Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Ad
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for in city, outside city, 5 days and 6 days mail, with Sunday News Journal options. Rates include 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio, prices per week and year, and payment in advance. Isaiah 46 9 verse is quoted.
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Tariff Debate Seen Stirring Randall Inquiry Findings
The Randall Commission debates foreign trade policy as prodded by Pan Am chief Juan Trippe who urges renewing the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for two years and instructing the Tariff Commission to adjust tariffs. He also proposes Buy America repeal, higher traveler duty exemptions, customs simplifications, and tax law tweaks to promote overseas investment.
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Expenditures And The Budget In Eisenhower Era Debates
Eisenhower officials warn budget balance is unlikely in 1955 amid rising expenses and revenue losses while defense costs soar. Administration emphasizes spending cuts. 1954 outlays projected at about 71.1 billion on an annual rate, with postwar totals shown and defense remaining the major item in spending. National receipts rise steadily after wartime tax cuts caused dips in 1949 and 1950.
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Miss Santa Claus aids gift shopping for men in New York
In Manhattan a large store plans to introduce a Miss Santa Claus to guide women shoppers in selecting gifts for men. The piece notes existing Man’s Christmas Clubs with male-friendly perks and questions whether the Miss Santa trial will succeed, amid broader debate on gender roles in schools and pay.
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Cease Fire! Three Dimensional War Film Premieres
Hal Boyle praises Cease Fire for realism in depicting a Korean War infantry patrol. Filmed in Korea with real GI actors, the picture conveys battle sounds and sights though dialogue sometimes lacks authenticity. Premier guests included Gen. Mark Clark. Pfe Carrasco, the only cast member killed in a real mission, is mourned by his comrades.
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Korea
Paramount Pictures
Mark Clark
Far East
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Tex McCrary
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Ricardo Carrasco
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McCarthyism and Trumanism in 1954 campaigns
Analysis of how McCarthyism and Trumanism will surface in 1954 congressional races. The issue will hinge on local primary contests and candidate positions rather than a unified party stand, with implications varying by state and constituency. It notes Saltonstall in Massachusetts, Eisenhower's stance, Truman's definition, and the risk of backlash in attacks on loyalty and Dem administration laxity.
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Daily Worker
Hoover
Democratic National Committee
Prose of Punny Social Observations from Barbs
A collection of light quips on free speech marriage health and society. It riffs on traffic cops wives optimism prosperity and small urban woes with playful humor and cheeky punchlines.
Stars Advise Favorable Period for Privileges and Projects
Estrellita forecasts a favorable spell to seek favors and privileges, with evenings best for domestic, social, courtship, and cultural matters. If your birthday, personal relationships shine while business expansion and new friendships may boost prestige. Creative work in early 1954 may succeed. avocations could pay.
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Q And A on government and lore from a historical page
A quiz listing asks about world government forms with republics common, sun orbits are not planetary, Beowulf as the greatest Anglo Saxon epic around 750, the yard defined as the arm length of Henry I, Elmer Rice’s birth name not given.
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Pedestrian vs Motorist Call for Crosswalk Caution
A Middleton reader recalls a practical tale of Squire Faries and a faulty flashlight, then urges drivers and pedestrians to share the road. The piece argues moving traffic quickly and safely requires motorists to watch for pedestrians and pedestrians to use crosswalks, especially in busy downtown areas.
Eyebrow Pencil Gossip and Hollywood Weddings
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Liz Taylor and Michael Wilding may announce a European marriage split as friends and Liz’s Metro bosses try to prevent it. Hilda Simms laments cut scenes in The Joe Louis Story. Earl Blackwell hunts blond brides for Jacques Bergerac and Ginger Rogers party decor, finally bleaching three brunettes after a New York search. The Maharah of Cooch Behar risks his $56,000 yearly inheritance amid romantic intrigue.
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Michael Wilding
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Metro
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Hilda Simms
Joe Louis
Cooch + Behar
Vici Martin
London
Ginger Rogers
Jacques Bergerac
Earl Blackwell
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Notable Nightlife and Society Gossips Spark Attention
Doctors perform 4and slide eye extractions as sequin makeup trends emerge among town’s flamboyant crowd. Mary Martin Time cover hit by three factors including Kind Sir notices and Newsweek cover. A rising jazz pianist faces narcotics scrutiny after weeks of observation. Timothy Fales of a New Jersey banking family plans to wed Ellen Wood in St Thomas’s on Dec 5. Diane Harris, Jelke headlines star, stages a floor show at the Texan with a Latin companion singing romantic songs into the early hours.
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Mary Martin
Harry Dexter White
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Timothy Fales
New Jersey
St. Thomas's
Ellen Wood
New York
Diane Harris
Jelke Vice
Texan
Why the Wedding Ring Sits on the Left Ring Finger
Reizenstein altered his name to ease spelling. The question asks why rings are worn on the third finger of the left hand. The answer notes the old belief of a vein running to the heart from that finger, linking heart and hand. The tale explains the custom persists despite the belief being false.
Rocke fella swings piano lessons and social woes
Winthrop Rockefeller is taking piano lessons while Bill Daniels frets over a Las Vegas duel between two chorus girls that left one killed and another hospitalized. He fears the scene could influence a divorce hearing. A Gotham society divorcee was ditched at the Blue Angel, leaving only mad money and an unpaid tab. she paid with a check after tears in the ladies’ room, tipping the maid ten dollars. East Side denizens talk Peggy and Marilyn Rabe, daughters of a Manufacturers Trust Co executive, starting work at Lord & Taylor on Long Island in sportswear and lingerie.
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Bill Daniels
Gotham
Prett Young Case Society
Blue Angel
Wooflee
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East Sid Bone Belt
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Marilyn Rabe
Trus Co
Lord & Taylor
Long Islan
Pedd! Lingerie
Ohio liquor bill aims 250 state stores with strict penalties
Twenty years ago on November 28 1933 Ohio proposed a liquor bill to open 250 state owned stores and impose heavy fines and prison terms for sealed bottle and flask violations. Arthur Brisbane weighed in on prohibition’s end arguing drinks should move to decent places to avoid speakeasies and bootlegging. A mob lynched Thomas H Thurmond and John M Holmes confessed kidnap slayers tied to Brooke Hart’s murder sparking a governor’s vow to curb lynchings. Rotary hosted high school football players with talks by several team members.
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Thomas H. Thurmond
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James Rolph
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