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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1951
Page
4
An item lists subscription pricing for the Middletown Journal and the Sunday News Journal, detailing per copy, carrier, and mail rates for local, trading area, outside trading area, and outside U S prices. Bible verse Ezekiel 18 22 appears appended.
Memorial Day messages urge remembrance of the sacrifice of American service members in Korea and past wars. The Second Division and 23rd Regiment are highlighted for their bold defense at Wonju and ChipyongNi, with 125 infantrymen on tanks and 117 lives lost. The piece emphasizes duty, sacrifice, and resolve amid wartime hardship.
The resignation of David K. Niles as administrative assistant to the president takes effect May 31. He was a key link between the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. Some Roosevelt standbys stay on in diminished roles while others moved to Truman era posts. Four of the nine Supreme Court justices appointed by Roosevelt have been replaced by Truman picks.
Dr. George W Crane uses a family tale about a pet mouse to illustrate how identification with others forms habits and a sense of self. The piece links empathy to kinship, notes war-time dehumanization, and mentions Rhodes scholarships as a channel for public psychology outreach.
Washington analysis notes that since 1950 Korea crisis, the National Security Council lacks civilian heads of the armed services and does not regularly decide major policy. General Bradley attends meetings without clear statutory right, while 1949 law excludes Joint Chiefs from council unless admitted by Congress.
Looking At Life reviews a new pamphlet from The Public Affairs Committee of New York urging women to unite and engage in civic affairs. It cites low female representation in Congress and scenes from communities where women’s clubs collaborated to reduce juvenile delinquency and improve morality and civic responsibility.
A Brooklyn Red Cross blood center features sailor David Mechanic who was wounded in Hungnam and wants to repay his fellow soldiers with blood donations. The piece highlights volunteers from veterans, a 58 year old charwoman, a postman, a blind woman and groups like a 3800-member labor union. total national blood drive collection reaches 1,171,992 pints with 409,471 pints to military services.
In The Nation Today James Marlowe reflects on Justice Felix Frankfurter’s opinions. The piece notes his habit of precise speech and doubts about the pace of color television and radio’s cultural impact. It quotes his ambivalence toward TV as potential barbarism and the idea of readers losing literacy.
Washington gossip notes Sen. Clinton Anderson and other leaders honoring bandleader Barnee at the Shoreham Hotel. A salacious dig at Rep. Robert Hale follows, with a lobsters bill ridiculed as verbose and unnecessary. The piece ends with a light jab about road traffic on Sundays.
A brief note laments how gossip travels quickly about high funeral and burial expenses, characterizing the rising costs as something people end up living for, while urging caution over rumors and assumptions surrounding the topic.
The North Star issue from North School recounts the final passings of North School 1891 1951 with a photograph of a boy tapping and a Fridtjof Nansen quotation. It notes students’ career ambitions ranging from secretary and nurse to FBI T Men and pilots. A local aid item seeks return of a lost billfold belonging to Mrs Louise Grieger of Fremont Ohio and asks the finder to mail it.
A lively period ahead calls for active, focused effort to mend fences in physical, financial, or employment areas. Expect support from superiors and a friendly response. Birthday guidance urges a strenuous, strategic attack on difficulties to gain lasting objectives and favorable, influential backing.
Four future presidents stood near Lincoln during his inaugural address: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison. The Charlotte North Carolina and Dahlonega Georgia mints produced gold coins from 1838 to 1861. Taps, the U S Army bugle call, was composed during the Civil War by General Daniel Butterfield of the Union Army.
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