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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1948
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for Middletown Journal and Sunday News Journal, including per copy 5 cents, carrier 25 cents weekly, two-week and five-day mail options, and long distance rates. It also includes a Bible verse.
The United States Canada and Great Britain sign a Unified Screw Thread pact promising standardization of bolts nuts and related tools across borders. British 55 degree threads will shift toward American 60 degree profiles while U S manufacturers adopt British thread characteristics. Canada gains from ending dual stock. The move aims to cut costs and ease trade. In postwar news the Japanese public broadly endorses war crime sentences and MacArthur's policy of firmness with kindness reshaping Western justice views.
The article notes federal rules require extinguishers on boats and on interstate trucking, but not on cars. It discusses the value of car extinguishers for engine or fuel fires, CO2 options, and the use of warning flares for breakdowns to reduce risk and aid passing motorists.
Dr. George W Crane discusses how teenagers seek adulthood through fashion and smoking. He notes advertising fuels desire for status, with girls smoking to please men and boys mimicking adult image despite health harms. He contrasts tastes and urges, warning cigarettes cost about 75 dollars yearly and tobacco and liquor profits drive marketing.
James Marlow surveys progress in reducing discrimination, citing Yale captain Levi Jackson and Harvard manager Frank Jones as signs of growing acceptance. He outlines five attack modes: student action, media and education, state reforms, Supreme Court rulings, and federal government orders, noting deep roots but cumulative impact.
Arthur Baer playfully surveys space signals described as chaotic music from a crowded cosmos. A Annapolis lab tracks these distorted noises as scientists joke about radio programs and celestial discoveries.
Hal Boyle recalls Homer-Horace, a two headed boy pair who struggled to fit in but rose to fame on a giveaway radio quiz show. The tale charts their misfit start, quirky stage success, and moral about unlikely luck in modern life. A peanut digger note closes the column with a tidbit about harvesting equipment.
A column critiques Krupp interests in Germany and mocks the absence of humor in their stance. It notes the propaganda leaflets of liquor and tobacco firms, suggesting they claim backbone and decency while human nature shows bias and varying perspectives. The writer aims to present both good and bad aspects to reveal the facts.
Secretary J A Krug, after a six week look at Interior projects, plans a long range program for the bureaus. He signals staying in cabinet despite past resignation talks and sees President Truman expanding conservation. He notes costs could exceed current annual Interior funding but investment will pay off as projects complete. Krug cites Roosevelt era spark for free enterprise revived by Truman. Krug believes soil conservation gains are ahead.
A narrator observes a blind man, Buster, and his seeing eye dog Pal at a barbershop. The man recalls his own petty gripes, then admires the discipline and devotion shown by Buster and Pal after training at Morristown. The encounter ends with the speaker humbled by their bond.
Krug outlines cooperative efforts between the Agriculture and Interior departments to tackle erosion and river valley development across states. He cites Valley Authority models, lists completed and pending plans for Missouri Colorado Rio Grande St Lawrence and Arkansas Red White basins, and urges a 20 year mineral-resource strategy to conserve copper and iron while expanding aluminum and magnesium use. He warns of rising oil consumption and the need for better refining processes.
Dave Regan notes Downtown Middleton is crowded as locals rush to buy gifts before Christmas. He urges timely purchases due to wartime shortages and highlights appeals like Christmas Seals for tuberculosis, March of Dimes, and Salvation Army kettles, reminding readers to give even in prosperity.
George E. Sokolsky cites patterns from the A F L and CIO conventions in Cincinnati and Portland. He notes Communist infiltration as a core issue, disputes over purge timing, and debates on Wagner Taft Hartley acts, pressman Witt, and Marxist influence shaping labor policy and law. He sees trends but warns it is early to draw conclusions.
Q when does an oyster reach marketable size A from two to five years depending on region general rule older oysters yield tender meat Q In what year did Louisa May Alcott write Little Women A Part I was written in 1868 and 60 000 copies were sold in its first year Part II was written in 1869 Q Where is the Powder Horn A The Powder Horn was built under Gov Alexander Spotswood in 1715 in Williamsburg Virginia originally a powder magazine
Twenty years ago the Middletown Fish and Game Protective Association held its annual banquet and election of officers at the Armco General Office Cafeteria. Elizabeth O'Brien appeared in a Garden Scene from Ground's Faust in the Concert Hall at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
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