Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Address
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options including per copy, weekly carrier, and mail rates. It also provides geographic delivery areas and annual costs, noting all mail subscriptions are prepaid. The closing line references a Bible verse.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Evening
Sunday News Journal
U.S.A
Dewey Supports New Cabinet Post for Social Welfare
Governor Dewey favors creating a department of social welfare to unify nationwide relief efforts. He notes the cabinet has expanded since the 18th century and warns that adding posts could signal greater government regulation and profligacy.
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Dewey
Department of Social Welfare
Colossus
Department of State, Treasury
War, Justice
Post Office
Navy
Department of the Interior
Agriculture
Commerce and
Abor
Flececdoen
France and America Face a New Kind of War
In a stark warning, the piece argues that France fights for survival amid Soviet influence, labor strikes, and internal strife aided by the United States. It links events to a broader fear of communist expansion and questions the fate of Western democracies. James Marlow weighs in from The Nation Today, pondering American political shifts.
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France
United States
Russia
Paris
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
U. S
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Green
House of Labor
CIO
AFL
Democratic Party
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Worry Clinic Tale on Herbie Coping with Shared Custody
Dr. Crane analyzes a custody dilemma centered on Herbie a five year old whose parents are divorced The child resists visiting his father and also resists leaving the father He mimics both parents seeking approval and the doctor cautions against judging from one side only noting children adapt to their immediate environment and grownups often enable short sighted conclusions
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Herbie J
Herbie
Victor Lefebvre
Amos Alfred Fries
U.S. Chemical Warfare Service
Fries
Questions And Answers On Graham Bread And Machine Guns
The material explains that Graham bread is named for Seylvester Graham who promoted bread made from unbolted flour using nearly whole wheat kernel. It notes the Gatling gun as the first rapid fire weapon in the United States with a 1862 patent and an initial rate of 250 shots per minute in Indianapolis.
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Seylvester Graham
Richard Gatling
U. S
Indianapolis
Ind
The Stars Saw For Wednesday In November
Genevieve Kemble notes a unsettled situation with obstacles and delays yet suggests a thoughtful plan could yield productive results. She warns against rushing to force and urges listening to both sides before forming a view. She also offers a 100 point test for good parents with return instructions.
One Word Led To Another Hal Boyle
A humorous column reflects on reading and writing barriers in immigration and voting. It recalls 1898 incidents with McKinley and Bryan, mocks literacy and spelling in elections, jokes about Philadelphia voting quirks, and notes uncertain futures under Hoover and Truman.
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McKinley
Philadelphia
Bryan
Union League
Truman
Hoover
Harry
Herbert
Predicting future war remains unreliable warns veteran author
The piece argues that wars surprise, predictions fail, and leaders overvalue new weapons. It cites gas, tanks, aircraft, and the atom bomb, noting blitz changes and the Maginot Line as cautionary examples while stressing that war defies planning and mostly bores more than it kills.
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Red Cross
Debeney
French College of Warfare
Charles de Gaulle
Billy Mitchell
Germany
de Gaulle
Mitchell
Letter from Feng Yu-Hsiang critiqued as pro-Soviet tool
The piece cites a released Hongkong letter by Feng Yu-Hsiang alleging fascist tendencies in the United States, criticizes American media, politics, crime rates, and social ills, and notes his voyage to Moscow with speculation on his fate, reflecting Cold War tensions and anti-American sentiment in 1948.
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Feng Yu-Hsiang
United States
Soviet Russia
Li Chih-Shen
Hongkong
Revolutionary Committee
America
New York
Chiang
Congress
Chiang Kai-Shek
American Congress
Mediterranean
Moscow
Manchuria
China
Looking At Life A Surreal Advertising Factory Dream
A narrator recalls a bizarre vision set in a massive ad factory where products fly, celebrities intervene, doctors scan for a G-zone, and competing cigarette brands loom. The scene shifts to show dummies and robots dancing as lemonade becomes limeade. The nightmare ends with a switched drink theme.
Durante and Moore Chase Final Chord in Tex as Drugs Store
A rapid chase scene unfolds with Jimmy Durante rushing past as Victor Moore trails. They seek the last chord in a Texan drug store while telephones ring and an orchestra erupts with drums flutes and horns before the music stops abruptly.
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Jimmy Durante
Victor Moore
Water at bedside sparks quiet gratitude
A narrator recalls seeing his wife by the bed holding a plain glass of faucet water. He offers a silent prayer of thanks for a simple product not polluted by advertisement.
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Iver
Voting Reflections On Election Day And The Call For Civic Duty
Dave Regan comments on election day by urging participation and regret for nonvoters. He praises the secret ballot and recalls dangers faced when people cannot vote. The piece notes registration versus voting and the public confusion over primaries and local ballot questions.
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Nan
Board of Elections
Quotes on Inflation Wars Abdication and Policy
A compilation of statements from figures like President Truman Queen Wilhelmina economist William Carpenter Basil O Conner and Gov Dewey on inflation foreign policy abdication and international cooperation. The remarks touch on economic disaster warnings the Netherlands throne transfer and Red Cross Congress participation.
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Basil O'Connor
American Red Cross
Russia
International Red Cross Congress
St Elmo Melodrama at Gordon Theater by Capital Players
Twenty years ago the Capital Players presented St Elmo a melodrama at Gordon Theater. Bennett Chapple Sr addressed the executive board of the Middletown Federation on the annual Charity Ball. Middletown Patriotic Association members planned the 1929 July Fourth celebration.
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Bennett Chapple
The
Maddletown Federation
Middletown Patriotic Association
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Palestine
United Nations
George W. Crane
Genevieve Kemble
Arthur
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Hal Boyle
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Watcher
George E. Sokolsky
Broad Dave Light
Erich Brande
Arlene Francis
Arthur Godfrey
Jeanette Davis
Dave Regan
President Truman
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
William Carpenter
Hugh A. Brown
Thomas E. Dewey
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