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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1948
Page
4
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription options for local and trading area readers, detailing per copy prices, weekly carrier rates, and annual mail plans. It also includes a biblical quote from Luke 10 29.
A seven year plan proposed by J A Krug and M W Straus would transform western land and water resources into enduring national assets. It envisions 250 projects across 17 states, with 65 irrigation only and 185 multipurpose schemes, costing about 7.0 billion dollars total including follow up investments. The plan seeks to boost crops and livestock, expand electric power, flood control, municipal water, and recreation while stressing self liquidating power revenues. It is tied to a congressional push for Western leadership and future population growth shaping demand for resources and energy.
Frank L., a 22 year old college senior, complains that a so called Marriage Course is dull and uninteresting. Dr Crane argues teachers must be vitality driven salesmen of ideas and criticizes colleges for valuing PhDs over teaching skill. Taxpayers suffer from impractical college English and journalism departments.
Washington columnist David Lawrence warns the Democratic party bears a heavy burden to sustain farm income and wages, avoid inflation turning to deflation, and balance armament costs and Marshall Plan pressures amid potential price controls and excess profits debates.
A humorous rant rails at aviators who overstep skill and safety. It lampoons reckless pilots, illiteracy tests for fliers, and the chaos from careless aerial stunts. The author mocks sensational crashes, pranks on bystanders, and calls for prudence alongside weather and market notes on the bulletin board.
Hal Boyle imagines a whimsy cabinet for Truman with journalists and entertainment figures in key posts. He jokes about Milton Berle or Fred Allen as agriculture secretary and Greta Garbo as defense, Lana Turner postmaster general, Barbara Hutton secretary of state, and Leo Durocher as U.N. representative, noting such a team could never strike out.
The writer notes that many so called millionaires seem uneasy or anxious about money. He describes receiving persistent advertising offers for expensive items such as a $5,000 radio, illustrating the gap between perceived wealth and reality.
Genevieve Kemble predicts an unusually intriguing day with romantic undercurrents and mysterious tones. Personal affairs may rise amid social events and cultural interests, while a fortune of charm and glamour shapes practical outcomes.
The essay analyzes the 1948 Republican convention and the party’s lack of cohesive leadership. It highlights Vandenberg Dulles Lodge influence, Dewey’s distant control of campaigns, and the fading Republican National Committee role. It speculates on Taft Halleck Stassen and future contenders as the party searches for a unifying figure.
Jane Eads Washington notes Augusta Franco of Manila as the sole woman chosen among about 125 Filipino youths for a five year course at the U S Fish and Wildlife Service laboratory. Franco trains in fish preparation, packaging, canning, and sanitation amid Philippine rehabilitation efforts.
Twenty years ago Samuel H. Moore was pledged to the Eta Kappa Nu honorary engineering fraternity at Pure University. A Gay Nineties Banquet was hosted by the Federation Club. The Annual Fathers and Sons Banquet took place at the YMCA.
Cleveland AP reports Paul J. Petter formerly general superintendent of the Nickel Plate Road was placed in charge of a newly formed personnel department yesterday. I B Phipps succeeds him as superintendent.
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