacetime censorship battle reaches U.S. armed services
Washington reports show House Armed Services Committee and Defense leaders clashing over peacetime censorship. The article traces directives, leaks, and the push for a unified information office, noting Admiral Denfeld’s quoted comment and Pentagon attempts to clarify what may be released to the public. Peter Edson.
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Washington
NEA
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
Defense
Lewis Johnson
National Defense
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Johnson
Navy
Air Force
U. S
Russia
William Frye
Army
Office of Information
Adm
Lewis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Frye
Vinson
Armed Services
Bill Frye
Pentagon Correspondents’ Association
Braid
How To Tutor Your Child In Reading Bulletin
A call to send for a practical bulletin titled How To Tutor Your Child in Reading. The ad urges parents to use flash cards and friendly competition with Dad to improve a child’s attention and morale, suggesting the boy should win about three times out of four. It notes using a typewriter to strengthen spelling and promises to change a youngster’s educational future.
Huge Hobby Draws 100000 Model Railroadists
It is estimated that there are 100000 model railroad hobbyists in the United States. These model railroaders collectively own and operate enough trackage to reach from New York City to San Antonio, Tex.
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United States
New York City
San Antonio
Tex
One Word Led To Another by Arthur Baer and Donoghue Letter
The column cites Arthur Baer’s wartime persona and Gay Cat Donoghue of Los Angeles stirring a nest of Jungleers. It recalls the 1894 Phoenix heat and rail expansion, the Flat Rock Pullman wreck, Ted Stokes losing a leg, and a mock critique of Chester Bostwick’s Mundelein letter while promising a future squawk.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Gay Cat Donoghue
Los Angeles
Mr. Carpenter
Long Island
Chester Bostwick
Mundelein
Illinois
Chester
Donoghue
Manhattan under siege lesson from Holland Tunnel blast
Hal Boyle argues the Holland Tunnel explosion shows how vulnerable a great city can be to coordinated disruption. He warns that destroying or interrupting about 30 critical arteries linking Manhattan to New Jersey and other areas could plunge New York into chaos, urging nationwide disaster protection planning.
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New York
Holland Tunnel
America
Hudson River
Manhattan
Jersey City
New York City
Big City
New Jersey
Bronx
Long Island
Texas City
Imagination Flight and Open House at Bridgeport Airport
Erich Brandeis recalls a week of travel in imagination and real life from a brigantine voyage to an American Airlines Open House in Bridgeport. He describes the Yankee's 40 000 mile voyage, conversation with a curious child, and passengers testing a Convair plane alongside an elderly man’s reaction to air travel.
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Antigua
Zanzibar
Irving Johnson
Honolulu
Singapore
Fos West Africa
Capetown
St. Helena
Bermuda
Pitcairn Island
American Airlines
Bridgeport, Conn
Convair
The Stars Say For Tuesday May 17
Genevieve Kemble presents a May 17 horoscope predicting a prosperous period with harmony among major planetary energies. It urges cultivating personal and professional ties to gain prestige, power, and honors, noting generous moods, celebrations, and growing opportunities across social and financial life. A birthday message highlights a productive year with tokens of preferment. A quirky line about a cactus follows.
Blessings In Disguise Monument Honors Weevil In Enterprise
In Enterprise Alabama a monument honors the cotton boll weevil once blamed for destroying local cotton fields. Citizens say the pest forced diversification and ultimately proved a blessing in disguise as the town shifted crops and prospered.
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Enterprise
Ala
I Am An American Day Parade Delights Despite Rain
A drenched but determined parade marked I Am An American Day as rain and hail greeted marchers along Central Ave. Despite soggy dresses and cold, spectators sheltered while a hot rod without a top rode proudly. The crowd's spirit and the participants' smiles defined the event despite the weather.
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Legion Home
Central Ave
Sokolsky Critiques Acheson On Spain and Dictators
George E Sokolsky denounces Dean Acheson remarks on Spain arguing that dictatorships share traits and cites Franco as aided by Hitler and Mussolini while highlighting soviet backed regimes. He questions habeas corpus legality and religious liberty in communist states and mocks US stance toward Soviet Russia and Vishinsky.
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Dean Acheson
Spain
Hitler
Stalin
State Department
Mussolini
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Acheson
Free Countries
Hungary
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Bulgaria
Moscow
John Williams Sells Local Laundry Interest 20 Years Ago
John Williams sold his interest in the Quality Family Laundry on Crawford Street to move to Piqua where he held exclusive ownership of the only laundry there. Guy W. Spring, assistant to Frank B. Pauly, represented the Civic Association at a three day joint conference of three mercantile bodies in Columbus.
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John Williams
Crawford St
Piqua
Guy W. Spring
Frank B. Pauly
Civic Association
Columbus
Ohio man plans seven room home with four baths
A comedian's quip about marriage limits and a reaction to a bathtub joke contrasts a plan by an Ohio man to build a seven room home with four baths. The note suggests solving a 7:30 a.m. bottleneck with this unconventional project.
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Ohio
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Missouri
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Erich Brandeis
Genevieve Kemble
Dave Regan
George E. Sokolsky
Mr. Acheson
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