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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1950
Page
4
Subscriptions rates for the Middletown Journal dated daily except Sunday are listed for carrier and mail options. Rates cover Middletown area and outside regions with annual pricing and terms, followed by a biblical verse.
A two year look at Hoover Commission reform shows about half of its recommendations enacted as Congress nears a lame duck session. Critics warn against sabotaging reform while advocates urge continued trimming of non-defense federal spending. Separately a New York radio TV ad campaign raises ethics questions about advertising spots targeting parents and children for TV sets amid calls for color television.
Dr. Alex Green argues an automatic ban on atomic weapons and peacetime use will come in time. He notes uranium loses potency with age, comparing the earth’s early radioactive state to a decaying battery, predicting no bombs in about 3 billion years. The piece mocks the “born too soon” complaint and jokes about storing the idea in “Incidental Intelligence.”
Dr George W Crane counsels that fear of public speaking is common and can be overcome by deliberate practice despite initial cold sweats. He urges embracing nervous tension as part of growth, noting success requires hard work, self discipline, and pioneering into new realms, with a paid bulletin offer.
Senator Taft returned to Washington and spoke like a cautious candidate on arms aid policy and Taft Hartley proposals. He questioned the scope of military assistance, favored re examining methods, and said he had not fixed positions on key issues. He predicted the 1950 election may hint at 1952 trends while stressing inflation and defense funding as main future concerns.
A West Carrollton reader argues there is no free lunch and lampoons socialized medicine. He cites Emerson and Truman, warns of government run hospitals, nurses, doctors, and the burden on taxpayers, concluding with a question about funding.
Q and A style column presents misprints and fragmentary facts. Questions cover feathers weight comparisons between ebony and white oak, capitalization of months, and stray unrelated phrases. The piece reads like a quirky glossary exercise with inconsistent punctuation and garbled lines.
Mme Dendramis, wife of Greek ambassador Vassili Dendramis, is famed for her chic style in Washington. She credits her slim waist to a strict regime of carrot and celery juice and yogurt by day and half a broiled chicken at night, detailing a 24 inch waist and 121 pound frame.
Dorothy Kilgallen recalls reader letters about Myrna Loy perhaps moving to government work and the idea of women in diplomacy. The column also riffs on new station wagon taxis, the difficulties for passengers, and a request about Judy the Grand Central cat, with Kilgallen praising Alec Guinness as the greatest living actor.
Genevieve Kemble outlines a cautious forecast urging a period of hand off policy to allow incubation of events. The piece notes complex factors and advises postponing major choices for a more normal development and longer term insight. It also suggests birthdays today should defer decisions and seek careful analysis of a child’s mixed static and adventurous traits.
George Dixon comments on a new social security withholding law that takes effect January 1, 1951. He notes housewives employing household staff must withhold 1.5 percent of wages, defines who counts as a housewife, and jokes about the tax forms and potential resistance, with examples and satirical calculations.
The column reflects on Middletown events from a dance at a hotel to wind and TV strike talk. It praises new homes, urban growth, and Armco’s impact, noting land behind the hospital has transformed from rural to developed. It ends with a musing on the law of compensation.
Funeral services will be held in suburban East Cleveland for Clyde E. Smith 49 a supervisor in FBI files who assisted in trapping John Dillinger Pretty Boy Floyd Baby Face Nelson and Harry Campbell.
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