Middletown Journal ad and biblical verse snippet
The page lists subscription rates for The Middletown Journal, detailing per copy and carrier pricing, mail options for different areas, and advance payment terms. It also includes a Biblical verse from I Kings 13:21 about disobedience to God’s command.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
City
News- Journal
City Area
News-Journal
Sunday News Journal
Judah
Hard Facts On Tax Reductions and Budget In 1953 54
President Eisenhower faces a nearly impossible 1953 54 balanced budget as Treasury officials warn of a rising debt limit and potential defense cuts. Tax receipts may fall short of Truman estimates, prompting calls in Congress to extend four tax reduction items while Republicans push for tax cuts to bolster political standing in 1954.
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Eisenhower
Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Defense
Wilson
House
Congress
Truman
Joint Committee
Internal Revenue
Reed
N.Y
Ways and Means
No Pep For Sesqui Ohio Sesquicentennial Remains Low Key
Ohio’s 150th birthday passes with little fanfare in the area aside from scattered tours and school programs. Lebanon set a high bar last year, while Butler County ponders a committee with modest enthusiasm. Women’s clubs, schools, and teachers stage activities and pageants to keep the history alive for the younger generation.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Lebanon
Butler County
The Stars Favor Tomorrow For Genevieve Kemble
The columnist predicts favorable sidereal aspects for Genevieve Kemble and offers guidance to clear duties before new projects. Practical budgeting and willpower avert headaches, with social and domestic matters favored in the evening. Tomorrow birthdays promise excellent yearly prospects and future success in ambitious plans by fall.
20 Years Ago Thirteen-Year-Old Backgate Robbery Report
Police in Middletown uncover a novel backteering scheme by an unapprehended youth who phoned a woman claiming to have her missing dog and offering to return it for 25 dollars. The caller hung up when asked to deliver the animal. Police plan to present the boy to juvenile authorities if located. Seven people, including a policeman and a fireman, suffered minor injuries in the annual OSU sophomore freshmen football battle that erupted into a riot.
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Middletown
Ohio State University
Ohio
Columbus
East Broad St
High St
Songwriters And Oysters Highlight Tough Odds In America
In New York, songwriter Bob Hilliard explains the slim chances for success in the U S music business where millions write lyrics yet few earn $25 000 yearly. He describes Tin Pan Alley as vital, notes fans and timing matter, and shares his long career path and philosophy. He cites Jingle Bells as the dream song he would have liked to write.
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New York
America
Bob Hilliard
Hilliard
Bob
Brazil
Hazel Flagg
Broadway
Tin Pan Alley
New York City
Eisenhower Budget Talk Aims to Reassure on Defense
President Eisenhower plans a radio address to explain defense and budget aims amid partisan and press questions. Defense Secretary Wilson backs economy with stronger security, while Gen. Bradley says no basis to cut rearmament. The piece weighs Russia threat, post Stalin shifts, and possible risks in reduced spending.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Symington
Missouri
Air Force
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Bradley
Wilson
Stalin
Controversy Over San Francisco Murals Sparks Debate in Congress
In Congress a bill by Rep Scudder to remove Anton Refreigier murals from the San Francisco post office is framed as subversive and offensive. Supporters say public art should please the masses, while critics accuse funding and taste as the deciding factors in art.
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Congress
San Francisco
Anton Refreigier
Scudder
R-Calif
California
Armistice Declared After Student Riot With Police Action
Two score policemen and firemen arrived to stop a melee involving about 1,000 students. Eggs fruit and vegetables were hurled at officers and passing autos as leaders call an armistice only after police threatened to use tear gas.
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Blue Coats
Worry Clinic: Dr Cranes Alcohol Warnings at Union Station
Tom P aged 39 appears drowsy after drinking, falls on a station floor, and sleeps amid mockery. Dr George W Crane warns that alcohol slows movement and dulls intelligence, risking accidents, crime, and moral lapse. He urges requesting his bulletin Facts About Alcohol with stamped envelope and dime.
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Tom P
Tom
Chicago Union Station
Emily Post
Political quotes and safety note from wartime voices
A compilation of brief quotes features Rep John Taber predicting tax cuts within a balanced budget, Lt Col Crutchfield commenting on Communist troops’ focus away from North Korea, Gen James Van Fleet expressing a desire for an honorable peace, and optometrist S S Haniford noting that green tinted windshields reduce glare but also acuity.
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Optometrist
S. S. Haniford
Questions and Answers on History and Facts
A collection of brief Q and A items covering word origins and historical figures. It includes stove origins from stofa, Bonaparte’s roles, 1953 TV station forecasts, Melville’s reception, Robert E Lee’s paternity, U S forest fires, fish respiration, and the Welsh Eisteddfod’s purpose.
Remembering Ohio tornado fears and Middletown’s near miss
A first person reflection recalls a near tornado scare in Columbus during floods of 1913 and a later minor twister in Middletown. The writer notes calm nerves, wartime fatalism, and lessons learned about preparedness from past storms.
Glamorous social whirl and upstate romance in Big City gossip
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Marilyn Maxwell’s week in New York with publicized events and a 45 mile upstate meet with Jerry Davis’s family, fueling chatter of an eventual engagement. Other notes span Hollywood marriages, industry shifts, guarded sugar club plans, and society’s whispers on coronation intrigue.
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Marilyn Maxwell
New York
Blondie
Jerry Davis
Huntington Hartford
California
Schrafft
Tower 5Th Ave
Dad
Porgy and
Bess
Spring and small town wit in a hat tale
A humorous column notes spring wardrobe costs and tax concerns, jokes about luxuries and necessities, a hippo opening its mouth, TV viewers, and a Kentucky man eloping with his mother in law to leave her home, all in a light local voice.
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Kentucky
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