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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1950
Page
4
Advertising text lists subscription prices for Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal, including per copy, weekly carrier, 5 and 6 day mail options, and international rates. Includes a biblical verse from Romans 14 17.
An obituary recalls New York commission merchant Joseph Sicker who led 1930s relief efforts via the International Apple Shippers Association. Apples sold at a nickel on city corners aided jobless workers during the Depression, a memory contrasted with postwar inflation and rising costs reaching toward an A-bomb era.
A column denounces Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs as traitors with Communist faith and criticizes US policy toward China and the USSR. It condemns communism as a disease, blames the Roosevelt era thaw with Moscow, and highlights a government excess in egg subsidies leading to a $39 million loss while dry eggs from China flood the market.
Dr. George W Crane debunks telepathy as a mystical idea. He cites a case involving two sisters in New York and Chicago who independently sense their mother’s decline, arguing the coincidence arises from shared stimuli and concurrent reasoning rather than mind reading.
Washington Happenings notes Trygve Lie visiting Washington, urging a middle ground approach to end the cold war via UN mediation. The piece calls for bold action, warns against arrogance, and argues Lie may open Moscow Washington doors to peace through proposals, counter proposals, and sustained dialogue.
The excerpt explains how two minds may independently reach the same conclusion and guess the other’s thoughts but cannot influence one another. It discusses true telepathy under certain conditions and notes sending a request to Dr. Crane in care of the newspaper with a large stamped return envelope and funds for a psychological chart.
A large city newspaper offers editions so expansive they could fill a book larger than a typical 300 page novel. The paper emphasizes its massive scope and exclusive advertising layout as a standout feature.
Erich Brandeis notes that truth seems stranger than fiction as Hollywood gossip swirls around Frank Sinat ra Ava Gardner and a Spanish bullfighter. Reports claim Sin at ra’s wife seized his assets while he gifted Gardner a 10000 emerald necklace. Gardner hints at enduring marriage, while other actresses reveal casual attitudes toward husbandry and churchgoing hypocrisy amid the fortune and fame.
The phrase suggests that eternity is not fixed but can stretch or compress in human experience. It reflects how subjective time feels longer during waiting or intense moments and shorter when engaged in activity or flow.
A reader cites scripture from Mark chapter ten about divorce and remarriage. The note emphasizes verses eleven and twelve to show the applicability to both genders.
The author argues that those who appear busiest often do not show the most effort. True workaholics push through interruptions, while the public praises busy bodies, leaving real strain on those burning out. The piece cites a magazine essay praising celebrities for hidden toil.
A fragmentary notice mentions bronze preferences for summer sun tans and an Ohio man arrested for stealing 200 slabs of bacon. The rest blends unrelated commentary about bathrooms and a doctor’s past discovery, with unclear connections to a single event.
A fragmented monologue contrasts assembly line work with editorial writing. It notes how both roles are pressured by speed and scrutiny, yet editors face misunderstanding and stress. The speaker laments lost time for conversation and the relentless pace that fuels pressure and ulcers.
James Marlow reports from Washington on seven years of wartime plant safety lessons and the push for a national program. Data show 15 000 industrial deaths, 79 400 permanent disabilities in 1949, with total accidents around 1 870 000 and costs near 4.5 billion dollars. Since Truman urged a national conference in 1948, states have held governor conferences and next week a second National Safety Conference will assess progress and push for expanded safety codes and training.
The Northwest Territory was ceded to the United States by Massachusetts New York Virginia and Connecticut, located west of Pennsylvania north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi River. A method to remove hard water scale from a teakettle is boiling in vinegar and water to dissolve the deposits, occasionally placing an oyster inside to trap scale.
Dave Regan notes a chaotic season for music teachers as pupils perform in recitals. A mother coached a boy to bow, but he forgot and made a funny face to the audience, drawing quiet laughter and a blush from his mother. A noon customer’s attempt to stall a busy restaurant owner adds another small chaotic moment.
George E. Sokolsky recalls Yukio Ozaki born 1859 at a Tokyo dinner in the United States where the aging liberal statesman spoke without glasses amid flashbulbs. The piece discusses Ozaki, Meiji reforms, and a proposal of Jujitsu Diplomacy as a restraint-based approach toward Soviet China and UN policy.
It is probable delays or obstacles may affect business more than personal matters. Postpone serious efforts and focus on happier, joyous aspects of a difficult day. Birthdays face occasional frustration but enjoy a pleasant domestic life and potential rewards for sterling qualities. A child may need training in determination.
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