Middletown Journal subscription rates and notes
Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options including in city and outside areas, with and without the Sunday News Journal, plus mail rates for different regions. A biblical verse quote appears at the end referencing Jeremiah 48 21.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
City Area
Sunday News Journal
Mapin Crading
USA
Holon
Janazah
Nephaath
Applying Catchall Labels in American Politics
The piece argues that the label leftist has shifted from a precise European meaning to a broad American catchall used as a derisive epithet. It notes how liberals and moderates are now marked as leftists, while even some conservatives are branded so. The author urges consistency in labeling or applying a similar tag to all citizens.
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America
Taft
Dog Helps Bite Government In Tax Dependent Deception
A Phoenix truck driver received a 60 day jail term for listing his dog Daisy Mae as a dependent on tax forms for two years. The piece jokes about whether courts will recognize pets as legal entities while noting authorities will likely remain firm. The column wryly reflects on rewards to animals and the persistence of strict tax enforcement.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Daisy Mae
Issues in Australian election mirror our own November vote
The piece contrasts the Australian 1953 election issues with upcoming U S House elections. It notes the Government coalition of Liberal and Country parties, its tax cuts, improved finances, anti Communist stance, and constitutional clashes. Labor leader Evatt pledges social security expansion, farm price supports, housing, and tax cuts. Labor gains in early 1953 state elections are cited.
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House of Representatives
Liberal and Country
Australia
Petrov
Robert G. Menzies
Labor Party
Dr. Evatt
U. S
Labor
Senate
Estrellita Stars Say For Tomorrow Horoscope
Routine activities take precedence over new energy. Avoid financial obligations you cannot meet and beware optimism that leads to errors. If tomorrow is your birthday, this week reaches a peak on the road to ambition and financial success. Travel and romance look bright in mid year. domestic relations stay harmonious. The text notes a child born today will be intelligent and talented but inclined to exaggerate.
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Indo-China
Mr. Molotov
All Night Beauty Parlor Draws Midnight Clients in New York
Ex-Sgt Larry Mathews runs America's only all night beauty parlor in the Great Northern Hotel drawing insomnia sufferers, opera singers, actresses, and impersonators. With 12 employees, a 24 hour schedule, and plans for a second site, the trade thrives after dark and profits grow while social norms shift.
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New York
Larry Mathews
Mathews
Europe
America
Great Northern Hotel
Metropolitan Opera
Yale Fres
Larry
Uncle Sam
Norma
R Ae
New York State
Reuniting West Faces Conference Deadlock and Strategy
David Lawrence argues for a four point path to peace in Indo China and Vietnam. withdraw invading troops from Cambodia and Laos form a north of line armistice with Viet Minh zones supervised by a UN commission. unite Vietnam under UN oversight and remove foreign troops after peace. Britain signals united western resolve backing US. Soviets may yet propose a genuine negotiation though expectations remain low.
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Geneva
Mr. Molotov
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
United Nations
Path to peace in Korea and Indochina hinges on Moscow and Peiping
The article argues that true settlement hinges on Communist withdrawal from control. trust cannot form until then. It questions whether Molotov desires a peaceful outcome or remains hardline, noting that allies face a decisive moment at the conference.
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Korea
Moscow
Peiping
Indo- China
Mr. Molotov
Rich Oklahoma Senate Battle Draws Washington Shade
Washington notes that Oklahoma's two leading Democratic senatorial contenders are wealthy oil magnates Roy Turner and Robert Kerr. The piece jokes about wealth versus wealth, Oklahoma loyalties, and social dinners amid political theater, ending with a family letter about a muddy garden.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Roy J. Turner
Turner
Senate hearing warnings prompt overzealous doormen
Warnings at the Army McCarthy hearings prompted Senate doormen to overstep, as Senator McCarthy spoke on foreign policy on the Senate floor and a female staffer sought a coworker at the gallery entrance, signaling tense conference room conduct.
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Senate
McCarthy
Broadway Gossip and Hollywood Rumors Snapped Up
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Kirk Douglas courting Pat McMahon for marriage with gentle news ahead. Ilor Trujillo weighs a lawsuit against Porfirio Rubirosa amid alleged IOUs. A comedian loses 70000 to a New York crap game, Liberace masks go on sale, and Chet Baker’s stolen clothes lead to worn dungares. Queen Elizabeth studies government files. Lita Baron shines on Kovac show. MGM finds Mitzie Mason. A major producer faces a sensational magazine exposé from an ex-wife.
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Pat McMahon
New York
Hollywood
Kirk Douglas
Pat
Kirk
Ilor Trujillo
Porfirio Rubirosa
Snake Eyes
Slickers
Chet Baker
Birdland
Hedy Lamarr
Howard Lee
Catalina Island
Sen
Joe McCarthy
Queen Elizabeth
Lita Baron
Ernie Kovac
London
Copenhagen
Manhattan
Nevada
Las Vegas
Lindy'’s
Georgianna Carhardt
Heaud
Herman Cole
Mitzie Mason
Bronx
MGM
Larry Douglas
Insiders Claim Jelke Witnesses At Trial Knowledge
Insider sources say Mickey Jelke's lawyers know the location of every major trial witness and hold many details about the movement of the headliners since the verdict. Also noted are plans for Jackie Gleason's summer surgery and industry gossip on cigars and Tin Pan Alley.
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Mickey Jelke
Jackie Gleason
Gloria Marlowe
Charles F. Hoffman
Richard Widmark
Richard Gehman
Tin Pan Alley
Biggst Music
Doorkeeper Commands No Waving in Eer
A fragment shows a doorkeeper preventing a beckoning arm from waving, issuing a strict order that no waving is allowed inside the area. The scene suggests a formal or ceremonial space with guard rules in place. The readable text centers on enforcement rather than broader context or outcome.
Burdick Voices Frustration In Timberlands Debate
During House debate Rep. Asher L. Burdick criticizes the timberlands bill saying neither side knows what they are doing and that both sides lack understanding. He urges a pause and yields back his time to the chair.
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Asher L. Burdick
North Dakota
Chairm
The Student Prince Sings, Purdom Plays Calm
Viewers praise Mario Lanza voice lip sync in The Student Prince while noting Edmund Purdom’s restrained mood clashes with the booming singing. Helen Smith, Miss Washington 1952, was seen with Steve Cochran at Maude Chez Elle. Broadway bookstalls boast golf titles selling fast this spring.
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Mario Lanza
Edmund Purdom
Lanza
Purdom
Mario
Steve Cochran
Maude Chez Elle
Helen Smith
Washington
Marilyn Carlendars
Humans won't live in trees again, professor argues
A college lecturer claims humanity will never revert to living in trees, despite sensational predictions. He argues progress, though slow, is real in science and morality, citing vaccines, Newton, religion, and the United Nations, while warning of crime and modern dangers like cars, planes, and the atom.
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United Nations
Tax Probe of Foundations Still Roiling Washington
The House inquiry into tax exempt foundations led by Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Duke and Pew continues amid partisan battles. The five biggest foundations hold assets totaling hundreds of millions, prompting scrutiny of how tax exemptions are spent on charitable and research activities. The 1952 Cox committee laid groundwork, but successors faced criticism and delays as hearings resume with Republicans Jesse Wolcott and Angier Goodwin opposing Democrats Hays and Gracie Prost. The probe may extend for months.
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Washington
Ford
Rockefeller
House
Carnegie
Duke
Pew
Congress
Eugene Cox
D-Ga
United States
Cox
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
B. Carroll Reece
R-Tenn
Reece
Republican National Committee
Robert A. Taft
Hays
UN- American Activities Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ren
Wayne Hays
Dohio
Cox Committee
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
Angier L. Goodwin
Massachusetts
Rep. Hays
Ohio
Gracie Prost
Idaho
Poppies Go Fast for Middletown Post Sale
By 10 o clock Saturday morning 3000 poppies had left sale headquarters on Central Avenue for the annual Middletown Post American Legion drive. Miss Eleanor O Fallon led the effort with sub captains Mrs C C Eldridge treasurer and Mrs Harold Jones in charge of street sales and Mrs E A Lampe in charge of industrial sales. Mr and Mrs Calvin W Verity of S Main Street had just returned from a month in California.
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Central Avenue
Middletown Post
American Legion
Eleanor O'Fallon
C. C. Eldridge
Harold Jones
E. A. Lampe
Calvin W. Verity
S. Main Street
California
Golf tournament winners at Wildwood Course victory list
Joe L. Thomas James E. Taylor and John C. Herr won a blind bogey golf event at Wildwood Golf Course. Fifty players competed in the tournament, part of a series run by Matty Coghlan, the course pro.
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Joe L. Thomas
James E. Taylor
John C. Herr
Wildwood
Matty Coghlan
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